{"id":945,"date":"2017-04-26T23:54:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T23:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/?p=945"},"modified":"2017-05-02T08:20:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T08:20:18","slug":"tesla-the-poet-of-electricity-by-matrix-productions-tesla-science-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/tesla-the-poet-of-electricity-by-matrix-productions-tesla-science-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"TESLA \u2013 The Poet of Electricity by Matrix Productions &#038; Tesla Science Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>FULL TITLE:\u00a0 <\/strong>TESLA &#8211; The Poet of Electricity<\/h5>\n<p><strong>LOGLINE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He electrified a world that was not yet ready for his brilliance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WEBSITE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PoetOfElectricity.com\">www.PoetOfElectricity.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRODUCTION COMPANY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matrix Productions<\/p>\n<p>223 W. Lancaster Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Devon, PA\u00a0 19333<\/p>\n<p>610-688-921<\/p>\n<p>800-576-2001<\/p>\n<p>DREAMWORKS (provisional)<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRODUCER:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James Jaeger<\/p>\n<p>bio at www.mecfilms.com\/jrjbio.htm<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIRECTOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Jaeger (provisional)<\/li>\n<li>Ridley Scott (provisional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carol Snyder, Matrix Productions<\/li>\n<li>Nikola Lonchar, Tesla Science Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Elias Alias, Lionsgate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SUPPORTING ACTORS<\/strong> (provisional)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarah Jessica Parker, Part of Sarah Bernhardt<\/li>\n<li>Sam Elliott, Part of Mark Twain<\/li>\n<li>Beau Bridges, Part of George Westinghouse<\/li>\n<li>Emilio Estevez, Part of Thomas Edison<\/li>\n<li>Natascha McElhone, Part of Anne Morgan<\/li>\n<li>Gweneth Paltrow, Part of Marguritte Marrington<\/li>\n<li>Marisa Tomei, Part of Flora Dodge<\/li>\n<li>Naomi Watts, Part of Kathren Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Diane Lane, Part of Ava Astor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STORY SYNOPSIS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NIKOLA TESLA arrives in New York in 1886 and gains employment with THOMAS EDISON as an electrical engineer. His dream is to bring to fruition a system of clean, inexpensive electrical energy.\u00a0 Edison, failing to share the dream, quickly falls out of favor with the Serbian engineer and there results a serious parting of the ways.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Tesla, his reputation gains him investors who quickly see in him the potential to earn a small fortune.\u00a0 In short order, Tesla is riding high in New York society from various inventions, among which is alternating current (AC).\u00a0 But things are not so pleasant for Edison and his most famous investor, J.P. MORGAN, for these two titans of industry had placed their bets &#8212; and significant sums &#8212; into an alternative electrical system known as direct current (DC).\u00a0 Predictably, a \u201cwar of currents\u201d ensues after which Tesla&#8217;s AC emerges victorious thanks to GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, who backed Tesla and installed his AC generators at Niagara Falls.\u00a0 Soon after, AC proves to be the electricity of choice.\u00a0 Tesla&#8217;s invention not only lights up Albany, Buffalo and New York City, but opens the door for the aluminum and aviation industries due to the immense amounts of electrical power that can, for the first time, be sent long distances.<\/p>\n<p>As Tesla\u2019s fame and fortune grow, so do advances from attractive and wealthy women, such as the actress, SARAH BERNHARDT and FLORA DODGE of Dodge City.\u00a0 Eventually, almost every high-society woman in New York wants to date the good-looking genius.\u00a0 Nevertheless, Tesla prefers to abstain, putting his life\u2019s work first and hanging out with his buddies, MARK TWAIN and STANFORD WHITE.\u00a0 &#8220;Marriage is not for the inventor&#8221; he says in a news article, an article which catches the eye of ANN MORGAN, the beautiful and influential daughter of J.P.<\/p>\n<p>Almost oblivious to his personal life, Tesla decides to focus in on his life-long dream: extracting electrical power from the core of the Earth and transmitting it through the air without wires.\u00a0 But the powers that be are now more cautious.\u00a0 Leery of the millions Tesla had previously cost them (when J.P. lead them into investments in DC), they are in no mood for Tesla&#8217;s scheme to give the world cheap, or free, electricity.\u00a0 Heading the list of disgruntled investors is J.P. Morgan.\u00a0 But money is the last thing on his mind as he watches his daughter fall deeply in love with the \u201cpoet of electricity,\u201d yet the poet fails to reciprocate.<\/p>\n<p>If the definition of a tragic figure is one that holds within themselves the seeds of their own demise, Nikola Tesla is one of America&#8217;s true tragic figures.\u00a0 A genius in the ways of science, yet challenged in the ways of romance, Tesla&#8217;s memory is but a footnote in history, yet his legacy makes possible much of the modern industrial world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SCREENPLAY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When one considers Tesla lived for 86 years, it&#8217;s easy to see how TESLA &#8211; The Poet of Electricity could be a 3-hour movie.\u00a0 An excerpt from the Screenplay can be read by going to www.PoetOfElectricity.com\/excerpt.pdf.\u00a0 Please email Carol Snyder at contact@mecfilms.com for the full Screenplay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROPOSED PACKAGING METHODOLOGY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since today Tesla is relatively unknown, this part may best be played by a relatively unknown actor.\u00a0 This could be a talented TV actor looking to work in features or a non-U.S. actor not (yet) familiar to American audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Because this is a bio-picture, we feel it needs a strong director, but most importantly, a director that is sincerely interested in Tesla and understands his circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the part of Tesla, the cast could be comprised of supporting roles which would require about one to twelve days each, therefore, name talents could be scheduled between other projects.\u00a0 Names would be appropriate because many of the parts in TESLA are influential people of the time.\u00a0 Some of these parts are: Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt, Thomas Edison, J.P. Morgan, George Westinghouse, Marguerite Merington and Rudyard Kipling.<\/p>\n<p>The only major supporting role we would suggest be finalize after the part of Tesla is cast is the part of Marguerite Merrington.\u00a0 According to our research, Marguerite was the only woman Tesla seemed to really\u00a0 have had feelings for.\u00a0 Thus, we feel this part shouldn&#8217;t be cast until after it&#8217;s known who will play the part of Tesla (so the on-screen chemistry will be right).<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY TESLA MUST BE MADE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A film about a brilliant electrician who invented, not only alternating current &#8212; but florescent lighting, radar, the bladeless turbine, laser and radio &#8212; would be boring.\u00a0 Even a film about a mad scientist or another conspiracy theory is old.\u00a0 In TESLA &#8211; The Poet of Electricity, we tried to fully understand who Tesla was and what motivated his quirky ways.\u00a0 We sought to understand his love-life, the women who pursued him and most of all, why he rose so high and was ultimately turned into a non-person by the powers that be.\u00a0 Here are some specific reasons why TESLA must be made.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visual Setting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York City at the turn of the century, &#8220;the age of innocence,&#8221; has to be one of the most moving and cinematic settings possible.\u00a0 The horse-drawn carriages, the busy streets, muddy ditches, sweatshops and labs; the elegant and stately attire of high society; the posh restaurants, hotels and mansions where Tesla occasioned; the twisted maze of dangerous electrical wiring strung all over the city by twenty competing, incompatible electric companies.\u00a0 Go to www.mecfilms.com\/tesla for photographs of setting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dramatic Characters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you get more dramatic characters?\u00a0 Tesla, a handsome, eccentric Serbian genius who, though not gay, thwarts the passion of endless women literally throwing themselves at him.\u00a0 Mark Twain, Tesla&#8217;s best friend, stays up all night in the lab drinking and joking around with his &#8220;mad scientist&#8221; buddy.\u00a0 The famous actress, Sarah Bernhardt, who flirts with Tesla while he\u2019s hard at work.\u00a0 J.P. Morgan, thought to be the richest man alive, whose mere word on Wall Street can make or break any man.\u00a0 Anne Morgan, J.P.&#8217;s beloved daughter who adored Nikola Tesla only to be amongst those thwarted by the &#8220;genius.&#8221;\u00a0 Thomas Edison, America&#8217;s greatest inventor, complete with his quirks and flaws, was ultimately so intimidated by Tesla&#8217;s genius, he allowed himself to participate in some drastic measures.\u00a0 Ava Astor, John Astor&#8217;s sexy, cheating wife doesn&#8217;t get very far with Tesla either.\u00a0 Stanford White, built the new wing on the White House as well as Tesla&#8217;s new lab &#8212; but couldn&#8217;t keep his hands off married women between projects.\u00a0 Sara Dodge, rich and beautiful beyond belief, but did Tesla even notice?\u00a0 Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, but, as a bachelor, made time to party with Tesla and Twain.\u00a0 Go to www.mecfilms.com\/tesla for photographs of characters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heavy Conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TESLA is a picture that contains heavy conflict &#8212; about as heavy as it gets in the business and social worlds.\u00a0 The conflict between the large corporation vs. the lone inventor; the conflict between marriage and bachelorhood; the contest between AC and DC; the conflict between love and career dedication; between making money and giving back to Society.\u00a0 In our version of this story, Nikola Tesla is the protagonist whereas Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan are the antagonists.\u00a0 Recognizing the great accomplishments of both Edison and Morgan, we have made every effort to avoid disparaging these two American icons by showing that they acted like anyone in their position would have acted.\u00a0 Edison and Morgan were as much victims of the competitive industrial machine of their time as was Tesla, but because most of us know only of the conflicts told from the mainstream victors&#8217; point of view, we felt it was time to take a chance and tell this story from the point of view of the lone inventor, Nikola Tesla.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rich in Special Fxs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Modern digital technology makes it possible to produce this picture in a way Orson Wells (the last person to tackle a Tesla movie) would be proud: one hundred and thirty-five foot sparks flying from Tesla&#8217;s high frequency coils; Wardenclyffe Tower sending and receiving bolts of lightning from the stratosphere; static electricity pervading and gapping every metal object in town; ball lightning floating around and exploding; buildings and entire city blocks vibrating from standing waves; a 12-megaton blast in the Tunguska forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The story of Nikola Tesla transcends the American Dream and is currently topical.\u00a0 A poor immigrant rising to the top of his profession, Tesla gains massive fame and fortune; is endlessly on the cover of prestigious magazines and is worshiped by his peers in the engineering and scientific establishment.\u00a0 So important are Tesla\u2019s accomplishments, modern, industrialized civilization would not have been possible without him.\u00a0 Tesla&#8217;s invention of the polyphase generator and AC alone made possible the long-range transmission of electrical power without which New York City would not exist as we know it today.\u00a0 Further, because of the ability to transmit electricity long distances, the aluminum industry was made possible, thus opening the door to aviation.\u00a0 Unfortunately, today, few in the general public are aware of any of this.\u00a0 What happened?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspiration for Future Generations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a time when our country is in need of energy independence and greater sources of energy, we would like to remember what happened to Tesla, the poet of electricity.\u00a0 A dreamer and loner, Nikola Tesla dared to buck the system and go after new sources of energy, no matter what the cost to his personal and professional life.\u00a0 As such he was a tragic figure who could emerge as an inspiration to a new generation of inventors and creative thinkers &#8212; if only they knew more about him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wide Audience Appeal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The above cinematic elements will combine to make TESLA &#8211; The Poet of Electricity visually exciting, tragic and potentially a \u201cbest picture\u201d with wide international audience appeal.\u00a0 To millions of scientists around the world, Tesla is not only remembered, he&#8217;s a serious, bone fide engineer.\u00a0 Like Watt, Volta, Ampere and Newton, Tesla had a unit of scientific measurement named after him &#8212; an honor less than ten men in history have shared.\u00a0 But Tesla also has an inestimable audience of fans, many of which worship him as an almost occult figure.\u00a0 In this screenplay, we have done our best to satisfy both audiences, yet remain true to who Tesla was.<\/p>\n<p>TESLA &#8211; The Poet of Electricity distinguishes itself because it\u00a0 emphasizes the element of unrequited romance in Tesla&#8217;s life as well as the dynamics of the little-understood power relationships that influenced, and eventually crashed, his career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MARKETING CONSIDERATIONS: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Tesla Science Foundation estimates that there are about 100 million Tesla fans world wide &#8212; 200 million in all, when their wives and girlfriends are factored into the market.\u00a0 This market includes electrical engineers, scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs, sci-fi buffs, mystics, historians, Tesla Motors enthusiasts.\u00a0 At $10 per ticket, we feel that the potential revenue for TESLA &#8211; The Poet of Electricity could exceed $1.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTACTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For information on this project contact James Jaeger or Nikola Lonchar at 800-576-2001.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FULL TITLE:\u00a0 TESLA &#8211; The Poet of Electricity LOGLINE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He electrified a world that was not yet ready for his brilliance. WEBSITE:\u00a0\u00a0 www.PoetOfElectricity.com PRODUCTION COMPANY: Matrix Productions 223 W. Lancaster Avenue. Devon, PA\u00a0 19333 610-688-921 800-576-2001 DREAMWORKS (provisional) PRODUCER: James Jaeger bio at www.mecfilms.com\/jrjbio.htm DIRECTOR: James Jaeger (provisional) Ridley Scott (provisional) ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Carol Snyder, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teslasciencefoundation.org\/new_TSF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}