Please find attached a casting call for the Spy Hop Pitch Nic film: "In
Extremity". Auditions will be held May 31 and June 3. This is a student film;
Pitch Nic is a well known and prestigious program that has been recognized at
multiple film festivals.
INEXTREMITY
CASTING CALL
LOCATION: Spy Hop Productions, 511 W 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Contact to Schedule an Appointment: (801) 656-9449 (walk-ins also welcome)
markham2020@gmail.com
TIME: Friday, May 31, 2013 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Monday, June 3, 2013 4:00PM - 7:00 PM
Please be prepared to perform lines from our script as designated below.
SYNOPSIS
Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope is the thing with feathers”, In Extremity follows
Detective McIlroy as he attempts to uncover the mysterious death of multi-millionaire playboy
Ethan Wells. By the end, however, McIlroy will have discovered a secret life of Ethan’s that will
completely alter the course of his investigation.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
Detective McIlroy, 40-50 years old, average build
A detective, always found wearing a fedora, McIlroy is
typically a pessimistic, hardened, easily angered man who absorbs himself
into every case he investigates.
Ethan Wells, 25-35 years old, of a healthy build, lean, dark hair, caucasian
Ethan Wells is your prototypical, multi-millionaire playboy,
but as the story evolves, we learn that Ethan has a humanitarian side when
McIlroy discover’s his secret life of helping those in need.
James Brooks, 50-70 years old,elderly, past his prime
An incredibly intelligent stock broker, he finds himself on
the streets after the recession. Ethan helps him to get off the streets and
rise to become the President of Wells Enterprises.
Jonathan Wells, 60-70 years old, wiry, well kept, white hair, caucasian (Non-Speaking)
Ruthless businessman, CEO of Wells Enterprises, he has
a broken relationship with his son and cares only for his deceased wife
and his money.
Female Reporter, 20-30 years old, attractive
News reporter reporting on the death of Ethan Wells.
Hitman, 20-35 years old, athletic (Non-speaking role)
The man who McIlroy pins down as the murder of Ethan Wells.
Sides are below...Please let Craze know if cast good luck!
ETHAN WELLS
INT. ETHAN’S APARTMENT (POV OF ETHAN’S CAMCORDER) - EVENING
(PAST)
ETHAN
I had lived the first twenty-seven years of my
life completely lost. Living it up, as I thought,
at nightclubs with all the alcohol and women a
man could want.
Ethan shifts uncomfortably on the bedside.
That was what I wanted. The life I thought I
wanted. Money was an accessory to me. And it was
my awareness of that which changed me. You know,
it amazes me to this day, of all the mistakes I
made, the thing that got me into trouble, the
money, was what pulled me out. I will never
forget that night…
Ethan looks DIRECTLY into the camera.
ETHAN
The glass is always half full. He saved my life.
This man could have seen the bad in me, could
have left me passed out in the street to fend for
myself. God knows I deserved it. But he didn’t.
He gave me a second chance. That is something,
Detective, I would like you to take to mind.
Everybody, good or bad, deserves a chance,
deserves to be seen as at least the glass half
full. If you can’t understand that, then this
will have all been for nothing.
JAMES BROOKS
BROOKS (V.O.)
Once the stock market had crashed, I was done
for, there was nowhere for me to go but to the
bottom- to the streets.
INT. BROOKS’ OFFICE (PAST)
Brooks pauses for a response from MCILROY, and then continues
when he remains silent.
But I never gave up. I never lost hope. I
continued to practice everything I knew about
economics and even managed to get better than I
had ever been before. The numbers were my only
friends-
Brooks begins to tear up, becoming very emotional.
That is until Ethan showed up.
BROOKS (V.O.)
He saw something in me that those who tossed me
to the curb never did. He put me back on my feet
and pushed me to succeed.(laughs, still emotional
though) You should know he didn’t hand me this
position as President of Wells Enterprises on a
platter. Jonathan Wells doesn’t exactly have the
heart his son had-
I worked tirelessly to get this job, but Ethan
was at my side the entire ride. God do I miss
that kid. To think this world lost a saint and it
doesn’t even know it.
DETECTIVE MCILROY
INT. PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM (PRESENT)
MCILROY
When Ethan began using corporate funds from Wells
Enterprises to help those in need... a ticking
time bomb waiting to go off.ETHAN was willing to
give his father a second chance, let him walk
free, but I was not so forgiving.Ethan will still
have what he wanted. ETHAN’s claim of suicide
will easily let his father walk clean. Ethan
hoped his father would see past the numbers, see
the faces of the people whose lives were changed
thanks to his work.
MCILROY, retrieves a folded-up piece of paper from his pocket
(it is Emily Dickinson’ poem)
MCILROY
ETHAN’s greatest hope of all, however, was that
the world never lose hope, never forget these
words:
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm –
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea –
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me.
WOMAN REPORTER
WOMAN REPORTER
(On TV)
ETHAN WELLS, son of JOHNATHAN WELLS, C.E.O. of
Wells Enterprises, was found dead this morning on
the steps of the Cathedral downtown. WELLS,
infamous for his playboy lifestyle and clashes
with the media, was twenty-eight years old…