# I have money to burn and want to make a movie.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-money-to-burn-and-want-to-make-a-movie/682018 "2014-02-23T14:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-money-to-burn-and-want-to-make-a-movie/682018/21 "2014-03-05T23:30:08Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > I have a story that I want made into a movie, lets say its a thing on the Rome-Persian wars. Can you do me a favor and make **Weekend at Bernie’s 3**? The story can still take place during the Rome-Persian wars for all I care. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-money-to-burn-and-want-to-make-a-movie/682018/22 "2014-03-06T12:51:57Z")
I’m just surprised that Pia Zadora hasn’t called you since you first posted. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-money-to-burn-and-want-to-make-a-movie/682018/23 "2014-03-06T13:05:40Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > Can you do me a favor and make **Weekend at Bernie’s 3**? The story can still take place during the Rome-Persian wars for all I care. Seconded…but make sure you pretend that Part 2 never happened…errr… wait … why don’t you make a **Weekend at Bernie’s 2?** ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-money-to-burn-and-want-to-make-a-movie/682018/24 "2014-03-06T15:45:33Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > I’ve heard of this rule, but why is it so important? One would think that investing money in your own film is a great way to strike it rich if you’re lucky, like [George Lucas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back) or [Mel Gibson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_of_the_christ) who both made money hand over fist and weren’t required to share any profits with plucky investors. What difference does it make if it’s your own money you lose instead of some anonymous investor’s? Sorry, I missed this post for a few days. It’s an important rule for the same reason the rule about not putting your net liquidated worth up on one roll of the dice in Vegas is important. For every Lucas or other relative newcomer who made it big, I’d bet there’s 500 to 1,000 in the same year who basically lost the roll. If it’s other peoples’ money (mostly those who can afford to lose it, or even come out ahead due to tax writeoffs) you shrug and try again. If you flatten your personal worth to shopping-cart level, your career and possibly life are over. Lucas also did not self-fund Star Wars. His lucky break (besides having a shoddy minor sf flick hit megasuperstar status) was trading salary for what were regarded as trivial merchandising rights. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-money-to-burn-and-want-to-make-a-movie/682018/25 "2014-03-06T15:58:47Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > …and I have a non movie background. How do I go about it? I can think of two senarios here I always liked the idea of #3 ------- take one of my favorite low budget films (Creeping Terror or Plan 9 From Outer Space for example) and remake it with a “Battlefield Earth”-like budget and “300”-like effects. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-money-to-burn-and-want-to-make-a-movie/682018.md?page=1)