BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL QUICK PITCH

On February 2nd, 1989, televisions all over the world suddenly black out, interupted by a signal from outer space, replacing the "regularly scheduled programming" with rock icon, Buddy Holly, who delivers a cryptic message to an average electronics salesman, Oliver Vale, tasking him with saving the world from an alien plot to destroy Earth.

BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P2 OVERVIEW

BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL is the story of Oliver Vale, a common young man suddenly called to unexpected adventures, when TV screens go blank across the world and the 1950s rock pioneer Buddy Holly is alive again, performing from Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter.

In the Film’s arresting central image, Holly, who died in a plane crash at the height of his fame, returns with all of his legendary stage charisma. He wears his trademark black-framed glasses and plays his Fender Strat electric guitar. Suddenly, the rocker stops and delivers a strange, unexpected message in his sultry Texas accent, that Vale holds the key to the blackout and that he should be “contacted for assistance.”

This odd manifesto abruptly changes the life of Vale, an electronic salesman living in Las Vegas, who suddenly finds himself the target of a high- speed, cross-country chase. In a defining moment, Vale turns from channel surfer to perpetrator number one as he finds himself pursued by space aliens, a fierce cyborg dog, and a ruthless government agent. This does not include the millions of fellow couch potatoes in the world incensed and frantic to get their TV back. In his quest for answers, Vale decides to travel to Lubbock, Texas, Holly’s birthplace and final resting place, hoping that there he will find the solution to the mysterious TV blackout and the appearance of Buddy Holly.

BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P3 POP CULTURE - SCIENCE FICTION

Few genres, if any, have come close to creating the worldwide, multi-generational, voracious and growing. In fanatical devotion and box office excitement of science fact, these fans are so devoted to the alternate realities fiction. Simply put, sci-fi translates into big dollars. More conjured up by science fiction fims and literature that than half of the top 20 highest grossing films of all time they create personal costumes, learn ctional language were science fiction pictures. (i.e. “Klingon”) and even have cosmetic surgery in an attempt to blend the various sci-fi fictional words Perhaps the most popular of all sci-fi themes is that on their own. Members of this community stay in of alien life, be they companions, visitors, monsters or constant contact with one another online and at annual invaders. Such films tap into a primal part of the human conventions (called “cons”) where they congregate, psyche that craves to understand our greater place in the celebrate and imitate. universe, as well as plays upon our deepest fears of the unknown. This theme includes such classics as Steven This is the target audience for BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE Spielberg’s career making CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE AND WELL. In short, having the main ingredients of big THIRD KIND and E.T. as well as the hugely successful blockbuster studio films yet a significantly reduced cost, comedies MEN IN BLACK franchise. BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELLl is perfectly poised to plunge into this surging sci-fi sea of viral marketers and ride With all these fiims being made, you might think that the wave to commercial success. the sci-fi movie going audience would eventually tire of all the time-travelling, robot-smashing, and alien invading but you would be very wrong. This audience is

BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P4 BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P5 POP CULTURE - QUIRKY COMEDY

A growing trend in the world of filmmaking, particularly inventive comedies were a little eccentric, a little oddball in comedy, is quirk. But what exactly is quirk? and a whole lot of fun – in a word, they were “quirky.”

“Quirk is the ruling sensibility of today’s BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL is uniquely Gen-X indie culture...” positioned to hit a dead center bull’s eye of today’s market trend - seamlessly integrating the off-beat -Michael Hirschorn, Atlantic Magazine humor and unexpected insights celebrated in RAISING ARIZONA, with the eye popping visual effects and The above quoted Michael Hirschorn of Atlantic Magazine intergalactic enchantment of such films as GALAXY defines it this way, “Quirk is odd but not too odd. That QUEST and BACK TO THE FUTURE. would take us all the way to weird, and there someone might get hurt.” Indeed, quirk is the whimsical embrace of the oddities and randomness of life that, for whatever reason, seems to resonate with today’s soul-searching, geek-loving, market-driving teenage audience.

But, quirk is not just the domain of teens. Many of the biggest breakout indie films of recent years were widely embraced by young and old audiences alike. These films were funny, yes, but they were more than that. These

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The film’s soundtrack wil combine the hip sound of the 1950s rock with the outrageous pop sounds of the late 1980s. Classics like Holly’s “That’ll Be the Day” and “Oh Boy” wll join 80s-defining tracks from artists such as Rick Astley, Crowded House, and White Snake.

Fans of both generations of rock n' roll will understand why Rolling Stone named Holly the 13th greatest artist of all time.

BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P8 BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P9 DEVELOPMENT TRAILER In just 48 hours, Dahlia Street Films’ release of a development teaser for its latest sci-fi comedy motion picture BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL has been viewed nearly 10,000 times since its release on YouTube and has received a perfect 100% “thumbs up” approval from fans of Bradley Denton’s award winning comic novel by the same name.

Here are just a few of the comments it received online:

“This is great news! It’s an awesome book. I’ve been wanting to see it as a “Now that was a funny book. I hope they kept Ringo the Cyborg Doberman movie for years. I can’t wait to see what they do for the cyborg Doberman. in the film!” Bad-ass!” “Looks cool, and as a big Buddy Holly fan, props to them for using relatively “What a fun mysterious adventure. Can’t wait to see it. I love Buddy Holly!!” obscure songs rather than the hits everyone knows. They’re clearly fans too, which is great.” “WOW!!! Looks amazing - Can’t wait to see it!!” “So exciting!!!” “LMAO” “Love it and my 9 year old thought it was great!” “Wow! This Looks Incredible! Can’t wait to see this Film!!!” “You’ve done something rather amazing here; you’ve set up the story “Love it -There’s a world full of Buddy Holly fans who would love to see this concept, given us a peek into Oliver’s character, and established a distinct sci- comedy!” tone for the lm. All in about 2 minutes. Really, really impressed.” “LOVE IT!!!! Can’t wait to see it. when when when????!!!” “I think the teaser is great and I can’t wait to see the movie!” “Brilliant! It rocks!” “Wonderful! I haven’t thought about this book in years. Looks like a cool movie!” “Excellent! Smiles abound! Love it!”

BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P10 Google/Youtube search: Buddy Holly is Alive and Well Teaser https://youtu.be/OmQpZ7iYDo4

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Buddy Holly has been called “the single most influential His final show, part of a rock tour also featuring Ritchie creative force in early rock & roll.” His works and Valens and the Big Bopper, came on Feb. 2, 1959. The innovations influenced a long list of contemporaries and plane took off at around 12:55 a.m. Feb. 3 in gusty winds future stars, including Bob Dylan, the Beatles, and the and snowy conditions and crashed after a few minutes. Rolling Stones. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Holly No. 13 His funeral services were held in his hometown, and he on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. was buried in the City of Lubbock Cemetery, which plays a major role in BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL. Leaving behind a legacy of seemingly unlimited success after a career of just a year and a half, Buddy Holly Holly’s recorded work had been so prolific that new entered the pantheon of creative geniuses dying too albums continued to be made for 10 years following his soon in the early morning hours of Feb. 3, 1959. He was death, including “Peggy Sue Got Married” and “Crying, not quite 23 years old. Waiting, Hoping.” Other classics include “That’ll Be the Day,” “Rave On,” and “Peggy Sue.” Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley on Sept. 7, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas - the change from Holley to Holly Buddy Holly’s mystique holds cinematic power, as shown resulted from an error in a contract he signed with his in movies like Francis Ford Coppola’s PEGGY SUE GOT first music label. The incorrect spelling was then adapted MARRIED, based on one of Holly’s masterpiece songs, for his professional career. and LA BAMBA, the story of Ritchie Valens, who died along with Holly in the 1959 plane crash.

BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P13 Characters OLIVER VALE

OLIVER I saw this going much differently in my head.

OLIVER VALE is is just an ordinary electronics salesman/repairman, sitting at home trying to watch John Wayne in THE SEARCHERS when the broadcast is interrupted by an interplanetary transmission from the surface of Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, in which the rock icon, Buddy Holly, is somehow alive and well. Not only that he has a message for Oliver!

But then again, Oliver has a history with Buddy. His mother was obsessed with the guitar picker from Texas and was convinced Oliver was conceived on the night of Holly's tragic death. But that was thirty years ago. What could it all mean?

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BUDDY HOLLY There's a note here. It says: 'Welcome to... Ganimeedee.'

BUDDY HOLLY is died on February 3rd, 1959, the Day the Music Died. Or so we thought.

The truth is much much stranger. For the enlightened ones out there, the ones who know about the Ships of Light, there is another explaination for where Buddy Holly went on that fateful night... and it wasn't into the cold, hard ground.

The believers look up. Into the heavens. Into the stars. They say -- "If you listen really closely, you can hear him singing: 'A-well-ah-ah...'"

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BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P20 oliver vale / BUDDY HOLLY GRETCHEN

GRETCHEN You're kind of cute when you say really dumb shit.

GRETCHEN is tough as nails. She doesn't take shit from anyone, especially not some uber- liberal jackass with a motorcycles. She hates motorcycles.

She also hasn't had great luck with men. In fact, when she runs into Oliver, she is in the process of leaving yet another boyfriend... after stealing his wallet and rundown piece-of-shit pickup truck. But maybe, just maybe, running into Oliver was destined in the stars. Maybe its fate.

Nahhh.

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BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P23 GRETCHEN RICHTER

RICHTER It's just you and me now, Vale.

RICHTER is a dangerous machine. A killing machine.

He is also a card-carrying agent of the FBI, CIA, and FCC. Which is why he gets the call when the regularly scheduled programming on every tv in the country goes blank and is replaced with a mysterious transmission from space.

Is it the Russians? Is it China? Is it little green men, aliens from outer space? Richter doesn't care. He just wants to find the one responsible. Oliver P. Vale.

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BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P27 RICHTER BOOG

BOOG Nah. I left him on the side of the road in his underpants.

BOOG is a believer.

He was there in 1959 and remebers the Day the Music Died. For him and many others it marked the end of an era. The end of the carefree 50's and the beginning of the chaotic 60's, a decade of turmoil.

So when Buddy Holly reappears on the tv on February 3rd, 1989, Boog sees it as a sign. So he sets out to help this Oliver Vale on his quest, regardless of where the advenure might take him.

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BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P33 The World The World

The world of BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL is the American Southwest. Or rather the American Southwest as it was... circa 1989. The obscure parts of the world. The out-of-the-way places. The places we speed past on the highway or notice only when they are on fire: the car wash/beauty salon, the abandoned drive-in theater, the kitschy motel, the oddity, the unusual roadisde attraction. Those are the places celebrated in Oliver's desert roadtrip. They are iconic, strange, and sometimes unbelievably tacky, but they are undeniably American, the best (and worst) of Americana.

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BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P37 VLA (VERY LARGE ARRAY) Socorro, NM

BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P38 WIGWAM MOTEL (Holbrook, AZ)

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BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P40 PIE-O-NEER (Pie Town, NM)

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BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P47 The FILMAKERS DIRECTOR - ROBERT RUGAN

Robert Rugan is a two-time CLIO award-winning writer/director who moved from Alabama to New York City, then to sunny Los Angeles, where he is currently writing/directing the animated feature film MEDUSA at SONY, writing LEGO: BILLION BRICK RACE (one of the new LEGO franchise sequels) at Warner Brothers, and attached to direct the live-action KID ROBOT movie at MGM. In addition, he has written an updated take on the 80's cartoon CHIP 'N' DALE RESCUE RANGERS for Disney and adapted the screenplay for the children’s book series THE GENIUS FILES at Warner Brothers. He is also attached to direct his own original screenplay entitled BEAUREGARD THIBODEAUX AND THE CURSE OF THE ROUGAROU.

In television, he has created and written two one-hour series: GENESIS 1 (a grounded sci-fi in the vein of CONTACT) for ABC and THE FICTION (a grounded fantasy, in partnership with Cirque Du Soleil) for Twentieth Century Fox.

Commercially, he has worked with such clients as Google, Verizon, Kodak, Nikon, XGames, and Durex (which won Gold and Silver CLIO Awards, a CyberLion at Cannes, 4 AICP Awards (including the coveted "Humor" Category), and was nominated for the D&AD Award.) PRODUCER - MOLLY MAYEUX

Since 1996, Molly Mayeux has produced over 20 motion pictures as well as countless media projects including web series, branded content, commercials and music videos. Many of her films have screened at the most prestigious film festivals around the world including Sundance, Toronto, Rotterdam and Cannes.

Molly’s first producing title was SAVIOR, which starred Dennis Quaid, and was directed by Oliver Stone. Other credits include THE HI LINE (Sundance) starring Rachael Leigh Cook, DANDELION (Sundance) starring Vincent Cartheiser, RAIN (TIFF), starring Nicki Micheaux, and Tyler Perry’s DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN.

Recent titles include Ava Duvernay’s first narrative feature, I WILL FOLLOW, CHASING GHOSTS starring SNL’s Tim Meadows, and the upcoming WAITING FOR THE MIRACLE TO COME, executive produced by Bono and Wim Wenders, directed by Lian Lunson, which stars Willie Nelson, Charlotte Rampling and Sophie Lowe. EVAN'S CRIME, starring David Arquette and Douglas Smith, is currently in wide release.

Molly Mayeux is an active member of the Producer’s Guild of America. FINAL THOUGHTS

Suspense, adventure, hair-raising conflict and the quest Full of visual excitement, surprising plot twists and for higher consciousness, played out to the surging beat crackling, humorous dialogue, BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE of Buddy Holly’s immortal songs, are the hallmarks of AND WELL will contain the best elements of “buddy” BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL, which combines road pictures, adventure sagas, sci-fi, fantasy, and BACK TO THE FUTURE energy, RAISING ARIZONA musicals. Youngsters who love video games and plenty of wackiness and MEN IN BLACK thrills. action will not be disappointed. Those of the Buddy Holly and Harry Potter generations will find common ground, The movie is for all those who know that despite Don leaving humming Buddy’s songs with his enduring spirit McLean’s famous song, the music didn’t die on Feb. 3, in their hearts. 1959. The Film’s affirmation is that Buddy’s music and spirit will live forever as long as people strive for joy, In conclusion, BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL is laughter, adventure, and excitement. an exciting, action packed story guaranteed to attract a universal audience of all ages. Backed by a strong, The movie will have elements of the Coen Brothers off- experienced production team as well as a star-studded kilter humor, the absurdity of HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO cast, BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL has all the THE GALAXY’s science fiction and the wacky style of necessary ingredients needed to attain a high level of Terry Gilliam’s wild rides such as FEAR AND LOATHING commercial success. IN LAS VEGAS. But most of all, it conjures up a genre of lm that has been lost over the years - the fun-filled, visually-styled action adventure with lovable characters.

BUDDY HOLLY IS ALIVE AND WELL | P51 "Me and Fate go way back.” Oliver Vale RAVE ON.

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