The Return of Sisyphus!

Gladiator, Spartacus, Napoleon, neh Bambi: but who the 'f' was Sisyphus!!!!!

In a World (who said a movie about movie trailer voiceovers could't ever be fuck u …amazing...)

Arnold Schwarzenegger is maybe Sisyphus, is maybe Bruce Willis, is maybe Dolph Lungren, is maybe Jackie Chan. Maybe: Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer, Aisling Bea, Samantha Bee Bee Bee Buzz, Amy Sedaris (as maybe a rock lizard, of course. impersonating Peter Ustinov at RADA just sitting numb flicking their tongue). Of course: Sarah 'Silverback' Silverman (..as the doubting Cactus High Priest…). Greta Gerwig as the cobra. Lily Taylor as 'the wind'. Ellen Burstyn as 'the night descending'…
We'll all soundin' like Lerner and Lowe's The Little Prince now.
Ahhh…happy families….

Boris Johnson: small but very well formed part as 'the other insignificant rock'. See what marketing experience me gainesed in America! BAFTA guaranteed Boris. Trust me.





                                                 And I was Beautiful...


SIS is maybe a better title. All sorts of possible jokes there. Don't steal the idea you 'mothers'! Some zeros on the left side of the decimal point rather than the right would be appreciated:) The Great Escape meets Mikio Naruse meets Ricky Gervais meets Vincente Minnelli meets Mel Brooks all downed with a bottle of tequila.


**** SPOILER ALERT ******

Final scene.
Ext. Sunset.
All the characters are sat in a circle. Silent and still. Six feet behind them the sea is lapping all around. A huge boulder sits precariously on an unlevel mound of earth in the middle of the circle. Some characters extremities are very close to touching, others not. Some have a look as if asking "what did I do wrong, when I did everything right in this relationship". Some gently smile. Some are very close to tears but resist.

CU (Boulder POV):
Sisyphus stares at the boulder with the sun setting behind him. Some of its specks of dust get caught by the wind. We see the little particles dissipate into the air. We track a couple heading toward Sisyphus' face. He uses it as a excuse to wipe away a tear, but the wind has already caught it carrying the water droplet. It does not fall but dances in the sky like a dandelion seed.

SFX zoom out:
Slow zoom out revealing the enormous sea and the little island of characters. The sea has no waves anymore. The tear droplet sparkles like a gemstone. The strings of a small celtic harp are heard. The camera continues zooming out. We can barely see the droplet or the island. They are but specks of light as the evening light draws in. There is no credit roll simply a 3-5 minute slow zoom out like a Sugimoto photo. The camera passes through a dark haze finally revealing the silhouette of a small child seen by what looks like a water's edge, the camera continuing to zoom back into eternity. The figure picks up a pebble, throws it to skim across the water's surface.
It keeps skimming. And skimming. And skimming.

Cut to black.
The End.

[as a P.S.- this idea is growing on me. FOR REAL! Live action animation. And the 'i' in Sis would look great on the poster as a boulder for the dotted 'i' etc etc. There would be loads of great parts for everyone with no part really any greater than another. The women would be equal to the men or at least be allowed a 'fighting chance'. No violence, no swear words except sorta The Good Place made up swear words.]