Wrangler Dani

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How the Cliffhanger pitch went down

(For a trailer, click here.)

Sly: Yo, Renny, I’m diggin’ this athlete-movie trend.

John (known to his friends as J-Money): What new sport could we explore? Shuffleboard? Too boring. Surfing?

Michael (DaMan): *clears throat* Have you seen Sly’s pectoral area? He may be a little top-heavy for that.

Sly: Yeah, where you tink I’m from, Hawaii? HAHAHAHA

*Awkward silence while Sly checks out his biceps*

Renny (no nick-name required, Renny is more than enough): How about rock-climbing?

Everybody: Yeah! *high fives all around*

J-Money: Oh, guys! I have a great idea for this. I’ve always wanted to do a Federal Reserve embezzling movie. I mean, who doesn’t want to steal from America? So we’ll have stolen money hidden on a crazy-high cliff and Sly will have to climb for it. It’s GENIUS.

DaMan: Can we have the money fall out of an airplane? ‘Cause shooting an in-flight scene would really boost my resume. Plus, it’s only been a few years since Top Gun, and I think we can still totally ride that train.

Renny: Good work, guys, but if we have the money on one cliff, the story will be over really fast. This needs to be at least a 90-minute blockbuster.

Sly: What if I do some pull-ups? A training montage?

DaMan: I got it! What if the money falls out on DIFFERENT cliffs?! Like a training montage, but with bad guys and suspense.

Sly: Can I at least do a pull-up on a cliff-face? ‘Cause I don’t think people realize how built I am.

J-Money: What if we add an emotional plot-line? You know, like a tragedy?

Sly: If I don’t do a pull-up on camera, that’s a tragedy. HAHAHAHAHA

*Awkward silence. Sly pulls four eggs out of his murse and eats them.*

Renny: OK, so this is good. We’ll have Sly try to rescue a climber and fail and be really tortued about it, BUT THEN, he’ll succeed at rescuing money, which is almost the same thing. REDEMPTION.

J-Money: This is gonna be epic.

Sly: Can I at least have a chick with me this time?

DaMan: Even better. This story is going to be so emotionally packed… tragedy, money, mountains, cute girl, Sly’s muscles – plus some classic bad-boy scripting. Can the crooked money-thieves yell belligerent one-liners? I can see myself in a VH1 top-ten list for best dialogue.

Renny: Man. I love working with such inspired minds. We can start shooting as soon as I find a mountain range and a hot girl for Sly. Who’s up for pastrami?

Sly: Me and the gun show want some. HAHAHAHAHA

2 comments found

  1. Get off my back, Qualen!
    Qualen: Off? I haven’t even got on it… yet.

    Not sure how this didn’t win any Oscars.

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