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The Great Nothing
- Cesar Vitale
- Set Up
- Available
- 2017
- Black List
- 86
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Market: Thu, 13 Apr 2017Sold: Thu, 15 Feb 2018
AgentAdam Perry, Debbie Deuble-Hill (APA)
Manager,
3-2018 - Financier not disclosed at this time. Came to the project after it won the Nicholl and placed 9th on annual 2017 Black List. Untitled Entertainment reps the writer as of 2018.
AgentAdam Perry, Debbie Deuble-Hill (APA)
Manager,
3-2018 - Financier not disclosed at this time. Came to the project after it won the Nicholl and placed 9th on annual 2017 Black List. Untitled Entertainment reps the writer as of 2018.
A grieving thirteen-year-old girl hires a terminally ill, acerbic philosophy professor to prevent flunking the seventh grade. What begins as a homework assignment blossoms into an unlikely friendship and a new appreciation for life that neither will forget.
A teenaged girl comes to terms with her own mortality through the influence of a nihilist philosopher who helps her pass the seventh grade.
After her mother's death, a thirteen-year-old girl must hire a nihilistic philosophy professor with a terminal illness to stop her from failing the seventh grade.
When a thirteen-year-old enlists the help of a terminally-ill, nihilistic philosopher to help her pass the seventh grade, they discover new things about each other and themselves that ultimately lead to a fulfilling friendship and experience
Film
Female Protagonist, Comedy, Drama, Family, Faith/Spirituality, Drugs, Teen, Slice of Life, Philosophical, Dark Comedy, Children, Dysfunctional Family, Addiction, Alcoholism, Contemplative, Daughter, Death, Education, Father/Daughter, Fatherhood, Friends/Friendship, Grief, Heartwarming, Illness, Mother/Daughter, Parenthood, Pregnancy, Student
109
R
Medium
F
White / European
13
Average
Beginners, Is Anybody There?, Wit, Restless, Breaking Bad, Leon: The Professional, About A Boy, True Grit, Dead Poet's Society, The Fault in Our Stars
Present, A few weeks, With a flash forward to a month of so later.
Mostly in an LA suburb, which includes a graveyard, university classroom and hallways, bachelor's apartment, city park, middle school classroom, suburban home (living room, bedroom, office), church, interiors of cars, a lamaze class, and hospital room. One scene in a house in Flagstaff, Arizona.
JUNE MORGAN (13) visits her mothers grave and tells her “mother” about a dream from the night before where she was perpetually repeating the 7th grade.
Meanwhile, COOPER (50s) a university professor, gives a lecture on post-modern nihilism and the study of Dan Hopkins’ “The Great Nothing.” A Bum, DANIEL (40s) sits in on the class and contradicts Cooper’s claim that there is still joy and meaning to be found in life. After class, a student pulls Daniel aside and asks for his autograph—she recognizes that he’s actually DAN HOPKINS (40s) the author of the book.
That night, Dan goes through old emails in his apartment. Among them is a message from an alleged baby-mama with photos of a baby’s ultrasound. Dan deletes this email and all the others and does heroin.
The next morning, Dan is awoken by CRUSTY (14), his heroin dealer, at the door. Crusty’s has a new batch for Dan, but when Dan admits he doesn’t have the cash, Crusty refuses to give him any of the narcotics.
The next day, Dan bums around a city park. He notices a flyer for a math tutor and gets the idea to advertise his...
Meanwhile, COOPER (50s) a university professor, gives a lecture on post-modern nihilism and the study of Dan Hopkins’ “The Great Nothing.” A Bum, DANIEL (40s) sits in on the class and contradicts Cooper’s claim that there is still joy and meaning to be found in life. After class, a student pulls Daniel aside and asks for his autograph—she recognizes that he’s actually DAN HOPKINS (40s) the author of the book.
That night, Dan goes through old emails in his apartment. Among them is a message from an alleged baby-mama with photos of a baby’s ultrasound. Dan deletes this email and all the others and does heroin.
The next morning, Dan is awoken by CRUSTY (14), his heroin dealer, at the door. Crusty’s has a new batch for Dan, but when Dan admits he doesn’t have the cash, Crusty refuses to give him any of the narcotics.
The next day, Dan bums around a city park. He notices a flyer for a math tutor and gets the idea to advertise his...