COOL ROOM ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS Teo Smoot – Writer/producer
[email protected] Ph: 202-570-3510 @coolrooment Tuesday, June 22, 21 GENRE: ROMANTIC COMEDY / FANTASY LOGLINE: This is the story about a nowhere yokel who disguises himself as a fabled legend to get his life desires only for him to discover the suit he really needed to wear was confidence. TAGLINE: From Harlem to hero. Tuesday, June 22, 21 SYNOPSIS: Summer 1980. Mild-mannered Harlem Georgia native, Lester Franklin, arrives in Harlem New York to search for his jazz musician father, missing since he ventured out years earlier to seek fame and fortune at The World Famous Apollo Theater. Within an hour of arrival, Lester finds himself destitute after his suitcase and savings are stolen and he’s forced to trust Eddie -- a dwarf street hustler. When they attend ‘Amateur Night’ at The Apollo, Lester encounters and offends Ezra “EZ” Whitlock, the head of security whom Lester suspects might know what happened to his father. He also meets Channa, the woman of his dreams whose currently too career-focused for any romantic possibilities. Meanwhile, needing food and shelter, Lester is able to find both by doing odd jobs and errands for the military-themed restaurant, Tour of Foody’. A bit of a blessing and a curse. Eventually, Lester discovers a paper trail clue left by his father, and sneaks into the theater after hours to investigate which results in his resurrecting a revered, dormant legend-- The Apollo Theater phantom! As Lester navigates the relentless trappings of his new surroundings and situation, he must somehow figure out a way to keep his alter-ego hidden, win Channa’s heart, uncover the truth about his father and, ultimately, reunite the fractured urban community now at odds over phantom fears.