djoseph74
Knows what a fatty is.
I'm going to second this one!
BBQ Movie
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I'm going to second this one!
Q-Dat
Babbling Farker
Those are all good suggestion...here's what I was actually thinking so far:
Will Ferrell: Plays a really mean older man named Butterscotch who doesn't really talk to anyone...that is until they find out they have to create a team for the World Cue Off and he's forced to join up with several other local "outcasts". He also mines his own coal...
Danny McBride: Plays T.F. McCoy (T.F. stands for Texas Forever, not what you may have thought....) as the main character and he more or less sucks at barbecuing because he spends all his time focusing on grilling Hamburgers (which he's good at), and which will end up being the tie-breaker in the World Cue Off. He claims that people don't give the Hamburger enough credit and that it's much harder to 'Cue than people think. He's never won Grand Champion, but he gets on Butterscotch's team for the World Cue Off, along with Tubberville and Guy Cocksworth...
Nick Swardson: Plays T.F.'s best friend Tubberville...the two are practically a team.
Melissa McCarthylays Barbie Q. Williams...her and her team of Garth and Cactus are the most recent Grand Champions and also the team to beat...she and T.F. do NOT get along.
Cary Elwes: Plays Guy Cocksworth, an EXTREMELY wealthy man who has the most fancy bbq equipment and talks with an unnecessary British accent. He used to be good at barbecuing but has struggled recently since his father passed away.
Sam Elliot: Funny you mention him because I was thinking of using him for the role of Tabasco Sanfield. He's the old bbq veteran who "dang near won every competition he ever took part in"...he doesn't compete anymore because it's just too easy for him, but he's still the most respected person amongst the barbecue community...he'll also end up being T.F. McCoy's uncle...
Sascha Baron Cohen: As the leader of the Pakistani team..
Ken Jeong: As the leader of the Chinese team...
Craig Robinson: As the leader of the Russian team...yes, he's black..."Sweet lord it's a commie negro!"...
Anyway those are just some of the famous actors I had in mind. There's a lot I can do with this script and I'm already about 60 pages in. My only issue was trying to find a way to make the actual part where the bbq as interesting and exciting as possible...
I am curious. Have you actually spent time at a BBQ competition? Doing that as well as watching shows like Pitmasters will give you much better insight as to the unique subculture.
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Christopher Guest as director comes to mind...
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Trumpstylz
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And then to mess with them, other teams try it and say its horrible, or pay people to say it doesnt taste good, and give them bad pointers and info about the judges (Reminds me of when harry soo on bbq pitmasters season 1 kept having to make his rib sauce sweeter for the judges, and he wasn't used to this).
Some of the other people (pakistani or chinese maybe) could use a scimitar to cut meat and raise it above their head each time they cut and freak people out each time they cut stuff.
zachg18
Knows what a fatty is.
I've never been to a competition, but I have watched A LOT of Pittmasters...
Funny enough, I thought of the whole idea for this script before I even knew that competitive barbecuing existed...then I came across Pittmasters one day and I realized I may be onto something and that I could get a lot of info from watching that show (which I have)
zachg18
Knows what a fatty is.
I really like this scimitar idea...and maybe everyone stands around watching thinking it's going to be a messy cut but they somehow manage to cut perfect slices of brisket with it...
I should also mention that I've kept the competition to just Ribs, Chicken, and Brisket...I know there's a lot more that goes into these competitions but I figured I'd keep it simple for the audience..
Mexi "Q" Tioner
Full Fledged Farker
Dont forget to add a mexican team. Maybe an impala with the trunk converted into a smoker or a smoker with hydraulics switched on to try to control the temps...lol
zachg18
Knows what a fatty is.
Another good idea! See this is why I posted on here....
I probably won't make them a main team in the competition, but I can squeeze them into a scene where you just see them at the competition at some point...
Mexi "Q" Tioner
Full Fledged Farker
There you go! Kinda how the movie DodgeBall showed a quick shot of all the teams but only focused on 2 main ones. That could work.
Bluesman
Babbling Farker
Think Caddyshack. They made golf way funny. Move along those lines and those types of character interactions. this could be very good. Tons of ways to take it.
Trumpstylz
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Oh, come on- you've gotta include pulled pork. Maybe make a joke about using pork butt (when pork butt actually comes from the shoulder).
Grabnabber
Babbling Farker
1) Must have a cameo by Myron Mixon as some type of BBQ Yoda to influence the main character or underdog.
2) Hot chicks rubbing each others butts. (no brainer)
3) ?????
Uhhhh..... I got nothin' else. :mrgreen:
2) Hot chicks rubbing each others butts. (no brainer)
3) ?????
Uhhhh..... I got nothin' else. :mrgreen:
Trumpstylz
is Blowin Smoke!
A hot girl whos secret weapon/who only wins b/c she flirts w the judges- maybe a rip off of Basic Instinct with the opening and closing of the legs (I know, this is unrealistic and stupid, but it might be comedic).
Maybe have a hairy redneck see it and try to mimic it and have everyone have an ewww omg face when he does.
Maybe have a hairy redneck see it and try to mimic it and have everyone have an ewww omg face when he does.
Teamfour
is One Chatty Farker
How about aerial coverage of the event using a big pink pig blimp that expels air out of the butt to move around.
Skidder
Babbling Farker
There's a place up here in Putney,Vt. called Curtis Ribs ( Google it). He actually is famous for his potbelly pig that runs around his feet. My wifes suggestion was how about the pig croaks somehow and the pit master shrugs his shoulders and just throws the hog on the pit and tells his family or coworker to go buy another pet pig.
Rover24
Full Fledged Farker
You need to have a competitor who registers as a judge under an assumed name with the intention of giving the other teams bad scores, and his team the best scores. He's marked his box with an invisible mark in special ink that only he can see through his special sunglasses. Hilarity ensues as he works to try to be the judge at the table his box is delivered to.
Of course, he dresses in a ridiculous costume in order to escape detection.
I think this would work better if he was one of the more well known competitors...a guy whose mug is plastered all over his comp RV, banners and what not. That's why he needs to go through all of the extra work to disguise himself.
He gets to the table where he thinks his box is heading to, but is bumped by a 90-year old lady in a hover round and his glasses fall off, only to be crushed by the hover round.
He thinks he still finds his box and gives it all 10's, but it turns out to not be his...giving the Jewish team who doesn't taste their product a #1 finish in Pork Butt.
And...scene.
Of course, he dresses in a ridiculous costume in order to escape detection.
I think this would work better if he was one of the more well known competitors...a guy whose mug is plastered all over his comp RV, banners and what not. That's why he needs to go through all of the extra work to disguise himself.
He gets to the table where he thinks his box is heading to, but is bumped by a 90-year old lady in a hover round and his glasses fall off, only to be crushed by the hover round.
He thinks he still finds his box and gives it all 10's, but it turns out to not be his...giving the Jewish team who doesn't taste their product a #1 finish in Pork Butt.
And...scene.
Trumpstylz
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A teacup piglet that foils someones earlier plans, so they become obsessed with catching it throughout the movie and chase it into uncompromising situations- maybe it goes in a trailer while a hot chick is showering and the guy chases the pig with a knife- the hot chick just sees a guy with a knife (no pig) and kicks him in the family jewels and runs off. Or it runs under stuff. Its more a family movie type idea, but i figured I'd throw it in there.
Grabnabber
Babbling Farker
I am gonna camp out at the box office when this hits the SuperMegaCinePlex! :razz:
