• Space Oddity

  • Rebecca Banner
  • Produced
  • Sci-Fi
  • Drama
  • 2016
  • Black List
  • 77.9
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Market: Thu, 03 Mar 2016Sold: Wed, 23 Mar 2016
Director: Sam Boyd
Producer: Matt Smith, Richard Arlook
AgentAndrew Murphy, Niki Montazaran (ICM)
ManagerAshley Berns, Daniela Garcia-Brcek (Circle of Confusion)
ProductionCircle of Confusion, Arlook Group
A young man obsessed with taking a one-way trip to Mars after his brother passes away uses the voyage as an excuse to disconnect from the world around him, at least until he develops an unexpected relationship with the life insurance agent underwriting his trip.
A grieving engineer becomes obsessed with escaping Earth to colonise Mars, but as he's training for space, he unwittingly falls in love with the only person capable of grounding him: a life insurance agent who is also a dreamer.
A man chosen for a one-way mission to Mars must reconcile that he only wants to leave because he thinks he can escape his problems here on Earth, as he falls in love with a local insurance agent.
A young, introverted man remains devoted to the idea of becoming an astronaut and Mars colonist, despite the warnings of his family and the dubious nature of the colonization agency.
Film
Film, Drama, Sci-fi, Feel Good/Uplifting, Romantic Comedy, Grief, Heartwarming, Love, Obsession, Small Town, Space/Outer Space
107
PG-13
Medium
M
White / European
27
Attractive
The Space Between Us, Lars and the Real Girl, The Silver Linings Playbook
Present, over the span of about a month
Small New England town, forest, beach, farm, greenhouse, gardens, elementary school, farmhouse, small town shops
An old slide projector whirs away as ALEX MCALLISTER (27) rehearses a presentation in front of his friend, DIMITRI (30). In the presentation, Alex explains that he will be among the first to live in a colony on Mars.

As Alex leaves and begins his exercise/astronaut training routine, we see that he lives in a sparsely-populated town in Vermont. As he goes down the main street, he rescues town newcomer DAISY TAYLOR (27) from a potato-gun ambush by some local kids.

He heads back to his house, where it is revealed that he actually still lives with parents JANE and JEFF MCALLISTER (both 60s). His sister, a high strung PR executive named LIZ MCALLISTER (30), has also driven home from the city to be with the family to witness Alex's big announcement. Alex proudly proclaims that he's not going back to engineering because he's made it to the next round of astronaut selection for the Mission Mars Program, an independent space agency that wants to colonize Mars years before NASA or other big name space agencies. Soon after explaining, Alex gets a call for an interview with the local TV station.

Liz expresses her doubts as to the authenticity of the Mission Mars...