A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Theatre

Sep 12, 2018

0h 9m

★ 7.0

Overview

After spending most of the day trying to write but getting nowhere, a writer suffering with writer's block decides to take a much needed break. WINNER - OUTSTANDING SCREEN STORY, OUTSTANDING PRODUCING - ZedFest 2018 WINNER - BEST HUMOR - Independent Horror Movie Awards 2018 NOMINEE - BEST SHORT, BEST MUSIC, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Independent Horror Movie Awards 2018 NOMINEE - BEST MUSIC , BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS - FANtastic Horror Film Festival 2019

Genres

Comedy

Mystery

Production Companies

MCR Picture House

Ernie Trinidad

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Cast

The Writer

Adam Egypt Mortimer

Hank Bloche

Richard Abraham

Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.

4.7

Crashing

Jan 23, 2007

It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu, and a trophy wife... But it all unravels when writer's block and a failed marriage send Richard McMurray out into the streets.

6.2

Throw Momma from the Train

Dec 11, 1987

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Larry's ex-wife, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already set things in motion.

7.3

Adaptation.

Dec 6, 2002

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

6.0

Argylle

Jan 31, 2024

When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by her cat Alfie and Aidan, a cat-allergic spy, Elly races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Conway's fictional world and her real one begins to blur.

5.9

We Love You, Sally Carmichael!

Aug 4, 2017

Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that Sally Carmichael is really Simon Hayes, a bitter, serious novelist - and Simon would like to keep it that way. When he is forced to meet a movie star about the movie adaptation, his life of anonymity starts to crumble.

6.1

Skin Deep

Mar 3, 1989

Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's block, Zach slips in and out of casual relationships and one-night stands, while his drinking becomes more and more severe. With the help of a bartender and his therapist, Zach confronts his demons — women and alcohol.

5.7

Blithe Spirit

Nov 10, 2020

A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.

0.0

Writer's Block

Dec 31, 2016

Past her prime and afflicted with a severe case of writer's block, a veteran songwriter finds new inspiration in a bird that takes up residence outside her home.

0.0

Auto-hipnosis

Invalid Date

A failed writer relives the past since he's unable to write something new. His search for inspiration will make him delve into his mind and face his internal conflict.

7.2

Deconstructing Harry

Dec 12, 1997

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

0.0

No End in Sight

Jan 24, 2025

Trevor, an obsessive, alcoholic, drug-addicted writer, is disturbed from his rigorous routine when he loses the ending to his latest novel. Desperately, he tries to recover it...

7.3

Stranger Than Fiction

Sep 9, 2006

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

7.5

Linnan juhlat

Dec 3, 2017

In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south.

6.8

Mother

Dec 25, 1996

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

6.2

Crime Wave

Apr 12, 1985

A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The daughter of his landlord, excited to have a real "movie person" living nearby, tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who wants to collaborate on a script--the strange "Dr. Jolly"

6.1

She Came to Me

Oct 6, 2023

Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife Patricia suggests he rekindle his creativity by getting lost in the city, Steven sets out in search of inspiration. His epiphany comes after he meets a spirited woman named Katrina and discovers his life has much more potential than he bargained for, or ever could have imagined.

6.6

The Winter Palace

Jan 8, 2022

A novelist with a severe case of writer’s block is given the chance to finish her book at an empty winter chateau. She's surprised when the property's owner, a prince, decides to come stay as well.

6.0

Susan Slept Here

Jul 28, 1954

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.

5.6

The Columnist

Dec 20, 2019

An opinion columnist and author, subjected to constant misogynistic abuse on social media, snaps and goes on a killing spree against her online abusers.

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