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View Poll Results: Would you be willing to invest $50 USD to make this into a feature film? | |||
| Yes (and I'm Arab/Muslim) | | 3 | 37.50% |
| No (and I'm Arab/Muslim) | | 4 | 50.00% |
| Yes (and I'm not Arab/Muslim) | | 0 | 0% |
| No (and I'm not Arab/Muslim) | | 1 | 12.50% |
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| Limited Member Status: Offline Posts: 1 Reputation: 5 Rep Power: 0 Join Date: May 2008 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Would you be willing to invest $50 USD to turn the film below into a Major Hollywood Feature? http://youtube.com/watch?v=cCGFkigPQSg For More Information Please Read Below This might be a little odd, but let me introduce myself. My name is Nabil Abou-Harb, Im an Arab-American film director in the United States. Were currently working on a feature film comedy called, Arab! in America! which is a really funny story about a guy named Osama Ahmed Abou-Bakr trying to find a job in America after 9/11. Its a comedy that tries to shed light on the hardships that Muslims and Middle Easterners have to go through everyday in America. Weve already shot a short-film based on this idea, and I invite you to take a look at the shorts trailer below. http://youtube.com/watch?v=cCGFkigPQSg Heres where were at The short-film, Arab! in America! has screened at the Cannes International Film Festival, The Memphis International Film Festival, and the Washington D.C. International Film Festival where it also took home the Audience Award for Best Short Film. After we screened the film, the response was overwhelming. You should see my Email Inbox. Everyday, I gut pummeled with emails from Arabs, Muslims, and Americans alike all begging for us to make this into a full, feature film. Weve even talked to a couple of production companies and major movie studios about the project. So we all sat down and wrote what we think is an incredible screenplay based off the short. Heres where the tricky part comes into play. Full feature movies with A-List actors cost a whole lot more money to make. We have a conservative budget of around 5 million dollars which in the world of Hollywood, really isnt all that much money (Little Miss Sunshine was shot for 8 million). All the investors we showed the screenplay to, thought the script was great but because of the subject matter, they all have passed on the project. Weve been shopping around the screenplay for six months and have come really close to getting it funded a couple of times, but were now taking matters into our hands. We believe this is a story that needs to be told and it needs to happen as soon as possible. So heres what were thinking about Instead of asking the Middle Eastern and Muslim communities to just donate funds were asking to see if people would be interested at $50 USD to purchase shares of the movie. Heres how it would work for $50 USD youd get 1 share out of 100,000 shares in the movie. That one share would be a small percentage of the film. The more you buy, the more of the movie you own. And when the movie comes out the money the film makes would be dispersed throughout all the shares which turns our funding problem into a unique investment opportunity for everyone. No studio would own this movie. This film would be owned by the entire Middle Eastern and Muslim community. And wed all share in the profits. We really think this is a great, funny, and most importantly pertinent film. This film speaks to the American public in a comedic way allowing them to understand our problems in a non-threatening way. I wouldnt have put over two years of my life into this project if I didnt think itd be huge. So were scouring the message boards asking people If we set this up, would you Invest $50 to help make this movie a reality? Thanks, Nabil Abou-Harb |
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| Allahu Akbar Status: Offline Posts: 2,705 Reputation: 6529 Rep Power: 13 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Unknown hidden house which u will never kno of...aka somewhere in the u.s.a. Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Wow sounds hilarius and tiight...i vote yehh
__________________and im arab...and muslim... WHAT AM I DOING? Currently(May14, 4:59pm): Lissenin to this over and over and over and over again - http://www.fawakh.net/sound/fawakh.MP3 <<click Then when that gets boring (after a loooong time) i go to this (CLICK)...and so on... |
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| Servant of Allah Status: Offline Posts: 469 Reputation: 901 Rep Power: 2 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Holland Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | ^^And you are in America (right?)
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| iM HackeD!-!-!-! Status: Offline Posts: 13,785 Reputation: 38362 Rep Power: 74 Join Date: Feb 2006 Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | i meant to vote number 2 not 4.
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| Allahu Akbar Status: Offline Posts: 2,705 Reputation: 6529 Rep Power: 13 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Unknown hidden house which u will never kno of...aka somewhere in the u.s.a. Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | lol yeh but that doesnt matter we need more "worth it" type of comedy in the u.s ....u do realize prince of bel-air is sooo getting old....i watched lyk every episode now WHAT AM I DOING? Currently(May14, 4:59pm): Lissenin to this over and over and over and over again - http://www.fawakh.net/sound/fawakh.MP3 <<click Then when that gets boring (after a loooong time) i go to this (CLICK)...and so on... |
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| Servant of Allah Status: Offline Posts: 469 Reputation: 901 Rep Power: 2 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Holland Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | Quote:
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| B O R E D Status: Offline Posts: 3,292 Reputation: 19094 Rep Power: 39 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ambala Boxes :( Gender: Way of Life: Muslim | if anyone would like to donate, im sure they will, no need to have a voting system "Hush Little Baby Dont You Cry, Otherwise Daddys Gona Beat The Crap Out Of You" Please Donate Generously To The NSPCC & Stop Cruelty To Children Anythin I Say Which Is Wrong, Blame Me, Anythin Good Praise Allah (swt) |
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