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We did the Cannes thang... Versace Threw Up on Nantucket Chased by Stalkarazzi (When will the French put a leash on their Papparazzi? Never?)
Critique the trash out there, lavish praise upon the directors,
and their credits, but come back -- because it
is time your unmakeable screenplay got made... Witness that "Witness" was rejected for 13 years. The script for "Arthur" was rejected a gazillion times. The guy finally had to make it himself; then he croaked. And Dudley Moore got popped for domestic violence and died of a brain tumor. Is this writing life entertaining or what?
Happy New Year Y2K7, at least you're amusing!
Abuse Arena now open to the public
(as if, but hey)
find new talent, equipment,
etc.
SpokenWord... is thought candy.
(hello? collaboration zone?)
Catch a ride on our Studio Tour...
guys and dolls, start your laptops...
Sundance
is "Over"? Just because Bob and company will even send you a Sundance coaster? They used to be good... back in 1998. Here's some archival Live Daily reporting to prove our point. Consider this the Obit for Sundance. Capitalism is King in Park City. Merchandise is The News. Bob's Vision is Dead as far as an Artist is concerned; unless they are making throw rugs, not movies. Click
At-Large...
We would like to report a major creative surge due to sunspots. So there it is. Start writing.
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NBC has a little-known program called "New Voices" -- allegedly they hired some guy out of this TV-writing workshop who went from being a Midwest firefighter to a sought-after TV staff writer... call NBC, sound like a writer, ask them to connect you to the "New Voices" writer's program, say that you heard about it from Geoff Harris, which, in a way, you have... second-hand, anyway.
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Nicholl/Academy site has a fellowship offered every year. Deadline info. click above.
Chesterfield Film Company has a deadline each year for their monetary writing award. Unless they are finally rumored to be defunct -- check IMDB.
The Disney Fellowship has chewed on a lot of good writers we know... but, hey, it's money. If you want more information, call Brenda Hathaway at the fellowship office 818/560-1000. You won't get to talk to her (most likely), though they will give you recorded info. Address is DisMouse at 500 S. Buena Vista St. Burbank, CA 91512-0001.
Complaints from our pummeled writer friends include comments that sound like whining, considering they got some free money. -
give us listings you'd like to see
{Farewell to writer Paul Jarrico}
2007 was
the
the 60th
Anniversary
of the Hollywood Blacklist
and we don't ever want to go there again -- naming names.
Let's just write the hits and take our knocks. And thank
those who came before the Senate committee years ago;
thank those who had the nerve to stand up for screenwriters
and spent a year in prison for what they believed in.
We can't give them back that year, but
we can honor
them by not writing trash; by filling the screen with
gems.
(Rent the Burt Lancaster-narrated
documentary on the
Blacklist. Is there any actor cooler than the Late Swimmer Burt Lancaster... non! Rent ATLANTIC CITY to preserve his legacy... even if you have to do NETFLIX (the red envelope idiots of the soon-to-be-failed Business Model. Hello Downloading!)
"'Hel-LA,' that's why we love it." --
Anonymous Unproduced Screenwriter With
Great Ass.