THE SOFT MACHINE – David Lawrance (Launch Pad)
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| Title: | THE SOFT MACHINE |
| Logline: | In order to unravel the truth about her lover’s supposed suicide, a young nurse goes undercover at the psychiatric hospital that treated him, discovering that the doctor in charge is performing dangerous experiments that may be killing patients. |
| Pitch: | ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST meets CHANGELING |
| Writer: | David Lawrance |
| Genre: | Drama | Period | Thriller |
| Why to Read: | This is an intriguing psychological thriller that uses its 1970s Los Angeles setting to create an atmosphere of suspicion and doubt, with the looming threat of Scientology’s influence and the conditions that incubated so much cult activity giving color to Rosa’s investigations into a dangerous mental hospital. Rosa’s personal quest, finding out what happened to her former lover, raises the stakes immediately, and the plot does not disappoint, with plenty of great twists to keep the audience on its toes. |
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