Ever wonder how some film projects got off the ground in the first place?
Eddie Murphy’s new comedy “Meet Dave” must have been near-impossible to describe in pitch form. But some classic movies were probably even harder to pitch to the respective studio bosses (hat tip: Anonymously Funny):
It’s about a boy and girl who have a summer fling. In the fall they discover they go to the same high school, but he is concerned what his “cool clique” might think of her so he spurns her. So she transforms herself to look slutty and they live happily ever after. We’ll call it…”Grease”
It’s about a precocious hooker and the workaholic business man who hires her. She’s a fish out of water in his world but his money can buy her nice clothes. At the end he realizes this hooker makes him happy, and they live happily ever after. We’ll call it … “Pretty Woman.”
If readers have any more pitches from hell, let me know and I’ll post them here.
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K 07.12.08 at 4:33 pm
Based on the lack of originality in the movies which have been coming out the last decade or more, I’d say any pitch is a “pitch from hell” if you can’t directly relate it to some other movie which has previously been sucessful.
cftoto 07.12.08 at 7:01 pm
That’s true … most pitches today probably start with, “remember that ’60s sitcom, it’s just like that but with Will Smith/Will Ferrell/Nicole Kidman!”