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Feature:
Reply All
Short: Safe Passage (award winner) |
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Michael
Raymond |
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Seattle,
WA, USA |
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Safe
Passage: A night on the
town and the last tram of the
night. Two arguing friends catch
a ride home that isn't quite what
they expected, nor is the destination.
Reply All:
A government film archivist finds
himself a hunted man after inadvertently
disclosing the existence of a
highly sensitive film. |
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Reply
All: Leo is a government
film archivist who finds himself
a hunted man after he accidentally
sends an innocent email to an
entire government facility and
inadvertently discloses the identity
of a highly sensitive and politically
charged film that he must retrieve
and make public in order to stay
alive.
Leo survives a series of attempts
on his life, and discovers there's
a secret research program that
is creating lethal viruses that
involve the use of human subjects
— all approved and funded
by the U.S. government. Leo eventually
confront his nemesis at a large
public gathering where he turns
the tables, revealing the incriminating
evidence with an impromptu and
very public viewing of the film
and its macabre and horrific images.
In the end, Leo emerges from his
ordeal a seemingly safe man against
the backdrop of a potentially
ominous and uncertain future.
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| How
long did your screenplay
take to write, from conception
to final completion? |
| For
Reply All, 4-6 months. For
Safe Passage, one to two
months. |
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| Where
did your inspiration come
from? |
| For
"Reply All," a
combination of early 1970s
paranoid political thrillers
and the current paranoid
administration. For "Safe
Passage" Twilight Zone
type stories and tone. |
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Horror or Sci-Fi your main
creative interests? |
| No,
but I did win an award in
2004 with a sci-fi script
called The Domain. |
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| Can
you describe a typical day
in the process of creating
your film or screenplay? |
| I'd
wake up around 5:30am and
then write in a local cafe
while wearing my iPod until
around 7:30am and then go
to work. Too tired at night
with family and kids, until
the script was closer to
the finish line. |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest horror writer? |
| Edgar
Allan Poe |
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| Can
you recall the first horror
film that left a lasting
impression on you? |
| The
Exorcist because I wasn't
allowed to seat it. And
I was too scared to anyway.
The Omen left an impression
a few years later, as did
(of all things) Dark Shadows.
For a pre-adolescent, it
seemed really cool. |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest 'Masters of Horror'? |
| 1930s
era Bela Lugosi, Karloff,
Lon Chaney Jr. |
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| Do
you currently have any attachments
and/or a cast wishlist for
your screenplay? |
| No. |
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| Who
do you see directing your
screenplay? |
| A
maverick Mexican director. |
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| How
many edits has your screenplay
gone through? |
| Quite
a few. |
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Was
this your first screenplay?
If so, are you inspired
to write another? |
| Script
number eight this was. I
have completed another one
since, and I'm half-way
through yet another. The
ideas control me. I just
write them down. |
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