THE SYNOPSIS
Monique (Mona) Lott, a new commercial pilot, gets caught in a horrendous thunderstorm and barely survives. After landing in Dallas, she is comforted by Will Wright, a young 747 freighter captain.
A few weeks later, Will shows up in a small fighter jet. He gives Mona a demonstration ride that quickly turns erotic and is the start of a continuing romance.
After Mona crash lands in a cornfield and loses her flying license for 6 months ("Man, you make one little mistake, and do they every let you forget about it!"), Will invites Mona to help his dad run a flying themed B&B in Napa Valley, CA. Upon arrival, Mona learns she has a competitor for Will's affections, a blonde skydiver named Samantha, and she also learns that the B&B is about to be lost to years of unpaid property taxes.
During her stay, Will and Mona fall deeper in love and Mona comes up with a strategy to save the B&B from the tax man by converting it into The Red Baron B&B and hosting a "Red Baron's Birthday Festival." The festival is wildly successful, and continuing financial success is assured because the resort begins offering guests the chance to fly vintage WWI bi-planes in "laser-tag aerial dogfights." It is sold out for months in advance.
Will confides to his dad that he plans to ask Mona to marry him, and while in Singapore, he buys wedding rings; but Will never gets the chance to propose marriage because Mona, with her suspension ended, announces she's taking a co-pilot job on a small Learjet based in Detroit. She promises she'll be home every 10 days, but Will warns the distance apart will break them up - and so begins months of "just missed you" romance.
The final straw that breaks up the relationship comes when she returns to the B&B unexpectedly one night to find Will in a hot tub with Samantha. Mona doesn't know that Samantha has secretly drugged Will after he has returned late at night from a long flight commanding a 747. He is completely innocent, but in a heartbreaking departure, she leaves him for good and begins a 10 year odyssey of flying jobs around the world.
Years later, Mona and Will meet again in an airport - this time as equals - both professional pilots but both with a rip in their hearts. They see they had a special love, and as they go their separate ways, we get the impression that the romance might not be over after all.
READ THE SCRIPT
For lovable characters, and unique situations you've never seen in film before, you'll want to read the script. In the tradition of all great Romances, the dialogue is stellar:
Mona, dressed in a low cut German "beer-maiden" dress and with her hair in braids, comes over with a pitcher of beer. She tries filling Will's glass but he puts his hand
over the top of the rim.
WILL WRIGHT
Whoa...no more for me.
MONA
(slightly drunk)
But how can I have your way with me if you're not as
drunk as I am...are...no, my way with...oh you know what I mean...
If you'd like to read the script, send an email to michael@theadriangroup.net.