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"How Good Books turn into Bad Films and other Sordid Tales from Hollywood"
Bruce Cook
Bruce Cook, author, director & producer to speak at VCPWN meeting
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More from YourNews BusinessVCPWN presents its August General Meeting, Dinner and Silent Auction on Thursday, August 14, 2008. "How Good Books turn into Bad Films and other Sordid Tales from Hollywood" will be the theme of this event. We will examine the process of adapting a book into a screenplay with author, director and producer, Bruce Cook. Bruce will take us through the ins and outs of how a book becomes a movie and what makes it successful.Originally Bruce was a laser physicist on the Apollo Project, before discovering that filmmaking was more fun. He later earned his PhD in Film. He teaches Cinema in Los Angeles. Among his 4,000 former students are 7 Academy Award and 12 Emmy winners. His latest book Blood Harvest is based on a family incident about moonshine and the KKK in rural New England in the 1920s.Bruce has served as consultant on dozens of independent feature films. He recently designed a course titled Globalization of Media. Currently he is teaching Theology of the Horror Film.
August's meeting sponsor is Jim Nicoll, Nicoll Insurance & Financial Services. Contact Mr. Nicoll at jnicoll@ft.newyorklife.com
Nicoll Insurance & Financial Services specializes in family and business life insurance planning, vanishing mortgage funding and reverse mortgage alternatives, company employee benefits, major medical, dental, and vision insurance, individual and family health insurance and disability plans, college, financial, retirement, and estate funding, and Senior Medicare Supplement and Long Term Care insurance planning.
The theme of the silent auction will be "That's Entertainment." Networking begins at 5:30 p.m. The location is the Wedgewood Banquet Center, 5880 Olivas Park Drive, Ventura, CA 93003. Reservations can be made as follows: www.vcpwn.org or call (866) 275-4134. We look forward to seeing you there!
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