ALL ABOARD THE TURTLE EXPRESS - (Screenplay: Film)
Written by: Howard Neil Pugh. Tunstall Studios, SW9 8DA, United Kingdom
Author: Howard Neil Pugh All Aboard The Turtle Express (working title) - Sequel to Turtles Can Fly
Writers Guild America WEST Registered: 2082694
Expiry: 10/7/2025
A Computer-Animated, Adventure-Action-Comedy (An Inspirational, Educational Christmas Cartoon)
Logline: Howard walks through the Fire to find his brother who is held
hostage by a tribe of Aboriginals demanding their Sacred land
back.
Taglines: A Railroad Shell-ebriety
An Express Fairy tale
The Transcontinental Turtle
Synopsis:
After his screenplay success with Turtles Can Fly, Howard
receives bad news. His brother is being held hostage in
Australia by a tribe of aboriginals demanding their Sacred
Land back. Sitting around a campfire with his Newfound
family, (Literary Nobel prize winner) Marta (The Butterfly),
Angelo (the Wizard), and their new Baby Malaya, he walks
through the fire to return to his shell (his flying Turtle
character).
His action ‘ignites’ an epic rail journey through mountain
Ranges, arid deserts, goldfields, rocky valleys, subtropical
savannahs and a ghost town. He boards a train in Perth, a
Transcontinental Crossing, bound for Sydney to search for his
brother. In transit he encounters an animated world of voodoo
and politics, horror, and romance. Somewhere in between
Perth, Adelaide, and Sydney, the Turtle’s quest to rescue his
brother encounters the dark side of ancient and modern
civilisations.