A Sneak Peek at a Scene From Blue Like Jazz

I hope you are having a terrific Sunday morning.

Tomorrow is the big day. Tomorrow the kickstarter campaign ends, and nobody else will be able to make small investments in the film. The greatest aspect of this entire, rather miraculous story, is the remarkable community that has sprung up almost overnight. We, and by that I mean literally thousands of us, are making a movie. But the movie will hardly trump the story you have already told.

This morning, I wanted to give you a few pages from the script. This is a scene from act one, and it's one of my favorites. It's a scene in which Don's dad pulls into town. He's a professor but something of a vagabond, and he and Don's mom have differing opinions about Don's religious upbringing. He's called the Hobo in the scene because Don and his friend Jordan gave him this nickname in that he comes through town randomly and without notice, and also because he travels in an old RV, filled with Jazz records, beer and often an intern with which he has an inappropriate relationship.

The actor we are bringing in for this scene is fantastic. His audition was impressive and it was a surreal experience listening to somebody with that much talent read our words. He brought the scene completely to life. That said, I fear the blank text on the page isn't going to do the scene justice. Nevertheless, I thought I'd share it with you as we go into tomorrow, afterall, it's our movie now.

Blue Like Jazz is a candid film about the tension of being a young evangelical, and it's an honest film.

Again, if you've not donated and want to see an honest movie about life as a Christian in America the way it really happens with none of our warts hidden, and a movie that is not trying to convert anybody as much as it's trying to tell a story, then please join us.

Click on each page in order to read them. Here's the scene: