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THE FINAL RESET
By Gerald Smith

GENRE: Fantasy, Drama
LOGLINE:

A boy receives a special gift for his 15th birthday which allows him to “reset” his troubled life numerous times to a predetermined point via playing a unique video game.

SYNOPSIS:

Matt Stuart receives a special gift for his 15th birthday from his best friend, Brenda Hooper. The box contains a computer game on various computer memory media, 5-1/4 inch floppy disk, 3-1/2 inch HD disk, CD disc, USB thumb drive, and a crystal shard, all labeled with “The Legend of Tesser.” And so Matt begins playing “The Legend of Tesser”, but continually comes to a dead end – a door requiring a special password.

Following a tragic break-up with his HS girlfriend at his Senior Prom, a stranger hands a severely depress Matt a business card containing the password needed to advance in the game. When Matt types in that password, he experiences his first “reset”, waking up the following morning – the morning of his 15th birthday.

Matt uses this “reset” to avoid the pain he experienced with his girlfriend at the Senior Prom. He is able to advance further in the computer game and in his life before he once again experiences a dead end in the game and another significant failure in his life. Matt is handed another business card containing another password. Matt plays the game, types in that password, and is once again transported back to his 15th birthday. This happens repeatedly, following epic failures in his life. Each time Matt advances further into the computer game and further in life, learning from his past mistakes.

Finally, following one of Matt’s “resets”, he finds true love and happiness. Matt takes action to preclude any future “resets”.

Act I

Matt receives a special gift for his 15th birthday and begins playing a computer game, “The Legend of Tesser”. Matt gets dumped by his girlfriend the night of his senior prom. A stranger hands a severely depress Matt a business card containing a password needed to advance in the computer game. Matt experiences his first “reset”, returning to his 15th birthday.

Act II

Matt’s life experiences some successes following each “reset”, but also some major failures that are brought to the forefront at his various high school class reunions. Using the computer memory technology at that time, Matt “resets” again, and again, and again. With each “reset” Matt is able to go deeper into the computer game and further along in his life.

Act III

Matt experiences a “reset” which results in long-term happiness. Matt takes action to preclude any future “resets”.

This film is a light-hearted drama and should appeal to the same audiences that enjoyed Groundhog Day (1993), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), and 17 Again (2009) as related to dealing with traveling through time and reliving a past life.

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