Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?
Steve Sterling: A 12-year-old boy schemes to become a soldier and succeeds. Passing as an adult, he is shipped to France to fight in WWI. The film follows Ernest Wrentmore’s real-life journey and is based on his memoir.
Barely trained, hardly equipped, and ineptly led due to lack of experienced officers, the American doughboy nonetheless adapted and became a feared combatant, often fighting in the open and hand to hand. This is the context of The Youngest Doughboy.
2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?
War, history, coming of age
3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?
The Youngest Doughboy is a unique story that has never been told on film
4. How would you describe this script in two words?
Altruistic courage
5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?
Lawrence of Arabia and the…
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