Column Chronicles: Remarkable film ideas, part five

Remarkable film ideas, part five

Frank Cotolo
November 21, 2019

Having a active personal history in stage, screen and film, I have accumulated volumes of pages briefly describing ideas for movies. They are timeless and may still be addressed by big and small filmmakers. Here are some of my film ideas (sans any titles) from three decades of notes.

Inspired by Thomas Edison, a young boy attempts to discover new uses for electricity.

A man begins to act like an owl after an aborted camping trip.

In an effort to prove the theory of evolution, a researcher travels to Africa to perform unorthadox experiments on monkeys.

The son of a man who married his motorcycle leaves home to pursue a career in Roller Derby, only to discover that the sport is being banned in every state he visits.

In order to save mankind, three scientists must find a way to destroy all movies starring Pauly Shore.

An indestructible fleet of paper airplanes attack a cardboard replica of Pearl Harbor during the holidays.

A woman wrestler thinks she may have a fatal disease when she cannot perform a Half-Nelson.

Three young married couples find themselves trapped in a maze on an ocean liner in the middle of the Atlantic.

Retiring from his popular Wild West Show, Buffalo Bill starts his own city in upstate New York.

In the final years of his life, a rapidly aging Dr. Frankenstein entertains a way to put his brain into a younger body without the assistance of other surgeons.

A blossoming model decides to undergo experimental surgery that could turn her into an intelligent stork.

The population of the world is stunned when a mathematician proves there are two ways about it.

Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.