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A HAT & A TEE SHIRT
By Leonardo Millán

GENRE: Comedy, Drama
LOGLINE:

A good-natured father loses control and terrorizes a Producer, after accidentally discovering his 19 year old daughter appearing nude in one of his amateur videos.

SYNOPSIS:

DEREK MARTINEZ, PRODUCER for AMATEUR YOUNG, HOT, TIGHT BODIES & C.I.F PRODUCTIONS and CUMINDEAR PRODUCTIONS, sits tied and blindfolded to a chair in his garage.Already beaten and bleeding lightly lifts his head up between labored breathing and asks his assailant, a man dressed in dark jeans and dark pullover shirt… “Why?”A moment in silence passes when the man dressed in black answers “Because you deserve it!” suddenly a hard punch sends Derek back into the darkness.

MARCUS AYALA is a very good carpenter and provides well for his wife NATALIA, and his NINETEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER REBECCA. Marcus is a very patient man and respects his wife very much.To Marcus his daughter Rebecca is his Universe.Though at times the strict dad appears, making him the “grouch” of the family as Natalia every now and then reminds him. Rebecca usually hangs out with her BFF, MARIA GONZALEZ.Maria comes from a divorced family (she lives with her mother), so Marcus does not really trust her association with Maria, (he thinks she will eventually lead his daughter astray or commit something foolish).

While playing domino one Saturday night, with his co-workers; JERRY his best friend JOE and CARLOS.After winning their hand in a game of domino Marcus heads over to the bathroom to let NICO and BOBBY know they are up.Marcus stops at the entrance of the family room and notices they are watching a DVD.The boys invite Marcus to watch, it turns out to be an amateur all girls nude video.Marcus declines and stops dead in his tracks on his way to the bathroom when he hears the familiar voice of Maria.Unsure he creeps back to see it actually is Maria sitting on a bed in two-piece bikini.A male voice converses with her off screen. She introduces herself with the pseudonym CANDI.Speechless and almost in shock it gets worst as Candi introduces her friend SUZY to the horror of Marcus it’s…Rebecca.

Marcus rushes to the bathroom before he sees Suzy/Rebecca and Candi/Maria take off her tops.His friends sensing something is wrong with Marcus turn off the television and gather outside the bathroom.Jerry, Joe and Carlos eventually make their way to the bathroom as well, to find out what’s going on with Marcus.Marcus exits and excuses himself for the evening.Outside he becomes violently ill again and losses control of his emotions in his car.In tears he receives a call from a worried Natalia who had just gotten a call from Jerry.Marcus hides the truth from Natalia.

The next morning Marcus lies to Natalia and calls out sick, Marcus goes to Jerry to get the DVD of the girls (Jerry is not aware of its contents, he hasn’t viewed it yet.) Marcus’s emotional state turns for the worst as now he investigates all he can about the Production Company, eventually leading to Derek as its primary culprit.

Marcus calls the production company under the guise of an investor interested in making another similar project and eventually visits the production company without success.That night Marcus takes Derek hostage in his own garage invading torturing Derek.

The story seesaws from night Marcus first saw the video Derek’s captivity and the complications and eventually the family’s slow meltdown between Marcus, Natalia and his daughter Rebecca.

Natalia suspects something else is going on.Even Rebecca is now in fear of dangerously losing her parents and the rift Marcus’s actions begin to create between them.Natalia is worried sick when Marcus doesn’t return that evening, calling Jerry to figure out his whereabouts unsuccessfully.

During the evening of Derek’s captivity, Marcus finds out that the girls perform willingly for A HAT AND A TEE SHIRT. Marcus is still unsure what to do with Derek.

After not answering various calls from Natalia, Marcus eventually breaks down in the bathroom of Derek’s house and answers her call, telling her what he has done.Natalia convinces him to let Derek go.In the meantime Derek frees himself and is about to escape when Marcus appears and confronts Derek who is now armed with a hammer. Marcus sees the chair between them the closest thing he can use.They both go for each other, Marcus for the chair and Derek about to swing the hammer at Marcus.Before Derek reaches his target he slips on a battery on the floor and falls, cracking his head.

Marcus can use this as the time to get away, but his conscious gets the better of him and saves Derek.Derek awakens to find his head bandaged and a repented Marcus ready to accept his fate. Derek decides to help Marcus by telling him of some hidden cash and that he would make up the story of a home invasion by several perpetrators.While going for the money Marcus suspects something isn’t right with the whole deal and snooping around discovers Derek has a dark secret.In Derek’s bedroom Marcus discovers a secret stash of DVD’s.Where Derek had set up toilet cams and recorded the trips made to the bathroom of his SECRETARY JESSICA and the EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRISCILLA ARNISS.

Marcus confronts Derek about the toilet cams with the DVD of one of his Christmas parties.Marcus uses this now as leverage to protect himself.Marcus accepts his fate and reminds Derek of what would happen to his life and career if they ever found out what he had been doing.Marcus tells Derek he wants nothing out of this, not even the money. Before leaving, Marcus reveals his name to Derek and the reason behind all of this.Marcus is shocked to know THROUGH Derek that Rebecca was the one that instigated and pushed Maria into doing the video.He also finds out that Maria did all she could do dissuade Rebecca from participating.Marcus doesn’t know how to deal with this newfound information.Derek offers a suggestion that Natalia should be the one to discover the video and between them hold the secret, giving Natalia a bargaining chip.

Maria is now accepted by Marcus and the family unites even closer than before.Derek decides to protect the events by lying to his house cleaner JUANITA when she arrives in the morning.Derek winds up quitting the company, putting his house up for sale and sends a check for Rebecca’s college fund.Marcus and Natalia, sends the original DVD back to Derek, who burns the last of the DVD’s in his backyard. A few days later Marcus receives an email from Derek asking Marcus if he knows of a good Carpenter that could do some repairs on the property to ante up the value.With a smile Marcus responds to the email saying… “Yes, I happen to know of a really good carpenter, that will do the job and it will only cost him a hat and a tee shirt".

A HAT & A TEE SHIRT

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