Charlie Mount

WRITER

Screenplays and Plays
	THE JUNTO by Charlie Mount Screenplay / Play Eight Characters. Low Budget. Political Drama James Polk, a young media executive, is recruited into the Junto, a secret organization created by Benjamin Franklin to be the real authority behind the American government. The policy wonks of The West Wing meet the conspiracy theorists of The X-Files, as imagined by Paddy Chaefsky. Produced On Stage by The Road Theatre, Los Angeles.
	TRUMPETS AND TABLE-TIPPING by Charlie Mount Teleplay / Play Nine Characters. Low Budget. Period Drama. Harry Houdini uses his skills as a magician to unravel the mystery behind a clairvoyant during a weekend at a country house in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Produced On Stage by Theatre 40, Los Angeles.
	THE VOICE OF THE CITY by Charlie Mount & Arden Lewis Screenplay / Play Fifteen Characters Comedy. Low budget. Set in a cozy restaurant in lower Manhattan, post 911, The Voice of the City is a mile-a-minute comedy/romance about a tortured ex-Fireman, turned Waiter, who solves everyone's problems but his own, until Mercy, an acerbic beauty with a razor wit, blows through the door and threatens to bring love back into his life. The story examines the redemption of the spirit. Project Greenlight 2 Finalist Produced on Stage by Theatre West, Los Angeles (as "The Shift")
	THE INDECENT ACT OF JEFF ZELINSKI by Charlie Mount Play Nine Characters. Low Budget. Romantic Comedy. An ascerbic stand-up comic meets his match in a beautiful performance artist. Produced On Stage by Theatre Geo, Los Angeles and Theatre 1010, New York City.
	LITTLE RHONDA by Arden Lewis, John Cygan and Charlie Mount Screenplay (based on the play by Arden Lewis) Coming of Age Comedy/Drama. Medium budget. Thirteen year old Amy is doomed to spend the summer with her mother and brother at the shore, but finds herself deeply moved by the romantic life of their gay neighbors down the beach. Produced on stage at the Ohio Theatre in New York and at Theatre Geo in Los Angeles.
	THIRTY DAYS! by Charlie Mount & Arden Lewis Screenplay (based on the play "Baby Dreams" by Arden Lewis) Romantic Comedy. Medium Budget. A young fashion designer named Tracy is one month away from her thirtieth birthday, and she realizes that she has none of the things she wanted -- no career, no husband, no children. She decides to make an all out effort to get it all -- in thirty days! Produced on stage as "Baby Dreams" in New York at Theatre 1010 and in Losa Angeles at Theatre West.
	LEDRU by Charlie Mount. Screenplay Period Detective Drama. High Budget. Robert Ledru, the most brilliant detective in the French Surete, circa 1890, tries to solve a mystery that threatens to bring down the French government. Could Ledru be chasing himself? Based on the true story of the only man ever to be arrested for murdering while asleep! Contact Pendulumn Pictures in New York for more info.
	MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS by Charlie Mount Screenplay. Science Fiction Adventure. High budget. A group of astronauts accidentally travel back in time to the middle ages where they construct a castle around their shuttlecraft and shake up the political and military forces of the day.
	THE GIRL WHO CRIED MARTIAN by Charlie Mount A Short Play for Child Actors Many Roles for Boys and Girls Comedy “The Girl Who Cried Martian” is a thirty minute play constructed to offer a great many interesting parts and imaginative performance opportunities for up to two dozen kids (3rd-6th grade). The style is broadly comedic, with lots of jokes and prat falls and silliness. The device of a “Narrator” allows the bulk of the exposition to be placed in the hands of a well spoken child (or adult) who can read directly from the script, freeing the other actors from laborious memorization, and allowing them to concentrate on the “play” aspects of theatre. The Story: Jealous of her dancing skills, Queen Flotilla banishes young Mary Twirl to a mountaintop to watch for Martians. Lonely for people to watch her cool new dance moves, Mary constantly cries "Martian!" to get an audience. One day the Martians actually do come, and, thinking it's another prank, the Peasants don't come to the rescue. The Martians take over the kingdom, and it's up to Mary to save the day. She quickly arranges the Martians into a group of back-up dancers, frees the kingdom, and becomes a world famous pop star. Produced at Wonderland School, Los Angeles.
Book Reviews
	DEATH BY HOLLYWOOD By Steven Bochco Review by Charlie Mount at Forbes.com "Television's Steven Bochco makes an impressive debut as a novelist."
	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: AN AMERICAN LIFE by Walter Isaacson Review by Charlie Mount at Forbes.com "Walter Isaacson makes a strong case for Ben Franklin's place at the heart of the American epic."
	HIDING THE ELEPHANT by Jim Steinmeyer Review by Charlie Mount at Forbes.com "Jim Steinmeyer's new book conjures up a magical history tour."