The Half Life of Harry Figg

The Half Life of Harry Fig LOGLINE: The Corporation’s $Billion nuclear fusion project is a bust – so they’re going to steal Harry’s Young adult sci-fi / comedy / drama. From the school-kid-meets-scientist genre and a story arc that ends, as it should, right in the sweet spot. It's about discovery and hope for a troubled boy called Billy. Synopsis In the rough suburbs of a small town the Snake Crew are a neighborhood nuisance. After the local power goes out, a bright violet light is seen coming from a second-floor window. The gang challenge Brody to break in and bring back evidence. Once inside, he finds a workbench covered in electronic equipment. The light is coming from a glass containment chamber. Press cuttings about nuclear fusion are pinned to the wall. He escapes when reclusive scientist, Harry Figg, returns to the room. Brody’s curiosity is aroused, but so too is The Corporation, who, after spending billions on a nuclear fusion project with little to show for the investment, send two spies to steal Harry’s device. The problem with Harry's reactor is that every time he powers it up - the neighborhood power goes out. Home life for Brody is traumatic, but things start to change when he meets Laura. After showing an interest in Harry's device the odd-ball scientist reluctantly takes Brody under his wing. His school science teacher advises Brody to enter a project in the Science Fair, and ‘Make it a crowd pleaser'. Harry agrees to demonstrate his device at the school science fair with Brody. The corporation spies undertake several failed attempts to steal Harry's reactor. The science fair is their best chance. During this time, Snake is selling cheap electric scooters to the local school kids. Snake organizes a scooter race on the evening of the Science Fair. It starts in the schoolyard and ends at the Snake Crew corner lot. The evening of the Science Fair is a short-lived success for Harry’s fusion project as the spies mount their attack. After the power goes out the spies grab the device. Brody spots the SUV with the stolen reactor and secretly climbs in the back. Snake inevitably wins the scooter race. But during the race an accident occurs when the SUV swerves to avoid the scooters and collides with a police car. The SUV drives off with fender damage. They stop to let spy guy fix it but spy girl drives off without him. She makes a call that reveal’s she has secret plans to sell the device to a foreign agent. He tells her to meet him at a nearby abandoned warehouse. Brody, listening in the back, texts this information to Laura. At the Snake Crew lot Laura begs Snake to help. Snake had helped before and came out of it badly – he refuses to do more. Laura persuades the other scooter riders to help. They all race off to the warehouse. Officer Fiennes encounters the stranded spy and arrests him. Laura arrives and gives Fiennes the SUV destination. She climbs in and they drive off to the warehouse. At the warehouse the foreign agent demands to see the device. Seeing them coming, Brody climbs over the back seats where he spots Harry's shopping bag containing his laptop and notebook. Satisfied, the foreign agent and spy girl head back to the agent’s car to get the money. Brody sets off the car alarm when he sneaks out of the SUV. The alarm alerts the villains and they chase after him. The scooters arrive and begin harassing the villains allowing Brody to escape into the warehouse. In a climatic chase across a rickety gantry high in the roof of the warehouse, Brody attempts to escape from the foreign agent - even as the rusting steal structure starts to collapse under him. Brody is eventually captured and marched outside with the rest of the scooter kids. The villain holds a gun to Brody's head as Snake finally comes to the rescue, speeding out of the dark sending the foreign agent flying and Snake over the handlebars in a heroic crash. Officer Fiennes arrives with Harry, Brody's mother and his girlfriend, Laura. The villains are arrested. Brody hands the bag with the laptop and notebook to Harry. Later, Brody and Laura visit Harry's workshop and find a stranger who they believe is trying to steal the reactor. Harry enters and introduces them to Dr Dev Arnan from MIT who Harry has now agreed to work with. The story ends as Harry and Dev power up the reactor. Once again the neighborhood power goes out. Only the brilliant violet star of the fusion reactor remains.