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Amy Giaquinto
Sep 19, 20246 min read
Part 22: THE ONLY WAY OUT, Civil Air Patrol, and The Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta
"There's a lot of money and talent at the festival in Malta," Marty said enthusiastically. "Hopefully, we can get some traction..."
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Amy Giaquinto
Sep 4, 20244 min read
Part 21: THE ONLY WAY OUT, "You've Got to Know When to Walk Away..."
My producer friend then told me that she paid B $10,000 for product integration on one of her films and wound up with absolutely nothing.
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Amy Giaquinto
Aug 25, 20246 min read
Part 20: THE ONLY WAY OUT, The Grim Reaper, La Sportiva, and Elbow Grease
When Marty picked up the phone, he sounded off, very, very off. His speech was slow and labored. He was slurring his words...
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Amy Giaquinto
Aug 8, 20247 min read
Part 18: Sara Blakely and Finding a Path to Scarlett Johansson
While I worked on product integration proposals, Marty worked on trying to find an alternate way to get the script to Mrs. Johansson.
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Amy Giaquinto
Aug 1, 20249 min read
Part 17: THE ONLY WAY OUT Creating a Pitch Deck for Product Placement and Landing Scarlett Johansson
As the Screenwriter and Associate Producer, I was tasked with creating a pitch deck, literally overnight.
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Amy Giaquinto
Jul 23, 20246 min read
Part 16: THE ONLY WAY OUT's New Beginning and a Promotion
The head of a major Hollywood branding company assured Marty his company could quickly help us raise money through product placement.
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Amy Giaquinto
Jul 16, 20246 min read
Reconnecting with Actress Naomi Grossman at Her Award-Winning One-Woman Show, "American Whore Story"
Justin and I moved heaven and earth to see Naomi Grossman's award-winning one-woman show: AMERICAN WHORE STORY.
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Amy Giaquinto
Jul 11, 202410 min read
Part 15: THE ONLY WAY OUT's Exciting Financing Deal...
I was still completely shocked and buzzing with excitement about the incredible partnership deal my film's producer, Steve Schklair...
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Amy Giaquinto
Jun 30, 20243 min read
Part 14: THE ONLY WAY OUT, Steve's Great News, and Money, Money, Money!
In November of 2022, three years after I had completed the script for THE ONLY WAY OUT, 2 years since it had finished as a semifinalist...
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Amy Giaquinto
Jun 9, 20244 min read
Part 12: A Goldilocks Problem, Skydance, Paramount and Thunder Road
Paramount loved the script, but passed because they had a "similar" female-driven project in development.
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Amy Giaquinto
Jun 1, 20245 min read
Part 11: Paramount, Netflix, Thunder Road, and Skydance
What in the world was I going to do if Netflix or Paramount optioned the script and gave us a deal? I was going to explode, that's what. Ser
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