# Casting the movie Let's Get This Over With **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-movie-lets-get-this-over-with/747598 "2016-03-01T03:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-movie-lets-get-this-over-with/747598/1 "2016-03-01T03:49:00Z")
Now that Leo “finally” has his Oscar, let’s create the movie that’s designed to finally get everyone their long overdue Academy Award, which I have tentatively titled “Let’s Get This Over With”. Hopefully this will sweep the Oscars and thereby set a record for every possible win. My current thoughts are: Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Glenn Close, Gary Oldman, Amy Adams and Mark Ruffalo Cinematography by Roger Deakins Score by Danny Elfman [Sound Mixing by Kevin O’Connell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_O'Connell_%28sound_re-recording_mixer%29) Additions/Modifications? ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-movie-lets-get-this-over-with/747598/2 "2016-03-01T04:21:15Z")
Sound Mixing by [Kevin O’Connell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_O%27Connell_(sound_re-recording_mixer)) I’d have [Thomas Newman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Newman) do the score - he has thirteen nominations and no wins, while Danny Elfman is only 0 for 4. But it would be tempting, synergy-wise, to have Elfman do the score and then include Johnny Depp in the cast since he has three nominations and no wins. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-movie-lets-get-this-over-with/747598/3 "2016-03-01T04:28:52Z")
Maybe you could find an old script by Federico Fellini: eight nominations for Best Screenplay (along with four more nominations for Best Director) with no wins. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-movie-lets-get-this-over-with/747598/4 "2016-03-02T01:19:47Z")
The costume designer Piero Tosi is 0 for 5 on Oscar nominations, so he can do the costumes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-movie-lets-get-this-over-with/747598/5 "2016-03-02T17:40:10Z")
I see Clint Eastwood is directing SULLY, with Tom Hanks as the soon-to-retire pilot who on a cold January afternoon struggled to land that crippled plane on the Hudson River. Playing his wife: three-time Oscar nominee Laura Linney. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-movie-lets-get-this-over-with/747598/6 "2016-03-02T20:25:21Z")
Samuel L. Jackson Johnny Depp Liam Neeson William H. Macy Robert Downey, Jr. Helena Bonham Carter Ralph Fiennes John Malkovich Ed Harris Angela Lansbury And, too late for Alan Rickman to get his. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-movie-lets-get-this-over-with/747598/7 "2016-03-02T20:41:45Z")
Sound has to be Kevin O’Connell, here on the SDMB. If only because of the assholish actions of one of his peers. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-the-movie-lets-get-this-over-with/747598/8 "2016-03-03T20:59:59Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Additions/Modifications? Change the name to _Let’s Make Love_, and cast Bruce Campbell as the doorman of the high-rise where Richard Gere lives.