Postcards From Paradise
By Gary Solomon
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calls Cinematherapy®. As part of his patient's therapy he prescribes movies for them to watch
that address their therapeutic issues.
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Postcards From Paradise - Gary Solomon
Postcards from Paradise a screenplay
Cast of Characters in order of appearance:
Rachel Moore: Female, attorney, 30’s, attractive, business dress in the court room and casual outside.
Bill: Male radio announcer.
Tom: Male radio announcer.
Sally: Female caller on the radio show.
Dr. Paul Miller: Male, psychotherapist, 40’s, slacks and dress shirt unbuttoned at neck.
Phyllis: Female client, 30’s.
Suit: Male, plain clothed police detective.
Police Officer 1: Male, dressed in uniform.
Police Officer 2: Female, dressed in uniform.
Guard: Male, 50’s, in uniform.
Dr. Andrew Darren Phillips: Male, 40’s, dressed in conservative suit, psychologist, went to college with Paul Miller.
Herman: Male, 30’s, disheveled, overweight, carrying a briefcase.
Secretaries: Female, serving coffee to attorneys at the meeting.
Carl: Male, attorney, 50’s, demonstrative.
Johnson: Male, attorney at meeting.
Fitzgerald: Male, attorney at meeting.
Mr. Moore: Male, flashback scene, 40’s, angry.
Young Rachel: Female, 5 years old, Daniel’s sister.
Young Daniel: Male, 5 years old, Rachel’s brother.
Student 1: Male or female, late teens or early 20’s, student in Paul Miller’s class, dressed like college student.
Student 2: Male or female, late teens or early 20’s, student in Paul Miller’s class, dressed like college student.
Student 3: Male or female, late teens or early 20’s, student in Paul Miller’s class, dressed like college student.
Student 4: Male or female, late teens or early 20’s, student in Paul Miller’s class, dressed like college student.
Student 5: Male or female, late teens or early 20’s, student in Paul Miller’s class, dressed like college student.
Mark: Male, 50’s, college administrator, dressed in suit.
Freud: Paul Miller’s pet dog.
Phone callers: Multiple voices.
Young Paul: Flashback scene, 6 years old.
Paul’s mother: 30’s, casual dress.
Paul’s father: 30’s, casual dress.
Paul’s sister: 8 years old.
Servant: Male, 30’s.
Mary: 40’s, Andrew’s wife.
Jensen: Male, attorney, 30’s, conservative suit, briefcase.
Reporter 1: Any age, casual dress, male or female.
Reporter 2: Any age, casual dress, male or female.
Secretary to Rachel: Any age, office dress.
Mrs. Moore: Female, Rachel’s mother, 50’s, nicely dressed.
Receptionist: Any age, male or female.
Executive: Female or male, movie studio executive, 40’s, dressed in suit.
Secretary to Executive: Male or female, 20’s, office dress.
Jury Members: 12 men and women.
Bailiff: Male or female, 20’s, in uniform.
Judge: Male or female, 50’s, dressed in robe.
Lawrence: Male, 40’s, police detective, gruff looking, suit.
Dr. Randall Livingston: Male, 60’s, conservative, stiff looking.
Peter L. Zambroni: Male, 40’s, shirt and tie.
Dr. Arnold: Male, 50’s, suit.
Mr. Roth: Male, 60’s, suit.
Ms. Adams: Female, 40’s, business suit.
Janitor: Male, 50’s, working at Paramount Studios.
Kelly Nieman: Female, 30’s, conservative dress.
Young couple with twins:
Gene: Male, 30’s.
Man & Woman: 20’s, working at Reynolds Production Company Office.
TV Reporter: Any age and sex, any dress, microphone in hand.
Mrs. Thorton: 30’s, dressed in secretarial clothes.
Aaron Russo: Male, 40’s, burly.
Sally: Female, 20’s, dressed as young woman.
Phil: Male, 60’s, dressed slacks, shirt, tie, and sweater.
Julie: Female, 40’s, sharply dressed.
Jenny: Female, 30’s, casually dressed for court.
FADE IN:
EXT. DESERT ROAD - DAY
RACHEL, 30’s, drives on a central Oregon highway. Snow capped mountains ring a clear blue sky.
Car radio: Two seconds of Every Step She Takes . Mute.A beautiful 72 degrees in Bend today.
Mute. A few seconds of Ravel’s Bolero. Mute. Finally, a talk show:
BILL
I can’t agree with you more. You can’t listen to a talk show today, radio or television, without hearing the word Cinematherapy.
Rachel’s hand pulls away from the radio. No nail polish.
BILL
You’re listening to WKPL all talk radio. Tom, Cinematherapy is the exciting topic these days.
TOM
Without question, Bill.
BILL
Correct me if I’m wrong, it’s been the hot topic for over a year now.
TOM
Oh it’s been at least a year, could be ayear and a half.
BILL
It’s changing the way people deal with personal issues. WKLP listeners, if you’ve got a movie that you believe has helped you or could help others give us a call now. Those numbers 555-1515 and 555-6666. Tom you know it’s interesting. We’ve never been able to get in touch with the Movie Doctor himself.
Rachel smirks.
TOM
No one has. Odd. Bill, what’s the movie that gets to you?
BILL
When a Man Loves a Woman. There’s some scenes in that movie that really tear me apart.
TOM
No question, that’s a great movie.
BILL
When Meg Ryan slaps her daughter across the face- (pause) I’m getting emotional just thinking about what it was like for that little girl. I saw myself in her. Growing up in a home where I never saw my mother sober more than two days in a row. But it wasn’t my mother who beat the hell out of me, it was my father.
TOM
That must have been terrible. What an awful way to grow up.
BILL
That’s enough about me, look at the phone lines.