Michael Gaylin
	"Intelligence"

		In a dark, Abbu Ghraib-like prison, three Arab detainees are interrogated by two U.S. soldiers – and one woefully incompetent translator. In this satirical thriller, one simple slip of the tongue leads to the next in an escalating series of misunderstandings that culminates in tragedy and injustice. In “Intelligence,” director Michael Gaylin creates a Kubrickian nightmare, and a chilling, all-too-relevant look at some of the troubling issues facing us as a nation at war.
	DIRECTOR’S BIO: MICHAEL GAYLIN had been a successful screenwriter for many years. His credits include the sci-fi thriller, “No Escape” starring Ray Liotta. He is now, however, having one outrageous mother of a mid-life crisis. It has induced him to direct his first film, recklessly ravaging his already meager savings, irresponsibly endangering his young daughter’s future and annoying his extraordinarily patient (“but I have my limits”) wife. Please do what you can to save this family from this selfish man.

In the summer of 2005 Michael Gaylin, a Woodstock based screenwriter and filmmaker directed the short film, “Intelligence,” based on the one-act play “Brief Intel-ude” by Emmy-award winning writer, David Smilow. Gaylin, who had been searching for the right material for a short film, knew his hunt had ended when he saw a performance of the riveting political satire about a military interrogation gone horribly wrong. He received Smilow’s okay to adapt the play and shortly later, the production started taking shape. Peter Walther, a longtime Woodstock resident and veteran of countless features, commercials and music videos, signed on as producer. Award-winning D.P. Neil Colligan served as cinematographer. Internationally known composer Peter Wetzler was recruited to supply the chilling musical score. Assistance was also provided by local Marist College T.V. and Film students who sweated out the grueling two-day shoot in a fantastically surreal abandoned concrete plant hidden in the hills overlooking the Hudson River. The production finished post in early 2006, and since then the film has screened at nearly a dozen festivals all across the country - from the Big Island Festival in Hawaii, to the Harlem International Film festival in New York.