Packed with Action (and Flavor)

Dear Tooth & Nail Wine Company,

I write to you today offering an exciting partnership opportunity. You see, you call your winery ‘Tooth & Nail,’ and it just so happens that I am working on a screenplay that is also called Tooth & Nail.

The premise: Del Morton is a dentist with a mysterious past, maintaining his practice in a small strip mall. Meanwhile, Sandy Hill runs a nail salon out of the unit next door. Bubbly and outgoing, she tries often to befriend Del, but she cannot breach his cold demeanor.

One day, Sandy overhears something she shouldn’t have from one of her clients, making her the newest target of a local crime kingpin. Goons break into her business one night as she’s cleaning up, and she barely escapes, seeking shelter in the dentist’s office. Surprisingly, Del Morton, staying late to take care of some paperwork, quickly dispatches the goons, which is how the audience learns he has Special Forces training.

What follows is a wild, action-packed ride full of both dental and nail-related puns.

What does any of this have to do with wine? That, my friends, is up to you! I am currently only three pages into the project, meaning it’s essentially a blank slate!

Some ideas:

• The characters could frequently take cabs throughout their adventure together. Cabs will call to mind Cabernet Sauvignon.

• At one point, Del Morton could discuss his late wife, the woman who convinced him to put his violent past behind him. Sandy could ask what he best remembers about her, and Del could say, “It’s the little things, like the smell of her shampoo, which was replete with aromas of plum, black cherry, sandalwood, and tobacco leaf, much like the nose of Tooth & Nail’s famous Cabernet Sauvignon.”

• Or, in the beginning, when we see one of Del’s patients getting their teeth cleaned, the hygienist could say, “What flavor polish would you like? There’s standard mint, but we recently added additional options such as black fruit, boysenberry, crème de cassis, mocha, vanilla, and gravelly stone.” And the patient could say, “Huh, was that package of flavors inspired by Tooth & Nail’s famous Cabernet Sauvignon?”

• Maybe there could be a point where Sandy is thrown from a window, seemingly to her demise, only to land in a dumpster full of cushy trash bags, and she could cheekily say, “Well, it’s not exactly the soft, enveloping finish of Tooth & Nail’s famous Cabernet Sauvignon, but I’ll take it!”

The possibilities are ENDLESS! So please contact me so we can discuss the matter further. I already have a studio interested! And by studio, I mean my cousin who has a camera.

Talk soon!

Sincerely,
Gary Gary
(Second Gary is pronounced Guh-ray)