MOVIE IDEA; LIVE YOUR DREAM

Young and sexy Sarah Reed is a divorced mother of a four-year old, Lily.  Never a practical or unselfish person she is always on the lookout for the easy way out of everything. Being a dreamer she develops a crush on movie star,  Dan Walker. Hoping to meet him when he comes to the city, she writes to tell him her daughter is dying of cancer and would love to meet him. His publicity people arrange a meeting, and oddly enough he falls in love with Sarah who he believes to be loving and trustworthy. All her dreams are about to come true. Except for one thing. Lily can't on living.

GAME. TABLE TWELVE PINS.

Here's a fun game I created (at least I think I did). I call it BOOST. Why? Because all it takes is two six-packs of Boost and a rubber ball.  Each six pack should have a different color cap. No problem. Once you have finished the contents, the bottles make perfect pins. Set them up at either end of a long table. Each opponent in turn rolls the ball in an attempt to knock down the other's pins. Naturally the first one to knock them all done wins. Couldn't be easier. Plus you're all those vitamins and protein. Win. Win.

ROCKY-LIKE SCREENPLAY: THE VOICE

Angelo is a waiter at an Italian restaurant in Philadelphia during the 70s. He has two bad habits: He smokes too much and he constantly sings, though he doesn't have a good voice. Unfortunately he knows all the songs from The American Songbook. Still he's attractive, young, and likable. Tragedy strikes when he discovers he has throat cancer from all that smoking. But they caught it early and can operate. Amazing! After the operation, he has a great voice. A miracle. Now he's singing at the restaurant, later in small clubs, and soon he's become a star. Naturally you'll have to throw in some love interest to the plot. But things are going well. He's going to do a concert at Carnegie Hall. Trouble ensues when he discovers that the cancer has returned. He needs an operation immediately. This time it is likely to leave him unable to speak, much less sing. If he postpones the operation to do the concert, it may mean his death. But that's what he does. So like all these soapy dramas, this one ends with him stepping on the stage at Carnegie Hall and singing some triumphant song like "My Way". Ah, the tears will flow.

PRODUCT: A PERFUME.

I've written to several companies who do not recognize this brilliant concept for a perfume. It is named Piaf after the great French chanteuse, famous for her many affairs. It comes in a small black bottle. The name Piaf is signed written in red. The glass stopper is a Lalique figure of a small bird since she was called "The Little Sparrow of Paris". The theme line is, "Piaf. Named for a woman who lived for love." I have also written a commercial which makes use of black and white news photos, both happy and tragic, with the background music of her song in French, "I Regret Nothing".

EROTIC BUSINESS: THE WINDOW

This easily established business can be created on any busy street in America. All it requires is a street level space the size of a hotel room, and a plate glass window that is, in fact, a two way mirror. The room is furnished as any hotel room, with a large king- or queen-sized bed. The customers are any couple who would find it an erotic lark to be having sex in front of what appeared to be any number of people watching them—the passersby who have no idea  what is happening on the other side of the glass. Is this a viable money-maker. I think there are enough couples in any city who would find this a very kinky experience to create a waiting list.

STAGE PLAY:" HOMEROOM"

This single set play featuring a classroom and two characters takes place in 1965 in the playwright's choice of cities. A male high school student has asked to meet with his 37 year old teacher after school (or he could just interrupt as she is finishing papers). He suggests to her that after reviewing her age, what little he knows of her European past, her mysterious vacations, etc. he think she is Anne Frank. Rather than dismissing this wild thought, she indulges him. For the rest of the one-act play they spar in such a way that she could be, and may be Anne Frank. If she is, the main reason for such a deception is having anonymously survived the camps, and having performed what she considers dishonorable acts, she did not wish to tarnish the image of the Anne Frank who had become a symbol of Jewish pride and bravery. The plays does not end with a conclusion, but leaves the question with the audience.

SCREENPLAY IDEA: THE FATAL SHOT

This film begins with a Versace type murder in a similar urban street setting. The shooter makes his escape, but fortunately a passing tourist managed to snap a photo. The film is a whodunit thriller with lots of famous suspects. The detectives study the photo in every possible way for a clue to the identity of the murder. After many twists and turns, our brilliant detective lead realizes that the murder was committed only to take the photo, which has been getting world-wide attention and making the co-conspirator to this murder a fortune, that is until he and the killer are caught.