The deed has been done and the fat is in the fire because my brother and I have finally finished whipping our two comedy scripts into shape and have them submitted to the International Screenwriting Awards.
Our first script, "Last Train To Amerstam," was submitted last year and missed the semi-finals by 2 lousy points (which given the name of our company is fairly ironic).
The script underwent a significant overhaul since that disappointment, but the humor remained the same and our logline summed it up fairly well:
Boy bands, pop culture and polar bears collide during a wild train ride through Europe which explores a seedy universe populated with has-been actors, German barons, heated housewives, and a degenerate train conductor who knows everyone's secrets.
The second script, "Monkey Business," is a bit more conventional, and we tried to hang a "big concept" on it as that was one the critiques of our first effort.
We described MB as:
The bastard child of "Risky Business" and "Old School" is spawned when two friend's personal and professional lives are thrown into upheaval after inheriting a suburban swingers nightclub from a dirty old man.
We'll see how things turn out, but the plan is to score at least one semi-final nomination this year and then parlay that into agents, money, debauchery and all things Hollywood.
I'm sure it will be exactly that easy.
-BDS
I suppose that's one idea, however, Justin Timberlake doesn't make an actual appearance in our script.
And if he did, I'm pretty sure that any scene which featured a Polar Bear sodomizing Justin would net the film a definite X rating.
there has been crappy movies out there for long enough. now this sound entertaining!! good luck
I entered my sitcom in the International Screenwriting Awards competition last year. Made it to the semi-finals.
A bit discouraged after that, so I didn't do anything else with it, except announce its availability on my Web site, in hopes that two studios have a bidding war and I can finally write my monthly mortgage check without weeping.
Well, a girl can fantasize.
Good luck to you guys. I hope you kick ass.
We appreciate any good luck, karma or anything else we can get around here, and I definitely agree about the general dreck that has been released for awhile now.
As for fantasizing, here at 2 dollar productions that happens all too frequently, but at least it keeps things interesting.
good luck guys!