Based on actual events, maverick Charles Steen risks it all in search for the world's most valuable mineral and helps launch a mining boom bigger than the Gold Rush.

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In this untold 1950s rags-to-riches story, maverick Charles Steen risks it all in search for the world's most valuable mineral and helps launch a mining boom bigger than the Gold Rush. COMPS: October Sky, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, The Right Stuff, Stroke of Genius, The World's Fastest Indian, A Beautiful Mind, Fat Man and Little Boy, There Will Be Blood. AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS: Top 20% - 2013 Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Competition, Finalist - 2013 Sundance Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship Competition, Finalist - 2013 World Series of Screenwriting competition (Top 10 Historical/Biographical), Quarter-Finalist - 2013 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, Semi-Finalist (Top 30) - 2013 Screenwriting Goldmine Awards/International Scriptwriting Contest (UK), Finalist - 2013 Woods Hole Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Winner - Best Screenplay based on a True Story, 2013 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Winner - 2013 Best of State Gold Medal - Screenwriting, Finalist - 2013 Write Brothers Screenplay Competition, Finalist - 2013 Canada International Film Festival Screenplay Competition (Vancouver), Winner - 2012 SLFS/USP Fellowship (sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), 2nd Place - 2012 StoryPros International Screenplay Contest, Top Ten Semi-Finalist - 2012 New Hampshire Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, Semi-Finalist - 2012 New York Screenplay Contest, Quarter-Finalist - 2012 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, Second Rounder - 2012 Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, and Second Round - 2102 Cinequest Film Festival Screenwriting Competition

STEEN'S FOLLY (AWARD-WINNING FEATURE SCREENPLAY)