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EARTH GUARDIANS

EARTH GUARDIANS
By Leotien Parlevliet

GENRE: Drama, Adventure
LOGLINE:

Tonal Comps: THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW meets THE LORD OF THE RINGS

Logline: In the not too distant future, a gifted psychic leads her team of ecological guardians to fight a vengeful billionaire hell-bent on World domination even if it means at the cost of a living planet.

MY CONNECTION TO THIS STORY
I want to raise public awareness about the unique function of the cycle of nature, which
deteriorates rapidly. Nature offers us vital ecosystems, fascinating animal and plant
species, and a rich biodiversity which are perfectly geared to one another.
Environmentalists - who strain every nerve to prevent irreparable damage to Nature -
propelled me to explore these characters and this world.

WHY DOES THIS FILM NEED TO BE MADE NOW?
There is no denying the fact that climate change is ravaging our world. Human actions
like emissions of fossil fuels, of nitrogen and significant amounts of particulates cause a
dangerous rise of temperature. This combined with environmental pollution creates a
health decline of all life and damage to vital ecosystems drive many animal and plant
species to extinction. This film will raise awareness about the critical stage nature has
reached and motivate people to help nature to recover to restore the planet to its former
self, and this film warns of the danger of dictatorial anti-climate groups.

INTRODUCTION
The Earth is a planet with vital ecosystems full of life, but global warming, mainly due to hu
man activity, forms a serious threat for its survival. When the acts of a climate denier terror
ist envelops the world in a dirty smog that creates a ripple effect to all of nature, including
severe weather storms, a psychic sees the eventual consequences and convinces her
group of environmental advocates to help to stop their terror. Together with her best friend,
and a team, she undertakes a deadly journey to the headquarters of the movement.

SYNOPSIS:

SYNOPSIS In the near future, the world is ravaged by global warming due to the radical actions of the climate change denier group, The Civic Ultimatum Coalition (THE C.I.U.C.) lead by a billionaire’s son. After two members of the Earth Guardians plot to stop his father from turning Yellowstone into an amusement park and they accidentally kill both of Harold ́s parents, Harold wants revenge and justice. He reverses all the solutions to stop climate change, forces people to join them, persecutes climate activists and wants to gain world power. His self-love and harshness towards his adherents leads to bitter arguments with his best friend, Mike. Sabina, a famous psychic and her best friend, Brian, a British nature scientist and explorer, are the leaders of the climate action group,The Earth Guardians.Together with their team and a group of experts, they’ve built an ecological underground facility in Trenton, New Jersey, to facilitate refuge and conservation. When Sabina finds out on the website of THE C.I.U.C. that they want to persecute climate activists, she and Brian alert their members and invite four of them to join them on a risky journey to stop the C.I.U.C. ́s plans. To convince Kim Mason, Simon Kenton, Pierre Manot and Cheryl Menning of their plan, Sabina and Brian make a film that shows Sabina ́s vision, in which Dolphins show her how crystals imbued with each character strengths are thrown into the fire of the terrorist’s gang ritual ceremony, clear the sky and stop the C.I.U.C.

The team embarks on a mission to the headquarters of the movement in the Ural Mountains. Sabina is very sure of her own values and abilities, and leads the fellowship. Brian is cool and likes to show his expertise. He has a strong faith in Sabina ́s gifts and visions since they’ve known each other from Public School in London. The team struggles to survive the ecological disasters and to reach their destination, while the C.I.U.C. is hot on their trail. In the process the team tries to save citizens from being plundered in shocking round ups, in which the gang leads away environmentalists, brutally separates families and forces people to join them. Personal clashes interfere with their mission as Brian lets his traumatic past interfere with his relationship with Cheryl and drives a wedge between him and Sabina, as she sides Cheryl. Sabina ́s arguments with Simon about her gifts come to a head, when she reveals her dream in which they are trapped by the gang, with Pierre handcuffed in a bright light. This frightens Pierre, and Simon reproaches her a lack of tact. Sabina reassures Pierre that a bright light is always a positive sign. She gets worried when she can ́t explain him being handcuffed. And Pierre ́s many phone calls arouse her suspicion, but the dream keeps misleading her. Things become worse when Brian begins to lose faith in Sabina ́s gifts as she can’t clarify her vision. The delays on their way frustrate the team, and when they watch the bees dropping dead from the sky, time is more urgent than they realized. During an ecological disaster at The Black Sea, Brian saves Cheryl ́s life, and decides to share his dark secret with her in order to cope with it for good. Cheryl is touched and offers him her help and friendship, but Brian feels much more from her than that; When Cheryl is kidnapped by THE C.I.U.C, and the team fails to free her, Brian is so upset that he loses control. Sabina tells him that Cheryl tricked Harold and will survive, but Brian's confidence in her shatters because she has not foreseen Cheryl's kidnapping. On their way to the ritual, things take a dramatic turn, when Pierre shows them a path in which Sabina senses dark energy. She tries desperately to stop her team from following, but Brian orders them to move on and ignores Sabina ́s warning. They run blindly into Pierre's trap. Together with Harold's best friend, Mike and some adherents, he turns the team all over to THE C.I.U.C. Sabina tries to save their mission and their lives by challenging Pierre to a life and death duel, but Brian intervenes and blows their last chance and sacrifices his life. Kim and Simon put all the blame on Sabina. Her grief is unbearable. Their mission is saved by a white pigeon. Harold tries to kill the bird, but Cheryl slams the gun from his hands. The pigeon picks at Pierre's hands holding the crystals, which drop into the fire and a big healing crystal clears the sky. Its rays paralyze the movement with fear. The team is surprised to watch the sudden appearance of a police force who arrests the dazed gang. Especially, Sabina who grasps the meaning of her dream about Pierre. She wins Simon's trust as he recognizes her visions, but Cheryl loathes her because of Brian's death. Sabina ́s grief is such that she refuses to join them back home in the car.Then a ray of the sun puts the team and the car suddenly in a bright warm light, and Sabina senses it as Brian's message to them: Return all together and restore what has been lost both in nature and in their hearts, and she joins her friends in the car. As the planet shows its beauty, the Dolphin's alert to humanity is revealed in The Cry of the Dolphins song.

MAIN CHARACTERS

Sabina Dale (35) – A famous psychic and ecologist. She's a Roma type and has a close

bond with Brian. She is the leader of the climate action group, ̈The Earth Guardians” and

has a high sense of responsibility, is dedicated to her team, clings to her mission and relies

on herself and her gifts.

Brian Hemming (36) - A young British natural scientist and explorer, boyish looks, has a

close bond with Sabina since their youth. He is the co-leader of Sabina ́s climate action

group. He is cool, purposeful, likes to show his expertise, and hides a secret behind a mask

of pride.

Cheryl Menning (35) - A young bookseller and a passionate member of Sabina ́s and

Brian's climate group. She's an animal lover, is reserved, and vulnerable, but holds her own

ground.

Kim Mason (34) - A teacher, is a friend of Simon Kenton. She's spontaneous, a sport type, a

risk taker and confront problems head on. She is social. but can also be harsh and hurt

someone's feelings. She's an active member of the Earth Guardians and becomes Cheryl ́s

close friend during the journey.

Simon Kenton (32) - A tour guide. A friend of Kim Mason. and also an active member of The

Earth Guardians. He's a realist, very helpful, has nerve, but also responsibility, and distrusts

Sabina ́s visions.

Pierre Manot (39) - A French pilot of Air France. A Mediterranean look. He is a so-called

passionate member of The Earth Guardians. He is precise in his work, concerned, but a cun-

ning secret agent of The C.I.U.C.

Harold Davidson, (35) - The narcissist son of an estate agent who wants to avenge the

dead of his parents by Kim's and Simon's doing, He's unable to cope with the loss, loses con-

trol of himself, and becomes the corrupt leader of the dreaded anti climate movement, The

C.I.U.C. He believes that most people only want prosperity and that climate change is a

hoax.

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