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Bedsheet Man

Bradenton, Florida | Film Feature

Comedy, Drama

David Schultz

1 Campaigns | California, United States

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This movie is about the pain that comes from losing a child to suicide and the abnormal way one man deals with his grief - through becoming a superhero. Seeking revenge from the person he thinks drove his son to suicide - our hero is determined to become the hero his son always wanted him to be.

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Mission Statement

The lead character in our story is on the hunt for the person who pushed his son to suicide. He comes to believe it's the step-dad to his son. They do not share the same race and once he learns of the step-dad's innocence - he realizes his own racial bias kept him blind from seeing the truth.

The Story

 ****JUST FOR "FOLLOWING" YOU WILL GET A CREDIT in the movie! That's right! for being a follower/supporter of the campaign you will get a credit in the movie! YIPPEE!
 
 
THE STORY:
 
THE LONGER STORY:
 
Phillip Evans is grieving. His teenage son, Aden, has committed suicide. Searching for hope and answers he begins digging through old mementos and memories to discover an old box of mini-dv tapes that belonged to Aden. 
 
Medicating himself on booze and depression - Phillip watches the tapes over and over and over again. He just wants to feel close to his son. 
 
Through the old footage, Phillip discovers an old game that he used to play with his son, "Bedsheet Man." This sparks the idea to become what his son always wanted him to be: a real superhero.
 
This catapults Phillip into fighting crime and his demons, while he goes on the hunt for the truth behind his son's suicide. Why did his son kill himself?
 
This is an important film for fathers and sons - really for parents and children. It's real and redemptive. It's hard but hopeful. 
 
In our age when every other movie in the theaters is a "superhero" we can't escape the fact that our culture is obsessed with "superheroes." So what does make a superhero - a real life superhero? Throughout our story, Phillip will find out. 
 
 
 
THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY:
 
On April 26th, 2015 my Grandma died on her birthday. My grandma did a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of raising me, and also provided some calm in the midst of the storm that was called "my childhood"...so to say we were close is an understatement.
 
Losing her was tough. 
 
Before the year would end I would lose someone else very near and dear to my heart - my childhood best friend, Kyle. He was 35. He died of a rare brain disease.
 
 
 
This was also the year I made a new friend, "Jake." Jake warned me that he was dying, and yet we fought together to see that he did every thing he could to stay alive. A few months ago Jake lost his battle to his illness.
 
 
 
An inescapable subject for me has been grief. And I wrote this feature film, also with my friend Andy, really as a way to cope with my own grief. And through coping as I wrote this screenplay I found hope and it's a hope that I want to share with others through this fictional story. 
 
THE CREW
 
 David Leo Schultz - Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, piercing blue eyes
 
Andy Maier - Writer, & charming as hell
 
 
Ryan Bodie - Director of Photography, Producer, also comes in color
 
 
Tom Hanks & Steven Spielberg - They have nothing to do with this movie.
 
(A picture I took at the Q&A time after a screening Bridge of Spies. )
 
Jessie Stith - Editor, Producer , works at the daily prophet
 
Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, & Steve Martin - Actors....that have nothing to do with this movie.
 
 
 
Danielle Mamagona - Producer, Social Media Guru, likes to smile
 
 
 
DAN REID - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (not me the smiling ass clown taking a selfie...the dude in the green shirt - this is us all on the set of the short film version of the feature). Dan's the reason we've gotten this far. He's provided all of our equipment. Without him we wouldn't be able to make a film for this little. We love Dan. Dan has also has a NEW PHOTO COMING SOON...HIS APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN SET AT GLAMOUR SHOTS)
 
Tim Vaccaro - Producer, First A.C., comes with Head Lamp (batteries not included).
 
BALAZS GERCSAK - Camera Dept, Grip Dept, takes pictures of things that takes pictures
 
Where Lincoln was shot. Too soon?
 
 Monique Mclaughlin - Hair & Makeup Artist
 

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Catering

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money for crew

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We need to pay our crew to make the movie

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Location Budget

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We need a small location budget for the movie

Budget for Cast

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We need actors.

Hard Drives

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We will need hard drives and some misc expendables

cop car

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We need 1-2 cop cars (picture cars) for the movie.

bar

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We need 3-4 bars for the movie.

Elementary School

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WE NEED THE EXT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE MOVIE.

CAMERA CRANE

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TO ADD MUCH NEEDED PRODUCTION VALUE TO OUR GREAT STORY.

DOLLY

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TO ADD MUCH NEEDED PRODUCTION VALUE TO OUR GREAT STORY.

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