SCREENPLAY INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW

[ANDREW TOUCH]

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE FORUM DEDICATED TO THE SCREEPLAY TITLED "WHEN ROCK AND ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE" BY ANDREW TOUCH AND MARK SHUAN
(Let us start off by telling you that there are 3 versions of this screenplay ((SO FAR))one is dedicated to "Gene Simmons" one to "Paul Stanley" and one to "Mick Slick" "Which is the same screenpolay but totally based on fictional characters.")
BY OPENING THE FOLLOWING PAGES YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ THE SCRIPT (PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE PAGE WHERE THE SCRIPTS HAVE BEEN PLACED BUT FEEL FREE TO OPEN A POST ON OUR MY SPACE TO PLACE A COMMENT (you will find our my space add and emails below)
AS THIS WOULD MAKE THE SCRIPT SLIDE DOWN THE PAGE AND MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR OTHERS TO READ THANK YOU)WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE SCRIPT AND IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE *SHORT MOVIE*
CREATED FOR THE SCRIPT BY THE SAME NAME "WHEN ROCK AND ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE" AND INTERPRETED BY THE WRITERS OF THE SCRIPT WITH FRIENDS AND LOVERS ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TO CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK BELOW.
THIS IS A REDUCED VERSION OF THE SCRIPT IT IS A PHOTO NARRATED SHORT MOVIE WITH AUDIO EFFECTS.
(please note) if you wish to see the GENE SIMMONS short movie version JUST follow the following link TO THE BANDS YOU TUBE PAGE

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and take a look at the following 4 clips titled
PART 1/A WHEN ROCK 'N' ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE
PART 2/B WHEN ROCK 'N' ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE
PART 3/C WHEN ROCK 'N' ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE
PART 4/d WHEN ROCK 'N' ROLL DREAMS COME TRUE


(ALSO)*YOU CAN SEE "MR MICK SLICK" FOR THE MICK SLICK VERSION OF THE SCREENPLAY AND THE BAND "REPUBLICK" AND THEIR COSTUMES AND MAKE UP THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION AND BYE FOR NOW
FROM ANDREW TOUCH AND MARK SHUAN ROCK ON !

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[andrew touch]

When Rock and Roll Dreams Come True
Review by SALVATORE GIARDINA

"When rock and roll dreams come true" is basically the attempt by screenplay writers Andrew Touch and Mark Shuan to live out in a fantasy story,where make believe is the main and only element,a life long dream cherished by thousands of tribute bands out there today...and that dream is being able to play a concert in front of a member of their favourite band.(which ever that band and it's members may be) Dream cherished by Tribute bands all over the world,that in their thousands,as imitators,out there today with incredible dedication represent.
To bring this dream to life (As they themselves have cherished such a dream as you will find out by reading on)the screenplay writers Andrew Touch and Mark Shuan,decided to create an imaginary band,called "REPUBLICK" a Heavy Metal American rock band renowned worldwide for it's wild and crazy stage presence and "One" of it's famous co-founding members called "Mick Slick". And last but not least,the counterpart fantasy tribute band(to represent all tribute bands out there today) "A New REPUBLICK" a European Tribute band that has dedicated the last 13 years of it's life to bringing the show of this band to stages around Europe.
Taking into consideration the fact that the actual writers of the story Andrew Touch and Mark Shuan are the founding members of Italian Kiss Tribute band "Dressed to Kiss" and after 13 years in this band with concerts all around Europe,T.V. apperances,documentaries dedicated to the band and the only tribute reality show ever based on a tribute itself.
They decided to put pen to paper and at least in their imagination live out their wildest dreams by creating a kind of let us say magical,musical,box of interacting themes...Also as they where experimenting with the story they found themselves wanting to expand on the original theme of the kiss based first draft (as their first draft of the screenplay was based) so they decided to expand on the theme and invented a new band called "REPUBLICK" that in many ways resembles "Kiss" as the band members of "Republick" wear make-up, but portray a new set of characters as you will read in the screenplay.The writers feel that by making it so that "REPUBLICK" not actually being a real band leaves a wider spectrum for interpretation.
Still as they were writing they believed they should use their real names and base the story on real life experiences.
So we see the writers involved within the story as the real life musicians and founding members of the band that they really are.By devising the plan within the plot of the story they are acting as a real life movie director would,by directing the cast themselves in real life into a fantasy world to obtain their goal.
Also the story acts and portrays real life because,as they are in real life,they are also in the story... so we have Andrew,Mark and other members of the band coming together to devise a plan to decoy the bass player of Mega Rock Group "Republick"and bring him to their tribute bands show,when Andrew finds out (in the story) that "Mick Slick" bass player and co-founding member of American rock Super Group "REPUBLICK" will be in Europe on a promotional tour and exactly in his home town and city on the same day as the bands concert,a band meeting is organized and a plan begins taking shape.
The screenplay incorporates elements of other kinds of movie making and screenplay writing finesse,strangely enough by starting were it ends.The story begins by showing an unknowing "Mick Slick" arriving at a venue and actually assisting "A New Republick's" show,as he thinks this to be, all part of his tour itinerary,when actually the venue is only moments away from being raided by the police and the cast and characters being taken to police headquarters for questioning and thus begins a "flashback" which will conduct us eventually back to the present time and through all the events,As they are telling it to the commissioner at headquarters the wiewer is reading it on the script,or seeing it on the screen if you like.Through out the script as the story unfolds there is a constant goal that must be obtained in making the final objective possible which maintains a certain amount of urgency and suspence.Also elements of what recall gangster or bank robbery,thriller movies are all very finely and subtly added in the undercurrent theme.As the cast device a plan,that involves exchanging limousines and driver on an unaware "Mick Slick" and so making it possible to decoy him from his original tour itinerary and take him to the venue where the tribute band will play the show.Then secondly,decoying police officers that are on the heels of our characters and leading them off track.All to end up with a comical outcome as one would expect in a rock and roll context with what you could call,let's say,a no violence and nobody get's hurt kind of attitude.Just as all good fun rock and roll should be,but!... with a last final addition of rebelliousness as would be expected in any rock and roll story format,which occurs,when a crowd gathers outside of the police station to try and have our four heroes set free.The movie script in itself is not complicated and is easy to read thruw and comprehend,the language is street level and punctuation is respected where needed .It is obvious that we are not talking about "Napoleon meets the Queen of England" type of material but being a Graduate Degree at the University of Rome in the Movie Making and Arts Field i found the script enjoyable,refreshing and amusing.
The carefree attitude of the writing itself has brought me to believe that in the end the old saying still holds true and that is,that "To keep things simple in the end is the best thing any writer can do" because that's what makes good writing great. One thing I must say is that there are a few lapses in the screenplay,but seeing as the two writers being at their first tentative try in writing a script and having also translated the script from Italian to english just as this review itself has been translated, I feel that they can be excused.As a quick re-read thruw and with a few slight adjustments,these small points can be sorted in no time by a team of professional intent on using the screeplay.
All the elements are there for a great story.All i can add is...That if your are looking for a comical rock and roll type of script this is it! This is Spinal Tap,meets Kiss,meets the Stones,meets the Three Stooges and all with a hint of thriller suspence and some very amusing interaction and subplot savvy,all in all, I must compliment the boys as writers for having done a more than average job. Your faithfully SALVATORE GIARDINA.

[andrew touch]

ROCK ON! ;D