THE DEFENDERS will soon go through a page one to become....
THE THIRD GUNMAN
Worn out Public Defender Del Harper is assigned the case of a Senator's assassin,
who claims to be innocent. The alleged assassin's conspiracy story, about an
assassin-for-hire organization, seems possible, and Del wonders if his client is
innocent. But the client is killed by a Jack Ruby like zealot before the trial. Now
Harper is the man who knew too much. As he tries to prove the assassin for hire
organization exists, he finds himself on the run. Chased by dozen of assassins, sent
to keep him quiet. Will Del Harper be able to uncover the conspiracy before the catch
him... and kill him?
THE THIRD GUNMAN by William C. Martell
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I've written 19 films that were carelessly slapped onto celluloid: 3 for HBO, 2 for Showtime, 2 for USA Net, and a whole bunch of CineMax Originals (which is what happens when an HBO movie goes really, really wrong). I've been on some film festival juries, including Raindance in London (twice - once with Mike Figgis and Saffron Burrows, once with Lennie James and Edgar Wright - back to "jury duty" in October of 2009). Roger Ebert discussed my work with Gene Siskel on his 1997 "If We Picked The Winners" Oscar show. I'm quoted a few times in Bordwell's great book "The Way Hollywood tells It". My USA Net flick HARD EVIDENCE was released on video the same day as the Julia Roberts' film Something To Talk About and out-rented it in the USA. In 2007 I had two films released on DVD on the same day and both made the top 10 rentals.
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