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Earnest Harris Completing Latest Film Script
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posted Oct 21, 2010, 08:24
Family Comedy Based On Real Life Events In Southern California Pop Warner Football League. Script Is Fourth By Harris Who Will Also Direct The Project.
Family Comedy Based On Real Life Events In Southern California Pop Warner
Football League. Script Is Fourth By Harris Who Will Also Direct The Project.
Earnest Harris is on the final draft of his latest feature film script, “The
2nd String.” The family comedy is loosely based on real life events centered
on a Southern California Pop Warner football team.
“I have so enjoyed writing this script,” Harris explained. “Being
a father I naturally love family comedies anyway, but this was closer to my
heart and it is also based on some real life happenings we experienced when
our family was involved with Pop Warner football. So doing this gave me a chance
to re-live and yes, re-imagine, some of the things that happened during one
crazy season.”
“The 2nd String” is about a group of young, not so athletic, bench
warmers who end up having to finish the year for their team when the team stars,
and their parents, abandon the team over the usual adult politics that can overwhelm
youth sports. It is a hilarious but inspiring tale about finishing what you
start and the power of team work.
This is the fourth film script written by Harris, the first three being the
urban comedy, “Wanda’s Place,” the drama, “Back 2 Society,”
and the family comedy, ‘Dog On The Run,” featuring a slew of talking
animals. All of the projects are part of the Marlo Productions film slate and
are expected to be directed by Harris.
Harris has been writing for over 25 years professionally, though script writing
is the most recent addition to his repertoire. An award-winning journalist and
freelance writer for many years, he still writes feature pieces and contributes
to news and general interest media. He has written for some of the best publications
in the country and though he now prefers entertainment-related writing, news
and issues are still dear to him. Indeed he is also putting the final wraps
on his first book, a non-fiction work on the growing political and social implications
of our country’s ever-growing numbers of Mixed ethnic people and relationships.
“My first love is writing and it really doesn’t matter much to
me the type of writing I do,” said Harris. “I’m a news hound
and I love cultural debate. So it is impossible for me to stray far from my
media background. And in many ways, even when I write my scripts, topical and
cultural issues find their way into the stories, even though it is subtle. But
as long as I am writing, I am happy. I’ve been trying to focus more on
my writing lately as every once in a while I have gotten too far from it.”
Production for “The 2nd String” has not been scheduled yet.
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