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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…

Screenplay Genre: Comedy / Drama / Family Movie Time: 96 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Lucky for Mrs. Doris Parker (Maureen O’Hara), a concerned citizen Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwen) agrees to step in at the last minute when the Santa in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is too drunk to participate. This new Santa is such a hit that he is hired on as the Macy’s Santa for the holiday season. (00:14:55)