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Awards & Recognitions
From Bedside finished in the TOP 15% at the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
From Bedside finished in the TOP 20% at the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
Screenplay by Fred Goldstein & Mark Violi
Drama Feature
Log Line:
Fred is a young teacher already jaded with the system and reconsidering his career choice. But when he agrees to tutor Steven, a teenager suffering from a rare form of bone cancer, they forge a unique bedside bond causing Fred to reevaluate his capabilities and reinvest himself in teaching. Based on the true story.
Brief Synopsis:
Fred Goldstein is a young English teacher in the Philadelphia suburbs jaded with the system and considering alternative careers. When Fred takes on a home instruction assignment tutoring Steven Estep, a thirteen-year-old suffering from a rare form of cancer, he resolves to make the time they spend together special.
Fred organizes several remarkable educational and motivational activities for Steven including a call to the Director of the FBI, a celebrity basketball game and a botched attempt to interview Richard Nixon. Through this, Fred becomes closer to Steven than he ever expected.
With Steven’s health failing, Fred is forced to look at a deeper meaning of friendship and discovers new potential for reaching all his students.
Based on the book From Bedside by Fred Goldstein.
What They’re Saying…
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This script is very unique, the concept is great and perfect for a drama. It’s even more interesting because it’s based on a true story.
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This script was almost perfect, the concept is great, the story is great. The characters exhibited change and they were not one dimensional.
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The dialogue was spot on and well thought out, just a great script overall.
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Written by Fred Goldstein & Mark Violi. Rights held by the authors.
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