people who insipred 'local filmmakers'

the main model for alice harvey,the filmmaker
who returns to her hometown to give up filmmaking
(after the failure of her last four movies and the
cancellation of a dream project,almost the same
way scorsese probaly felt after the failures of 'new
york,new york','the last waltz','raging bull' & 'the king of comedy'
and an eariler attempt to film 'the last temptation of christ') only to rediscover her film-making mojo by mentoring a would-be filmmaker

another model for harvey,like harvey the 'withnail
and i' filmmaker gave up filmmaking for good after
the failure of 'jennifer 8',only to come back to
filmmaking recently to direct johnny depp in 'the
rum diary'

the models for lindsey jefferson,the would-be filmmaker
harvey is mentoring!

he and his wife kathleen kennedy are models for
patricia pierce,marshall was steven spielberg's
producing partner in the 1980's & early 90's
(marshall co-founded amblin entertainment),the
same way harvey & pierce are producing partners
in 'local filmmakers'

the model for rosie roland,a musician who is
also harvey's pal