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A Crime Comedy: A Homeless Gentleman in Venice, CA, sets out to help a friend accused of stealing a diamond ring, only to become the prime suspect in the theft.
It’s about how it’s possible to build your dream with just what you got inside and what’s available outside, but emotions and other people don’t work like that.
Why should this screenplay be made into a TV show?
3 reasons: A. Because it’s got a particular voice not out there. “Emmett”, the central character, is eccentric…
When two aimless slackers discover their entire reality is a TV show and they are merely background characters in a mediocre family sitcom, they attempt to inject some much needed conflict into the lives of the family in order to save the show (and their reality) from cancellation.
Former best friends, Jasmine and Sheldon, discover their entire reality is a TV show and that they are actually background characters in a family sitcom entitled Willowwood. Upon learning that the show is on the verge of being cancelled, they take it upon themselves to inject come conflict…
A seemingly all-American family regularly rent out their guest home as a game to satisfy their urge to kill, but when their most recent tenants arrive they have a new set of plans in store for the sadistic bunch.
Night wind to Bahia is a thriller about an ailing, penniless nobleman searchng for his wife when he uncovers a blood transfusion plot to kill Brazil’s eight-year old prince, Dom Pedro II. Having secured a vial of Cholera immunizing blood, he must choose either to save his own life, obtain reward for reviving the future leader or rescue…
After losing her mother, a vexed 9 y.o. girl discovers a dream machine hidden in her deaf father’s workshop, but an unexpected friendship with a quirky boy becomes the real cure to her loneliness.
After losing her mother, a vexed 8 y.o. girl discovers a dream machine hidden in her deaf father’s workshop, but an unexpected friendship with a quirky boy becomes the real cure to her loneliness.
What genres does your screenplay under?
Family/Holiday/Dramedy
Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Everyone experiences grief and everyone needs love to heal. This film is one that…
A seemingly all-American family regularly rent out their guest home as a game to satisfy their urge to kill, but when their most recent tenants arrive they have a new set of plans in store for the sadistic bunch.
Crime Cycle is about a seemingly perfect All-American family that regularly rents out their guest home as a game to satisfy their urge to kill.
What genres does your screenplay under?
It’s a thriller/horror film.
Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Because it captures the essence of race relations in our country today. It’s thought provoking. It’ll help people realize how close we really are to finding ourselves in a reality similar to the one in my script.
How would you describe this script in two words?
Overwhelmingly realistic
What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
The Wizard of Oz
How long have you been working on this screenplay?
4 months
How many stories have you written?
9
What motivated you to write this screenplay?
Hollywood. I wanted to write a script that demanded the attention of everyone from studio heads to agents and script readers.
What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
Trying to find an end to enhancing the script. I’m a perfectionist, but at the same time I know there’s no such thing as the perfect screenplay. Struggling with that dynamic is always tough.
Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Reading. Movies. Anything that keeps my mind occupied. I try to have a real zest for life.
Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
Persistence is crucial. You’ll probably fail over 100 times before you even get your first taste of success. Always be writing something.
Night wind to Bahia is a thriller about an ailing, penniless nobleman searchng for his wife when he uncovers a blood transfusion plot to kill Brazil’s eight-year old prince, Dom Pedro II. Having secured a vial of Cholera immunizing blood, he must choose either to save his own life, obtain reward for reviving the future leader or rescue his wife from the conspirators.
Following a shipwreck, a nobleman searching for his wife uncovers a plot to kill Brazil’s eight-year old Prince with a blood transfusion 60 years before blood typing.
adventure, mystery, romance
Brazil: a seldom used panorama…
slavery: exploitation or individual freedom…
cholera: seven pandemics, two-million lives…
In the spirit of: Mutiny on the Bounty, Passage to India, Amistad
Based on true events
How would you describe this script in two words?
Historical Epic
What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
Jaws, Star Wars, Pride and Prejudice
How long have you been working on this screenplay?
Wrote the book in 2009, Screenplay in 2011
How many stories have you written?
Seven published historical thrillers of the Darmon Mystery Series. Four screenplays.
What motivated you to write this screenplay?
Adapted from Fair Wind to Bahia, fourth book of the Series.
What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
Translation from the literary to the scripted format.
Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
History, space exploration (I managed NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor Mission), astronomy (I taught at Glendale College), golf and most sports.
Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
Never stop writing, marketing and getting attention for your work.
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