Finding
Christmas
in
Alaska
 
     

Hello!  My name is Brian R. Taylor.  Welcome to the website for my screenplay, Finding Christmas in Alaska.  I assume you're either Andrew Breitbart or someone in connection with him, and you're looking to see if you want to help make a historic film based on my screenplay.  Well, in order to get an in-depth overview, please click on Letter.pdf to read my letter, which is definitely worth reading even though it's fairly long.  Then, to read the entire screenplay, please click on Screenplay.pdf.  Also, I've added a little more information on this website, and it's broken down into three sections: pictures, songs, and information about me.  Thank you for spending time to visit this site, and I hope to hear from you soon because you (and, perhaps, only you) can make this happen!

1.  PICTURES
               
All of the pictures on this website are from Alaska (including the picture at the top), except for the two pictures of Sarah Palin.  They represent a small sample of how this film will look on the big screen and demonstrate how this could be, without exaggeration, the most beautiful film ever.  Note I've taken these pictures from various websites, so I don't own them. 

 The Zeiler family often travels via snowshoes and skis.                 The Zeilers spend time with a family of Eskimos who are fishing in a stream in the woods.

 This is one of the frozen lakes in Wasilla.  The Zeilers play ice hockey here (after     The Zeilers gaze at the aurora borealis.
 shoveling the snow, of course).  Notice the famed blue winter twilight of Alaska.      

 Kayakers travel next to icebergs during the opening credits.                                 A cruise ship sails next to a glacier during the opening credits.

  Alaska's unique wildlife, such as the arctic fox, will be displayed in the film.        The Zeilers rappel down a frozen waterfall during a light snowfall. 

 Ice sculptures of Santa Claus and a Christmas tree will be in the film.              The Zeilers camp in a big blue tent (unlike the small tent above) in the epic mountains.

 The Zeilers do whitewater rafting (not canoeing) on a turquoise river.                        The Zeilers visit a cabin in the mountains that is lit by white Christmas lights.

 This is Sarah Palin in 2008 when she was at the United Nations, meeting with           This is Sarah Palin in 2008 with her trademark hair and glasses.  Of course, her
 various world leaders.                                                                                              voice is also very unique due to her Alaskan accent.
         
2.  SONGS
         
Music will be a very important part of this film.  Obviously, there will be a classical score by a composer.  But there will also be five beautiful Christmas carols, with these great songs being made even better by the stunning imagery that will accompany them on the big screen.  Christmas carols are probably the most famous songs ever made (with some of them being around for hundreds of years), and they're, indeed, much more famous than the latest hit songs on the radio.  These songs are beloved by many millions of people across the world, yet no film has attempted to capture them like this film will capture them, which will dramatically increase the cultural importance of this film since Christmas carols will always be associated with this film.  When Christmas carols are in other Christmas films, they're on screen for a brief time, which isn't enough time to really perceive the poetic feel that only music and images can combine to provide, and it certainly doesn't make people want to see the film again in order to hear the songs.  Thus, the entire songs will be in this film, and they'll be woven in throughout the film like, for instance, the Walt Disney film Tarzan.

To see the importance of songs, ask yourself this question: Have you seen your favorite movie scene or listened to your favorite song more often?  I'm guessing you've listened to your favorite song more often because songs are, for lack of a better word, catchier.  Luckily, unlike most songs, Christmas carols are old, so they're mostly in the public domain and are, thus, cost-free to use the music and lyrics.  Also, they're shorter than more recent songs, so they don't even last four minutes, which will help them to fit nicely fit into the film.  In fact, all of the songs in this film will combine to have a manageable screen time of 16 minutes and 40 seconds.  In addition, Jewel Kilcher (known simply as Jewel) is from Alaska, and she called Sarah Palin a "can-do woman."  So, since Jewel is from Alaska and is a fan of Palin, I have no doubt that she would love to sing for this film as well as do the cameo at the end when she sings "Silent Night."  Just click on the audio players below in order to listen to the songs:

                       
            "The Little Drummer Boy" by The Harry Simeone Chorale                          "The First Noel" by Connie Francis
            (3 minutes and 15 seconds)                                                                        (3 minutes)
            It will play during the opening credits, our introduction to Alaska.                 It will play as the Zeilers ride snowmachines in the mountains.
                                                                                    

                                
            "O Holy Night" by Jewel                                                                             "The Twelve Days of Christmas" by Twin Sisters Productions
            (3 minutes and 40 seconds)                                                                         (3 minutes and 45 seconds)
            It will play during a flashback montage of the Zeilers.                                   The three youngest Zeilers will sing a comedic version of this song while 
                                                                                                                              ice skating down a frozen river, so this won't be the version in the film.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
            "Silent Night" by Jewel
            (3 minutes)
            It will play at the end of the film during a montage
            of the Zeilers celebrating Christmas. 
                 
3.   INFORMATION ABOUT ME
  
This is the least important part of this website, but I thought you might want to know a little about me.  I'm 33 years old, and I was born and raised in a suburb of Pittsburgh.  Go Steelers, Pirates, Penguins, and Pitt!  Like Palin, I love to run, so I ran cross country in high school and college, and I still run (and swim) today.  I graduated from Slippery Rock University, which is about an hour north of Pittsburgh, with a B.S. degree in physics and minors in computer science and mathematics.  During my professional career, I've worked as a defense contractor for Lockheed Martin, I served in the U.S. Army (serving at Fort Drum, NY and even going to Afghanistan), and I've had other, less interesting, jobs.  With regards to the screenplay, I've spent an incredible amount of time on this endeavor because, if I can humbly say, I know it will make a great and very important film.  Now that I've bored you about myself, I'm guessing all you really want is my contact information:

Brian R. Taylor
6845 Marisa Ct.
Export, PA 15632
(724)433-5424
alaskamovie@live.com