Fictionalized Life Stories

[happyfilmluvguy]

Many films have been based upon a certain figure in history, or a fictional character of the same nature. The Aviator being that of Howard Hughes, or Sunset Boulevard, that of a forgotten silent screen actress, or What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, a child actress, or even Citizen Kane and William Randolph Hearst, I'm sure there are many other films portraying someone, either a fictional character or a true life figure.

Here's a question that I thought I'd ask:

If your life were to be portrayed on film, either in a fictional or true story, what would it be about (not just on yourself), who would play your character, how would it end, and when and where would it take place?

 

[Lauren]

Wow- my life would be a pretty boring film- but the costumes would be great!

It probably would have some form of time portal and involve me and other friends getting out at different places- kind of like Highlander lol French Resistance in 44, Balls in Victorian dresses- 1930's luxury liners, and a very strange portal where all my friends from different ages come together in their dress of their period (Costume College)... the heroine would be stuck in libraries and art galleries in modern time and be kind of a tomboy who is transformed to a lady or a determined and independant woman depending on what time and age- bringing out the different aspects of her personality.

I have no idea who would play me- maybe the girl from Gilmore Girls since people keep telling me that's who I'm like...

It would most likely end with her getting married and traversing though different times together... well, that's the way I want it to end someday, anyways...

 

[The Wolf]

Feel free to ignore the first line

"Balls in Victorian Dresses", I think I saw that movie. It was like "Some Like It Hot. lol
Michael Ironside would play me. It would end with my death, a heart rending seen where all the characters realise how much I meant to them. It would be, to quote Variety, Boffo at the B.O.

The Wolf

 

[Air Boss]

Already been done

Probably Weekend at Bernie's...

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Mine would probably end up looking a lot like "Being There." lol

 

[LizzieMaine]

Mine would be a classic womens-weepie, circa 1933. Poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks trusts the wrong people and ends up paying for it. But in the end she sits in a frowsy lunchroom drinking cold coffee and eating stale pie -- and then slaps down her two bits on the counter with renewed determination and marches out to face the world.

I'd like to see a young Barbara Stanwyck as me, but if she's busy Joan Blondell in a brunette wig would be an excellent choice. Maybe Warren William with his greasy pomade hair and oily manners as the person I shouldn't have trusted, and Glenda Farrell as my sharp-talking best friend who tells me to brace up and get my head on straight.

 

[Senator Jack]

I've always said if my life were a movie, it would be directed by Alan Smithee. Cineastes will get that joke.


Regards,

Senator Jack

 

[Feraud]

lol that is funny!

 

[Twitch]

Mine would be akin to just about any W.C. Fields movie. As he went about fumbling, bumbling and muttering under his breath so go I. Adrian Brody can play me when I was young and skinny and William Shatner for the old and fat me

 

[Rosie]

My life would be cast as a musical (even though I HATE most musicals) because with the exception of a few dramatic love affairs and some serious shopping, my life is pretty boring. Unless, it is reset in the '40s so there can be a cast of well dressed people and the lead character (who knows who she will be? [huh] ) can smoke in order to have that hazy, fuzzy mysterious quality. Oh, or maybe it will be cast in the 1880s so it can have that Howard's End/The Heart of Me kind of feeling and everything else will be much more dramatic. Torrid love affairs, single girl living on her own in the big bad city. Come to think of it, my life isn't that boring, just taking place in the wrong time.

 

[jamespowers]

Mine would be a lot like Gone with the Wind. A long story that ends with me saying: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

Regards,

J

 

[RetroModelSari]

My story would be set in our time.

I can see the opening already: Me as a child how I was getting insulted and beat up by the other kids. While they walk away I finally look up and smile knowingly. Than one can see my transformation to a 50s pin up girl and from that time on things start to get really over the top. It would be like a biographical movie mixed up with strange unexpected dancing and singing sequences showing up from time to time. Just as weird and uncalculateable as Iam most of the time plus I was really living in a phantasy-world as a child so I´d work a lot with that just with me beeing grown up. lol

A good working title might be "The strange life of a strange girl". But I think I´ll be finding a better one if I really think hard about it

Reese Whiterspoon could play me since many people say we look alike - she´s just waaaay thinner than me.

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

It doesn't necessarily have to be true to date. Think of Andy Hardy movies being based on a real person, but with fictional stories. But Andy Hardy's character is true to the real Andy Hardy. Another example I was thinking of is the Benny Goodman Story. Based on a band leader, and even though I haven't seen it, thinking of Hollywood at that time, and since Benny Goodman was still alive, they more than likely made a half fictional film about him. A lot of films were done that way, the truth isn't good enough for an audience, you have to add movie magic, or "fantasy" to it.

 

[McPeppers]

Mine would resemble a Strongbad Email...

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

Let's here some more stories.

 

[Quigley Brown]

Mine would center around one small, yet life-changing event in my life. Heck, it could just be a 'day in the life of' story. No need for an all-out action flick. All it takes is a good screenplay. Actually I'd want mine animated by Pixar!

 

[Hondo]

Interesting, too soon to tell how it will end, lucky to be here "alive"
but who would play me? Michael Madsen would be a good one,
think Donnie Brasco or Reservoir Dogs. :eusa_clap

 

[Edward]

Alan Smithee..... ha ha...

I'm not sure who I'd like to direct mine. I'd rather shoot myself than have George Lucas do it, but then he'd probably still change it to look like someone else shot first... lol

Maybe... Tarantino, The Cohen Brothers, Tim Burton.... someone like that.

The folks I get told I look like are Tim Curry and occasionally Steve Buscemi, either of those would be good. Or Eddie Izzard, that would work. Johnny Depp could be good - hell, I'd be quite happy to have a lot of folks thinking I was much better looking that was really the case!

I don't know that anyone would want to see a film based on my life, though, it's really rather plodding and dull. Unless the past nearly 33 years have all been scene setting and the next chapter is me coming into enough money so I can afford to jack in the day job and pursue the acting dream. Quite probably the story would be based around my nature as a dreamer of never -to-be-fulfilled dreams, and I think I would like to see it called "Somewhere that's Green", after the Little Shop of Horrors number.

 

[imoldfashioned]

Mine would be a classic womens-weepie, circa 1933. Poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks trusts the wrong people and ends up paying for it. But in the end she sits in a frowsy lunchroom drinking cold coffee and eating stale pie -- and then slaps down her two bits on the counter with renewed determination and marches out to face the world.

I'd like to see a young Barbara Stanwyck as me, but if she's busy Joan Blondell in a brunette wig would be an excellent choice. Maybe Warren William with his greasy pomade hair and oily manners as the person I shouldn't have trusted, and Glenda Farrell as my sharp-talking best friend who tells me to brace up and get my head on straight.

I'd pay to see this Lizzie! I love your casting--Warren William; dead on. The idea of cold coffee and stale pie (I clutch my pearls at the thought) seem so pathetic, perfect for that scene.

Interesting question. I'll consider and post later.

 

[imoldfashioned]

If your life were to be portrayed on film, either in a fictional or true story

Key word here for me is fictional since I don't think I'd like to see a film about my real life.

I’m a sap so my film would have to have a romantic component. I’ve always loved movies like Before Sunrise, Same Time Next Year, Love Affair/An Affair to Remember, Brief Encounter—however my film would dispense of the adultery/maiming/tragic portions that seems to haunt this genre!

So maybe a film about two people who meet on a trip and then agree to meet again at a certain interval through the years, maintaining their friendship through letters or the like in the meantime. Why would they have to stay apart? Hmm, that's why I'm not a screenwriter!

I like the idea of following their character development and of the creation of a kind of bubble of intimacy existing outside of everyday life. The romance and connection they felt would be concentrated during their meetings, since they would be few.

Casting? Since this is fantasy I’d say Ingrid Bergman for me—she’s my favorite romantic actress (Casablanca, Notorious, etc.). For the gentleman? Maybe Spencer Tracy or William Powell—I’ve always loved their mix of masculinity and gentleness.

When and where? Most of the film would take place in the 1930s/1940s—great clothes, better manners and classy dance clubs. Lovely vistas of the great outdoors--fields and the sea--as well.