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This Movie Was My Idea!!

posted 14 years ago by slucheese
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The writers for this movie, Abdul Williams and Eric White, stole my idea! I was in the process of writing this film with critically acclaimed director Lawrence Guterman! I briefly disscussed the film's premise and story over a brunch with Eric White, and wouldn't ya know it, he steals the idea right up front!
The title of my project was "Tyler Perry's Curious Case of the Lottery Ticket". It was a secret project that Lawrence and I were working on. (It was supposed to be his big come-back film!)
Unfortunately for both of us our project is completely worthless now. We'll look like the hopeless copying wannabes if we continue our film. Thanks Eric.

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[–] MercerHeller 14 years ago

Right, and Santa Clause shot J.F.K.

^^Actually, if you look in the History Books, they captured a fat guy with a Santa Claus suit on. So yeah, Santa Claus actually shot JFK.

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[–] slucheese 14 years ago

Well, I don't know what all this Santa Clause business is about... If your trying to present me with a movie idea, please don't. Im swamped as it is trying to obtain legal rights to this film.

Scott A Lucchese

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[–] slucheese 14 years ago

I appreciate you putting a positive spin on things, but they definitely strayed from the original script enough to make it not work. The draft that Lawrence and I had created for "Tyler Perry's Curious Case of the Lottery Ticket" was a fool proof story. I saw an advanced screening of this film, its definitely our work, but with many added flaws.

Scott A Lucchese

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[–] jukaswo 13 years ago

Here's how I know this is complete B.S.: A real writer wouldn't have used that many exclamation points.

"Overuse of exclamation points not only dulls their effect, but also characterizes an immature style."
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Problems-with-Exclamation-Points.topicArticleId-29011,articleId-28984.html

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[–] eastcoastguyz 13 years ago

"The writers for this movie, Abdul Williams and Eric White, stole my idea! I was in the process of writing this film with critically acclaimed director Lawrence Guterman! I briefly disscussed the film's premise and story over a brunch with Eric White, and wouldn't ya know it, he steals the idea right up front!
The title of my project was "Tyler Perry's Curious Case of the Lottery Ticket". It was a secret project that Lawrence and I were working on. (It was supposed to be his big come-back film!)
Unfortunately for both of us our project is completely worthless now. We'll look like the hopeless copying wannabes if we continue our film. Thanks Eric."

Dude, you should have signed the back of your script! :-)

[–] dru_mck 13 years ago

Why would they steal your idea it was Sh!t and the movie suck a$$