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Band Freaks
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Band Freaks

Feature · Comedy · 107 pages
Status: Spec
Determined to beat the preppie dbags in his high school's Battle of the Bands in 1987, a geeky new kid and his music-obsessed misfit friends must resort to enlisting his reclusive alcoholic dad, a washed-up drummer from a has-been 70's British Prog Rock band. One band to rule them all.
Written by jeff hupp
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7 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Comedy Competition 2021
Quarterfinalist, PAGE Awards - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition 2021
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2021

1 Writer

jeff hupp
Beverly Hills, MI
I'm a screenwriter and musician, born and raised in the music-obsessed suburbs of Detroit. I love my family and hate condiments (just say "no" to food lube and slippery foods). Two of my scripts, BAND FREAKS & MAYBE BEFORE NEW YEAR'S (both top 5% in Coverfly!), have placed in numerous screenwriting competitions, including the Austin Screenplay C...
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Quarterfinalist, WeScreenplay Feature Competition (Comedy) Quarterfinalist, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (Fall 2020) Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Comedy Competition 2021 About Band Freaks: Band Freaks is a charming and sweet script that is a love letter to musicians and music lovers, specifically music geek fandom of bands from the 70s and 80s. It’s a whip-smart, quirky, character-driven comedy that combines elements of John Hughes movies, seminal TV shows like Freaks and Geeks / Big Bang Theory, and the 80s nostalgia of Stranger Things – with sharp dialogue and heart, like The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Demo: Solidly aimed at a PG-13 audience, appealing to young adults, as well as nostalgic Gen Xers and younger Baby Boomers. Coverage feedback: "This film provides a wholesome musical experience that transports us to the pre-cell-phone era where music was created on instruments and not on computers. Speaking as a viewer and not an analyst, I quite enjoyed this film. It is abundantly funny, and the events occurring within the film are refreshingly novel." "Frankly, this film has franchise potential... As a viewer, I personally want to read a sequel." "The conversation in the hospital between Charlie and Declan is emotional and honest. Declan gets to the heart of his fear which is a driving force in his addiction, and airs this out with his son. It's a powerful scene!" "NO, Battle of the Bands films are not novel, HOWEVER, your script definitely is..."