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The Neutral Corner
- Justin Piasecki
- Set Up
- Black List
- 2020
- 80.1
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Market: Mon, 14 Dec 2020
AgentEthan Neale, Matt Snow (Paradigm)
ManagerJeff Belkin (Zero Gravity Management)
ProductionAggregate Films
AgentEthan Neale, Matt Snow (Paradigm)
ManagerJeff Belkin (Zero Gravity Management)
ProductionAggregate Films
A Nevada court judge who moonlights reffing high-profile boxing matches must face his demons when he’s assigned to the Olympic fight of an ex-con he’d previously sentenced for murder.
A boxing referee and Judge is caught in the shadow of an old court case as a former convict enters the professional boxing scene.
A courtroom judge who moonlights as a boxing referee must reflect on whether he made the right decision when an ex-convict whose case he presided over enters the Olympic qualifiers that he will be refereeing.
A judge and part-time boxing ref agrees to host an Olympic fight, but realizes he must confront his past when an ex-con, whom he convicted years ago, is fighting in the same games.
Film
Film, Mainstream (studio), Character Study, Crime, Drama, Sports, Mystery, Gambling, Prison, Troubled Youth, Corruption, Disability, Accident, Athlete, Betrayal, Boxing, Competition, Criminal, Fame, Fight, Government, Grief, Judge, Law/Legal, Marriage, Media, Psychodrama, Secrets, Violence/Violent
112
R
High
M
White / European
50
Average
"A Prayer Before Dawn" (2017), "Rocky" (1976), "Southpaw" (2015), "Jungleland" (2019), "Cape Fear" (1991)
Present, Flashbacks to the 80s / A Few Weeks
Exteriors: Nevada Highway, Ranch Roads, Reno Neighborhood Streets, Car Int/Ext, Vegas Streets, High School Field
Reno: Reno Casino Bar / Ray’s Home: Bathroom, Bedroom, Garage, Large Yard, Stables, Porch / Reno Courtroom: Judges Chambers, Courtroom, Parking Lot / Reno Boxing Gym / Restaurant / Vacant Building
Las Vegas: Rhodes Boxing Gym / High Desert State Prison: Yard, Boxing Ring, Dorms, Visitation Room / Luxor: Casino, Hotel Room / MGM Arena: Tunnel, Dressing Room, Stadium, Stands
Other Nevada Locations: Washoe District Attorney’s Office / Public Defender’s Office / Carson Plaza Hotel: Ballroom, Hallways / Las Vegas Airport, Plane / Hospital: ICU, Hallway, Commissary / Pena Condo
Olympic Campus, CO: Training Center, Lobby, Atrium, Boxing Gym, Gym Office, Hotel, Pub, Exam Hall, Theater Stage, Hallways, Gymnasium, Locker Room, Stands, Press Table, Executive Building, Conference Room, Apartment
South Korea: Incheon Stadium
A car is overturned by the side of a highway.
A major Vegas boxing match is under way. RAY TENNYSON (50), the referee, briefs two fighters. The match begins. Two large, tattooed men watch on. After, Ray goes to a bar then home to his wife, CONNIE (40s).
In a Reno courtroom, Ray is the judge of a case. Ray makes a point that he never rechecks things, whether it be court transcripts or fight replays.
Ray instructs a room full of boxers. He catches tiny details. HOOVER (Adult), athletic commissioner, reveals Ray is considering opening a boxing gym and approaching retirement.
KURT REDFORD, another commissioner, offers Ray the opportunity to be an Olympic referee. Ray excitedly agrees to try out.
At Ray's retirement party, GRAHAM YATES (60s) mentions CAMERON MILLS (20s), an ex-convict that Ray sentenced years ago. Ray pretends not to remember.
In a flashback, the trial of Cameron Mills is shown. He is 17 when sentenced for drug counts and vehicular homicide. He mentions boxing and is implied to have attacked Ray at the end.
In present times, Ray goes to the Olympic campus. He sees DANNY PENA (40s), a friend and fellow ref.
Kurt walks Ray through paperwork...
A major Vegas boxing match is under way. RAY TENNYSON (50), the referee, briefs two fighters. The match begins. Two large, tattooed men watch on. After, Ray goes to a bar then home to his wife, CONNIE (40s).
In a Reno courtroom, Ray is the judge of a case. Ray makes a point that he never rechecks things, whether it be court transcripts or fight replays.
Ray instructs a room full of boxers. He catches tiny details. HOOVER (Adult), athletic commissioner, reveals Ray is considering opening a boxing gym and approaching retirement.
KURT REDFORD, another commissioner, offers Ray the opportunity to be an Olympic referee. Ray excitedly agrees to try out.
At Ray's retirement party, GRAHAM YATES (60s) mentions CAMERON MILLS (20s), an ex-convict that Ray sentenced years ago. Ray pretends not to remember.
In a flashback, the trial of Cameron Mills is shown. He is 17 when sentenced for drug counts and vehicular homicide. He mentions boxing and is implied to have attacked Ray at the end.
In present times, Ray goes to the Olympic campus. He sees DANNY PENA (40s), a friend and fellow ref.
Kurt walks Ray through paperwork...