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The ultimate Christmas photograph.  To what lengths will one mother go to make it memorable?
​Meet Janice Gordon and her family of misfits.  Forsaking all monetary, moral and common sense concerns, Janice embarks on a hilarious and heart-warming mission to create an Addams Family-themed Christmas card.

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2015 Official Comedy Finalist @ World Series of Screenwriting.
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video pitch

120-second video pitch for "A. FAMILY PORTRAIT".

basics

GENRE:  Dark / Absurd Comedy
LENGTH:  Feature-length
PROTECTION:  WGA; West registered
DRAFTS:  Six (6) completed drafts
NUMBER: A. Family Portrait is my 4th feature spec
PAGE COUNT: One hundred and three (103) pages
INSPIRATIONS:  Following a surreal dream about an Addams Family-themed gift for friends, the idea was born.
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table read

A 1st reading was held in the spring of 2014.
THE CAST:  Amelia Baker, Libby Baker, Noah Baker,
Michael Balin, Frances Chewning, Nick Cobb, Michael Klug,
David Kurtz, Justin Marchert, Allen Marsh, Maggie McCollester,
Candis Phlegm, Leni Ramberg, Whit Spurgeon, Tomm Taylor.

hey, shannon!

In what has become a tradition in most of my scripts, ​​I have a character named "Shannon" within the story.  ​In A. FAMILY PORTRAIT, "Shannon" is the youngest child in the Gordon family.
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  • home
  • feature scripts
    • a. family portrait
    • boys
    • christian demons
    • the costume people
    • furnish
    • me & simon baker
    • mom died
    • rope-a-dope
    • sid's apple
    • silver spoon
    • spider eaters
    • tonight I shall lease your soul
    • trip
  • short scripts / pilots
    • a great yard
    • lindsay's locker
    • structure
    • valet
  • pipeline
    • bear
    • clare, this is julia
    • dead on
    • don't go into the baby's room
    • ESP
    • the french toast nine
    • george, frank and liza
    • harsh critic
    • he must smell my dog
    • rest area
    • Say Uncle!
    • screenwriter
    • A Stench in the Nostrils of God
    • unrequited love is for the birds
    • You Can Never Go Home
  • actor
    • résumé
  • critic
    • 5 star reviews
    • 4 / 4.5 star reviews
    • 3 / 3.5 star reviews
    • 2 / 2.5 star reviews
    • 0.5 / 1 / 1.5 star reviews
    • classic movie reviews
    • marketing mentions
    • '80s horror ladies
    • '80s horror hunks
  • filmmaker
    • chair
    • french toast
    • Immolation
    • ready to go
  • books
    • cheap therapy
    • the house up the street
    • island hunters
    • scratcher
  • extras
    • blogs
    • fanatical
    • klassics
    • memory lane
    • movie love
    • sleeping ugly
    • stew of sin
    • talking shop
    • writings
    • zombies >
      • concerns about the living dead
      • the nurse controversy
  • bio