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The Hunt Begins This Thanksgiving...; Last chance to win $1 million.
Topic Started: Nov 16 2004, 07:17 PM (139 Views)
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[align=center]Montana.

The heart of the West.
The Treasure State, Big Sky Country.
Where the air is crisp, the wild are free, and the horizion is endless.

And Stanford Jones is bored.
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             INT. ANCIENT HOUSE -- EVENING

                                   STANFORD
                       But there's no sword fights, or magic
                       caves, or wizards, or death, or...

                                   MRS. FAUST
                       Stanford, life, itself, is an
                       adventure, you know.

             Stanford (RORY CULKIN) scowls.

             Mrs. Faust coughs, violently, as she drops the box on to the
             mattress with a plop.

                                   MRS. FAUST
                       Trust me, real life is much more
                       exciting than staring at ink on paper.

             Stanford, stares down at the box, next to him.

             A glint in her eye, Mrs. Faust slowly lifts the lid of the box.

             It opens slowly. Majestically. Almost magically.
             The opening grow wider and wider...

                                   MRS. FAUST
                       This, Stanford, is special.
                            (beat)
                       This is real life.

             Revealing an ancient dog-eared leather diary.



[align=center]Enter Charlton Faust,
Miner-adventurer extraordinaire.

And his tales of the legendary Blackpaw Gold...
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             INT. STANFORD'S BEDROOM -- NIGHT

             The warm, orange glow of a bed-side lamp.

             Stanford lies in bed, gingerly flipping through the book at
             random before settling on a single page.

                                   CHARLTON (V.O.)
                       ...and as I journeyed into the heart
                       of Montana, deeper into the the
                       chilling darkness of the caves...

             The lamp seems to shimmer as he reads and his eyes grow wider
             and wider until...

             INT. CAVES OF HOPELESSNESS -- INNER CHAMBER -- EVENING

             A majestic cave.

                                   CHARLTON (V.O.)
                       I knew that was it.

             Dim and dreary, the cave seems to extend into all directions,
             darkness seeping into every pillar and every crack, shrouding
             the caverns with mystery and mysticism.

                                   CHARLTON (V.O.)
                       It was now or never.

             A flash of light suddenly illuminates the pillar, then
             swings away, flickering, clearly coming from a flame.

                                   CHARLTON (V.O.)
                       It's either I found the gold...

             Charlton (NICHOLAS CAGE) comes up to steep cavern wall. Various
             ledges jut out of the surface, casting shadows onto his face.

                                   CHARLTON (V.O.)
                       Or I died trying...

             He scans the wall, then slowly drifts his gaze upwards. He
             aims his beam of light towards the ceiling, searching for
             any sign of a glint or glitter.

                                   CHARLTON (V.O.)
                       ... alone in this dratted cave of
                       hopelessness.

             He GASPS. And the lamp drops, strikes the cavern floor, as
             the flame dies against the glass, leaving the caves in utter
             and complete darkness, its THUD echoing in the emptiness.



[align=center]But with names like
Fountain Woods
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             EXT. FOUNTAIN WOODS -- NIGHT

             Charlton BURSTS through the foliage, panting, just as THREE
             ARROWS SHOOT OUT FROM THE BUSHES, up into the trees narrowly
             missing his head. Charlton sprints forwards, dodging and
             leaping away from stray branches and roots.


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             INT. ROARING RIVER -- NIGHT

              Charlton grins, almost playfully.

              Even as FIVE NATIVES approach him, menacingly, bows and arrows
              aimed at his throat.

              With a flicker in his eye, Charlton straightens, shrugs,
              then salutes with a wink. Right before he dives into...

              The Roaring River.


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             EXT. PITS OF PERIL -- NIGHT

              The grizzly CHARGES AGAIN, this time REARING UP on his two
              legs, PAWS OUTWARDS, CRASHING towards Charlton.

              Charlton DUCKS ONE SWIPE, but is CLOBBERED BY THE OTHER
              FOREARM. He's THROWN TO THE WALL, landing in a pile of, what
              looks like, boar skeletons.

              A GUSH OF STEAM ERUPTS beside him for good measure.


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             INT. STANFORD'S BEDROOM -- DAY

                                   TRACY
                       Stone Slaughterhouses?
                       Hanging Eyes and Caves of
                       Hopelessness? Oh, please!

                                   STANFORD
                       Okay, so he's a bit figurative...


             Tracy (LINDSAY LOHAN) rolls her eyes.

                                   STANFORD
                       And poetic and obtuse but...

                                   TRACY
                       Try fake...



[align=center]Is the treasure real?
Is the gold fact or fiction?

Does it matter?
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             EXT. ANCIENT HOUSE -- MORNING

             Stanford scrambles across the yard, stumbling towards his bike.

                                   STANFORD
                       Forget the house...

             He frantically yanks the bike from the wall,

                                   STANFORD
                       Forget the bad guys...

             Places one foot on the pedal,

                                   STANFORD
                       Forget the diary...

             Leaps onto the seat,

                                   STANFORD
                       Forget the gold...

             And steadies himself, ready to take off.

                                   STANFORD
                       And forget the...

             He hesitates.

                                   STANFORD
                       Forget the adventure.

             The thought seeps into his head.

             Slowly, he turns back towards the house. He grits his teeth, eyes
             squinted determinedly.

                                   STANFORD
                            (firmly)
                       Forget that.



[align=center]Either way, this will still be
The adventure of a lifetime
...

Nicholas Cage
Rory Culkin
Lindsay Lohan
Spencer Breslin
with Justin Theroux
and Johnny Knoxville

21st Century Cat Pictures and Nü/Art Films Presents...


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Last week's poster hunt winner was JIMMY RUSSELL
.
(The answer was Mission: Impossible 2)
This week's contest is the last chance for $1 million.
Again, anyone who PMs me the answer will be eligible for the million dollar draw.

Good luck and happy hunting!


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Just in case you missed it...
From the The Voice:

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
By Chavez

Christmas comes early at the box office. Some of the season’s biggest films are released in late November to take advantage of the Thanksgiving-to-Christmas holiday season, during which the best films can profits in a matter of days rather than weeks. One of the biggest and most expected films is The Montana Joneses, produced by MC48 of Nu/Art Films and set to be released by 21st Century Cat Pictures on Nov. 26.

I had the opportunity to tour the set and talk with the studio heads Dominatin MVP and Zero, as well as meet with Mc48.

Nicholas Cage, Rory Culkin and Lindsay Lohan highlight this family film set, obviously enough, in Montana as a treasure-hunting family attempts to find the hidden treasure Charlie Faust wrote about in his diary more than a hundred years earlier. They have only the clues from his diary, and they’re not even sure if those are real, as they plunge deep into Montana caves.

Spencer Breslin, Justin Theroux and Johnny Knoxville also star in the picture.

“It's got everything from rapids to volcanoes, from forests to caves,” Mc48 enthused on the set. “From history to the present, Indians to thieves, gold rushers to anthropologists, heroes and villains, chases and fights, traps and treasure, plus numerous homages to those great adventure films of yore. Most importantly, though, the film completely family-friendly.”

Rather than use a familiar franchise, Mc48 chose to create characters of his own and put them in a PG-rated film that the whole family could enjoy, melding his favorite aspects of The Mummy, Pirates of the Caribbean and the Indiana Jones series. He was careful to keep The Princess Bride in mind too, as he wondered why films like that are not made anymore.

“In terms of the plot, though, who doesn't like heroes, adventures, and treasure hunts?” Mc48 asked. “And if that isn't enough, adults in the audience can look out for the plethora of references to older beloved adventure films of the ’80s while kids can look forward to Rory Culkin and Spencer Breslin's child characters kicking adult butt, while quipping the entire way.”

While Mc48 had been working on the film for a while, it was a quick decision for the studio when they read his working draft of the project. Dominatin MVP said he and partner Zero knew right away this was their film to roll through the holidays. “When MC48 sent us his The Montana Joneses script, it was completely different than everything we've been reading,” Dom said in his studio’s West Coast office. “The film was very well written combining elements of family, suspense and comedy into the ultimate childhood adventure. And when better to release such a great product than Thanksgiving weekend?”

Zero’s enthusiasm for the film could clearly be seen on the set. One moment, he’s yelling at Gore Verbsinski, the next, he’s chatting up Lohan between scenes, trying to set something up for the weekend. While I was crossing the set, he came bounding through and started jumping all over pieces with Culkin and Spencer. Mc48 turned to me at that moment, exasperated: “It's like he wants to damage the production so that we can say that the film has a "massive, $200-plus million blockbuster budget.”

But if the story is as good as we expect, whether the studio spends $200 or half that amount won’t matter, as we’ll be drawn in by the story. The production crew and actors certainly enjoyed themselves in making it. The day after Thanksgiving, we shall find out if we enjoy ourselves as much in watching it.

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