We here in the third row like our readers. You are more to us than just your Jules Winnfield or 2001 avatars in the comments – and that’s why we often feel like rewarding you with free stuff. Still, everybody knows that free doesn’t come without a price. Read on to see what you have to do to enter our latest contest and win everything you will need to start writing your dream movie!
A Hollywood studio is knocking: they want to be the first to capitalize off of a mainstream Hollywood movie based on the historic election of U.S. President Barack Obama. Your goal:
1. Cast some big names (and some unknowns) to fill the role of the president, his cabinet, his adversaries, and whoever else you decide would make it into your movie.
2. Create the catchiest title that will put butts in the theater seats.
3. Create a tagline that will be remembered for decades.
When you have it all, leave your submission in the comments and we will vote on whose idea is going to make us billionaires.
*EXAMPLE SUBMISSION*
MOVIN’ ON UP: THE OBAMA STORY
Osama changed the world. Obama changed our hearts.
LAURENCE FISHBURNE as Barack Obama
ZOE SALDANA as Michelle Obama
TED DANSON as Joe Biden
MARIA BELLO as Hillary Clinton
WILLIAM SHATNER as John McCain
LUCY LIU as Sarah Palin
HANK AZARIA as Rahm Emanuel
HELEN MIRRENas Nancy Pelosi
BRYAN CRANSTON as Ralph Nader
SETH ROGEN as Glenn Beck
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT as the young speechwriter Jon Favreau
Be sure to leave your name and a working email in the comments, so that we may contact you if you are the winner. The winner will receive:
Secrets of Film Writing by Tom Lazarus, so you can get started on that script that you’ve written in your head a thousand times.
Digital Moviemaking: All the Skills, Techniques and Moxie You’ll Need to Turn Your Passion Into a Career by Scott Billups, so once you start filming, you will have all the tools – knowledge, equipment, lingo, etc. – to film the next big Sundance hit.
The ABA’s Legal Guuide to Independent Filmmaking by Michael C. Donaldson and Lisa A. Callif, so you can have an understanding of all the legal mumbo jumbo surrounding making an indie film.
and Black Hats by Patrick Culhane, so you can read the novel before it gets adapted for the big screen starring Harrison Ford.
AN AMERICAN OBAMANATION
In a country obsessed with bills, he only carried change.
CHIWETEK EJIOFOR as Barack Obama
NAOMIE HARRIS as Michelle Obama
CRAIG T. NELSON as Joe Biden
LAURA LINNEY as Hillary Clinton
GENE HACKMAN as John McCain
JULIANNE MOORE as Sarah Palin
NICKY KATT as Rahm Emanuel
JOAN ALLEN as Nancy Pelosi
CAMPBELL SCOTT as Ralph Nader
PAUL GIAMATTI as Glenn Beck
ARMIE HAMMER as the young speechwriter Jon Favreau
Shoot from the Hip
“Two candidates. One forbidden romance.
Is love bulletproof?”
Samuel L. Jackson as Barack Obama
Queen Latifah as Michelle Obama
John Cleese as Joe Biden
Melissa Leo as Hillary Clinton
Christopher Walken as John McCain
David Spade (in crossdress) as the hapless assassin posing as Sarah Palin
Dev Patel as Rahm Emanuel
Nancy Pelosi as herself
Robert DeNiro as Ralph Nader
Wayne Knight as Glenn Beck
Christian Bale as the Secret Service Agent
Bruce Willis as the head of the evil organization
“The Obama Identity”
‘Remember Everything. Except the Birth Certificate.’
Jeffrey Wright is Barack Obama
Ian McDiarmid as John McCain
David Strathairn as Joe Biden
Regina King as Michelle Obama
Tia and Tamera Mowry as Sasha and Malia Obama
Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin
Ted Danson as Bob Barr
Sophie Loren as Nancy Pelosi
To Barack Obama, Thanks For Everything, John McCain
“Sex Change You Can Believe In”
RuPaul as Barack Obama
Chris Rock as Michelle Obama
Glenn Close as Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton as herself
Helen Mirren as John McCain
Shaquille O’Neal as Sarah Palin
Katy Perry as Rahm Emanuel
A CGI Cockroach as Glenn Beck
Dr. Phil in S&M gear as David Axelrod
Tracy Morgan as Oprah Winfrey
and introducing Bermuda the Tap Dancing Whale as the U.S. Economy
Grindhouse Pictures presents: Obama
“His has two missions, Chew bubblegum and to fuck America up, And he’s out of bubblegum!”
Terry Crews: Barack Obama
Pam Grier: Michelle Obama
Chuck Norris: John McCain
Gina Carano: Sarah Palin
Bruce Willis: Joe Biden
Uma Thurman: Hilary Clinton
Peter Dinklage: Rahm Emanuel
Bridgette Nelson: Nancy Pelosi
Nic Cage: Ralph Nadar
Kurt Russell: Glenn Beck
Ben Foster: Jon Faverau
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