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King Of Rhythm, The Ike Turner StoryBy
A. P. Ri’Chard Hopeful Cast With: Personal controversy aside, IKE TURNER was one of
the most dynamic, talented--musicians of his time. This music legend also
possesses the uncanny ability of recognizing and nurturing talent.
“KING OF RHYTHM, THE IKE TURNER STORY” explores certain aspects of
this unique individual’s life. Born
in Clarksdale, MS on November 5, 1931 Ike began playing the piano at age five.
The black prodigy had his first gig when he, at age eleven, played piano
for Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Nighthawk.
This motion picture is not meant to throw jabs, or be a response to Tina
Turner’s ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’… Nor is this an effort to excuse the negative energy displayed
in past years. The Ike Turner Story
will explore his ride from child prodigy to teenaged radio personality, from,
Rocket 88, to King Of Rhythm. This movie will bring to light Ike’s
influence on some of the master musicians of his era.
Director:
Melvin Van Peebles Producers: Fred
Caruso/A. P. Ri’Chard Written by: A.
P. Ri’Chard Caged
Innocence
By
A. P. Ri’Chard
Hopeful Cast Forest Whitaker Andre 3000
OFFICER
PERRY HENDERSON
JR., the first African American Police Officer of their Southern Community,
believes that he is being setup for a murder, so he points suspicion toward his
son. Father and son had a turbulent
past due to Larry’s constant interference in Perry’s alcoholic rages toward
his wife. With the thought of the
seventeen year-old one-day being able to carry out his threat of revenge, Perry
tells the youth that the evidence gathered at the scene of a robbery and murder
points to his guilt. He explains to his son that if the case were to go to trial
young LARRY would receive the death penalty, thus convincing him to plead guilty
to a crime perpetrated against a racist white-man in their hometown.
Producers:
Fred Caruso/A. P. Ri’Chard Written
by: A. P. Ri’Chard Caged Innocence successfully draws on American racial history and the experience of prison life to add depth and flesh to an already powerful family drama. It echoes the enormously popular ‘Shawshank Redemption’ due to its depiction of prison and its biographical portrayal of one man’s life. Shadow
Of Memory
By
A. P. Ri’Chard
Hopeful Cast: James Woods Gabrielle Union Keith David
From the
moment that he risked his life to save a distressed mother by jumping into the
fridge waters of the Detroit River, Detective Jordan Brown had been haunted by
weird dreams concerning Sir Walter Raleigh and El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold.
The unexplainable dreams seemed to be foresight type visions. Could his dreams
lead him to the murderers of several individuals around the city …and
eventually to the Lost City Of Gold? Or, were they meant to point him to the
love of his life? Director:
A. P. Ri’Chard Producers:
Fred Caruso/A. P. Ri’Chard Written by: A. P. Ri’ChardManuscript for this project is to be published by Simon & Schuster
Future
By
A. P. Ri’Chard
Hopeful
Cast Billy
Bob Thornton Taraji Henson
Raz B
Twenty-two
year old Carlos Taylor is a very gifted artist, he’s more gifted then he even
realizes. Every day, as he commutes home, Carlos uses those on the train as
subjects. One of his fellow commuters turns out to be more than someone that he
immortalized on canvas. Carlos ends
up following his latest artistic inspiration through the streets of Harlem where
he discovers that his drawings are more then just works of art; they actually
hold the key to proving him innocence of murder.
Producers:
Fred Caruso/A. P. Ri’Chard Written by:
A. P. Ri’Chard
You
Never Know Starring Ludacris
Hopeful Cast: James Woods Gabrielle Union Keith David
Four
years after the death of his father Theo Turner is hired to work in the mailroom
of a top firm. A gifted poet, and deliverer of spoken word, Theo blames himself
for his father’s death. His father was murdered while Theo was performing at
the Poet Café. Realizing that his
father would not have been in the wrong place at that particular time if not for
his passion for poetry Theo vows never to perform again.
After securing a job in the mailroom of a major company Theo becomes
upset when he witnesses first hand how bad some of the employees are treated,
especially the personal assistant of one of the firm’s top executive. Months
later, everyone is blown away when they discover that Theo’s father was
murdered while saving the life of the firm’s owner, and upon the billionaires
death, he’d left the company to the mailroom clerk. Director:
A. P. Ri’Chard Producers:
Fred Caruso/A. P. Ri’Chard Written by:
A. P. Ri’Chard TRT:
114 minutes Who
Am I
By
A. P. Ri’Chard
Hopeful Cast Brian White Keith David Sigourney Weaver Sue
Ann Miller, Vice President of Fashion Lovers Designs was about to be raped when
Kristina Jones, a struggling law student with a split personality stepped in to
safe her. The two become very
close, which causes their individual best friends to become jealous. Kristina’s friend threatens to cause problems.
In the mist of the tangled web created by the jealousy of Kevin Smith and
the destructive path that Kristina is headed, she finds herself being deceitful
with her new best friend. Neither
realizes that their mother has deceived them; although they are of difference
races, the two happen to be twins. Director:
A. P. Ri’Chard Producers:
Fred Caruso/A. P. Ri’Chard Written by:
Lia Ri’Chard The Market PlaceBy
A. P. Ri’Chard This
is a powerful new drama series set in present day New York City that chronicles
the lives of four life-long friends from Queens, New York. Joey
Esposito, 27 is V.P. of
Sales and Acquisitions at The Market Place;
Clay Bass,
st, Assistant DA; and
Mike
FITZPATRICK is
28, a restaurateur and a self-taught computer whiz. Together they make up the
Market Place The
series begins when Max Esposito, CEO of the Market Place tells his nephew Joey
that he is contemplating an early retirement and would be handing over the
reigns to him if only he can seal a major corporate deal with Steve Morgan,
owner of Morgan Technologies.
In a sole effort to seal the deal, Joey who is unaware of Steve Morgan’s
mysterious past, cultivates the relationship by introducing the madman and
serial rapist to his best friend Ilene as well as inadvertently sets him up with
Clay’s nineteen year-old next door neighbor and babysitter. These two
otherwise seemingly harmless meetings lead to catastrophic events; one being the
brutal rape of the young babysitter and the other is Steve Morgan’s instant
obsession with Ilene after a casual dinner date. But while
investigating the brutal rape of his babysitter, Clay discovers that the culprit
behind the assault is Steve Morgan. He tells Ilene and even though Steve
initially charmed her, she decides to end dealings with him; however, the
obsessed Billionaire swears that he will exact revenge from Clay. Although Clay
also tells Joey of his findings, the ambitious Joey continues to do business
with Steve. Then suddenly Clay losses his wife and daughter in what is believed
to be a tragic and unrelated car accident. But is it? Meanwhile
to make matters worse for the life-long friends, a local crime boss and a
loosely-tied friend of the family Gino Cappella catches wind of Joey’s
impending promotion at the Market Place and pays him a visit to collect on an
old debt. Ten years prior, Joey intervened in a dispute between Gino’s
henchmen and his close, but trouble-making friend Mike. At
seventeen, Mike Fitzpatrick had been robbing the family’s number runners and Gino sent two of his soldiers to teach him a
lesson. While
heading home, Ilene, Clay and Joey, spot Mike being roughed up. Joey approaches
the thugs and asks that they spare Mike. The soldiers recognize Joey and allow
Mike a pass for that night, but promise that they would be back if their boss
objects. The next day, Gino, the
crime boss spots Joey and tells him although he was impressed by his loyalty
toward his friends, he will let Mike off the hook but one day he must pay for
this favor. And that one day he will come to collect. Well, that day has come
and he wants Joey to use The Market
Place to launder his ill-gotten gains or else he and his loyal friends
will all suffer. Faced
with these unspeakable obstacles Joey, Clay, Ilene and Mike pull together as
always using all of their combined power, beauty, brains, and money; they become
a force to be reckoned with-a force that undesirables like Steve Morgan or
Gino
Cappella won’t be able to deal with.
That force is what makes up The Market Place. Producers:
A. P. Ri’Chard Brian Avery
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