Jane Anderson

Madison -- The Miss Madison may have seen better days, but she's about to go out in a blaze of glory. The pride of Madison, Indiana, the dilapidated hydroplane's been entered in the 1971 Gold Cup Championship race, whose $50,000 prize money has been raised by the town itself

Normal -- Normal is a story about a failure writer who admires russian literature, specially Feodor Dostoievskiy s 'Crime and Punishment'. Throughout his journey around Stockholm, Sweden, Copenhagen, Denmark, Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, this writer shows us the most interesting places of these four cities, that represents, each one in its own way, a very important geographical, socioeconomic and political strategic point for the whole world. On his way to discover these cities, he shows the audience what they are all about, his goal is to write a novel that grants him a Nobel Prize, but he does not quite get right through writing something he likes but pieces of historical, touristic or biographical information about the places he visit. Our writer also tells us about himself, he tells his own story, he talks, not very willingly, about his past, present and future, he just does it to get it out of his system, just as a catharsis. But, as further he gets, and more he learns about the cities he visits, his writing crisis toughens, because he can not write anything he likes, he can not write something useful for a Nobel worth novel, he becomes desperate and desperate, and he risks missing out what he can learn and enjoy in these gorgeous and very wonderful cities, he gets an only in a lifetime chance to visit. He thinks that his own life has been painful, but not interesting enough for the people to let them know it, he is wrong.

Screenwriters ranging from newcomers to living legends share their triumphs and hardships in this probing, insightful, and often hilarious odyssey through the world of movie storyingtelling. Candid and unafraid to name names, dozens of participants reveal the fascinating creative adventures that gave birth to notorious flops and beloved classics. The storytellers include Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"), and Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver").

When his wealthy grandfather dies, trust fund baby Jason Stevens anticipates a big inheritance. Instead, his grandfather has devised a crash course on life with twelve tasks – or “gifts” – designed to challenge Jason in improbable ways, sending him on a journey of self-discovery and forcing him to determine what is most important in life: money or happiness.