Twilight Zone / Game of Thrones fans have been asked to help through Go Fund Me

[Omaha Steve]

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Many of you have enjoyed Marta and my TZ pages.


2002 TZCon: http://www.steveandmarta.com/graveyards/tzcon2002.htm


2004 TZCon: http://www.steveandmarta.com/tzcon2004.htm


The 80's TZ: http://www.steveandmarta.com/ntz1.htm


Here is the info on the Go Fund Me from Alan Brennert: https://www.facebook.com/groups/115288031816406/permalink/965100370168497/

Alan Brennert
February 17 at 10:27am
A beloved member of our NTZ family, Patrice Diane Messina, is in need. If you were touched by her moving and eloquent episode "Grace Note," here's a chance to give back, however much you can, to a talented writer who needs help. Please share with any other TWILIGHT ZONE fans you may know.


http://www.gofundme.com/mkuohw





Hi all, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all these donations. I am overwhelmed with gratitude! I'd like to clarify that I'm still a Disney employee, but on a leave of absence (no pay, of course) from my job. I am on what was supposed to be temporary disability. But it's now almost a year and soon I have some serious decisions to make. (Note to California: No one can live on this disability pay!!!) Disney and my boss Heather Thimes couldn't have been more supportive all this time. I was lucky to finally land in a division two years ago that appreciated me and I them! Meanwhile the Gemzar chemo I'm on has stabilized my cancer. My last CT scan showed no new growth, but also no destruction of the blasted cancer. I'll take my wins where I can. My tumor marker has also gone down to double digits, another good sign. I sure took a terrible "selfie" of myself, didn't I? I'm going to have to ask one of my cousin's who are hairdressers to tame that mop of frightening hair. LOL


From our site: http://www.steveandmarta.com/grace%20note/ntz_grace_note_synopsis.html

Story:

Rosemarie Miletti is training to become an opera singer. Her younger sister Mary has a terminal disease and is dying. Mary wishes on a falling star one night, after listening to Rosemarie say she won't ever be an opera star. Mary wishes that Rosemarie can see how successful she'll be, in the future. When Mary lays dying in the hospital, she tells Rosemarie her wish has been granted and that Rose must follow the singing, which they both seem to hear.

She does, and finds herself going to the Met. Rosemarie sees herself on stage, singing in a gala production, where she truly is an opera star. She visits the dressing room backstage, and sees her youngest sister Dorothy there, all grown up. Her future self looks to the open doorway, where there is no visible person; however, she knows that this is the day her younger self goes forward in time, so the future Rosemarie is aware of the presence at the door. Rosemarie hears Mary's voice calling her back, and she returns to the hospital where Mary dies, content that she has helped her sister realize her own dream.


Written by Patrice Messina, "Grace Note" is an episode that plays with time and wishes in an interesting and sentimental way. I don't know how you could have done a story like this and made it anything but sentimental, but it doesn't go overboard. Mary doesn't complain about being sick, and the family seems close-knit and caring. There doesn't seem to be a spare bit of dialogue in the script, and the story is well-paced and well written. Messina did some writing for several other shows and I wish she had done more. Her script for this teleplay is wonderful. This segment is also near the top in my favorites list.

Julia Migenes Johnson plays Rosemarie, and while I didn't know anything about her before this segment I really enjoyed her performance. It was warm and caring, and subtly nuanced between wonder and surprise. Peter Medak directed this segement, and two years after this Migenes and Medak married, which is interesting to me. Medak is one of my favorite directors, as I've said before, since he directed "The Changeling" in 1980. It's almost the script of a TV show: Opera star meets director during the filiming of a TV show.

Sydney Penny is angelic as the dying Mary. Her performance is not maudlin; she truly seems worried about her older sister and not herself. Penny is still acting today.

Kay Kuter played Migenes' singing coach, and he's a well-known character actor from 1951 on. He was also in an Outer Limits episode as the "Limbo Being" in "The Premonition," and in one of the classic B movies, "The Mole People." He was on many "Green Acres" episodes as Newt Kiley, adding comic relief. He seemed to work up to the day he died in 2003, and was always a delight to watch.

Story by Patrice Messina

Directed by Peter Medak

Original Airdate - February 4, 1986

Starring:

Julia Migenes Johnson - Rosemarie Miletti
Sydney Penny - Mary Miletti
Rhonda Gemignani - Angelina Miletti
Kay E. Kuter - Maestro Barbieri
Catherine Paolone - Dorothy Miletti
Ross Evans - Sam
Ruth Zakarian - Teresa
Gina Marie Vinaccia - Dorothy Miletti (Age 9)
Elliott Scott - Joey
Toni Sawyer - Older Woman
Tom Finnegan - Cabbie
Craig Schaefer - Guard
Sandy Lipton - Woman



The IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734731/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

Shadow Play/Grace Note (1986)
Plot Summary

In GRACE NOTE, young Rosemarie Miletti aspires to be a famous opera singer and receives a surprising glimpse into the future.

[Omaha Steve]

1. Somebody asked about the George Martin donation..

Yes that is George R. Martin of Game of Thrones fame that donated. He and Patrice Diane Messina worked on the 80's TZ at the same time.

George R.R. Martin: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552333/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

Mini Bio (1)
George R.R. Martin was born on September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA as George Raymond Martin. He is a writer and producer, known for Game of Thrones (2011), Beauty and the Beast (1987) and Game of Thrones (2012). He has been married to Parris McBride since February 15, 2011. He was previously married to Gale Burnick.

Filmography: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552333/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (teleplay - 4 episodes, 1986) (written by - 1 episode, 1986)
- The Road Less Travelled (1986) ... (written by)
- The Toys of Caliban (1986) ... (teleplay)
- The After Hours/Lost and Found/The World Next Door (1986) ... (teleplay - segment "Lost and Found&quot
- The Once and Future King/A Saucer of Loneliness (1986) ... (teleplay - segment "The Once and Future King&quot
- A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot (1986) ... (teleplay - segment "The Last Defender of Camelot&quot

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