Nora Ephron Julie & Julia, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle
Steven Spielberg
Vincent Ward
Julie Taymor, Frida
Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (screenplay), Adaptation (screenplay) , Being John Malkovich (1999) (written by)
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
What's Happen' with the Movie, Ruth?
How Do You Get Products & Service In The Five Rites Movie?
I'm thinking about having friends online with products for health, wealth, self care, baby boomers, five rites, yoga, marriage, relationship coaching, aging and seniors featured in the Five Rites movie or in the up coming Five Rites movie online community forum.
Put your name and email in the box below to learn more. Visit your email to get directions to pitch your product or service.
Thanks!
-Ruth
Ruth Anne Wood
Writer, Producer of Five Rites
ruth@scriptingforsuccess.com
Product Marketing & Advertising Media in Movies Hollywood Style from Ruth Anne Wood on Vimeo.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Get Products Featured in a Hollywood Movie
People have been asking me how they can get involved with the Five Rites movie. Their eyes light up when I tell them about the party I'm planning for friends, family and Hollywood.
What I need from my audience is the following:
-Products and services I'm excited to use in Five Rites movie
-Products and Services that can be used as give aways for premier Five Rite movie events
-Products and services perfect to recommend for my Five Rites online community
You see I'm building an online community that surpasses the life of Five Rites movie in the movie theaters. This will be a members forum where fans can network, build on the health, wealth and love conversations started in the movie.
I'm looking for experts with high content and high value products
with services focused on youth, beauty, health, adventure which emphasizes the awe inspiring story of 80 year old SOPHIE PETERSON who reverses the aging process through spiritual and health related activities.
We're featuring people with wealth building strategies, seminars, training that picks up far beyond the scope of a 90 minute movie where my billionaire business man CLYDE BENSON leaves off. It's a place where vendors can share products and services in line with the CLYDE and SOPHIE'S message of opulent living.
What I need from my audience is the following:
-Products and services I'm excited to use in Five Rites movie
-Products and Services that can be used as give aways for premier Five Rite movie events
-Products and services perfect to recommend for my Five Rites online community
You see I'm building an online community that surpasses the life of Five Rites movie in the movie theaters. This will be a members forum where fans can network, build on the health, wealth and love conversations started in the movie.
I'm looking for experts with high content and high value products
with services focused on youth, beauty, health, adventure which emphasizes the awe inspiring story of 80 year old SOPHIE PETERSON who reverses the aging process through spiritual and health related activities.
We're featuring people with wealth building strategies, seminars, training that picks up far beyond the scope of a 90 minute movie where my billionaire business man CLYDE BENSON leaves off. It's a place where vendors can share products and services in line with the CLYDE and SOPHIE'S message of opulent living.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
I'd Like to Thanks The Academy...
I am truly blessed to be standing here today in front of my friends and peers in the movie business. Thank you for being a guide post for movie creation excellence. A key part of moving forward was being a sponge and watching your acceptance speeches over and over. I'd like to thank my family, friends and the seniors who I've met and served as a home care provider and massage therapist. I especially want to thank YouTube, Wikipedia and NPR for aiding in part of the research of my characters, setting and different time and places and the Hollywood success stories I choose to embrace and fully live. I'm also delighted that the producers observed the overwhelming demand for more Sophie and Clyde and have created "Sophie", a sitcom on the comical adventures of a couple inspiring the health and wealth of their community while balancing their older world values in a rapidly changing society.
Sophie's story was gifted to me shortly after a friend loaned me a copy of her book, _Ancient Secrets of the Fountain_ of Youth by Peter Kelder back in 2001. I started a log of how these five yoga exercised effected my health and well being and the rest is history... I'd like to thank the creators of Benjamin Buttons who notified me the world was ready to receive the story of how one woman used tools available to all healthy humans to improve her quality of life. I'd like to thank my brother Paul Dilley for writing the award winning score that seamlessly lead us through an emotionally fitting journey of the decades. I'd like to thank my producer. Thank you to Craig Kellem at hollywoodscripts.com. Thank you to my award winning husband, Jason Wood for giving me all the financial tools, time, love, encouragement this playwright needed to succeed at getting my dream out of my computer... and on a much bigger screen. This award is dedicated to my Tutu who instilled in me the love of world travel, adventure, writing and a strong female role model from Sophie's era...
INTERVIEW:
When Sophie started telling me her story a couple weeks into starting something called Tibetan Rites or Five Rites yoga exercises... she was a fully formed woman in her 70's born in 1919, enthusiastically feeding her life story to me... how she was a mother of five children, she loved her home in New Orleans and Cajun cooking and how her home care giver, Mary had begun teaching her these yoga exercises. It was almost like going to the theater... the days I did my yoga which offer a variety of stand alone benefits that seemed to offer relief for childhood Scoliosis I was told more of her story. As a story teller, winning yearly elementary school young author's contests and a playwright since high school it was massive entertainment and incentive to keep doing the yoga which was quite challenging at first.
Within five years I had filled a stack of 3x5 spiral notebooks. I was in no hury to rush the process. Sophie was my friend, mirror and emotional historian of my daily life including the conversations I had, interviews I heard on NPR and my own aspirations and challenges. I was able to get the lesson in the voices and actions of my characters in a meditative, eavesdropping way.
Then I started transferring her story to my computer. What I noticed most is while she was getting younger in appearance I was getting older... I would write about Sophie's husband which lead me to mine. Then I wrote about the forgotten ones and a secret society of homeless, lonely seniors and troubled citizens that got ushered into the care of Mary's community Opulas. That was in March of 2005 and in September my mom called me and said are you watching the news... your people in New Orleans are in trouble. I found myself dumbfounded and a bit like a deer in the headlights. I stopped writing for a while after that. Yet, many synchronicity occurred like that. I had lots of time to think and listen to Sophie's story while treating my massage clients. In that way I'm like Jane the sculptor.
When "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons" came out I was intrigued since I hadn't remembered hearing about F. Scott Fitzgerald short comic story. I sat in the theater on January 1, 2009 saying to my husband... that scene is in there... so is that one... mostly parallels were things that depicted the nature of the church and my imagined experiences growing up in the south. Also there were similar insights on getting younger while the people around Sophie and Benjamin got older. I had imagined CLYDE BENSON'S dad, T.J. a Forrest Gump in that he was there at the right time and things clicked in place for him. That's why I was also amused that Eric Roth's script was the one that was finally chosen during the project that spanned over ten years.
That week before seeing the Benjamin story, I heard a man give an inspiring talk the Sunday before Christmas which included his brush with death seven times. I immediately thought it would be cool to have Clyde have a similar story of dying multiple times while Sophie was avoiding aging and death. After watching Benjamin, where the man in the nursing home said, "I got struck by lightning ___ times. One time..." I let that idea fade away since my script was already very full. After seening the movie, part of me wanted my story to stay under the rock. Fortunately I was instead inspired to write a letter of intent to my mom, dad, brother, husband and grandmom that I'd finish the rough draft in 30 days by January 31, 2009. I didn't put a deadline on the final version but definitely got massive encouragement from my husband to wrap it up and send it to my script writing coach a.s.a.p.
I've toyed with the idea of having the Five Rites movie be filmed in one continuous take like "The Russian Ark". The reenactment of earlier scenes would be done at the Benson Estate. Everyone involved could flow from one scene or section of the yard or buildings till the whole story is told.
Sophie's story was gifted to me shortly after a friend loaned me a copy of her book, _Ancient Secrets of the Fountain_ of Youth by Peter Kelder back in 2001. I started a log of how these five yoga exercised effected my health and well being and the rest is history... I'd like to thank the creators of Benjamin Buttons who notified me the world was ready to receive the story of how one woman used tools available to all healthy humans to improve her quality of life. I'd like to thank my brother Paul Dilley for writing the award winning score that seamlessly lead us through an emotionally fitting journey of the decades. I'd like to thank my producer. Thank you to Craig Kellem at hollywoodscripts.com. Thank you to my award winning husband, Jason Wood for giving me all the financial tools, time, love, encouragement this playwright needed to succeed at getting my dream out of my computer... and on a much bigger screen. This award is dedicated to my Tutu who instilled in me the love of world travel, adventure, writing and a strong female role model from Sophie's era...
INTERVIEW:
When Sophie started telling me her story a couple weeks into starting something called Tibetan Rites or Five Rites yoga exercises... she was a fully formed woman in her 70's born in 1919, enthusiastically feeding her life story to me... how she was a mother of five children, she loved her home in New Orleans and Cajun cooking and how her home care giver, Mary had begun teaching her these yoga exercises. It was almost like going to the theater... the days I did my yoga which offer a variety of stand alone benefits that seemed to offer relief for childhood Scoliosis I was told more of her story. As a story teller, winning yearly elementary school young author's contests and a playwright since high school it was massive entertainment and incentive to keep doing the yoga which was quite challenging at first.
Within five years I had filled a stack of 3x5 spiral notebooks. I was in no hury to rush the process. Sophie was my friend, mirror and emotional historian of my daily life including the conversations I had, interviews I heard on NPR and my own aspirations and challenges. I was able to get the lesson in the voices and actions of my characters in a meditative, eavesdropping way.
Then I started transferring her story to my computer. What I noticed most is while she was getting younger in appearance I was getting older... I would write about Sophie's husband which lead me to mine. Then I wrote about the forgotten ones and a secret society of homeless, lonely seniors and troubled citizens that got ushered into the care of Mary's community Opulas. That was in March of 2005 and in September my mom called me and said are you watching the news... your people in New Orleans are in trouble. I found myself dumbfounded and a bit like a deer in the headlights. I stopped writing for a while after that. Yet, many synchronicity occurred like that. I had lots of time to think and listen to Sophie's story while treating my massage clients. In that way I'm like Jane the sculptor.
When "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons" came out I was intrigued since I hadn't remembered hearing about F. Scott Fitzgerald short comic story. I sat in the theater on January 1, 2009 saying to my husband... that scene is in there... so is that one... mostly parallels were things that depicted the nature of the church and my imagined experiences growing up in the south. Also there were similar insights on getting younger while the people around Sophie and Benjamin got older. I had imagined CLYDE BENSON'S dad, T.J. a Forrest Gump in that he was there at the right time and things clicked in place for him. That's why I was also amused that Eric Roth's script was the one that was finally chosen during the project that spanned over ten years.
That week before seeing the Benjamin story, I heard a man give an inspiring talk the Sunday before Christmas which included his brush with death seven times. I immediately thought it would be cool to have Clyde have a similar story of dying multiple times while Sophie was avoiding aging and death. After watching Benjamin, where the man in the nursing home said, "I got struck by lightning ___ times. One time..." I let that idea fade away since my script was already very full. After seening the movie, part of me wanted my story to stay under the rock. Fortunately I was instead inspired to write a letter of intent to my mom, dad, brother, husband and grandmom that I'd finish the rough draft in 30 days by January 31, 2009. I didn't put a deadline on the final version but definitely got massive encouragement from my husband to wrap it up and send it to my script writing coach a.s.a.p.
I've toyed with the idea of having the Five Rites movie be filmed in one continuous take like "The Russian Ark". The reenactment of earlier scenes would be done at the Benson Estate. Everyone involved could flow from one scene or section of the yard or buildings till the whole story is told.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Guest List for Five Rites Movie Party
People Invited to Five Rites Movie Party have played key roles in the creation of "Five Rites" Movie. I love and appreciate you and your contribution to the story.
Entertainment:
1) A Series of Five Rites Food Grazing
2) Theme Musical Performances
3) Clips
4) Movie Spoofs and Bloopers
5) Awards
6) Appreciation Ceremony
7) Vision Meditation
8) Dance Party
More Guests to Arrive Soon...
Alanis Morissette - Inspiration for Jane
Abraham-Hicks - My spiritual coach
Adam Sandler - For inspiration for Adam
Ali Brown - For your kick butt, Ruth you can do anything spirit guided pep talks
Alma Ludewig - Your beauty
Ben Affleck - Your movies inspired me to be a playwright
Beth Meininger - My first Dream Coach and co-author
Bill Gates - For your Inspiration for Clyde Benson
Billy Joel - Music to dream by and develop well rounded characters
Bon Jovi - "It's My Life" get back on the horse theme song
Brad Pitt - For Fight Club and Benjamin Buttons
Cass Forkin - For modeling charity and making wishes come true for seniors
Catherine Werth - Your love and support and birthing me
Chris Anderson - For your TED interview of Richard Branson
Craig Kellem - Your script consult
Cuba Gooding Jr - Inspiration for T.J. Benson
Dawn - For the canoe on the lake pep talk and how to get clear with my movie guides
Dezel Washington -For being and inspiration for Clyde Benson
Diablo Cody - Inspiration for Jane and rockn' Juno and Letterman Interview
Donald Trump - For being a model for Clyde Benson
Drew Berrymore - For your Inspiration for movie making
Don Miguel Ángel Ruiz - for helping me be impeccable with my word
Edith - Thanks for loaning me Peter Kelder's book that introduced me to Sophie and inspired the movie
Edie Moser - For your encouragement of my writing at and early age, dubbing me "Ruth the Poet"
Ellen Degeneres - for your humor and insight into your guests and oscars
Ester & Jerry Hicks - For your service with Abraham
George Lucas - For your Inspiration for movie making
Goldie Hawn - Your Brilliant rolls and spirituality
Graham Greene - For Dances w/ Wolves and inpiration for Graham
Harmony - For your clearing sessions
Hellen Hunt - Your role in Pay It Forward
Holly Berry - Profound presence and inspiration for Heather
Ivana Trunp - Your inspiring presence
Jack Canfield - For your Original Chicken Soup for the Soul cassette tape
Janelle Chambers - For your friendship and inner and outer strength
Jason Wood - For being my amazing supportive husband and inspiration for Mark
Jean Dilley - Inspiration for Sophie Peterson and your love of writing and travel
Jennifer Garner - Inspiration for Jane
Jesse Barth - For your introduction into the world of Oscar Hammerstein II
Jim Carrey - Comical inspiration for Gary
Joe Vitale - For the Secret and introducing me to Honopono
Joe Wiggley - For being my Mom's loving partner
Julianne Moore - Fiery red fodder and inspiration for Gail
Julia Roberts - For your Erin Brockavich acceptance speech I watched a few times
Keven Spacey - Your role in Pay It Forward
Kulbir Rangi - For your humor, insight and friendship
Lee Dilley - For being my Dad
Leonardo Di Caprio - For inspiring me in Titanic and Catch Me if You Can
Lynn Grabhorn - Thanks for kicking it off with _Excuse Me Your Life Is Waiting_
M. Night Shyamalan - For the first screenplay I fully read - Sixth Sense
Mark Victor Hansen - for inspiring Abundant Magical Lives
Marianne Williamson - Inspiration for my first book Abundant Magical Lives
Max Freedman - Your call to action to finish script
Mayor of New Orleans - Your city inpired yet another historic, sci-fi epic
Meryl Streep - For being an inspiration for Sophie Peterson
Morgan Freeman - Inspiration for Clyde Benson
Napoleon Hill - For your Think and Grow Rich Sales Letter
Nelson Mandela - For your inspiration for the fountain of youth story
Oprah Winfrey - for teaching the importance of building from the inside out
Pat Kilgoganon - For your Success Coaching and emotional block clearing
Paul Dilley - For your brotherly support and award winning movie score
Paul & Sharon Stratton - Inspiration for Mark, Jane and Sheila
Peter Kelder - For Ancient Secrets of the Fountian of Youth which lite the spark
Phylicia Rashād - Inspiration for Mary
Queen Latefia - Inspiration for
Richard Branson - For your Inspiration for Clyde Benson
Ruth Anne Wood - for being a scribe, empowered playwright
Sandra Oh - For your inspiration for Kim
Sidney Poitier - Inspiration for Pop Valette and Clyde Benson
Stash Serafin - Reminding me the impossible is possible
Steve Martin - For so much including The Absent Minded Waiter - Loved It!
Steven Colbert - For your political, comedic awareness
Steven Speilberg - The first I thought of to direct five rites day one
Terri Gross - For your character inspiring interviews and carrot to be on your show
Thomas Gibson - For being an inspiration for Mark on Dharma and "Greg" (my husband)
Tom Hanks - Inspiration for Robin Peterson
Will Smith - For your talk on Alchemy and legacy and a model for Felix's dad T.J.
Entertainment:
1) A Series of Five Rites Food Grazing
2) Theme Musical Performances
3) Clips
4) Movie Spoofs and Bloopers
5) Awards
6) Appreciation Ceremony
7) Vision Meditation
8) Dance Party
More Guests to Arrive Soon...
Alanis Morissette - Inspiration for Jane
Abraham-Hicks - My spiritual coach
Adam Sandler - For inspiration for Adam
Ali Brown - For your kick butt, Ruth you can do anything spirit guided pep talks
Alma Ludewig - Your beauty
Ben Affleck - Your movies inspired me to be a playwright
Beth Meininger - My first Dream Coach and co-author
Bill Gates - For your Inspiration for Clyde Benson
Billy Joel - Music to dream by and develop well rounded characters
Bon Jovi - "It's My Life" get back on the horse theme song
Brad Pitt - For Fight Club and Benjamin Buttons
Cass Forkin - For modeling charity and making wishes come true for seniors
Catherine Werth - Your love and support and birthing me
Chris Anderson - For your TED interview of Richard Branson
Craig Kellem - Your script consult
Cuba Gooding Jr - Inspiration for T.J. Benson
Dawn - For the canoe on the lake pep talk and how to get clear with my movie guides
Dezel Washington -For being and inspiration for Clyde Benson
Diablo Cody - Inspiration for Jane and rockn' Juno and Letterman Interview
Donald Trump - For being a model for Clyde Benson
Drew Berrymore - For your Inspiration for movie making
Don Miguel Ángel Ruiz - for helping me be impeccable with my word
Edith - Thanks for loaning me Peter Kelder's book that introduced me to Sophie and inspired the movie
Edie Moser - For your encouragement of my writing at and early age, dubbing me "Ruth the Poet"
Ellen Degeneres - for your humor and insight into your guests and oscars
Ester & Jerry Hicks - For your service with Abraham
George Lucas - For your Inspiration for movie making
Goldie Hawn - Your Brilliant rolls and spirituality
Graham Greene - For Dances w/ Wolves and inpiration for Graham
Harmony - For your clearing sessions
Hellen Hunt - Your role in Pay It Forward
Holly Berry - Profound presence and inspiration for Heather
Ivana Trunp - Your inspiring presence
Jack Canfield - For your Original Chicken Soup for the Soul cassette tape
Janelle Chambers - For your friendship and inner and outer strength
Jason Wood - For being my amazing supportive husband and inspiration for Mark
Jean Dilley - Inspiration for Sophie Peterson and your love of writing and travel
Jennifer Garner - Inspiration for Jane
Jesse Barth - For your introduction into the world of Oscar Hammerstein II
Jim Carrey - Comical inspiration for Gary
Joe Vitale - For the Secret and introducing me to Honopono
Joe Wiggley - For being my Mom's loving partner
Julianne Moore - Fiery red fodder and inspiration for Gail
Julia Roberts - For your Erin Brockavich acceptance speech I watched a few times
Keven Spacey - Your role in Pay It Forward
Kulbir Rangi - For your humor, insight and friendship
Lee Dilley - For being my Dad
Leonardo Di Caprio - For inspiring me in Titanic and Catch Me if You Can
Lynn Grabhorn - Thanks for kicking it off with _Excuse Me Your Life Is Waiting_
M. Night Shyamalan - For the first screenplay I fully read - Sixth Sense
Mark Victor Hansen - for inspiring Abundant Magical Lives
Marianne Williamson - Inspiration for my first book Abundant Magical Lives
Max Freedman - Your call to action to finish script
Mayor of New Orleans - Your city inpired yet another historic, sci-fi epic
Meryl Streep - For being an inspiration for Sophie Peterson
Morgan Freeman - Inspiration for Clyde Benson
Napoleon Hill - For your Think and Grow Rich Sales Letter
Nelson Mandela - For your inspiration for the fountain of youth story
Oprah Winfrey - for teaching the importance of building from the inside out
Pat Kilgoganon - For your Success Coaching and emotional block clearing
Paul Dilley - For your brotherly support and award winning movie score
Paul & Sharon Stratton - Inspiration for Mark, Jane and Sheila
Peter Kelder - For Ancient Secrets of the Fountian of Youth which lite the spark
Phylicia Rashād - Inspiration for Mary
Queen Latefia - Inspiration for
Richard Branson - For your Inspiration for Clyde Benson
Ruth Anne Wood - for being a scribe, empowered playwright
Sandra Oh - For your inspiration for Kim
Sidney Poitier - Inspiration for Pop Valette and Clyde Benson
Stash Serafin - Reminding me the impossible is possible
Steve Martin - For so much including The Absent Minded Waiter - Loved It!
Steven Colbert - For your political, comedic awareness
Steven Speilberg - The first I thought of to direct five rites day one
Terri Gross - For your character inspiring interviews and carrot to be on your show
Thomas Gibson - For being an inspiration for Mark on Dharma and "Greg" (my husband)
Tom Hanks - Inspiration for Robin Peterson
Will Smith - For your talk on Alchemy and legacy and a model for Felix's dad T.J.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Movie Time Line
X 8/9/09 Getting more inspiration from Julie & Julia
X 7/20/09 Having an inspiring conversation with Letterman staff
X 7/12/09 to date going back and writing out new story arcs, update synopsis and now working with Craig Kellem's daughter, Judy Kellem of http://hollywoodscripts.com
X 7/12/09 Finally!!! I sent my script off to hollywoodscript.com to get edits before it's sent to producer in LA! Time to celebrate! Wahoo!
X 5/20/09 Wrote my "Five Rites" movie manifesto
x 5/20/09 After listening to Goldstein about story arcs, I knew I had to reconnect with my script coach and tighten up my story arcs. :-)
x 5/19/09 Got immersed in Gary Goldstein's work as a producer and author, speaker (He produced Pretty Woman)
x 5/18/09 Sent a working draft to Tutu (grand mom) who did a awesome job fixing the costly mistakes my paid editor made on You Can't Get It 'Cause You've Already Got It!
x 5/12/09 Heard more music that fits in the soundtrack (Hunter's Song)
x 4/29/09 Took the which superhero are you online test - Wonder Woman at http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/
x 4/7/09-4/14/09 Scouted out locations for Five Rites Movie! It was a great working vacation!
x 3/17/09 Recommitted to sending script to Hollywood/agent/producer after further developing Billionaire CLYDE BENSON'S character (timely for today's market) 3/31/09
x 2/13/09 Recommitted to sending script to Hollywood/agent/producer 2/16/09
X 2/16/09 Read an article that influenced story setting
x 2/2/09 Committed to sending working script to agent by 2/7/09
X 1/31/09 Created fiveritesmovie.com and 5ritesmovie.com
X 1/31/09 Completed a very rough draft by 1/31/09
X 1/1/09 Commit to finishing a rough draft (8 year goal) by 1/31/09
X 1/1/09 Watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons 1/1/09
X 7/20/09 Having an inspiring conversation with Letterman staff
X 7/12/09 to date going back and writing out new story arcs, update synopsis and now working with Craig Kellem's daughter, Judy Kellem of http://hollywoodscripts.com
X 7/12/09 Finally!!! I sent my script off to hollywoodscript.com to get edits before it's sent to producer in LA! Time to celebrate! Wahoo!
X 5/20/09 Wrote my "Five Rites" movie manifesto
x 5/20/09 After listening to Goldstein about story arcs, I knew I had to reconnect with my script coach and tighten up my story arcs. :-)
x 5/19/09 Got immersed in Gary Goldstein's work as a producer and author, speaker (He produced Pretty Woman)
x 5/18/09 Sent a working draft to Tutu (grand mom) who did a awesome job fixing the costly mistakes my paid editor made on You Can't Get It 'Cause You've Already Got It!
x 5/12/09 Heard more music that fits in the soundtrack (Hunter's Song)
x 4/29/09 Took the which superhero are you online test - Wonder Woman at http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/
x 4/7/09-4/14/09 Scouted out locations for Five Rites Movie! It was a great working vacation!
x 3/17/09 Recommitted to sending script to Hollywood/agent/producer after further developing Billionaire CLYDE BENSON'S character (timely for today's market) 3/31/09
x 2/13/09 Recommitted to sending script to Hollywood/agent/producer 2/16/09
X 2/16/09 Read an article that influenced story setting
x 2/2/09 Committed to sending working script to agent by 2/7/09
X 1/31/09 Created fiveritesmovie.com and 5ritesmovie.com
X 1/31/09 Completed a very rough draft by 1/31/09
X 1/1/09 Commit to finishing a rough draft (8 year goal) by 1/31/09
X 1/1/09 Watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons 1/1/09
Friday, June 26, 2009
Character Desciptions
Disclaimer: These roles/actors are not set in stone
Sophie - Meryl Steep (4-90)
Leading Lady: Caucasian Woman (1919) who discovers a five rites yoga diet, exercise and mind set reverses the aging process so she looks/feels fabulous 30-40 in her 80's and 90's.
Clyde Benson – (5-91) Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman
Leading Man: Afro- American Man (1918) who is a billionaire business entrepreneur, investor who has stayed in shape since WWII doing the British Military Fitness
Mary Mariam- Phylicia Rashād (75-85)
Supporting Role: French Creole Woman (1925) who looks 50’s responsible for teaching Sophie Peterson the five rites yoga.
Jesse - (50) Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith D.D.
Mary's side kick, who helps Mary build her Five Rites community
Jessica Bates - Ali Brown (22-90)
Long time friend of Sophie
Jane Plain - Alanis Morissette or Jennifer Garner or even better Diablo Cody (30’s)
Supporting Role: Caucasian (1975) Narrator, fine sculptor, painter who is commissioned to document Sophie and Clyde’s fountain of youth and rags to riches story
Zoe – (1990) (8-25)
Supporting Role: Sophie’s precocious Caucasian grand daughter, Gail’s daughter
Mark Plain – Thomas Gibson or Ben Affleck (30)
Supporting Role: Caucasian, married to Jane Plain, loving supportive, chiropractor
Gayle – (1950) (40-80) Julianne Moore
Supporting Role: Caucasian, twin to Gary, widow, stressed single mom, nurse
Gary – (1950) (40) Jim Carrey
Supporting Role: Caucasian, twin to Gail, light hearted, comedian
Jessica Bates - (20-80) Ali Brown
Caucasian, bomshell blond and long time friend of Sophie
Heather- (40) Holly Berry
Cameo Role: Afro-American, Talented healer, clarinet and standup bass, heavily dressed street musician
T. J. (1890’s) – Cuba Gooding Jr or Will Smith
Supporting Role: Clyde Benson’s father
Sally Benson (1890’s) (35) - Oprah Windfry, Queen Latifah
Supporting Role: Clyde Benson’s mother, a healer, gardener, wise teacher, visionary
Karma Davids – (1890’s) (25)
Supporting Role: Sophie’s mother, French, seamstress
Patrick Davids – (1890’s) (30) Tom Hanks
Supporting Role: Sophie’s father - chemist, resourceful yet down on his luck after flood / 1930’s job change
Carl Davids - (1880’s) (30)
Cameo Role: Sophie’s strong, in the trades uncle
Pop Valette – (1840’s) (80) Sidney Poitier
Cameo Role: Grandpa who dispenses Mardi Gras wisdom and New Orleans history
Mrs. Boyle – (1880’s) (50)
Supporting Role: Intense, motherly church lady
Aunt Theresa – (1880’s)
Sophie’s stuffy, classy, Victorian proper aunt
Robin Peterson – (1917)
Cameo Role: Sophie’s late husband of 51 years, military man, tall, dark and handsome
Mrs. Peterson – (1870’s) (50)
Cameo Role: Sophie’s mother-in-law –big woman in wheelchair and joyous spirit
Jay Leno - Himself
Cameo Role:
Dennis Miller - Himself
Cameo Role:
Graham Greene - Himself
Cameo Role:
Adam Sandler – Himself
Cameo Role:
Kim – Sandra Oh (30)
Young, single mom, has a medical emergency and needs a huge fund raiser for surgery
Mitsu – (8)
Kim’s son, autistic, loving, loves yoga
Rachael- Alma Ludewig (30)
Jane’s Canadian, South American friend, gorgeous model, sweet
Seth- (19)
Troubled teen parent, diabetic in grey dirty hooded sweatshirt, who resorts to robberies
Sam- (19)
Cameo Role: Seth’s girl friend, former cheerleader, overweight mother
Baby Becca- (1)
Seth and Sam’s enfant
Chris- (8)
Sam’s violent, nerdy kid brother – looks like Ralphie on A Christmas Story
Kimberly- (25)
Cameo Role: Young bank teller
Charlie- (50)
Clyde Benson’s sharp investment partner, heavy, brick house of a man
Officer Gent (40)
Cameo Role:
Sophie - Meryl Steep (4-90)
Leading Lady: Caucasian Woman (1919) who discovers a five rites yoga diet, exercise and mind set reverses the aging process so she looks/feels fabulous 30-40 in her 80's and 90's.
Clyde Benson – (5-91) Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman
Leading Man: Afro- American Man (1918) who is a billionaire business entrepreneur, investor who has stayed in shape since WWII doing the British Military Fitness
Mary Mariam- Phylicia Rashād (75-85)
Supporting Role: French Creole Woman (1925) who looks 50’s responsible for teaching Sophie Peterson the five rites yoga.
Jesse - (50) Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith D.D.
Mary's side kick, who helps Mary build her Five Rites community
Jessica Bates - Ali Brown (22-90)
Long time friend of Sophie
Jane Plain - Alanis Morissette or Jennifer Garner or even better Diablo Cody (30’s)
Supporting Role: Caucasian (1975) Narrator, fine sculptor, painter who is commissioned to document Sophie and Clyde’s fountain of youth and rags to riches story
Zoe – (1990) (8-25)
Supporting Role: Sophie’s precocious Caucasian grand daughter, Gail’s daughter
Mark Plain – Thomas Gibson or Ben Affleck (30)
Supporting Role: Caucasian, married to Jane Plain, loving supportive, chiropractor
Gayle – (1950) (40-80) Julianne Moore
Supporting Role: Caucasian, twin to Gary, widow, stressed single mom, nurse
Gary – (1950) (40) Jim Carrey
Supporting Role: Caucasian, twin to Gail, light hearted, comedian
Jessica Bates - (20-80) Ali Brown
Caucasian, bomshell blond and long time friend of Sophie
Heather- (40) Holly Berry
Cameo Role: Afro-American, Talented healer, clarinet and standup bass, heavily dressed street musician
T. J. (1890’s) – Cuba Gooding Jr or Will Smith
Supporting Role: Clyde Benson’s father
Sally Benson (1890’s) (35) - Oprah Windfry, Queen Latifah
Supporting Role: Clyde Benson’s mother, a healer, gardener, wise teacher, visionary
Karma Davids – (1890’s) (25)
Supporting Role: Sophie’s mother, French, seamstress
Patrick Davids – (1890’s) (30) Tom Hanks
Supporting Role: Sophie’s father - chemist, resourceful yet down on his luck after flood / 1930’s job change
Carl Davids - (1880’s) (30)
Cameo Role: Sophie’s strong, in the trades uncle
Pop Valette – (1840’s) (80) Sidney Poitier
Cameo Role: Grandpa who dispenses Mardi Gras wisdom and New Orleans history
Mrs. Boyle – (1880’s) (50)
Supporting Role: Intense, motherly church lady
Aunt Theresa – (1880’s)
Sophie’s stuffy, classy, Victorian proper aunt
Robin Peterson – (1917)
Cameo Role: Sophie’s late husband of 51 years, military man, tall, dark and handsome
Mrs. Peterson – (1870’s) (50)
Cameo Role: Sophie’s mother-in-law –big woman in wheelchair and joyous spirit
Jay Leno - Himself
Cameo Role:
Dennis Miller - Himself
Cameo Role:
Graham Greene - Himself
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Adam Sandler – Himself
Cameo Role:
Kim – Sandra Oh (30)
Young, single mom, has a medical emergency and needs a huge fund raiser for surgery
Mitsu – (8)
Kim’s son, autistic, loving, loves yoga
Rachael- Alma Ludewig (30)
Jane’s Canadian, South American friend, gorgeous model, sweet
Seth- (19)
Troubled teen parent, diabetic in grey dirty hooded sweatshirt, who resorts to robberies
Sam- (19)
Cameo Role: Seth’s girl friend, former cheerleader, overweight mother
Baby Becca- (1)
Seth and Sam’s enfant
Chris- (8)
Sam’s violent, nerdy kid brother – looks like Ralphie on A Christmas Story
Kimberly- (25)
Cameo Role: Young bank teller
Charlie- (50)
Clyde Benson’s sharp investment partner, heavy, brick house of a man
Officer Gent (40)
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