The Terrible Guest

(Based on a True Story)

Logline:

On trial for murder, eccentric genius Eadweard Muybridge must escape justice with the help of the Governor of California in order to invent motion pictures.

Synopsis:

Photographer Eadweard Muybridge is an eccentric genius and a jealous husband.  On the eve of his greatest invention, he shoots his wife's lover through the heart in cold blood.  Only an acquittal with the help of the Governor of California, who has a $50,000 wager riding on Eadweard's ability to prove horses can fly - will ensure the birth of motion pictures.