Just like that, Eric finds himself lying to protect his son and his son’s lies, in a rapidly descending situation. Eric watches as the events Keith recalls to the cops are not the same events he knows to be true. This forces Eric to hire a lawyer for Keith, which in turn convinces the town that Keith has something to hide.Īs the mystery unwinds, it appears that Keith is hiding something. While at first it seems that Keith is merely someone with information that could help the search, it becomes clear that detectives believe he’s the number 1 suspect.
Eric checks with Keith, who seems more annoyed than scared, and when it’s confirmed that, no, he does not, the town begins a frantic search to find the girl. Gardino asking him if Keith knows where Amy is. He heads over on a Saturday evening and does the job just like he’s always done, except the next morning Eric gets a call from Mr. This is exactly what Red Leaves wants to explore, that we’re all on autopilot until tragedy strikes, until something comes along and forces us to face the issues we’ve been sweeping under the rug.Īmy Gardino is a pretty nine year old girl who Keith babysits every week. The family threw it on autopilot a long time ago and like a group of zombies, stumbles mindlessly through each day. We have Eric, the practical father, Meredith, the frustrated mother, and teenager Keith, the rebellious son. Red Leaves introduces us to the Moore family. So I was excited to see what Parker had written before that breakthrough script.
It was endlessly engaging, everything the Soderbergh Solaris remake should’ve been.
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It felt gimmicky, a cheap trick to land a name actor (allowing the actor to play multiple roles).īut man, that movie unfolded beautifully, never overstepping its reach, coming up with just the right amount of mystery to keep the story fresh while never insulting your intelligence. Seeing two Sam Rockwells in the trailer also made me cringe. I’ve seen a lot of “trapped in a small location” films before and they almost always run out of ideas by page 40. One of my favorite films from 2009, which I unfortunately didn’t see in time to rank in my Top 10, was Moon. This is not a definitive statement about the project, but rather an analysis of this unique draft as it pertains to the craft of screenwriting). The situations, characters, and plot may change significantly by the time the film is released. Cook)ĭetails: 122 pages – sdraft (This is an early draft of the script. Writer: Nathan Parker (based on the book by Thomas H. While Red Leaves made this year’s Blood List for some reason (it’s now 3 years old), it’s not a horror film, which makes you wonder what the criteria for the list is. A motley crew of cops must track him down before he strikes again.
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Parker wrote another feature after Moon for Lionsgate, a little known film called “Blitz,” about a serial killer who slowly picks off London police officers. It appears he was tasked with adapting this book, Red Leaves, a year before Moon made its way into production. Moon was Parker’s first produced credit but not his first assignment. Premise: When a young girl goes missing after a teenage boy babysits her, the boy’s family must endure a town who’s convinced that the boy killed her.Ībout: Nathan Parker is best known as the writer of the critically acclaimed sci-fi feature from Duncan Jones, Moon.
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