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Crescendo EG
10-07-2004, 11:28 PM
If you know of any experienced and talented screenwriters and/or directors, please forward this e-mail to them.



Crescendo Entertainment Group, a full-service literary management company, is currently seeking professional screenwriter clients that have available screenplays to sell to the major studios. We are specifically looking for high-concept, commercial, smart, innovative and distinctive stories that are thematically strong, culturally and sociologically significant, character driven, and have never before been told.



We are looking for the following genres and have listed the following examples/prototypes:



· Action (e.g., XXX; THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS; BLUE CRUSH; CHARLIE’S ANGELS)

· Action Comedy (e.g., RUSH HOUR; SHANGHAI NOON; BAD BOYS; 48 HOURS)

· Comedy (e.g., MEET THE PARENTS; LEGALLY BLONDE; LIAR LIAR)

· Drama (e.g., THE 25TH HOUR; 8 MILE; AMERICAN BEAUTY; FIGHT CLUB; BOYS DON’T CRY)

· Horror (e.g., THE RING; THE OTHERS; SCREAM; HALLOWEEN; FRIDAY THE 13TH)

· Romantic Comedy (e.g., PUNCH DRUNK LOVE; ABOUT A BOY; SERENDIPITY; KNOTTING HILL)

· Science Fiction (e.g., MATRIX; MINORITY REPORT; THE TERMINATOR; ROBOCOP)

· Thriller (e.g., THE SIXTH SENSE; MEMENTO; ONE HOUR PHOTO; SEVEN)

· Urban/Latino (e.g., BARBERSHOP; SOUL FOOD; AMORES PERROS; Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN)



Crescendo Entertainment Group is also seeking experienced and credited directors that have directed smart, innovative and stylistic feature-length motion pictures or distinctive short films which star recognizable, bankable or, even, A-list talent.



To demonstrate the type and sensibility of director that we are seeking, we offer the following examples/prototypes:



· ABOUT A BOY - Chris and Paul Weitz

· AMELIE - John Pierre Jeunet

· CITY OF GOD - Fernando Meirelles

· DO THE RIGHT THING - Spike Lee

· ELECTION - Alexander Payne

· FARGO - Joel and Ethan Coen

· HIGH FIDELITY - Stephen Frears

· MOULIN ROUGE - Baz Luhrman

· NARC - Joe Carnahan

· PI - Darren Aronofsky

· PULP FICTION - Quentin Tarantino

· PUNCH DRUNK LOVE - Paul Thomas Anderson

· RUN LOLA RUN - Tom Tykwer

· RUSHMORE - Wes Anderson

· SEVEN - David Fincher

· SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE - Steven Soderbergh

· SPUN - Jonas Akerlund

· THE USUAL SUSPECTS - Bryan Singer

· TRAINSPOTTING - Danny Boyle

· Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN - Alfonso Cuaron



For more information, or to submit a query letter via e-mail, please go to:



www.crescendoentertainmentgroup.com





Thank you.





CRESCENDO ENTERTAINMENT GROUP