Aside from being a recurring premise on primetime sitcoms, bartering is generally an old-fashioned concept that seems out of date in these modern times, where the internet offers consumers easy access to an overwhelming world of goods and services. And yet, there's something romantic about the idea of trading what you have for what you need and want. This is part of the easy allure of Kyle MacDonald's strange but true story told in his offbeat memoir One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply. In 2005, MacDonald posted an ad on Craig's List and set out to see if he could trade his way up to from the tiny titular tool to "something bigger and better" until he made his way to his goal: a home of his very own. Combining modern technology with old school bartering and...
- 9/13/2012
- cinemablend.com
The story of how one man traded a paperclip for a house, one of the Internet Age’s legendary true tales, is getting the movie treatment from MGM. In the mid-2000s, Kyle MacDonald was an unemployed Canadian who used a red paper clip to start a series of Internet trades, bartering his way to a house. Photos: Fall Movie Preview 2012: Major New Releases From Spielberg, Jackson, Tarantino, the Wachowskis, Burton and More The story became a sensation, one of the heart-warming demonstrations of the power of the Internet, and landed MacDonald a book deal as well as
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- 9/13/2012
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Breaking: Scribe Maria Maggenti has made an MGM pitch for One Red Paper Clip, based on the nonfiction book by Kyle MacDonald. It’s the true story about a man who wins his girlfriend’s heart by trading up from a red paper clip in hopes of getting a house for them to live in. Through a series of trades, he gets the home and the happy ending. Laurence Mark is producing alongside Motion Theory’s Sean Sorensen and Matthew Cullen. Maggenti separately sold the TV pilot Park And Lex to ABC for DarkFire and Ryan Reynolds to produce. Maggenti is repped by Paradigm and Madhouse. Canadian Kyle MacDonald used a red paper clip to start a series of Internet trades in the hopes that it would lead to home ownership. He got there, and got the book deal, with a slow building series of trades. The movie has followed the same track.
- 9/13/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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