McCourt as a movie pitch

FADE IN

INT. HOLLYWOOD OFFICE

If over-the-top oppulence had an offspring, it would be this office. Movie posters of blockbusters, would be blockbusters, and a single picture of the President of the United States shaking hands with

MAX SIDEL (45), a man was carved from the tree of steal-your-dreams and good-intentions. His expensive suit is a second skin and his success an armor against failure.

MAX sits behind an oak desk which threatens to overwhelm the room. His expression is bemused.

MAX
He gets away with a billion dollars?

BARRY CHORD (26), stands on the other side of the desk. He has a reporter's instincts and a poet's heart.

BARRY
He gets away with it.

BARRY grins as he waits.

MAX
He buys a professional sports team with someone elses money. He chops it up into pieces for...

BARRY
...more money...

MAX
...to fund a lavish lifestyle with his wife. Who he divorces - not much of a love story there - and she goes after everything. Everyone hates this guy. He destroys the team to the point where the public turns on him...

MAX slows down, checking BARRY'S eyes to see if MAX is getting the story correct.

BARRY'S grin grows even more and he nods happily.

MAX
(Cont'd)
...he gets a billion dollars in debt, sort of. Cuts deals, sells his prize possession, yet stays involved with the new management, and...

BARRY
...he makes a billion dollars.

MAX stares at BARRY.

BARRY stares at MAX.

MAX
That is the most ridiculous story I've ever heard. Get out of my office.

FADE OUT

Oh, the story is real. Damn.

Wayne