Uh... what?
Who says Hollywood doesn't have any original ideas? Check out the storyline of the latest big screen mega-hit starring Jack Black and Kirsten Dunst:
The story...follows a junkyard worker (Jack Black) who attempts to sabotage a power plant that he believes is melting his brain. But his plan goes awry and the magnetic field he creates erases all of the videotapes in the local video store where his best friend works. Fearing that the mishap will cost his friend his job, the two team to keep the store's only loyal customer -- a little old lady with a tenuous grasp on reality -- from realizing what has happened by re-creating and refilming every movie that she decides to rent.
Seriously, wouldn't you love to have been in the boardroom when this idea was first pitched? Something tells me it'd look a lot like those smoke-hazed scenes in Eric Foreman's basement where the camera goes around in a circle.
(Hat tip: Jackie Danicki)
Comments
and I've been busting my balls writing screenplays and tv plays, knowing they're better than some of the crap out there...I guess it's time to dust off some of those oldies but goodies.
Posted by: fred | May 19, 2006 10:28 AM
I don't know, it sounds like it could be funny...
Something like that lives or dies on the writing alone, you know?
Posted by: OTTami | May 24, 2006 10:52 AM
Looks like a must-see to me.
Posted by: DBK | May 25, 2006 12:06 PM