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The Shave
- Miles Hubley & Thomas White
- Set Up
- Thriller
- Drama
- 2015
- Hit List
- Black List
- 86.7
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Market: Wed, 29 Jul 2015Sold: Tue, 20 Oct 2015
Producer: Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Russell Levine, Johhn Finemore, Mason Novick, Michelle Knudsen
ManagerMichelle Knudsen, Mason Novick (MXN)
AgentSolco Shuit, Stuart Manashil (WME)
FinancierRoute One Entertainment, Lost City
ProductionMaiden Voyage
Route One’s Chris Lytton is executive producing with Lost City’s James Hoppe. Elizabeth Grave will serve as co-producer for Lost City with Sophia Dilley co-producing for Route One.
Producer: Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Russell Levine, Johhn Finemore, Mason Novick, Michelle Knudsen
ManagerMichelle Knudsen, Mason Novick (MXN)
AgentSolco Shuit, Stuart Manashil (WME)
FinancierRoute One Entertainment, Lost City
ProductionMaiden Voyage
Route One’s Chris Lytton is executive producing with Lost City’s James Hoppe. Elizabeth Grave will serve as co-producer for Lost City with Sophia Dilley co-producing for Route One.
A dirty cop, exonerated in the murder of a high school honor student, visits the boy’s father at his barbershop, and while receiving a straight razor shave listens to him recount the story of his son’s life.
Having been legally absolved for the murder of teenage boy, a dirty cop listens to the boy’s father, a barber, tell stories about his dead son while giving the cop a straight razor shave.
A barber tells a client the story about his son, who was murdered by a cop that was found not guilty. The client happens to be, said cop, sitting in the barber's chair for a shave.
A corrupt detective, acquitted of murdering a young black man, visits the boy’s father at his barber shop where they discuss the events of his murder over a shave.
Film
Film, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Cop/FBI/CIA, Dark, Drugs, Gangs, Suspenseful
101
R
Medium
M
Other
45
Average
City of God, The Town, Nightcrawler, No Country for Old Men, The Professional, Sweeney Todd, Doubt, A Time to Kill, Ghost of Mississippi, The Shawkshank Redemption
An Hour. Flashbacks to the past cover a few months.
Los Angeles. 20% in classic barbershop (with bathroom). Also has seedy apartments/houses, dive bar, station wagon, suburban home, inner city high school (with football field), Korean dry cleaners, alleyways, residential streets, bank, gas station, prison (with conference room, visitors room), Afghani hut. Shorter scenes include courtroom, diner, tattoo parlor, convenience store, club, police car, news room studio, graveyard, morgue.
A MAN (40s) bleeds profusely.
Flashback (FB): In a bar, the same man VIRGIL, now healthy, tells an UNSEEN MAN a fable on evil and nobility. The man hands him bill stacks.
Virgil breaks into a shack to find DOUGLAS (18) for interfering with Sueños Norteños, an opposing gang. Virgil reveals himself to be a dirty cop.
Present (P): Rundown alcoholic Virgil is found not guilty for murdering young Douglas. Virgil Douglas’ father, GEORGE (50) stoically watches, then leaves. Instead of crying, he smashes plates at home.
George works at his barbershop when Virgil enters and asks for a shave. Though surprised, George accepts and starts to shave Virgil with a straight razor. George states that he’ll tell Virgil about his son, then demands Virgil to tell him afterwards why he killed his son. The barbershop customers will be the jury to decide Virgil’s true verdict.
George’s story (GS): Douglas is a good linebacker with his beautiful, smart girlfriend BEATRICE (17).
At a party, Beatrice is almost raped when Douglas pummels her ASSAILANT (20s). Two men, LUCKY and LAWRENCE (20s) enter and violently drag Douglas into the street.
WOLF, the assailant and leader of the group, stops the...
Flashback (FB): In a bar, the same man VIRGIL, now healthy, tells an UNSEEN MAN a fable on evil and nobility. The man hands him bill stacks.
Virgil breaks into a shack to find DOUGLAS (18) for interfering with Sueños Norteños, an opposing gang. Virgil reveals himself to be a dirty cop.
Present (P): Rundown alcoholic Virgil is found not guilty for murdering young Douglas. Virgil Douglas’ father, GEORGE (50) stoically watches, then leaves. Instead of crying, he smashes plates at home.
George works at his barbershop when Virgil enters and asks for a shave. Though surprised, George accepts and starts to shave Virgil with a straight razor. George states that he’ll tell Virgil about his son, then demands Virgil to tell him afterwards why he killed his son. The barbershop customers will be the jury to decide Virgil’s true verdict.
George’s story (GS): Douglas is a good linebacker with his beautiful, smart girlfriend BEATRICE (17).
At a party, Beatrice is almost raped when Douglas pummels her ASSAILANT (20s). Two men, LUCKY and LAWRENCE (20s) enter and violently drag Douglas into the street.
WOLF, the assailant and leader of the group, stops the...