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Littlebear Productions, based in northern California, holds the rights to several feature-film properties, including:
¡Viva El Amor!: Action romance.
Adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel Nostromo. Honorable penniless sailor faces stark choice-love or money-when boatload of silver ingots washes onto his lap.
Owl Creek Bridge: Civil War drama
Adaptation of Ambrose Bierce’s classic short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, expanded to feature length by inclusion of Grant’s Siege at Vicksburg.
Hound of the Baskervilles: Gothic/horror
Contemporization of Arthur Conan Doyle novel, reset in 21st century.
Dawn’s Early Light: P.O.W. drama set in Afghanistan
Afghan Mujahideen hijack two American soldiers as bait for P.O.W. swap. Rescue ops, escape attempts, and trade negotiations fail, culminating in fateful predawn bid for freedom.
Sleeping With Charlie: Legal/wartime drama
Seemingly soulless attorney comes to terms with Vietnam War-three decades later-while recovering from bullet wound inflicted by father of Amerasian rape victim.
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Gregory G. Sarno earned a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Boalt Hall, U.C. Berkeley. Admitted to the California State Bar, Mr. Sarno authored scores of articles on arcane aspects of civil and criminal law. Forsaking the legal arena for screenwriting and fiction, he has written several how-tos for a London-based film journal (www.scriptwritermagazine.com):
"The Art of Anticipation, 11 ScriptWriter 51 (July 2003)
"Contemporising the Classics, 5 ScriptWriter 52 (July 2002)
"Embedding Theme in Narrative, 14 ScriptWriter 63 (January 2004)
"Happy Endings, 16 ScriptWriter 25 (May 2004)
"Hooking the Reader: Gothic/Horror, 21 ScriptWriter 55 (March 2005).
Book-length publications include:
Contemporizing the Classics: Poe, Shakespeare, Doyle.
Lights! Camera! Action!: Crafting an Action Script.
Threshold: Scripting a Coming-of-Age.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again: Three Soldiers, Three Wars, which features three wartime dramas.
All four books may be purchased online directly from publisher iUniverse:
www.iUniverse.com
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