The Art of Deception

Feature comedy screenplay written by Matt Fortnow

Log line:

Disgruntled attorney steals a multi-million dollar Picasso from one of the firm's clients

Synopsis:

Rob Berman is turned down for partnership at his law firm because one of the firm’s clients wants to tear down the tutoring center where Rob volunteers. In order to save the center, Rob plans to “borrow” a twenty million dollar Picasso painting from another of the firm’s clients and have a forgery made. So, how does one sell a “hot” Picasso? Rob investigates, but things don’t go as planned in this tale of “who’s deceiving who?”