Two funky Double-O teams eager for a shot at Hollywood fame join forces to stop a white supremacist plot from igniting a racial civil war on America's 200th birthday.

SYNOPSIS:

BICENTENNIAL DAY

Tone & Style: High octane thriller faithful to the ‘70s in style, fashion, music and humor. The richly textured story world features a dynamic multi-ethnic cast and has all the action, high stakes, vainglorious villainy and unflappable courage you’d expect from the early Bond blockbusters. But instead of Blofeld or Largo, the villains are American Neo-Nazis with a terrifying agenda. And while the tone is cool and breezy at the start, things turn dark and menacing as the plot unfolds to reveal the threat of racial genocide, weapons of mass destruction and the cataclysmic danger they pose.

The action-packed thrills of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and BOND, the badass swagger of SHAFT and COFFY and the tight slacks, chunky heels flair of STARSKY & HUTCH and CHARLIE’S ANGELS combine in a rambunctious and highly cinematic thriller as a funkafied team of colorful heroes put the pedal to the metal in a desperate race to stop an explosive civil war armed with only hot cars, cold six-packs and good old fashioned guts and grit.

Story Overview: 1976. America’s 200th birthday is right around the corner and the whole world’s coming to party! The tall ships have arrived in New York and in every city and town from Maine to Hawaii to Alaska to Florida, Fourth of July parades, concerts, baseball games, barbeques and fireworks will salute our independence and honor America the Beautiful from sea to shining sea with the wildest boogie down this nation has ever seen.

But America’s in for a big surprise. The world’s most dangerous man has slipped into the country undetected to help his Neo-Nazi friends launch a July 4th attack so terrifying that 9/11 will pale in comparison. And from the ashes a new White Christian Nation will arise and give birth to a fascist American Reich.

The plan is perfect. And nothing can stop it.

Main Characters:

Bobby Cox: Ex-Green Beret and DISCO Team Leader, age 35. Smart, cool-headed and easy-going. Seen it all and done it all. Keenly intuitive and highly adaptable to changing circumstances. Trusts his team completely and encourages them to improvise to get the job done.

Ricky Balsano: Smooth, street-smart Puerto Rican-Jamaican from New Jersey, age 25. Hot cars, heavy weps and cool threads are his thing. Loves to laugh and keep things loose but knows how to drop the hammer. The Tubbs to Bobby’s Crockett and the team’s second in command.

Sioux Silverfox: Native American deeply in tune with her cultural heritage, age 25. Whip smart, fluent in Lakota, champion disco skater and loves a good bar fight. Wickedly funny, sports a sexy Pocahontas look with a tomahawk and Mei’s nonstop comedy partner.

Mei Chang: Classy Asian-American Stanford grad, age 25. Pinball wizard, disco maven, Mensa IQ and hell on skates. Fluent in Mandarin, flaunts a sexy Shanghai cocktail dress when the mood hits and translates Sioux’s wild Lakota quips into hilariously raunchy English.

Charles Bentley-Rolls: Dapper Royal Navy Commander and MI-FUNK Team Leader, age 35. Oxford man, Top Gun pilot, smooth as silk and totally unflappable. Trusts his team completely and gives them wide latitude to get the job done. The Black version of Connery’s Bond.

Penny Highgate: Posh Emma Peel-like operative and consummate actress specializing in seductive Russian arms dealers and Rosa Klebb killers. Can drive any man crazy with lust or cower in fear. Got the hots for Bobby and his phonetically enticing Liquor & Poker Tour.

Ace Dawson: Tough North London street kid and jack of all trades, age 25. Helicopter pilot, motorcycle pro, master of one-liners and clever like a fox. Determined to out-Bond the Bond movies. Tight with Angie and knows how to push Penny’s buttons with hilarious results.

Angie Stone: Feisty funk-loving Brit always up for a party and deadly in a fight, age 25. Forms a Charlie’s Angels sisterhood with Mei and Sioux and performs a Flying Wallenda from a motorcycle onto a helicopter that spells kaput for the Neo-Nazi honchos on board.

P & G: Heads of MI-FUNK (London) and DISCO (Brooklyn). Former OSS agents after WWII, they hit the Black glass ceiling and vowed to form their own organizations open to all races, sexes, colors and creeds. Seen as the nasty step-children of the posher and more celebrated MI-6 and their American counterparts, they’re every bit as good and often better. But the sting of not getting the fame they deserve runs deep. And when London gets wind of a Neo-Nazi plot to blow up America’s Bicentennial, P&G see a perfect chance to work together. The teams are excited and eager to meet. But will it be a marriage made in heaven or a pile-up-on on the highway to hell.

George Lee Hunt: Well-groomed head of the American National Freedom Party and leader of the White supremacist group White Lightning, age 50. Smooth and confident speaker who looks like a US Senator or a successful businessman. Staunch believer in racial superiority based on “scientific evidence” and committed to making America a White Nation under a Christian God and free of the unhealthy influence of Black music and culture.

Viktor Gold: No. 2 at SPHINCTER (Special High Impact Network for Corruption, Terror, Extortion and Revolt) and the most dangerous man in the world, age 50. Head of a global Neo-Nazi network intent on overthrowing governments, bringing fascism back into power and the mastermind behind the Bicentennial Day plot. A classic Bond villain: ruthless, mercurial, sadistic and loathsome.

Maj. Don Weiss: Commander of the C-130 Hercules squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas, age 40. Well-liked and easy-going on the outside, but a virulent Neo-Nazi in the inside. The key man in the Bicentennial Day plot and the guy no one sees coming.

SYNOPSIS:

Summer, 1976. The world’s gone Bond crazy and every new movie’s an event. But what if the Bond universe was real and two scrappy, less-celebrated Double-O teams eager for Hollywood fame joined forces for a shot at the big time? That’s the premise of this white-knuckle thriller set in the golden age of disco that gives eight gritty and inspiring new heroes an incredible chance to shine.

We open in the Transvaal of apartheid South Africa where, at the heavily guarded compound of White Nationalist leader Ernst Snofeld, glamorous Russian arms dealer Ivana Strokemov (played by Penny Highgate) delivers 80 kilos of highly enriched Uranium-235 to terrorists from North Korea, Iraq and the PLO in exchange for $100 million in diamonds. The sultry Strokemov has the men enthralled and after a rousing chorus of “Diamonds Are Forever” where everyone mocks Bond and MI-6, a helicopter flown by Ace Dawson and Angie Stone whisks Penny away with a briefcase full of diamonds.

As Snofeld and the terrorists toast to their success, a British Harrier jump jet bristling with missiles and flown by Cdr. Charles Bentley-Rolls streaks in and blows the compound to hell. As MI-FUNK celebrate their victory back aboard an aircraft carrier, they too mock Bond for leaving his cache of diamonds floating up in space and fire off a hilarious list of movie titles they’d want to see if they ever get their shot at Hollywood fame.

Meanwhile in Miami, the DISCO team (Directorate of Special Counter-intelligence Operations) is engaged in a major sting on a drug lord’s luxury yacht. As Bobby and Ricky, looking like a disco Crockett and Tubbs, swap a quarter of a million dollars for 40 kilos of coke, their cover is blown and the deal goes to hell. Mei and Sioux, waiting in a speedboat, fly into action. Sioux sneaks aboard, kills the guards, grabs the money, slaps explosives on the wall and as everyone jumps in the speedboat and Mei guns the engines, the yacht explodes in a fireball. And in a wild chase across Biscayne Bay with Mei and Sioux launching RPGs and Ricky manning the .50 cal machine gun, the team blows the bad guys away and races off into the night.

Back at MI-FUNK’s London HQ, matriarchal boss P tells them SPHINCTER (Special High Impact Network for Corruption, Terror, Extortion and Revolt) has slipped their No. 2, notorious Neo-Nazi/ White Lightning mastermind Viktor Gold into America to disrupt the Bicentennial – but doesn’t know the specific target. P tells them about their sister organization in New York called DISCO and wants the team to lend a hand. Eager to meet their counterparts and go to the States, FUNK sees a golden opportunity to get out from under Bond’s shadow and leave GOLDFINGER, THUNDERBALL and DIAMONDS in the dust.

Back home at DISCO’s Brooklyn HQ, tough-minded boss G briefs them on the Viktor Gold intel and says FUNK is coming to help. Bobby’s well aware of White Lightning and its leader George Lee Hunt, head of the American National Freedom Party, underscores the danger they represent and welcomes FUNK’s help in stopping whatever they’re planning. But it won’t be easy. America’s a big country with hundreds of targets. G emphasizes the importance of working together with their British cousins and tells Mei and Sioux, known for their notorious hijinks, to play nice.

FUNK arrives at DISCO’s cozy clubroom and things get off to an amusing start when Mei and Sioux show up on roller skates dressed as a sultry Shanghai vixen and an angry Sioux warrior with a tomahawk bent of revenge for the English colonizing America. As Sioux spits venomous threats in Lakota and Mei translates them into raunchy English, the Brits are terrified and taken aback – until Bobby reveals the ruse and Sioux cracks jokes in funky urban slang.

Bonding over drinks and DISCO’s collection of pinball machines, and as Mei and Sioux continue their nonstop routine of translating each other’s Mandarin and Lakota quips into raunchier and raunchier English, the teams get down to business. America is DISCO’s home turf, so FUNK cedes command to Bobby, who outlines the daunting task. Without any leads, they’ll need to beat the bushes and hit the road in the teams’ rides: a ’69 Charger and a ’67 Mustang called The Gators and a huge GMC Motorhome called Big Momma, all packed with serious fucking heat. First stop: Tennessee, where Bobby has a mole inside White Lightning who may shed some light.

Suddenly strange things start happening. An Army truck carrying six drums of lethal Sarin gas from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal to a location in Utah is hijacked in a deadly ambush and vanishes without a trace. At Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas, Maj. Don Zeiss, Commander of the C-130 fleet, leads the squadron on a low-and-slow spraying run over the remote Ozark forests. And at a secret meeting of armband-wearing White Lightning leaders at a remote farm in Illinois, George Lee Hunt tells the crowd that something extraordinary will happen on July 4th that will change the course of history and bring about a new White Nation.

Acting on intel from Bobby’s mole that something big is planned for the 4th and alarming rumor that White Lightning might have a nuke, FUNK-DISCO, led by Sioux and Mei as roller derby bombers, bust up a White Lightning biker bar in Tennessee looking for answers and come up dry. But the fight doesn’t end there. In a balls out, high speed chase worthy of ROAD WARRIOR, Big Momma and The Gators leave a trail of dead bikers and diehard Johnnie Rebs in their wake as they race off into the night.

Suddenly the team hits pay dirt. Penny, playing the terrifying East German assassin Isla Schmidt (a hotter version of Rosa Klebb), storms into the American National Freedom Party headquarters near Chicago and in a classic FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE interrogation, learns that Hunt and Viktor Gold are holed up at Hunt’s remote, heavily guarded compound near Stanley, Idaho. The team puts the pedal down and races west.

As they do, a huge Bicentennial Day concert at the L.A. Coliseum is announced featuring the biggest names in the Black music business: Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes, Earth Wind & Fire, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Kool & The Gang, Aretha Franklin, Santana, War, Ike & Tina Turner and many more. And as the sun sets over Arkansas, Major Zeiss and a mysterious two-man crew take a C-130 up on a troubleshooting mission to “work out some kinks” and as it flies north, the plane goes radio silent and disappears off the radar.

After burning up the miles, the team stops in the Black Hills of South Dakota where Sioux, in a dramatic and emotional campfire séance with the spirits of her ancestors, learns that “a great bird will soon bring death to many.” With nothing more to go on and trusting the Lakota spirits, the team makes a beeline for Idaho, knowing that time is running out.

As the convoy arrives near Stanley, Idaho – one of the most remote places in the US – G calls Bobby and says an Army truck carrying six drums of Sarin was hijacked in Colorado and a C-130 sprayer plane vanished flying north from Little Rock. Bobby puts two and two together and realizes the plane is the delivery vehicle for the Sarin and both are now hidden here in Idaho – but what’s the target? The only way to find out is to find Hunt and Gold.

A clever plan unfolds. The team splits up and Bobby and Penny, masquerading as squabbling Hollywood producers scouting locations for the next Bond movie MONEYPUSSY find the local post office and ask for directions to Mr. Hunt’s place, saying they hear if might be perfect for the villain’s lair. The Postmaster gives them directions and as expected, picks up the phone and dials a number as Bobby and Penny leave. Bobby radios the location to the team and within moments, a helicopter and a Land Rover force them off the road. Now positioned in the hills around Hunt’s heavily guarded compound, the team watches the Charger arrive boxed in by two Land Rovers and as the helicopter lands near the main house, Ricky and the team plan their attack and rescue.

Standing in the great room of Hunt’s villa, modeled after Hitler’s alpine retreat, Hunt and Gold see through the MONEYPUSSY cover story and Bobby and Penny, playing their parts perfectly, reveal their true identities and admit they’ve failed. However, they know about the Sarin and the C-130 and since they’re going to be killed anyway, it would only be sporting if they learned what the target is.

Seeing no harm and with classic Bond villain vanity, Hunt and Gold reveal the plot. The nuke rumor was a hoax. Instead, the C-130 loaded with Sarin will fly over the huge Black music concert at the LA Coliseum, kill 100,000 people and ignite an all-out race war, giving birth to a new White Nation. And as Bobby and Penny hide their shock, Major Zeiss strides in, salutes Hunt as “Mein Fuhrer” and everything falls into place. Bobby and Penny are locked in the wine cellar and with nothing to do until the cavalry arrives, enjoy each other’s company to the fullest.

July 4th, 4 a.m. All is quiet. Mei, Sioux and Angie sneak into the compound and stick timed explosives on the guard towers and bunk houses. As massive explosions rock the compound and the guards scramble out, Big Momma and the Mustang roar in with guns blazing. Bobby and Penny escape from the wine cellar as Hunt as Gold race through a tunnel. The battle ends and as the team searches the house, they can’t find Hunt and Gold. Suddenly Ace and Angie, standing guard near a motorcycle, see the helicopter revving up with Hunt and Gold aboard. Ace guns the bike and as the chopper lifts off, Angie slaps explosives on the skids, drops to the ground and seconds later, the chopper explodes in a fireball.

July 4th dawns and as the team celebrates their victory amidst the carnage, Bobby assumes Zeiss and his crew were killed in the assault and the concert is safe. Suddenly the massive C-130 loaded with Sarin roars overhead on its lumbering 900 mile flight to L.A. There’s no way they can catch it – or can they? As the team piles in the cars, Bobby calls G and says they need a Learjet ready at the nearest airbase. G wants to cancel the concert and Bobby says if they do, it’ll cause a riot. G says if they don’t, 100,000 people will die. Bobby insists on giving his team a chance and says he has a plan.

The team races to Mountain Home AFB near Boise, piles in a Learjet and streaks to Edwards AFB in Southern California at 500 mph, where two Apache helicopters are revving. The Coliseum is packed, concert is in full swing and the clock is ticking as the Apaches race to LA and see the C-130 approaching. They can’t shoot it down over the city, so as Apache One hovers over the 130, Bobby and Charles climb down wearing wet suits, oxygen masks and suction cups, plant themselves on the roof and in a breathtaking feat of high wire courage, crawl down the fuselage, slip inside the cargo hold and see the Sarin drums hooked to the sprayers.

Bobby and Charles reach the cockpit and see the Coliseum dead ahead. With no time left, they kill the navigator and yank Zeiss and the copilot out of their seats. And while the copilot succumbs quickly, Zeiss fights like a maniac, kicks the control wheel and sends the plane into a death dive. Charles yanks the wheel back but the plane keeps plunging: 1200 feet. 800 feet. Suddenly the plane pulls out and roars over the Coliseum at 500 feet as 100,000 fans erupt in cheers, thinking it’s all part of the show.

As the team celebrates at a Brooklyn disco two weeks later and everyone dressed to kill, Sioux drops a bombshell in her native tongue made hilarious by Mei’s raunchy translation. The clean version? Sioux’s feminine wiles have landed them a three-picture Hollywood movie deal. And the first one up is BICENTENNIAL DAY. The team is ecstatic. Their wildest dreams have come true and they can’t wait to show the Bond World who’s boss.

Suddenly Ricky sees an old friend across the room and introduces the team to John Travolta. Mei and Sioux are instantly smitten and when Travolta says he’s about to shoot a movie in the club they’re sitting in called SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and has been practicing his moves for the disco dance scenes, the team demands a preview. Travolta signals the DJ and as “You Should Be Dancing” explodes from the sound system, everyone joins Travolta on the dance floor, matching his soon-to-be iconic routine step for step and having a blast.

The story comes to a close as P and G stroll along Central Park West like lovers rekindling an old flame, knowing the war against racial hatred and White supremacy is far from over. There will always be another wannabe fascist dictator like George Lee Hunt, and the next one might well be the President.

Commercial Appeal:

Compelling Themes:

White supremacy: a threat to America since its founding and very much alive today. Fascism and Christian Fundamentalists: an unholy nexus posing a clear and present danger today. The overt presence of Neo-Nazis and White supremacists in society and the military. The unabashed calls for a Second Civil War driven by MAGA politicians and their followers.

Multi-ethnic Cast:

Deeply drawn characters from across the racial spectrum (Black, White, Latino, Native American and Asian American) each with their own distinct personalities, skill sets and wicked senses of humor. Neo-Nazis and White supremacists also deeply drawn and given ample time to voice their views, no matter how repugnant they are. Women and men sharing the spotlight and earning equal credit for success.

Cinematic Visuals & Songs:

Stunning locations, sweeping vistas, badass muscle cars packed with serious heat, high speed cross-country chases, breathtaking air battles and classic fashions that bring the ‘70s to life in all their get down, hit the disco glory. Plus an amazing collection of funk, rock and R&B classics that define the era and add power and majesty to every scene while driving the action to greater and greater heights

Marketing Potential: Audiences crave this type of high octane, high stakes thriller with gritty, underdog heroes they can root for and cheer. And it would be hard to find a more relevant movie in today’s marketplace. Why? Because White nationalism is the biggest domestic terrorist threat we face and is only growing stronger and more mainstream. And not just here. Everywhere. A vast majority finally understands the threat that fascism and far-right demagoguery pose to all democracies, which means that BICENTENNIAL DAY, couched as funky ‘70s thriller, has a great chance to connect with viewers all over the world and become an extremely important film.