{"id":1758,"date":"2025-07-26T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/?p=1758"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:04:12","slug":"missed-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2025\/07\/26\/missed-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Missed Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Logline: After her two worlds collide, Bonnie must choose who she wants to spend her birthday with\u2013her AI dad or her mentally absent father.<\/p>\n<p>Page Count: 7<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Sci-fi, Family Drama<\/p>\n<p>Casting Breakdown:<br \/>\nBONNIE (32) Daddy&#8217;s girl Bonnie creates an AI version of her dad to fill the void his mental deterioration has left. AI dad is an almost perfect substitute for the real thing. And Bonnie feels terrible about it. Especially when her two dad&#8217;s meet.<br \/>\nMURRAY (67) Bonnie\u2019s dad. Once the life of the party, Murray now lives in a fog of confusion. With most of his memories out of reach, he is often frustrated by his own mind. But he finds joy in the presence of his family\u2014because even if the memories are gone, the emotions remain.<br \/>\n\u201cDAD\u201d (40s) Bonnie\u2019s AI dad. Still the life of the party, \u201cDad\u2019s\u201d disembodied voice carries all the humor, passion, and wisdom that made Murray such a comforting presence in Bonnie\u2019s life. He truly is a recreation of her father in his prime\u2014except now, he\u2019s just a voice in the walls.<br \/>\nKATHLEEN \u201cKATHY\u201d (65) Bonnie\u2019s mom. Fiercely pragmatic and never one to take shit from anyone, Kathy has shouldered the emotional and physical burden of caring for her husband alone. That strength has come at a cost\u2014she\u2019s tired, worn down, and unraveling.<\/p>\n<p>Locations:<br \/>\nINT. BONNIE\u2019S APARTMENT &#8211; KITCHEN<br \/>\nINT. BONNIE&#8217;S APARTMENT &#8211; FRONT DOOR \/ LIVING ROOM<\/p>\n<p>Special FX:<br class=\"last\" \/>N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Credit:<br class=\"last\" \/>Written by Rachael Pollak<\/p>\n<p>Contact Info:<br \/>\nrachaelaripollak@gmail.com 714-244-8889<\/p>\n<p class=\"last\">Read Here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/03\/MISSED_CONNECTION_FINAL.pdf\">MISSED_CONNECTION_FINAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logline: After her two worlds collide, Bonnie must choose who she wants to spend her birthday with\u2013her AI dad or her mentally absent father. Page Count: 7 Genre: Sci-fi, Family Drama Casting Breakdown: BONNIE (32) Daddy&#8217;s girl Bonnie creates an<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/2025\/07\/26\/missed-connection\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-10-pages","category-drama","category-scifi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/scriptbank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}