Shades of Autumn & Chutes

By: David Paterson

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Synopsis: Shades of Autumn: After not seeing his father for many years, Douglas is alerted by a worried neighbor and returns to his childhood home where his elderly parent is displaying signs of senility. Douglas relocates his father into a small apartment near his own. The move triggers an emotional journey through time as Douglas growing up with his emotionally distant and gruff yet caring father. Scenes traverse three decades of joy and pain, regrets and discoveries. Chutes: In a distant nation during a recent war, two wayward American paratroopers are trapped by their chute strings in the jungle canopy miles behind enemy lines. The green recruit and the grizzled veteran prove to be much alike in their personal agonies and desire to survive as they are captured, imprisoned, hospitalized to recover and returned home.