Petition asks Walter Koenig to read prison screenplay

More than 2000 women sign petition demanding a firm commitment from  Walter Koenig (film producer) to read screenplay addressing Texas judicial system

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Walter Koenig & Adam Sandler’s film company targeted by Texas petition

Will Hollywood just rollover and let prisoner’s suffer?

EXCLUSIVE

More than 2000 women have signed an open letter to Adam Sandler calling on Walter Koenig and Hollywood to take “movie action” to tackle injustice against men and women in the wake of revelations that Texas has more prisoners incarcerated than the Soviet Union’s gulag system had. Texas currently has over 290,000 inmates housed at 580 facilities.

The signatories, including state senators, professors of criminal justice, social workers, family, and inmates, call for a “firm commitment” to tackle the unjust prisons in Texas. The petition has also been signed by Beto O’Rourke, and Matthew McConaughey. These two signatories might face each other in the 2022 Texas governors election. Both have expressed interest in the job.  The petitions arrived for Walter Koenig at The David Moss Company, David Moss last week.

In the open letter to Walter Koenig, the 2080 women write that they are “heartbroken for first-time drug offenders many times addicts who have received extremely harsh sentences in Texas when rehabilitation has proven a cheaper and more effective solution.”  The petition goes on to say their family and friends are often heartbroken for and looking for redemption and rehabilitation for the victimless drug crimes.”

The signatories, including attorneys, professors, politicians, family members, and inmates, call on Walter Koenig for a ‘firm film commitment’ to tackle the issue of operating the Texas prison system for profit.

The petition came to light when women discovered the screenplay, a copy which was dontated to all 580 of the state’s prison and jail libraries. The existence of the petition surfaced on International Women’s Day. Women in Texas face extreme prejudice in Texas and often receive extremely harsh penalties for even a small amount of drugs, including marijuana. Marijuana is legal now in 21 states.

Inside prisons, the women are faced with such horrendous conditions… the petition demands that “filmmakers begin to take the issue seriously.”  Also, the petition reminds that “even here in the USA in the 21st century citizens are not safe from government oppression.”

Actor, Writer, Producer, Walter Koenig, has not responded to the petition. Nor has The David Moss Company, David Moss responded with a comment.

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The screenplay “Dumbass” was penned by writer and retired professor of political science Alan Nafzger.

The premise of the story is that, “Adam Sandler writes letters and saves numerous women from the monotony of prison life, and later when he gets into trouble with a drug cartel they return the favor by rescuing him.”

The film would be set in contemporary, Gatesville Texas. There are four women’s prisons located in Gatesville. And of course, Texas is famous for putting everyone in prison for a long sentences for little or no reason. The number of women in Texas prisons has tripled in the last ten years, as mass incarcerations have proven profitable to not only the state but also profitable for an array of business interests.

Writer Alan Nafzger has called on Governor Greg Abbott to, “end the prison industry.”

Recently, “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak spoke out against the Texas system and put a good word in for mercy and forgiveness out on social media. “How nice for those who have lived such exemplary lives that they can express glee when others have their lives ruined by a mistake, real or perceived,” Sajak tweeted last month.

During the winter’s deep freeze, the The Marshall Project, exposed the horrible prison conditions, “Inside Frigid Texas Prisons: Broken Toilets, Disgusting Food, Few Blankets.”

The petition states, “Why don’t we have the ‘Adam Sandler’ character… sending letters to women in prison and being their friend and trying to help them adjust, giving them hope… and when they get out of prison he picks them up so they don’t have to ride the smelly bus back home… but his pickup truck is a junker, smoking and sputtering … worse than the bus. But his heart is in the right place… He’s the last “chivalrous” man on earth.”

Walter Koenig has not commented on the script, thus far. A statement is expected soon.

Professor Nafzger has made a short treatment of the project available online.

He has made the finished script available at for select filmmakers.

Adam Sandler of Happy Madison Productions has expressed interest in the screenplay.

Walter Koenig is a Actor, Writer, Producer known for Star Trek: The Original Series (1966), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and is represented by The David Moss Company, David Moss.

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The screenwriter has 30 pages to setup the story,

Doesn’t the screenwriter have 30 pages to grab the reader’s interest? What happened to the 30-page setup? Here’s what the First Ten Pages either make or break your script really means:

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PSYCHOLOGICAL VS. MYTHIC

No, I don’t mean aliens or vampires! I’m talking about an antagonist that is larger than a human or other kind of being, like the dystopian society in The Hunger Games, or Julia Roberts’ fame in Notting Hill. In stories where the society is the real antagonist, there is often a human representative of that society for us to hate, like President Snow in Hunger Games or Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. But the evil in Hunger Games is bigger than blond bully Cato or autocratic Snow; it’s the whole dystopian societal system. And while the paparazzi in Notting Hill are a good physical representation and ever-present reminder of the huge gulf in status between Anna and Will, the real problem is that gulf itself: the fame that is constantly getting between the lovers.

NON-HUMAN VILLAINS

John Truby, in his story structure workshops and his excellent book: The Anatomy of Story, talks about creating a four-point opposition, and the Belloq/Toht/Dietrich/Hitler hierarchy is a good example of how that works.