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Irin Evers takes Feeding Frenzy with THE JUNIOR DETECTIVES AND THE CITIES OF GOLD. Congratulations, Irin! You're the man!

Way to bring home the gold with the goods, Irin!

Irin, I hope there will be a feeding frenzy for all your screenplays now. Congratulations.

This is fantastic! :)

Hey, wait a minute! There was an earlier thread on this. I think we're losing track of all these wins that Irin's racking up.

But still...congrats again! :)

Congrats, Irin, way to go!

An impressive run of late, Irin. Congratulations!

Oh, Irin that's wonderful. Way to show us how its done.

Congrats Irin!!!

Building up a long list of success. WTG!

Fantastic, Irin! I love it when true talent is recognized... and that talent belongs to such a great guy.

Thanks all. Very nice of you.

KUDOS SIR IRIN

KUDOS SIR IRIN

Great job, Irin.

Okay, so, I saw the "news" that Irin won the Feeding Frenzy contest. It was posted at the top of the "News" on moviebytes on July 16th and so I started a thread to congratulate Irin. I forgot that we had gone through this a couple of weeks ago. I just thought Irin was winning EVERYTHING! But, I'm just explaining, not apologizing, cause you can't congratulate this guy too much. We all appreciate the recognition of our fellow writers. Now, some people on this BB seem to know Irin and they say he's a great guy, very deserving. I don't know him personally so I think he's a dog and that he plagiarized JUNIOR DETECTIVES from an unproduced script by the writing team of Eric Roth and Terry Rossio. I mean, think about it, he's beating ME in these contests! That alone should make his writing suspect. And what about that name Irin? Have you ever met a guy named Irin? I think it must be Serbian for "story pirate." So, maybe we should warn all the contests to watch out for this guy named Irin Evers and throw out any submissions in his name, especially scripts in the family, action, horror, historical and romance genres. Is anyone with me on this? Actually, I don't think Irin stole his script from Eric Roth and Terry Rossio. I think Eric Roth and Terry Rossion are using the pseudonym Irin Evers because they aren't eligible to enter contests since they have earned more than $10,000 writing for film and/or TV.

OMG.

You caught me. I'm really Shane Black. I just wanted to see if I could get some recognition without my name attached - like Eric Clapton in Derek and the Dominos!

I do appreciate the threads though.

And my "Irin" was made up by my parents who named me after my grandfather "Isaac" - "Isaac" wasn't so hip in 70's (unless you were a bartender on the Love Boat) so my parents made up an "I" name. Seriously.

And Calliope ain't doin' half bad!

Thats not very funny you two. The only possible way for non-hollywood new writers to get anywhere is with these contests. So, if a well established writer is entering these contests too, when he doesnt meet the contests criteria. I for one, would be very angry.

Especially when he has 3 SCRIPTS in the PAGE quarter finals right now that possibly could have gone to 3 OTHER derserving NEW writers. I personally was extremely bummed by making the first but not the second cut for the QFs.

SO AGAIN, NOT FUNNY . you guys.

Irin Evers is one of the most honest writers I have the pleasure of knowing. There's no way he would continue to enter his work in contests he's not eligible for, not to mention if he became ineligible after entering, he has the integrity to be upfront and pull his work from that contest. He also doesn't have a jealous bone in his body and is truly happy when his peers succeed. It's always been his way with not only me both to my face and in emails, but to other writers I know as well. Including writers on this board.

Irin deserves our congrats for his accomplishments, not put-downs. His humor was misinterpreted and he deserves an apology.

I was just teasing. I think Terry was too. Maybe not, Terry?

I don't think I'd be spending all this money and time on contests just to screw you guys. But if you want me out of the contest circuit, help me sell a script! That'll get me out for good. I swear!

Kidding. (Am I?) Maybe I shouldn't write comedy?

Janet, you're nothing but a big cry baby. If you feel you can't compete against the likes of Irin, perhaps screenwriting isn't for you. This is a tough competitive business and there's no room for unskilled whiners. Can you spell amateur?

I thought Terry's message was a great example of guys kidding/complimenting each other and a great example of subtext in dialogue. Very funny and well done. Now, let's try to sell a script for Irin. :-)

it's the irin love fest thread. i'll throw my two cents in that he is charming and cute to boot!

he enters and wins so much stuff i can't keep track of it. is there a group for this addiction?

oh wait, that must be the moviebytes forum.

congrats my dear

again.

Gadzooks, folks, I was throwing Irin a compliment! Eric Roth and Terry Rossio are two of the most famous, highest paid screenwriters alive. Why in the world would they fiddle around with contests when they can pull a cool million just for adding their names to a project? I was suggesting that Irin's writing compares with that of two of the best. So settle down and pay attention!

Meanwhile, seriously, now, folks, let's get Irin banned from competitions. There must be something we can do. Let's hire a detective to look into every little detail of his life until we come up with something disqualifying. Maybe he has a second cousin once removed whose stepfather once worked as the assistant to a PA for someone who was once a reader for the Nicholl Fellowships. Maybe he once mowed Quentin Tarantino's lawn. Maybe he didn't pay for his popcorn at an AMC movie theater. There MUST be SOMETHING! Put your thinking caps on, folks, or none of us will ever again get to add "Winner" to our resume and the BB will erode to one never-ending thread entitled "CONGRATULATIONS, AGAIN, IRIN."

Children, children, now lets calm down, it was just a little teasing between the boys. You know how boys can be.

So everyone take a deep breath, there it's all better.

Now Irin and Terry go to your seperate corners, stop with the spitballs. Shame on you's two.

Eric stop pulling Janet's braids, she doesn't like that and you know it, remember the last time you put that spider on her shoulder, so be nice.

Now everyone get back to your desks and get to work.

evie

MB Preschool

I would just like to add that I have nothing to add.

I didn't either but I couldn't help myself.

Its just funny that you mention braids Evie because I've only had my hair cut once in my entire life and I do where my hair, always in one, very, very long braid.

AND I DON"T like it pulled by none of you STUPID BOYS!

Janet,

Dont be so bummed about Page. A lot of people made QF and nothing happend. I think we should all pitch in and move Irin to an island somewhere out west. Maby once he gets in the sun for a while it will kill some creative brain cells. With his Gucci top siders and warm leather seats to keep his time occupied, oh dont forget the boat, and lots of girls, lots of girls, his mind will wander off and everyone can get back to normal. How about it I.... Sound good to you.

Janet...it's all good (pulling hair ain't my thang) . As far as these contest you have to take it for what it's worth. I entered two contests (same script) with completely different results. In Bluecat I didn't even make it to the quarterfinals, but in Page I did. As far as I am concerned, it's all about who reads it. People have different tastes, opinions, etc...

How about a contest fee surcharge? Every contest could add a $1 surcharge to its fee to be paid to Irin to not enter. That would put some serious cash in a good man's pocket and level the playing field for the rest of us.

Let's throw him a party and kick his a....that way we can break his hands so he can't write....he'll probably write with his mouth...damn

boys, boys did it ever occur to you that Irin knows somebody that knows somebody that knows somebody that knows somebootie, opps.

Jean, you're the flower child, jump in here, ya know 'the everything is beautiful in it's own way', kinda thing. That sunshine, lolipops and rainbows everything..., ya know or is it Bobby McGhee, Janice Joplin kinda thing?

okay I'm done.

evie

Lady Day, Anita O'Day, Sassy, Hawk, Coltrane, Miles, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Houston Person, Roy Hargrove...now you're talking.

jean, by any chance were you at Woodstock? Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrixs, ya know that hippie stuff.

evie

Hardly my scene, Evie. :(

Don't let her kid you MB high, little Jean was at our campground at woodstock. She passed on any extra curricular activities, as she wrote the day away. With flowers in her hair, the smell of patchouli comming from her 67 volkswagen van and thoughts and sounds of music filled the air. She danced in the rain and not a care in the world, left her mellow mind at ease to take in all her surrounding's.

Pachouli is the money incense. :)

Patchouli?

Uh Oh James, Jean just put a hit out on you, that's the code word.

Jean I looked up MB High yearbook and you're with the greasers not the flower children, my bad.

Bobbi de Bassini, Anthony de Altoro and Timmi de Tenorini are Jean's cousin. Didn't they write the song 'tiny bubbles on the horses head that's on my bed?' It had that catchy melody.

Jean changed her name cause it was too ethnic Hunteronikus, she's greek, and the greeks run the mob.

James, you're dead meat buddy. You blew Jean's cover, you're toast dude.

evie

it's allikus, goodikus

Patchouli?

Uh Oh James, Jean just put a hit out on you, that's the code word.

Jean I looked up MB High yearbook and you're with the greasers not the flower children, my bad.

Bobbi de Bassini, Anthony de Altoro and Timmi de Tenorini are Jean's cousin. Didn't they write the song 'tiny bubbles on the horses head that's on my bed?' It had that catchy melody.

Jean changed her name cause it was too ethnic Hunteronikus, she's greek, and the greeks run the mob.

James, you're dead meat buddy. You blew Jean's cover, you're toast dude.

evie

it's allikus, goodikus

E,

You might need a new mouse!

ya think

evie

this is getting real tired.