Sam Patterson -- Writing



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BOOK OF MEMORIES
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(Short Film)
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Premiere: Eighth Row Cinema
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An eccentric elderly woman is confronted by her daughter about her erratic and unusual behaviour.
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
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(Musical)
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Premiere: Roadside Theatre
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Dickens' classic fable of discovering the love and joy for life adapted for the stage in a new musical using carols of the period. Musical Arrangements and original music by James Odom.
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SHORT TRIP HOME
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(Short Film)
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Premiere: Reeling: 24th Int'l Film Festival
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A young man visits his family at Thanksgiving determined to make his family connect with each other.
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FLYING ABOVE THIS LIFE
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(Short Film)
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TV premiere: Image Union
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A man takes his mother on a vacation trip so he can reveal his deep secret.
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WIT AND MOONLIGHT: A PAPER COURTSHIP
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(Play)
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Premiere: THEM, INC.
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George Bernard Shaw's decades long correspondence courtship with the actress Ellen Terry adapted into a play using the text of the letters as dialogue.
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TRILBY
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(Feature)
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A naive young artist from an upper class family falls in love with a bohemian girl, when his mother disapproves, she is whisked away from him.
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WRITER'S BLOCK
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(Short film) Finalist: Canadian Short Screenplay Competition
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A self-involved writer suddenly cannot remember his past.
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THE SWAN KNIGHT'S BRIDE
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(Animated Short Film)
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Retelling of the classic legend of Lohengrin from the perspective of Elsa of Brabont -- the woman who would be king.
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MAMA
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(Feature)
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A self-absorb man must put his life on hold to take care of his ailing mother from whom he as been estranged.
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THE ROSE AND THE RING
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(Musical Comedy)
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Musical adaptation of William Makepeace Thackery's classic Christmas pantomime about a rose and a ring which transforms the bearer into a thing of irresistible beauty.
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THE GOOD SON
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(Feature)
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A young boy tries to cope with a dysfunctional collapsing family life through singing and his imagination until the worlds collide.
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