MagicMan. One afternoon, during a long boring summer vacation, a group of friends plan a hike in some nearby woods.
They take a shortcut that cuts across their neighbor's vacant lot. In the center of the lot sits a run-down two-story storeroom. Charlie notices
that the storeroom door is ajar. The door's wood frame is splintered and cracked. As he gets closer to examine the damage, a thought races
through his mind; a burglar could be inside!
Charlie turns to his friends. He wants to say, "Let's get outa here," but nothing comes out. Pete pushes him forward and the
others follow closely behind. Charlie peeks through the crack in the door. It's dim inside because the windows are covered with
brown butcher paper and tape. He pushes the door open. Aisles of shelves stretch from one end of the room to the other.
On the shelves are small boxes stacked next to each other, just the way they do in the auto parts department. He moves closer. The boxes
are filled with tricks, cheap ones: whoopee cushions, hand buzzers, plastic spiders, etc. At the end of the aisle hangs a large poster.
A shaft of light from a tear in the window covering illuminates it: "Thurston, The Great Magician, Do Spirits Come Back?"
Charlie had no idea "Old Man Jones," his neighbor to whom he has barely ever spoken, could be so cool.
MagicMan is a second-chance story, a dramatic city tale, and will be an independent feature.
It is a film that needs to be made. -R.
