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* If you were writing a movie script about the 2014 Illinois campaign, what would it be called? Bonus points for naming actors who’d play the various roles.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 1:57 pm

Comments

  1. “Pensions & Payouts”

    Comment by Carl Nyberg Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:00 pm

  2. lol…

    Sam/Frank

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:01 pm

  3. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    Ed Gale as Jason Barickman

    Comment by Ducky LaMoore Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:02 pm

  4. Oh, and Stephen Root as Rich Miller

    Comment by Ducky LaMoore Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:02 pm

  5. Mr. MaGoo versus Simon Lagree

    Comment by Norseman Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:03 pm

  6. “Student Government”

    Starring

    William Hurt as Rauner
    Bill Zwecker as Quinn

    Special cameo - Rich Miller

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:03 pm

  7. Day After Election Day Vacation.

    Chevy Chase as Pat Quinn
    Randy Quaid as Mike Frerichs
    Beverly D’Angelo as Shelia Simon

    Comment by Hank Z Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:04 pm

  8. The Write-in Winner

    Oswego Willy as himself

    Comment by AFSCME Steward Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:05 pm

  9. Dumb and Dumber

    Comment by Peoria guy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:08 pm

  10. “Props and Gags - The Joke’s on the Voters”

    “The Leaky Mansion”

    “And Now These Messages…”

    “Another Along The Side of The Road”

    “Base - Off Base, a Turnout Story”

    “Who Do I Make The Check Out To?”

    “Constitutionally Queasy ”

    “We’re Not Wisconsin!”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:10 pm

  11. ===Oswego Willy as himself===

    Who would believe it…Hmmm…

    “Who Would Believe it”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:12 pm

  12. @Hank Z
    Add JBT as the mother-in-law.

    Comment by Bogey Golfer Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:12 pm

  13. A remake- “There Will Be Blood”

    Louis K as Pat Quinn
    Richard Jenkins as Rauner (Dad from 6ft under)
    With Daniel Day Lewis reviving his role as Lincoln but in ghost form

    Comment by anonymous Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:13 pm

  14. Bloodtober - The Final Reckoning

    Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:13 pm

  15. Peoria guy FTW!

    Comment by Roadiepig Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:15 pm

  16. Bridge Over Troubled Water

    Comment by Enviro Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:15 pm

  17. I’m insisting on royalties for inspiring this question!

    Comment by A guy... Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:15 pm

  18. “Those Are The Choices?”

    “ILL-In-I.L.L.”

    “Who Do You Want Me To Be?”

    “Hidden Nuggets”

    “The Oppo Folder”

    “For The Man Who Has Everything”

    “Coming Back Home - A Union Story”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:16 pm

  19. “Falling Down” with Rauner reprising Michael Douglas’ roll as a man who snaps , and chaos ensues…

    Comment by Roadiepig Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:17 pm

  20. Mr. Blue Sky: The Legend of Pat Quinn

    Pat Quinn: John C. Riley
    Rauner: Will Farrell
    Vallas: James Cromwell
    Sanguinetti: Eva Longoria

    Comment by Come on man! Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:17 pm

  21. “Up in Smoke”
    Cheech Marin - Pat Quinn
    Tommy Chong - Bruce Rauner

    Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:17 pm

  22. Diddler on the Roof.
    Jason Alexander as Pat Quinn. Donald Sutherland as Bruce Rauner. Gary Busse as Rich Miller. Paul Linde (nevermind we’ll dig him up) as W Slinger. Jim Carey as OW.

    Comment by A guy... Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:18 pm

  23. (Working on a Cast…)

    “What Do The Women Think?”

    “Outside Your Comfort Zone”

    “Career Bosses & Union Politicians”
    (That is my favorite!!)

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:19 pm

  24. The Pirates of the Illinois: The Curse of the Pension Funds A Mike Madigan Original Production

    Written, Produced, Directed and Legal work done by Mike Madigan.

    Clint Eastwood as Mike Madigan
    Tina Fey as Lisa Madigan
    Brian Dennehy as Pat Quinn
    No one will play Bruce Rauner do to his refusal to join SAG.

    Comment by Steve Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:19 pm

  25. “How a Billionaire Almost Bought an Election”
    Pat Quinn - played by Jimmy Stewart
    Bruce Rauner - played by Donald Trump

    Comment by Tim Snopes Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:19 pm

  26. “Not As It Seems”

    “Down Ballot”

    “Second Bananas”

    “Can’t & Won’t”

    “Back and Forth”

    “Can We Make That An Ad?”

    “Sticking to the Wall”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:24 pm

  27. Quinngarry Glen Rauner

    Jack Lemmon as Pat Quinn
    Alec Baldwin as Bruce Rauner
    Ed Harris as Paul Vallas
    Alan Arkin as Evelyn Sanguinetti
    Kevin Spacey as Mike Schrimpf
    Al Pacino as Rahm Emanuel

    “First place is a Cadillac. Second place is a set of steak knives. Third place is you’re fired.”

    Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:26 pm

  28. “Full Carhartt Jacket.” Starring Craig T. Nelson as Bruce Rauner. Jon Voight as Pat Quinn.

    Comment by Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:27 pm

  29. National Lampoon’s Illinois Politics
    Pat Quinn - Brian Dennehy
    Bruce Rauner - Woody Harrelson
    Paul Vallas - Gene Hackman
    Evelyn Sanguinetti - Tina Fey
    Rahm Emmanuel - Al Pacino
    Bob Fioretti - Steve Lawrence

    Comment by Stones Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:27 pm

  30. “Lisa, Jesse, Judy & The Rest”

    “Apple Sauce”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:28 pm

  31. Spear and Shield, a story of irresistible amounts of campaign money meeting immovable quantities of political savvy, starring Howie Mandel as Pat Quinn and Will Ferrell as Bruce Rauner.

    Comment by AC Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:30 pm

  32. Tommy Boy.

    Comment by Stuff Happens Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:31 pm

  33. “Never Say Rauner Again”

    Sean Connery as Pat Quinn.

    Bill Murray as Paul Vallas.

    Mitt Romney as Rauner.

    Comment by IrishPirate Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:32 pm

  34. In keeping with my “never” theme

    “Never Call Retreat: The Pat Quinn Story”

    George C Scott as Patt………I mean Pat Quinn.

    Comment by IrishPirate Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:37 pm

  35. It’s All Downhill From Here

    Starring Phil Mahre as Joe Slade White
    And Vitok Bogataj as Bruce Rauner

    Comment by Master of the Obvious Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:38 pm

  36. Oops, premature click.

    Tommy Boy:

    James Cromwell as Rauner instead of Akroyd as Zalinsky.

    Larry David as Pat Quinn (he’d have to eat a few burgers), instead of Chris Farley.

    Bryan Cranston as Paul Vallas, instead of David Spade.

    Comment by Stuff Happens Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:39 pm

  37. “The Bumbler” (NRI funds, IDOT patronage) vs. “The Tumbler” (changing campaign positions, falling polls)

    Comment by Jocko Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:42 pm

  38. (Pension) Apocalypse Now

    Staring Jonah Hill as Pat Quinn and Mads Mikkelsen as Bruce Rauner.

    Comment by Angel's Sword Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:45 pm

  39. “This Is My Story & I’m Sticking To It”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:45 pm

  40. The Trashcan and The Explorer starring Jeremy Clarkson as Bruce Rauner and James May as Pat Quinn

    Comment by AC Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:46 pm

  41. Oops. Forgot to read the instructions

    The Kings Speech (on the state’s fiscal health)
    Colin Firth as Pat Quinn
    Geoffrey Rush as Bruce Rauner

    Comment by Jocko Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:46 pm

  42. One Flew Over The Springfield Nest

    Starring: Jack Nicholson as Rauner/McMurtay, who pretends to be a mental patient to gain admittance; Danny DeVito as Quinn/Martini, who remains delusional, Louise Fletcher as Brooke Anderson/Nurse Ratched, who passes notes and pills to keep candidates in line, Christopher Lloyd as Vallas/Redfield, a highly educated paranoid. I’m working on Sanguinetti.

    Comment by Louis G Atsaves Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:46 pm

  43. Rebel Without A Candidate

    Staring We Are One Illinois.

    Comment by Angel's Sword Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:49 pm

  44. I’d call it “Doom” but that title’s already taken. Perhaps “Illinois and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Election.”

    From above I like James Cromwell for Rauner, John C. Reilly for Quinn, John Lithgow as Vallas, Sofia Vergara as Evelyn Sanguinetti (can she do pratfalls?), Carol Burnett as JBT, Jamie Lee Curtis as Sheila Simon, and Zach Galifinakis as Rich Miller.

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:50 pm

  45. Cast

    William Hurt - Rauner
    Dabney Coleman - Quinn
    Bryan Cranston - Vallas
    Constance Marie - Sanguinetti

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:51 pm

  46. Mr. Smith Stays Away From Springfield.

    Comment by lake county democrat Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:52 pm

  47. “The Learning Curve”

    “The :30 Second Life”

    “Oh Yeah! What About This?!”

    “Herd The Lemmings”

    “How Does It Poll?”

    “This IS The Real ‘Me’…”

    “3rd Choices, 3rd Chances, 1st Time”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:56 pm

  48. “Table Talk - The Tribune Endorsement”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 2:59 pm

  49. = No one will play Bruce Rauner do [sic] to his refusal to join SAG =

    Ding!

    Comment by cover Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 3:03 pm

  50. “…And You Know What?”

    “The Final Bell”

    “If You Say It Enough…”

    “The Only Poll That Counts”

    “Pluses”

    “Did You See Capitol Fax?”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 3:05 pm

  51. “Toeing the Status Quo” - A Joint

    Brian Baumgartner as Pat Quinn
    The late James Rebhorn as Bruce Rauner
    Lesser known Baldwin as Dan Rutherford
    A broken record player as Kirk Dillard
    Ice-T as Tio Hardiman

    Ed Harris as Paul Vallis
    Marlo Thomas as Evelyn Sanguinetti

    Ted McGinley as Tom Cross
    Arne Duncan as Mike Frerichs

    My kid’s history teacher as Lisa Madigan
    Dennis Quaid as Paul Schimpf

    Billy Dee Williams as Jesse White
    Any deer caught in the headlights as Mike Webster

    Someone’s great aunt as Judy Baar Topinka
    Someone’s part-time librarian as Sheila Simon

    Produced by the dysfunctional two-party system.
    Directed by Mike Madigan

    Comment by Jake From Elwood Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 3:12 pm

  52. Psycho - Oh sorry you said movie I thought you said reality show.

    Comment by Empty Suit Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 3:14 pm

  53. Raunaway Jury

    Also “Never Say Rauner Again” made me laugh out loud.

    Comment by Boone's is Back Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 3:23 pm

  54. Rauner’s Millions

    Ted Night as Bruce Rauner

    Brian Dennehy as Quinn

    Comment by Try-4-Truth Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 3:36 pm

  55. “It’s a Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad World”

    “Citizen Con” staring Orson Wells as Bruce Rauner

    “Son of Flubber” staring Fred MacMurray as Pat Quinn

    “A Fake in the Crowd” staring Andy Griffith as Bruce Rauner

    “For a Few Million Dollars More” staring Klaus Kinski as Dan Proft

    “Dr. Strangemath or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pension Crisis” staring Peter Sellers as Mike Madigan

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly staring Clint Eastwood as Wordslinger, Lee Van Cleef as Oswego Willy and Eli Wallach as BANNED

    Comment by MrJM Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 3:46 pm

  56. “The Devil wears Carhart”
    “Money can’t buy me love”
    “Shaken not stirred”

    Comment by CD Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 3:58 pm

  57. —”Full Carhartt Jacket”—

    Love it.
    Maybe try Danny Devito as Quinn

    Comment by LaFlare1017 Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 4:06 pm

  58. “No Springfield for Old Rich Men”

    Comment by Try-4-Truth Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 4:08 pm

  59. “Missed it by/that much”

    Jim Carey as agent Smart (Rauner).
    Sarah Palin as Agent 99 (sanguinetti). sp?
    Ernest Borgnine as the Chief (Quinn)

    Comment by Casual observer Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 4:10 pm

  60. “Bootlick” staring Jim Sweeney

    Comment by railrat Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 5:00 pm

  61. “Homer Simpson Meets Mr. Burns”*

    Now playing at a polling place near you

    * As themselves

    Comment by Keyser Soze Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 5:03 pm

  62. Pq- gene Hackman
    Br- James woods

    Comment by Florida Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 6:13 pm

  63. “Everything Must Go” with Pat Quinn conducting the yard sale.

    Comment by Under Further Review Tuesday, Oct 14, 14 @ 7:39 pm

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