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Hot Flush is a four-part comedy-thriller about four recently-retired, over-60 women suddenly plunged into financial dire straits, due to cheating husbands and bankrupt pension companies, who ? faced with no alternative – turn to a life of crime
I did not use "come out of retirement" to imply a previous life of crime; rather they retired from ordinary, legal jobs. And then got sucker-punched by events and people they trusted. Agree with nicholasandrewhalls: it would strengthen your logline to specify the criminal activity they chose to engaRead more
I did not use “come out of retirement” to imply a previous life of crime; rather they retired from ordinary, legal jobs. And then got sucker-punched by events and people they trusted.
Agree with nicholasandrewhalls: it would strengthen your logline to specify the criminal activity they chose to engage in.
The economic plight of retirees is very, very topical. Good luck with your idea.
See lessHot Flush is a four-part comedy-thriller about four recently-retired, over-60 women suddenly plunged into financial dire straits, due to cheating husbands and bankrupt pension companies, who ? faced with no alternative – turn to a life of crime
When cheating husbands and bad investments wipe out their savings and pensions, four women must come out of retirement to survive by turning to a life of crime.
When cheating husbands and bad investments wipe out their savings and pensions, four women must come out of retirement to survive by turning to a life of crime.
See lessBased on the book King of Heists: The Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America, written by J. North Conway. An unassuming man in the elite New York society assembles a crew that pulls off the largest bank heist in American history in 1878.
Based on a true story, an unassuming member of elite New York society pulls off the largest bank heist in American history in 1878. Why mention the book source or author at this point? It only gives a director or producer a reason not to read the script or to approach it with a negative frame of minRead more
Why mention the book source or author at this point? It only gives a director or producer a reason not to read the script or to approach it with a negative frame of mind for the reason Wilsondowndunder cited.
The purpose of a logline is not to give a producer or director a reason to reject the script. but to give them reasons to read it. So get them interested in the concept, make them fall in love with the script.
[That it’s an adaptation is a separate issue. One a screenwriter would do well to obviate by obtaining adaptation rights beforehand, if possible The cue for the supporting cast of lawyers and literary agents to enter stage right…]
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