I am calling this Oscar because 1. that is the name of the main character, but also 2. it is such a good idea that I would probably win an Oscar for it when I am done writing it. Here it goes:
So there is this troubled teen, Oscar, from a small town who just doesn't fit in with the small town way of life and he longs to escape to the city, but he is still a Junior in high school. Because he feels so trapped, and because the people of the town treat him poorly because of his differences he decides that he is going to kill himself. The problem is that he can't figure out what way he is going to do it because he wants his suicide to be special. His Mom can tell that not being able to decide how to kill himself really bothers Oscar so she puts an ad in the local paper offering $1,000 to whoever can come up with the idea for committing suicide that Oscar chooses to use.
At first there is a lot of competition within the community because everyone wants to win the money, but because Oscar still can't decide which way he wants to do it nobody wins the money. Then, unexpectedly, the town really comes together and rallies around Oscar to help him figure out how to kill himself.
Oscar feels the love and support of the whole town. And the community really bonds together because of their common goal. So Oscar gains an appreciation for his small town and decides that he doesn't want to kill himself after all.
I'm open to suggestions on the ending, but I was thinking it would be ironic and also very poignant if after he decided not to kill himself he was running to his mother's work to tell her the good news and he got hit by a car and died. The other possibility that I also really like is that when he tells everyone that he has decided not to kill himself, they are all really disappointed because his death was bringing them all together and also because they did all that work for nothing, so now everyone hates him again including his mom, so he just sticks a shotgun in his mouth and pulls the trigger. The end.
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Here is maybe another idea for an alternate ending. This would make a wicked Easter Egg on the DVD!!! So he tells the towns people, and they're like, "Oh no mister. We'll have none of this 'I ain't gonna suicide myself' nonsense. You made your bed, now you lie in it." This lying in bed thing is a reference to (as well as a clever saying!) to the Mayor's idea for how to kill himself which was to handcuff himself into a bed and then to lie in it, and light it on fire. The townspeople then force him to do just that.
Wow, that is really similarto another ending I had in mind were the towns people are angry that he changed his mind and each seperately try to kill him in the way they suggested so they can make it look like he usedtheir idea and they will win the money.
Oh wow, your idea is much better. MUCH more interesting!!! It'd be like all those hit men from that funny funny movie Deuces Wild going for little old Oscar!!!"
or Smokin' Aces or whatever it was called. good grief.
Ok, so I was thinking more about this and maybe it wouldn't be so bad to just give it a traditional ending. So in the end he just finally finds the perfect way to kill himself and then he does it. It will be quite touching as he says his final goodbyes and then offs himself. This will be followed up with a sweet funeral service where we can get closure with all of the other characters in the film as they come to pay respects (kind of like the funeral in big fish). We will also see them enjoying their new found appreciation for each other. I know this ending isn't edgy at all, but I think it's the one that most people would want to see because he succeeds in the end.
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