Writing a roller-coaster movie for FOX

There is this british movie which has a coaster designer as the main character: "Have your cake and eat it".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118334/

It is more of a midlife-crisis/marriage drama, with the mans profession as a backdrop (coaster scenes filmed at Port Aventura in Spain).
The job of the coaster designer was losely based on the real life designer John Wardley (working for the Madame Tussauds themeparks).

As for a truly spectacular, visually dramatic coaster innovation check for the "Tilt-Coaster" made by Vekoma:

http://www.vekoma.com/

or

http://www.rcdb.com/metric/quicksearch.htm?quicksearch=gravity+max

some pictures:
http://www.coasterclub.org/photos/53-gravitymax/index.shtml

Only problem: The only existing ride is located in Taiwan! But filming there is cheaper anyway ;)

Whatever became of this? Is this movie still in the works?

A good designer to talk to is Ron Toomer of Arrow. He has been thru alot of up and downs in the industry. The way Arrow has been over the years is almost a perfect fit for this movie. Ron Toomer and Arrow had a great run in the 70's and 80's with there corkscrew/looper coasters, then hit a brick wall in the 90's. Arrow did try to rebound by building X, but it didn't work out the way they expected. A few years ago Arrow sold out to S&S, and looking for a birghter future.

EDIT: There's alot of history behind Ron Toomer that can also benifit this movie.

EDIT: What's hot? Theme coasters such as The Mummy and The Italian Job(2005) are shinning stars. Record breakers are always hot, and new designs in wooden coasters are on the rise. *** Edited 9/26/2004 11:07:53 PM UTC by shaggszgn***

Isn't Ron Toomer dead yet?

Last time I heard, he retired from Arrow and is now a ride design consultant.

Here's a little Biography on Ron Toomer: http://www.britannica.com/coasters/i_toomer.html

Try reading Harry G. Traver: Legends of Terror by Richard Munch

ISBN 0-935408-02-9

Traver was a pioneer of early coasters and while there is some debate about his design skills, he was a dreamer who was always looking for something new.

He had a pretty interesting life and this book could probably give you a little bit of what your looking for.

well, i doubt the original poster will ever see my post, but personally, if you're trying to make his work interesting, the thing that will wow the masses always has been and always will be "bigger and faster". dark rides or heavily themed rides are certainly what is appealing to the parks, for various reasons, but nothing you could do with a dark ride or highly technical ride would compare to the visuals you could film of some huge hulking steel monstrocity, perhaps made possible by a controversial innovation on the part of your main character - a new propulsion system to launch the train, or perhaps some new method of lifting the train to the top. look up Millenium Force's lift hill mechanics to get you thinking in that direction. or, there are a multitude of "launch" techniques for coasters. friction wheels, LIMs, LSMs, air launches, and now hydraulic launches. if your character came up with a new launch mechanic that was faster then the current record holders, which use hydraulics, well, i think that is the best way to get that "wow" factor from the most people.