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Almost a half century in the business and this guy can't get his script read.
W o w.
That's pretty cr@ppy of his agent to not even pretend to peddle it or point him in the direction of someone that can tweak it until it's marketable, as if the guy doesn't already have a pretty good idea already.
Just curious: is the problem he can't get read? Or is it his pitch? Or is it the script? Any way of knowing?
Whenever I look at directors or writers on IMDB, I often notice that even though they might have broken through with a film we all recognize, it seems usually they go many, many years between produced projects. It seems extremely tough to come up with a script/story idea that will get financed even if you're already through the door. Just wondering.
That's pretty cr@ppy of his agent to not even pretend to peddle it or point him in the direction fo someone that can tweak it until it's marketable, as if the guy doesn't already have a pretty good idea already.
I think John Hawkes was the only cast member that had any marketable star power in the film.
What a tough row to hoe for the rest of us with more hopes than street cred under our belt.
Larry indicated to me that agents are more secular than I thought. His agent deals strictly with actors. Hence, zero interest in helping a client develop their own script. Agents specialize to seemingly ridiculous degrees in many cases. Switching agents is like starting all over, and not in the good way. I've heard that's happened to successful writing teams that broke up too. As individuals, executives treated them as noobs. Why? Because no one knew which was the "talented" one.
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Just curious: is the problem he can't get read? Or is it his pitch? Or is it the script? Any way of knowing?
I didn't ask Larry for his pitch. I'm sure he welcomed a casual break from it. As did I. Larry told me he fired his agent due to zero interest in promoting his script around town. I'm sure the 70 year old actor doesn't want to pound the pavement, like a rookie. So, his plan was to recruit a new agent and/or manager for his project. I'm not in any position to further his goal. So, I didn't waste his time by asking him details. Honestly, as a rank amateur, I was dying to know though!
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So Mr. Hankin does not have representation at the moment? Because AEF is still listed as his representative...
I didn't press Larry for details as to how long it's been. But, he did make it pretty clear to me he was there looking for a new agent. Given the context, his "departure"from the agency sounded pretty recent.
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