10 Days in a Madhouse - the Nellie Bly Story: Screenplay

Download or read book 10 Days in a Madhouse - the Nellie Bly Story: Screenplay written by Timothy Hines and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocketbook edition of the screenplay, "10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE - The Nellie Bly Story" written by Timothy Hines ("War of the Worlds the True Story", "Sean Young: Honesty", "Earth Angel"), was made into a 2015 American biographical feature film directed by Hines. This screenplay edition features an alternate opening based in Nellie Bly's childhood, filmed but cut from the movie before its release. The movie encapsulates the life of the first-ever female Journalist, Nellie Bly, world-known for her notorious and brave commitment to work with Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum.10 Days in a Madhouse - The Nellie Bly Story stars Caroline Barry, Christopher Lambert and Julia Chantrey with Kelly Le Brock, about real life reporter, 23 year old Nellie Bly who, working for Joseph Pulitzer, infiltrated the notorious Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum by feigning insanity to report on abuses from within. The movie had its US festival premiere to a sold out audience at Geena Davis' Bentonville Film Festival celebrating women and diversity in film and had its European premiere at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in France. 10 Days in a Madhouse opened in the U.S. with a red carpet theatrical premiere at the AMC Empire 25 in Times Square then went on to play at AMC Theaters across the US. The picture had an Oscar® qualifying run in North Hollywood, California at the Laemmle NoHo 7.MS. Magazine labeled the picture a "Must See." Timothy Hines' 10 Days in a Madhouse competed in the 89th Academy Awards.Universal Home entertainment and Broad Green picked the movie up distributing on DVD to WalMart, BestBuy, Target, Barnes and Nobles, etc. 10 Days in a Madhouse premiered on cable on DirecTV and Time Warner Comcast Cable, The picture is on all VOD platforms including iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Amazon Prime and Vudu. 10 Days in a Madhouse is being distributed worldwide, dubbed in many languages such as German and Turkish.Filmed in Salem, Oregon, where One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was filmed, as well as Culver City, 10 Days in a Madhouse was selected for the Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival in 2017 and recently played at the Regal Live Stadium Theaters in Los Angeles.The movies director, Timothy Hines observes, at the success of the picture, "I think the movie's continuing success is in part due to the fact that Nellie Bly's story is so fascinating. She had three dollars to her name when she was hired by Joseph Pulitzer to go undercover in Blackwell's. 10 Days in a Madhouse is a testament to the words, as Nellie Bly always said and lived, "Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything."