Dan Lokey: Producer in San Diego, California.

Are there screenplays that inspire you because of the writing, as much as the story they are telling?

I've read just over 50 scripts this past year, and my favorites so far are:

'Juno' by Diablo Cody, 'Inception' by Christopher Nolan, and the new 'Dune' screenplay by Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, and Eric Roth. 

Juno, because it feels like it was written by the main character,  and I didn't know that was possible. It was just a pleasure to read.

Inception because it is the type of story I strive to write, written in a style that suits my own skills.

And finally Dune, because I like how it sprinkles  the script with little character clues for the actors without trying to do direct them.

So, what are your favorites and why?

Once upon a time, I took a stab at writing. I just would make notes and throw them in a box. It was the first time I ever cracked myself up with a idea hitting me while walking late at night.

Memories. Light the corner of my mind....misty water color memoriies....so it all ended up in my grandfather's garage which became a camp for some homeless who actually started a fire to cook with as well as making off with my cd DVD binders...

But

...the Polaroids of the stripper that lived with me tfor two weeks they made sure were stuck in the door so that I could find them...it makes me think sometimes...

Well the first movie I sort of kept in my head for a few years , flapjacks.....the movie

Uhmm Steve King talked about this once...nobody wants to start over....

So, fantasy comedy. Baseball .....and the weird thing is once I got it all out I realized the script was really about me...the theme I mean

So anyway anyo e want to take a stab if I lay out the synopsis?

I don't mean to be a butt hole but I have inherited a #$^@ load of money and producing a film is genuinely viable.

When I worked for the g o v we always got three price quotes, so the first three scribes be the ones I will check out.

If your screenplay makes my penis bounce I might throw all my money at the project,,,maybe then people could stand to be around me withot being paid but I won't hold my breath.

Oh brother I hope I didn't violate any guidelines.

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I just wanted to introduce myself real quick. This is my first official post on Stage 32 and I'm still figuring everything out lol. I'm an author still trying to get myself together with the film industry

I'm excited to talk and meet with other people both in the industry who match me and my story I would like to make books into movies even though I'm still young. I look forward to seeing other people's creations as well as sharing some of my own

hey david

Ok i watched your 1 min reel how do you justify the complete reversal shot with the soda can? If you re ever in San diego let me buy you and a guest lunch while I pitch a project.

sorry my message got cut off. ... but san diego master sgts don't even blink and every body runs for the hills when my sister got on the war path

Anyway if you are ever in San diego let me buy you lunch and pitch a project

Hey, whats the verdict on the rick roll hall ok f fame? Worth a stay overnight? I mean with a friend not a trip and a hotel..

Hey. Thats my name too would be an appropriate. Response but....something you just said about Stallone... (first off ,let me make it clear if I end up saying thems fighting words ...its not because I hero worship "sly" I am willing to defend that nobody ever "steals" an idea. Its just in our f ed up world people are going into court ahhh, etc. Etc.

So for the record kurosawa did not steal red harvest from dash hammer and Sergio Leone didn't steal yojimbo to make fist full of dollars and for that matter to really round out the cast..ooooo some director I forgot his name

.... I think he did the warriors. Yeah shot Bruce Willis in last man standing pee you what a stinker... but that wasn't stealing either.. just a bad movie.

Ok this is why I hate the cell phone experience" some evil individual has decided to change dash h a m m e t. Speaking of which I read

...red harvest in high school and have been looking forward to the movie ever since and what always happens is someone in the studio says: well they a llready made that film. So maybe you have a point

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