<p>Grand Prize Winner, 23rd Annual International 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest</p> <p>Now a Major Motion Picture from Sony Entertainment Directed by Grammy Award winner Jonas Akerlund</p> <p>Often drawing comparison to comic classics like John Kennedy Toole’s <i>Confederacy of Dunces</i> and Charles Portis’s <i>The Dog of the South</i>, <i>Small Apartments</i> follows the misadventures of corpulent misanthrope, Franklin Franklin, as he tries to dispose of his dead landlord. Surrounded by quirky neighbours, strange fingernail collections, and the occasional blast from a treasured alphorn, Franklin slowly discovers that our lives are much more than the stories we tell ourselves. In fact, true happiness might just be a state of mind.</p> <p>The underground cult hit that won the Grand Prize in the 23rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Writing Contest is now a major motion picture from Sony Entertainment directed by Grammy Award winner Jonas Akerlund and starring the most refreshingly offbeat cast ever assembled for a dark indie comedy.</p> <p>Praise for <i>Small Apartments</i>:</p> <p>“brisk and compact … surprisingly expansive thematic breadth, a thoughtful, silly yet serious study in goofy pathos.” (<i>The Globe and Mail</i>)</p> <p>“<i>Small Apartments</i> was written in three days and won the 3-Day Novel Contest. People take three years to write something this well thought out. The reason for me to do the movie was the story and the character.” (Billy Crystal)</p> <p>“Something very unique. Absurd and irreverent. Sometimes we have too much time to think. Just go into the madness and play.” (James Marsden)</p>
<p>Grand Prize Winner, 23rd Annual International 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest</p> <p>Now a Major Motion Picture from Sony Entertainment Directed by Grammy Award winner Jonas Akerlund</p> <p>Often drawing comparison to comic classics like John Kennedy Toole’s <i>Confederacy of Dunces</i> and Charles Portis’s <i>The Dog of the South</i>, <i>Small Apartments</i> follows the misadventures of corpulent misanthrope, Franklin Franklin, as he tries to dispose of his dead landlord. Surrounded by quirky neighbours, strange fingernail collections, and the occasional blast from a treasured alphorn, Franklin slowly discovers that our lives are much more than the stories we tell ourselves. In fact, true happiness might just be a state of mind.</p> <p>The underground cult hit that won the Grand Prize in the 23rd Annual International 3-Day Novel Writing Contest is now a major motion picture from Sony Entertainment directed by Grammy Award winner Jonas Akerlund and starring the most refreshingly offbeat cast ever assembled for a dark indie comedy.</p> <p>Praise for <i>Small Apartments</i>:</p> <p>“brisk and compact … surprisingly expansive thematic breadth, a thoughtful, silly yet serious study in goofy pathos.” (<i>The Globe and Mail</i>)</p> <p>“<i>Small Apartments</i> was written in three days and won the 3-Day Novel Contest. People take three years to write something this well thought out. The reason for me to do the movie was the story and the character.” (Billy Crystal)</p> <p>“Something very unique. Absurd and irreverent. Sometimes we have too much time to think. Just go into the madness and play.” (James Marsden)</p>