LOGLINE: American Truck driver Paul Conroy finds himself capsulized in a state of Claustrophobia and manic fear when faced with his impeding surroundings six feet under in a wooden box.
SYNOPSIS: Paul Conroy is a 35 year old truck driver in Iraq, but in this very moment, he is a man incased in a coffin struggle to both hold his sanity and find his way out of the dark, dank, depths of some unknown location in Iraq. Harnessing a lighter, phone, flask, a pen and pencil, and various other ineffective tools for someone stuck underground, Conroy’s connection to the world above isn’t secure in the least. Call after call, he begins to realize the severe inconvenience of his situation; not only is he stuck in this coffin, but he is stuck in this coffin in the middle of nowhere in Iraq. Even a call to the F.B.I. was proven to be useless. He is let down call after …show more content…
Trapped. While the entire film takes place inside a single wooden box, Conroy’s experience is one of anybody’s worst nightmares. The dialogue keeps the story moving forward smoothly, though it is the feelings which these last few moments induce which really make this script so intriguing. The writer’s use of imagery provides us with the torment which would follow stuck six feet underground. Conroy struggles with the restriction of such an enclosed space. His only connection to the world above is cellphone, but he is in the middle of nowhere in Iraq being held for ransom – 5 million dollars. Dan Brenner is introduced to the story through the Hostage Working Group when Conroy locates the number through various calls. Brenner helps Conroy stay sane through the process of the film. Several phone calls, ransom videos, hostages, snakes, bombs, and abandonments later, however, and Conroy is on the brink of cutting his own thumb off in return for his release from the
SYNOPSIS: Paul Conroy is a 35 year old truck driver in Iraq, but in this very moment, he is a man incased in a coffin struggle to both hold his sanity and find his way out of the dark, dank, depths of some unknown location in Iraq. Harnessing a lighter, phone, flask, a pen and pencil, and various other ineffective tools for someone stuck underground, Conroy’s connection to the world above isn’t secure in the least. Call after call, he begins to realize the severe inconvenience of his situation; not only is he stuck in this coffin, but he is stuck in this coffin in the middle of nowhere in Iraq. Even a call to the F.B.I. was proven to be useless. He is let down call after …show more content…
Trapped. While the entire film takes place inside a single wooden box, Conroy’s experience is one of anybody’s worst nightmares. The dialogue keeps the story moving forward smoothly, though it is the feelings which these last few moments induce which really make this script so intriguing. The writer’s use of imagery provides us with the torment which would follow stuck six feet underground. Conroy struggles with the restriction of such an enclosed space. His only connection to the world above is cellphone, but he is in the middle of nowhere in Iraq being held for ransom – 5 million dollars. Dan Brenner is introduced to the story through the Hostage Working Group when Conroy locates the number through various calls. Brenner helps Conroy stay sane through the process of the film. Several phone calls, ransom videos, hostages, snakes, bombs, and abandonments later, however, and Conroy is on the brink of cutting his own thumb off in return for his release from the