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November 17, 2004---Los Angeles,
CA--After winning an Emmy and making history as Chief
Sharkey in the hit television series Voyage to the Bottom of the
Sea, Terry Becker decided to call it quits. His career, he felt, had
reached an apex - and he didn't want to go the way of so many
Hollywood stars who cling to an era that no longer exists. Becker had a
family, a list of credits to be envied, and an Emmy on his
mantelpiece.
But for a
man who has always been described by his peers as having too much on his plate,
he began to grow restless. So in early 2004, Becker decided to
get back in the game. He placed a call to his old friend and talent agent
Bud Moss to talk to him about getting involved in a project. Something had
just come across his desk, Moss said, that Becker would be perfect for.
He warned Becker that it was a smaller project, not the kind of
grandiose productions he was accustomed to, but that it was a good one, and
he should take a look at it.
Becker read
the script, a 50-minute screenplay by first-time writer-director, Chad
Michael, entitled The Writer. Within hours, Becker contacted
Michael, a USC Film School graduate who had barely been handed his
diploma, to sign up for the role of Dr. Norman Solomon, the film's
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