THE FILM

OLD LADIES FIND MONEY is a feature film about two women of a certain age who find a dead body and $2.5 million washed up on a remote beach and take the money, knowing they’ll be underestimated by just about everyone. But when outside forces come looking for the money and a townie gets killed, the women must come up with a way to save their community.

Austin Film Festival says, “This script presents an entertaining, well-considered small town crime drama, with a dose of black comedy and cast of quirky characters. The strong opening scene description of "Tangled vines grip clusters of dark cranberries that bob along the surface of an overgrown bog..." really gives the reader a sense of place and atmosphere.”

OLD LADIES FIND MONEY is a movie for our time. The dream of finding or winning lots of money is one that consumes many people on a regular basis. It’s why gambling is a multi-trillion dollar industry worldwide. And if people are not the winners themselves, they’re curious about who the winners are, along with finding out what they did with their winnings. Are their lives improved or ruined? As with most things, there’s always the corollary with getting what you want: Be careful what you wish for. With its evergreen subject matter and compelling characters,

Much like the films that inspired it, including A SIMPLE PLAN, FARGO and WAKING NED DEVINE, the story has "legs" and four-quadrant appeal, in that the audiences who will enjoy it include the young, the old, and audiences for both comedy and drama.

OLD LADIES FIND MONEY is destined to become a modern classic in the found money/crime genre.

THE CURRENT MARKET FOR OLD LADIES FIND MONEY

The current market for OLD LADIES FIND MONEY is excellent. There’s a groundswell happening in the U.S. and most of the developed world that the entertainment industry has only begun to recognize, embrace, and capitalize on. And this movement represents a powerful opportunity to reel in enormous audiences with disposable income. What is this market that is hiding in plain sight? It’s the rapidly growing number of global consumers over the age of 50.“ According to a recent Esquire (May 2023) article, “Hollywood is ignoring an untapped audience.”People over 50 hold more than 70% of the $92 trillion in private wealth in the U.S.!”. Today’s 50-plus consumer is reshaping everything in our culture, as they live longer and demand entertainment made for them. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a43895719/why-hollywood-ignores-older-audiences/

Just ask Jane Fonda. “Older women are the fastest-growing demographic in the world,” says the Hollywood legend. “It’s a business and if they want to meet the market, they’re going to have to start writing television shows about older women, and they’re doing that.” As the THEME Report outlines, people 50 and above comprise 36 percent of the U.S. population. And in 2021, 32 percent of that 50-plus group were moviegoers. (If anything, that portion has probably risen as the pandemic has eased.) It is the right content that will keep them coming back for more.

Similarly, a recent NY Times (Sept. 24, 2023) article said it’s Boomers who are saving Primetime Television, keeping certain types of shows going. You might call it nostalgia, but then you only need to look at the success of FRANKIE AND GRACE and ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING to see that shows with older actors, no matter where they’re being programmed, have a market. Granted, these shows are small screen fare rather than films, but given so few films have theatrical lives in 2023, films are mostly viewed on the small screen today. The analogy being drawn is to the type of shows, what we call “Boomer comfort food.” As stated in the Times: “Boomers want the kinds of stories they grew up with.” OLD LADIES FIND MONEY, is entertainment comfort food for Boomers by providing a spin on the familiar.

ABC is betting on its Boomer version of The Bachelor, “The Golden Bachelor,” and Ari Goldman, senior vice president of content strategy and scheduling at ABC Entertainment said, referring to the median age of 67 as key for their programming decisions, “We’re going to be leaning into that abundance of audience [in] prime time. He notes that boomer audiences are drawn to shows they’ve grown up with, “they’re comforting and sort of throwback programming for that audience.” Radha Subramanyam, chief research officer for CBS, added, “At CBS we love older viewers…and advertisers.

Full article: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a43895719/why-hollywood-ignores-older-audiences/ve them because they have tons and tons of spending power.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/business/media/tv-networks-streaming-boomers.html?searchResultPosition=1

OLFM has several built in audiences. Not only those who'd like to win money, but those who like to watch how others spend money.

Though it’s always true that the movie business is no sure thing, there’s been a major shift in the distribution of independent films just since the pandemic. Huge blockbusters, once counted on by the major studios, are finding lackluster success at the box office. It’s as if audiences have finally grown tired of the predictable plots and unrealistic superheroes. Meanwhile, films that take a chance and provide something different, regardless of budgetary level are finding audiences. Smaller films, particularly smaller genre films like OLD LADIES FIND MONEY, are eschewing distributors who pay filmmakers a small portion of their budgets then fail to market the films, are instead finding success with AVOD (Advertising Video on Demand). These films, often posted on YouTube, make money for filmmakers based on the ads played during the films. Now that Hulu, Netflix, Paramount+ and others are offering cheaper subscription models with ads, viewers find the same experience on YouTube, Tubi and IndieRights without having to pay a subscription.

Endorsing Organizations include: AARP, AgeintheArts, The Age Friendly Institute, A Certain Age Podcast

COMPARABLE FILMS

OLD LADIES FIND MONEY was in large part inspired by three comparable films — WAKING NED DEVINE, FARGO and A SIMPLE PLAN. And it can be comped to several other films in the crime/heist/found-or-stolen money genres as well. All of these films were financial or critical hits and some were both.

Though investing in movies is incredibly risky, and a return on investment can never be guaranteed, the profitability of movies in the heist and stolen/found money genres has remained consistent over the years. Many of these films have become classics, proving the test of time, and creating more downstream revenue for years to come.

CASTING

The two female lead roles in OLD LADIES FIND MONEY will be played by women of a certain age, actors who are in large part neglected in Hollywood films. Sure, you see Dame Helen Mirren playing Queen Elizabeth and appearing now in Marvel films. But how many former stars have disappeared from our screens? Too many. Actors such as Mary Kay Place, Amy Madigan, Julie Hagerty, Karen Allen. They’re still acting and many have expressed interest in the roles of Jan and Sylvia..

There are also name actors in the right age range who we’ll seek out--Annette Bening, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Margo Martindale and Jean Smart, Patricia Clarkson.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKING TEAM

AR NICHOLAS (Writer/Director) has been making theatre and film for over 40 years. Her first feature film, UNIVERS’L, starring Tony Todd, premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival and was official selection at Chicago International, Mannheim Heidelberg and Goteborg, among others, and won prizes at film festivals all over Europe. Since then she’s had multiple plays produced, has directed three additional films and earned both a JD and LLM. As an actor, she appeared on TV in MARY, directed by Danny DeVito, followed by REMINGTON STEELE, MIKE HAMMER and many other TV shows, films and independent projects including the cult film, MUTANTS IN PARADISE, starring Edith Massey. She is currently half of the team (with Dale Basye) of the film review podcast, UNCERTAIN AGE, available on Apple. To see any of AR’s previous work, contact: bournosmedia@gmail.com.

EMILY LAUE (Producer) is a producer/writer/director and AD who has been working in film for over 20 years. In Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, and most recently, Portland, she has worked on independent features and shorts, commercials, and music videos. Since moving to Portland in 2022, she has immersed herself in the film community, working on local projects. She is on the board of Women in Film PDX. She has a BFA in Theatre Acting from the University of British Columbia and a MFA in Film Directing from the new Stonybrook/Killer Films Graduate Program. Films she has worked on have screened at Palm Springs, Whistler, MoMA, Bend and more. She taught Film 101 at Stony Brook University and Children’s Theater at The Actor’s Gang in LA. She currently advocates for more film projects to be shot in Oregon and runs out into the wilderness as often as she can.

FINANCIAL PLAN

Production and finishing financing for OLD LADIES FIND MONEY will involve both Donations through Film Independent (see “DONATE” page above), and Equity Investments.** Equity Investments will include the equity crowd-sourcing platform WeFunder, which has not only launched several successful films, it has launched an entire fan-based film company called Legion M.

WeFunder gives individual investors a stake in exciting projects with smaller investment entry points. Larger investors (over $20,000) will go through our Private Placement Memorandum process but this will allow them to take larger percentage stakes in the film.

Loud Owl LLC is the parent company and, along with AR Nicholas, is the copyright holder of the Intellectual Property known as OLD LADIES FIND MONEY and is registered with the Library of Congress. Loud Owl is currently exploring additional avenues for investors and others to contribute to OLD LADIES FIND MONEY.

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