Screenplay Resurrection
Submit a synopsis of your original, feature-length screenplay in the true crime, crime drama or psychological thriller genre. Selected semifinalists will be asked to submit a full-length script and a brief audio recording of the backstory of why the script has yet to be made into a movie. Selected finalists will have their work produced as a season on the Screenplay Resurrection podcast.
SCREENPLAY RESURRECTION SEASON 1
''Murdering Michael Malloy''
We’ve recorded a favorite screenplay of our very own, “Murdering Michael Malloy”, that we’ve tried to make into a movie (and continue to try and try and try...) for Screenplay Resurrection’s pilot season. It helped that we didn’t have to submit and selected it ourselves, but we figured the 20 years it’s been floating around the Indie film scene to warm reception (followed by repeated, icy rejection or just plain crickets) and the fact that this is our series, gives us executive, uh- (mutters under breath) privilege . We hope you enjoy!
“Murdering Michael Malloy” is an original screenplay based on a notorious true-crime that happened in the Bronx, New York, in the early 1930s. It involves a bar owner that faced constant financial problems and an aging neighborhood drunk. Despite his indigence and alcoholism, Malloy was a gifted yarn spinner, able to cage a free drink in return for an amusing or philosophical tale.
Episode 1 A plot to murder Michael Malloy for a life insurance policy leads to a series of ghastly comical twists, making this one of the weirdest dark comedies ever. Pilot series, 1 of 4 episodes.
Episode 2 Speakeasy proprietor, Anthony Marino, having previously taken a life insurance policy out on his fiancée and cashed it in after he and his gang murder her, revives the scheme with a new victim and a simple plan.
Episode 3 Multiple attempts by Marino and the gang on Malloy's life had been thwarted by a combination of incompetence and Malloy's iron constitution, but with Michael Malloy finally out of the picture, the gang takes the necessary steps toward collecting on the insurance policy.
Episode 4 With Malloy's body missing, Marino and his gang have resorted to killing a body double as a substitute to collect on the insurance. Complications ensue when Marino is forced to come to terms with the fact that his plot did not produce the desired effect.
Episode 5 Filmmakers Raymond De Felitta and David Zellerford have a candid conversation on the rich, complicated history of trying to turn their screenplay "Murdering Michael Malloy" into a movie—from the warm reception and enthusiastic participation of several major actors and investors, through the gradual decline of interest in the project, as world events and a changing marketplace stalled the project. They also discuss how it ultimately led to the positive development of this podcast and renewed interest in the projects future.
Bonus Episode - Kevin Conway (1942-2020) Director Raymond De Felitta reflects on his work with Kevin Conway in the film, "Two Family House," as well as Kevin’s work in the titular role of Michael Malloy for Season One of Screenplay Resurrection. It was Kevin's last recorded performance, and released posthumously.
Kevin was known by his many peers as an “actor’s actor”, and anyone who’d ever had the pleasure of working with him knew the distinguished title was well deserved. Read this interesting People Magazine article from 1979 and Kevin’s Wikipedia page for some of Kevin Conway’s career highlights.
R.I.P. Kevin
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Credits
Written by
Raymond De Felitta and David Zellerford.
Starring
Kevin Conway as Michael Malloy and Joseph DeVito as Anthony Marino. Narrated by Farran Nehme.
With Robert Bruzio, Kyle Kesses, Rachel McIntosh, Chuck Montgomery, Garry Pastore, Joe Perrino, Michael Rispoli and Frank Whaley.
Recorded by Chad Dougatz.
Edited by Rob Silverman-Ascher.
Sound Design and Mix by Corey Folta.
Produced by Hangover Lounge.
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