Trapped in Perfection
Trapped in Perfection
This was such a crazy production and I loved every minute of it. Talented actors, talented director, and a script unlike anything I’d done before.
This was such a crazy production and I loved every minute of it. Talented actors, talented director, and a script unlike anything I’d done before.
Stacy Randall did a great job on this portraying a kick-ass detective on a revenge trip and Jonathan Winfrey created some of the best camaraderie on any set I’ve been on.
This was originally a male lead and Cinetel had me adapt my original script to Stacy. Great decision.
Michal Dudikoff (“American Ninja”) loved this script but had me cut 200 lines of dialogue out.
He felt less is more. He was right. Didn’t miss any of it.
Robert LaSardo, who I had done some work for on “NipTuck” called me from NYC to write an extra scene for this film.
A terribly generous man, Robert gave me writing credit.
Terrific actor, even better friend.
30 years of professional experience in one book!
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“Quantum Scriptwriting” is filled with appendices, illustrations, tables, and lists that illuminate and support the spectrum of scriptwriting.
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Spiro Razatos was/is a world-class stunt coordinator who got a chance to direct this one.
Terrific fun! Love the one-sheet on this film.
Originally titled “Mindwalker” by the time this spec script was rewritten (all my me) it only had about 50% of the original material left in it.
And the concept was changed to make it not a scifi thriller but rather just a thriller.
The lovely Kim Delaney (“NYPD Blue”) stars, with Tobin Bell (“Saw”) and Gary Hudson.
This film had a lot of production issues and was rewritten at least twice after me. I liked my version best but as I always say, as a writer you have limited control. It is what it is as the cliche goes.
I was thrilled when they took my suggestion to use Adrian Paul (“Highlander”) but then they made him a bad guy. Oh, well.
Paul Sinor wrote the original version and it was called “DMZ” which I liked a lot better.
This script was the first I wrote that got noticed. It didn’t sell but years later it did.
Roddy Piper, Billy Drago, and Jayne Heitmeyer.
I don’t know what a SciFighter is – my original title was “Nemesis” – but I like it!