I was probably eight, or maybe nine, the first time I sat down with a pen and a piece of paper and drafted up my “Dream Team.” Years before I even knew what fantasy sports were, let alone started to play. Lately I’ve found myself bouncing ideas of off a few friends for a brilliant idea we had some ten years ago, and continue to revisit every few years. But the past few days I’ve had a different team in mind.
This time I’m not thinking of how Tony Gwynn and Eric Davis would share the outfield with Darryl Strawberry. I’m thinking more about movies. Picking a favorite writer, director and even a few actors to work on one movie, without even considering what the story might be about.
Originally, my “A” team included Aaron Sorkin and Steven Soderbergh. Then I read that Sorkin had signed on to help out with Soderbergh’s Moneyball. So I scratched that idea, and here are some teams I’d like to see:
Writer: Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana)
Director: Peter Berg (The Kingdom, Friday Night Lights)
Actor: Denzel Washington
Writer: Scott Frank (Out of Sight, Get Shorty)
Director: Doug Liman (Bourne Identiy, Swingers, Mr. and Mrs Smith)
Actor: Will Smith
Writer: Nicholas Pileggi (Goodfellas, Casino)
Director: Ben Affleck (Gone Baby Gone)
Actor: Robert Downey Jr.
Writer: Kenneth Lonegran (You Can Count On Me, Analyze This)
Director: Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Made)
Actor: Terrence Howard
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