If you've read "After This..." or "The Other End Of The Stethoscope", you may also been one of the tens of thousands who've said, "This story should be a movie!"
Well, you get your wish!
We've just released a short film entitled, "The Drop." This short film follows yours truly from his freshman year of college, through the crash that blinded and disfigured me, and into the rehabilitation process that had to be necessary before returning to college. The official site for the movie is:
www.TheDropMovie.comAs with almost any film project, there was film left all over the floor of the editing room. I hate that. We had so, SO much more that just wouldn't fit into the seven minute time limitation.
Specifically, "The Drop" doesn't mention that this crash was caused by an intoxicated driver. Was it in the screenplay? Absolutely. Did we film the scene where the Marcus character is told he's blind due to an unsafe choice by a third party? Yep...but did it get in the movie? Unfortunately, no.
Yet, if you want to see an inspiring tale of overcoming tremendous obstacles, I hope you'll watch the film at:
www.TheDropMovie.comAnd, if you'd like to help us out, I'll tell ya how...
See, the seven minute time frame is due to the fact we wanted to enter "The Drop" into a certain short film contest. That contest is sponsored by:
www.TheDoorpost.comIf you go to
www.TheDoorpost.com and search for "The Drop", it'll show you the method for voting and viewing. The more views, the more votes. The more votes, the closer we are to having a full length feature with a strong anti-DWI component.
Personally, I'd like to see this sort of story become so commonplace that it's referred to in the anti-DWI world. And if you'd like to help, we'd be really, really appreciative!
