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Posted by: Don, May 7th, 2015, 5:20pm
Rogue Lawman: The Hanging Tree by Peter Brandvold - Western - After his son is hanged by demented outlaw "Three Fingers" Ned Meade, and his bereaved wife commits suicide, a deputy U.S. marshal in the frontier west goes rogue to handle Meade and all other outlaws the criminal justice system is too weak to stand against. Based on the bestselling series of novels by Peter Brandvold. 109 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: Marty, November 8th, 2017, 10:40am; Reply: 1
Peter,

You obviously know how to write so I'm not going to bother with that aspect.

Question:
Is this meant to be a screenplay for a feature or is this meant to be for television?
If it is for a feature, eliminate all of the TEASER, ACT I, END OF ACT I, stuff.
If it is for television, keep it.

I would suggest removing Page 2 of your screenplay.
While you should be proud of all your work, endorsing it in your screenplay is not common.
It would be like John Hughes writing Home Alone and listing; The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Sixteen Candles and so on in his title page.
That is just my opinion.

Best of luck to you with your current and future projects.

All the best,
Marty
Posted by: HyperMatt, March 28th, 2018, 7:41am; Reply: 2
Agree with getting rid of the page 2 bit, it is really self-flattering.
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