Dysfunctional Relations between Dad and Daughter spans Decades
Story Details: Most Wanted Dad
Format: Screenplay based on Memoir (1972 to 1996).
Genre: True Story, Life-in-Crime, Drama.
Sources: Penpal letters, court documents, and interviews.
Similar Tone Movies: Combine TV series, "For Life" with Movie, "Shawshank Redemption."
Premise: ...
Title has Double Meaning:
... First, when my parents divorced, I "Most Wanted Dad" to come back to our family.
... Second, U.S. Marshals came to my classroom on the Navajo Reservation when Roy escaped prison.
So, my Dad became "Most Wanted" by the FBI.
Roy's Crime Timeline: ... 2004 Janet Interviews Roy
Roy's Court Hearings:
â–¶ 1982
1986 to 1996... Roy and Janet are prison pen-pals.
1996... Roy paroled from Santa Fe prison.
(No contact for 8 years)
2004... Roy requested Janet write his story.
2008... Roy diagnosed cancer. Janet visits hospital.
(No contact for 10 years)
2018... Roy and Janet collaborate on book.
2020... Roy dies before his 89th birthday.
Story Details: Sequel - Pardon Me, Dad
Format: Screenplay based on life (2003 to 2010).
Genre: True Story, Drama.
Similar Tone Movies: (TBA)
Premise: Bonding their estranged relationship includes foregiveness. Our family fit this statistic.
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