Project CUSTODY OF THE HEART (URGENT)
Union Union
Area of Media Cable Feature
Network Lifetime
Production Company Custody of the Heart (Muse) Inc.
Executive Producer Gail Lyon
Producer(s) David Patterson
Director Nadia Tass
Casting Director Andrea Kenyon
Casting Associate Randi Wells
Casting Assistant Shawn Roberts
Shooting Location(s) In and around Ottawa - Ottawa -
Ottawa.
Contact Info: 7535 St. Denis
Montreal, Quebec
H2R 2E7
Tel:(514) 948-2000
Fax:(514) 948-1604
Email:akenyon@canadafilm.com
Shooting Starts June 11, 2007
Shooting Finishes July 7, 2007
Rates & Union: ACTRA + 105% buyout/prepayment
Storyline: Set in NEW YORK. Thirteen year old AMANDA GORDONıs
life wasnıt
perfect, but it was close. She had her best friend, SUSAN, a
neverending
source of entertainment. She had the close circle of adopted
aunts and
uncles known as Othe group,ı who had been mothering ever since
she lost her
real mother at six. And above all, she had her father, an
affable poetry
professor whom she couldnıt have been closer to. But then one
day she
discovered that DAVID GORDON wasnıt her father at all.
Instead, it was a man
who couldnıt have been more different from him. At first, she
was intrigued.
JOHN SULLIVAN (played JAMES DENTON) wasnıt simply well-off; he
was a
millionaire real estate developer. While she and David lived
in a ramshackle
house with off and on heat, John had places in Los Angeles and
at New Yorkıs
Trump Tower. He bought art and went to parties with
celebrities. Before
long, he had whisked her off for a weekend in Miami, and she
was ushered
into a world in which she traveled by limousine and could
afford the clothes
she had always wanted. Even though it was putting David
through hell (he
even secretly followed her to Florida), Amanda was confused.
She was angry
with David for never telling her that John was her real Dad.
She was excited
by the potential of this new life, which seemed to provide all
the glamour
sheıd been missing. To make matters more complicated, however,
she soon
realizes that John is not the ideal parent, even by a 13-year
old girlıs
standards. Business is his first priority. He likes to stay
out late. He had
no interest in telling his daughter that she should study or
not watch too
much TV. And when she points out that this is his jobS he
tells her that
sheıs being boring. Unfortunately, now that he has brought his
daughter back
into his life, he has no intention of giving her up. He may
have left her
mother fourteen years ago, but because David never filed the
proper papers,
John is still her legal guardian. And now that his natural
competitiveness
has been awoken, he intends to retain that authority. With
Amanda struggling
to make sense of her conflicting feelings, it is now up to
David to figure
out a way to keep her from slipping out of his life. Luckily,
he has some
valuable allies on his side, including the colorful members of
Othe groupı;
a gay Southern lawyer who knows a thing or two about
adversity; and a new
girlfriend named MEGAN, who, as a former Jeopardy champion,
has an
incredibly diverse range of information at her fingertips.
Ultimately,
however, it is David himself who is going to have to find a
way to face down
the man who seems his superior in so many ways. Because if he
doesnıt, heıs
going to lose the one thing that makes his life truly worth
living.
Submission Instructions: IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL AGENTS: For
the Small
Principal, Actor & Silent-on-Camera roles - please submit ONLY
performers
who are able to work as Ottawa-based.
Please send e-mail to
akenyon@canadafilm.com. Thank you for your
cooperation.
SEEKING:
(Non Speaking) AMANDA @ 3 - small7 Gender: FEMALE Age: 3
- small7
MUST BE BLOND, WITH BROWN EYES...STARTS SHOOTING TUESDAY, JUNE
12, 2007.
Seen in a quick series of flashbacks through Davidıs eyes.
Carries tray of
food to her father on fatherıs day at age 5. Learns how to
ride a bike at
age 4. Dressed in a princess costume at age 3.
