Posted by The Idiot Manchild at wc1-int2.nbnet.nb.ca on March 07, 2001 at 22:51:00:
In Reply to: A legit question. Legalities and whatnot. posted by Alferd Packer on March 07, 2001 at 21:32:15:
If you are trying to sell it then probably the company that buys it would
be willing to cover the royalty costs.
: I try and not discuss this sort of thing here, because EVERYONE
ELSE DOES, but I need to know this before I start writing it.
: I'm working on this script, and the first scene has a guy's fiance
leaving him because she watches Chasing Amy for the first time and
realizes that Affleck's "I love you" monologue is what he had said to
her, word for word, even down to the "this will queer our relationship"
line.
: I wanted to start it on a blackout with Affleck talking and then go right
into the footage from Chasing Amy.
: How possible is this? If it's any consolation, I don't want to set out to
make this movie or anything, but it's something I'd like to see if I could
sell.
: And no, it's not a movie about relationships.