Duncan Putney

An original family adventure

Talcut Perkins’ father is a widowed college history professor who takes a new teaching job in a small New England town. The family moves into an old tavern next door to Elizabeth and her teenage daughter Kim. When two hundred year old spirits start popping up at every historic site on the east coast, the Perkins house seams to be one of their favorite meeting places. Talcut’s little sister Carolyn stows away for a ride on Ben Franklin’s ghost coach, so dad and brother and neighbors must travel to Philadelphia to find her.

This improvised family unit gets caught up and taken along as the ghosts of the founding fathers come back to let us know that they are very disappointed with the ethics of elected officials, voter apathy, government waste and corruption. At Talcut’s unintentional suggestion, the spectral continental army marches on Washington DC to take over the Capital. CSPAN gets their highest ratings ever as they broadcast the unearthly siege of the capital building. An inspired address by Talcut’s history professor father and the spirited deliberations of politicians past and present live from the house chamber inspire average Americans to rise up out of their complacency to register to vote, to speak out, and to demand accountability of their officials.

Call it “Ectoplasmic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” or “Waite Till Your Founding Father Gets Home.”

Status: Script currently in a rewrite, 90 pages




		An original family adventure “SPIRITS OF ’76” By Duncan Bruce Putney WGA #I04846-00 Talcut Perkins’ father is a widowed college history professor who takes a new teaching job in a small New England town. The family moves into an old tavern next door to Elizabeth and her teenage daughter Kim. When two hundred year old spirits start popping up at every historic site on the east coast, the Perkins house seams to be one of their favorite meeting places. Talcut’s little sister Carolyn stows away for a ride on Ben Franklin’s ghost coach, so dad and brother and neighbors must travel to Philadelphia to find her. This improvised family unit gets caught up and taken along as the ghosts of the founding fathers come back to let us know that they are very disappointed with the ethics of elected officials, voter apathy, government waste and corruption. At Talcut’s unintentional suggestion, the spectral continental army marches on Washington DC to take over the Capital. CSPAN gets their highest ratings ever as they broadcast the unearthly siege of the capital building. An inspired address by Talcut’s history professor father and the spirited deliberations of politicians past and present live from the house chamber inspire average Americans to rise up out of their complacency to register to vote, to speak out, and to demand accountability of their officials. Call it “Ectoplasmic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” or “Waite Till Your Founding Father Gets Home.” Status: Script currently in a rewrite, 90 pages

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