A new movie idea
I have come up with a new movie idea, the title of the movie is "Nigerian Scam." Joe Wilson (Tom Hanks) is a computer programmer who is likeable and gullible. He gets an email one day from an aide of the former Nigerian president who needs to get some money (in the tune of $6M) out of his troubled country. He asks Joe's favor so that Joe can supply him with a bank account number. He believes this person and sends him the number of an empty bank account. The guy receives it and says he needs some money in the account to bribe the officials. At this point, Joe's friends (and the viewer) are very skeptical of this scheme, they think it is a hoax. But then the viewer sees that there is a grain of truth in the emails when they see the troubled guy writing the emails in Nigeria. The second part of the movie sustains the tension with the question of whether Tom Hanks will be able to get the money from this Nigerian guy (Cuba Gooding, Jr. maybe?).
After legal battles and such, we see Cuba Gooding and Tom Hanks one year later, sipping Pina Colada in front of a luxurious house in Beverly Hills. Their children are playing in harmony, their wives are having an incessant chat... We see the email Cuba Gooding sent 2 years ago in the backdrop, framed and hung on the wall. Tom Hanks turns to Cuba Gooding ans says, "Who would have thought?"
posted by Erhan Onal @ 1:02 PM
2 Comments:
Nice film idea. I think it would increase the number of people replying to the Nigerian e-mails. Which is good for Africa. I think this kind of scam should not be a crime. If someone is stupid and unethical enough to send money to Africa to get illegal millions out of there, the loss of money is a just punishment.
Only thing I don;t understand in your movie is why is it called a 'scam' when there is no scam? Should find a better name? Or what's better, have a surprise ending where the white guy takes all of black man's money instead of the percentage he was offered and disappears...
We will hopefully see in the near future if such a movie will increase the cash flow to Nigeria, Sierra Leone, etc. :)
The movie is called Nigerian scam because of two reasons: First, to trick the viewer into thinking that it is a scam, second, Tom Hanks' friends, at the beginning of the movie, will label it and call it as "Nigerian Scam." Your twist is interesting, the only caveat is that Tom Hanks may not be that likable and gullible if he does that (Then Tom Hanks may lose his appeal, and the movie may not make money? :)).
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