• Clive

  • Natasha Pincus
  • 2012
  • Available
  • Black List
  • No Manager
  • Drama
  • 81.8
Access to our coverage library is now available for free to agents and managers, directors and producers, development and productions executives, and assistants to all of the above. Want to see all of this project's details instead of just this teaser? Sign up for access here.
Market: Mon, 17 Dec 2012
AgentBryan Besser, Aaron Hart, Rob Herting (Verve)
After an accident causes a successful CEO to lose both legs, he is forced to re-evaluate his life and identity.
As a man begins a downward spiral after the loss of his legs in an accident, his only hope of accepting his new life comes in the form of a puppy named Barry.
After losing both legs in an accident, young professional Clive struggles to regain a sense of himself as he slips into a state of dreamy isolation in his apartment, rejecting help.
A successful CEO who loses both legs in a horrific accident must discover who he truly is as he struggles to find the will to face the outside world again.
Film
Film, Drama, Melodrama, Medical, Mid-life Crisis, Handicapped, Disability
112
R
Low
M
White / European
30
Attractive
The Sessions, Shame, Regarding Henry, Castaway (in terms of isolation)
Present, several months.
100% urban locations. High rise apartment building, hospital, physical rehabilitation center, park.
CLIVE (30's) is a self-centered young professional with everything in the world: a doting wife, splashy high-rise apartment, and a successful career.

Except for one thing.

Clive is coming out of a daze to find his life turned upside down. He's only half the man he was having lost his legs and his sense of self-worth.

He spends his first days and weeks of recovery growing bitter and refusing the help and attention of his wife SUZIE (30's).

Slowly he pushes her away, insisting that he wants to be left alone.
The rift between the two of them grows. Finally Suzie brings home Barry, a dog. Clive snaps and tells her to leave. She does, hurt and confused.

Clive slips further into self-pity after this, neglecting Barry and himself. He is hateful towards Barry at first, but eventually feeds the animal.

Clive begins attempting to house train Barry. But the apartment is a mess. Clive himself is making a mess and using pots as toilets.

He begins to warm up to Barry, a sweet creature that seems devoted to Clive.

Clive sets up a service with a young man, STEFAN (28) whom Clive pays to bring food and groceries. Stefan is...