MONTE PICTURES ©

Pursue the Possibilities…© July 2008

Javier
Serrano’s
Oscar dream:
to be honored
as the first
Hispanic to
win Best
Director.

© Monte
A message from the Founder

July is here. I cannot believe how fast this year is going; I

remember it was just like yesterday when I was celebrating
New Year’s Eve at home with family and friends. But, I
simply cannot argue the fact that I am pleased because
INSIDE:
July is here: my birthday on the twenty-third of this
month. Once a year, I compose three “Special Edition” Page 2
newsletters. One, in February, to honor the birth of Monte “How to Write…”
Pictures, and secondly, to honor the annual Academy
Awards. Thirdly, in July, to honor my birth month since I Page 3
am the creator and founder of Monte Pictures I deserve July 23 BDays
several recognitions for my contribution, dedication, and
my hard work that goes into each monthly newsletters.
Also, I want to take this opportunity to inform you on some Page 4
great news. I am introducing Josh Roybal in this “Special Film Reviews
Edition,” we’ve been composing a new script called
“Crybaby,” in the next issue of Monte Pictures a short
synopsis will be available. I am extremely honored to be
working with Mr. Roybal; I call his contribution, “a star in © Photos are copyright
the making.” So, I hope you enjoy this month’s issue and by Google
like always: I wish you and your family great health.
Email:
- Javier Serrano info@montepictures.com
www.montepictures.com
How to write a Screenplay….

The fundamental rules to writing a screenplay are quite simple: first you need a story;
secondly, you need to establish characters; thirdly, you need to write 90 to 120 pages
minimum; and lastly, the most important rule of writing a screenplay is to make your
movie cheap. Below is an example from my screenplay “Breakaway,” I hope you will
write your story into a screenplay and you never know I may be the one to purchase your
movie. Also, very important, the font must be Courier or Courier New and the size must
be 12 no smaller or larger.

FADE IN:

INT. BEDROOM – NIGHT

Olivia, early twenties, lies in the bed. SNORING, nearby, it

is her husband; she reaches over to her nightstand. Her right
eye is swollen; a LARGE bruise circulates her eye.

INT. BATHROOM – NIGHT

Olivia turns on the light and closes the door lightly

without making a sound. She opens the medicine cabinet and
reaches for ointment to stop the swelling.

INT. CHILDREN’S ROOM – NIGHT

Olivia enters her children’s room and immediately hurries to

the closet. Two packed suit cases wait. She walks to the
bed and uncovers the blanket. A boy, eight, and girl, six,
lie in the bed dead asleep.

OLIVIA
(Shakes the little girl)
Elaine? Wake up, its mommy.

ELAINE
Mommy, what’s happening?

OLIVIA
Sweetheart, we have to go.
Wake your brother for me
while I get your shoes.

Seconds later, Elaine grabs her pillow from underneath her

and hits her brother over the face.
 JULY 23
Daniel Radcliffe
Was born on July
23, 1984. You may
recognize him in
J.K. Rowling’s

frida
Harry Potter. He
has cumulated his
earnings of more
than $50 million
dollars (US) for five
Harry Potter films. 2002. Directed by Julie Taymor. Salma Hayek
embarked on a seven year journey to visually adapt
the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo onto the big
screen. Hayek was absolutely stunning and ravishing
in this bio film, which I had felt it was underrated
by the Academy Awards, however, it won six
Academy Award nominations. I felt that if Salma
Hayek would of performed in Spanish, the native
tongue of Frida Kahlo, she would have won the Oscar
for Best Actress, what Marion Cotillard had done
five years later in French for her performance in
“La Vie en Rose” (2007).

I have to say the film is a mess. What makes this film

Alison Krauss was born on July 23,
1971. Unfortunately, unrecognizable in
the public-eye, but well received in the
music industry. During her career she
has won 21 Grammy awards – more
than any female artists to date.
difficult to watch and understand is for every minute
in the film it equals a year to three years of Frida
Kahlo’s life. But, Director Julie Taymor expresses
more onto the screen which are the creativity,
originality and, of course, the gorgeous colorful arts
of Mexican cultures and paintings.

The story sets in the time when Frida was badly

Kerri Strug landed her vault on a sprain
ankle in the Summer Olympics on July 23,
1996, winning a gold medal in the Team
all-around – marked the first ever US
women team to win a gold medal.
injured in a bus accident which left her temporary
paralyzed in a body cast for several years. She takes
up a crafting in painting and sketching. She eventually
learns to walk again and stabilizes herself to work in
order to pay for her medical expenses. She meets
Mural Painter Diego Riviera, where she soon becomes
his bride, unaware of his addiction as being a
womanizer. Frida’s life is soon spun out of control
from Diego’s affairs, her depression, alcoholism,
amputation on the right leg, medical debt. In her last
entry of her diary she writes, “I hope my exit is
enjoyable and I shall never return.”
 WANTED(2008)
A must see! Angelina
Jolie is pitched perfect
in this film. James
McAvoy is becoming a
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Hotel Rwanda
Directed by Terry George. Hotel Rwanda is a historical drama
film about a hotel assistant manager named Paul Rusesabagina
(Don Cheadle) during the gruesome time of the Rwandan
Genocide in 1994. The film was shot on location in the Capital
city of Kigali, Rwanda; unfortunately, the Sabena Hotel des
Mille Collines, the accurate hotel to which was home to more
than 1,200 refugees of the war in Rwanda was unavailable at the
time of filming. The film is known as the African “Schindler’s
List”.
“Perhaps the most Inspirational performances by Don Cheadle
(Rusesabagina) and Sophie Okonedo (Tatiana Rusesabagina) to
ever be filmed, “ Javier Serrano, of Monte. I was extremely
disappointed at the Academy Awards when both Cheadle and
Okonedo were shut out of Oscar wins in 2005.
The Pianist (2002)
Adrien Brody became the
youngest Oscar winner for
Best Actor in a Leading role
for his mesmerizing
performance as Wladyslaw
Szpilman in “The Pianist”.
Better actor each time
coming. “A thrilled ride
filled with adrenaline. I
loved it,” Javier Serrano.
Heath Ledger stars
as The Joker in “The
Dark Knight,”
Ledger’s last
performance on
screen.
The film final budget
of the production is
at $180 million
dollars the most
expensive Batman
film to date.
“The Dark Knight”
opens in theatres in
the US on July 18,
2008.
Directed by Roman
Polanski. The story is set in
the time of WWII in Poland.
Szpilman (Brody) is a Polish
composer, his career is
interrupted by German
oppression. His greatest
masterpiece is his survival.