"I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen."
-Lloyd Dobler, Say Anything

Dobler's Pen is a group who share a love of film and seek to give ourselves and other like-minded artists the opportunity to actually make real movies (with a story!) and participate in the filmmaking process.

Our name has its origins in a line from Cameron Crowe's Say Anything. In the film, a heartbroken Lloyd Dobler (played by John Cusack) tells his best friend "I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen." Thus, Dobler's Pen.

For people who grew up in the mid to late 80's, films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, Better off Dead, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, and Say Anything define their adolescence. The name Dobler's Pen is a tribute to those films and filmmakers, which helped instill in us a love of rich, well-developed characters, intelligent dialogue and great story telling.