When the woman his boyfriend left him for is cast on the TV show he writes for, a young, self-absorbed writer goes to great lengths to destroy the new relationship and get his ex back.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
91pp
Genre:
Comedy, Romance
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
17+
Synopsis/Details
SLOW-MOTION CAR CRASH, an anti-romantic-comedy in eight chapters: Ishmael, (25), aspiring writer and all-round kind of shitty guy, is dumped by his actor boyfriend-of-three-years Charlie for Patience, who is young (21), beautiful, and a genuinely good person. Ishmael is devastated and does everything but stalk the new couple out of jealousy and resentment. When he is staffed as a junior writer for a new "prestige streaming" TV show, Ishmael's delight is tempered by realizing Patience has been cast as the show's main female character and they must work together. Patience's genuine attempts to befriend her co-worker Ishmael only offers Ishmael the opportunity to get back into Charlie's life - and Ishmael only has his dignity and shame to stop him (which is to say, nothing will stop him).

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Submitted: 2020-Jul-12
Last Updated: 2020-Jul-12
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The Writer: Ben Clifford

Writer (primarily screenplays), late twenties, based in Australia. Black comedy and drama are my primary working genres. Couple of shorts produced ~2017-2020. Also write prose. Some short stories published in journals. Contact me via email or PM about my scripts. Go to bio
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