Posted on 06/06/2003 2:20:56 PM PDT by The Radical Capitalist
I'm a professional writer (longtime lurker, first-time poster) living in Hollywood and I’ve written a screenplay called "Eco-America," which is a satire about the Environmentalist movement.
Yep, an actual Hollywood movie that pokes fun at the people and politics of environmentalism. You can imagine the problem I'm facing. A very series problem. Not only series, but hugh, too.
I lost my agent (of five years) after I showed him this screenplay. I’ve since gotten a new agent, but this is the one script that she absolutely refuses to show to anyone. Long-time Hollywood friends...liberals all...lambasted the script, also refusing to have anything to do with it.
I’m certain that this script can find a home...even in Hollywood. But I’m at a loss to know who would be sympathetic to the material. Is there any organization of conservatives or libertarians in Hollywood...or a pro-capitalist, wise-use group outside of Hollywood...that might point me in the right direction? The more I think about it, an anti-environmentalist group outside Hollywood might be just the place to bring attention to the script and get the ball rolling.
I’ve published the first act of the Eco-America script here on the web for anyone who’d like to see it -- http://home.earthlink.net/~beakoo/ecoamerica.html
The story is about Henry, a likeable but knuckleheaded young man, who joins a group of environmentalists. He and the group turn their backs on modern America and decide to live off the land on a rural commune dedicated to environmentalist principles. After a series of comic disasters, they discover that their only salvation lies in an embrace of capitalism, which turns out to be much more enviro-friendly than they ever could have imagined.
Despite the subject, the entire script is filled with wild, knock-about humor. I counted once and Henry, the lead character, gets whacked on the head by something-or-other nine times during the course of the movie, about the same number of times that Larry gets conked in your average Three Stooges short. Unlike Larry, however, the blows to the head knock some sense into him, creating a moving final scene when he finally understands the anti-American nature of Eco-America and rejects it, returning to the real America of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Oh, well, I invite you to visit the Eco-America web page and read it for yourself and give me feedback and comments on it. Any help you might provide in bringing it to the attention of someone would be greatly appreciated.
If you like what you read, email the link to a friend. It just might be the link that leads to Eco-America finding a home.
Thanks and a free plate of cheese for your moose for all of you who are generous enough to help or comment on the script!
You need a serious editor, otherwise this will be come a huge problem.
Good luck with the script....you'll probably have to find some independants to produce....maybe approach a Libertarian org.
You don't spend much time on FR, do you?
Book publishers are a lot more open minded about what they produce.
I just got through reading one the other day where the Republican was the good guy. About fell out of my chair.
They should help convince people interested in making money that Environmental satire is a viable niche.
So9
I'd pay bucks just to see your movie playing at his festival.
There has to be a bunch of hungry folks around somewhere. Does the name George England mean anything to you? Subject is prolly' not his cup of tea, but he may know someone.
Lol, you get the GOT ZOT? award. Hee, hee, classic.
That wouldn't have been Serial, would it? Serial is a send-up of all the liberal goofiness of the '70s, very funny, and one of my favorite movies.
What was it? A Biography of Ronald Reagan?
Small independents with names.
Redford created Sundance to help the small time unknown filmmaker. He saw how they were elbowed aside at other film festivals to make room for the films with recognizeable names attached to them.
And then Hollywood discovered Sundance, and the "names" practically took over.
HENRY
What's this?
WAITER
Your flowers, sir.
HENRY
Really? Somebody sent me flowers? How nice! Is there a card with them?
WAITER
They're from the kitchen, sir.
HENRY
(puzzled)
Who do I know in the kitchen?
This line would be funnier if the banquet took place in the home of Henry's Father (Yes, his Father is opposed to enviro causes, but he could be giving this banquet as a way of getting closer to the politicos and wealthy people who show up for these kind of events). And make it clear that Henry lives with his Father.
Cordially, lowbridge the script doctor. :-)
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