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The Importance of Being Ernie
A post-age writer trying to sell his latest screenplay. It's a teen-comedy and a studio decides to buy it, but mistakenly assumes the writer's an 18-year old boy. So Ken decides to let play it through and enlists the aid of his nephew to fool Hollywood.
Ken Tomaso is a good guy, a middle-aged family man doing the nine-to-five thing. He's just got one flaw. He's a writer. He had a slight taste of success with a screenplay years ago, but nothing recently. But he never gives up hope. Almost never.
His agent quits. His day job is wearing him down. It looks like the dream is fading away. Then he gets some parting advice from his agent, "write for the youth market." With nothing else to lose, he decides to locate his "inner teen." This he does by hanging out with his ne'er-do well nephew, Ernie, and his daughter, Denise, much to their chagrin. But it works. Ken comes up with a decent script and sends it off to his new agent.
Through a clerical slip, Ken's script is marked as being written by an 18-year old Ken Tomaso. And this gets the studios excited. Before you can say "turnaround" a studio snaps it up and attaches a hot new director. One little thing...they want to fly this teenage scribe out to Hollywood . No way is Ken passing for a teen. So he talks Ernie into impersonating him in Hollywood , hoping to bluff their way through a day or two of meetings.
Only it's not that simple. The studio wants to make Ken's age a part of the publicity. This doesn't sit too well with the director, Emerson Mylox, who isn't about to surrender his vanity credit without a fight.
Emerson attempts to dig up some dirt on this boy, "Ken" and his uncle/agent "Ernie." The studio tries to woo Ernie into other jobs. Plus there are re-writes to get out and Ernie meets a girl, Mistee who works on the film crew. Ken starts to go a bit nuts trying to juggle this charade. And Ernie's head gets a bit turned around by the expert Hollywood stroking he's subjected to.
Ernie and Ken have a big fight as egos expand and Ken realizes what a bad example he has set, using lies, deceit and dishonesty, doing everything, anything, to sell a script.
Emerson finally gets the dirt he needs to expose Ken, but winds up getting knocked unconscious on the last day of shooting. Ken now proceeds to impersonate Emerson and directs the final shots.
But during the wrap party, the house of cards collapses as Emerson exposes Ken in front of the whole crew. At least some good seems to come of it; the unmotivated Ernie's in love and has the chance to work in Hollywood performing skateboard stunts.
Exposed, Ken makes his way home...only to learn that their little stunt has Hollywood abuzz. As Mistee puts it, "I can't believe you lied to Hollywood ...Did I just say that?" And the offers come in. Ken's dream is achieved.
Ken Tomaso is a good guy, a middle-aged family man doing the nine-to-five thing. He's just got one flaw. He's a writer. He had a slight taste of success with a screenplay years ago, but nothing recently. But he never gives up hope. Almost never.
His agent quits. His day job is wearing him down. It looks like the dream is fading away. Then he gets some parting advice from his agent, "write for the youth market." With nothing else to lose, he decides to locate his "inner teen." This he does by hanging out with his ne'er-do well nephew, Ernie, and his daughter, Denise, much to their chagrin. But it works. Ken comes up with a decent script and sends it off to his new agent.
Through a clerical slip, Ken's script is marked as being written by an 18-year old Ken Tomaso. And this gets the studios excited. Before you can say "turnaround" a studio snaps it up and attaches a hot new director. One little thing...they want to fly this teenage scribe out to Hollywood . No way is Ken passing for a teen. So he talks Ernie into impersonating him in Hollywood , hoping to bluff their way through a day or two of meetings.
Only it's not that simple. The studio wants to make Ken's age a part of the publicity. This doesn't sit too well with the director, Emerson Mylox, who isn't about to surrender his vanity credit without a fight.
Emerson attempts to dig up some dirt on this boy, "Ken" and his uncle/agent "Ernie." The studio tries to woo Ernie into other jobs. Plus there are re-writes to get out and Ernie meets a girl, Mistee who works on the film crew. Ken starts to go a bit nuts trying to juggle this charade. And Ernie's head gets a bit turned around by the expert Hollywood stroking he's subjected to.
Ernie and Ken have a big fight as egos expand and Ken realizes what a bad example he has set, using lies, deceit and dishonesty, doing everything, anything, to sell a script.
Emerson finally gets the dirt he needs to expose Ken, but winds up getting knocked unconscious on the last day of shooting. Ken now proceeds to impersonate Emerson and directs the final shots.
But during the wrap party, the house of cards collapses as Emerson exposes Ken in front of the whole crew. At least some good seems to come of it; the unmotivated Ernie's in love and has the chance to work in Hollywood performing skateboard stunts.
Exposed, Ken makes his way home...only to learn that their little stunt has Hollywood abuzz. As Mistee puts it, "I can't believe you lied to Hollywood ...Did I just say that?" And the offers come in. Ken's dream is achieved.
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