A Guide to Fine Dining—TV Pilot for the Series “A Guide to the High Life.”
A Scripted sitcom.
Three marginally inept rogues, rascals, and scalawags plot,
scheme, cajole, but mostly charm their way through a series of misadventures in
an effort to succeed at something….anything, and motivated to move on to the
next adventure by the failure of the previous one. A Guide to High Fashion; A Guide to High
Finance; A Guide to High Tech—in short, a failed guide to the high life is the
series’ plot-line.
A Guide to Fine Dining: Comedy/Caper
THE PITCH:
The great and
wonderful Chef Aurique wants to open his own restaurant and he has a plan. He
will pretend to open his own restaurant where he will launch a new and exciting
cuisine hoping to attract the attention of Monsieur Patronat, owner of Chez
Palace, assuming that Mons. Patronat will hire him as a chef, thus attracting
backers for him to open his own restaurant. He faces only two small obstacles. He
has no money, and he can’t actually cook.
However, Aurie, as his girlfriend, Patty, calls
him, does have two friends: Rammy,
who owns the hole in the wall Schnitzel Haus in the village, and Ali, who has no visible means of
support but does have a sunny and optimistic disposition, to help him.
Through a series of
various and very temporary Chef jobs which he loses for various reason—one
being that he overcooked the Sushi at a Sushi Restaurant—and a few scams, which
include posing as a Health Inspector, a Waiter, and a Gourmand, he nearly
achieves his dream.
Now, if you have
“The Boys” you must have, “The Girls”.
Patty, the naïf. I love my Aurie. You’re
just jealous. You just wait and see. Wait til Aurie is a big important chef,
then you’ll be sorry you made fun of him. (She loves Aurie the way Daisy loves
Onslow.)
Lesje, Rammy’s GF, the suave, sophisticate
and lawyer.
Gia, Ali’s GF, the cool and sophisticated investment fund manager.
You've heard the
saying, “Smart women, stupid choices?”
Well, this is “Smart women, silly choices,” as they repeatedly bail their
boyfriends out of each mishap.
Aside from Patty,
the girls wonder if their boyfriends will ever grow up.
At the end, the
girls do bail the boys out, and make them repay the victims of their well
intentioned but misguided efforts. Except for a few dollars that
Aurique had concealed in a hidden compartment of his briefcase: just
enough to finance his next venture.
But can he pull it
off? Can he! Aurique grabs a large sketch pad and a
marker, and with a few bold strokes, reveals the sketch for the sign for his
new enterprise.
Chez
D’Aurique
Maison de
Pouvant être Façonné
The Budget
Except for a few
outside shots, most of the scenes take place in an apartment, an upscale
restaurant, or the kitchen of a restaurant. This, to keep the set
costs down.
The final scene is
intended to segue into the sequels or the series and product placement.
A Guide to High Fashion
Easy tie-in to Fashion Week and Fashion-Wear.
A Guide to High Tech
Easy tie-in to Tech Expos and to Tech-Compay Product Placement.
A Guide to High Finance
Linked to Financial Conferences and Financial Services.
A Guide to High Rises
Real Estate
A Guide to Fine Filmmaking
Cameos.
A Guide to High Fashion
Easy tie-in to Fashion Week and Fashion-Wear.
A Guide to High Tech
Easy tie-in to Tech Expos and to Tech-Compay Product Placement.
A Guide to High Finance
Linked to Financial Conferences and Financial Services.
A Guide to High Rises
Real Estate
A Guide to Fine Filmmaking
Cameos.
The Screenplay:
Thank you for your
attention to my query;
Sincerest regards,
Slim
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