Dear Bille Letts,
I am writing to you concerning the fact that I would like to turn your book , "Where The Heart Is" into a movie. I believe that it would make a great adaptation and would make a best motion picture. There are a couple things I would like to touch bases on before I go ahead with this project.
For time purposes' , I think that we should cut out all the weeks Novalee spends in Wal-Mart. I think the 1st night is important but other than that it would be very repetitive in the movie. We could add a voice over if you would like to let the audience know how long she spent there.
Secondly, I was thinking about the soundtrack for the movie. I think we could just use songs that are already created rather then create a soundtrack especially for this movie. We would need about 5 slow songs and 10 up beat ones. I have some ideas for which song could go with what scene and I will send you a list in more detail later this week. But for example I think that the song , "Since You've been Gone" should be playing in the start of the movie when they are in the car to foreshadow what is going to happen later in the movie. Sound good?
Lastly, and most importantly, casting. I had Johnny Depp in mind for Willy Jack. Everyone knows he can pull off any part that is thrown at him and I think he has great potential for this movie. I think the audience would really enjoy Willy Jack's personality when it's played by him. For Novallee, I think Jennifer Garner would be perfect. She always portrays the roles of a "sweetheart" so well. And the last character that I have an idea for right now is, Forney. I think Patrick Dempsey would be a great choice. He is very well known in the TV show "Grey's Anatomy" and the person he plays on the that show has a similar personality to Forney which I think would help the audience favor him right off the bat.
Overall I think this movie has great potential and I would like to meet up with you so we could discuss these topics in further detail. I hope the changes I want to make aren't too much. Thank you for your time and I hope to see you soon.
Best Regards,
Natalia Amaral
