Monday, August 30, 2010

Movie Idea Ms. Oedipus

Genre: Dramatic Comedy
Characters :
Robby Burns: 15 year old boy going through a messy divorce
Mr. Burns: 40 year old divorcee trying to be a parent and single again
Ms. Bancoft: 27 year old teacher who is the object of affection to both Robby and Mr. Burns
Dr. Sherman: child psychologist
Plot: A lonely teenage boy (Robby Burns) gets a crush on his supportive and friendly 9th grade English teacher (Ms. Bancoft). After he gets in trouble acting out in class due to bullying and because of his parents recent separation finalized in a divorce his father goes to have a parent teacher conference and Mr. Burns and Ms. Bancoft end up dating causing more rebeliion in ever increasingly reclusive disruptive Robby as he tries to sabotage his father's relationship with Ms. Bancoft so he could have her to himself.
Scene 1: Robby comes to school frustrated and picked on but finds support in Ms. Bancoft who encourages his writing
Scene 2: Coming home takes unusually solemn turn as his parents come back from marriage counselling with a disparing sense of something inevitably miserable.
Scene 3: Ms. Bancoft becomes more a maternal figure in Robby's life even learning what his interests in film, music and sports are
Scene 4: Divorce is finalized and he stays with his Dad as his emotionally detached mother runs off in search of freedom.
Scene 5: More bullying at school, more empathetic conversations between Ms. Bancoft and Robby of each one mutually opening up to the other more and more each time, including Ms. Bancoft's miseries in trying to find nice men who resembled bullies all grown up.
Scene 6: Fantasy dream sequence of Robby being Ms. Bancoft's knight in shining armor and her being the nurturing caregiver he needs. Imagines living in a nice apartment laying naked under the sheets talking romantically while watching their favorite romantic movie "Manhattan"
Scene 7: Fights between him and his Dad break out as his Dad is not accostumed to getting things prepared for Robby (like dinner, shopping etc)
Scene 8: Kids harass Robby in English class Ms. Bancoft tries to handle the kids but they don't relent until Robby fights back
Scene 9: Parent teacher conference ends unable to avoid 3 day suspension pushed by other kids parents
Scene 10: Apologies from Ms. Bancoft lead to a date with Mr. Burns
Scene 11: Ms. Bancoft accidently mentions the date to Robby and she notices Robby seems bothered
Scene 12: Robby comes home in a fighting mood with his Dad "if you had treated Mom better I would have to compete with you in the first place" gets him grounded
Scene 13: Tries to sabotage the date by stealing his Dad's credit card
Scene 14: The date goes on until Ms. Bancoft pays for the meal soon after realizing his credit card was missing.
Scene 15: Aggrevation goes on as he has no one to confine in, school becomes even more difficult and his grades drop
Scene 16: Another parent teacher conference leading to the next date as she gives Mr. Burns another try after he explains things
Scene 17: Robby maxes out his father's credit card online with internet pornography (memorizing his credit card #)
Scene 18: By the time the check comes after dinner his credit card is voided and Ms. Bancoft pays for the date again
Scene 19: Serious talk between Ms. Bancoft and Mr. Burns leading to the decision they shouldn't date because it's clearly affecting Robby's behavior too much.
Scene 20: Fight at home between Robby and his Dad
Scene 21: Robby asks Ms. Bancoft if he could stay with her as he and his dad are not on good terms, but Ms. Bancoft tries to politely decline
Scene 22: Mr. Burns gets Robby a counselor which his father hopes Robby will transfer his Oedipal crush on until he finds out Dr. Sherman is a guy
Scene 23: Mr. Burns talks with Dr. Sherman about his predicament with his son and Dr. Sherman suggests open family counselling which Mr. Burns begrudgingly accepts
Scene 24: At their first session Robby learns his dad's real motives on getting a psychologist. This intensifies the hostility.
Scene 25: Robby confines in Ms. Bancoft (who they are still on good if not weakened terms) what his father had done and she is upset.
Scene 26: The father apologizes for not being upfront and honest and trying sympathetically handling Robby's emotional drama
Scene 27: Robby and his father discuss which of them should more practically go after Ms. Bancoft. Father relents that in 3 years it wouldn't make a difference if Robby was dating her and even in college he could feasable afford marriage with his scholarship opportunities and part time jobs if Robby was willing to sacrifice.
Scene 28: Robby never gets the nerve to tell Ms. Bancoft he is willing to wait for her until he graduates and hear she is engaged to another man.
Scene 29: Mr. Burns consoles his son by taking him to dinner where he arranges a double date for him and his son to date Ms. Moore (35) and her daughter Liza (17)