Raising $300K via private LLC investors to fund the production of the neo-noir psycho-thriller, The Contemptuous Ruby!
Opening late at night in a swimming pool, the writers quickly establish Sheriff Ted as the prophetic seer of the evil that lurks in Bodega Bay. The main protagonist, Ruby, offers sexual tension and manipulates the lives of those around her. This story is a sardonic and tragic tale with a featured close-up of a tattoo of Comedy and Tragedy as a metaphor for the torment of a paralyzed Walter Wilson; who is held captive in a mangled war-torn body and bound to his wheelchair. Sheriff Ted, Walter’s friend, and fellow Vietnam soldier bears witness to Walter's mute state and the immobility of his hands while reliving his days of happiness and glory in his mind’s eye. Walter's torment is visualized by extreme close-ups of his face and eyes while he sits and watches an 8mm film over and over again. His young and beautiful bride, Ruby, from days long past has degenerated into an aging and perverse sadist who tortures him with malicious indifference. Her promiscuous acts with hapless strangers while Walter is forced to watch is beyond evil. When Ruby hires a young dancer, Fawn, for Walter’s amusement, it leads to Ruby's undoing. By the time we’re introduced to Ruby, her evil is developed and her inevitable quest for absolution and annihilation is revealed. The fact that she gets both will serve the audience well. The writers lead you in and out of Ruby’s psychosis, where the temptations of the dark late-night bars lure her night after night. It conjures up a diabolical noir setting.
Ruby’s antics become an important insight into the evil of a scorned and toxic woman. Her Tango scene with a tall, beautiful and much younger woman, Kat, who is at her beck and call will mesmerize the audience. Walter’s sister, Rhonda, a trust fund hippie dedicates her life to causes. Walter is one of her causes. When the main characters do actually come together the unfolding of Ruby’s contempt for Walter then skyrockets. Ruby’s obsession with luring naive sailors, soldiers, and young women is her real story. One of these, a longshoreman, Lon, appears somewhat happenstance. However, the nature of Lon's humble dedication to Bodega Bay makes him an easy target for Ruby’s spontaneous combustion of greed and salacious exhibitionism. The writers are able to bring in some tension-breaking humor with Ruby’s diabolical antics and her expertise with her pole dancing skills. Lon’s dialogue with Ruby clearly depicts him as innocent. While Ruby’s torment of Walter seems highly improbable, it works in the context of the story. Additionally, the Tango between Ruby and Kat is steamy enough to entertain. Ruby’s tough edges are never smoothed out except in wedding photos and home movies of her and Walter making her a more endearing character. Sheriff Ted narrates this tale throughout in classic voice-over with his pulp fiction writing skills. Overall, The Contemptuous Ruby is gripping as well as entertaining. A highly flamboyant lust tryst that focuses intently on the internal agony of Walter. The writers confirm the desolation and stark loneliness of 1971 Bodega Bay.
Director - Robbin Michael Wagner
Writers - Robbin Michael Wagner / Brooke Laurel Denman
This neo-noir psycho-thriller feature film is targeted to the mainstream demographic viewers of NetFlix, Amazon, Hulu and multiple online rental platforms throughout the world.
Robbin Michael Wagner and (hereafter “the Producer”) intend to present The Contemptuous Ruby, a full-feature film. The producer anticipates a shooting schedule of 28 days with pre-production to begin at funding; the purpose herein. Final editing of The Contemptuous Ruby is to be completed approximately 150 days following the last day of shooting. The film will be entered into film festivals and theatrically released simultaneously via a day/date premier on the major online rental platforms. Mr. Wagner, writer, director, and producer will be the General Partner and will operate the production company as an LLC acting as General Partner of the Limited Partnership under the name, Bowfinger Bay Productions LLC, a Limited Partnership. The net profits as defined below will be distributed as follows:
- Robbin Michael Wagner shall receive forty percent (40%) of the net profits, as General Partner.
- Each of the eighteen (18) cast members shall receive proportionately ten percent (10%) of net profits.
- The remaining fifty percent (50%) of the net profits will be distributed to the limited partners in proportion to
- their respective contributions. If there are no net profits, the Limited Partners will bear the risk of loss to the extent of their respective contributions. Any loss in excess of the amount to be borne by the General Partner. The General Partner may elect to purchase Limited Partnership Interests in the Partnership, and as such will be entitled to his/herproratasharesofLimited Partnershipprofitsandlosses. Any other profits derived from the Partnership will be distributed in the same manner. The minimum fixed amount that each individual Limited Partner must contribute is $10,000 USD. There is no maximum. A minimum contribution entitles the Limited Partner to a percent (3.333%) of the Limited Partners’ share of the profits as defined above. There shall be no call for additional contributions from the Limited Partners. The rights and obligations of the General Partner and Limited Partners are set forth in the Limited Partnership Agreement herein. This Agreement must be signed by each Limited Partner, along with the Investor Questionnaire. All forms may be obtained from Bowfinger Bay Productions via email request to: [email protected]
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