Playland Park.

[byronius]

This is based on a true story, just alternate universe, byronstyle. The logline reads: ‘A family living in 1948 San Antonio nearly dissolves when the oldest son is killed by a drunk driver’.

Playland Park

My seventh screenplay, and my first family drama. Difficult to write. The story bothered me. Too close to home. The research was vast and intense for this one. I’ve listened to hundreds of hours of 1947-48 radio programming, read hundreds of issues of the San Antonio Light and Examiner, and talked to every living relative that was there. As close to time travel as you can get. Theoretically.

Off to the contests.

Next up: A Really Weird One, part of it sketched in the poem Chortly Kills. After that: Albik Trizz, the story of a Tempe psychedelic band from 1972.

PS: Radical Rules just hit the finals at a decent contest. Top ten, so far.

[Yunomi]

1. I have fond memories of Playland Park

1970's. Tripping, getting lost in the funhouse, and that awesome rollercoaster. Somewhere I have some 16mm film of the carousel. I cried when they tore it down. Good luck with your screen play.

[byronius]

2. I went there once or twice as a kid, whenever I visited my grandparents.

I relied on a book by Ed Gaida, with amazing photos and a detailed history:



Really, really well-written history of the park.