Man In The Chair

Cameron is a teenage film buff living in Los Angeles dreaming of making movie himself someday. A major film school in L.A has announced a competition for young filmmakers, but while Cameron has some talent and ideas, he is very short on cash. One evening, while attending a screening of Orson Welles' 'Touch Of Evil', he sees an elderly man, Flash Madden, shouting at the screen about his old pal, Orson. Flash was a lighting man during the Golden Age of Hollywood and worked with some of the most respected names in the business, including Welles.

While cranky Flash doesn't much care for Cameron at first, in time he sees a kindred spirit in the movie-mad teenager, and offers his technical… more » know-how and sources of equipment to the would-be director. With Flash's help, perhaps Cameron can manage to create just the sort of movie he longs to make... « less