{"id":24540,"date":"2025-01-28T11:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=24540"},"modified":"2025-01-28T11:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:16:03","slug":"screenplay-by-transylvania-alumnus-wins-european-film-festival-acclaim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2025\/01\/screenplay-by-transylvania-alumnus-wins-european-film-festival-acclaim\/","title":{"rendered":"Screenplay by Transylvania alumnus wins European film festival acclaim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_1-730x512.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_1-730x512.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_1-350x245.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_1-768x538.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_1-810x568.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_1-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_1.jpeg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the life of an eccentric Lexington artist, a screenplay by Transylvania University alumnus Jim Hall &#8217;81 recently garnered several European film festival awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/monacofilmfest.com\/2024program\/nominees\/jim_hall.php?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3TPpqM6gNtA_-sWwiXNNVW76nagUWKP-fzygbWMvIRLWnsyfQgPKq4Kzo_aem_WnCoYfs6j5tnS1q1diEGQw\">The Outrageous Life of Henry Faulkner<\/a>&#8221; claimed Best Epic Feature and Best Independent Spirit at the Monaco International Film Festival&#8217;s Angel Film Awards and Best Feature Screenplay at the Amsterdam New Cinema Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_2-511x730.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24545\" style=\"width:284px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_2-511x730.png 511w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_2-245x350.png 245w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_2-768x1097.png 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_2-567x810.png 567w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_2-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/transylvania_hall_2.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hall, a retired pilot who lives in the Netherlands, sees such acclaim as a bonus when finding a producer for his script \u2014 he\u2019s sent it to one in Toronto who&#8217;s interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loosely drawn from a book by Charles House with the same title, the screenplay is a drama based on historical facts. Its complex narrative features mostly flashbacks from throughout Faulkner&#8217;s life. But the film takes place in just one day \u2014 Dec. 5, 1981 \u2014 when he was killed in a car crash at the intersection Third and Broadway near campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An oil painter, Faulkner&#8217;s name lives on locally through legends and the Faulkner Morgan Archive, which promotes Kentucky&#8217;s LGBTQ history (alumnus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2024\/03\/transylvania-alumnus-and-artist-stays-connected-to-his-alma-mater-through-wikipedia-edit-a-thon\/\">Josh Porter &#8217;19<\/a> is its assistant executive director).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hall recently visited Lexington to buy an original Faulkner painting, and he&#8217;s consulted with the artist&#8217;s longtime friend Bob Morgan along with the author\u2019s wife, Nora, acquiring the rights for the screenplay from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Billed as depicting the &#8220;colorful and adventurous life of one of America\u2019s most talented unknown gay artists and his quest for self-expression and respect,&#8221; the script spans the globe from Lexington to Rome. &#8220;It has a very European feel to it,\u201d Hall said. 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For instance, Faulkner would walk around town with his pet goat Alice while loudly singing opera. The Kentucky native grew up in foster homes across the state and was &#8220;tough as nails,&#8221; getting right back up whenever he got knocked down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to depict Henry&#8217;s personality, his passions, the way he dealt with the world,&#8221; Hall noted. &#8220;Writing a screenplay is a huge task.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When COVID-19 grounded him as a pilot and he was living under Spain&#8217;s sweeping lockdown restrictions, he found himself looking for something to do. So he drew on his graduate studies at UCLA&#8217;s film school and launched into the script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to screenwriting, Hall has also restored 17th-century canal houses in Amsterdam and built harpsichords. 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