Dear Everyone,
After 4 years of heading Horizon Entertainment Sales and Acquisitions, and taking that Company from 3 to 64 completed films during my tenure ( including The Ring, The Grudge and Dark Water ), I have decided to seek even more mainstream opportunities and will join MonteCristo Entertainment effective on January 10th, 2005.
MonteCristo Entertainment is a New York and Prague based Sales, Distribution and Production Company that will bring to the International Theatrical Market place director driven Mid to High Budget Quality Features.
MonteCristo Entertainment will also act as Worldwide Sales Agent to Independent Producers from Asia, Latin-America as well as Europe and North-America.
Additionally, MonteCristo Entertainment is the Sale Agent for the Trocadero Library of over 1500 titles. This Library ( spanning from 1939 to 1960s ) includes famous films like Marlon Brandos One-Eyed Jack, Cary Grant Charade , Elizabeth Taylor Last Time I Saw Paris, Gregory Peck The Snows of Kilimanjaro and many other films which have made Hollywood history. Perfect titles for DVD releases worldwide.
The Company will participate in most Film Markets, including the Berlin European Film Market, Cannes Film Festival, Hong Kong Filmart, Mifed and AFM. I will continue to work as a Sales and Acquisitions Executive. My new title is CEO and Mr. Robert MacLean is the Company Chairman. MonteCristo Entertainment ( USA ) is a fully owned subsidiary of IS Media Inc , a Public Company ( ISTO ).
I look forward to continue doing business with you. My new e-mail is Michael(a)montecristoentertainment.com My mobile phone number remains unchanged : International + 39 349 444 5160 . MonteCristo will send a monthly newsletter prior to Markets with listings of completed films ready for delivery and films in production. I look forward seeing you next at the Hyatt during the Berlinale and the European Film Market ( Berlin February 10th to 20th 2005 )
All the best,
Michael Taverna
CEO - Sales and Acquisitions Executive
MONTECRISTO ENTERTAINMENT INC
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Michael(a)montecristoentertainment.com
www.montecristoentertainment.com
Dear Everyone,
After 4 years of heading Horizon Entertainment Sales and Acquisitions, and taking that Company from 3 to 64 completed films during my tenure ( including The Ring, The Grudge and Dark Water ), I have decided to seek even more mainstream opportunities and will join MonteCristo Entertainment effective on January 10th, 2005.
MonteCristo Entertainment is a New York and Prague based Sales, Distribution and Production Company that will bring to the International Theatrical Market place director driven Mid to High Budget Quality Features.
MonteCristo Entertainment will also act as Worldwide Sales Agent to Independent Producers from Asia, Latin-America as well as Europe and North-America.
Additionally, MonteCristo Entertainment is the Sale Agent for the Trocadero Library of over 1500 titles. This Library ( spanning from 1939 to 1960s ) includes famous films like Marlon Brandos One-Eyed Jack, Cary Grant Charade , Elizabeth Taylor Last Time I Saw Paris, Gregory Peck The Snows of Kilimanjaro and many other films which have made Hollywood history. Perfect titles for DVD releases worldwide.
The Company will participate in most Film Markets, including the Berlin European Film Market, Cannes Film Festival, Hong Kong Filmart, Mifed and AFM. I will continue to work as a Sales and Acquisitions Executive. My new title is CEO and Mr. Robert MacLean is the Company Chairman. MonteCristo Entertainment ( USA ) is a fully owned subsidiary of IS Media Inc , a Public Company ( ISTO ).
I look forward to continue doing business with you. My new e-mail is Michael(a)montecristoentertainment.com My mobile phone number remains unchanged : International + 39 349 444 5160 . MonteCristo will send a monthly newsletter prior to Markets with listings of completed films ready for delivery and films in production. I look forward seeing you next at the Hyatt during the Berlinale and the European Film Market ( Berlin February 10th to 20th 2005 )
All the best,
Michael Taverna
CEO - Sales and Acquisitions Executive
MONTECRISTO ENTERTAINMENT INC
USA Office : 322 E 50th St. New York NY 10022 USA
Phone: 1 (212) 489.0645 Fax (212) 489.2298
EU Office :1/185 Kremencova. Nove Mesto. Praha 110 00 CZ
Phone 42 (0) 224 934 550 Fax : 42(0) 224 934 712
International GSM : + 39 349 444 5160
Praha Portable Phone : + 42 607 585 093
Michael(a)montecristoentertainment.com
www.montecristoentertainment.com
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year!
Please find attached, and following, the synopsis, screening times and press
announcements for our much anticipated world premiere horror thriller WOLF
CREEK, which we recently sold for the US to Dimension who have committed to
a substantial release this year of at least $7M P&A.
Other territories sold include Latin America, Spain, South Africa,
Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Benelux, Italy and UK.
We look forward to seeing you at Sundance, and hope 2005 brings peace and
happiness,
With best wishes from Arclight films
IN SUNDANCE:
Gary Hamilton cell: (917) 826 2113
Nicolas Chartier cell: (310) 890 4199
SCREENING TIMES:
Monday Jan 24, 9:00pm, Egyptian
Tuesday Jan 25, 10:00am, Holiday IV
Wednesday Jan 26, 12:30pm, Egyptian
Friday Jan 28, 7:30pm, Broadway 6
PRESS AND INDUSTRY SCREENING:
Tuesday Jan 25, 4:30pm Holiday 1
SYNOPSIS:
Based on real life events, twenty-something British backpackers Liz and
Kristy set off with Australian Ben on a road trip through remote Western
Australia. The first day is tedious: road kill, car overheating, singing,
³getting to know you² conversations and map monitoring. Out of petrol the
next day, the three stop at a roadhouse for fuel, then drive on through a
landscape of burned out car shells and bullet-riddled road signs to arrive
at Wolf Creek¹ National Park.
Ready to leave at dusk, they find their watches stopped; and so has the car.
There is a rush of panic, then Liz spots some lights travelling toward them
and the grunt of a truck signals a rescuer. An affable brute of a man, Mick
inspects their vehicle and promises to replace a faulty part at his camp. It
takes hours to reach his place: an abandoned mining site complete with
defunct tunnels and huts. The travellers cook food in exchange for repairs
and fresh water. Mick recalls his life as a professional vermin shooter, and
then works on the car as his guests fall asleep.
Liz wakes from a drugged sleep late the next day. She¹s tied up, mouth
gagged, inside one of the miner¹s huts. She frees herself using smashed
glass. Outside, she creeps towards the station wagon and its stripped parts,
then discovers Ben¹s bloodied sleeping bag. Loud music and screams emanate
from a central hut and a terrified Liz peers inside to see Kristy, almost
naked and strung up, swaying in front of Mick¹s loaded gun. Liz uses
mentholated spirits to explode some gas lanterns, and while Mick deals with
this, sneaks in to free Kristy. She hides beneath a bench and when Mick
resumes torturing Kristy, Liz manages to shoot him. By the time Mick comes
to, the women are escaping in the truck. Headlights in the rear vision
mirror panic Liz who finds they¹re caught between fast approaching Mick and
a cliff. They push the truck over the cliff, faking a fatal crash. Fooled,
Mick leaves. Liz decides their only hope is to return to Mick¹s mining site
home to steal a car and search for Ben.
At the mining site, Liz leaves an exhausted Kristy while goes in search of a
vehicle. Inside a vast, gloomy shed she discovers a chilling car graveyard.
Looking further she discovers a box of video cameras and watches footage of
other people falling victim to Mick¹s ³rescue² tactics. From Ben¹s video
camera footage she sees Mick¹s truck was present at the roadhouse.
Terrified, she races to one of the cars and manages to start the vehicle -
when suddenly Mick appears. They struggle and she is killed.
Kristy, now following road tracks on the flat desert plains, is petrified by
a vehicle looming on the horizon. An elderly man pulls up and offers her
assistance. As Kristy collapses into the car, the would be rescuer is felled
by a bullet from Mick¹s rifle. Kristy wrests the keys from his corpse and a
car chase ensues. When she succeeds in running Mick¹s Valiant off the road,
Mick shoots out her tyres, and then coldly executes her. He puts her
exhausted body in the car boot and sets it alight. Meanwhile, Ben finally
regains consciousness to find himself crucified and trapped down a mining
tunnel. Other crucified corpses with their lower extremities eaten away hang
close by and the sight of two starving dogs in a nearby cage hint at his
future. Steeling himself he pulls his wrists from the wire constraints and
painfully frees himself. He leaves the mining site and wanders for several
days through the desert, finally collapsing just outside a small township.
We cut to Ben: months later, being led away by Police. He has been blamed
for the missing girls murders. We fade to black.
Titles inform us that Ben remains the only suspect in the disappearance and
presumed murder of the two British backpackers, since no evidence of the
existence of Mick Taylor can be verified. No one believes Ben¹s far-fetched
story of a lone killer, wandering the vastness of the Outback.
The end.
Aussie thriller hits paydirt before debut
A new Australian film reportedly inspired by the stories of Ivan Milat and
Peter Falconio has picked up a distribution deal worth about $5 million even
before its planned world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the
United States. The film, Wolf Creek, follows three travellers threatened by
a seemingly harmless local in the Australian outback and has been billed as
Australia's answer to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Written and directed by rookie film-maker Greg McLean, Wolf Creek was
reportedly inspired by the stories of backpacker murderer Milat and the
death of English tourist Mr Falconio in the Northern Territory outback. Made
for less than $2 million, the film will make its global debut in Sundance's
world cinema competition.
The Sundance website says Wolf Creek "is sure to do for Australian horror
films what The Texas Chain Saw Massacre did for the American genre".
Although Sundance does not begin until January 20, Dimension Films has
snapped up the rights to the thriller. Dimension, the genre arm of Miramax
Films, paid about $5 million to distribute the film in North America, Latin
America (excluding Brazil), Spain, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and
Benelux.
The firm handling domestic rights to the film, William Morris Independent,
was happy with the terms. "We were intending to sell the film at the
festival and like bidding wars but I'm really pleased for Gary and the
filmmakers," said Rena Ronson, co-head of William Morris.
-ABC/Reuters/Hollywood Reporter January 4, 2005
This is the print version of story
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1276389.htm
Dimension up a scary 'Creek'
Studio adopts 'Wolf' pre-preem
By CATHY DUNKLEY, DANA HARRIS January 3, 2005
In a move straight out of Miramax Films' old playbook, Dimension Films paid
$3.5 million to buy Greg McLean's horror pic, "Wolf Creek," a month before
its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
International sales agent Arclight Films notified the pic's North American
reps at William Morris Independent about Dimension's offer on Dec. 22. The
deal closed Christmas Eve. The purchase includes North America, Latin
America (excluding Brazil), Spain, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and
Benelux.
With a scary plot ostensibly based on true events, "Wolf Creek" shares the
fiscally appealing genre occupied by "Blair Witch" and last year's "Open
Water." It's the tale of three backpackers who head into the Australian
outback and experience a terrifying journey after meeting a seemingly
friendly stranger.
The film will bow Jan. 24 in Sundance's world dramatic competition. Fest
runs Jan. 20-30 in Park City, Utah. Although big-ticket preemptive buys
weren't unusual in the go-go days of indie film, cooler heads have prevailed
in the past decade. The deal is even more unusual in the face of an
uncertain future for Miramax Films and Dimension as Disney continues to
negotiate the contracts of Harvey and Bob Weinstein.
Arclight/Darclight Films and Mushroom Pictures distribute "Wolf Creek" in
Australia. The Australian Film Finance Corp. financed the film.
Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117915676&c=13
<http://www.variety.com/story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117915676&c=13>
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you!
So check our line up here below :Jessica Lange, Julianne Moore, Joan Allen,
Neve Campbell, Matthew Broderick, Johnny Knoxville, Julian Sands, Christina
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*FILM LINE UP
THE MERMAIDS SINGING
Intl co-production
CAST: JESSICA LANGE (two-time Oscar Winner for Tootsie-Blue Sky, Big Fish,
Prozac Nation, Dont Come Knocking), EVAN RACHEL WOOD (Golden Globe Winner
for Thirteen, Down in the Valley, Upside Anger, The Missing), NEVE CAMPBELL
(Scream 3, When I will be loved)
SCREENWRITER/DIRECTOR: ROBIN SWICORD (Little Women, Practical Magic and the
upcoming ROB MARSHALL s Memoir of a Geisha)
Based on Lisa Careys a sensual, heartwarming story. On the mystical Island
of Mermaids, three generations of unforgettable women, each struggle with
first loves, fatal decisions and the sins of their mothers. After a tragic
event, a rebellious young girl returns to the enchanted island where she was
born to start a new life but she uncovers a past riddled with secrets she
never knew existed!
MARIE AND BRUCE
(2004 -satirical/comedy): will have theatrical rights released in the first
quarter of 2005 in U.S. by MANHATTAN PICTURES and in Italy
*Sundance Film Festival 2004
Cast: JULIANNE MOORE (Two time Academy Award Nominee, 'Far From Heaven' and
'The Hours') and MATTHEW BRODERICK (Tony Award Nominee 'The Producers',>
'Election')
DIRECTOR: TOM CAIRNS
Follows a day in the life of a comically neurotic New York couple that is
trapped in a hilariously dysfunctional relationship
*Sundance Film Festival
OFF THE MAP
(2003 - Drama): will have theatrical released in the first quarter of 2005
in U.S. by MANHATTAN PICTURES
CAST: JOAN ALLEN (Two Time Academy Award Nominee 'The Contender','Nixon',
'Bourne Supremacy'), SAM ELLIOTT, and introducing VALENTINA DE ANGELIS.
DIRECTOR: CAMPBELL SCOTT
When a young IRS agent turns up to investigate a couple and their
irrepressible 11 year old daughter, he ignites a hidden passion and changes
the lives of each member of the eccentric family.
*Opening Night Critics Week Cannes Film Festival 2003
*Sundance Film Festival 2004
*Rio de Janeiro Film Festival - sept 23rd / Oct. 7th 2004
*6th Film by the Sea Festival - Netherlands - 10/19 Sept.2004
*Taos Talking Picture Festival - New Mexico- 10/13 April> Maverick Award)
*IFF Bratislava, Dec 3 - 11, 2004
NOVEMBER
(2003 - suspence/thriller): SONY CLASSICS picked the movie for theatrical
released in U.S. in early 2005
CAST: COURTENEY COX ('Scream', 'Friends'), JAMES LEGROS, ANNE ARCHER, NORA
DUNN
DIRECTOR: GREG HARRISON
When her boyfriend is shot to death in a robbery, an LA photographer tries
to put the event behind her, but the line between reality and fantasy begins
to shatter.
*awards: Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival 2004
*San Sebastian Int'l Film Festival 2003
*Sitges International Festival 2004
*Athens International Film Festival, 17 - 26 September 2004
*14th Oslo International Film Festival 18 - 28 November 2004
GRAND THEFT PARSON
(2003, Action/ Comedy)
CAST: CHRISTINA APPLEGATE (Anchorman, Surviving Christmas), JOHNNY
KNOXVILLE (Men In Black 2, Jackass), ROBERT FORSTER (Academy Award
Nominee Jackie Brown) and rising star GABRIEL MACHT (The Recruit, Love
Song For Bobby Long).
DIRECTOR: DAVID CAFFREY
The true story of how legendary musician Gram Parsons manager Phil Kaufman
honored his promise to Gram upon his death by stealing his body in order to
cremate him in the desert.
*Redbus UK Theatrical released summer 2004
*FEG is releasing in Benelux
*NORDISk will release in Scandinavia
*ANS will release in Turkey
*Swipe Films US Theatrical released summer 2004
*MGM UK DVD release scheduled for September 2004
*MGM US DVD release scheduled for October 2004
VIZONTELE TUUBA (comedy/drama - 2004)
CAST : YILMAZ ERDOGAN (VIZONTELE)-TARIK AKAN
Director: YILMAZ ERDOGAN (VIZONTELE)
Tarik Akan A cinema veteran with over 100 films to his credit. He gained
international fame outside of Turkey after winning the SILVER BERLIN BEAR
award for his outstanding performance in PEHLIVAN.
This uproarious sequel to the box office record-breaking hit relies on the
same successful recipe that had people eagerly standing in lines to see
VIZONTELE. Set against the backdrop of political upheaval prior to Turkey's
military coup in September 1980, this wild comedy has left international
audiences rolling with laughter and coming back for more.
The story begins when the newly appointed library director (Akan) arrives in
the town with his wheelchair bound daughter Tuuba, to discover that there's
no library, no books, and no apparent need for anything other than the magic
of television. It doesnt take long for sparks to fly between the
handicapped Tuuba (Tugba Unsal) and the local eccentric Crazy Emin
(Erdogan). Racing through its side-splitting and fast paced script this
endearing, romantic tale never misses a beat or a laugh as the eccentric
village characters constantly clash with each other and the unlikely
relationship between Emin and Tuuba blossoms.
*theatrically released in Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, France, Swiss,
Benelux, Uk
VIZONTELE TUUBA (comedy/drama - 2004)
CAST : YILMAZ ERDOGAN (Is one of Turkeys most versatile cinema and stage
stars today. Was mostly known as a stage performer and author before he
rocketed to international fame after writing, directing and starring in this
record setting theatrical smash hit)
Director: YILMAZ ERDOGAN (This is Yilmaz feature directorial debut!)
In the same vein as MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING and BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, this
outrageous comedy has broken all box office records in its native home
Turkey, reaching an astounding 3.8 millions viewers and become and
international phenomenon.
Featuring a wonderful ensemble of richly developed characters, hilarious
mis-adventures and glorious cinematography by Omer Faruk Sorak, Vizontele is
a laugh-out-loud comedy that celebrates the human spirit that has opened the
worlds eyes to the finest international cinema that Turkey has to offer!
Set in a small southeastern village in 1974 Turkey, Vizontele takes a
hilarious and lighthearted look at what happens to a small village when the
1st television is literally thrust into the daily lives of the townspeople.
Playing on the Turkish word for Television, Televizyon, the unknowing
villagers mistakenly refer to the new gizmo as a Vizontele! With no
understanding of how to operate it, they enlist the local eccentric and
general electronics wizard (wonderfully played by Erdogan) to fix the TV and
get it working.
Deftly written and well paced the tale take a humorous look at the effect
the distinctively western technology has on the small towns old
traditions. Always played for good-natured laughs, a series of outrageous
circumstances arise as the honest Mayor, the sleazy theater owner, the
corrupt businessman and the rest of town cope with sudden changes the
Vizontele will bring.
*theatrically released in Austria, Benelux, Canada
2B PERFECTLY HONEST
(2003-Offbeat comedy)
CAST: ADAM TRESE, JOHN TURTURRO, AIDA TURTURRO, ANDY McCARTHY and ROBERT
VAUGH
DIRECTOR/WRITER: RANDEL COLE
When a hapless New Yorkers ad agerncy goes bankrupt, he loses everything
forcing him down a series of hysterically desperate and dangerous attempts
to get back on top that may even cost him his own life!
*Tribeca Film Festival 2004
BOOK OF LOVE
(2003- Romance): no theatrical commitments yet (Sundance Film Festival 2004)
CAST: FRANCES O'CONNOR ('Mansfield Park', 'Timeline'), SIMON BAKER ('The
Ring 2', 'The Guardian'), rising star BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD ('The Village')
and GREGORY SMITH.
DIRECTOR: ALAN BROWN
An unusual yet irresistible teenage boy, with a lust for life, disrupts the
idyllic marriage of a high school teacher and his attractive but restless
wife.
*Sundance Film Festival 2003
EASY SIX
(2003, Romance/action)
Cast: JULIAN SANDS ('A Room With A View'), JAMES BELUSHI ('K-9 Series'),
KATHERINE TOWNE ('Mulholland Drive'), and JOHN SAVAGE ('The Deer Hunter').
DIRECTOR: CHRIS IOVENKO
A well-regarded college professor crosses the line when he has an illicit
affair with the daughter of one of his old friends, which triggers a series
of life changing events for everyone involved.
UNDERMIND
(2003 - Action/Thriller)
Cast: SAM TRAMMELL ('Autumn In New York'), ELLEN POMPEO ('Catch Me If You
Can', 'Old School'), and SUSAN MAY PRATT ('Ten Things I Hate About You')
DIRECTOR: NEVIL DWEK
A young, wealthy New York attorney finds himself living in two polar
opposite worlds. His other reality as a criminal begins to intertwine with
his upscale life causing devastating results.
no theatrical commitments yet
*Awards: Best Feature Award Dances with Films 2003
*Best Feature Award Stony Brook Film Festival 2003
*Best Feature Award Marco Island Film Festival 2003
MY DINNER WITH JIMI
(2003 -Comedy/Musical): no theatrical commitments yet
CAST: JUSTIN HENRY (Academy Award Nominee Kramer vs. Kramer)
DIRECTOR: BILL FISHMAN
The true story of The Turtle's (known for their hit song "Happy Together")
rise to fame and fortune in 1967 LA, which culminates in one fateful night
when they met the Beatles and a dinner with Jimi Hendrix changed their lives
forever.
Features original Turtles soundtracks.
*Slam Dunk Film Festival 2003
MAN OF THE YEAR
(2002, Murder/Mystery)
CAST: JOHN RITTER (Bad Santa, Manhood)
DIRECTOR: STRAW WISEMAN
A look at what happens one crazy night during a Hollywood party when a
corrupt energy executive, a sexually charged environment, drugs, marital
fidelity and business ethics collide.
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Story Design Workshop & PitchXchange
ORLANDO
Feb. 19, 2005
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* The Perfect Gift for a Screenwriter!
* The Megahit Movies Book 2004 Edition
* RMS Story & Screenplay Consultations
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The Perfect Gift for a Screenwriter!
$150 Early Registration Fee before Jan. 10, 2005
Orlando Story Design Workshop &
PitchXchange
Saturday February 19, 2005 in Orlando,
Florida
$195 Registration Fee after Jan. 1, 2005
9:00-10:00 Pitch Coaching Class 1
10:00-11:00 Story Design - Creating Popular
Movies
11:00-12:00 Creating Humorous Characters &
Scenes
12:00-1:00 Lunch Break and Networking
1:00-2:00 Pitch Coaching Class 2
2:00-3:00 11 Simple Steps to Write Like a
Pro
3:00-4:00 Getting Hollywood
Representation
4:00-5:00 Direct-to-DVD Movie Making
5:00-6:00 Hollywood Screenwriting Business
Panel
8:00-12:00 Networking with Agents &
Producers Party
Pitch your script to Movie Producers and
Agents.
Pitch Sessions: 9:00-5:00 -- Each
Session lasts for seven (7) minutes. Writers will
receive an email with instructions on how to sign up
for pitches online once their registration payment for
the Orlando Workshop is processed. Charges for Pitch
Sessions are in addition to Workshop Registration Fee.
$25 for each pitch or 5 pitches for $100.
MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY GUESTS
Richard Michaels Stefanik, RMS Productions
Company, (www.TheMegahitMovies.com).
Richard works with new writers to develop their
original stories into high concept screenplays. He was
a Screenwriting Fellow at the American Film
Institute, where he wrote, directed and produced
a dramatic movie, Michael & Christina. He is
Producer-Director of the comedy movie, Henry
Dodd, released on DVD in 2004. His second
romantic comedy as Producer-Director, Once Upon
a Blue Moon, is now is pre-production and will be
released in 2005.
Richard worked at several Hollywood studios,
including Paramount Pictures and
Walt Disney Productions. He is the author of
Structures of Fantasy, a screenwriting book
that analyzed the dramatic and comic elements found
in popular movies. This book has been chosen by the
Writers Guild of America (WGA) Mentors
Program for inclusion in its list of recommended
screenwriting books and is described as "one of the
best books on story structure." A revised and
expanded edition of this book has been published as
The Megahit Movies. The French translation of
this book was published in Paris in 2003 by Editions
Dixit as Les Cles Des Plus Grands Succes
Cinematographiques. Richard's new
screenwriting book, Story Design: Creating Award
Winning Movies, will be published in 2005.
Richard has taught Story Design and Screenwriting
Seminars in cities throughout the world, including
London, Copenhagen, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Orlando, Las Vegas, New York, and Hollywood.
Shelly Mellott, Editor-in-Chief, Scr(i)pt
Magazine(www.ScriptMag.com). Shelly was the
manager of the LA Expo Pitch Sessions 2002-2004.
Lesley Bracker, The Writers Channel
(www.WritersChannel.net). Founder of The
Writer's Channel and an independent film
producer and script consultant. Lesley has worked at
ICM and Warner Brothers, and sold
several TV and film projects. She is currently
producing an independent film, Better Living
Through Chaos.
Paul Levine, Entertainment Lawyer-Literary
Agent. Paul specializes in the representation of
writers, producers, directors, actors, and production
companies. He also represent, as a literary agent,
adult, children, and young adult fiction and non-
fiction book authors.
Mike Esola, William Morris Agency
Mike worked in Reality TV and also in development at
Outlaw Productions in West Hollywood, before joining
the Motion Picture Lit Department of the William
Morris Agency.
More Agents and Producers names will be
listed once confirmed they will attend.
This event is sponsored by RMS Productions
Company, Scr(i)pt Magazine, WritersChannel.net,
WritersStore.com, WGAe.org, Screenplay.com,
Scriptapalooza.com, ScreenStyle.com,
ScriptPimp.com, ScriptUtopia.com,
Action/Cut Seminars.
$150 Early Registration Fee before Jan. 10,
2005
$195 Registration Fee after Jan. 11, 2005
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The Megahit Movies Book 2004 Edition
The new 525+ page 2004 edition analyzes The
Megahit Movies, those films which have
generated more than $250 million in North American
Box Office receipts.
It presents principles of story construction
that can be used to develop popular movies by
providing an analysis of cinematic techniques. It also
offers stimulating ideas that can be helpful in the
creative process. The book is designed for writers,
directors and producers who want to create
commercially successful films. The fundamentals of
dramatic structure, the human emotions, and the
construction of humorous characters and situations
are explained, with examples drawn from some of the
most popular motion pictures Hollywood has ever
produced.
The Foreword to the book is written by
Christopher Lockhart, Executive Story Editor,
International Creative Management (ICM) in
which he discusses what Hollywood Producers,
Agents and Studios are looking for when reading
screenplays.
Analysis of recent megahit-blockbuster movies such
as
SHREK 2, SPIDER-MAN 2, HARRY POTTER, BRUCE
ALMIGHTY, MATRIX TRILOGY, FINDING NEMO,
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and THE LORD OF THE
RINGS
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RMS Story & Screenplay Consultations
A personal consultation on your original
screenplay! Once you purchase this package,
you will be permitted to submit a 120 page original
screenplay. Between 3 to 5 pages of written
comments about the screenplay will be emailed to
you within 14 days after the receipt of the script by
U.S. Priority Mail. Also included is The Megahit
Movies Book 525+ pages of information about
the structure of popular films. Once you have read
my comments, I will schedule a one-hour chat
session to further discuss your script. Start
developing your script into a feature screenplay that
can be made into a popular Hollywood movie!
Special 2005 New Year rate of $250!
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SHREK 2
SPIDER-MAN 2
PRISONER of AZKABAN
All the Megahit Movies
(525+ pages of analysis)
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