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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2009, 02:29:49 PM »

I think every one of these ideas is clever. There's always demand for comedy and a growing demand for movies that appeal to the baby boomers (i.e. movie about older people).
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« on: April 30, 2009, 08:02:16 PM »

I've finished my seventh screenplay and am throwing around a couple different ideas for my eighth. I would be honored to receive feedback from all the knowledgeable people here. Here are the five I'm tossing around:

Homeland Insecurity: In this satire/coming of age/romantic/on the run comedy, a paranoid, jittery, overly protective and patriotic Homeland Security official named Elliot is afraid of parenting his own teenage son, Matt, who he had in a drunken tryst with a failed community actor, and leaves him with his mother, visiting rarely. Matt, angry at his father and the countries “dorkishness” in general, has taken the punk rock anthem ‘Screw America’ to heart. When he sleeps over at his nerdy friend Kevin’s, they make a prank call and pretend to be Iranis demanding nuclear weapons. Elliott intercepts the call at homeland security, and, paranoid and unaware that this is his own son, assembles a task force and launches a chase against the two teenagers. As Elliot falls in love with a pretty female aide on the chase, Matt learns a lot about life, himself, and his father.

Celebrimaids: Tropic thunder meets the celebrity apprentice in this mockumentary about a failed reality show, dreamed up by a billionaire who recruits eight celebrities with down careers to compete in demeaning tasks (cleaning his house et cetera), with one person being eliminated every episode and the winner getting a late-night talk show and a significant boost to their career. The celebrities realize that they are being used, exploited and humiliated, and wonder whether the rise to fame is worth the drop, and want to end the pressure and be human, even going as far as to rebel against the show. The producers have planted a mole among the candidates who is set to win it all, but even she can’t stop the growing tension between the celebrities and the show, or the romance that bubbles up between the one guy who’s most worried about fading into oblivion and the only woman who’s content with her F-list status. Tempers and romance flare.

The contestants are:
A right-wing talk show host (the ‘mole’ put in by producers, set up to win and help the producers), prone to rages and temper problems.
A forty-year-old quarterback, once a Super Bowl hero, now a backup and about to fade away into obscurity, and in denial about his eroding playing ability (one of the “lovers”)
A bubbly cook who has a food channel show and little else (other lover)
A sell-out rapper, who, in his desperate attempts to appeal to women ages 30-59 “Kanye’s got everyone else”, raps about Clorox to keep his career alive.
A golfer who is horrible at golfing but wants to stay famous as a reality show contestant.
A comedian who has good delivery but no idea of humor and reads all his lines off cue cards.
An Oscar-winning actress who can’t find work because of the lack of gritty dramas (once her forte) and now acts in Ambien commercials.
A young, cute pop star who was once addicted to drugs but is now sober, despite raging rumors from celebrity gossip magazines that have plunged her into depression.

Selling Out Santa: In this satire of corporate America, David Harper is the vice-president of sales and advertising for Toyland, Inc, the world’s largest toy conglomerate. He is a hardhearted cynic, which is perfect for his job of getting the populace to succumb to the powers of consumerism. He has the idea one day that Santa Claus (who for the sake of this movie—suspension of disbelief alert—is real) is the face of toys, especially at Christmas, and could help increase their sales greatly. He flies up to the North Pole to try and stage a hostile takeover, employing any means to get Santa to merge with Toyland. He tries to introduce the concepts of capitalism and profit to Santa, who isn’t buying any of it—but a few of his elves, unhappy with the operation as is, are. They form a union and try to transfer control to Toyland by any means possible. However, David’s materialistic but cute children, who he neglects (attention-wise) have snuck along, and get a first-hand lesson in the spirit of gift giving.

Assisted Living: Charles Martin is a sly, unscrupulous con man looking to make a quick buck in tough economic times. Meanwhile, Phillip Cunningham is a fussy, cautious real estate agent who has been fired due to cutbacks at his real estate agency. When Phillip runs into Charles as he counts his ill-gotten cash, Charles must convince him not to tell, and realizes that Phillip was one of the nerds he used to beat up in high school. Brought together by this newfound connection, the two form a partnership and try to make some money through one of the few things they know people will pay big bucks for—assisted living for their beloved parents. Charles forges some permits and the two get to work, but restoring an old building, dealing with fussy relatives and crazy, senile retirees is a lot harder then they thought it would be, so they bring in Anne, a smart, preppy college student who the men become so smitten with that they start to neglect their jobs. After several unfortunate occurrences, the government starts checking in on the home, at which point Charles decides it’s time to make a break for it, while Phillip wants to turn himself in to the cops. Meanwhile, Anne has other plans.

Surviving Clairmont High: Frederick Hart is a very fortunate 14-year-old. He has an IQ of 174 and is the son of two computer billionaires. His parents have gone on a three-year space odyssey and left him in the care of his aunt and uncle, who he thoroughly disgusts. Thankfully, he has been enrolled at the most prestigious boarding school in the country. However, when he arrives at the school, his name is not on the list of students. It is too late to enroll there or anywhere else, despite how much his parents’ friend, a conniving lawyer, tries, so Frederick must go to public school, which he detests. Tormented at every turn, he tries to shun the lesser masses until he meets Drew Preston, who’s as smart as he is but ten times cooler, and is failing because he prefers to spend math class writing a philosophy book, English class reinventing the quadratic theory, and science class catching up on sleep. He takes pity of Frederick and starts to show him the ropes, vaulting him up the popularity ladder and even helping him get with one of the more popular girls. Frederick is having the time of his life, but, in the midst of all his social activity, his grades have slipped to B+’s, which infuriates his parents’ friend enough to force his way into one of the most prestigious private schools so that Frederick can work to his full potential. Frederick is torn between following the path to success, 2400 SAT scores, Yale, and billion-dollar-contracts and staying with his newfound friends.

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