Produced by Don Reilly & Jim Amatulli

Our mission is to help veterans with home improvement projects that are beyond their reach, whether due to financial, emotional, psychological or physical challenges.

Back Home – “Pilot” Scenes

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Logline

The BACK HOME team selects a veteran with a home improvement project/need that is beyond his/her financial means, then designs, brings in contractors, completes the construction, and in the end presents the finished project to the veteran.

Concept

Home improvement shows have been a staple of TV for many decades. Our concept, BACK HOME, is unique in that we want to focus on our veterans who may not be able to or afford the home improvements that they need will result in a better quality of life for themselves and their families.

Don interviews the vet about his/her military service, personal story and the home improvement projects. They discuss the possibilities,then Don calls in the pros to design, plan, build and complete the project. In the finale, Don and the Back Home team present the veteran with the finished project.

The show combines a patriotic message with the home improvement, educational information and “how-to” skills for DIYers.

The title, BACK HOME, reflects that veterans, really all of us, hold the idea of “back home” in our hearts, and that is where our home improvement projects are. It also keeps with Don’s homey, personal, neighborhood style .

After the pilot, the series will maintain a hometown element and appeal to local viewers- “Back Home… in Cincinnati”. Beyond that, we would take it to other cities, e.g. “Back Home… in Nashville”, “… in Lexington”, etc.

Don Reilly

Producer, Host

A 20 year home improvement professional and owner of Elegant Home Exterior,
Don’s personal, comfortable, good-guy style will appeal to viewers who want honest opinions. He’s like talking to your neighbor who knows how to do things, and has the tools. Don produced “X On TV”, a series on Ch. 64, where he interviewed people in entertainment throughout the Greater Cincinnati area. He has also appeared in a number of Films produced in the area.

The “CREW” will be made up of local home improvement professionals who will be working on the projects and commenting on the progress, challenges, etc.

Jim Amatulli

Producer, Writer

Jim is business communications professional and for over 30 years has developed marketing, training, and advertising programs on film, video, print, and electronic media.

As the owner of Arte Films LLC, Jim is a director, writer, and producer of two feature films.

ARTWORKS, a romantic, heist, drama was shot in Cincinnati and stars Virginia Madsen and Rick Rossovich.
FLYING BY, a drama with music at its core, stars Billy Ray Cyrus, Heather Locklear, and Oscar-winning legend Patricia Neal. It was filmed in San Diego.

WERNER’S TURN, currently in development, is a true crime story of an undercover cop caught between the criminals, his department, and the FBI. The film will be produced in Ohio and Massachusetts.

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