Cottonmouth
Type:
- Short
Status:
- Produced
Page Count:
7pp
Genre:
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
Budget:
- Shoestring
Logline:
Knowing they have a bounty on their head, a small time college cannabis dealer tries to convince a close friend to keep their business going so they can go into hiding.
Synopsis/Details:
A student shows up at a friends apartment acting preoccupied. They tell her friend they need to go away and asks him if he can look after their stash of weed. Suspecting something is the matter, their friend pushes for more information on where they are going and for how long. They break, admitting that they is seriously in debt to a local drug dealer who has his gang members out looking for them. Their friend, who they are clearly romantically attracted to goes to secure his apartment and they have a revelation - this guy introduced them to the dealer and isn't his normal self. Can they really trust the man they believe is their best friend?
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The Writer: CJ Walley
I’m here for the gritty movies, the rebellious movies, the b-movies, and the hangout movies, those features that dare to be good old fashioned entertainment and pack a punch harder than their budgets would suggest. I love pulp and exploitation, car chases and gunplay, but also depth and themes that resound with viewers at the core of their being. I like dialogue that crackles and has weight behind the words. I love scenes that twist and turn as characters vie for power or fall for one another. Riding on the hero boat “Fair Warning” with Shane Stanley during production of our action feature "Break Even.' 2012 was the year I started writing from here in Staffordshire, England and it’s been a... Go to bio
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