Screenplays

JON

A Rites of Passage T.V. Film

Tagline
Sometimes you have to fight yourself.

JON explores the world of 17 year old JON ADAMS, a boy who has been  incarcerated in a succession of children’s homes. After he is banned from his last children’s home for trying to kill one of the staff, Jon decides to find his grandfather, a man he had worshipped as a child, but who he now thinks abandoned him. He is angry enough to kill him, but when he meets BILL WHITING, he discovers the perfect foil for his aggression. But DORIS, Jon’s grandmother doesn’t want him in the house – she knows he’s still violent.

As if to prove her right, one traumatic night Jon verbally abuses his grandfather for his neglect of him in the past. Bill, who has been ill for many months, without telling Jon, has a heart attack and is rushed to hospital. They are both distraught by Bill’s illness, but Jon also wants answers: why was he put in a home?

This film explores the reasons why and how Jon learns to overcome his greatest obstacle – himself.

This script is based on a true story.  Jon’s story is both powerful and inspirational.)