{"id":664,"date":"2010-11-27T16:07:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T00:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/?page_id=664"},"modified":"2010-12-08T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T18:18:03","slug":"admiral-benbow-screen-play-the-benbow-mutiny","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/?page_id=664","title":{"rendered":"BENBOW MUTINY PITCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>THE BENBOW MUTINY<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Screen Play by William A. Benbow and Fred D.B. Hebbert<\/p>\n<p>2010<\/p>\n<p>US Copyright 1-522965341<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCEPT<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imagine that a 17<sup>th<\/sup> century British Admiral is deserted by his cowardly captains during a major battle in the West Indies.<\/p>\n<p>What if this Admiral forges ahead into the battle in order to show his faint-hearted captains what duty and honour are all about?<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLOT SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The<\/em> <em>Benbow Mutiny<\/em> is an historic adventure inspired by true events in the vein of <em>Master and Commande<\/em>r and <em>Mutiny on the Bounty<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It follows a bull-headed Admiral John Benbow and his most senior captain, the ambitious Colonel Richard Kirkby, as they manoeuvre for ascendancy in the Caribbean during a war of expansion with the French where the prize is Spanish treasure.<\/p>\n<p>Problems occur when Colonel Kirkby leads a conspiracy of captains who refuse to support Admiral Benbow during a six day running battle with a French fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Now they both must face the music: Benbow fights on almost single handedly until critically wounded and completely deserted by his captains. The fleet returns to Jamaica where Benbow court martials Kirkby and his supporters. However, their fate rests with the Queen who must decide whether to support Admiral Benbow or the Captains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TALKING POINTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The<\/em> <em>Benbow Mutiny<\/em> is unlike any in its genre because of its high stakes conflict between a Commander and his officers during a major battle.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences will respond to the issue of duty and honour under fire in a war of questionable merit.<\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019ll love scenes such as Benbow\u2019s battle with pirates, where the losers lose their heads.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE BENBOW MUTINY Screen Play by William A. Benbow and Fred D.B. Hebbert 2010 US Copyright 1-522965341 CONCEPT Imagine that a 17th century British Admiral is deserted by his cowardly captains during a major battle in the West Indies. What if this Admiral forges ahead into the battle in order to show his faint-hearted captains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":697,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-664","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":673,"href":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664\/revisions\/673"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bravebenbow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}