Lesson 8

[Eden De Ruse-Moore]

Eden De Ruse-Moore – Pitch Fest Pitch

What I learned in this lesson is to keep your pitch short and be prepared to answer questions regarding budget, actors and story acts include payoffs.

Hi, I’m Eden De Ruse-Moore and I’m an optioned screenwriter. Today, I’m going to pitch my dramedy. The title of my screenplay is: Yankee Doodle Daddy.

It’s Inauguration Day, and Joe Harley a former Yankee known for hitting fast balls is now the father of the First Fetus when his wife, the President Elect informs him that she’s pregnant.

Please give your one or two sentence answer to each of these questions:

Budget Range – Mid range 15-30 million

Actors do you like for the lead roles?

Joe Harley – Former Yankee ballplayer: Jake Gyllenhaal; Glen Powel; Theo James; Oscar Isaac.
Zena Harley – POTUS: Jennifer Lawrence; Anna Kendrick; Adria Arjona;
Grandfather: Patrick Stewart; Liam Neeson/ Benji – Yankee Coach: James Gandolfini.
Agent Carter – Secret Service: Daryl McCormack, Rege-Jean Page

ACT ONE
POTUS tells Joe she’s pregnant.
Crawford, Benji, White House players introductions
Motivated to get out of frivolous FGOTUS duties, Joe plans to be Mother Goose.

ACT TWO
Arrival of Baby Ruth – Joe in his new role as The First Daddy.
Cover: Babygate, Beltway Baby Czar, Marschinke Bill drama, Fun and Games; Russia; plus the question of Baby #2.

ACT THREE
It’s the final straw, Joe storms out of the Oval – is this the end of their marriage?
Sex Scandal hits internet – Both Benji and Joe are subpoenaed. Guilty?
Russian Invasion – Sergei has troops poised.
Babygate makes it appear that POTUS could be impeached.

How does it end?
Joe shares his fears of a second child with Zena, he lays everything on the table, they make up and agree to eventually give Ruth a sibling.
The sex scandal blows over after Benji testifies and Mindy recants her story.
Zena doesn’t back down and Sergei aborts his invasion
Joe asserts that Babygate is unconstitutional. His argument has merit and Babygate is dropped. Crawford resigns and the Marschinke Bill passes.

Credibility:
BIO: Eden has worked as a journalist on Capitol Hill. Yankee Doodle Daddy became a finalist in the New York Metropolitan Screenwriters and Film Awards, previously she has had two original screenplays optioned.

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[Hiram Taylor]

Hiram – Pitch Fest Pitch

What I learned is that once you have the basic story points and needed information it becomes understanding each different pitch is about how the information is reworked into that specific pitch’s formula.

Hi, I’m Hiram Taylor, author of 5 published novels and winner of the SciFi/Horror competition in the Hollywood Screenplay Contest.

I HAVE A SciFi/Horror screenplay titled BEYOND THE 4TH DIMENSION

People are turning into bodies of light and disappearing. It is not the rapture. Evil entities in the 4th Dimension are devouring human souls as their food source. When her boyfriend is taken, a young woman travels into the 4th Dimension, a landscape of nightmares and warped reality to save him.

What is the budget range? Middle budget
What actors do you like for the lead role? Jennifer Lawrence, Margot Roby. Anna-Taylor Joy, Kristan Stewart etc…
Give the Acts of the story: (1) A news reporter attending a seminar witnesses people turning into bodies of light and disappearing. She gets it on film. (2) The news refuses to show her footage. No one believes her story, (3) THEN her boyfriend is taken. (4) She is determined to save him. She travels into the 4th Dimension where she confronts the Soul Eaters. (5) They are trapped in the 4th Dimension with no way back to the 3rd. They escape Beyond the 4th Dimension into the 5 dimension.
How does it end? They travel into the 5th Dimension .
CREDIBILITY: 5 published novels and won the SciFi/Horror division of the Hollywood Screenwriting Contest.
I do not have an agent.
I have worked on many movies through the years. Cry Baby, Demonic Toys, The Evil Bride in Hollywood and American Horror series in New Orleans.

[William Whelan]

William Whelan: Pitch Fest Pitch
What I learned is formulate a pitch for a Pitch Fest/
1. Tell us your credibility. Certificate in Screenwriting from UCLA
2. Tell us your genre and title. RomCom/Thriller; Lady WiseGuy
3. What is your one or two sentence hook? How does a Mafia Princess break with the family to become a sophisticated lady when the family pushes back with a vengeance,
4. Please give your one or two sentence answer to each of these questions:
• What is the budget range? Low budget: $500k to $5 million
• What actors do you like for the lead roles? Liza – Hailee Steinfeld; Professor Shaw – Hugh Grant; Big Dom – Robert DeNiro; Vito – Tom Hardy
• Give me the acts of the story.
Act 1 – Liza meets Professor Shaw and decides to pursue her dream of becoming an actress and sophisticated lady despite push back from her mafia family.
Act 2 – Big Dom dies, and Liza must take over the running of the family business until her brother Dom gets out of prison.
Act 3 – Liza shots Vito, an underboss, during an attempted rape setting off a internecine battle for control of the family business.
Act 4 – Vito puts a contract out on Liza, and she must go on the run to save her life.
• How does it end? (setup / payoff). Liza decides to leave Brooklyn and go on the run; Liza reconnects with Professor Shaw in Cambridge.
• Credibility questions What have you done? Have written several one act plays which have been performed off, off Broadway.

[anna harper]

Anna's Pitch Fest Pitch
What I learned from this assignment: I found it difficult to let go of details and had to do several drafts. So I have learned not to be attached to my work so much in producing this pitch.
TITLE: Alfie’s Christmas Adventure
FORMAT: Feature
GENRE: Holiday / Magical Realism
LOGLINE: It’s Christmas in a quaint English village where we meet Dylan a teenage boy, hiding from a gang of bullies, in a rubbish skiff. What if a ginormous homeless dog comes to his rescue and becomes his life coach?
COMPS: BEETHOVEN meets ROALD DAHL
BUDGET 2 MILLION
WHY THIS STORY NOW: In this divisive world, entertaining stories can have the power to heal intolerance, bullying and exclusion. BIO: This story is inspired by my work with traumatized adults and children in Canada, where I received my RSW.
LEAD CHARACTERS
ALFIE: an all-black Newfoundland homeless dog.
DYLAN: (13 approx., is grieving for his mother. Dylan has chosen to isolate himself in silence.
STEVE: Dylan’s Dad. Steve is the village bus driver. He loves his son dearly, though he is very stressed as a single Dad. This is a perfect role for Joe Absolom, a lead actor in the Doc Martin series. Joe has a huge fan base.

1. We meet Alfie, in a back alley looking for food in rubbish bins. Alfie runs off to explore the abundant Christmasy village. Alfie gets a shocking visit from an angel; Michelle (Dylan’s mother,) Michelle bestows Alfie with the gift of telepathic communication.
2. Dylan meets Alfie when he jumps into a rubbish skiff, escaping school bullies. Dylan is shocked by the dog’s ability to break into his bubble of silence. Dylan takes a very dirty and hungry Alfie home, promising the dog food if he agrees to a bath.
2. Dylan keeps getting into trouble at school. A devious teacher wants Dylan out of the way and schemes to send Dylan to boarding school. Dylan runs away, Alfie locates Dylan Steves says Alfie can stay if he helps Dylan to speak,or it's off to the pound.
3. Alfie helps Dylan to make friends and gradually to speak again. Alfie and Dylan leave in the night to go to the alley where they first met. Angle Michelle manifests and encourages Dylan to keep talking.

How does it end?
Dylan awakes the next morning believing it was a dream. Alfies says "No" he was thee. The two plot their next adventure, breaking into the school computer lab to find Alfie's littermates on Facebook.

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[Rebecca Sukle]

Rebecca’s Pitch Fest Pitch
What I learned from this assignment is that it takes a lot of thought, work, and builds on the previous assignments. I need to learn more about budgets and how best to present the acts in a few words as possible.
1. Writer credibility: Sukle is an optioned screenwriter and quarter finalist in the Faith in Film International Screenwriting Contest. She has also published two labor history novels and close friends with Eleanor Anderson’s nephew and heir who inherited the intellectual property of both Eleanor and Sherwood.
2. Tell us your Genre and Title: Historical drama inspired by the wives of Sherwood Anderson.
3. What is your one or two sentence hook?
When a business tycoon risks everything for literary fame, his wife Cornelia thinks he’s lost his mind. Determined to secure her children's future in the strict patriarchal society of the early 20th century, she covertly partners with a successful brothel owner, thriving as her husband spirals into madness upon return of his long-dead father.
4. Please give your one or two sentence answer to each of these questions:
Budget range? My guesstimate is in the low middle budget range.
Actors for lead roles? Kenneth Branagh as Sherwood, Anne Hathaway as Cornelia for the series pilot.
Story Acts: Teaser: Sherwood, happily married to his fourth wife Eleanor, writes about his first wife who shows up at his writing cabin door.
Act 1: Sherwood and Cornelia appear to be a successful and happy couple with two boys. Sherwood secretly writes.
Act 2: Sherwood becomes restless, debates with his alter ego about wanting a writing career. Cornelia overhears, seeks advice from her father who dismisses her and suggests challenging Sherwood by expanding the business.
Act 3: Cornelia steps back due to a third pregnancy, Sherwood becomes obsessed with writing and neglects the business and family, expressing a desire to escape.
Act 4: The paint mixing team quits, Sherwood is denied a loan, and he becomes depressed. Cornelia partners with a brothel owner in a thriving new venture and checks the business books.
Act 5: Cornelia confronts Sherwood, who storms out to seduce her courtesan business partner but is rejected. Returning home, he attempts to rape Cornelia but fails.
How does it end? (setup / payoff). Sherwood promises Cornelia to concentrate on saving the business then suffers a fugue state event and nervous breakdown. Real or contrived?
Credibility questions What have you done? Three scripts: two series pilots and one feature screenplay with another series in progress.

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[Paul McGregor]

Paul’s Pitch Fest Pitch
5. What I learned from this assignment was that, as I tried to formulate my hook, I came up with new ideas that change the story.
1. Credibility: I am a published author of fiction and non-fiction.
2. Genre/title: My script is a drama. The title is FRANK.
3. Hook: If someone threatened to destroy your family, wouldn’t you want to have them pushing up daisies?
4. Budget: Low budget, up to $5 million.
Actors: I’d love to see Liam Neeson in this ‘the underdog gets vengeance’ role.
Acts of the story:
i. Frank is retiring after 40 years of logging in Canada. He's looking forward to spending time with his grand-daughters. Discovers his son-in-law is a secret junkie.
ii. A foreclosure notice is placed on his daughters house as his son-in-law disappears.
iii. Frank and his daughter have to fight banker and lawyers. Frank learns new skills and defeats them. Then the drug dealers turn up to collect the junky's debts. His daughter's life is threatened.
iv. The junky returns, seeking pardon. Frank neither forgets nor forgives. He uses his old, logging skills to deal with his enemy son-in-law and his suppliers.
The end: Frank delivers a bag of sawdust to his son-in-law’s parents to help protect their manicured garden this winter.
Credibility: I have been a finalist in an international screenwriting competition.
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[Eden De Ruse-Moore]

Eden De Ruse-Moore – Pitch Fest Pitch

What I learned in this lesson is to keep your pitch short and clear. Be prepared to answer questions regarding budget, actors and story acts using one sentence if possible. edited draft after attending week 3 class.

Hi, I’m Eden De Ruse-Moore and I’m an optioned screenwriter. Today, I’m going to pitch my dramedy. The title of my screenplay is: Yankee Doodle Daddy.

Can a former pro-ballplayer succeed in the White House as the First Daddy—when POTUS, his wife informs him that she’s pregnant?

Q&A
Budget Range – Mid range 15-30 million
Actors do you like for the lead roles?
Joe Harley – Former Yankee ballplayer; Theo James; Adam Demos & POTUS Adria Arjona; Eliza Gonzalez;
Benji – Former Yankee Coach: Paul Giamatti; Matt Damon; Rob Reiner.

ACT ONE
POTUS tells Joe she’s pregnant and Joe insists on taking care of all things Baby therefore he can get out of his annoying FGOTUS obligations.

ACT TWO
Arrival of Baby Ruth – Joe in his new role as The First Daddy fumbles while POTUS deals with cut-throat politics and intense international relations.

ACT THREE
Joe’s identity crisis becomes full blown, jeopardizing his marriage and Babygate intensifies as Russia is poised to invade the Minsk. Joe is subpoenaed.

How does it end?

Joe shares his fears of a second child with Zena, he lays everything on the table, they make up and agree to eventually give Ruth a sibling. Russia aborts and thanks to Joe’s heroic testimony Babygate is squashed.
Baby Ruth’s Birthday party: Team Nanny & White House Staff on a Super Yacht.

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[Michael Wallace]

Michael Wallace’s Pitch Fest Pitch
What I learned form this lesson is to keep my pitch to a concise hook that will get the producers interest.
My name is Michael Wallace and I’m here to pitch my dramedy. “The Kid from Lynbrook”.
The Kid from Lynbrook is about a Wall Street executive that returns to his hometown to win back his childhood sweetheart by mentoring a kid in a school stock trading club, until it is discovered that the kid is trading real stocks using his inside knowledge, and making a fortune.
I see it as a low budget film to be determined by the level of talent we can attract to the project.
I like Miles Teller, Ryan Gosling, and Chris Evans for the male lead, I like Rachel McAdams and Emily Blunt for the female lead, Noah Jupe or Ian Armitage for the Child lead and Paul Giamotti for the Attorney General role.
Act 1 -Brendan Malone is a hot shot Wall Street executive during the “dot com” boom returns to his hometown of Lynbrook, where he mentors Anthony a twelve-year-old kid in a school stock trading club to win back Anthony’s teacher Cindy his childhood sweetheart, the one who got away.

Malone gives Anthony inside information to help him win his stock picking contest, and in exchange the kid agrees to help him by finding out any information he can on Cindy, to help Malone win her back.

Act 2 -Everything is going great until it is discovered through an SEC probe that Anthony is trading real stocks in an account set up in his mother’s name and making a fortune.

The politically motivated NYS AG, faces the dilemma of prosecuting a kid for insider trading after Anthony refuses to settle, and the media won’t let the story go away. Despite Malone’s political contributions, The AG threatens to go after him if he doesn’t agree to testify against Anthony.

Act 3-Malone resists at first, but then agrees to testify to save himself, losing Cindy and his relationship with Anthony.

How it ends -Anthony’s heart wrenching testimony on the stand makes Malone realize that he learned everything that is wrong with Wall Street, from him.

Malone secretly feeds inside information to the defense about his firms ‘questionable dealings which they use against him when he is put on the stand, to help Anthony get off.

There have been many successful movies about Wall Street, but none from the perspective of a twelve-year-old kid.

[Michael HARRIS]

Michael L Harris’s Pitch Fest Pitch

What I learned today is that a short concise pitch presented in the way producer’s think will get you through doors that otherwise will remain closed.

Hello, I’m Michael Harris and I’m a produced screenwriter, with a one-hour, Coming of Age/ Action-Adventure TV series titled, “Wawasee.” It’s the story of how two boys from different worlds unite to uncover Al Capone’s hidden empire in their lakeside town during the Great Depression, facing danger and forging an unbreakable bond.

It’s in the low-budget range of $2-5 Million.

Talent:
Eli and Ken -new talent
Josiah Lilly – Timothee Chalamet / Robert Pattison
Lily Marie Lilly – Saoirse Ronan /Anya Taylor Joy
Sheldon Harkless – Ethan Hawke
Byron Connelly – Sam Elliott

Wawasee – Season 1: A Five-Act Structure
Act 1: Setting the Stage
Eli and Ken’s fierce rivalry transforms into a precarious alliance as they uncover a cryptic map, plunging them into a perilous conspiracy tied to the mob.
Act 2: Complications and Confrontations
The boys delve deeper into Capone's shadowy operations, battling internal and external demons, and confronting dark secrets about their own families.
Act 3: Rising Action
Separated and tested to their limits, Eli and Ken reunite with renewed determination, preparing for a bold strike against the syndicate, only to be ambushed by an unforeseen threat.
Act 4: Climax
In the midst of a raging storm, the boys infiltrate Capone's casino, uncovering hidden passages and enigmatic allies, as the stakes skyrocket.
Act 5: Resolution and Future Challenges
Eli and Ken, now seasoned by their trials, launch a daring final assault on Capone’s empire, but new revelations hint at even greater dangers ahead.

Set-up: Eli and Ken's intense rivalry over Lake Wawasee turns into a dangerous alliance when they stumble upon a cryptic map linked to the mob.
Payoff: Their daring journey to uncover the truth culminates in a high-stakes confrontation with Capone's syndicate, only to reveal even deeper threats on the horizon.

Credibility: Over a two years period, I conducted nearly 100 hours of interviews with a key figure from the Capone era, and for the past 40 years, I've delved deeply into the rich history of Lake Wawasee.

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[Ian Patrick Williams]

Ian’s Pitch Fest Pitch
What I learned is how to pitch in a way that will attract buyers
Credibility: Ian Patrick Williams shares the Chicago Emmy award for co-authoring the teleplay BLEACHER BUMS for PBS-TV; the script was later adapted and produced by Showtime. Masterfilm International released his action screenplay THE BLACK SEA RAID in 2010. In 2017 Status Media Entertainment released his Roaring 20’s piece GANGSTER LAND. MJR Films has a current option on PROPHET OF THE THIRD REICH.
Title: The Coming Storm
Genre: Action
Hook: A rookie detective goes it alone to stop a white supremacist group from triggering a race war across America
Budget: Mid-range (depending on above-the-line talent) Actors: Lead MILES BROUSSARD: John David Washington; Michael B. Jordan Partner/mentor SID SILVER: Paul Giamatti, John C. Reilly White supremacist CARL TILSON; Mads Mikklesen, Walter Goggins

ACT 1: A series of police murders, church burnings, etc. are being perpetrated by the country’s newest neo-Nazi group: the American Storm Troopers. Their disinformation campaigns have half the country believing the guilty parties are Black and Jewish.

ACT 2: Rookie Black detective MILES BROUSSARD does military research on his own, finding two of the AST leaders were recently discharged riflemen. Against orders, he searches the garage of one of them and finds empty fertilizer bags indicating an Oklahoma City type bombing is their plan. He races after the man’s van, calling in an emergency; when the police stop the suspect’s van, it turns up empty.

ACT 3: His furious Commander orders Broussard to tender his resignation for his insubordination. But Broussard is convinced that the empty van was a mere ploy to get everyone to drop their guard and that an assassination of the Governor is the actual plan. He deduces the nearby Hotel Lincoln is tall enough to shoot from and races there in hopes to stop the killing before it’s too late.

Ending: After Miles trails the AST sniper to a rooftop, he’s knocked unconscious and tied up. As the sniper gets the Governor in his rifle’s sights, detective Silver enters the rooftop, having followed his headstrong partner. The sniper wounds Silver; Broussard breaks his bonds, attacks the sniper and throws him off the roof to his death.

[Sandra Fox-Sohner]

Sandy: Pitch Fest Pitch

What I learned: It is especially important to be concise, and to the point in a pitch so you don't bore your listener. If I go over the pitch multiple times, I can find ways to make it shorter and more powerful. It still needs work!

Hi, I‘m Sandy, and I would like to tell you about my historical biopic screenplay entitled ‘Mathematical Mermaid.’ It has won best screenplay awards in two festivals, and I have representation.

The heroine of this story, Sofia Kovalevsky, has coins, stamps, festivals, and a moon crater named for her, multiple books written about her, and three now outdated films about her life were made in Sweden and Russia, but no film has been made in English.

How does one woman launch a tidal wave of social change in a world where women have no power and no voice?

This is a true story of a young math genius, oppressed and isolated in 19th-century Russia, who escapes to Germany, determined to become the first female professor in all of Europe.

BUDGET: The budget range is about $15 million.

ACTORS: The heroine, Sofia Kovalevsky, is spirited, charming, brilliant, attractive, and sassy, a great role for someone like Saoirse Ronan, Lily-Rose Depp, Zendaya, Olivia Cooke, For the older kindly professor Weierstrass: Colin Firth, Peter Kurth, Tom Hanks, or Heino Ferch.

ACTS:

Act 1: Oppressed and isolated in a tumultuous 19th-century Russia, the self-taught math genius Sofia Kovalevsky must find a way to escape to Europe and follow her passion. She enters a fictitious marriage to gain her freedom, sadly giving up her chances for a love marriage to be free.

Act 2: Although her genius convinces a brilliant mathematician to teach her in secret, Sofia is shut out of the male-dominated academic world, denied the professorship she craves, and ultimately stumbles into self-doubt. The rector at the University of Berlin makes it his mission to protect his all-male policy from including women. Her fictitious husband pressures her to be his true wife.

ACT 3: After her fictitious husband’s financial ruin and suicide, Sofia returns to the joy she found in math. In financial desperation, she decides to take control of her own fate by making a bet with the open-minded Director of Mathematics in Stockholm: a gamble to solve an impossible problem for a professorship.

Dramatic End

Winning the Prix Bordin at the prestigious Academy of Sciences in Paris for solving the elusive Mathematical Mermaid problem, Sofia Kovalevsky becomes the first female professor in all of Europe; she honors the professor who took a big chance in teaching her secretly; and she opens doors for women to follow in her footsteps. As she leaves the hall she meets a student, Marie Curie, who thanks her for giving women hope.

My background is in science and math. A founder of a biotech consulting company, I currently organize science and math camps and conferences for girls. I have taken multiple Robert McKee seminars and several online courses from McKee, Screenwriting U, and others.

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[Pamela Milton]

Pamela Milton’s Pitch Fest Pitch
What I learned from in this lesson is to follow a format which gives the producers what they want and need, keep it short and sweet, how to answer potential questions about budget and actors, be able to give a brief description of the stories acts.
Hello, I’m Pamela Milton, during my tenure as a co-director with Section 22 Productions I contributed film scripts for the company’s production. As a result of this, I have several script in various stages of development. Today, I’m going to pitch my dramedy entitled The Great Bank Robbery of 1934.
Two strong willed women collide in a hail of bullets, embezzlement and ballet shoes when an aspiring dancer takes leadership of the inept Chutney Gang in 1934 only to run afoul an ambitious IRS agent in 1980 investigating bank fraud.
ACT ONE
In a desperate attempt to escape a suffocating future with fiancé, FBI agent, Zebulon Hardcore, aspiring dancer, Tempest Headley, kidnaps the Chutney Gang during a bank robbery.
Tempest is the fourth figure involved in the robbery which ended in an armed stand-off. In 1980, she and the gang are prominent citizens living under assumed names in the town of Yesterday.
In 1980, IRS agent McKenna Worth, is sent undercover by regional IRS director, Bennett Caruthers, to investigate the possible involvement of Yesterday’s town officials in the embezzlement of supposedly stolen funds. Caruthers has designs on the money himself and is using her for his own gains.
Vince Manelli, McKenna’s partner, is reporting all her actions to an unknown third party.
ACT TWO
In Yesterday, McKenna meets former FBI agent, Zebulon Hardcore, who is hunting the Chutney Gang and Sheriff Samuel Armitage with whom she quickly forms a relationship.
McKenna pieces together the truth about the robbery and Tempest’s role in it and where the evidence is
She refuses to break into City Hall to find the evidence. Caruthers punishes her by revealing her identity to Sheriff Armitage and why she is in Yesterday. McKenna is disgraced.
Tempest and the other gang members are struggling with Sal’s dementia which worsens when he learns that Zebulon Hardcore is in town.
ACT THREE
Caruthers and five henchmen go to Yesterday to deal with the situation.
A gun battle ensues between McKenna, Samuel, Tempest, Bob and Exit and the five henchmen resulting in their arrest.

Caruthers efforts to exhort money from the town officials is stopped by the arrival of her partner, Vince Manelli and the FBI.
In the year that follows, Tempest and Zebulon reconcile, McKenna and Samuel separate, and Caruthers goes to prison. The “marriage” of Chaz and Melville bring McKenna and Samuel together once more with McKenna becoming Samuel’s deputy. The Chutney Gang retire o a private island to spend their remaining days robbing banks in prefab 1930’s towns.
Budget scale: 15 to 30 million depending on if the main character in both 1934 and 1980 play both versions of themselves or another actor is hired to play the younger/older version i.e. in Men in Black 3, present day, Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) is played by Josh Brolin in the 1969 timeline.

Actors: (wish list)
Tempest – Michelle Phifer
McKenna – Ashley Judd
Zebulon – Robert de Niro Sam Elliot
Narrator – James Earl Jones
Relatives of the actors could be used to play the younger/older role i.e., June Lockhart and Ann Lockhart, Miquel Ferrier and Joze Ferrier