"DAZED AND CONFUSED" (1993)

"DAZED and CONFUSED"

by

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Richard Linklater

/H^K.^A Draft as of: 02.20.1992

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DAZED AND CONFUSED

_ CAST OF CHARACTERSi

Lead Senior Guya : Randy -PINK* Floyd - runs with all crowds: jocks,

etoners, poker group intelligentsia and acts accordingly

TONY Olsen - witty, intellectual,,paper editor, poker

group member, a bit shy around ths girls but ends up with Sabrina

DON Dollar - cocky, charming, not smart, womanizer, fun

guy, has thing with Shavonne

Keith PICKFORO -cool, quirky, a stonar who's got it all

together although hia party gets busted

BENNY McCracken - athlete, a little dumb, intimidating,

but in it for fun, drinks lota of beer

Lead Senior Girls: J O D XKerr - socially popular, smart, Mitch's older

sister, Sabrina's "big Bister'

KAYE Faulkner - smart, analytical, most matura of senior

girls, social

f S H A V O N N ERhodes - boy eraxy, popular, hot stuff Lead Freshmen* MITCH Kerr - Jodi's younger brother, popular, athlete,

gets 'busted* the worst by seniors but ultimately gets lucky, ends up with Julie

r ^ S A B R I N ADavis - very striking end mature for her age, a

bit shy but a bit calculating at the sane time, ends up with Tony

Supporting senior Girlst C Y N T H I ADunn - smart, a bit socially inhibited, has

crush on Tony (unbeknoweat to him), hangs out with tha pokar guys

D A R L Awoods - tough, humiliates freshman like a drill

sergeant, a female O'Bannion

MICHELLE Burroughs - Pickford'a girlfriend, doesn't talk

much but is perhaps the coolest girl around

JULIE Danford - sophmore, parties, flirts with Mitch and

ends up with him

Supporting Senior Guysi MIKE Nawhouse - intellectual, poker group/paper staff

guy, best friends with Tony but has darker edge,

' ready to push the boundaries Paul SLATER - endearing stoner, accepted by all because

of his basically fun and intereating perspective

ROYCE Crawford - smart black friend of Tony and Mike's,

poker group/paper staff guy but not completely with his white friends

HUDSON Higgins - athlete/party guy, friends with

O'Bannion and Benny, more of a sidekick with a car

Fred O ' B A N N I O N- sadistic, 2nd year senior, the only ^ ,-•• real -bad guy' in the movie but gets commuppance

from freshmen guys

Additional Guysi BobbyW O O D E R S O N• older guystill hanging on to high

school scene,basically cool endlooked up to but is getting more pathetie as the years go on

ELVIS Spivey- A little older black guy who haa

ambiguousrelationship with the crowdat the Emporium though obviouslythe most respected, •coolest' guythere. Possibly justtaking whicey' money at pool.

C L I N TBruno- aggressivejerk, rides around with Party

Guys tl and #2, picks on Mike at beer bust, ultimately getsin fight

i Additional Girlsi STACY Woodward - has older boyfriendshe talks about

losing virginity to, bestfriends with Julie

SUSAN Sumner - gets drunk and out ofcontrolat beer

bust

' Supporting Freshmen: i . CARL Burns - a bit of a smartass, shortstopon Mitch's

team, competes with Mitcha little on coolness

TOMMY Lewson - catcher on baseball team,looka up to

Miteh a bit

Adam KZRSK - gets busted by O'Bannion butapearheads

revenge scenario

Freshman Girls #!-*«

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FADE IN:

OPENING TITLESEQUENCE

Behind logosand title cards we hearthe eerie and edgy beginning of Aerosmith's 'SweetEmotion''. The titlesare offset by random high school yearbookphotos of membersof the case. Some are their officialschool pictures with theiractivity listings, while othersare the students in variousextracurricular activity poses. The lasttitle reads:

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL MAY 28, 1976 12:55 p.m.

SERIES OF SHOTS

As the song kicks in weSEE many of these samecharacters in their lunch-time environment.

A) Inside a car, ajoint being rolled on the underside of a frisbee.

B) A convertible drivingthrough the school parkinglot in slow motion.

C) In another car, the long-hairedinhabitants finish offa beer and toss it out of the car.

AEROSMITH

"Wearin other things that nobody wears..."

D) Students laying aroundin the smoking section with bad attitudes.

E) In a shop class, a guy drillingsmall holes in a paddle he's making.

F) Girls unloading a large quantityof grocery suppliesfrom their cars and putting themin one truck.

G) Guys playing cards ata picnic table in the snack bar area. A

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The convertible parks nextto a crowded, smoke-fiiled car with the windowsrolled up. KEITHPICKFORD and MICHELLEBURROUGHS soon hop outof this car and headtoward the school. Standing nextto his truck, RANDY 'PINK' FLOYDcalls out to them.

Pickfordacknowledges him witha slightly sarcastic,mimicking voice ashe and Michelle walk overto him.

jjptV this shit- out.

Pink grabsa tarp in the bed of his truck and with one quick motion,jerks away the canvas and revealsa smiling Ronald McDonaldstatue. Formerly of the drive-thruline, Ronald has a speakerin his stomach.

He imitatesa little old lady scribbling on a note pad.

They laugh a bitand walk together up the stairs tothe school.

Pickford, Michelle, andPink walk down the hall.

They pass PAUL SLATERnear a water fountain.

Slater pops something in his mouth andtakes a quick gulp at the fountain. He then offersup his hand and Pickford "gives him five* in the slowest, coolest way possible.

Slater walks away while Pickford, Michelle, andPink walk near Pink's classroom door.

As Pickford walks away,he acknowledges TONY OLSON and MIKE NEWHOUSE standing in the hallnear the door to Pink's classroom.

Tony and Mike just smirk atPickford as Pink slows down near the door. y#**Y, PINK

Men.

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Pink points at him like"yeah right" as a friend and'classmate of theirs, ROYCE CRAWFORD, pokes his headoutof the door.

MIKE

, I thought weshould all go out.

Royce and Pink head into theroom while Tony suddenly remembers something he wants to tell Mike andgestures for him to walkwith him down the hall a bit.

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Tony gets a little quieterand makes sure no one is listening.

Tonychanges his mind.

He gestures for Tony to continue.

TONY

^ But the head of... •AbrahamLincoln.

MIKE doesn't really react at all.

TONY

back after a while...

Tony walks off aa Mike heads into the classroom.

Later, inside the newspaper class. Pink, Royce, JODI KERR,KAYE FAULKNER, SHAVONNE RHODES, and CYNTHIA DUNNare deep in discussion.

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island and Ginger and Mari Annform their own group.

PINK

, ' That's 28. \ • KAYE I That's got to be about all of

them... Didn't they only make two season's worth of that show? CYNTHIA

f^ Mrs. Howell was also in that group.

Tony walks in and the entire class dies laughing.

Tony flashes a quick glance toward Mike, who's acting like nothing happened.

Amid continuing laughter, Tony quickly gains his composure and calmly motions to the class to quiet down and listen.

mundane feeble wits.

He then sits down right in front of Mike and glares at him.

MIKE

r I was very specific, I promised not

to cell anyONE. I told EVERYone.

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Fromthe hallway, DON DOLLARlooks in the room, makessure the teacherisn't there and then gesturesto Pink in the back of the classv

Pink walksover to the door.

Don walks away down the hall.

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Donlooks into the shop class and gesturesto BENNY McCRACKEN who is standingoff to the side, puttingthe finishing sanding coucheson a large paddle he has made. Benny gestures for Don to hold on for just a moment. In the backof the class, Slater and two others,STONER #1 and STONER #2, discussthe more technical aspectsof rock and roll. On Slater'sdesk is a three foot bong he has made as his final woodworkingproject.

STONER #2 (excited) No way...

Stoner #1 gestures toward his project:a roundish, hand-carved Led Zepplin logo.

STONER #1 Hey, last week in New Orleans... Bonham... one-hourdrum solo...

STONER#2 Wow.

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STONER #1 Hey Benny,man, I feel sorry for those incomingfreshmen.

Bennysmiles and makes a gesturelike he's givingsomeone a spankingwith his newly sandedboard. The teacher ofthe class, a middle-agedbald man named MR. RIX,is laid back in his chair fastasleep with his mouth open. On his way out the door,Benny goesup to Mr. Rix and pops thetop of a coke in his ear. As Bennyrushes out the door, Mr. Rixslowly wakes up.

I Out in the hallway, Benny proudlyshows his board to Don as they startto walk down the hall.

In anupbeat, cocky manner, Shavonne walksby and gives a slight smile.

She walks pastbut Don keeps watching her. She eventually turns intothe girl's room but looks back atDon before she enters.

He laughsas they keep slowly walking.

I. BENNY Yeah sure... Like every other girl

at this school. She was looking at me, anyway.

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Shavonne,Jodi, and Kaye are hangingout in the bathroom. Kaye and Jodi sharea cigarette while Shavonneprimps in the mirrar.

Before Shavonnecan respond, Kaye jumps in.

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I themtrying to list all the

Gilligan's Island episodeswithout even a HINT of irony.

• SHAVONNE

What the hell are you talking about, girl?

, I , KAYE I Younever thought about that show? • It's what'scalled a male

pornographic fantasy. Think about

' it... You'rebasically alone on an

islandwith two readily available women... one a seductive, sex- goddess type, the other a healthy, girl-next-door type with a nice

"^ butt. So. guys have it all - the

Madonna and the whore, and whatdo women get? Nothing. A geek, an over-weight middle age guy, a nerdy scientific type... those are all types that your typical male feels least threatened by. So in the male viewers mind, he puts himself on the island and. he can have it

, all. A womanputs herself on the

island and she's bored shitless.

[ probably half women,anyway.

KAYE

i

My point exactly. Women are taught to not mind being bored as long as they are occasionally acknowledged. (thinking) And being stranded on an island awaiting rescue is a TOTAL metaphor for the position in which most women are put in in this society today.

Jodi walks over to Kaye.

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Kaye suddenly seems to realizeshe's gone maybe one steptoo far and pulls back a little.

From the hall, Benny can be heard.

Jodi hears them and walks out.

Jodi walks out in the hall andsees Benny, Don, and Pink walking away. She catches up to them.

He shows her his board and all the guyslaugh a bit.

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Jodi walksback to the others while the guysturn and continue on. As soonas Jodi is. far enoughawaynot to hear them, Don looks up atBenny with a kind of mischievousgrin on his face.

/ • N , ^ Bullshit?

They all laugh.

I BENNY

I'm glad those losers are gone. This is what it's going to be like all next year.*.. USrunning this place.

On the way out the door,they pass a group of three young **• Vietnamese girls. Benny does a double take.

Benny, Don, and Pink walkup to Pink's truck.

i need 'em. I On top of the building in the backgroundis the departing Seniors obligatory 'senior prank' - an outhouse with*SRS.'76" painted on the side. Pink looks up atit as they begin to getin his truck.

Before Don gets in the truck,he reaches over, pulls up the tarp, and glances under it.

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As they drive along, Pink triesto explain the Vietnam situation to Benny without being too condescending.

They pull up in front of 'Edgar Allen PoeIntermediate School* and park.

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i to planesand pushing choppers into I the sea andshit, it was all over.

A defeatby any logical definition. BENNY It mightnot have worked out perfectly,but I bet we killed a lot more ofthem than they killed us, right?

Benny positions a speakeron top of Pink's truckand hits a switch on his CB. He reachesfor the mic.

BENNY

^. That's allI'm saying.

With his board in one hand andthe mic in the other,Benny assumes a confrontationalpose facing a wall of classroomsthat are all glass windows, many of whichare open.

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The room is buzzing as MITCH KERRlooks out the window with a mixture of dread,fear and excitement. Sitting near him are his friends TOMMYLAWSON and CARL BURNS. A few seats away are GEEK football game.

He and Geek#2 giggle. Mitch and the other guys barely acknowledge them.

, CARL They are, man, believe me.

' a list of those scheduled to be picked up after school by the

senior girls. SABRINA DAVIS, a little shy but more mature I looking than the others, sits awayfrom the group but is ' listening in somewhat. Behind her is FRESHMAN GIRL #5 who, like I Sabrina, is not in the "inner circle." Freshman Girl #1 reads \ aloud from the list. i

FRESHMAN GIRL #1

(to sabrina and Freshman Girl #5) (more)

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FRESHMANGIRL #1 (Cont'd) Sorry, looks like you guys didn't make it. (to others) Okay,it says to wear clothesyou don'tmind getting ruined...

FRESHMANGIRL »3 And I heardto never wear shorts or your knees will be skinned completelyoff from air-raidingso much.

FRESHMAN GIRL#4 Youknow Tammy Jones was blinded forall last summer...

FRESHMAN GIRL#1 After it wasall over last year Jo Ann Gregory'shair was mattedso badshe had to have most of it cut off...

They let out an almost collective moanat what awaitsthem but are excited at the same time. Sitting a few desks over,BLACK CLASSMATES U,»2, and #3 are takingthis all in.

BLACK CLASSMATE #1 Girl, yougotta be crazy to let some biggirl do that to you.

BLACK CLASSMATE #2 You whitegirls are funny.

BLACK CLASSMATE #3 And I wouldn'tlet one of those seniorguys whip my butt for no reason. Nobody but my daddy's ever donethat.

Standing in the hallway tryingto get someone's attention is CHRIS PENTICO, a fellow student.

Freshman Girl ft3 looks overat Mitch.

FRESHMAN GIRL #3 Psst!

Mitch looks over at her and thensees Pentico in the hallway holding up a set of keys.

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MITCH

(to others)

I He'll be at the side door.

some papers. I TOMMY I You know Mr. Lindsay,every second I you let us out early increasesour I chances of survival exponentially.

Mr. Lindsaylooks up and then assumes a new air, ready to say something wise to the young men. i /f^ ' MR. LINDSAY \ It's like our sergeant told us

before one trip into the jungle: (maniacal) 'Men, 50 of you are leaving on this mission and 20 of you ain'tcomin' back.'

The boys look up as if wantingto hear more. They don't.

'. MITCH

That's your send-off? MR. LINDSAY You want more? What do you wantto hear?

They all kind of look at each other andgroan.

Pink'struck pulls up near the practicefield. Severalcoaches are millingabout when they notice a few oftheir prize specimens have arrived. COACH CLEMENTS, an older andrather stoic man 's flanked by COACHALPERT, who's younger,bigger, more aggressive and piayful. He approaches the guysas they get out of the truck.

They alllaugh.

\ Now don't go getting softon me i this summer... Sitting by a pool

somewhere, chasing the muff around...

Theyall laugha little as they start walkingback to the school.

Bennyautomatically falls into a stance where his knees are bent, his fistsare clenched and held firmly up near hisface, almost karate-like. Don only slightly goes through such ridiculous motionsand Pink not at all.

NoticingPink's poor attitude, Coach Clements suddenlyrouses a littleand points at him.

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Don andBenny glance back at the coachand then at Pink, who keeps walkingbut doesn't say anything back.

As soon asthey are all at a safe distanceand walkingtcward -he school,the guys start to ride Pink alittle.

As they continue to walk, HUDSON HIGGINSdrives up near them. FRED O'BANNIONis sitting in the passengerside of the car.

Jt^Z\ O'BANNION

Benny, let's go.

Benny heads off while Don and Pink enterthe school. i

Don and Pink walk down the hall in no particularhurry. In his I usual cocky way,Don looks into various classroomsalong the way, , acknowledging those he deems worthy of recognition. As an UNDERCLASSMANwalks by. looking a bit afraidof Don to begin with, Don acts like he's going to hit him. The Underclassman reacts by covering himself up and bracing for the blow. Don pulls his punch, of course, and leaves the Underclassmanto walk off totally humiliated. He and Pink keep walkinglike nothing happened. Soon they are at the door to Pink's class.

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He looks inand sees the very cuteand sensual LETICIA GARCIA , sitting near the door.

DON

| ! get naked...

' She smiles but shakes her head"no." He sticks his tongue out at her very suggestively. The teacher, MS. STROUD, suddenlylooks I out the door and begins to close it.

| MS. STROUD I Take it somewhere else, Mr. Dollar.

(to Pink) You gracing us withyour presence

today Mr. Floyd?

I\ PINK

Why not... (to Don)

I See you up there later.

P ^ DON •• (to Floyd) • Later Pink.

(to Ms. Stroud) Ginny, I been meaning to ask you out. What are you doing this weekend? It'll be legal... school's out.

She rollsher eyes a bit as he walks off smiling and then closes the door. Don continues down thehall but, without an audience, seems a little lonely. Suddenly, MR. IRVINE walks around a corner and looks straight at him.

He quickly ducks into a classroom.

Don walks into the class and soon acknowledgesPickford, j$f&*K Michelle, and JULIE DANFORD sitting in theback.

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He then walks up to theteacher, MRS. SNELGROVE,an old lady on the verge of retirement. She's reading a romance novel and doesn't even know he'sthere until he speaks up.

Possibly not evensure if Don is in her classor not, she gets up

and walks to the door. Seeing nobody, she walks alittle out into the hall. At this, Don suddenly shuts the doorbehind her J and locks it. As she knockson the door, he headsto the back of the room and opensa window.

I D O N

I • He hops out as Pickford,Michelle, Julie, and several others follow.

MICHELLE

f ^ we're out oThere"!

Others continue to hopout the window into a courtyardarea and u generally head to the parkinglot.

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Trying to get Pink'sattention, Don taps on the glass of the window to his classroom.

Inside the classroom, the studentsare anxiously waitingfor school to let out. Pinksubtly heads to the back of the room, opens the window, and calks to Don. In the front of the class, Ms. Stroud is sitting and talkinginformally with a few of the more interested students.

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Across the room,Jodi. Shavonne and DARLAWOODS plan >-heir strategy.

She smiles in a sortof menacing way. The bellfinally rings bw before everyonegets going, Mrs. Stroud signalsfor them to listen up to one lastthing.

/flfffpN, you're being further inundatedwith

all kinds of American bi-centennial brouhaha: what we're really celebrating is the fact that a bunch of slave-owning, aristocratic white males didn't want to pay their taxes. (smiles) Have a good summer.

People dart out of the classroom andinto the hall where students are trashing it with extra paperand random contentsfrom their lockers. Darla,Jodi and Shavonne all head for the parkinglot.

I' 19 EXT: HIGH SCHOOL PARKINGLOT - DAY

Cars are starting andmusic is blaring. Darla checksto make sure their supplies in the backare secure while the others pile in. Soon they are off.

Outside the junior high,all hell's breaking lose. Some guys are running for their livesas cars of seniors take off after them. Some boys make it to their parent'scar or a school bus just ahead of the seniors. Mitch, Tommy, and Carl all jumpin Pentico's idling car.

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ADAM HIRSH is carryinglots of books and is laggingbehind them a bit.

Hirsh makes it tothe car and they speedoff. Unfortunately, as they are pullingout of the parking lot, they pull up right next to the car with O'Bannion,Benny and Hudson in it. Almost J simultaneously as they arespotted, they allduck down in their seats in total horror. )

i O'Bannion can barelycontain himself at the sightof the entire carload. I

Pentico manages to pullout ahead of them but the chase is on.

In contrast, the seniorgirls seem much more organized and orderly as they load upthree trucks with nervousand giggling freshman girls.. Before gettingin, the seniors putpacifiers in their mouths. With thetrucks almost full, Jodi happens to notice Sabrina standingnearby.

Uh, nobody... I mean I wasn't on thelist.

,1 I JODI i Get in. I Sabrina looks a little hesitantat first but soon gets in the ' back of one of the trucks. Jodi givesher a pacifier while ' Freshman Girls #1 and #4 look a little miffedthat Sabrina made the cut somehow.

"*• In hot pursuit, the carload ofseniors are right behindPentico's car, honking and waving their boardsin the air.

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The nervousfreshmen sit in Pentico'scar like caged animals.

I He takesa quick turn that the seniorsmiss. But, instead of ' backing up or turningaround, Hudson trenchesthrough the yard c a cornerlot and is soon right behindPentico's car again I

InsidePentico's car. Mitch anxiouslyhas his hand on the doer •handle. The car suddenly slows down.

You better haulass man...

Mitch suddenly leaps out of the car,runs to his front door and vanishes. The seniors don't know whatto think.

when Carl jumps out near his house, O'Bannionis out of the car and right behind him. He quickly overtakeshim and is soon standing between Carl and his front door,paddle in hand.

/tfJRV- Just as he starts getting his board ready, thefront door opens and CARL'S MOM is standing there with a shotgun.

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Carl ishorrified and embarrassedat his mother's behavior.

O'Bannionis slightly shockedbut soon amused at all thisand just slowlybacks away with hishands up in the air a little.

He smilesat Carl like "I'm going tokill you when I get the chance"and walks off.

The freshmangirls are in a circlewith the senior girls walking aroundthem. The attitude of the seniorgirls varies from fun- loving tosadistic. Darla seems tohave assumed the role of i tyrannicaldrill instructor.

I I ' DARLA I You disgusting little freshmen | sluts...AIR-RAID! The freshmengirls are on their stomachs immediately.

;| DARLA

That was pitiful! On your feet,

j you lazy little bitches!

As soonas they are all up, she yells again.

Theydrop again.

DARLA

"-*• How did you punks evermake it out

of junior high? (more)

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Most don't know exactly what she wants and don'tget up very quickly.

I little bitches!

• DARLA I . Air-raid! , They all are on the pavementquicker than ever.

i prick teases can't quite follow A*** instructions, we'fe going to have { ***" to try something else.

She signals to several of the others who bring over "the i supplies." Soon they are dumpingrounds of flour, syrup, ketchup, and vegetable oil all over them. Occasionally one will crack an egg over someone's head. Meanwhile, in the crowd of amused onlookers, Tony and Mike analyze the proceedings as they sip slushes.

I TONY I ...What'sfascinating is the way

not only the school, but the entire

communitysupports all this or at least turns their heads. I mean, they apparently have permission to

i use this parking lot, no parents

seem to mind...

MIKE

I And actually, the freshmen girls

are even made to feel privileged to

be participating.

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Back in the pack of girls, the seniorshave now paired off wi-'- the girls and are humiliatingthem individually,shavonne walks Freshman Girl#1 over to Pink, who'sstanding there with Don and some ofthe others.

Freshman Girl#1 gets down on her knees. I I

i FRESHMAN GIRL #1 i

Anything you want.

FRESHMAN GIRL #1 Anything.

Don whispers something in Pink'sear. They both laugh a bit.

She's not even sure what he's talkingabout.

FRESHMAN GIRL ftl Uhh, whatever youlike.

While Freshman Girl #4 is pushingan egg across the parkinglot with her nose, Darla is giving FreshmanGirl #3 a hard time. She pokes her in the breasts.

FRESHMAN GIRL »3 Uhhh... well...

A bit confused, she looks at Darla'srather flat chest.

FRESHMAN GIRL »3 Maybe you wouldn'tknow...

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She does. I

When she does, Darla pokes her again even harder.

She hits the pavementagain while a little farther away a small group of freshmen are made to sing"Flaming Mamie" to the crowd.

27, EXT: FIELD NEAR DAIRY QUEEN - DAY

We suddenly SEE the goings on from a great distance, through

binoculars. Then we SEE the freshman Geek #2 hand the binoculars over to Geek #1, who quickly zeros in on the action.They are in a field that overlooks the parkinglot.

' GEEK ft2 ', Man, they're really getting it!

Terri is pushing a peanut across the parkinglot with her nose. GEEK ftl Ha! Jill just got an egg cracked over her butt...

They both chuckle. Suddenly,Benny and Hudson appear behind them.

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l wads!

f They freeze,terrified.

HUDSON

t What are you guys doing up here?

Spying on your classmates?

i

GEEK #2 Going into 8th, sir.

i BENNY

Bullshit! You're freshmen..

i i GEEK ftl i No it's true.

/tm"K in the weeds?

GEEK ftl The only reason we're up here is we didn't want to be mistakenfor freshmen...

GEEK #2 Oh man...

HUDSON

us something useful, where are all

I you little rats gonna be hiding

tonight?

| GEEK #1

Uh, there's a party tonight atthe

Catholic rec room.

' HUDSON

We already know that shit,that's easy. Tell us something we don't know, like where we can getKerr.

A***-1 The two Geeks look at each other but aren't sure whatto say.

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I BENNY

That's it. Bend over andkiss ycur asses goodbye.

GEEK #2 We know where Mitch is goingto be.

Benny and Hudson look ateach other like"bingo."

I ." HUDSON I Well maybe now you're talkin' a

little bit.

' BENNY I where? ) . GEEK ftl

You won't bust us?

» BENNY (' Tell us and I might cut yousome

slack.

GEEK ftl You won't bust us?

They both hesitatea bit at the thought of informing, but Geek #1 finally gives in.

GEEK #1 He's pitching in the 8 o'clock game.

GEEK ft2 We can go now?

Geek ftl startsto moveaway but is quickly cutoff by Benny.

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BENNY^Cont'd) Okay, first you guys lie to us, your seniors, that you're not

-, freshmen, and then you narc on a

I good friend of yours..-. Is that

right?

J Sensing a no-win situation, they give no response.

• BENNY \\ (getting madder) ; | . I think there' s only one thing I J hate more in this world than a liar ' and that's someone who would I totally rip-off a friend. | (instructional) I> Assume the angle.

GEEK #1

'l. You guys said youwouldn't bust us! 1 I HUDSON

I said I wouldn't bust you...

They both reluctantlyand nervously bend over and brace themselvesfor pain.

I He gives them each a major whack. i

They both hitthe ground and then get up for another whack of Benny's board

„ 28 EXT: DAIRY QUEEN PARKING LOT - DAY

1 Back at the parkinglot, Tony and Mike continue to contemplate 'i all that's going on aroundthem, enjoying it at the same time.

"""' school within 30 miles of us...

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town rival orthe next town over is the mutuallyagreed upon "evil

other" in which onecan project all hostilityand blame.

Just then, Jodi brings Sabrina overto propose to Tony. Sabrina shyly gets down on her knees in front ofhim. ; I

Tony seems a little awkward at first butsoon gets in the swing of the game.

SABRINA

i Anything you want.

'! • TONY I Define anything.

I' TONY , Think of the possibilities... There seems to be an attraction between them. Since Jodi has wandered off, Tony gestures for her to stand up. I'

"*- TONY

I'm Tony. Anthony, actually. This is Mike.

1 28 CONTINUED: (2) i

Jodi wanders back over.

i , JODI

So what's going on over here, social hour? I'm supposed to be being a bitch right now. (toSabrina) Back to thepit, kid.

J Sabrinaglances back at Tonyas she's being marchedaway. Tony i* kind of waves bye to her andshe sort of waves backin a shy but 'slightly teasing manner.

i thing.

(sarcastic) You stud...

i i . It's finally happening... we're

seniors. They'llnow be all kinds of younger girls whothink we're cool just by virtue of our age and senior status.

Mike sees an opportunity to build hiscase for them going out later that night.

'< 28 CONTINUED: (3)

; never wantto put yourself in a

position of MAYBEsomething

I happening. MAYBE if we left -he

poker table one weekend night and

I did something else, MAYBEsomething i would have the opportunity of

happening. And then you mightjust

' experience something a little more

tangible than an AbrahamLincoln

I dream...

TONY

I And MAYBEif you wouldn't set the •| dialectic up in such simple and : confrontationalterms, just MAYBE

I could do it and notfeel bullied

4 into it. You could use a Thomas i Jeffersondream. I I 29 EXT: DAIRY QUEEN PARKING LOT - DAY

AF^ On the other side of the par-king lot, O'Bannion comes walking ( '""""• over to where Benny, Hudson, Don and some others are swapping j their first round of senior-guy bonding stories.

, HUDSON

...Man, Benny wore their butts out. Oh lord did he busttheir ass...

The others laugh.

O'BANNION

on my ass?

i

O'BANNION

• That guy I went after. What's that • little fucker's name... Carl

something. HUDSON Carl Burns.

-~. standingthere with a fuckin'

shotgun. I said whooah bitch.

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The others laugh.

0'BANNION I can't wait to find that fucker,

i • He's dead meat.

He simulates swinging his board and giving abigwhack to someone.

O'BANNION

I And here's one for your mother,

motherfucker.

I Laughter.

II 30 EXT: CAR WASH - LATER AFTERNOON

.. The trucksfull of freshmen go through an automatic car wash,

cleaning offthe girls. They sing "S-e-n-i-o-r-s" as they go l' through. , 31 EXT: DARLA'S TRUCK - DAY

[~ A-*- The freshmen girls are being driven home.In the back ofDarla's truck, Jodisits with Sabrina and some of the other freshmen. I JODI i Do you have a big sister yet?

i

Me and my mom just moved hereabout six months ago.

' JODI

•J What does your mom do?

Sabrina looks out at the neighborhood.

j^T^N

f^ 36.

, 32 EXT: NEAR SABRINA'S HOUSE - DAY

i The truck pulls up in front of several houses.

i JODI

I know it's kind of corny, but I was supposed to have a little

, sister by now. What do you think?

Sabrina smiles. I ; SABRINA

Yeah sure.

) JODI

And me and some friends are going

j to aparty tonight. Wanna come?

» , SABRINA

Yeah, that sounds fun.

' JODI I We'llprobably be by around 8:30.

Is thatcool?

I SABRINA ^ Yeah. The truck drives off and Sabrina begins to walk up the driveway. I She watches the truck disappearinto the distance and then veers I, around the house to a small trailer outback.

i 3 3 INT: SABRINA'S HOUSE - DAY

I Inside, she passes her MOM on the way to her room. Her mother l» • wears a maid's dress and sits watching TV with a drink in her I hand and a cigarette burning. She doesn't seem to notice that Sabrina is wet and dishevelled. ,'

SABRINA'S MOM

I Hi honey...

Sabrina walks to her room.

Pink knocks on Pickford's front door while his parents are loading up the family station wagon. His mother notices him.

34 CONTINUED:

* PICKFORD'S MOM Go on in. I think he's here.

i 35 INT: PICKFORD'S HOUSE - DAY

Pink lets himself in and walks down the hall.He comes to Pickford's door and knocks.The door cracks a bit and we see Pickford's paranoid glance. Seeing Pink, he opens the door. They do one of their patented slow, cool handshakes as he enters his room ofrock star posters, centerfolds, and surrealistic prints. Michelle sits in a bean-bag chair with headphones on. I

PICKFORD

\ Piiink... I I PINK

My man.. .

I Pickford goes back overto the door andlocks it by sticking an ^ ice pickin a hole*in the frame that acts like a dead-bolt.He thengoes over to his bottom drawer and removesit completely. i In thespace below the bottom drawer,he pulls out his stash. He grabs a pre-rolled jointoff his Frisbee tray andlights it up 11 after he handsPink a full bag.

PICKFORD

' A sample of the goods?

PINK

| . Cool... i He takes a hit and passes it back. ,' PICKFORD l Fifteen bucks... I As Pink hands over some cash, there's a suddenknock at the door. I Hepanics, quickly handing the joint back to Pickford,who tries ' to remain calm as he quietly but quickly startsputting everything away. i

PICKFORD

I Who is it?

yf^N

3 5 CONTINUED:

He finishes putting everything away andeven gives alittle quick spray of some air freshener. Then there's aloud knock at the door and his father'svoice rings out.

Pickford pulls out the ice picklock and opensthe door. At the last minute Pink remembershe has a bag of potin his hand and stuffs it down the frontof his pants.

PICKFORD'S DAD, a ratherlarge man semi-fashionablydressed in a leisure suit type outfit,steps into the room.

Suppressing a panic, Pickford walks overto hiswindow and looks | out.

, I 36 EXT: PICKFORD'S HOUSE -DAY i . | We see Pickford's P.O.V. out the window. There is a guy i ' * unloading kegs from his liquor truck.

PICKFORD

•I (under his breath)

i (to father) ' That guy said I had somethingto do , with those kegs?

,' Outside, Pickford walks rightup to him. Oblivious to the situation, the delivery guy pullsout some paperwork.

Pickford is so angry he is practicallychewing his teeth.

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The deliveryguy looks at the paperwork.

Pickford glances around and notices his parents are now watching their interaction.

The Deliveryguy finally catches on whenPickford motions with his eyes to his parents.

r A-*- altogether... He starts loadingthe kegs back up and Pickford walks up the driveway.

His father looks at both of the young menfor an extended moment and then over at the kegs beingloaded up. He looks back at them and then makes a decision,shaking his head.

PICKFORD'S DAD

-^. Start unpacking - we're not going

this weekend.

37 CONTINUED: (2)

I He walks away.

I PICKFORD'S MOM

Frank!

I Pickford sees there is little he can do atthis point and iust | standsthere, practically in shock.

PICKFORD

I (low voice)

I can'tbelieve what just

I happened...

•' SERIES OF SHOTS

, | As the sun goes down and the musiccranks up, we seevarious I early evening activity: A) The lights going on atthe Sonic drive-thruas a car cruises , i through.

B) The lights going on atthe baseball fields where games are "** being played. Mitchis pitching in his game. i • C) As they prepare for the evening, Jodi goes over to Shavonne I, and with a pair of pliershelps zip up her almostphysically I impossible tight jeans.

i E) O'Bannion, Benny, and Hudson poppingthe top on some beers as i • they drive around. 'l , . F) Pink, Pickford, and Slater pass a jointand watch Michelle in , the process of painting the Ronald McDonaldstatue black, white, and red of an unspecifieddesign. Pink takes off. G) Tony setting outchips around the poker table while Mike makes a a phone call and Royce straightensup portraits of Washington, Lincoln, and Kennedy that hang on Tony'sliving room wall.

H) At the baseball field,seniors with their boards begin to i congregate by the dugoutfence while Mitch pitches.

) I) Freshman Girls #l-ft4 takingturns blow dryingtheir hair, practicing dancing, and doingtongue exercises. 'I J) Jodi, Kaye and Shavonne picking up Sabrina as she sits on the curb waiting. K) Stoners #1 and #2 knocking onPickford's door with the three —. foot long bong in their hand. When Pickford's father opens the door, they look at him, then at each other,and practically sprint away.

/fWK*.

Tommy,the catcher, approachest h e moundto talkto Mitch who lookspast the dugout and sees the intimidatingline of seniors ; lined u p w i t htheirboards.

, g u y s . . .Let'sjustget thislast I! guy out.

I I MITCH

Yeah, easy for your ass to say.

I I

- Just cause you're'not going to be

able to sit down the restof the summer, don't let it affectyour

| concentration.

MITCH I Up yours... I Tommy smiles and runs back to the placewhile Carl, the I shortstop, comes to the mound.

; us a favor and leave through the I . gate in center field. That will

draw them all out there and the

' rest of us can get away. I mean,

they're going to get you anyway.

MITCH

I Get out of here.

CARL

i But if you survive, try to make it

to the party, okay? Then I think we're all camping out behind Tommy's house.

/s^""^ O'BANNION v Hey Kerr! Quit stalling!

4 2 .

38 CONTINUED:

Tommy runs back to hisposition and Mitch windsup and pitches. Strike two.

Mitch throws strike threeto end the game. Amidstthe hoopla, he just stands there not knowingwhere to go. Eventually he gets:r. the line where the two teams walkdown a row telling each other "good game"but glancesover at the group of seniors who are now shadowing him. After his last"good game, " in which one of the 'guys onthe other team says "goodluck," he picks up his stuff near the dugout, barely looks around,and then slowly walks toward the center field gate. The seniors quickly head that way.

ijffSv Later, past the centerfield*fence,the seniors are like a group of wild animals feeding. They cake turns giving Mitch licks as he leans against a car. When they are through, they getin their cars and trucks and take off. ' Pink walksup as the last guy, Hudson, is giving Mitch licks.

'. HUDSON I' You next, Pink?

1 • PINK

Yeah.

i He borrows Hudson's board and stands behind Mitch, wholooks up l' at Pink wondering if he's going to busthim. His eyes are completely red and watery.

Pink pulls the board back all the way like heis going to hit s0*&\ Mitch hard but bluffs and stops an inch from hisrear end.

3 9 CONTINUED:

He then gives him the slightesttap and hands the board back to H Hudson.

I| HUDSON i Later, man. Hudson takes off to catch up with the others

PINK

I

Hey man, you need a ride?

I Mitch seems surprised at his friendliness and then looks around I a bit.

j MITCH

Yeah, I think everyone left me.

'""*- He wipes his nose and eyes on hissleeve and is still holding i back tears.

i

J 40 INT: FLOYD'S TRUCK - NIGHT

\ A little later, Pink and Mitchare driving along. '. PINK i • . ... I remember they caught my ass

after baseball practice. Actually, it's best to get a lot at one time.

i. After about 10, your butt gets so , numb you might as well get it over

with.

f

MITCH

t Yeah...

40 CONTINUED:

I 41 EXT: MITCH'S HOUSE - NIGHT I i They pull up to Mitch's house where he gets out. j PINK

Be byin an hour and a half or

-*. so. . .

Pink speeds off.

,\ ,i 42 INT: MAIN DRAG - NIGHT

[ Inside Jodi'scar, the girls are jammin' tothe Isley Brother's "Fight the Power." Jodi is drivingand checking out everyone i they drive past. Kaye is in the passengerseat while Sabrina I sits in the back just kind of checkingeverything out. A carload of girls, driven by Julie, pullsup beside them.

JULIE

i; (to Kaye and Jodi)

Did you guysknow the party was cancelled?

KAYE

""* Yeah.

J0&*,

42 CONTINUED:

They drive away and are soon replaced by a carload of guys, PARTY I GUY ftl, PARTY GUY ft2, and an aggressive jerk we will come to know later as CLINT. The driver, Party Guy ftl, quickly checks them I out and makes extended eye contact with Sabrina before driving off.

PARTY GUY #1 I like the one in the back seat best.

They pull away but Sabrinais perked up a bit.

SABRINA

I i ) What did he say?

' Kay? and Jodi decide to give Sabrina a hard time,

_ something like, 'The one in the

back seat looks like a dyke!'

They both howl with laughter.

) . KAYE " Yeah, you're right, he actually

•' said: ) (mock drawl) , 'Looks like the one in the back t ' seat could suck the chrome off a

trailer hitch."

i: They both shriek with laughter again.

1 1

The guys are in the middle of a hand, but, as usual, are more focused on their conversation than on winning another quarter.

43 CONTINUED:

MIKE 'Cont'd) High school kids don't seem to be able to comprehend muitifaceted personalities...

Tony pulls out a pocket calculator and punches in some numbers before deciding to throw in a couple of chips while Mike continues. $m»v

I Mike folds.

After Royce tosses in a few chips, Tonyreveals his winning hand and scoops up the pot.

• (CONTINUED)

43 CONTINUED: (2)

I. ROYCE

Me either... MIKE

i Well then good - it'sdecided.

Tony and Mikelower their cards and look aroundat each other like 'thisshould be interesting.'

ROYCE

i Isn't it funny how everybodydoes \ it but if someone happensto catch

you...

Mikeand Tony exchange glances as if Royce speaksfrom personal experience. I: i ROYCE

(continuing) ...you gettreated like some kind of sicko.

A^>-

4 8 .

43 CONTINUED: (3)

Royce and Mikekind of look at Tonylike they're wondering which side he's on.

He gets up fromthe table and walks to the bathroom.

Revingup in frontof Mitch's house is a jacked-up Nova driven by BOBBY WOODERSON. Slater sits in the passengerseat and Pink is in the backseat. The car honks a few timesimpatiently before Mitchappears and heads toward the car.

Mitch hopsin the back seat of the car andthey get going.

PINK

f t You know Bobby?

Alreadyseemingly stoned, Slater turns to Mitch.

Mitch looks over at Pink and then back at Slater.

45 CONTINUED:

They pull up into the Emporiumparkinglot and all get cut.

Mitch looks a bitin awe of the whole setting as they walk up to the door.

^ 47 INT: EMPORIUM - NIGHT

They walkin the Emporium at the apex of the night'sactivity. Every pooltable and the all rows of foosballtables are occupied as Dylan's 'Hurricane* rages on the multi-speakerstereo jukebox. Everyoneelse is milling around talking or watching others play but continuallylooking around to see who's coming and going. i Much of the room'sfocus is on the main table where ELVIS SPIVEY ,' is playing. Wooderson heads over to Elvis' table while Pink and \ Mitch follow Slater over to the foosballtable where Pickford is i . playing and severalothers, including Michelle, are hanging out. i Pickford slams home a "pull shot* and then looks up from the table with a confident,cocky attitude.

PICKFORD

i Am I winnin'? You know betterthan i to ask me such a question... i He pops the ball backinto play and almost immediatelybanks a shot in for a score.

PICKFORD

-v (continuing)

Toyin' with the chillren...

47 CONTINUED:

PINK

I Ridin' around with Wooderson..

I SLATER

Say man, I was hopin' to score a

I dubeor two from you.

I He puts the ball into play.

i ' PICKFORD

After I school this boy, I'llbe readyto take a reefer break myself...

He cockily swats the ballback and forth all overthe table ^ between his various menand then does a goalie *toe shot' the length of the table for the score.

Pickford and Slater head outside whilePink and Mitchlag behind because Pink stops brieflyto talk to Julie.

f PINK | Julie... | JULIE 11 Hey... [. PINK I (gestures)

Youknow Mitch? JULIE Oh yeah, I justheard about you. Are youall right?

47 CONTINUED: (2)

t

She gives Mitch a sort of double-takeas she walks away. Mitch watches her walk across the room andthen interact with a group of older guys. As Mitch and Pink startgravitating towardthe ^ frontdoor, she looks over at him again. Pink stops at the pool table where Don is in a game and gesturesfor him to come outside. i

Pickford, Slater, and Michelle drivethe truck into the parking | lot. A large objectcovered with the tarp ridesin the bed of

best display the contents in tha backto the people standing , around. Everyone's curiosity is piqued as Pickford gets out of the truck and hops in the back for the unveiling.

PICKFORD

i You guys ready?

The crowd responds favorably and at the right moment,he and | Slater jerk away the tarp. Unveiled is the Ronald McDonald i statue recently transformed into Gene Simmonsof KISS with the i properly painted face, black outfit and menacinggrin. Everyone howls in approval. They soon get outof the truck and mix into

the crowd. While Mitch kind of stands against the wall,Slater, Pickford, and Pink are sitting on the hood of Pickford'scar. Don walks over to Pink.

jpm\' DON

Who painted that?

48 CONTINUED:

PINK

, Michelle, mostly.

•• DON Cool. (a beat) Oh hey man.they're onto us.

I Someone was listeningto the police

band and saidthey heard the cops are lookin'for Ronald.

' PINK

Really? Shit. DON Yeah, they saidthat it was two

, , young Caucasian malesin a pick-up

truck.

I

,i Slater looks over at Don.

PICKFORD

i i i I reckon... They start to get in the car as Slaterlooks over at Mitch.

Mitch doesn't quite know what he's gettingat.

MITCH

i Like how? i

/fP^V Slater hops off the car and goes over to the others while Pink walks over to Mitch.

k ^ 53

48 CONTINUED: (2)

PINK

, PINK

i Yeah. I MITCH , Oh.

(a beat) I never have... but...

I Don andSlater start to pile into Pickford'scar. Pickford kissesMichelle goodbye before she walkstoward the Emporium. i

PINK

• I (to Mitch)

It's no big deal, really. You usually don't even gethigh the first few times.

i Pink and Mitchhead back inside. Pickford gets behindthe wheel but Slatersuddenly remembers something.

He quicklyruns back over to Wooderson's car, reachesinto his tape box,and pulls ouc ZZ Top's "Fandango!" As he walks back across the parkinglot, we hear the live introductionto the first songon the album, "Thunderbird."

SERIES OFSHOTS

A) We see the8-track tape in the deck and as we hearthe words:

J0&**

48 CONTINUED: (3)

B) The same guysriding around, taking hitsfrom the joint.

C) Mitchstanding next to Pink and Wooderson watchinga pool game. He takes a big gulp of beer notfar from a signthat says •It is illegalfor minors underthe age of 18 to consume alcohol on these premises."

D) Jodi,Kaye, and Sabrina at the Sonic. As Jodi spikes their cokes withsome rum, Shavonne gets outof another car and gets in with them.

«E)Tony winning a big hand at the poker table.

I I When wereturn to the car with Pickford, Don. and Slater,they are engagedin a high-speed game of 'catand mouse" witha carloadof girls. They dart in and aroundother cars and h, dangerouslyweave in and out of trafficjust to keep up with or i lose theother car. i

DON

i

Let's cruise by the 8th grade party, we might geta sitting duck or two.

At a trafficlight, they see they are nextto Shavonne, Sabrina, Jodi,and Kaye.

DON

1 Hey man, roll down your window. i Watch me catch a quickrap.

(to girls) Hey, what's happnin'?

SHAVONNE

' i What are you guys up to?

», SLATER f Oh, a little weed... ' JODI

We heard there might be a beer-bust later.

^ PICKFORD

Cool.

The lightchanges.

Afl**

4 9 CONTINUED:

(UPV women in the classesahead of us

were wild. Our class - worthless. I bet other high schoolsaren't this bad...

PICKFORD

11 Sounds like somebodyhasn't gotten

past the sniffin' buttstage lately.

' SLATER

I'm telling you man,I can't wait

| to get to college.

i

I'm gonnastay gettin' it.

I

PICKFORD

I

Really. Walker said in their dorm

I room they gotthis list of girls II they can call up at any timeand I they'll come over andfuck. I The guys become almost giddyat the thought.

As they-approach the party, they pull up nextto O'Bannion'scar where he, Benny, and Hudson are alreadystaking it out.

50 CONTINUED:

- DON

Hey men, any luck? O'BANNION They gotta come out sometime.

DON

I I might hopin with them for a

while.

, Don gets out, walks over, and getsin with them as Slater and Pickford drive away.

Pickford pulls past rather slowly. Two younger boys, SMARTASS #1 and ft2, sit on the sidewalk smoking a cigarette.

SMARTASS #1 8th.

SMARTASS #2 (correcting him) Going into 8th.

there?

I' The smart-asses they are finally emerge, ftl slowly takes the I cigarette from #2, takes a drag, and then calmly flicks the ashes off.

SMARTASS ftl I don't know,it's not our day to

t keep up with them...

f^ At this, Pickford jumps out of the car and runs around to the two boys. He has a board with him.

/0G*\

Carl andTommy are looking at the goingson outside.

They lookback outside as Pickford,after making a seemingly friendlygesture of putting a handon each of the boys shoulders, suddenly knockstheir heads together. He hops back in the car and peelsout.

They walkback through the party wherethe dance floor is filled with junior highkids who've been dancing veryslow to Olivia Newton John's "I HonestlyLove You." Thesong changes to Bread's 'Make It With You* and mostof the dancerssimply resume their dancing in thesame "hugging" fashion. Not. seeingtheir friend, they walk backto an adjacent room thatis filled with piles of kids makingout.

Hirshand Freshman Girl ft2 look up.

Hirsh slowlygets up and walks over to them andtalks in a low tone so shecan't hear.

z(*\' It might be our best shotat making

it out of here alive.

S3.

52 CONTINUED:

Tommy, Carl, and Hirsh getto the front door and cautiouslylook put. They slowly walk pastthe chaperone who's watchingthe door.

jA0&\

As they turnthe corner and continue walkingdown the street they notice theyare being trailed in the distanceby a car with its lights off. They say nothing but glance nervously ateach othe- Sudderily thelightscome on and the caris after them.

• They take off in separate directions. The car happensto follow

in Hirsh's directionbefore O'Bannion jumps out and physically runs him down.

gonna hurt you... Tell youwhat, you just grab onto thatfence and start counting the stars. You might be seeing some new ones up there pretty quick...

i He laughs sadistically. Still nervous, butresigned to his fate, Hirsh doesas he says. He bends over a little and O'Bannion gives him the firstbig whack. At a safedistance, Carl and Tommy watchHirsh get busted.

Hirsh continuesto get busted in the distance.

Riding around, Jodi,Shavonne, Kaye and Sabrinastop by where Hirsh is gettingit.

Don comesover to the car as Jodi and Shavonne get out of the car.

55 CONTINUED:

O'Bannion,finally through withHirsh, starts towardthe car. As Hirsh beginsto walk away allthe while re-adjustinghis underwear, O'Banniongrabs a beer andtosses it to him.

0'BANNION Hey punk, have another present!

Hirsh catchesit, and keeps walking, slowly and painfully, taking shortbreaths and trying notto cry too much.

Don walks over to the car, opensthe trunk which is basically one largeice chest, and pulls outseveral beers. He hands a beer to each ofthe girls. He doesn'trecognize Sabrina but gives her a flirtatioussmile as he hands her a beer.

An anonymous car speeds by.

They peel out as O'Bannion almost instantaneouslytakes a step towardthem and grabs his crotch.

In Tony'sdad's car, Cynthia has joined the pokercrowd as they drive around. They don't say much ac first.

A^\

56 CONTINUED:

I after school yesterday, the sudden

realization hit me that I don't want to do that. I mean it sounds good, but I really have to confront

i the fact that I don't much like the

people I've been talking about helping in the future. I don't think I like people very much, period. I mean you guys are okay, but I'm just trying to be honest about being a misanthrope.

Royce kind of rolls his eyes.

, \ The car pulls up near a black nightclub called 'Elizabeth's Soul 'j Power.•

A^,^"^- all night from the Sonic to the ( Emporium back to the Sonic and then

to the Emporium.

56 CONTINUED: (2)

Tony keeps drivingand is soon right in front ofthe club. The guys milling aroundin front check out thiscar of white people. Royce ducks downa little.

Tony finally snaps toRoyce's dilemma andpulls up a ways.

r Royce is a bit amusedat all this by the time he gets outof the car.

He walks away toward the club.

Jodi, Sabrina, Shavonneand Kaye are standing outsidetalking.

/0toK

S3

57 CONTINUED:

,. JODI (Cont'd) f He was so mad at the the guy he had

cheated off of. He said: (imitating him)

stupid?

) They all laugh.

JODI

I Can you believe we're seniors?

JODI

I Yeah, like we were impostors or

something.

i Kaye leans onthe wall.

KAYE

— It's like, our seniors- now THEY

were seniors. Nina, Dralane,Kim Cook... that was the realthing. Us, I don't know about.

i JODI i Really. It feels tome like we

just graduated from junior high.

11 a bunch... this weird panic passed

over me. I thought of justthis

i I town, then all the high schools in

the state, then the wholecountry.

', next year and then be flooded into j colleges and then the real world. Ii It's like they'll be too many of

us. At some point it can't grow anymore, it just goes bust. And

, then there won't be room for any of

us.

-^ 57 CONTINUED: (2)

A Trans Am pulls up.

""*•" STACY WOODWARD kisses the OLDER GUY goodbye and gets out of his car. He checks out the pack of girls before driving off.Stacy walks over to them with a big grin on her face.

Giddy with excitement, they all laugh as she kind of hugs • Shavonne.

STACY

' I can't believe it... I'll remember the last two hours of my life

forever.

i SHAVONNE I Two hours? Does thatinclude a ' stop at the Sonic?

' What was it like?

/^*\A'**- little...

57 CONTINUED: (3)

I i STACY

Kinda big.

Theyall let out a bit of a shrill, i

i Wooderson,Pink, and Mitch walk outof the Emporium.

I JODI

Hey Pink, you heardanything more about a beer-bust?

Pink gesturesto Wooderson.

Woodersonkeeps walking while Mitch gravitatesover to Sabrina.

Theyboth kind of chuckle at their suddencool status of hanging outwith the older crowd.

SABRINA

/0£*\t Bad.

57 CONTINUED: (4)

, MITCH

Man. So what have youguys been

j doing?

i

Jodi comes walkingover.

""•" to take it easy on you.

i:

i Hirsh, Tommy and Carl walkdown a dark streetwith a few buckets I. ' full OfSCuff. 1. CARL | (to Tommy) I ...Face it, boy, you hadn'thad j pussy since pussy had you. I. TOMMY I Yeah, right.

(imitating Hirsh) Well I had my hand up a girl's

shirt once... I was really 'gettin' there!'

Carl and Tommylaugh.

«-* still was at that party instead of

listening to your stupid strategy that got me busted.

A^* 67.

58 CONTINUED:

Carl reaches down and picks up a large empty Jack Daniels bottle.

) going to be laughing my ass off

when it's your turn - when he's

| TOMMY ' I heard last year, when they caught I about ten freshmen at one time,

O'Bannion backed his truck over some pizzas and made 'em eat it.

Carl suddenly tosses the bottle straight up in the air above / k r ""* them. They all look at each other for an extended moment and then take off running, i

The bottle comes crashing down right behind them.

I O'Bannion's truck drives up at the Emporium and lets Don out.He walks over towhere Wooderson is leaning on a wall drinking a ', beer while the rest of the guys, Pickford, Pink, Slater, and I Mitch are all hanging out near Pickford's car a few feet away.

Don walks up to Wooderson. i l! DON

Wooderson, boy. I haven't seen you in a while. Whatcha been up to?

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I DON

Really... WOODERSON

(to Mitch)

You're a freshman,right?

j0&\

The others laugh a bit and Woodersongoes along.

He opens the door, sits down, and cranksup his stereo,

Don quickly decides he's ready to go.

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As Don goes to get in the passenger side door, he finds Slater momentarily sitting in his seat.

ff^- They walk to the Emporium door while the guys start to climb in y V ^ Pickford's car. He revs it up while Pink and Mitch get in the back. Mitch is a bit squeezed at first because there is a bowling ball in his seat. He holds it up and inquires.

, PINK

Pickford... you driving in to get Aerosmith tickets tomorrow morning?

tonight I can't.

Pink hands Pickford thirty dollars.

^ A-*- Colombian.

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They passaround the jointand a few beers as they->am to ZZ Top Mitchtakes his first puffs withoutmuch fanfare. From the passengerseat, Don mischievouslymotions Pickfordto pull over.

The carslows down and pulls over nextto a few trash cans that are sittingon the corner ofsomebody's front yard. Don leans far outthe window and picks up a big metalcan.

The car creeps along for a little whilethen peels out. At top speed, Don releases the trashcan and it completelyobliterates a mailbox that was in a front yard. The sheer visceralthrill of it all has the carload in an excitedstate.

Almost immediately, Pink rollsthe back window down and leans out.

The car pulls over and he grabs an oldbeat-up metal trash can.

The car races off. He catches a large woodendesigner-type mailbox dead-on. They whoop it upeven more.

•i DON I Awwright!

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Mitch grabs the ball and apprehensivelyleans out the window.

Pickfordfloors the accelerator and the car is flying.Not really aiming at anything, Mitch tossesthe ball into the air. In a slow motion shot, the ball crashesthrough the windshield of a car parked on the street. The guys seem more shocked than thrilled at first - perhaps at the sheer extent of the property

'damage.

1 PINK

i Shit man... someone's car. Mitch looks back at the broken windshield with a mixture of fear and shame. The others start enjoyingit when it becomes apparent they've gotten away.

They all start howling.

More laughter. Having officiallycopped all of them, Mitch goes along with the victory celebration.

DON

Hey man, we're out of beer. We need a Quick and Easy stop.

^ The car pulls into the parking lot.

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I up over there, headingout that

way.

Mitch hesitatesa bit but is' soon walkingwith Donup to the r store.

Don and Mitchget up near the store.

i (whispers) i I'm really going to payfor it but

let's fuck with them.

I • Mitch grins briefly and then triesto act serious as Don enters thestore. He looks back at Pickfordbacking the car up and then back inside at how Don is doing. He sees Donbolting for the ' i front door. He pullsthe door open and then they sprintto the ' | waiting car.

-,./—* But just as they hop in the car, a middle-agedguy walks up to r ^ the driver'sside and points a pistol at Pickford'shead.

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Pickforddoesn't know whatto be more panickedabout, the gun at his head or the robbery in progress.

Pickford flashes him a quick quizzicallook thatsoon turns into a panic once more.

,1 po-lice. I think you boysneed to

get out of the car, niceand slow.

PISTOL GUY

car... now!

Don has sec the beer near the gearshift in such a way that it can't be seen by the guy with the gun. He slowly is shifting the car into gear.

I PICKFORD

(reasoning)

What, you're goingto shoot us for something YOU think we did?

j PISTOL GUY

I don't think, I know. I seen you.

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The tensionhas built to a peak.

x^*\ It's like this: the smartmoney

says you probably won'tmurder - and it would be murder - someone over an alleged tampered-with mailbox...

Don suddenlypulls Pickford down at the sametime he stomps on top of his foot.

They allduck as the car peels out. As Pickfordregains the wheel, the guyshoots in their direction.

The car turnsat a corner and hauls.

Tony, Mike andCynthia are riding around.

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A0£?\ restof the evening drinking it.

I think that's whateveryone in thiscar needs... some good 'ol worthwhilevisceral experience.

Cynthia impersonates some brutishguy.

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CYNTHIA

I But that'svalid - if we're all

going to die anyway, shouldn'twe enjoy ourselves now? I'd like to

j quittreating the present likesome

minor, insignificant preambleto

i , somethingelse...

Soon Mike and Cynthiasneak up to the garage, goinside, and then run out with a coupleof six-packs. They hop in the car and Tony drives away, but notbefore signaling his turn.

r .

The guys are standingnear the featured pool table where Elvis is in a big game witha hustler from out of town. Pickfordis

recalling the gun incidentto Wooderson and Hudson.

, PICKFORD i I wasinches away from getting my I headblown off.

And Evil Knieval here just throws

I * the car in gear and floors it.

[ DON ' (to Pickford)

What? Did you get shot? Did we

l have to waitaround for the cops to

bustus? No.

I PICKFORD

But itwas ME who he had the gun on, not you. It was ME who was going to get his brains splattered.

I i

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After his turn, Elvis walks over to the pack of them.

He reaches in his pocket, pulls out a small roll of bills, peels off a five, and then looks over at Mitch.

He hands him the money while the otherslook on. Mitch hesitates a little at first but then gets going after Elvis gives him a confident nod before he returns to the pool table.

Mitch overcomes any nervousness and walks in with a calm, confident manner. He quickly selects the six pack out of the refrigerator and on the way toward the register grabs a stick of beef jerky. He approaches the CLERK like he's done this a hundred times before.

He lays the beer and the beef jerky on the counter and puts the five on top of them.