A Death in Brooklyn

a screenplay

by H W Freedman

© Copyright 1994 by Author

 

LOGLINE:

David, age 9, has to come to terms with the loss of his parents, his relationship with the neurotic aunt and uncle he is forced to live with, and with Mr G, age 75, a stranger he meets by chance the same day his father dies.

 

Time:	1960.
Place:	Brooklyn, NY
Settings:	Various locations in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, including a lower middle-class apartment; Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Vacant Lot in Flatbush Brooklyn, middle-class house in Cedarhust, Long Island; NYC Subway.
Cast Breakdown - Main Character:	3 Males (ages 9, 50, 70's); 3 Female (ages 15, 50's)