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    This was just emailed to me via Moviebytes. Am I the only one who finds Weinberg's ideas of brilliant titles this side of deeply and truly lame...?

    "Assets of the screenplay that help pique interest are myriad,"
    says Summit Talent and Literary Agent Sandy Weinberg. "It depends
    on the marketplace. For example, a true story that is dramatic is
    often appealing to television. Longform television produces true
    stories as a staple of programming. In features, the true story
    basis could be deemed attractive as a means of promoting or
    marketing a film based on the screenplay."

    Weinberg emphasizes, "The title is very important in features.
    The title of the screenplay should interest readers and urge them
    to want to read the screenplay. Sometimes, a title can connote
    the theme of the film, the tone of the film, the lead character,
    the genre of the film, or any combination thereof. We sold a spec
    last year called 'Heckled,' a revenge comedy about a basketball
    player and a heckler. Another well titled project we sold was
    'The Scared Guys,' about two agoraphobics on the run. We sold a
    screenplay last year called 'Final Disappearance,' a thriller
    about two people who have 24 hours to get out of the country
    before they are discovered and killed. The title will pique
    interest when it is original and also suitable for a one-sheet
    (the poster you see in theatres and on billboards)."

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    No, you're not. Those sound like the titles of the scripts shoved under the corner of a leaky water heater in offices formerly occupied by Golan and Globus.

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    • #3
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      Horrible titles. The Scared Guys? I don't even know what it's about and I already don't want to see it.

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      • #4
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        I read this thread, then went out to have a smoke and there's a metallic-purple, late-model Camaro parked in front of my hotel room with plates that say, "RADMOBL."

        Obviously, it had t-tops.

        I think, most of the time, when someone talks about what's cool (especially in an article), they're dead wrong. If they're talking about themselves or something they're involved in, multiply that by a thousand.

        That said, Mr. RADMOBL probably has a kick-ass, tongue-in-cheek thing going on and is probably the coolest person there, everywhere he goes.
        They cursed us forever, making us prefer dreams to lives.

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        • #5
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          "Snakes On A Plane" has a horrible title and I still can't wait to see it because of its horrible title...

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          • #6
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            If only they put this much thought into the pages following the title page ...

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            • #7
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              Originally posted by Jake Schuster
              We sold a screenplay last year called 'Final Disappearance,'
              this is the sequel to penultimate disappearance
              Aiming for mediocrity and falling well short =)

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              • #8
                Re: Lame titles?

                Originally posted by habronic
                this is the sequel to penultimate disappearance
                no, that would be correct. What they'd actually do: Final Dissapearance II: the last run.

                Hollywood assumes that people are too stupid to catch on to things like that.

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                • #9
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                  When Alan Bennet's play "The Madness of King George III" was produced as a movie, it was decided by the studio to amend the title to "The Madness of King George", because Americans would automatically assume they were seeing a sequel to a sequel.

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                  • #10
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                    Originally posted by whistlelock
                    no, that would be correct. What they'd actually do: Final Dissapearance II: the last run.

                    Hollywood assumes that people are too stupid to catch on to things like that.
                    So if Final Disappearance gets a sequel, can we sue for false advertising?

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                    • #11
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                      Someone pitched SNOWSHARK! to me this week. I think that's the most brilliant movie title I've heard in a coon's age.

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                      • #12
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                        Some titles for 2006!

                        http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/fs/2...500205700.html
                        Never let the competition know what you're thinking... and never tell the unseen masses your story idea.

                        -- Rule 85, Ferengi Rules of Acquisition (updated by cmmora)

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                        • #13
                          Re: Lame titles?

                          Originally posted by dclary
                          Someone pitched SNOWSHARK! to me this week. I think that's the most brilliant movie title I've heard in a coon's age.
                          So, where's my option check?

                          And it's "SNOWSHARK! 2: Jonah's Revenge" , by the way.

                          "SNOWSHARK!" is going to be the prequel. It will be made sometime around 2025 and will lack all the scrappy charm of the first film.
                          They cursed us forever, making us prefer dreams to lives.

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                          • #14
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                            I Like It!

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                            • #15
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                              Originally posted by dclary
                              I Like It!
                              And I knew you would.

                              See, kids? Targeted querying WORKS!
                              They cursed us forever, making us prefer dreams to lives.

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