The truth of human nature is this: some people want to be rich, some people want to be famous, and some people want to be idolized. But how badly do they want it? The premise is simple; myself and my two accomplices are going to make three people movie stars… but not just any three people. We’re only taking the three people who want it the most. Interested?
“Living in the limelight, the universal dream,
For those who wish to seem.
Those who wish to be must put aside the alienation,
Get on with the fascination,
The real relation, the underlying theme…”
- Rush, “Limelight”
The bald head behind the camera in the link pic is my co-director Ed. He’s got film making experience. I’ve got television making experience. But we’re currently involved with another film that is breaking our will to be filmmakers. But all that changed when we hooked up with Carrie, the actress/radio host/psychic medium pictured below. Carrie is one of the leads in the film that is trying to kill Ed and myself, and she is also the genius that came up with the idea for what so far has been the amazingly rapid realization of all our hopes to break big into the entertainment industry, BID The Movie.
The premise is simple: you are bidding on the opportunity to be in BID The Movie, a documentary about YOU. The stars of BID The Movie will be three lucky winning bidders on an eBay auction. Carrie, Ed and myself, camera and lights in tow, will embark on a journey to meet the three winners, document your lives, see interesting sites around where you live, the works. Not only that, but the movie is basically a road trip movie. We’re filming it all; from leaving Kentucky to arriving back home, the cameras will be rolling.
Really, we’re hoping this project will be an opportunity for any middle class American to be in a film of their own. This isn’t your chance to pretend to be someone famous, this is the chance to be famous for being YOU. Got an unbelievable talent to display? We want to see it. Got an amazing hometown, or just an amazing home to show off? We’ll be there. Your story will be the story of this movie. Your home is the set, and your hometown will be our location. You will be a star as a part of our ensemble cast comprised of our BID The Movie auction winners and our production staff. If you have a story to tell, WE WANT TO HEAR IT. Of course, your life story must be at least 18 years long for you to bid. Moms and Dads who want to tell the life story of their kids, that’s fine, but we cannot accept bids from anyone under 18 years of age, no exceptions. Sorry.
Since we’re on a tight schedule (we all have other jobs besides this film), we don’t have time to go very far. So we’re limiting the available locations to film in a 6-hour radius from Cincinnati, OH. Of course, the more you bid, the more likely we are to let those rules slide a little bit. In any case, the auction only lasts so long, and it was just posted today. So why the hell are you still reading this? Get your ass over to eBay and make yourself a star!
