Oscar bait line is "Go for "Oscar Gold"!" In the British comedy series "Extras", actress Kate Winslet plays a caricature of herself desperate for an Oscar. During the episode, Winslet tells the character Andy Millman (portrayed by Ricky Gervais) that she took the role in the unnamed Holocaust film, claiming that films such as "Schindler's List" and "The Pianist" have "Oscars coming out of the arse". Later in the episode, Winslet also muses that "playing a mental" also guarantees an Oscar win. Winslet would later win her first Academy Award, Best Actress, for her role as an illiterate former Nazi in "The
Which Lie Did I Tell? Something About Mary", "North by Northwest" and "Chinatown". The next section covers how he gets movie ideas, and details four examples and why he didn't pursue them. "The Old Guy," inspired by the true story about an elderly criminal (recently made into a 2018 movie, "The Old Man and The Gun," apparently without Goldman's participation). Goldman learned of the story in an April 1999 article in the San Francisco Chronicle. "The Good Guy," an original story idea linking characters in the Littleton, Colorado school shooting and the JonBenet Ramsey murder, which took place in Boulder, CO. "The Mastermind," expanding on