Good Bones

East Hampton

Of Interest:

Good Bones is a comedic coming-of-age story set in the cutthroat world of Hamptons Real Estate. As any good summer story must, it includes a charming and sexy romance, and features the allure of the Hamptons’ most glamorous events.

Danny O’Brien, 22, dedicates one last summer to his family’s failing real estate agency, and to his father Joe’s seemingly obsolete values: poetry, integrity, and community. The O’Briens are challenged – endangered – by heartless capitalist modernism, as practiced by the liars and cheaters at Superlative Properties, realtors to the Ultra-Wealthy and the uber fabulous. Danny complicates the game by falling in love with Clare, a beautiful and suspiciously sophisticated Superlative summer intern.

All is framed by the mad swirl of “summer people” who party, sleep around and generally amuse themselves as they indulge in the excesses of “The Season.” And key players chase the grand prize: the open auction, on Labor Day, of Tilden Point – the last great parcel of virgin land on the East Coast.

Do the rich really get to play by different rules than the rest of us? Will Danny go to the dark side to get the big sale and save his father? And will Clare help him, or break his heart? A hint: Good Bones celebrates summer love and the enduring tradition of the triumphant underdog.