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I NEARLY LOST YOU
A young mother travels to the future to help the daughter she gave up for adoption but reconciliation comes at too high a cost.
RACHEL: Lead
Rachel lives in the 1990s. She had a traumatic childhood and lives by her street sense, taking nothing for granted. She works hard to stay on top of things. Music is her undoing.
ANN: Lead
Ann lives in the present, hobbled with loneliness, anxiety and existential dread. She grew up wealthy with precise professional life plan. She quit her corporate lawyer job to be a budtender.
FROCK: Supporting
A grunge metal guitarist in the 1990s who plays a weaponizing intensity with his band SHIFT. He heals himself through his playing.
BILL: Supporting
A mysterious, reclusive programmer who discovered a time vortex to the 1990s. He can be overly emotional, especially for a programmer.
​​​​​​​I NEARLY LOST YOU is a grounded sci-fi dramedy feature with music overlay. It’s a fresh take on time travel.
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AUDIENCE
Young women and men (18-34), but also the chance to revisit the nostalgia of the 1990s will attract those who were young adults at that time (women and men 34-54+).
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WRITER'S NOTE
I wrote this to explore my own past from a broken home, raised in a musical family, and with memories of a freer time and the passionate music of the 1990s. I asked myself, “Why am I always staring at these little electronic devices?” If I'd had kids what would I want to share with them now that they'd have grown?
“73% of Gen-Z report feeling alone…It’s a strange paradox, Gen-Z are hyperconnected in the virtual world but socially disconnected…digital interactions have failed to replace the need to connect on an emotional level in the physical world.” -Forbes (7/28/23)​
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REVIEW SUMMARY
"There is a melancholy and specificity that really sets this story apart from other time travel comedies/dramedies. It’s a time-travel with loads of heart. It has a 1990s nostalgic bent that feels like it has yet to be fully exhausted by most nostalgia movies. The blueprint of this script feels like a can't-miss." GRADE: “Recommend” (Roadmap Writers coverage)
Tom Demar is an L.A.-based writer, filmmaker, composer, actor from Pittsburgh and NYC.
tom-demar.com​​
