Writer Profile: David Houck |
 
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| Age | 18 |
| Location | Over there |
| Favorite films/plays | Nightmare Before Christmas, Dr. Strangelove, Singin' in the Rain, V for Vendetta; Comedy of Errors, Importance of Being Earnest, The Boys Next Door; Arrested Development, Pushing Daisies, Flight of the Conchords, West Wing, Lost, Seinfeld, Invader ZIM, The Office; A Tale of Two Cities, 1984, That Hideous Strength, Sophie's World |
| Other interests | Acting, Writing, and Gaming. That's mostly it. |
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| Script type | TV |
| Script genre | Comedy |
| My script is | 30 Rock meets The Guild |
| Main character would be played by | Liam Aiken as the hyperactive playwright who pretends he's British, Roger Bart as the neurotic director, Liza Minelli as the president of the theatre and adoring mother, Hugh Jackman as the scary ex-convict/excellent tap dancer |
| My soundtrack would be | Showtunes |
INT. BOARD ROOM - DAY
The board is seated accross one end of the table with copies of the script. NOLAN walks in, script in hand, and sits down.
LISA
Hi, Nolan.
NOLAN
Hi, Lisa, everyone. First off, thanks for asking me to direct Miracle Maker.
LISA
Oh, no problem. Haver you had a chance to look over the script yet?
NOLAN
No, sorry, Lisa, you just sent it to me yesterday. But it seems kind of familiar...
MELISSA
He wouldn't be here if he had read it.
NOLAN
Huh?
RYAN
What Melissa's driving at is, the script is crap.
LISA
True.
NOLAN
Then why are you doing it?
JERRY
We're plum out of money. Plum. Out. We're hoping a bunch of people will buy tickets to this "artistic original work" to make themselves look intelligent and hip.
MELISSA
And no critic will bash a play if they can seem artsy and open-minded by liking it.
JERRY
Worked for Samuel Beckett.
NOLAN
So you're trying to make a lot of money off a bad play in a morally questionable way?
LISA
...That's it in a nutshell.
RYAN
Like The Producers.
LISA
Hadn't thought of that.
NOLAN
I don't want to be a part of this! This is an affront to theatre and the artistic integrity of whoever the guy who wrote this play is!
NOLAN gets up and starts to leave.
LISA
(acting)
Oh, well, guys, looks like we'll have to get someone else, like... Fred Blyton?
NOLAN spins around on his heel and shoots back into his seat.
NOLAN
(furious at the thought)
Blyton? That dimwitted hack who couldn't direct his way out of a paper bag even if that analogy made sense?
RYAN
(catching onto LISA's game)
Yeah, I think Fred could do some interesting things with this.
NOLAN
You've got to be kidding!
JERRY
(oblivious)
Guys, really, Fred is awf-
MELISSA hits JERRY on the back of the head.
MELISSA
It could definitely work. I his loved his treatment of Oedipus a few years ago...
NOLAN
What?! That man turned the greatest tragedy in the history of theatre into a screwball comedy! Please, let me direct Miracle Maker! I can't stop you from immorally exploiting it, but please don't subject it to Blyton!
LISA
(to RYAN)
I can't believe that actually worked.
NOLAN
What worked?
LISA
(pointing upwards)
Um... the... ceiling fan.
NOLAN
Those have been on the fritz. So can I direct it?
LISA
Yes, of course.
NOLAN
Thanks, I won't let you down.