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11th March 2010, 09:47 AM
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Oscarbating
Have a great idea for an Oscar-winning Hollywood movie? Pitch it here!
Nelson and Emma. Kevin Costner stars as Admiral Horatio Nelson, leading the British Navy into battle against the evil Napoleonic fleet at Trafalgar. Leading the French fleet for some reason is Napoleon himself (played by Keanu Reaves). Nelson's mistress, Emma, the Lady Hamilton (Cameron Diaz), who nursed Nelson back to health, is being held prisoner on board the French flagship Bucentaure. In the climactic battle scene, Nelson swings across on a rope to the French ship with a saber and he and Napoleon have a swordfight on the foredeck. Nelson runs Napoleon through, rescues Emma, and the British win the day. Nelson returns home in triumph and marries Emma. 
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11th March 2010, 10:06 AM
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How do you resolve this story line with the fact that Nelson is already married? Does Emma swing across to the foredeck on a rope and kill Nelson's existing wife by pushing her overboard after a vicious cat fight? If so I'd watch this movie. As for my oscar worthy storyline, I have to write the book first.
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11th March 2010, 10:12 AM
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11th March 2010, 10:21 AM
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Since when plot and historical inaccuracies been an issue for Hollywood? The purpose of the movie industry is to entertain not educated.
Heaving breasts in wet low-cut clothing gets my vote.
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11th March 2010, 10:22 AM
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All right, here we go. Disabled, eh?
FDR. A love story about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. A young FDR, played by Jim Carrey, sends passionate love letters to woo Eleanor (played by Hilary Swank) during his energetic run for Governor of New York. He is assisted and encouraged by his gay friend and tennis partner (Adam Lambert). Meanwhile, Eleanor has to choose between the woman she loves (Amelia Earhart, played by Anne Heche) and becoming a social crusader. Suddenly, Roosevelt is struck down by a particularly amusing and spastic form of polio, winning Carrey some more screen time, and Eleanor rushes to his side. There's a huge wedding. Cameo by Denzel Washington as the best man in their wedding (Winston Churchill).
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11th March 2010, 10:24 AM
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The Epic, Tragic Biopic of Rosamund, Queen of the Lombards, based (loosely) on actual historic events!
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones as the titular (in more ways than one - yowza!) Rosamund Queen Latifa as her sassy, yet delightfully out-of-place servant/best friend Ian McKellen as Cunimund, Rosamund's wise and loving, yet stoic father William Hurt as Alboin, King of the Lombards, who kills Cunimund, takes Rosamond as his wife, and makes her drink from her father's skull Colin Firth as Helmechis, who helps Rosamund plot the murder of Alboin, then takes the throne, with her as his queen Keanu Reeves as Peredeo, the hilariously half-witted stableboy Helmechis enlists to do the deed Chris Tucker as Peredeo's cocky, yet delightfully out-of-place best pal Twice the action as Alboin defends himself with a footstool in the big assassination scene! Twice the steamy romance as Rosamund seduces both Helmechis and Peredeo! Twice the Oscarwinnity as Rosamund befriends Alboin's semi-retarded daughter (played by some adorable unknown), who teaches Rosamund how to let go and enjoy life! Twice the double-crossing as Rosamund poisons Helmechis so she can marry the Byzantine king! THRICE the double-crossing as Helmechis realizes what she's done and makes her finish the poisoned wine at knifepoint! It's the feel-good story of the year! I really wanna make this movie. Last edited by Dosipede; 11th March 2010 at 10:34 AM.
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11th March 2010, 11:04 AM
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In additional to a disabled character there has to be a tragic death to make an Oscar a certainty. A 6 yo child dying of cancer will suffice.
How about a sub-plot that has a 6yo disabled girl dying of cancer?
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11th March 2010, 11:42 AM
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Tragic death, eh?
Mother Nature. A film by M. Night Shyamalan. A young girl (Abigail Breslin), third-youngest in a big family with eight kids, is dying of a terrible wasting disease caused by a nameless infection. Her nameless parents (played by Cate Blanchett and Billy Bob Thornton) agonize over her illness, and over the ninth child they once had who died early. There's nothing that the doctors can do! The child dies and everybody's fucking sad. Then at the very end we find out that the child's name is EARTH. Get it? No, seriously, d'you get it?
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11th March 2010, 11:45 AM
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(Based loosely upon A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.)
A burned-out high school history teacher is forced to resign after succumbing to the sexual flirtations of student, climbs into a bottle of scotch and wakes up in 1939 Nazi Germany as a trusted aide to Hitler himself. He soon realizes that he's about to accompany Der Fuhrer to the fateful meeting where a assassination attempt will be made. He knows the details of the plot and he has the choice of making it succeed or of not interfering with history. He is bitter of how his previous life turned out and wants history to remember him as the man who helped stop Hitler, but he will lose his life in the process. He decides to kill Hitler but accidentally detonates the briefcase prematurely. Hitler survives, and our hero dies. In a twist we are returned to the present where a group of high school students are turning in assignments on the same assassination attempt. The student temptress is now a serious student and her paper reveals information previously unknown about the event: a trusted aide to Hitler who was previously thought outside of the event was in fact trying to kill him and died in the attempt.
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11th March 2010, 11:59 AM
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 Forgot the casting.Wait! What about Terry Gilliam directing?
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11th March 2010, 06:03 PM
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