Just Two Guys Movie

Background

For those of you who have been with us from the beginning, you may remember a little thing called the Springfield Community Movie Project. It was an idea Micah and I had way back when we first started working on the show to foster a community of people who wanted to make movies on a volunteer basis. Micah and I have always been interested in making movies, and we thought it would be fun to approach filmmaking like a community theater project. Basically, using resources that are available for free, and utilizing regular people from the community who are interested in volunteering their time for community art's sake. Long story short, the SCMP died when there was no interest.

So, Micah and I devoted some time over the last year to writing a script. It is now complete. By complete I mean we've created an original draft, revised it a dozen or so times, and are starting to share it with interested readers to get feedback. We still need to do a full read-through to fine-tune the dialogue, and get some criticism from people who can offer it, but the story is there. I'm sure there is plenty more fine-tuning ahead, but we've reached the end of stage one: actually having a script.

Our ultimate goal would be to see the movie shot and aired locally. We have a few ideas for this. One would be to show it in serialized form on the Just Two Guys program. The movie will be feature length (it will come in between 100 and 120 minutes in length), and we thought it might be worthwhile and more doable to shoot it in smaller chunks and air it on our Public Access show. When the whole thing is finished, we'll put it all together, and maybe put it online for all to see.

Ultimately, I'd love the opportunity to see it play at the Route 66 Film Festival. That would be an honor. This is a Springfield movie, and I feel like a hometown crowd could really appreciate it. Our goal all along has been to make Springfield one of the stars of the movie. Throughout the movie, we draw on the lore of the Springfield community for content, and the whole action of the film is driven by a corrupt politician trying to get his hands on money.

Another route, a pipe dream, would be to get the film produced by a studio. We've considered sending it to 747 Productions to see if they would be interested in producing it. This seems like a long shot, but it would be worth a try.

The Movie

The movie will be titled The Rickert Racket.

So, what's the movie about? Well, they say write what you know, so we did. The movie centers on two guys, Jack and Mike, who host a public access show called Just Two Dudes. I know, I know, just bear with me. The dudes live together, and both work from home. Jack is a writer. He writes erotica for a living, but he longs to make it some day as a novelist. Mike eeks out a living teaching classes online. They derive joy in their lives mostly by producing their public access show and drinking copious amounts of beer.

Their lives are thrown into chaos when a local heiress chooses the Just Two Dudes program to announce the winner of a $10 million entrepreneurial grant. As the movie drives toward the announcement show, the dudes are barraged by people desperate to get their hands on the money. The dudes face a beating, kidnappings, and even death threats at the hands of hired assassins as they try to find a way to do what's right for their community.

More Information

Keep following the blog for more information. I'm going to post a few teasers from the script over the next several days to give people an idea of the style and flavor of the film. I'll also start posting character descriptions to see if anyone out there would be interested in volunteering their time to take on a role in the film.