THE SHARE, TV PILOT Script by Emily Chadick Weiss
Reading of the full screenplay
SYNOPSIS:
Set in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, “The Share” follows a group of semi-employed twenty and thirty somethings pursuing their dreams and each other all while sharing a bathroom with five roommates.
NARRATOR – Judy Thrush
NATHAN – Alan Norman
MONA – Christina Santos
MADELEINE – Angelica Alejandro
THEA/AMY – Morgan Johnson
STU/TODD – Jerald Bezener
LINCOLN – Toyin Ajimati
FRITZ – Luke Gallo
Get to know writer Emily Chadick Weiss:
1. Why should your script be made into a film?
“The Share” is like a post-recession Friends – it looks at how people with unstable footing reach for who and what they want. It’s got some slapstick comedy and romance which are…
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Written by JJ Hillard
SYNOPSIS:
Anticipating a severe reprimand for a failed drug deal, two criminal operatives in a safe house await a phone call from their mysterious boss, but instead get a surprise directive that may have deadly consequences for one of them.
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SYNOPSIS:
Two psychology students practice an illegal form of hypnotherapy that allows for the erasure of traumatic memories. Driven by opposing motivations, their ambitions lead them into a violent and exploitative criminal underworld. As they spiral down, one man struggles to maintain his sense of morality while the other struggles to maintain sanity.
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Feature SCRIPT – BROWNIE AND FRAN
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Written by Arthur S Brown & Rory Leahy
SYNOPSIS:
Brooklyn, NY 1948. The cold war is heating up, and mob entrenchment is at its peak. The U.S. is running a victory lap. Returning veterans want their share of the pie, and they’re willing to strike for it. Two young idealists meet, fall in love, and set out to save the world – while not getting corrupted doing it.
FIX FACTORY, Feature Script by Kyle Jenkins
Reading of the full screenplay:
SYNOPSIS:
“After an all-night bender, alcoholic, wannabe family man Lawrence Tijman wakes up in the hospital sporting a mysterious bite mark and a sudden resolution to start his life all over again. During Lawrence’s journey to kick the bottle and become a responsible adult, he’s confronted by an orphaned child, a girlfriend who’s had enough and a guilt-ridden stranger determined to teach Lawrence how to live with his newly discovered thirst for blood, which proves to be far worse than his thirst for booze.”
CAST LIST:
NARRATOR – Frances Stecyk
LAWRENCE – Dan Cristofori
WILLIAM – Jason Martorino
BRENDA – Silvina Andrea D’Alessandro
STEVE ALLEN – Neil Bennett
ALEX – Gabriel Darku
WENDY – Cindy Landerman
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This “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” script that focuses on food and weight loss. Mac and Dee run a fitness program at Mac’s alma mater, while Frank and Dennis train Charlie for an eating competition.
Performed at the old National Film Board Theatre in downtown Toronto. The festival has changed a lot since this reading.
CAST LIST:
MAC – James Lafazanos
DENNIS – Nate Callens
CHARLIE – Patrick Fraser
DEE – Leanne Bishop
FRANK – Scott McCulloch
VARIOUS MALE – Andy Bridge
VARIOUS FEMALE – Amy Slattery
NARRATOR – Becky Shrimpton
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