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The frightening insanity of George A. Romero's The Crazies meets the character self-discovery of Call Me By Your Name meets the unwholesome manipulation of 1985's Smooth Talk.

QUICK pitch

90 second (+) video pitch for BOYS.

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It's the summer of 1982.  Following their parents' bitter divorce, 13-year old Mickey and his older brother Wade
stay in the country with their farm-hand father, Acre.  This season of unexpected self-discovery for Mickey coincides
​with some mysterious and violent changes to the world at large.

feedback

Artist Vanessa Puopolo:  “'Boys' is an absolute wonder. It is simultaneously horrifying and heartbreaking. Positively riveting."
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Filmmaker Monte Light: "The scene between Acre and Mickey, after Acre's head is injured and Mickey is caught sipping a beer,​is goddamn poetry.  It's beautiful, poignant, the kind of stuff you win awards for."
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Accolades

2021 Horror Semi-Finalist @ Table Read My Screenplay Genre
2021 Official Selection @ Austin After Dark Film Festival
2020 Finalist @ ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge
2020 Official Selection @ Screamwriting Festival
2020 Official Selection @ ​Vegas Cinefest Int'l Film Festival

press

Announcement: ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge
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Winners & Finalists:  including BOYS

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BASICS

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[ A virtual reading was held in September 2020 ]
The Cast: Ryan Newton Harris, Katherine LaVictoire, Joel Liestman,
Monte Light, Motown Maurice, Matt Mercer, Steve Newman,
Whit Spurgeon and Suzanne Voss.

hey, SHANNON!

In what has become a tradition in most of my scripts,
​​I have a character named "Shannon" within the story.  ​In BOYS, "Shannon" is Mickey's beloved childhood doll.
  • ​GENRES:  Horror / LGBTQ / Drama
  • SUB-GENRES:  Coming-of-Age / First Love
  • PROTECTION:  WGA; West registered
  • LENGTH:  Feature-length
  • PAGE COUNT:  One hundred and six (106)
  • INSPIRATIONS:  During a daily meditation,​ a childhood memory sparked this idea.
  • BEGINNINGS:  Writing began on 05.19.20
  • DRAFTS:  A 5th draft is complete
  • NUMBER:  BOYS is my 13th feature spec​
  • FESTIVALS / COMPETITIONS:  BOYS has been entered into 21 festivals / contests so far!
  •  STORY CONSULTANT / EDITOR:  Jonna Jackson
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  • home
  • screenwriter
    • feature screenplays >
      • 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
    • screenwriting 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
    • accolades
  • actor
    • sleeping ugly
    • résumé
  • filmmaker
    • chair
    • french toast
    • Immolation
    • ready to go
  • film 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
    • Tom Holland's Terror Time
    • marketing mentions
    • '80s horror ladies
    • '80s horror hunks
  • prose
    • cheap therapy
    • the house up the street
    • island hunters
    • scratcher
    • blogs
    • klassics
    • writings
  • movie nerd
    • zombies >
      • concerns about the living dead
      • the nurse controversy
    • movie love
    • talking shop
    • stew of sin
    • fanatical
  • bio