Dorfman, with Gentle Dog, a short - Scottsdale

Dorfman (USA)
Director: Brad Leong
Comedy 94 minutes, English
Screenings:
Harkins Camelview 5 Thurs. Feb. 14th, 7 PM
You've heard it: "We are just more of what we were when younger." But what if you are only 27 years old, single, insecure, and socially inept? What if you are still living at home in the La suburbs, supposedly the perfect daughter, caring for your recently widowed Father, a cranky man more Jewish Mother-of-guilt than any Jewish Mother; and to your embarrassment, tossing off politically… Show more incorrect one-liners? What if you are an able accountant, but still the work horse, and scape goat for everything and everyone, in your brother's agency? Is this all there is? Is this to be your life, Deb Dorfman? Is this all there is to the movie? Not on your life, Festival goers! You have heard it: "location, location" is everything. Well, come see how a chance, temporary, move to revitalize downtown La, vitalized Deb. Like Deb, meet a delightful, irrepressible cast of characters. The wise, older woman, the innocently wild and wicked models, and of course, the mysterious stranger, swarthy and alluring in the mail room. After all, the setting is "tinsel town." So what better location for a charming romantic comedy and foreseen dreams come true?
Preceded by:
Gentle Dog (Israel)
Director: David Shadi-Comedy-10 minutes, Hebrew w/English subtitles.
Man meets woman. Woman takes man home. Man meets Great Dane. Woof!
Sponsored by Scottsdale International Film Festival
Guest Speaker at Camelview 5
Wendy Kout, Writer of Dorfman
Writer/Producer Wendy Kout has created unique characters in a variety of mediums, spanning film, television and theatre.
In film, Wendy wrote and developed projects for Laura Ziskin, Barbra Streisand, John Hughes, Universal, Columbia, Tristar and Disney.
In television, Wendy created and was the Executive Producer on the hit ABC show, Anything But Love, staring Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis. She also wrote for or developed projects for Paul Reiser, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, ABC, CBS, NBC and Lifetime Television.
In theatre, Wendy's second play, Naked In Encino, will have its World Premiere in Denver on Nov. 2, 2012 with And Toto too Theatre Company producing and Susan Lyles directing. Wendy's first play, Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Helen Gahagan Douglas, co-written with Michele Willens, was a 2006 O'Neill Conference Finalist, was nominated for the Weissberger Award and has had standing-room-only readings throughout the country which have benefited the Nation Magazine, People for the American Way and National Women's Law Center.
Wendy has served on the Board of The Liberty Hill Foundation in Los Angeles, the Fund for Santa Barbara, and the Social Justice Award panel for the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
Wendy's latest original screenplay, Dorfman, reflects her belief that transformation is possible even in
Los Angeles.
Short
Camelview 5
Gentle Dog (Israel)
Director: David Shadi Comedy 10 minutes, Hebrew w/English Subtitles
Man meets woman. Woman takes man home. Man meets Great Dane. Woof!
Sponsored by Scottsdale International Film Festival.

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