TO BE SHOT IN PORTLAND IN 24 DAYS ON A BUDGET OF $1,000,740. Two Hollywood name actors will be cast in the leading roles. Daniel Yost will direct his own original screenplay. The futuristic story is a mix of contemporary drama/comedy and ‘50s sci-fi, making it a potentially highly marketable commodity.

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synopsis:
Three male astronauts from 2006 crash land on a seemingly barren sand planet and find an opening leading deep underground. BURKE (the captain), ROGERS (science officer) and MILES (a developer who paid $l0 million for the trip) think they've figuratively died and went to heaven when they discover a society of young attractive women living without men. Their elation is short-lived, however, as they learn they are in the year 2369 and that the earth above is barren of life.

Their arrival shocks and intrigues the women, who have never seen men before. Led by judge JASMINE and prosecutor IRIS, the women are holding a mock trial accusing past generations of destroying the species of the world--which includes men, who truly proved to be the weaker sex. Now even stored male sperm is gone and the women are dying off at the age of 35 and all are doomed.

Jasmine, 34, who knows she has not long to live, sees this as an opportunity to replenish the sperm bank and save female humanity, but Iris, who covets Jasmine's power, is suspicious of the men and wants them as real life defendants in their trial. Meanwhile, younger women Daisy, chief engineer, and Heather show the guys around. Rogers, the charmer, takes this opportunity to show Heather how male-female courtship begins--by holding hands. Heather is smitten.

Jasmine takes the men to the "library," which is where their sacred documents are stored, including the Book Of Lily, the Holy Term Paper and the Sacred Disc. The men are not allowed to examine these, but they do get a chance to look at a "book” containing laminated newspaper articles from the early 2lst century about environmental problems, and the "Twelve Commandments" which hang on the wall along with pictures of flowers. The commandments, including "Thou Shalt Not Drive Cars" and "Remember The Flowers," and the other documents come from Lily, a "prophet" and lawgiver who lived in 2006. The astronauts have never heard of Lily and scoff at all this so-called divine guidance. Lily sees this as heresy and warns Jasmine that they will try to take over. Jasmine tells Iris to wait and see, pointing out that the men could be their salvation.

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Meanwhile, Miles, the non-astronaut, is rough with VIOLET, another young woman. Violet comes crying to Iris at the same time Daisy (who's been ordered by Iris to spy on the men) runs in with news that the men have gone into the library without permission, a gross violation. Examining Lily’s documents, the men discover that the prophet is actually a l3-year-old girl who wrote a school term paper about the environment and talked about her mundane life to a camcorder, which is recorded on the sacred DVD disc. They are interrupted by Jasmine, Iris and guards and arrested, unable to explain or show what they've learned.

The trial is something out of Alice In Wonderland. There is no jury, just an audience of women. The men are seen as guilty until proven innocent. Iris is prosecutor and defense attorney. And Jasmine, acting as judge, is also called as a witness. Not surprisingly, the men are found guilty. Iris wants them exiled, but Jasmine says first they must propagate. This sentence results in a comedy of errors, where the men are supposed to get excited by awkward and completely naive women "milking" them with modified "turkey basters." This process is a dismal failure, until Jasmine gets an idea and teaches the women how to act sexy.

Daisy overhears Iris telling Jasmine the men must die. This is shocking because one of the commandments is "Thou shalt not kill--ever." Daisy and Heather, and later Jasmine, help the men escape Iris and her guards. They go out a secret passageway that leads through a labyrinth of warehouses storing lumber and appliances from the distant past and into storm sewers. Jasmine, dying because of organ degeneration caused by lack of sun, has to be carried by Burke at the end.

They emerge into the outer world, where grass, trees and flowers are starting to grow again, amidst a plethora of old junked cars. Just before she dies, Jasmine gets to hold and smell a flower, which she never thought she'd be able to do. The Adams and Eves of the new world stand around her grave holding hands for solidarity and decide to dedicate their future efforts to her memory.