Posted on 08/22/2005 6:40:09 PM PDT by The Radical Capitalist
I noticed a few FreeRepublic posts lately such as this one which wonders whether the poor box office at the movies this year might be due to the liberal mind-set found in Hollywood.
Well, I'm a Hollywood writer and I know of at least one movie that Hollywood refuses to make called "Eco-America".
"Eco-America" a comedy about the environmentalist movement and is unabashedly pro-American, pro-business and pro-freedom. Believe me, all the environmentalist elites you'd ever hope to see bashed are here...egghead professors, Hollywood actors, radical politicians -- they all get what's coming to them, and they are unmercifully made fun of and exposed for the fools they are.
You can find the script here.
After 20 years in the business, and 7 years with my agent at the time, I lost my William Morris agent over this screenplay -- he refused to handle me after reading it. I can't say that I blame him: -- his Hollywood friends -- and his agency -- would never speak to him again.
But I haven't given up on getting "Eco-America" to the screen. I invite you to read the first act and, if you like what you read, please feel free to forward the web address to anyone you think might also enjoy it or might be able to find a home for it. Perhaps it's possible like Mel Gibson to make an end-run around Hollywood.
It's certainly a movie that a Freeper could love, but I also think the majority of Americans are sick and tired of the badgering, scolding, hypocritical environmentalist movment, especially when they see the Hollywood elites spouting off about it from their gas-guzzling limos and their BTU-burning mansions.
So give it a read. I hope you laugh with and enjoy "Eco-America" and will tell others about it if you do.
The montage of Gilbert turning into a leftist flake is priceless!
Too bad I'm not in film school. I'd do it as a school project - maybe even a musical!
There MUST be a way to get this film made. Maybe pitch it to Trey Parker & Matt Stone? they've done plenty to lampoon the eco-nuts, like the Rainforest episode of South Park.
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