Script Pipeline : Success Stories

Headline	Author	Date
The Living Wake Premieres at GenArt	Script Pipeline	Wed 06/25/2008
Original Media presents, in association with Script Pipeline, "The Living Wake". The comedy will have its Chicago premiere on June 25th at the Chicago GenArt Film Festival. Chadwick Clough (founder of Script Pipeline) served as the producer and line producer for Mike O'Connell and Peter Kilne's comedy spec directed by Sol Tryon. More info: The Living Wake Official Site
Beijing Olympics Select Strength and Honour	Mark Mahon	Tue 06/03/2008
Previous Script Pipeline Recommend Strength and Honour, written by Mark Mahon, has been officially selected by the Beijing Olympic Council for their Sports Film week, opening on June 25th in Beijing.
Rec. Writers Option their Script	Parisien / Noakes	Thu 05/01/2008
"Only months after receiving a grade of RECOMMEND on our script DARK PASSENGER, we were able to use the endorsement letter and coverage we received to secure an option agreement for our script. The producer hopes to have the script into production within a year, and all eyes coming in contact with the script continue to be impressed. We couldn't have done it without you guys!"
Option from Script Pipeline's Pitchfest	Scott Walker	Tue 07/17/2007
"Thanks to Expo 4, and more specifically the Script Pipeline/Script Shark Pitchfest, I was given the opportunity to pitch to an established manager who not only requested my script, but signed me! Today I have an optioned screenplay that's currently out to talent. It's an amazing step I never would have found without the Expo. Thanks!" -Scott Walker, screenwriter
The Living Wake Nabs Red Star Award	Script Pipeline	Sun 06/17/2007
Sol Tryon's The Living Wake garnered the Heineken Red Star Award. A dark comedy set in a storybook universe, The Living Wake chronicles the final day of K. Roth Binew, a quixotic character who attempts to probe life's great mysteries before his final hour. The Heineken Red Star Award recognizes films that push the boundaries of creativity and provide a unique vision and execution; this award was created in an effort to promote up-and-coming filmmakers by providing additional exposure and visibility for their films. To this end, Heineken has partnered with two venerable media partners Variety and the Independent Film Channel (IFC) to bring well-deserved publicity and visibility to the Heineken Red Star Award recipients and their films. The Living Wake is produced and executive produced by Script Pipeline founder Chadwick Clough.
The Living Wake Reviewed by Film Threat	Script Pipeline	Sun 06/17/2007
K. Roth Binew (O’Connell) is dying at the end of the day. His doctor has discovered an unnamed untreatable illness that will take the life of the eccentric Binew shortly after nightfall. Such is the plot for one of the funniest, most creative and beyond ridiculous (in a good way) films I’ve ever seen, “The Living Wake.” This is one of those reviews that’s nearly impossible to write because explaining the tone and humor of the film will come nowhere close to expressing what a refreshing blast this film is, but I shall saunter forward and do my best. Depending on the way you look at him, Binew is either an eccentric or a lunatic. He chugs scotch from the back of his three wheeled bicycle rickshaw which is driven by his best friend, biographer and ingénue Mills (Eisenberg) who is taking his mentors impending death pretty hard. Eisenberg, who is apparently incapable of being in bad movies, is a great straight-man to O’Conell’s over-the-top Binew but their relationship allows you to care more about the both of them. They also play hilariously off one another. Or I should say, O’Connell plays hilariously and Eisenberg’s character sucks it up perfectly. I don’t know who Mike O’Connell is, but without any hesitation I will say he’s a brilliant comedian. To even come up with two or three scenes featuring K. Roth Binew traveling with Mills by rickshaw would be hysterical and watchable. Yet he and writer Peter Kline have created a whole movie that really never misses a beat. I also felt director Sol Tryon gave the film a great, distinctive look. It sort of reminded me of Robert Altman’s “Popeye” with a hint of “Harold and Maude” thrown in for good measure. As Binew’s final day unspools, he sets about doing some things he’s always wanted to do. He attempts to make amends with a crabby neighbor and professes his undying love for his childhood nanny, now a geriatric, yet attractive woman. Throughout the day Binew hands out invites to that evenings “living wake” and the film culminates with the big party to end all parties. At times “The Living Wake” felt like a live action cartoon or some kind of fairy tale from a bizarre-o world and I loved it. I can totally see how some people will not know what the hell is going on, and that’s understandable. Binew speaks in a loud, presentational bellow and is prone to launching into song and dance. But if you allow yourself to fall into the world of “The Living Wake,” you’re really in for a treat. Funny, touching, insane, ridiculous and brilliant are just a few words I would use to describe “The Living Wake.” Films like this need to be seen so seek it out, you’ll be glad you did. The Living Wake is produced and executive produced by Script Pipeline founder Chadwick Clough.
Variety Reviews The Living Wake	Script Pipeline	Wed 06/13/2007
The Living Wake By ROBERT KOEHLER An Original Media presentation in association with Drops Entertainment, Script Pipeline, MonAmi Prods. (International sales: Shoreline Entertainment, Los Angeles.) Produced by Ami Ankin, Chadwick Clough, Peter Kline, Mike O'Connell, Sol Tryon. Executive producers, Charlie Corwin, Clara Markowitz, Justin Leitstein, Rob Bethge. Co-producers, Gabe Polsky, Giancarlo Canavesio. Directed by Sol Tryon. Screenplay, Mike O'Connell, Peter Kine. K. Roth Binew - Mike O'Connell Mills Joaquin - Jesse Eisenberg Librarian - Ann Dowd Reginald - Eddie Pepitone Lampert Binew - Jim Gaffigan Marla - Diane Kagan Set inside the daft world of its eccentric hero, "The Living Wake" could be termed anything from a black comedy to an absurdist/existentialist literary tale. In the end, however, pic defies all categorization, joining a small pantheon of pics including "Withnail & I" and Peter Greenaway's "Drowning byNumbers" that whistle past the graveyard with aplomb. Marking a stunning feature debut by lead actor and co-writer Mike O'Connell, pic is certain to set tongues wagging at fests and looks primed to do well in theatrical niches and tony ancillary havens. Opening mock newsreel, titled "The Life and Times of K. Roth Binew," lets auds know they're in for something altogether different. Binew's father (Jim Gaffigan) apparently left the family when Binew was a lad. The boy was rescued from a life of sheer hell by his nanny Marla (Diane Kagan), whom he learned to love in more ways than one. Binew grows up to become a dabbler in the arts, increasingly burdened by the sense that he'll never accomplish a complete work of art, or anything else for that matter. Newsreel brings the saga up to the present day. Binew's doctor (Sam Goldfarb) has told him he will expire of "a vague and grave disease," and Binew announces -- everything the supremely self-involved and meticulously groomed Binew says is an announcement -- that if he must leave this world, now is as good a time as any. To this end, Binew assigns his official biographer and driver, Mills Joaquin (Jesse Eisenberg), to transport him around the forested town in his bicycle rickshaw so he can take care of all his final arrangements. The sight of Mills taking Binew to and fro in the rickshaw is a classic absurdist piece as staged by director Sol Tryon, capped by scene after scene of dialogue (written by O'Connell and regular co-writer Peter Kline) that recall Tom Stoppard in their precise, hilarious and mind-expanding use of language. A proud alcoholic and casual swindler, Binew manages to get free booze out of his "liquorsmith" (Ben Duhl), ventures to the mortuary to demand a Viking-style burial on water, then goes to a farm to steal a goat for a picnic in honor of nanny Marla. Binew is a man certain of his destiny as a great and elegant loser, and each step leading up to his wake seems to confirm this: His neighbor and arch-nemesis Reginald (Eddie Pepitone) sends Mills off the road by attacking him with smoke, rusty nails and ham steaks, while, in a hilarious sequence, the local librarian (Ann Dowd) firmly refuses to allow Binew to bequeath his books to the facility's collection.And, as if the special world of "The Living Wake" weren't complete enough, Binew bursts into song for a few numbers that lift O'Connell's perf into the realm of Robert Preston's in "The Music Man."While this will surely miff viewers unable to adjust their sights (or ears) to O'Connell's aggressively declarative style, others will be rewarded with one of recent cinema's most distinctive and original lead turns. In a final test of pic's brilliance, the titular wake (which arrives just before the hour mark and lasts the better part of a half-hour) is everything and more that a K. Roth Binew send-off should be. Playing opposite the monumental O'Connell would seem to be an impossible assignment, but Eisenberg is note-perfect as his steady servant and go-to guy. Supporting ensemble couldn't be more colorful. Pepitone, Gaffigan, Dowd, Kagan and Rebecca Comerfield (as a psychic) are among the standouts. Low-budget pic looks fabulous, due in part to Tryon's highly crafted mise-en-scene, Scott Miller's intensely warm cinematography (lensed on well-chosen locales in woodsy southern Maine) and Michael Grasley's production design, seemingly inspired by Binew's nutty, upside-down sense of the world. Carter Little and O'Connell's score and three blackly comic songs (one co-written with Kline) ideally cap the eccentricity. Camera (color), Scott Miller; editor, Joe Klotz; music, Carter Little, O'Connell; production designer, Michael Grasley; set decorator, Rafaela Stacheter; costume designer, Negar Ali; sound (Dolby Digital), Anthony Viera; sound designer, John Moros; re-recording mixer, Cory Melious; line producer, Chadwick Clough; associate producers, Elizabeth Destro, Alex Orlovsky; assistant director, Christopher Joy; second unit camera, Ray Flynn; casting, Caroline Sinclair. Reviewed at CineVegas Film Festival, June 10, 2007. Running time: 91 MIN. With: Sam Goldfarb, Ben Duhl, Matthew Cowles, Peter Paton, Stephen Brian Jones, Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, Rebecca Comerfield, Mark Shulte, Harlan Baker, Ami Ankin.
Script Pipeline recommend In a Flash	John Richardson	Wed 05/30/2007
'In A Flash', given a grade of 'recommend' by Script Pipeline last fall has been picked up by a start-up Canadian production company.
Script Pipeline Recommend Signs w/CAA	Jack Bunce	Sun 05/27/2007
Script Pipeline Writers Workshop "Recommend" writer Jack Bunce has signed with CAA.
Script Pipeline Recommend Optioned	Gary Wright	Sun 05/13/2007
"After three rounds of notes with you guys last year, I managed to option my Historical piece, The Riggs Translation, to a Canadian prodco, Original Pictures, Inc. Just signed the option agreement today - my first one ever. There's no doubt in my mind that it wouldn't have happened without your help." -Gary Wright, screenwriter
Equal Opportunity wins NBC Comedy Fest	Script Pipeline	Thu 03/15/2007
Equal Opportunity co-produced by Script Pipeline to premiere at HBO/U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, South by Southwest (SXSW), CineVegas and dozens more. Produced by Camille Mana, written by Sameer Asad Gardezi, and co-produced by Chadwick Clough/Script Pipeline, the comedic satire won Best Film in NBC's First Annual Comedy Shortcuts Festival, First Annual Show Off Your Shorts Film Festival, and Honorable Mention at World of Comedy Film Festival, and CineVegas.
Script Pipeline Recommend Lands Rep.	Andy Dempsky	Fri 02/09/2007
Manger/Producer Ryan Lewis of Stone Canyon Media signs Script Pipeline recommend Andy Dempsky. Script Pipeline and Ryan are working together to package Andy's spec.
Script Pipeline Rec'd Inks Five-Figure Deal	Brian Watanabe	Sat 02/03/2007
Script Pipeline recommend Brian Wantanabe options his action-comedy spec in a five-figure deal with production slated for Fall/Winter 2007. Script Pipeline exec's Chadwick Clough and Sean McKittrick are attached.
Script Pipeline Rec'd Writer to do Spec	Clay Allen	Tue 12/05/2006
Based on his Script Pipeline recommended spec script AMERICAN GIRLS, Chadwick Clough has assisted writer Clay Allen in writing a spec for manager Andrew Kersey of Kersey Management. Kersey has recently set up projects at Dreamworks, Weinstein Company, and Montecito Pictures (Ivan Reitman's company).
*Recommend Challenge From the Heart* Sold**	Gayle Klink	Thu 07/13/2006
Gayle Klink’s spec “Challenge From the Heart” was purchased by Golden Horse Productions, an independent production company in Harrisburg. “We just wanted to thank you for all of your support during our "struggling years" with your evaluation service and just for believing in the story. -Gayle Klink, screenwriter
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