"happy birthday, Andrew."

A man gives his son a birthday gift wrapped in an old score to settle, and the terrible discipline of a father.

Type:

Short

Status:

For sale

Page Count:

15pp

Genre:

Comedy, Horror

Budget:

Shoestring

Age Rating:

17+

Story & Logistics

Story Type:

Revenge

Story Situation:

Crime pursued by vengeance

Story Conclusion:

Bitter-sweet

Linear Structure:

Non-linear

Cast Size:

Few

Locations:

Few

Characters

Lead Role Ages:

Male over 45

Villian Type:

Beast/Monster

Stock Character Types:

Fall guy

Advanced

Equality & Diversity:

Diverse Cast

Life Topics:

Adolescence

Time Period:

Modern history

Country:

Australia

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Submitted: 2021-Feb-17

Last Updated: 2021-Feb-17

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The Writer: Murray Ernst

Hello. Max Ernst, fairly new in town. I've been practicing screen writing since working at Warner Brothers on the Gold Coast of Australia since the 90's. I have written tons of garbage, which would be disturbing if they ever reached the light of day. But now, I feel a shift. And for the first time, I am ready to put some work out there. I have written a feature, "The Bedfords," which takes us on an adventure/comedy ride through the Australian financial recession of 1982 to 1984. It is a tale of three men, painted into the same corner of financial ruin, and they have no hope unless they fight through this together. I then arranged a short - urban horror/comedy using a few of the characters… Go to bio