Happy Birthday: Charles Martin Smith

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charlesmartinsmith.jpgCharles Martin Smith

Born: October 30, 1953 in Van Nuys, California, USA

I intend to do things of artistic integrity. I grew up thinking that every movie should be The Graduate (1967). I don’t want to do something just because it might be commercially popular–it’s more important to do something that has meaning.

[on ‘Dolphin Tale’] A lot of this is far-fetched kid fantasy. But I wanted to bring an element of magic to it, and let us enter this kids’ world where things were a little scary and magical at the same time. I think people talk down to kids too much. I think kids’ movies can be great and carry the (weight) and (pathos) of an adult drama. They tend to get short shrift, but the kids are smarter than we give them credit for.

American Graffiti
1973
dir. George Lucas
Starring
Dreyfuss
Ron Howard
MOVIE POSTERDOLPHIN TALE
dir…

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Deadline Oct. 31st – TV Screenplay Festival (Submit your Pilot or Spec)

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TV CONTESTSUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America. Get screenplay performed by professional actors at the festival. FULL FEEDBACK on all entries

Submit your TV Screenplay HERE

WATCH RECENT TV SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL READINGS

ACTORTV PILOT Screenplay – THE SPECTRAL CITY
July 2016 Reading
Written by Arthur Vincie
ACTORTV SPEC Screenplay – BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
June 2016 Reading
Written by Linsen Oyosa
ACTORTV PILOT Screenplay – WILD MAGIC
June 2016 Reading
Written by Julie Nichols
ACTORTV PILOT Screenplay – CIVILIAN
June 2016 Reading
Written by Gina Scanlon
ACTORFAN FICTION Screenplay – SPACE 2099 (based on Space 1999)
June 2016 Reading
Written by Kevin D Story
ACTORTV SPEC Screenplay – THE MINDY PROJECT “Culture Club”
May 2016 Reading
Written by Katie Bero
ACTORTV PILOT Screenplay – THE REAPER: REBELLION “AFTERLIFE”
May 2016 Reading
Written by Mark S. MacDonald, Darsey Meredith
ACTORTV PILOT Screenplay – SMITHEREENS
May…

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Deadline Oct. 31st – Screenplay Festival (Submit your Feature or Short)

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SCREENPLAY CONTESTSUBMIT your FEATURE Script
FULL FEEDBACK on all entries. Get your script performed by professional actors at the festival.

Submit your Screenplay HERE

WATCH recent FEATURE SCREENPLAY FESTIVAL READINGS

ACTORFEATURE Screenplay – FIEND
July 2016 Reading
Written by Jeff York
ACTORFEATURE Screenplay – THE CHARLOTTETOWN JACKHAMMER
July 2016 Reading
Written by Marc Lalonde
ACTORFEATURE Screenplay – INKED IN BLOOD
June 2016 Reading
Written by Paul Corricelli
ACTORFeature Screenplay – THE BOO
May 2016 Reading
Written by Scott McEntire
ACTORFan Fiction Feature Screenplay – STAR WARS Episode I: THE REDEMPTION OF SKYWALKER
May 2016 Reading
Written by Brian O’Flaherty
ACTORFeature Screenplay – CATCH THE DEVIL
April 2016 Reading
Written by Martin Blinder
ACTORFeature Screenplay – MISPRINTS
April 2016 Reading
Written by Adam Preston
ACTORFeature Screenplay – DEAD NORTH
April 2016 Reading
Written by Alexander Nachaj
ACTORFeature Screenplay – MOTHS TO FLAME
March 2016 Reading
Written by Fredric Maffei
ACTORFeature Screenplay –…

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Deadline Oct. 31st – Novel Festival (Submit your 1st chapter or full novel)

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writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get full feedback! Winners get their novel made into a video!

Submit your NOVEL HERE

WATCH RECENT WINNING NOVEL/STORY PERFORMANCES

ACTORNOVEL READING – WHAT PASSES BETWEEN WOMEN
July 2016 Reading
Written by Patty Fischer
ACTORNOVEL Reading – ALEX THE INVENTOR
June 2016 Reading
Written by Gordon Brynelson
ACTORNOVEL Reading – OBITER DICTA
June 2016 Reading
Written by Lucien M.
ACTOR1st Ch. Novel Transcript – WATER FOR BLOOD
May 2016 Reading
Written by Brett Bacon
ACTOR1st Ch. Novel Transcript – TJ S LAST SUMMER IN CAPE COD
May 2016 Reading
Written by Garfield Whyte
ACTORNovel Chapter 1 Reading – EXOTIQA
April 2016 Reading
Written by M. Black
ACTORNovel 1st Chapter Reading – MYSTIC VILLAGE
April 2016 Reading
Written by Jeannine Fortier
ACTORNovel Prologue Reading – IN THE WAKE OF WAR
April 2016 Reading
Written by Stephen L. Nowland
ACTORNovel Reading – PANTERRA: The Machinist
April…

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Last Chance to Submit to the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Festival via FilmFreeway

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For me it was really great to get response from the audience. I have worked hard to finish the project. And i loved the way the audience is trying to find their answer of meaning that is captured in the film. I want to Thank you for showcasing my film. The audience feedback video was awesome.
– Jan-Willem de Kraaij, Short Film (LA COMMEDIA)

Get your script and story performed by professional actors at the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival.

Get your Short Film showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival and get an audience video.

See the best of the Sci-Fi/Fantasy January 2016 Film and Screenplay Festival: http://fantasyscififestival.com/2016/02/09/january-2016-fantasysci-fi-filmsscreenplaysstories/

February 2016:
February 2016 Fantasy/Sci-Fi Films/Screenplays/Stories

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Happy Birthday: Italia Ricci

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italiaricci.jpgItalia Ricci

Born: October 29, 1986 in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Married to:
Robbie Amell (15 October 2016 – present)

Books. You can read it and interpret the story any way you want with the words just shaping what you want to see in your mind. Its much more liberating for the imagination than any film or TV production. — on what is something she is a fan of.

I’ve been told that I look like nearly every brunette celebrity you can name. It depends on the day. Most recently, it’s been [error] or Emmanuelle Chriqui, the girl who plays “Sloane” on Entourage (2004) — on which celebrities she’s been told she looks like.

DON JON
2013
dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Stars:
Lindsey Broad
Scarlett Johansson

Deadline October 31st

TV CONTESTSUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.
FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased…

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Happy Birthday: Winona Ryder

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winonaryder.jpgWinona Ryder

Born: October 29, 1971 in Winona, Minnesota, USA

There were times where people might have seen me and said, “Wow, she’s so lucky.” But I was depressed, I was going through something. That time I went through led me to make Girl, Interrupted (1999). Most girls go through that at around that age – 20, 21. It’s much more common than we think, which is why I wanted to make that movie. It worked in the sense that I still have girls come up to me and say that it really helped them, and that was nice to hear.
In my first apartment in LA, Jodie Foster lived upstairs, and we’d do laundry together. She’s so smart. She told me to resist doing things that other people say you should do. Don’t be ‘strategic’! I was up for this movie, Mobsters (1991), and everyone said I should do…

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Happy Birthday: Ben Foster

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benfoster.jpgBen Foster

Born: October 29, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

[on director Nick Cassavetes] Nick is magic. He doesn’t tell you what he wants, he allows. And as long as you’re taking chances and he feels that you are being truthful to yourself, then you can do no wrong.

I’m so sick of sarcasm and irony, I could kill! Sincerely, the real root of things is love and sacrifice. Everything else is an illusion. I’m not trying to preach here. I can’t tell anybody anything. But I will say, if you’re available to them, there are so many great secrets in the world, so many signs. It’s when we stop for a moment and listening that the world gets interesting.

30 Days of Night
2007
dir. David Slade
Starring
Josh Hartnett
Melissa George
The MECHANICThe Mechanic
dir. Simon West
Stars:
Jason Statham
Ben Foster
x-menX-Men 3
2006
dir. Brett Ratner
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Happy Birthday: Janet Montgomery

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janetmontgomery.jpgJanet Montgomery

Born: October 29, 1985 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK

When you first start, you just want to get a job. It goes from that to really deciding what kind of work you want to do and what kind of actor you want to be – and it only gets harder.

If you’re an English actor, and you’re asked to do an episode – especially the Christmas episode – of Downton Abbey (2010) you can’t turn it down. It’s like, ‘Of course!’

OUR IDIOT BROTHER
dir. Jesse Peretz
Stars:
Paul Rudd
Elizabeth Banks
BLACK SWANBlack Swan
dir. Darren Aronofsky
Stars:
Natalie Portman
Mila Kunis
nudeDOWNTON ABBEY Season 4
2014
Starring:
Jim Carter
Brendan Coyle

Deadline October 31st

TV CONTESTSUBMIT your TV PILOT or TV SPEC Script
Voted #1 TV Contest in North America.
FILM CONTESTSUBMIT your SHORT Film
Get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Festival
writing CONTEST1st CHAPTER or FULL NOVEL CONTEST
Get…

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Happy Birthday: Rufus Sewell

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rufussewell.jpgRufus Sewell

Born: October 29, 1967 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK

My career has suddenly started to be the one that I’d always wanted, not in terms of level of success, but in terms of – and this is what I’ve been banging on about – playing different parts in different media. I was very frustrated, in a physical sense, by people seeing me in a way that I wasn’t. And I was beginning to find myself boxed into a corner. Hopefully things have loosed up a bit, and I’ve gotten better and become more relaxed as an actor.

MOVIE POSTERABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER
dir. Timur Bekmambetov
Stars:
Benjamin Walker
Rufus Sewell
RushmoreDark City
1998
dir. Alex Proyas
starring
Hurt
Kiefer Sutherland
MOVIE POSTERTHE HOLIDAY
2006
dir. Nancy Meyers
Stars:
Kate Winslet
Cameron Diaz
MOVIE POSTERHERCULES
2014
dir. Brett Ratner
Stars:
Dwayne Johnson
John Hurt
MOVIE POSTERTHE ILLUSIONIST
2006
dir. Neil Burger
Stars:
Edward…

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