Film’s screenwriter finds mother lode of story ideas in Montana roots

It has been many years since TJ Lynch has lived in Montana, yet the memories of his Big Sky youth fill the pages of stories written by the award-winning screenwriter.

Lynch, who graduated from Montana State University’s Media and Theatre Arts program in 1986, is the screenwriter for the independent film "A Plumm Summer," which is being shot in the Bozeman and Livingston area this summer.

The story is framed by the theft of a frog puppet used on a popular 1960s Billings television show. However, the heart of the story is about family dynamics and the changes in an idyllic American community after World War II.

"They are making a fabulous movie," Lynch said of director Caroline Zelder. The movie is produced by Zelder, Frank Antonelli, Doug Metzger, Scott Erickson, who also has a part in the film. The film is the first feature film produced under Montana’s Big Sky on the Big Screen Act.

by Carol Schmidt, MSU news

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