Thirteen years in the future, government-enforced lockdowns are common during spikes of toxic pollution, when the air becomes dangerous to breathe. During a routine lockdown, a dysfunctional, chatty couple clash over whether they should allow the pizza delivery to wait it out with them in their apartment. CAST LIST: Delivery Guy – Neil Bennett NARRATION […]

via COMEDY Short Screenplay Reading: Decisions, by Anna Bezahler, Thorunn Sigurdardottir — Comedy FESTIVAL

Originally posted on Comedy FESTIVAL: https://youtu.be/Ut0mHSoKiHQ Thirteen years in the future, government-enforced lockdowns are common during spikes of toxic pollution, when the air becomes dangerous to breathe. During a routine lockdown, a dysfunctional, chatty couple clash over whether they should allow the pizza delivery to wait it out with them in their apartment. CAST LIST:…

via COMEDY Short Screenplay Reading: Decisions, by Anna Bezahler, Thorunn Sigurdardottir — Comedy FESTIVAL

A documentary camera crew records the misadventures of reservist aircraft maintainers in this workplace comedy. CAST LIST: PA: Daniel Jones Narrator: Regan Brown Virgil: Scott McCullouch Hart’s Voice: Julie Sheppard — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel […]

via 1st Scene COMEDY Screenplay Reading: Weekend Warriors, by Brian McDevitt Jr. — Comedy FESTIVAL

Greetings, Glancers! Wrestling is not something I talk about much on my blog – mainly because I can’t be arsed writing about it as keeping up with the 100 hours a week content is a big enough pain, and because there are plenty of bloggers out there who are much more dedicated and knowledgeable than […]

via TTT – Top Thirty Wrestlers — The Spac Hole

Official Nominations: Julia. Equus. I Never Promised You A Rose Garden. Oh, God!. That Obscure Object Of Desire. Not many surprises here, with Julia picking up the win. It’s a standard enough story set in a torrid time, but I don’t think there’s enough here to warrant a win. Equus in its original form is a messed up […]

via Best Adapted Screenplay – 1977 — The Spac Hole

Official Nominations: Annie Hall. The Goodbye Girl. The Late Show. Star Wars. The Turning Point. As is usually the case with this category, it closely matches the Best Picture nominees. Annie Hall – not that different from the usual Woody Allen shtick although there are enough one-liners and rambling speeches to highlight. A modern viewer will find […]

via Best Original Screenplay -1977 — The Spac Hole

“If you have an opportunity to accomplish something that will make things better for someone coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.” Baseball great and humanitarian Roberto Clemente Every day 150,000 people die. On Sunday, nine people died in a tragic helicopter accident in Calabasas, California. […]

via The Fragility of Life (Stories from the Sporting World) — Screenwriting from Iowa

The deep rooted theme of this blog is embedded in the title—Screenwriting from Iowa … and Other Unlikely Places. Here are a couple of quotes from two recent Oscar winners about telling stories from unlikely places (at least from a Hollywood, Oscar-winning perspective): “Because I’m based in Seoul, I wanted to tell the story about […]

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