The First Book of Gabriel: Seeker of the Light: Original Screenplay

By Gabe Rispoli Jr.

Gabriel, a young man with autistic enhancements becomes immersed in an ancient prophecy to help nature heal the planet. Along with five close friends, a dangerous adventure to ancient sites ensues across the Middle East and Europe in search of “The Light”. Gabriel attains the knowledge to heal the damage done to our atmosphere, faster than ever imagined. Gabriel learns the true meaning of God and why planets like earth are the most-rare in the Universe. Planets with blue waters that create life contain the essence of original creation, which is what we look for God to be. Yet as we look to the sky for a concept of God that does not exist, we have God right under our feet getting stepped on. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Release date: Jun 22, 2023
• ISBN: 9781977266330

Gabe Rispoli Jr.

I grew up with a dad that was a great storyteller, and ended up like him in that respect. Having grown up in the 60’s affected me for life. That vibe imprinted into my brain like a memory you never forget. Writing at this stage of my life is a great way to get things out that you want to share with people, aside from entertaining them with a story.  If you look real-close, you can connect so many dots within the history of mankind that are common in concepts and beliefs, yet people get so lost killing each other over the details that they cannot see the dots. If you follow this story through the four volumes of “The First Book of Gabriel”, I will take you on a wild ride following the dots from ancient times to today. In the end, what you take away from it, is all that counts.

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The First Book of Gabriel

Seeker of the Light : Original Screenplay

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To Debbie

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Scene List

The First Book of Gabriel - Seeker of the Light Original Screenplay

The First Book of Gabriel - Seeker of the Light TV Movie Treatment for Screenplay

CB, Gary, and my Cousin Debbie

Charles browning, also known as CB, was acknowledged in the Novel The First Book of Gabriel - Seeker of the Light as my shaman, and half the inspiration for Peter. The half that’s the smooth talker that always gets the girl. In Book two, the family lawyer for Gabriel is modeled after CB, and called Mr. Charles Browning. Now, aside from being the best of friends for the last 50 years, CB has always supported & touted my photography work, my music, and now representing my writing, I don’t think I could be in better hands.

Gary Martin, also known as Gary, needs to be acknowledged for all the copy editing he has helped me with on this screenplay. Always making my writing more polished, which is what a professional copy editor does. Gary does more than that, as he is a novelist himself working on his first novel. We met in 1986 at Operation Sail’s Salute to Liberty. It was the 4th of July celebration for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We worked in Battery Park, NY City, erecting and dismantling thousands of bleacher seats over that summer, and became the best of friends for life.

My dedication page is to my cousin Debbie, but these two individuals, CB and Gary needed to be acknowledged for the way they both stepped up to help me when my cousin Debbie passed. CB picked up where Debbie left off pointing out my mistakes. Gary edited on a different level concerning proper structure among other things like an English professor might. They both helped immensely. Debbie was the only one I worked with on my first novel. She was my closest female cousin and also accompanied me as my assistant during the 70’s & early 80’s when I shot photos at Rock Concerts. She even jump-started my music collection when she let me borrow her 45-record-collection she brought to my house in 1966 when I was 10 years old. That was the beginning of wanting to get every record Debbie had in her box. I continued to build a massive record collection of my own. I still have the records all in mint condition because I never let anyone touch them but myself. When I think about how Debbie trusted me with her record collection it blows me away. Debby worked with me daily for two years helping to get the first book published. Then she helped in half of the second books first round of editing before her untimely passing. With all my Love, may she RIP.

SCENE PAGE LIST

SCENE 1 – DREAM SEQUENCE – EXT. THE DESERT – DAY

SCENE 2 – DREAM SEQUENCE – INT. BELOW TRAP DOOR – SCARCELY LIT

SCENE 3 – DREAM SEQUENCE – INT. PATH TO LOWER LEVEL – SCARCELY LIT

SCENE 4 – DREAM SEQUENCE – INT. THE ROOM TO THE RIGHT – SCARCELY LIT

SCENE 5 – DREAM SEQUENCE – EXT. THE DESART – DAY

SCENE 6 – DREAM SEQUENCE – INT. THE SARCOPHAGUS – SCARCELY LIT

SCENE 7 – INT. GABRIELS’S BEDROOM – NIGHT

SCENE 8 – EXT. THE ESTATE DRIVEWAY– DAY

SCENE 9 – INT. THE ESTATE’S KITCHEN – DAY

SCENE 10 – INT. THE ESTATE’S TOWER ROOM – DAY

SCENE 11 – EXT. THE LIMO WAITING IN ESTATE DRIVEWAY – DAY

SCENE 12 – INT. TETERBORO CORPORATE AIRPORT NJ– DAY

SCENE 13 – INT. THE IRISH PUB & MADAM ALANA – DAY

SCENE 14 – INT. THE FLIGHT TO ROME – DAY

SCENE 15 – EXT. A SURPRISE ON THE TARMAC – DAY

SCENE 16 – INT. INSIDE THE LIMO WITH UNCLE ZITO – DAY

SCENE 17 – INT. BREAKFAST FOR A KING – DAY

SCENE 18 – INT. THE FLIGHT TO JORDAN – DAY

SCENE 19 – INT. REUNITING WITH PAUL & THOMAS – DAY

SCENE 20 – INT. THE RIDE TO LUNCH – DAY

SCENE 21 – EXT. THE UNEXPECTED STOP – DAY

SCENE 22 – INT. BACK ON THE ROAD – DAY

SCENE 23 – INT. A QUIET PLACE TO EAT – DAY

SCENE 24 – EXT. THE RIDE TO THE TOMB – NIGHT

SCENE 25 – INT. ENTERING THE TOMB – NIGHT

SCENE 26 – EXT. PAUL & THOMAS GET ARRESTED – NIGHT

SCENE 27 – INT. TRAPPED IN THE TOMB – NIGHT

SCENE 28 – INT. ESCAPE FROM THE TOMB – NIGHT

SCENE 29 – EXT. PETER ELIMINATES THE GUARDS – NIGHT

SCENE 30 – EXT. GETTING ONTO THE PLANE UNSEEN – NIGHT

SCENE 31 – INT. TAKEOFF TO KAYSERI – NIGHT

SCENE 32 – INT. THE RIDE TO THE LOST CITY – DAY

SCENE 33 – EXT. MEETING ADEM – NIGHT

SCENE 34 – INT. THE LOST CITY – NIGHT

SCENE 35 – INT. A CHANGE IN PLANS – NIGHT

SCENE 36 – INT. THE FLIGHT TO ROME – NIGHT

SCENE 37 – INT. ANOTHER TALK WITH UNCLE ZITO IN THE LIMO – NIGHT

SCENE 38 – INT. BACK ON THE PLANE – NIGHT

SCENE 39 – EXT./INT. THE RIDE TO THE TRAIN STATION DAY

SCENE 40 – INT. THE TRAIN RIDE – DAY

SCENE 41 – EXT. NAPOLI FERRY to PALERMO SICILY – DAY

SCENE 42 – INT. THE ROOM ON THE FERRY – DAY

SCENE 43 – EXT. APPROACHING PALERMO SICILY – NIGHT

SCENE 44 – INT. THE GRAND HOTEL VILLA IGIEA – NIGHT.

SCENE 45 – EXT. BREAKFAST ON THE TERRACE – DAY

SCENE 46 – EXT. ENTERING THE MONASTERY – DAY

SCENE 47 – INT. WOMEN OF CAPUCHIN – DAY

SCENE 48 – EXT. THE YACHT RIDE TO ATHENS – DAY

SCENE 49 – INT. THE LOUNGE ON THE YATCH – DAY

SCENE 50 – INT. ANGELIQUE’S CABIN – DAY

SCENE 51 – INT. THE LOUNGE ON THE YATCH – DAY

SCENE 52 – INT. ANGELIQUE’S CABIN – NIGHT

SCENE 53 – INT. EARLY BREAKFAST ON THE YACHT – DAY

SCENE 54 – INT. THE RIDE TO THE CEMETERY – DAY

SCENE 55 – EXT. KERAMEIKOS – DAY

SCENE 56 – INT. THE BULL – DAY

SCENE 57 – EXT. A WALK ON THE BEACH – DAY

SCENE 58 – INT. NICKS GREEK RESAURANT – DAY

SCENE 59 – EXT. A NIGHT OUT IN ATHENS – NIGHT

SCENE 60 – INT. INSIDE THE CLUB – NIGHT

SCENE 61 – INT. GABRIEL & ANGELIQUE MAKE PLANS – DAY

SCENE 62 – EXT. THE RIDE TO THE DOCK – DAY

SCENE 63 – INT. INSIDE THE LIMO – DAY

SCENE 64 – EXT. THE FLIGHT TO SALZBURG – DAY

SCENE 65 – INT. THE LIMO RIDE TO THE SHERATON – DAY

SCENE 66 – INT. THE SHERATON SPA & RICARDO – DAY

SCENE 67 – INT. THE SHERATON BAR – DAY

SCENE 68 – INT. THE LIMO RIDE TO ST PETERS – DAY

SCENE 69 – EXT. ARRIVAL AT ST. PETERS – DAY

SCENE 70 – INT. ENTERING THE CATACOMBS OF ST PETERS – DAY

SCENE 71 – INT. THE SEARCH TO FIND THE LIGHT – DAY

SCENE 72 – INT. THE BASE CAMP – DAY

SCENE 73 – INT. THE BASEMENT – DAY

SCENE 74 – EXT. EVACUATING THE CATACOMBS – DAY

SCENE 75 – INT. INSIDE THE LIGHT – DAY

SCENE 76 – INT. BACK TO THE MAXIMUS CHAPEL – DAY

SCENE 77 – INT. DINNER WITH RICARDO – DAY

SCENE 78 – EXT. BACK TO ROME – DAY

SCENE 79 – INT. REUNITING WITH PAUL AND THOMAS – DAY – CONTINUOUS

SCENE 80 – INT. INSIDE THE LOBY OF THE MARRIOTT – DAY – CONTINOUS

SCENE 81 – EXT. THE RIDE TO THE VATICAN – DAY

SCENE 82 – INT. THE SET UP TO MEET THE HOLY FATHER – DAY

SCENE 83 – INT. INSIDE THE FREEZER – DAY

SCENE 84 – INT. THE FLIGHT HOME – DAY

FADE IN:

SCENE 1

DREAM SEQUENCE - EXT. THE DESERT – DAY

Our scene opens in Jordan, with an Aerial Shot of the Desert in North-East Petra. It’s High Noon; a mild wind is blowing across the sand obscuring footprints that track up and down the dunes. We follow the footprints up to Gabriel, who is standing on the top of a dune. We circle him and see he is dehydrated; his shoulder length hair is matted to his head from sweat. Some reflections of light catch his eye from the bottom of the dune. He approaches the light and sees the sun is reflecting off an abundance of rifle ammo casings. There are little bits and pieces of bloody body parts scattered in the sand. Gabriel sees a dog tag sticking out of the sand. He shifts his weight to his front foot and reaches down, to pick it up. He leans forward, and triggers a hidden trap door beneath the sand. He falls through the sand and disappears from sight. The trap door closes and blends in with