The Blue Tooth Virgin English Movie
Starring: Austin Peck, Bryce Johnson, Tom Gilroy, Roma Maffia, Lauren Stamile, Amber Benson, Karen Black
Director: Russell Brown
Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release
Genres: Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 1 hr. 19 min.
Theatrical Release:Sep 25, 2009 Limited
Reviews
A witty and humorous repartee on the struggle of artistic pursuit. Through the roller coaster relationship between two screenwriters, this second-time filmmaker nails the need for validation that drives many Hollywood strivers. Money and fame offer allure, but the confirmation of self-worth keeps some of the least successful toiling away for years. For David and Sam, maintaining a friendship proves equally difficult.
Two writers must face a dilemma that is common to anyone who has ever had an artistic friend: What happens when you have to give feedback, and the news isn’t good? Sam, an aspiring screenwriter, and David, a successful magazine editor, have been pals for years. When David doesn’t appreciate Sam’s latest attempt, it opens a fissure in their friendship, one that spreads through the rest of their lives. Ultimately, both men must reevaluate their motivations to write, their need for praise and validation, and what it means to see yourself as you actually are.
Sam (Austin Peck) is extremely excited about the new screenplay he has just written. He hasn’t had a success since his short-lived TV series. He has been tucked away in his apartment writing for years, and finally has something about which he is excited.
Sam Asks His Best Friend for Comments on His Screenplay
During one of their usual coffee chats, Sam presents his best friend David (Bryce Johnson) with his completed first draft and asks him to read it. David is a magazine editor and has a different background in writing so he emphasizes to his buddy that his perception of a screenplay might be skewed because he is not used to reading them. That’s OK with Sam. He just wants his best friend’s opinion about the screenplay.
Unfortunately, the adage "be careful what you wish for" ends up biting Sam on his butt.
David’s Quandary about How to Tell Sam His True Feelings
David asks a friend what he should do about talking to Sam. David thinks Sam’s story is crap. As he describes it, which is really a funny scene, David’s friend cannot believe all the twists and turns involved in the characters. Sam’s main character is a woman who morphs into other beings. And there is a mute and another colorful character. Beside the characters, David has no clue what the story is about.
His friend gives him a choice. He can be honest with Sam. He can lie and tell Sam what he wants to hear. Or he can dance around his feelings by giving some suggestions.
One man's unguarded honesty threatens to destroy the longtime friendship between an aspiring screenwriter and a successful magazine editor in writer/director Russell Brown's blistering comedy about the high price of being truthful. Sam has written a screenplay. He believes the film he has dreamt up could be his ticket to the big time, but before anything else, he wants to get some feedback from his old friend David. David is a magazine editor who's currently at the top of his game. He doesn't think too much of Sam's screenplay, and his admission of this fact opens up a critical rift between the two longtime writers. As the tension begins spreading to other areas of both men's lives, they suddenly find themselves forced to confront their motivations for becoming writers in the first place.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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