Geniuses
by Jonathan Reynolds

Name: Geniuses
Brand: Jonathan Reynolds
SKU: 9780573618963
Rating: 3.43 (7 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins Present Day Role(s) for Asian Actor(s) Interior Set American Comedy

Synopsis

A full length comedy for a cast of 5 males and 1 female.

A satirical take on "Apocalypse Now"-type filmmaking set in a jungle shack two hundred miles north of Manila where a group of grandiose filmmakers are shooting a war epic, "Parabola of Death".

The characters include the latest in a series of writers on the project, a sadistic set designer, a make-up artist specializing in wounds who is obsessed with Hemingway, a boy wonder 'auteur' director who creates chaos, and the producer's bimbo girlfriend who has been flown in to do a thirty second nude scene.

An Off-Broadway hit at New York's Playwright's Horizons.

Press Reviews

"If Kaufman and Hart were writing Once in a Lifetime today, it might flaunt the cynical air of Jonathan Reynolds' Geniuses, a savage comedy about movie making."
— New York Daily News

"Among other things, Geniuses is an insidious act of movie criticism. Make no mistake: beneath the japery, there is a warning: movies can be injurious to your health. Geniuses skewers deal makers, agents and all who overdose on self-importance."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Skye Bullene 27, all-American, very blonde, very gorgeous fomer Playmate of the Year for Playboy Magazine. Aware of the impact of her physique on others.	female	—	27, all-American, very blonde, very gorgeous fomer Playmate of the Year for Playboy Magazine. Aware of the impact of her physique on others.
Bart Keely 57, a vigorous, athletic outdoorsman with an excellent physique. Styles himself after Ernest Hemingqay. Funny, irascible, gentle, and brilliant.	—	—	57, a vigorous, athletic outdoorsman with an excellent physique. Styles himself after Ernest Hemingqay. Funny, irascible, gentle, and brilliant.
Jocko Pyle 33, from New York. A novelist who has yet to catch on. Obsessed with his own failure and is very hard on himself. Angry, vitriolic, funny, brilliant, naice, and convince of his own absurdity.	male	—	33, from New York. A novelist who has yet to catch on. Obsessed with his own failure and is very hard on himself. Angry, vitriolic, funny, brilliant, naice, and convince of his own absurdity.
Eugene Winter 39, strong masculine, and golden. An art director accustomed to designing and building miniempires.	—	—	39, strong masculine, and golden. An art director accustomed to designing and building miniempires.
Milo Mcgee Mcgarr 32, has won six Academy Awards, the current whiz kid of movie directors. Has an idea per minute, enormous energy and intelligence.	—	—	32, has won six Academy Awards, the current whiz kid of movie directors. Has an idea per minute, enormous energy and intelligence.
Winston Legazpi 22, slender, aesthetic-looking Filipino with a raft of children.	—	—	22, slender, aesthetic-looking Filipino with a raft of children.