Wanting his new ultra-eco-friendly home to woo back his estranged wife, a meek designer needs to 'go ape' when the world and his wife come calling with ugly intent.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
99pp
Genre:
Comedy, Crime
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
13+
Synopsis/Details
Just like anybody else, FRANK STONE wants beauty in his life. In this case, as a meek designer, he's used his own design to build a hyper eco-friendly house at a beach location, hoping it'll woo back alcoholic wife LENA. She wonders if they can ever stop bickering long enough to have a baby there, yet also frets at bringing another human into an overcrowded world degraded by their own carbon footprint. What would persuade Lena was if Frank could man up and tell irredeemable old boss, BING, where to stick it; and do so if he won out over Bing in a competition for an environmental theme park. Working all hours at the office on his submission, Frank returns to find Lena in the arms of one-legged psychiatrist TONY - a 'real man' as far as Lena is concerned. With Lena hightailing it to town with Tony, Frank finds his pursuit of beauty turning ugly when beautiful EARTHA is washed up on the shoreline - claiming she's fallen off a passing yacht while dozing on deck. How can Frank keep his mind on the job in hand with so much competition vying for his attention? Rather than harmony and balance, everything's destabilising Frank, and turning him into something very ugly...
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"A saleable film... in many ways wonderful, surreal, very funny, poignant, difficult and intriguing."
Henry Adeane, former NPA exec

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The Writer: Barry Staff

In parallel with an oddball 'career' in McJobs (roof-rack assembler, computer helpdesk, beer bottler, reject furniture salesman, draughtsman, goods-inward operative, a bouncer - briefly. . .) Barry has written a portfolio of feature screenplays, associated shorts, and spinoffs. With multiple laurels for the screenplays and four of the shorts filmed, helmed by himself, he's, SO FAR, had a purchase offer on one feature script, an option on another and a shopping agreement on a third, and a long-form series shortlisted by Channel 4 Latest news: Winner - Kingston International Film Festival (Script to Screen Award): 'Mashup' Winner - Paperscreenplay Contest (Best Concept): 'Soundbite' Winner -… Go to bio
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