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In 1999, I wrote a script titled Sausage. It was a comedy about a struggling gay opera singer who finally finds acceptance when he joins a 80s glam metal band. It was well received (plot, story, characters), but the glue was always in the music. It was the music that connected the characters. Music found them. Music united, then divided. And it was music that brought them back together. Not unlike Spinal Tap and The Commitments, Sausage was first and foremost a real movie band. So I devoured glam metal: Kiss, Twisted Sister, Mötley Crüe… and became a connoisseur of…

Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance Movie Time: 126 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Jack (Thomas Haden Church) and Miles (Paul Giamatti) stop at a diner on their way up to wine country for Jack’s bachelor weekend. While Miles promises to show Jack a great week of golf and wine tasting, Jack promises to get the perennially depressed Miles laid. (00: 17:24)