• A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey

  • Seth Reiss
  • Set Up
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Black List
  • 2020
  • 80
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Market: Mon, 14 Dec 2020
Producer: Seth Reiss
AgentAlex Rincon (UTA)
ManagerBrad Petrigala (Brillstein Entertainment Partners)
ProductionLove & Squalor, Red Hour
After both attending the same wedding solo, David and Sarah embark on a big, bold, beautiful journey with a little help from their 1996 Passat GPS and a little bit of magic for the road trip of their lives.
A lonely man and woman met at a wedding decide to embark on a big, bold, beautiful journey together under the guidance of a magical GPS.
Two strangers who believe they cannot or will not be loved decide to embark on a big, bold, and beautiful journey at the behest of a magical GPS.
After a wedding, a lonely man takes a road trip with a stranger down memory lane of their past failed relationships.
Film
Independent (avant-garde), Character Study, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Road Movies, Slice of Life, Dramedy, Car, Romantic Comedy, Journey, Love, Magic, Marriage, Relationship
128
PG-13
Medium
M
Unspecified
36
Attractive
Annie Hall (1977) Leap Year (2010) The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Before Sunset (2004) (500) Days of Summer (2009)
A day/with flashbacks to the past (time and space is ambiguous in the world of the story)
Car rental agency Car (Interior) Hotel parking lot/hotel room Wedding venue beside the lake Burger King Lighthouse and lighthouse museum The Chicago Art Institute Inside of a painting Highschool/highschool theater “The Formal Dating Complaint Center For Women Who Have Dated And Wish To Complain Directly About And To David Kimmel” The Man's House Hospital/hospital room The Cliff Sarah and David's house Sarah's childhood home Brooklyn sidewalk
DAVID KIMMEL (30s) is renting a car at a The Car Rental Agency. The car is a 1996 Volkswagen Passat. After the forceful recommendation of the cashier, he also ends up renting a GPS, which, much to his surprise, comes with a Broadway soundtrack which he enjoys. David tells the Parking attendant that he’s single and going to a wedding.

David arrives at the hotel for the wedding. Another park with the exact same GPS and Broadway soundtrack arrives. The driver is a woman, SARAH HILLAND (30s), who’s also singing along to the songs. She checks into the hotel.

At the wedding ceremony, David sees and becomes attracted to Sarah. He tries to get close to her but she gives him the cold shoulder. During the reception, the two converse once again. The flirtatious conversation turns into a discussion about marriage and the reason they are both single. Sarah then abruptly asks if David would marry her, which he agrees. But she returns to the dance floor immediately.

For the rest of the night, Sarah dances with another groomsman while David watches in jealousy. Sarah hooks up with the man and David destroys the hotel room in frustration. Next...