Synopsis of WEIRDOS movie project in development at Utopia Pictures. Bureaucrats From Outerspace. "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy meets 1984" http://www.utopiapictures.com/weirdos.html
Synopsis of WEIRDOS movie project in development at Utopia Pictures. Bureaucrats From Outerspace. "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy meets 1984" http://www.utopiapictures.com/weirdos.html
Synopsis of WEIRDOS movie project in development at Utopia Pictures. Bureaucrats From Outerspace. "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy meets 1984" http://www.utopiapictures.com/weirdos.html
out of this world Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy meets 1984 THE LATEST IN SCIENCE AND FUN. EIRDOS is smartly written, fast paced, funny, off-the wall, wildly original and highly entertaining. Utopian astronauts arrive on earth 40 years late but just in time to save the universe from evil BUREAUCRATS FROM OUTERSPACE by re-uniting the three halves of the ancient crystal of life truth, peace and love. In the vein of Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, with elements of 1984 WEIRDOS is the latest in science and fun and offers something for people of all ages and degrees of weirdness. DEVELOPMENT, FINANCING & BUDGET Packaging/financing. Development funding: BC Film, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Utopia, and private investors. Budget: $1.5 - $2 million CDN
Finance Plan: pre-sales to Canadian Paytv, Harold Greenberg Fund equity, Telefilm Canada equity, Federal and B.C tax credits. Possible UK or inter- provincial co-production. Seeking a Canadian distributor, co-producers, US and foreign pre-sales. COMMENTS FROM SCRIPT READERS A quest tale in which the universe is saved from advanced bureaucracy and blandness With its new age mix of biblical myth combined with sci-fi quest fantasy, this script as truly unique. HAROLD GREENBERG FUND
WEIRDOS is a smartly written, well paced and at times hysterically funny script. The attempt at a summary really cant do justice to the wealth of humour and situations hereIts difficult to quickly list the strengths of the writing. Nearly each and every page contains some comedic gemenormously funny and enormously well-written. BC FILM
In essence project is a haven of reflection that feels like an entertainment romp. Script is immensely inventive in its use of technology juxtaposed with content, which basically asks us (the audience) to opt for the same inventiveness in our lives and reject the rigidity of the bureaucracy. This sounds pretty high- fallutin but the medium for conveying this message owes more to AIRPLANE movies than any philosophical treatise so far. Madeline Thompson, Story Edi
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SYNOPSIS & COMPANY BIO Synopsis OSES, an astronaut from Utopia, arrives on earth 40 years late, but just in time to save the planet. His mission to re-unite the three halves of the ancient crystal of life - truth peace and love, thereby restoring harmony to the universe.
ith the aid of his taxi- driver guru guide AMRAK and fellow astronaut FRANNY, Moses journeys into the labyrinth of the Brilliant Building where he battles his Nemesis, the weak-kneed bureaucrat NORM, leader of the Grotonians Bureaucrats From Outerspace who have been sent to earth to smooth out the rough spots and implement Weirdos - the plan to take over and dominate the planet.
With the aid of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, Moses sidekick FELIX and AL the deranged robot, the Utopians create a considerable amount of chaos in their attempts to retrieve the crystal. With two halves of the crystal in hand, Moses and Franny are chased into the far corners of the universe. While escaping overzealous custom agents on the planet Groton, they accidentally end up on a waste shuttle bound for incineration in a white dwarf, where Norm finally catches up. They all face uncertain death in the chaotic fractal world of a Black Hole. However, through some quick thinking, cold beer and the Fitzgerald contraction, they survive and emerge unscathed and reborn into the future --- at the Great Galaxy Health Food Cafe, on Utopia. Norm joins the private sector and becomes manager of the Caf. The crystal is unified and the forces of grayness are defeated. Moses and Franny set off on another adventure in Amraks Crystal Cab.
So borrow a new suit, preferably Italian. And expensive. Trim your hair. Shave your beard. Pack away those old granny glasses. And get ready to GO WITH THE FLOW!
But Beware. You are entering an information collection zone. You are being monitored by WEIRDOS Whol eEarthInformation Retrieval DatabaseOperati ng System Utopia Bio Writer/director Laurence Keane and producer Elvira Lount are partners in Utopia Pictures Ltd., which has several features in development.
Elvira produced the 35 mm dramatic feature SAMUEL LOUNT, the story of her ancestor who was one of the leaders of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837 and was hanged for treason. The film received 5 Genie nominations (Canadian film awards) and has been sold worldwide. Elvira has produced over 50 video and film documentaries. She has a BA from the University of London, England and a background in all aspects of the media, having graduated from the Media Resources Program, Capilano University, North Vancouver.
Laurence Keane was the director/co-writer of SAMUEL LOUNT and producer/co-writer of the low budget sci-fi musical comedy BIG MEAT EATER, distributed by New Line Cinema in the US and Palace Pictures in the UK. BIG MEAT EATER was hailed as one of the best pictures of the year by British critics and has become an underground cult classic. He has written 16 screenplays; moonlights as a script editor/analyst; produced, directed, written and edited several short comedies and documentaries, worked as a newspaper publisher and photographer; and edited books. He began his career in the film business in the 70s at the NFB and CBC.
Laurence has an MFA in Film Business and Production from the University of Southern California School of Cinema in Los Angeles, a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of British Columbia, and is a graduate of the advanced Simon Fraser University Film Workshop.
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