COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: HUSTLE FOR THE BUCKLE, by Ross Langil (interview)
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A down-on-their-luck women's rugby sevens team must win the prize money from the beer drinking-est rugby tournament, or else their club, and team, will fold.
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CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Char: Geoff Mays
Jen: Hannah Ehman
Asha: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Get to know the writer:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Hustle for the Buckle is about a down-on-their-luck women's rugby sevens team who must win the prize money from the beer drinking-est rugby tournament, or else their club, and team, will fold.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
Sports Comedy.
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
Hustle for the Buckle should definitely be made into a movie for three reasons. 1, it showcases an amazingly underrated sport. Rugby 7s is a fast-paced, action packed sport that takes place all in the span of 14 minute matches! 2, Hustle for the Buckle showcases strong women in sports. There aren't enough good female sports movies out there, and Hustle for the Buckle puts the talents of expert female athletes on display! 3, It's pure entertainment! When was the last movie that had hard-hitting action sports mixed with beer drinking antics, all lead by a female cast?!
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
Pure Fun!
5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
The Prestige
6. How long have you been working on this screenplay?
I'd say the better part of 4 years
7. How many stories have you written?
I have a solid 7 or 8 fully Finished scripts
8. What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
Wake Me Up - Avicii
9. What obstacles did you face to finish this screenplay?
I think just time realistically. Finding the time to come back to it, edit it, and finish over the years while managing to try and balance work, family, friends, and life.
10. Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I love sports! I played rugby for over 15 years. But, unfortunately had to stop because of too many concussions. But, I love watching sports. The Olympics, hokcey, rugby. I lvoe ebing active getting outdoors, and playing team sports!
11. You entered your screenplay via FilmFreeway. What has been your experiences working with the submission platform site?
FilmFreeway has been super easy to use. Very intuitive and just helps limit the time and complications of submitting to festivals.
12. What influenced you to enter the festival? What were your feelings on the initial feedback you received?
I enter the festival because I was looking for a festival that could offer more than just a selection into the festival. With the opportunity to hear actors perfofrma section fo the screenplay was a great incentive to submit; and I am very happy that I did!
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