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An emotionally challenged dad, who most believe suffers from Post Traumatic Stress, or worse, suddenly must prove hes normal when his care-taker wife dies and his delinquent daughter sues for financial control of the estate.
Synopsis
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Written by:
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Robert Gately
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Interviews
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Format:
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Screenplay
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Starring Roles For:
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Dustin Hoffman
Jack Nicholson
Robert De Niro
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In the Vein Of:
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A Christmas Story
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Posted:
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12/14/2003
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Updated:
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10/14/2012
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Author Bio:
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Robert retired early from a lucrative job in '98 to follow a life's dream to write full time. Since then his 10 screenplays, 3 stage plays, 2 novels and 1 non-fiction book finished as finalist or better in close to one hundred festival, stage, book and screenplay competitions around the world since he retired early in 1998. These placements include novel successes in Faulkner/Wisdom Creative Writing contest, Norumbego Fiction Award, Chesterfield, Writer's Network, Dana Awards, Frontiers in Writing, SFWP (Santa Fe), etc. The screenplays alone have won 15 competitions such as Spirit Quest, Garden State, Woodshole and Queens FFs, Fade In Magazine, Telluride, etc., and finished 2nd place in 13 others. His stage plays have won reading series promotions at Abingdon Theatre in NYC and Ohio State University. He teaches screenwriting 101 at the local community college and is one of the Temple University judges for the Freese Award screenwriting competition. Website: rgately.com
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Contest Results:
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Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition (Semifinalist)
Spirit Quest (First Place, screenplay version won)
SFWP (Finalist, a.k.a Henry's Secret 2009)
Red Inkworks (Finalist)
Script Savvy (Finalist, sept. '10 top 4 scripts)
Free Screenplay (Semifinalist, screen version '11)
Philadelphia Screenplay (Honorable Mention)
Beverly Hills Fest (Finalist, 2011)
Honolulu (Quarterfinalist, 2011 aloha award)
Screenplay Festival (Semifinalist, 2011 - still going)
Waterfront (Finalist, 2011)
Indie Gathering (Finalist, 2011 top 10 drama scripts)
Chesterfield (Semifinalist, novel - 2003)
Script Exposure (First Place, 2012 drama)
Reel Authors (Finalist)
WriteMovies (Quarterfinalist, wmc-29 still going)
Screenplay Search (Semifinalist, 2012)
Extreme Feature (Finalist)
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