Golf exec summary.

1. G.O.L.F.
“Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden”
Executive Summary
LOGLINE: “G.O.L.F.” is a high-pitched comedy about PGA loser, McKenzie “Mighty Puddy” McFadden,
who gets a second chance at the big time. An unlikely hero, he redeems himself with a little help from the ghost
of his Scottish forefathers.
Writer/Director: David Michael O'Neill (“The Black Tulip” “Player 5150,” “Five Aces”)
D.P.: Patrice Lucien Cochet (“Untitled Mark Webber Project,” “Explicit Ills” )
Cast: Might Puddy - Christopher McDonald (“Twylight Zones,” “Balls to the Wall”)
Melvin Dealer - Tom Berenger (“Faster,” “Inception”)
Mialani – TBD
Speck - Jason 'Wee Man' Acuna (“Jackass”)
Milton Stonehouse – Bob Gunton (“The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Shawshank Redemption”)
Featured Music By: Tower of Power
Location: Ontario, CAN
Principal Photography – Summer 2011
SYNOPSIS
“GOLF” is high-pitched comedy about PGA one-time winner, now full-time loser, McKenzie “Mighty Puddy”
McFadden who gets a second chance at the big-time. A direct heir- descendent from the forefathers of Golf itself,
Puddy’s Ancestor’s blood line has come with just a bit of a hiccup, a curse i.e., a curse that has put a stake right
through his professional efforts and has landed him presently overseeing a weed-infested miniature golf course
lorded by a surly, not so attractive, trailer-living maiden who cuts shrewd sexually harassing deals as a way so
that Puddy can make the rental and utility payment.
But an ounce of hope does arrive for poor old Mighty Puddy as one-time manager, con-man Melvin Dealer
shows up at the last minute unexpectedly and offers McKenzie McFadden a second opportunity of a lifetime i.e.,
a high profile Pro-Am tournament that can redeem the fallen star’s reputation and put him on top once more. But
the relationship between the two men has been strained and Melvin’s motives are always suspect at best.
Making a narrow escape from the confines of his trailer-trash suite at the weed infested “Putt Putt Corral” Puddy
fortuitously discovers at the local driving range, his game is gone, over, long since gone. He can’t keep a ball
straight on the fairway to save his life. He’s in trouble and knows it. His second chance at the life he once had
begins to fade. With a game which is less than average at best and a reputation that is chauvinistic and repugnant
at its absolute worst, Puddy seems to be straight on the one-way E-train right back to Palluckaville.
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2. But his fortunes are about to change as strained as they may unfold. Facing overwhelming odds with a Country
Club Owner who hates everything Puddy McFadden, an ex-wife who won’t let their kid around him, a vengeful
competitor in the name of O’Toole and half of dozen court appointed teen-age renegades, Puddy finds the way to
address his past. Now on a collision course with his own 1000 year old Ancestors, the curse put upon them and
the same Ancestor’s curse that has beleaguered him and his father’s, father’s before him, Puddy is given the key
to his salvation. But first he must reconcile his own debacle of setting aside a men’s only lounge called,
“Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden” (GOLF). It appears to be the same thread his forefathers tried when they
were straining to rid their hag wives away in 1052 A.D.. Fending for their lives with shaft like clubs, keeping
their angry wives at bay with 1st tee swings and heavy Scottish sod, golf itself was more or less born.
Now with the largest tournament of his life on the line, a nemesis competitor who is actually married to his ex-
wife and raising his own son Andy, Puddy gets a little help from his very own Scottish forefathers who’ve been
held in a curse-like purgatory in search of the one who can lift the “Curse of the Hags” and set them free.
PUDDY!!
With the second day of the tournament unfolding, Puddy finds himself pitted against his rival. Little does he
know, the lifting of the generation’s curse upon him and his forefathers, demands that peace be made between
the feuding cousins. As it turns out, Puddy's most fierce rival, O’Toole, is that very distant cousin tied to the
original forefathers and the original curse. He must make an honorary gesture to his rival.
With the gallery and the world watching, Puddy does make the gesture to his rival, he sinks the one in a million
shot and just does win the tournament. As he turns to the applauding crowd, his son Andy is revealed, his love
Mialani awaits and the renegade teenagers are reunited with their weary parents.
Puddy is now back on top…
THE TEAM
David Michael O'Neill -Writer/Director/Producer
Graduating from the University of Oregon, David received a post-graduate scholarship from the renowned
American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and pursued a career in theater, television and film.
His interests in screenwriting came a number of years later when his first adapted screenplay, Jack London's
period epoch "Martin Eden" was purchased by Academy Award winning, Panorama Film's Int'l's, Just Betzer.
Panorama subsequently hired O'Neill to write three more adapted works; famed author William Wharton's novel
Last Lovers (Birdy, Dad, Once Upon a Midnight Clear); Marilyn, a novel by Hans Lembourne, which tells the
story of the author's own love affair with the iconic American actress, and lastly scribing the English version of
Betzer's own prized Academy Award winning Danish film “Babette's Feast” which was originally adapted from
Isaak Denison's (Out of Africa) novel of the same name.
O'Neill was then contracted to write the period epoch screenplay “Lady Godiva” for Santa Monica Pictures in
which he conducted extensive research throughout Europe. Soon after he was hired on as part of the Santa
Monica Pictures development staff. O'Neill then went on to pen the Pulitzer nominated Richard Jessup novel
Threat for Nick Cassavetes, Charlie Sheen and “Return of the Jedi” producer Howard Kazanjian's Ventura Films.
Ultimately focusing on his desire to direct, O'Neill went on to write and direct his next two independent feature
films, “Five Aces” (distributed by 20th Century Fox) starring Charlie Sheen and “Player 5150” (distributed by
First Look Studios) starring Chris McDonald, Bob Gunton, Ethan Embry and Kathleen Robertson.
O'Neill's latest finished work was a four year long writing effort in collaboration with Sonia Nassery Cole on
independent feature, “The Black Tulip”. Tulip was shot in Kabul Afghanistan in the winter of 2009 and tells the
story of a family who opens a restaurant after the fall of the Taliban and is subsequently targeted by those
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3. factional elements. The film was selected by the Afghanistan Film Commission to be its official entry in the
2011 Academy Awards for best Foreign Film category.
Michael Hamilton -Wright - Producer
Mr. Wright has been involved in the entertainment industry for the last twenty years. After graduating from
Concordia University with B.A. in Economics, Mr. Wright started his film career on various independent film
productions as a production assistant and production manager.
Mr. Wright was then recruited in 1988 to an overseas job in London as the International Distribution Coordinator
for Nelson Entertainment. In 1990 Mr. Wright moved to Los Angeles where, thanks to a relationship built with
actor Ed Harris, he landed a job at Triad Artists. At Triad Mr. Wright worked as a Talent & Literary Packaging
Coordinator. From Triad, Mr. Wright went on to work at Samuel Goldwyn Films in Foreign Sales. During this
time, Mr. Wright wrote the action sci-fi feature “Retroactive” which premiered on HBO.
Following this, Mr. Wright created his first media company Banana Brothers Entertainment, which produced Mr.
Wright’s screenplay “Dangerous Attraction.” Subsequently, he went on to write and produce “Fool’s Gold,” the
first online, live action interactive game on the internet with Ninth House. Following this, Mr. Wright wrote and
directed “Stephen King’s Mangler 2 “ for Lionsgate.
Recently, Mr. Wright was the Executive Producer of the film “Marigold” which had a successful theatrical run in
the US and Canada. Mr. Wright also produced the sci-fi thriller of “Dark Reprieve.” Additionally, Mr. Wright
wrote the romantic comedy “Baby On Board” starring Heather Graham, Jerry O’Connell and John Corbett.
Mr. Wright has also recently branched off into the TV series world recently finishing the TV comedy pilot “The
Future Life of Jake” which he co-created, wrote and executive produced. As well, he is the Executive Producer
on the just completed TV comedy pilot “The Trainer” which is being distributed by Park Entertainment in the
U.K.
Mr. Wright also wrote and produced the upcoming family dog comedy, “The Dogfather” which is currently in
release through Image Entertainment and is in post production on the teen comedy “I Suck At This” which is set
for a 2011 release.
Lynn Mooney - Executive Producer
Ms. Mooney began her career at Harmony Gold, a leading international television sales and production company
ultimately becoming vice president of international distribution, responsible for all aspects of acquisitions and
the sale of theatrical, home video, merchandising and basic, pay and free television product. She went on to
work with film companies Transatlantic Entertainment, Dream Entertainment and was a founding partner of
Shoreline Entertainment a company specializing in worldwide distribution and production finance. This is where
she established excellent relationships with MGM/UA, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney, Universal,
New Line Cinema and Columbia Pictures, as well as, banking relationships with Imperial Bank of California,
Co-America, NATEXIS Banque and Union Bank of California.
Ms. Mooney proceeded to create Perspective Pictures where she was a member of a management team that
raised funds totaling over $50M for feature film financing. She worked extensively with companies such as
Kintop Pictures (Buena Vista Social Club, Bend It Like Beckham, Million Dollar Hotel with Mel Gibson) and
other respected producers in the industry. She was also involved in the securitization and development of literary
properties for production including the $10M feature film “Gone to Earth”, to be directed by Rebecca Miller, and
executive produced by Daniel Day Lewis. Under her current Eclectic Media Group banner she consults for a
wide range of producers and distributors, in the areas of worldwide production, co-production, acquisitions and
sales with a specific focus on the construction of innovative finance structures. She has worked on projects,
ranging from $1M - $40M with producers and directors such as Alexandra Rose ("Frankie and Johnny");
producer, Stepahanie Austin (“Sahara”); producer Jib Pohemus (“Lara Croft: Tombraider,” “The Mechanic”).
She has also lectured on film distribution and financing at Chapman University graduate film conservancy, and
is a board member of the newly formed Asian film workshop program, Learn Film Asia.
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4. Patrice Lucien Cochet - D.P.
Patrice Lucien Cochet was born in Paris, France and is now represented by The Gersh Agency. He studied
Cinematography at The American Film Institute where he received an MFA in Cinematography in 1999. Cochet
has photographed numerous feature length films. "Better Luck Tomorrow" and "The Good Life," both coming of
age feature dramas, were in the prestigious official dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002
and 2007. The cast of “The Good Life” includes Mark Webber ( Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Harry Dean
Stanton (Big Love), Zooey Deschanel (500 Days of Summer), Bill Paxton (Big Love) and Chris Klein
(American Pie). "Explicit Ills," a social drama directed by Mark Webber, recieved a Special Jury Award for Best
Cinematography at the 2009 SXSW film festival. Cast members include Paul Dano (There will be blood) and
Rosario Dawson (Seven Pounds). "Player 5150", a drama, directed by David Michael O'Neill includes Kelly
Carlson, Kathleen Robertson, and Christopher McDonald. Cochet is currently shooting principal photography on
the Mark Webber Untitled project, which include cast members Michael Cera, Amanda Seyfried, Jason Ritter,
and Shannyn Sossamon. Cochet is currently in pre-production on the cop/thriller/drama "killing at Paradise
Yard" which will be his 2nd collaboration with director Cartney Wearn (Pray for Morning). He is also embarking
on his second collaboration with director John Simon on the Feature Drama “Nothing More than Murder”.
Cochet has also shot numerous, commercials, music videos and TV series. Cochet joined the prestigious
Sundance Director's Lab to work with selected directors with their visual approach to story telling in 2009. You
can see reviews and work samples at www.mydp.com
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