The American Journey

Synopsis

The hero, Damián, goes through hell and high water across two continents to be with his love, Stefany.

Background

Stefany and Damián met during the SFI Complex Systems Summer School of 2010. Unfortunately, at the end of the summer school, Damián had to return to Argentina. They continued to talk to each other by phone, and decided that he would come visit her in Boston, where she will be studying at Harvard in the fall.

On the evening of Sunday 26 July 2010, Stefany, Elais, Nathaniel, and Avril were sitting in the dining hall of St John's College. Stefany mentioned that the cheapest round-trip plane tickets between Buenos Aires and Boston were $700 plus a $400 tax. This prompted a discussion of alternative means of transportation, including boating (as in, on a boat), walking, or riding a missile. Nathaniel kept trying to insert death into the story (e.g., Stefany getting hit by the missile, or if not, Stefany getting hit by a bus), on the grounds that if Damián wrote a book of his adventure, it would sell better if it ended in tragedy.

This somehow turned into that it would be a movie. Stefany asked how the movie would begin, and with that, Elais launched into an hour-plus narrative, recounting in detail the plot and characters of a full-length movie, all made up on the spot. (Good job, Elais.)

The Story

Once upon a time...

Cast of Characters

Stefany: Shakira (other options? No, it has to be done)

Damián: Antonio Banderas (Maybe Gael Garcia, he is the mexican guy of "y tu mama tambien")

Ernesto: Cheech Marin

Gomez: Sean Connery

Head of the CIA: (a black guy)

Head of Mossad: (big bald Jewish guy)

Elais: Denzel Washington Will Smith

Avril: Scarlett Johansson

Nathaniel: himself

Siggy:

Ethan: himself