As some of you may know throuogh reading these blogs the main character in the story is a young Italian,Dante Gabriele, who was raised on a family farm in Southern Italy in the late 1700's
Dante had been taught to play the violin by his uncle, the parish priest and he was quite adept.
A chance encounter with a group of musicians tempts him to leave his family home and go on the road to try and seek fame and fortune as a musician.
That is the kernel of the story.
Where did the idea come from for the story?.
We all now live in the age of rapid and personalised communication, most in the advanced countries can access almost any electronic messaging system, talk ..with added pictures.. to our friends and contacts all round the world in moments..plus there is the constant stream of TV which keeps everyone informed of world events almost a soon as they take place and we also see it as perfectly normal..so I got to wonder how it must have been for someone born into Dantes wedge of history..absolutely no communication systems whatsoever, anywhere.
So how did the word spread that a certain orchestra needed musicians..how were the concerts publicised, almost no-one could read, so posters were out of the question, no newspapers. It could only have been by word of mouth and that word would have been carried on the speediest form of transport available,a horse.
Given that here were very few formal road systems it figures that the horse would take a long time to get anywhere...so the info that would be conveyed by the rider would have aged somewhat by the time it reached its destination.....and so it was that Dante's chance meeting gave him so much info that he felt compelled to take the opportunity presented and enter the brave new world of music.
He was never going back to the farm.
OK.. So Dante is off on his adventures..where he mets all manner of folk..some good..some bad..and none of them seem to care about him.
That's where the famous actor comes in.
As I wrote the script and then the novel one character kept placing itself right in front of me...arms folded across his chest on and staring...what started off as a small character part began to grow and grow..soon this character became the essential player..in all of the scenes/chapters he appears in he plays a pivotal part in Dantes life...for both good and evil.
That characters name is Giacomo Grande..Giacomo is an entertainer in the high society world of that period.
Giacomo is a dwarf.
That dwarf can only be played by one person... a brilliant actor.
.
Peter Dinklage.
So I now have a book that is beginning to sell well and a script that the book was adapted from...and I would love to get one version or the other to Patrick...but no-one seems able to find the name of his Agent...not even the many contacts I have in the movie business.
So what do I do..I ASK YOU.
If any of you know the info I seek then please contact me at my e-mail address mail@avantiventures.com
I would be very grateful. Thank you.
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