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| Title: | SAMMY T. GOES TO THE CITY |
| Author: |
Harvey Lawrence Edwards |
| Market Focus: | Adults and Teens (PG 13) |
| Word Count: | 18,400 words - 92 pages - Movie Magic 2000 |
| Genre & Keywords: |
Dramatic comedy An overbearing ambitious mother’s relationship with her dysfunctional son Up state incest Sex on and off the rails An off-the-wall train buff finds an occupation |
| Synopsis: |
Sammy, a 22 year old train buff, is an out-of-step weirdo, a college
dropout who lives in a fantasy world. He plays the role of a trainman
without being one. In Troy, NY, he plays with his model trains, hangs out
in The Trainman’s Bar, and fantasizes about his sexual prowess. Regulars
at the bar suspect he may be sleeping with Jean, his domineering mother,
who is an aspiring artist. In an effort to gain complete independence and
set Sammy on the ‘right’ track, she continually harasses him. She
arranges an interview for him in NYC with an old friend, a director of a.
tourist agency. On the train to the city for the big interview, Sammy
meets Carla, a money hungry semi-prostitute who tries to seduce him and
steal his money. Sammy is saved by a conductor friend and warned about
Carla by Joe, a down and out race tract addict.
[The script’s subplot reveals Sammy’s sexual fantasies. After each female encounter, he brings them to his caboose car stationed in the country where he takes his pleasure with them.]. For Sammy, New York City is both a revelation and an epiphany.: He taunts passers-by with his ticket punch, moons security cameras in buildings, inadvertently loses his wallet, invites young women on their way to work to come to his party, and finally goes to his interview which, shows him to be completely a misfit, incapable of serious work. Back on the street, he is delighted by this, relieved to have no further obligations. However, his pleasure is short lived: In a diner, he cannot find his wallet, which was lost earlier, and gradually the weight of being completely broke and alone in this strange environment closes in on him.. Without money and transportation home, the city overwhelms him. In desperation, Sammy telephones Jean upstate and learns that his wallet was found on the street by a painter-sculptor. Sammy retrieves his wallet and takes the train back home. In Troy, at the Trainmans’ bar he announces that because of his New York experiences, he has decided to become a train conductor and a real trainman afterall. He returns home to Jean, explains his decision, and the two of them climb upstairs and get into bed together. |
| Author's Bio: |
Harvey Edwards is an experienced director-producer of short films, many of which have won prizes in international film competitions. He owns Edwards Films Inc. which was established over 30 years ago. He has sold his work nationally and internationally to television companies, schools, libraries, institutions and individuals. In addition to film making, he has published six books and has written articles on many subjects for magazines and newspapers. He lives with his wife in Eagle Bridge, New York and Paris, France. |
| Other Information: |
This screenplay has been professionally edited by Jeff Little. |
