Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Al Cool: MIRACLE COVE is about a college student in need of money who takes a dangerous job logging the forest, where betraying who he is may be his only chance to survive. But on a deeper personal level, it’s about a Tom’s struggle to overcome his being… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Al Cool (MIRACLE COVE)
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Interview with Screenwriter A.W. Lucas (BATTLIN’ BARBARA)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? A.W. Lucas: Barbara Buttrick Smith and her journey to become the world’s first female bantamweight boxing champion and the challenges she faced outside the ring with the misogyny of the 1950s. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Biopic, drama, sports. 3. Why should this screenplay be… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter A.W. Lucas (BATTLIN’ BARBARA)
Interview with Screenwriter Devin Lofti (STR8 TO THE ALTAR)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Devin Lofti; Well obviously you know the premise but my screenplay is really about unrequited love, which everyone can relate to but in this case the sometimes more hidden hardships of the LGBTQ+ community when falling for someone who does not share the same sexual orientation. Also themes… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Devin Lofti (STR8 TO THE ALTAR)
Interview with Screenwriter Darren Coyle (LATE FEES)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Darren Coyle: A movie buff named Bert time travels back from the present day into his past to change a pivotal night in his life. The trouble is, time travel isn’t an exact science, so when he travels back, he’s not playing the main character: himself. He jumps… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Darren Coyle (LATE FEES)
Interview with Screenwriter Debra Knox (Orson Welles Ashes)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Debra Knox: Orson Welles Ashes is a dark comedy about the misadventures of a couple of Hollywood wannabes who steal his ashes and try to sell them: his chauffeur and an aging actress/writer who’s trying to fulfill her dreams and buck the Hollywood system. 2. What genres does… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Debra Knox (Orson Welles Ashes)
Interview with Screenwriter Eliza Frakes (REMEMBRANCE DAY)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Eliza Frakes: REMEMBRANCE DAY takes place in a near-future, radicalized America wherein Roe V. Wade has been overturned. It follows two female friends, Maggie and Bix, on their escape to seek out an illegal abortion from a doomsday prepper in Joshua Tree. 2. What genres does your screenplay… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Eliza Frakes (REMEMBRANCE DAY)
Interview with Screenwriter Christopher Willis (CAMOUFLAGE)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Christopher Willis: This script is about a unit of mostly gay soldiers in France during WWII. The mission of the unit is to deceive the Nazis using inflatable tanks and phony artillery barrages. Their compassion is realized through helping a gay war orphan realize his dream of attending… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Christopher Willis (CAMOUFLAGE)
Interview with Screenwriter Cecilia Michelangeli (The Ambiguous Couch Affair)
The Ambiguous Couch Affair’s first scenes were read at the Writing Festival last month. Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Cecilia Michelangeli: The unreasonable way to react to an attempt robbery and to a meaningless shooting. Randall and Evelyn run a struggling furniture store in a quiet community. The peace is disturbed when a… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Cecilia Michelangeli (The Ambiguous Couch Affair)
Interview with Reginald Johnson (BATMAN: Beyond the Cowl)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Reginald Johnson: Beyond the Cowl is about the role of class in crime and society’s inability to see the humanity in our poorest citizens. 2. What genres does your screenplay fall under? Action/Fantasy/Drama 3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie? It presents a timely sociological… Continue reading Interview with Reginald Johnson (BATMAN: Beyond the Cowl)
Interview with Screenwriter Scott Sawitz (FOR LOVE OR MUSIC)
Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about? Scott Sawitz: It’s about a woman trying to find herself while she’s under professional and personal stress. To me that’s the core of “For Love or Music.” Ashley is an interesting woman on the cusp of musical stardom; she’s always been a singer but she could never find… Continue reading Interview with Screenwriter Scott Sawitz (FOR LOVE OR MUSIC)
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