Brock Wilbur
Brock Wilbur is a writer, actor, comedian, musician and producer living in Los Angeles since 2007. He graduated from Northwestern University and was born and raised in Salina, Kansas. In 2011, he releases two feature films including Your Friends Close (a video game dramedy) and Act Naturally (a nudist colony comedy). See how he gave all that information out of order? He's going straight Tarantino on this profile. Keep up with all his activities and/or contact him at his website: http://www.brockwilbur.com
Articles by Brock Wilbur :
- Dark Shadows: Burton / Depp Paint-by-Numbers
- The Moth Diaries: Instantly Forgettable
- The Three Stooges: For Better & For Worse
- #12: They Live
- Bully: Nails the Problem, Just No Solution
- The Deep Blue Sea: Not a Shark Movie
- #11: The Happening
- 21 Jump Street: "Remake" Done Right
- Sound of Noise: Madcap, Joyous Experience
- #10: Last Night
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Writing IS Looking Out the Window
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It was an August funeral. And that means hot and humid, with mosquitoes the size of basketballs. I flew into Milwaukee to meet my buddy Jeff, so we could drive to Minneapolis together. We wanted to be there for Brett – his mom had died years ago, and now his dad – heart attack, only 52. Jeff was driving through corn-country in the rolling hills of central Wisconsin, and I was looking out the window. Although close friends, we had taken very different paths out of college. Jeff went corporate. I moved to Hollywood to "become a screenwriter." At some point during the…
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Meet the Parents (2000)
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Screenplay Genre: Comedy / Romance Movie Time: 108 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Male nurse, Gaylord “Greg” Focker (Ben Stiller) decides to propose to his girlfriend Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), using the children in her class to form a sign that reads MARRY ME PAM. However, when the kids finally create the sign, Pam gets a phone call from her sister who informs Pam that she is getting married. Greg is forced to abort his proposal, and soon learns that he will have to meet Pam's parents. (00:6:00)
