"DEATH PROOF" (2007)

This script ·isdedicated to thepoet laureate of The Drive-in

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POV OF A CAR WINDSHIELD- DAY

~ Good God Almighty rockabilly tunebeats out of the car stereo,the feet tap to the beat.

·Theopening credits play out over thisimage.

As themusic contir:mes

INTJUNGLE.JULIA'S APARTMENT_.,..DA'¥

A tall (maybe6.ft):Ainazo~ian;Mulattogoddess.wal~sdownher hallway, dressed iiia baby tee, and.pantiesthat her big· ase (agood thing} spill out .of,and heirlonglegs grow out

moves to the cool rockabilly beat as she paceslike a tiger puttingon her clothes.

Outsideher apartment sh~ hears a "Honk Honk"~

She sticks:herlong mane of ·silkyblack curlyhair, her . giraffishneck and -herbroad shoulders, out ofthe window andyells down to a car below.

This sexychick is Austin, Texa·s,local celebrity, JUNGLE JULIALUCAI, the most popula~ discjockey of the coolest rock radiostation in a music town.

Two girls are'gettingout of a white Honda civic~ that's parked.across the streetfrom Jungle Julia's apartment.

One girl is SHANNA...

The other {the onewith the sexy opening credit feet) is ARLENE.

All three girls are intheir seven years after college phase (about twenty-eight).

The dynamic of the trio is assuch, Julia, Shanna, and \ Arlene all went to the Universityof Texas together. ___,,,'.j

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Shanna beinga Texas native. )_.., Julia being fromLos Angeles.

Arlene beingfrom Brooklyn.

After schoolwa·s-over,Arlene went back t:.o·,-ll~:w-York,Julia got into·the·I~calAustin musi¢ se.~ne,,bep9~11i,.ngafixture:-\-

the local oldiesradio station Austin :HotWax 505, and in. the process turninginto one of the most popular local cetebrities sinceStevie,Ray Va:μghn...

Arlene's in townvisiting.. fora week,ahd it's,sorta ii: fallin' on:Shannato take_car~ of her.

But since Julia's·b_ecomeacelebrity;in the·meantime,;-every _-pianarrangement,:andgirls night ;outis vaguely catered ·aroundJulia.

As Julia screamsdown'to them·;Arlene hurries across the . street and screamsup to her in her thick Brooklyn accent.

SHANNA-_ (yellingup) We-won't!

·As Arlene and Shanna hurry upthe stairs to Julia's apartment, the rockabilly on_tbesgundtrac;:kiscut off-(by_•· a 'needlebeing lifted) and a differentsong is put on the .- -soundtrack. .

Julia has just put on a new.~ecordand is.dancing to the music.

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Arlene enters the front door with·an I.gottapee body language.

Juliapoints in the direction of the bathroom.

~ lenedisappear~ behind the bathroom.do91,=•.__•.. )-. _., Shanna andJulia dance to the record while Arlenepee,s~--

Arlene issitting -onthe'toilet, a hor1ierac;,st+~am of . -pisscanbe lieard"emanatingfrom under -her•..We.f?lowly."zoom- into thepretty:·face'ofie,l.i.ef•.

In slow motion,the three girls walk,ioutof tlleapa:rtmerit,.. and,.headfortheir car. ·

They climb into Shanria'scar~ardhead off to th~ir next exciting 3·g:irls'<la,dven.ture.

As the Honda drives away,A.SUBTITLE.APPEJ\RSBELOW:-

The City of Austin, Texas

_·...\ t .'; INT HONDA (MOVING) - DAY

Shanna is behind thewhe~l, Arlene is in the passenger seat, and Jungle Julia lies $prawledout in the back seat, her feet out the cc:1:rdoorwindow,likeCleopatra.

JUN~LE JULIA Who's holding?

Arlene turning around in her seat to talJctothe lyi:ng.qown. Julia-~

'SHANNA

_;'. Whoa Whoa _Whqa,:J,Jttle.lady,you're

getting angry·kfrid:aqH,ic:k,clon'tcha think?· I-wasj:usttea'.sin~t·you.·

SHANNA ' . -·. . · Okay,·-.meangirl·iriahighschool _movie,_ctr~youthrough being angry?

:;··JUNGLE~IA I'm ·notangry._.'.

JUNGLE JULtA· I'IQnot cursingJ:11::you.

·SHANNA You sa.,id,.,,Jesusi.Cfu:-istlshanha". And before the sentencewas over,. you threw a "fuckin"in there to ·

Julia smi1es; she'ffnotreally ma,cla.nymore~.Arlenetakes it_a little too seriously. .

,.,..SHANNA:. . Arlene; you've··forgott~nw~at hanging otit'with'.Jungle,_Julic:1's ·.like.Thiitwasn't a fight~-·.·That was·Julia'act:inglike a grumpy bitch andme· calling.her on it and indulgingher at the same time.

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··Oh,y~~lf~lik~yoti':re·nevE!rca bitch·•.

··sHANNA ..•·oh/.yeiah,':t.~Jceyou'renever,not.

Th;ey bothbust out:t.a1.1:ghing...·.Arlenegue~l::ief?it'sokay,and joins.along.

'•I :,.lUNGLEJULIA. Margaritas,-,and.111exicanfoo<;la.t Guero's -did youcall Rafael, tell him.we' reciomin'? ·

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SHANNA.

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I .know..Okay, is Christian Simonson going to be there?

·Juliasmiling.

Shanna to Arlene.

JUNGLE JULIA ;···,.•..·..', Ifhe had a big'thing for.Jne,he'd. fuckin'call me as opposed to ·disappearingfqr_,sixmonths. And he~d ·,gethisass down here more i,'ftenthen'h.edoes•..·.~Ild:O!l.my,, blrthdayhe'dgive me.1atucking

he~s putty.in-my .hands. .

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Yeah,.well when I'm redecorating his house in the'hills that I'm alsq·livirtgiri,I'll let:,youknow it worked. so, margaritas·and Mexican food at Guero's. ·Touch ·J~asewith Chris and Jeeisie,\tell ·them about·later, and make damn sure they come. The other guys.'11 be waitin'gfor us to join them at Huck's._ (to Arlene)' . Qh.shit, s:peak;ingof'which/what ..:-h,appened,withyouaridNatelast night?. .

/. Arlene starts to recount lastriights·hookup with her tough girl way of talking.

ARLENE•- Dressed. I.saidwe·:made:out,we didn't do, "the thing".

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ARLENE-• ··_Yo:upio~,.--~Ye+ything-..but~••

,:___..:_._._.SHANNA-. i'i'h$y.calL·.that,"thething"?

The girls laugh.

JUNGLE JULIA · . Okay, I v,1.an11g;_getbacktowhatit ..is·youd,idd,o?,So-you~remaking out with Nate ·onthe couch,right?

correct.

..Sl!ANNA: Were youmaJcing out sitting up, or ·ly.tngdown?

ARI£NE :S,t~rtedsittingup,-worked our way ·to.lying_down.

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SHANNA ·.· (to·JungleJulia) Oh you know Nate had to lovethat. What else?

Well, not much~ that was it.· Sowe made out a little while on the couch ·an'cr':f·say;..;'ok~y,. .It•Il.\r,g:onna go .to"pea;_sC>it,'_~timefo~>youto ·1eave!':.Aridthenhe wh.tneE:J:;"Awww, right now"? And I say, "Yep, right now, let's go:'•..Then;h~s:ays;<:'· "Wait a minute; how _'boutthis"? _And'Isay,·"No.''..•,,..Andhesays; ".What'dyou m~~n .no?..Jouclon:'t ·even:kitbwwhatt'm gonna say". And I say,·"I alre~d,y.,knowwhatyou're gonna say.·.. ···· (beat) •••and·theanswer's, no". And he ·says;"How c~·you say, you know what I'm'gonn,asay"?-~Andis.ay, "Becauseyou're gonna.say, let's justgo to bed together~ we don't gottado riothj:ti''. -;justcuddle- sleepnext toe~c::hoth~r --wake up

(beat)'•· · ····· No. -(bea~) .·..·•, You'regonna leave~ • (beat'}·· · But, I'llsee you tomorrow".

.. SIDμfflA,..•..·.... sowhat abot;i.ttonight?

ARLENi· .· . . . Wellz,-,we'll<see._·t:obk,•Ilike

he's a prettygooq kiss~r~••: ,but,~.~ it.ain'.taqpne:,q.ea_l. ,!-<>.-.,... --'JUNGLEJUL:(A Yeah;·fuckNate. ;t.tμean,yeJth,

Leadbetter's gonnabe all over her.

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) JUNGLE.JULIA j He's a good friend•

Remember freshman year, getting stoned and going.to "The Dobie" to see "Potheads."?·

Just think, play your.,__ga;rds.right, ·you'll be sucking.his dick within hours~--·•_·.• ...·

The girls laugh and Iriak~grossnoise.s•.

Mey, .Jess.ieIs_.gofabigdick.

·JUNGLE.JULIA

SHANNA· ..,

:.\ Yeah.,·but.don'tget yo~r hopes up i. toohigh. Christian and Je·ssie

might not even ·show.up,they're big flakes.

JUNGLE_JULIA.. I'llkick his ass he doesn't show up.

Julia and Shanna saytogether;

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SHANNA., . It's not :Lik~,n·e·,~j..~•'t,cgonna<know ·~:{thei.'>ijeciaus;~;wh.emI'm,a~.ayin'at the 'J~ice'hqμsewlth'my.gi:t'!l;firiends, in our bikihis, daddyhas a tendency to just pop up,f,,al)dmakesurewe c;lon'J:..:t:lr,~dc;tnything,,..·.'. ·.·;•':

They all laugh.

, .,c swoo)~, .... , took .h~~st-otal;J.yhi:lμtμ.~i;;sa1ldcute a~,a bu:g,$,ear,b.ut.wl,'le:μJ:itelt;k;gota bu!ic~•··:Pf..half;naked.·poo11tan..5pwalkin' the fleior.ofhis lake.J;i~μ~e,·he-just likes to pay a•visit andmake. sure we got everything.•¥eneed. And if you flirt shamelesslywit:J:ihimlike this on~ in the l?,a9kseat;·you'vegot· a puppy dog for.i~fe.

I have tnyown relatiqr;ishipwith Ben, and you're just jealous~ because it,doesnf'l:includeyou.

~Gt;E ,J1JLlA<, · .. I'm not a child, and that-'s'his name.

ARLENE,·· ' Whe+e's this.bar.we're going to later?

JUNGLEJULIA ..·.·;'

dive. -. ·.. ·:· SHANNA.. Yeah, nomore,ool;J;egekidSixth Street bullshit;fi.uck\si;s,apout 'drinking booze..No cosmos, nothing with a blender, justbeers, booze and shots.

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And great music;·qon't forget about the music. · ·•

SHANNA·•·-- ..--·•,Yeah,;-Warren;theguyWh9.o~sthe ··place,·has•·,this''great_classic •·••·jukebox.·.Hecallsit·Am¥• .

JUN~:I,:,~..JULIA _ No! That'E3what's..soco.o+about - it,dummy~·:_It'·sfill_e_dwJ.th.

They .have.moonshine'und~r·.the. counter.•····

·"-·$HANNA. ',Yeah, ,.(and·with-a_ttiick southern aec·ent)

You ordercof:fee>·andheputs it in ·-the coffee.-·

---..JUNGLEJULIA And CaboWabo tequila•

seconds ago. She could'be the._hurtgirl, orthe cooldude chick andhas decided in'her last two dc1ysin Texasto be the du.dechick.-·· .- . -

JUNGLE JULIA , We,re gonna mret.•the~atHuck I s.

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JUNGLE;JULIA Fuckthose gu:ys·~·:tdon'twant to be either,A, depending oh their fucking as:3.,orB,..dependenton their as·s...;''.,If.we;donItscore ourselves,we:,regoing ·to·be··stuck with them allfuc;Jcingnight. :.·.·...\:-ri.-·, SHANNA•· Try Lanna--Frank.

Julia takesout her cell phone, pushes one button.

Steve is obviously these girls ideaof a secret code· for pot.

·JUNGLE JULIA {pause)..· .· . .._ ·.·..... So •••you're thinking~ midnightish? (pause) . . . ·._·_ Now dontt flake out,'·'bitch,we're counting on you. (pause) Bye. (she.hangs up and looks t&the other girls) · Mission accomplished.

), .-SHANNA

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billboard.

-JUNGLE JlJL:tA oh.cimon, give,me.a_brec:1k.

A billboardof Jungle Julia Lucai,,the dfscjockey of the -·localclassicrock station, AUSTIN HOT WA,x;_5_05.·The billboard showsJulia dressed as a J.,~opardspottedJuliaof ·the Jungle,Tarzan type surrounded by stacks of records.

Different stylesof Jungle Julia ;billboardsare all over - town.

As the gir;I.spassbyit they scream.

-~~they pass by down theroad •••·

~••empty road, justbillboard •••

•.•then a menacing lookingmuscle car with a powerful thumping engine••• passesby.

·~ . Out 6:fthe windshield of t:.hep~werfulscarymuscle car. Trailing the girls fromway farback.

The unseen-DRIVER eyes, hiddenbehind dark glasses, glances up at Jungle J1:1:Lia'sbi!lboa,r(iasit.pa1:113es·~t.

A bluesy early seventies rock tuneplay1:19-μthisthumping speakers.

All we can see of the DRIVER is,he wears a Silver Satin Jacket with an embroidered "ICY HOT"_patchon the back, wears his hair in a greasy haifc:l.ssedpompadour,andhe smokes Chesterfields like a chimney, indicatedby the overflowing ashtray. -

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As the music•plays:we seevarious INSERTS'of the dashiof . this mechanical monster•.:i;:ncllldiiigone. of,the,ciirkeys.iii···•·· the ignition with a sparkplugkeychain. .

His hood ornament is a musclebound duck flexing.

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The g:i.r1S:havestoppedinfront of th.e•Me~ica11restaurant Guero's, and are piling out·o~the car.

His ,heavyboot eases offthe ga.~peclal. /

We see the arrow on the speedo.meter·fallto.acrawl.

OVERTHE DRIVER ,.sshoulder_look,irig:outthepassengers:ide window, we see the -girlsbullsh1.tt::Lngastheywalkfrom car to front door.·· ···· · ·

DRIVER'S POV: SLOW MOTIONshot of c:;111thegirls,;1ndeach one individually.

The girls Christian name andfirst initial of their last name appears beside each. girlduriri9theirslow motion

JUNGLEJULIA L.

SHANNAS.

ARLENE M.

We see rubber banded to the sunv.i.soraPolaroid of Jungle Julia,Shanna, and.Arlene, wearing d.i,.fferent·clothes•.This

Thisis one part of a longer·process.. ...

CUThe DRIVER ' Justas the music reaches ~..crescendo,w~.cut:t,o,atig:tit.· SergioLeone CU of the Driver, smiljng.•:•tl)en•••

••• the,badassvehiclespeeds off, making~ thunderous ·racket.

Julia and Shannaoblivious, walk into the restaurant. BU:t somethingmakes Arlene stop, and give themuscle car an investigative gaze,as it hauls ass down the road.

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Like "the finalgirl" in a slasher film, her:look·.says;·, / "some1:h.:j.;ng'snotright.·Butthat'sjustsilly''. She shrugs\,itoff.,·aridenterstherestaurant to,catchhp 'With.; her friends.

The three·ladiessit at a big booth, post dinner, thedirty dishes havebeen taken away, but the table.a1:iil,showsthe mess the.girlsmade. · ·

Shanna pours outthe last of the-marga;r:itafromtheir last pitcher.·

The bill _comes,already'paidby Jungle Julia.

JlJNGLEJULIA Hey, my town my rules. · ButwhenI come to New York toyisit you, I don't pay for-shit•.

ARLENE· Deal. ·rmean; in that casewe won't be doing a bunch of shit,but the shit we do, deal.

Whil_ethey went back and forthabout the check. Shanna:' s phone rang, she's answeredit, talked and hung up •

That's Pete a,nd.Nateandt;hem, they-'re·at~uck'a.• · ··

Jungle Julia whips out her cellphone, and dials Christian Simonson's •.number.His voiceI,nct.il·picks.up;,andan•. outgoing message, that Ch!-"ismadewhilei:;ittingat-che Hemingway bar in the st. Regishotel inParis. In fact, you can hear Colin the bartender,expl,.ainipg,a.drink..:inthe background; ·····

Julia leaves her message. \·.

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JUNGLE·;JULIA (into·plion~J·--~_.

that's .okay,..Iexpectedthat. But ¥e/:r;:-el,~ayin_gJq:r:IIμck;'cs.rightno~•. It.would be awonder_ful:$\lrpriseif you beat us there. But in any case

\._. I'11 seeyoμ in.tQenextf:few·hours.·

Don't disappointme.

She puts away her.cellphoI1~~•·-••

Shanna picks·up herdrink,.and'.,,pr9posesatoasttheirlast margarita·befo:t:E.!movingon·to~ffl'.uc]G_~s"••

With their glasses raised,·Julialooks across toArlene •

Julia gets a devilish si:ni.l~~

She looks over to Shanria,wholooks over to Julia, anddoes her famous Shanna giggle;as Ju).:iaspreadsher devilish-. -smile.

It's obvious they'z-ebothin or_isomethingthat Arlene isin the dark about.. ··

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Arlene sees thi~ too, and!)Utsh.er;glas.sdown .

..ARLENE O~ay, what's up? ·Y:ou•two9,re acting really fishy_.

As Shanna uncontrollably giggles,she manages to say;

What makes you think that? .

~~---•.-. Well, you're g1ggl1.ggso'.much, you're gonna piss your pants.

As she giggles;

The other girls laugh•..

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,;:.··.·:·~JUNGLEJULI'A I'-m,not<thedevil,·r·m:simp::I.y •,•devi:'J.ish·. ··'· ·

Arlene continueswith:,.hermock·'concet:n~

,.,,.·JUNGLR·JULIA' If you li°sten~d<·to·myshowthis morning,you'd know.

This stops Arlene's momentum justa little•.

JUNGLE JULIA· AI;ldiftheywere .outon the town, maybe they'd seeus, and I . described you. And told tliemyour name was Butte~fly. And I said if they spotted youwhi;Lewe w~re out, if·they'd do something;you'd do. something.

She takes a s~p of herve1:y_goodmargarita•

Okay, now,··Julia.,I'mserious. What did you say, a.ridwhatdidyou say I'd do?

AR!iE~E.... Just tell me.

Jqngle Julia grabs her friend'shand and say~;

I'm a raconteur,.·1t'swhcit:rdo for a living~ Honey, ya' gotta let me do my thing. · · ·· ·

JUNGLEJULIA··· So we'llact it.out?

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JUNGLE.J;pLIA. 9ica.y;gli;nme,yourdri:nk.

Arlene slidesher-margarita over to Julia, who now hastwo.

JUNGLE;JULJ:A so you're in aclub or a bar, and I'm.kin~acute, .orkinda hot, or kiridc1sexy,orbetter be. fuckin' ··hysterical·lyfl~nny,·butμo:tfunny looking, guy,who you could fuck.

Arlene salutes.

ARLENE .• Got it.

Jungle Julia getsall cool guy approaching a girl.

Arlene busts out laughing.

C!'mon;grow up, stay inthe _moment. This ain't.improv, you don'tget points for breaking the scene.

ARLENli Okay, . sorry•

Hi.there. ·•·.· ··

'JUNGLEJULIA Excus~ me, butyour name wouldn't be Butterfly; would it?

Jungle Julia extends hei;hand likea him.

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ARLEN:E:..

They bothturn to Shanna and say;

SSSHHHH!

'!'hetwogirlsturn back to each.otherand pick it·up·again.

·JUNGLEJULIA,, . .. Is Butterfly'your)rea1·•.ilame?

She shakesher head sexually, ."Nci"•

ARLENE· ... :How•·did.youknowi(iyn~e; pc1,;-1:;y?

ARLENE..·.. oh you do,db you? ,. ·.,·...),,.,. ·JUNGLE·1JULIA Yeah, she's thecd9lestlady in town.

Arlene leans in, andsays confidentially;

No, I like her ass'thatway. She's got a black gir~~.a,~s.

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_ ARLENE _ __._-,.,- You know that'swhat she ·always says, butin actu~l fact, she doesn't reallyhave a·-blackgirls ass, she'sjust got a big ass.

Us-ingbothof her hands spread wide·.fo.;r:emphasis.

·Julia breaks character

JUNGLE JULIA· Okay, what the fuckare you doing?

_Oh,lookwho wants_ toget to the point all of a sudden.

JUNGLE JULIA -- -· Okay, I'11 9et:·.tothe-point.But just for your information,skinny-bitch, Black men and a few.whitemen have had- ·plenty·fun acloF.ihginy'as-s.Idon'twear their teeth niarksinmy butt for nothing. ·· ··

Shanna laughs and raisesup her hand·.

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Shanna and Julia high five.

-JUNGLEJULIA Okay _OkayOkay~ ·-{incharacter) so Butterfly, can I buy you a drink?

ARLENE _

That would be nice, Barry.

She slidesit ove~.

JUNGLE .·JULI!\.. Here ya' go.···

JungleJulia raises h~r.:,glassit.ci;t:,qq,sr!:.,Ar]cenedoestoo,then. Juliasays looking AJ;lene,9,eac:li~t',t~e~Y~-,,.,,,withglassesraised;_·

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they :t~ise,t.J;1~ir'gla!;!S,:,to;t:past, they'1ook yoh:dec;1cl,in1:g~ey~,and rep~aft:.hisp6erp.;•···.··.·

· And:i;·hav~prolllisest,q~~ep;;,1 Ancl:,riμ.les·to·go,,beforeiY•.isleep". I>:i.dye;>μJiear)neBiitterf;i.Y;~JJli.lesto gobEff:qj;eyou~deep.'\·-.~·and.tl;ien•••. :i,f,b.e,says_1;:.b.at:•••,yoμ·got~~<give him alap dancie~-,.,, ,,,,.'

....-"ARLE.NE. ·.....:, What!

If they callyou Butterfly, buy you a dririk,·andsaythat poem.,]you gotta give •ema lap dance.

That's bullshit..I ain't.-giyin' them nothin'•

,JUN~I,,E.1:UL:t;A,..;;· :i:.ook~youcando.itor not.. .But:if you don't dq.'it,_·evecybqdy'Jμ Aμstin••sgo:hna·'thinkyou'rea chicken shit, and Idon't think you want everybody inAusti•n-tμinki~-• you're a chicken shit.

' ,' 'ARLENE' ,.,.I~:th,t<j.i.vixf:n,,obodynoi~pμa~~~..· cause of what you said~

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JUNGLE .JULIA

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It's gonna·be:ftihhy.

~~N~ .... ""\('.:; ·•··yeah,evei::ytliing''s;u.PtlY.tqyou:_·· ','·wherl'it'shappeningth'me.

They stand up to leave.

ARLENE· I'm gonna have-fuckin' guys.buggin' -me':allnight.

yUNGL:I!:JULIA Ain't nobody g9ri:nabebuggiri'.ya', that's ·.whyyou;gdtma.mahere to -shoothem .fli~sc1v{ay~...

We see POV from the Driver in.themuscle car, the three girlswalk out of Guero'1;1.The sJune bluesyrocknumber thatwas playing as th~ girls went.in.is·stillplaying as theywalk out. ···,"·.·•·/·••.•····-,,.····

One ofthe girla.trips a';littleht:t·:onthe.stepsgoing down. Indicating they'vep.ol,.tsh~d6~f~ fewmargaritas.

We hearthe Driver laugh off screen.

FADE TO BLACK:

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HuckIS"~·C'.

EXT'-'HUCK's··>BAR.;_··NIGHT

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A different billboa.~dof:\JurrglE3Jui:i.a,t:hJ:stime·aressedtip· asa roller derby ·queen,.hold;i.:n,garecordplayer,and placingthe·needle on a spinning·L~P. "AU~TI~HO.TWAX 505".

Thenwe see "Huc.k' s" ;itsure~s pell(s adive, but in the wordsof Julia, "a fucking cooldive" •.Maybe the audience noticesthe girls white Honda and·theOl:Tve:ti·smusclecar inthe parking lot, maybe they don't~

j } INTHUCK Is- NIGHT

vintagejukebox.

JungleJulia, pint of beer in"one hand 'and.litcigarettein the other,does a very se:xydanc~ to the bluesey rock classic.·For the audience in ~u,6~'sas w~,:t.l.asthe.movie theatreshe's putting <on;aone"-hd.;.:.show.•·

our,three·fox:iposse,ha'.sdoll.ectedso1ne'stra:y·sniffing· dogs. Theaforementioned NATE and OMARand PETE~···

Omar's talkingup .Shanna··;attheir.beerspilled,.peanut shelled strewntable . Pete's dririld.rigS;hJne:tBockbeer from a pitcher,admiring Julia's d~nc1a~·':ArleneandNate are dancingtogether. (he'sholding he,:t:..from,behindand their·pelvisesare movirigtogether')~<·Wh:iohi;howsArlene's not a goodytwo shoes,she's out;':tb.party,'i:J'he'sjustnot ·clearaboutthe n~w dyn~c:: with her o.lclco:p.egepals•

Needless to say,everybody's drunk.

The song ends, andWarren, the owner pperator of Huck's, yells to Julia;

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Every·onein the_place laughs•

·.Juliarollsher eyes.to heaven, blows out a dramatic•stream of smoke (alaJoan Crawford), and bitchy'grindsout her. cigarettein the table top__,(ala13ette.·DaV.'.\-1?)

Nobody'smad at anybody, they're just giving each othe:i;-_ -shit.

Julia s.:itsdownnextto :Pete.•

-~:.,,Y.'. - . SHANNA When's Lc~.nna-Frankgettingh~re?

That;s a g~G~c~rqu~stio~.

She takesout he.rc.e·11phon~,.andpushe,sa.bμt;ton,.calling.. -F·r-"a·nk.- --·-·· .__...···- ,., Lanna .·•.;__: :-.'~·;

,. JUNGLE JULI~. •;,.{P<;1~13e)_. Where'are··you?. __.· (paus~)__·_. .·_

w~iting for YQU. -· .... '.. . .-·(pause)..•·- .> ....·•._·. No, we're not coming over there. You come over here like you.s_aid you would. , ··· (pause) Chris Simonson is coming.· (pause) Jessie Leadbetter too.

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(pause) Okay, hurry.:,up\

She ~:a~9,}r.:uptpe,phone,1.:-.andhits'TEXT'Mifs'sAGE.,-:,\··'

She -quicklytextsi.·

"I can'twait to se:eyou. Hurry!!!!!!"

Goes to the name ChJ::":isSimonson,aridhits.serid•

·appearson her screen.

Sh~nna schools Omar as,shedri•nksa hunibngous'·LortgIsland IceTea. ·

011·yeah..¥our fuckabllity stock is plummeting. Just remember;·it's Shanna.Banana, not Shauna:-Banuna.

Julia'sphone rings with a;text xne·ssage•.She.hitsthe menu,and it says a message from; ChrisSimonson.

She opensup the electronic mail. It.reads;

"Me Too"~'

She smilesand texts back;

)' "XOXO J.J."

She hitssend.

Pete arriveswith shots of Cabo-Wabo tequila.

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Everybody groans,but they do them •.··

We see_·cu'sofall th;reeg;i.ilsknocking-backthe·tequila.,. and making faces-,andhaving an alcohol tremor. .

Arlene standsup, and takes out a pack of cigarettes called; "CAPITOL W -.I,,ights".

Arlene walks outsid~.byherself to the-•.frontporchof· Huck'.s.

EXT•HUCK'S FRONTPORCH ,...(RAINING')NIGHT._

Upon hitting the ni,ghtair,Arlene immediately sees it's

MI,ENE. Whoa, when the fuck didthis start?

F~MALE VOICE (OS) About ten minutes ago.

Arlene turns towards thevoice, she sees a pretty girl, late twenties, (same age as_theother girls·)·sittingon a porch .swing,smoking a cigarette•.Even though they won't get aroundto·introducing themselves-to each other for awhile, this angelic loolcipg,.blondehairedsassy little ·hippychick, is named.PAM.

·ARLENE Yeah.

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PAM

:! Well I'm on adate·,.th.e,.highpoint

of which, is me rightnori,smoking · this cigarette. · ·

PAM .· Well you,;r~behind.tlig',c;i.garettein popular.ity,·butyou•·re·d~fin;i.tely way above·my date. ·······

Pruttwasventing and does·h't_.11,.k~howthatmakeshersound.

I like the sound pf that. What's that?

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Pam-putsout her cigarette;

PAM ......•,•,:•..,.,_.. Okay okay.••it's help.the handicap week, Iguess. .Thanksto you, I'm readyto.go back in there and give hiinandther¢hanl;::e·.togethisshit together. ·······,,

_Theyopen the door to 'peer.:in,butwhellPamlooks towards hertable, new people are sitting at it,and her date is nowhereto.be seen.

ARI,,ENE ·Wasn't he atyour table?

down is:Our··table.·..'... ....__,

She looks around fntiine'tosee.her dates"c'arleaving the restaurant parkfa1glo{.··-

\ ,/. Scott!

She starts walking"'towardsthecar~·but:~fqps becauseof the rain.

PAM. ,... Scott!

The car takes off•••

leaving her stranded.attheb~z-.

p'ru,i. (tbh~rs~lf) ....

··.(dienyellingiri ··fi:-ustratlop)..·' I d6n 'tfu;ckingl;>~lievethf~.!

She yanks out her cellphcme and .angrilydials Scott.

We lose Arlene atithis point,and sta.ywitb'Pam .

The other end of·the cell.phoneJ>ic)cs,up.

·sco'I'T·'(os) Hello.

PAM ,,

deal with it like a man, you don't abandon me like a sniveling little fucking y,orm.

SCOTT ,(OS) I.didn't thirik_Jou'dhave a problem-

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·knowthat was part of the date contract?

SCOTT·,'(OS) · Do you.wantme to turn around, I can still take you home.., ·

so I can kick yoμ~ fucking ass in front of everybo_dyqt this bar, thcit's what.:r··,want.:\<Imectnit, ·scott,ifl:.$vet"s~f;i.youagain,I'm gonna kickyqurfucking _ass so bad, and you ]qiow..rcapdo it too, and I don't care who you're with•.

PAM _•.._ Oh .justwrite your phone rn.nnbero~ a gay bar bathroom wall, and fuck. off. · ··

Shehangs up. ·.; Shestorms back inside.the bar~

Shegoes up to the barte:r:ider,

WAB.l{EN.. 'what?

- WARREN - You mean you·weren'tthrougll.~with your date?

.._.PAM._._ .. __,•_ No•. I was outsidehavins,,.cL~moke while_:_4~'s>piiylng':th~che.ck.ctnd sneakipg out the tuc::J:ciz:ig~ack.At Tea.stI hope he paid:thech.eek. Did he pay the cllec~?.

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WARRE?Ji.. He didn'tpaJinE;.

She can'tbelieve it, her cell.phone rings.

She lifts itto her ear;

There's .silence•••

Then •••

SCOTT ·cos) ••• Oh shit•••I'm $0sorry, Pam

:She hangsup the phone •

Warren, it looks likeI_.owey~:m money~

PAM ,

beers··and·some.nachos•. ,-:

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Arlene~s_by.herselfon the-porch sW'ingsmokingher c_igarette.• • ·

Her eyes landon the ni.usdlecarfrom earlier, sittingin the parking.lot•

suspiciousbefore.

Something.aboutthis car makes _her uneasy.

A hand comesup behind her touching her shoulder andmaking her jump. ·

It's.Nate, he laughsat her reaction.

Nate, palms out,pleading his.case. .

She tosses her cigarette outin t)J.erain•.

NATE·•·- Wait a•minute•

ARLENE What?

·•NATE__. r was thiri:kin,,:wecould'trtake.out? : .r::.f•.·.:.:~}: --·iARLENE._ What on theporc::~_swing,noteven in the bar,but irifront Pt ..the entrance? Forgetit.

NATEf -No, inrny car~

-,~~nt' --(referring·1:0·th~_ rain) - What, out there? It-'_s wetasshit out there.

He takes out an umbrellathat <;>P~nsoncue.

·NATE

You won't wet,-I pro:nu.se

She gives him a look.

-Nate smiles.

NATE__, 'I mean, you won't get rained on.-

She still gives him a look.

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She contemplatesfor·a moment •••:

Nate waits forhis fate to be ci'~~'.ided•••

....}..:''..;.. ARLENE Okay, but I don'twant it super obvious to ever,ybo.dyin_ thebar __~e/ve,beenge>ne.,';:::§owego.:inyour ---·cat,'andmakeoutforsix minutes, - and that's it,.Deal?

NA;E Great.

And no begging._ --- -f

As she gets under his umbrella,_and,they"walk_inthe rain, she says;

BACKIN HUCK'S

· Peteandomar 1;1tand uptqgetmo;i:;:.eorink:s.•

PETE_ I'm getting moz::e.d;r:in,ks..Whatcan I get ya'?

Pete pointing copl like at Juliaf

Julianods her head approvin~~Y-_

·JUNGLE'JULIA Good boy.

As a new. 45falls on the vintag~'turntaoie·~:•.and;tl{J, needl~lowers•••

We go behind.a customer sittingat. the.1Jar.Using'both hands,-he'seating the Huck'sHuckin' ·_NachoGran<:!Er,plat:t.~r. Whicll:col!leswithdouble·everything,··s'6urcr~a:m,_meqteq _chees_e,qt:ie$qsa:uce,,enchiladas-atice;·andchilisau,ce~·

Whilethe Customer is not wolfishly.devouring-it,.Yet,,. __. usingboth of his bare hands, he's eating it ina ttla'ytha::t..· expresseshis hearty appetite. And apparentlythese nachos are fingerlicking good._ ·

Due tothe Silver Satin Icy Hot Jacket we cantell the Customerand the Driver are the same·. Butwe ca:ntel1'more now abouthim. He appears middle fifties, but act:.μ,a·11y.__· mightbe older. His body isiri good, if weil::._worn/shape.

He wearsa·beat up pompadour in place.of-ab~at up cowboy hat,_whichhe keeps :afloatwith a healthy mixture ofAqua· Net andTres Flores pomade.

-Hisbody languagecarries that bertain bi:-eed,_ofredneck_ elegance,that only Rodeo Riders and·Profess±onal Stuntmen have. He listensto the music on the jukebox asJie,ea.ts his nachos, anddrinks his glass _of_·clearliquid~"•,_.,·

We have yetto see him full on, but one more.thing we can tell•..

• • •hehasabig scar running down his face:.

Pete and omar showup-at the bar ne!x'.t·totheCustothei/Oi:"iV~r.

PETE•.,·..·· And oneBon,i!:}ay,,s~pphire=and,tonic.

Arlene andNate.make out, as the car radio plays, andthe .

As they.kiss:,iri.thebackseat,Arlene raises her as'soff· the seat alittle bit to slide her shorts,,offher crotcn·:: and·down·toher kn.ees.

She-takes'hishand, as they kfss, and puts it betweenher legs,.

They kiss longer•••

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .till...

••.She breaka,thekiss and,themood by,saying;

Oh,..I'DJsor::i:y-:

·She irradiatedlywaves.h~ aw;ay,.

ARLEN:I!! Forget 'it.

She slides her pants_back,up.

Nate's window of qpportuf).;:i.ty-ha~sl.ammed·shut.

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The Customer/Driver eatshis nachos neai;-,thetwoyoungmen without either looking oreven •.,:glari¢ing:.,_,._,:...:in.....t:beir...direction~

Omar in pussy pointersmode.

·oMAR_ So after we bring the girls.the ·drinks,in fair;t,.yrapidorder,but not obvious, we order..twomore round of shots.

·6MAtl Dude, aslong as ct__SJUY'flbqy}.n":the booze,a bitch'll drink anything. Look,we can at least get one Jager shot downthese bitches throat. · Afterthat shot, we~ll_see,if they :haveanother:Jagershot lri.'em. You neverknow.· That could be the shot t~atputs the1npast,1:hepoint of fuck-it. But !"know, I can, at least, get Shanna.todo a buttery nipple shot~ What/s Jμlia's sweet shot?

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Arlene and.Nate walkback in the bar•

The Customer/Ori verlooksover ·his.shoulder,··atPeteand Omar handing the Long Island.ice·t:e.aand.tl:ie-,ginandtonic· to the ladies. ·· ···· · · · -

..;;'.'PETE' ' ,•,:' ,Oh':great/I'·'tn·'Just·get:ti~9·more drinks, what ·canI get ya'?

Arlene notices Pam at thebar, drinking a drink out of a glass cowboy boot.

·J\RLE~ '(toPain) What's that?

\ PAM

It '·s_.aCadillacmargaritaon the rocks made with Caho Wabd tequila. Have a sip~

Arlene takes it.

Pam takesa look over at their table, sees JungleJulia, and says;

Arlene andNate sit"badk down at·.theirtat>l~~..

JUNGLE JULIA ., And where didyou two disappea,;-to?

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'ARLENE•·' '' r.had to get·som~thing biit•8ithe car, andiNate was gent1einanly enough to escort me with his umbrella. .,"·",

Goodfor you, Nerte·~

ARLENE'•··•.··

thebar?

Julia·meows.·

JUNGLE JULIA \ Who:,,thedirty..,hippy?

JUNGLE JULIA, No,,but I know she'sa skinny fake

Everybody atthe table l~ughs.

The.old pop and crackly45 continues it~s·revolutions on the v1ntage.jukebox. The bass heavy speaker at·the bottom,· booms•

Warren, yells out;

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'·"- 'i JUNGLE_··.·JULIA ,.

You. know Icl.id,_Wc;tj:-~ep_.Iknow how t:otake care·of rny)nan•.

Julia holds up her·'g.;i.nand'tonic,•~n.clsays;.,,,

Everybody at the table raises.;th.eirgiass.

OMAR. / You know what, we should do a shot ofJager in honor of Warren's jukebox•

idea.

JUNGLE.-··JULIA

Jager shot. ,, OMAR Why'not?

Because Idon't wanna fuck any of y'all,that's why.

The girlslaugh.

She putsher hand on Pete's shouider•..

JUNGLE JULIA Not tonight·any,wc;1y.

Arlene glassc_owboyboot in;..hand,tii.rnsa11dcatches·eyes with Pam glasscowboy poot in hand.

·.Theysmif~and silently che~rs..eachqther acro.sstheroom.

Pam turns away,to Warren the bartender.

·.-~ PAM .' so Warren, is therea'nyonehere at the bar you'dvouch for to give me a ride home?

The key to themuscle car with the .sparkplugattached is tossed onto the bar infront of her with a loud thud.

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She looks up and seesthe Driver seated·one seat away.

We see him clearlypow,I'lomore,,cibscure:bullshit.He.hasa big scar onhis·fawe from what"'loe>ksliJceaprevious accident. But thescar'cfoesri'tmake hlm lookgrotesque. It makes him lookkinda cool.

Well there's.~ave.sdroppingand can't he.JP.l:>.μthea~,~,::]:tP:~I'lkI beiong.fn'tijelaterc~tegpr;·y•

..PAM' You offering me a ride·home,Icy

I'.~·offering:youc:i'li;ft,,.iiwhen

Truth:fullY,.I'mnot thinkingabout. it. "ButwheriI do,you' 11be the •first to know.

PAM.·· _Willyou be ci.Qletodrive later?

....ICY.HOT . .. :.. I know looks caribe deceiving,but I'm a teetotaler.. I 'vebeen drinking club soda .andJ.ime..all night. ··I'mbuilding up to my big drink.

ICY HOT . .. ,...

You know abar offers ali k.inds·-of ithings othertnan_aicohoi? .. ,;,

Women.

Icy Hot flirting,bfatnot putting.the bit~ on Pam,he's just beingflirtatiously int+igu.;i.ng.

ICYlfOT ···, .. ....,:.' .~..{:,'..,.;'. Nacho GrandePlatter-'i:f.··Thef_· fel.l:ows·hipofsdrnE!fasc.in.at.ing individuals, litewarren here.

·she·laughs.

IC.Y:.HOT I'm not a cowboy, I'm.a,stuntman. Very.easy mist;aketom.ake,Fam.

ICY HQ'r stuntman Mike.

STUNn,IANMIKE Ask anybody~

Pam turns to Warren.;

WARREN;,., That's Stuntman Mike.··

WARREN,·. He ' saetuntmari.·

PAM . .•..,..· If:heai:gives·me:alifthomelater, would you vouchfor·hirit? .

·WARREN. ~11-I ,cansay;is he'~nE3,'lf~rraped me.••.•Andit'snot like··Ihaven·•t

of him either.

Our girls table.shouts forWarren;

JUNGLE··JULIA (with·a smile) · · Now gofetch me(myr,:Turkey.

·six shotsof Wild Turkey shots·are'pouredby Warren on· the bar. stuntmanMike noticeE;JitandPete and Arl_enec~ming. to the:Parto pick up:,,theshots.·

Arlene-comesup to Pam.

··•ARLENE We're•.all.doing·WildTurkeyshots, do onewith us?

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PAM ./ What's your name, honey?.•

ARLENE,:,-.. ..Arlene.

.. PAM Hi 1\rlene,I'm )?am.

AsPam tells her this, Arlene-noticesStuntman Mike, on the barstoolnext to Pam. She·instantlyknows ne's th,eDriver ··of.themusclecar from•before and·th~,oneparked right: outside.

He smilesat Arlene.

A chillruns through her.

PAM J Arlene,party of one.·

Arlenereali?eS :s4~Just spaqed out•..

..ARLE.NE Oh that;s okay,none taken. f1aybe.

Arlene carriesthe;·shotsback to·her ·table. Everybody. takes them.

After Arlene doesher Wild Turkey shot, her eyes come up on Stuntman Mike by thebar. He's looking right at her, watching her do herwhiskey shot.,.,He turnscasually and continues ta:lklngtoPam.

This character makesArlene feel more and more uneasy.·

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,._-,.-,,._...•-i--,:-PAM;-i-:,,":'i_,-:.:-_:__:-,_-,c; '"w~:t;lStμhtm?1.nMike,\,since-:I,:havea ,·tabh~'re,'canIbuy_yo11·thatvirgin Pina Colada?

STUN~-MIKE· We'li'thankyqu, B_<;Uri,ithatwouldbe lovely. ···

...-.,: :.:p~--:·,_.:,_,·:•-- 'Warr'en,··avirgin_PinaColada.formy Stuntman friend,,:t:andI'11have _c:tpothe:c,,Cad4-1Lc:t<£·cJ~PoWabo. 'margarita...

- W~N,·-:._ Caho.:Wa~6inargarita,.,·

INSERT· A fingerpunches a button;with,th~_symbolof a phone on .j.t.

CELL PHONESCRE!EN'it__say:3_;_

:~•dlal:j.p.g-·--:.-._-_,__ Chris Si~o!lson"

·BACK TO·PAM

Their drinksarrive, Stuntman Mike takes-a sipof the tall foamy whitecocktail.

STUNTMANMlKE _

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'PAM··

is?

STUNTMAl-1MIKE___ The Au_stindj,.rectdrwho-did-· "Potheads"?

Yeah,-well r·workedov-erat his company Roadblockfor a li.tt.:L~. while, then Ibecame his-personal assistant for acouple years, ·then we started makingout, then we had a little thihg; andthen it was best to leave.

No, personal assist~mt.

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·-:~ti.

Weil that'stlie·million;:aoilai''. •question I've09otless'.than'fiv~ weeks to decide.

STUNTMANMIKE"';· ,s Well it's funnyyou should bring ,·that.,,up,bec'atas~youknow,I·was thinking abouthiring a perspnal assistant•.···

ST-illlTMANMIKE'' Oh I don't.know,you know 'more about how this stuffworks. What do you think you·.·shotilddoforme?

STUNTMAN MIKE·· Youdid that?

PAM· Yeah •.•·

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Lookinglike she was caught out.;i.nthe·rain,whitetrash potdealer LANN,A:-F.R;ANK,,.fpl.lqw~dby,twootherBADASS LOOKINGGIRLS,.(ho.college kids theseJ:wal~:throughthe dopr. ···.· "· , ···· ·

Julia,Shanna and th~;~ys.>:gr:eetthemwitha big ·cheer.

Lanna-Frankwalks oyer....-.-.~.to'the~bar>t~,~.i.ve/,Warrensome love.

Sheeven knows Pkn, ·aridkis~es.her·~·-thenheadstoJulia's table.

STUN'l'MAN•1:MIKE ThisLanna:...Frank.~ouJ.d.seerntobe :quite apopular young lady·.

Stuntman·Mikelooks over in the t.ablesdirection and sees Lanna-Frankand her friends being introduced to Arleneand joiningthe tc;lble..

She takesa bag of weed.out of her pocket, and shows :j_tto the table. stuntman•Mikeclocks •allof this·.

Pam says to StuntmanMike :ipoUng over:at J.u.lia'stable;

STUN'I't-IANMIKE What?

She rais·es.herglassto ·toast•j\J•.

- -.. - 1'~-·.· ·.:_:.;•r.(·pAM::.'-".

·•····.•. •.•...1. STUNTMANMIKE ...,_._.•_,

What did.sheever to do·you?'

..·.:'F'rut•. ·We.went'throughschool:t.qg_eth~r, from kindergartenthrough high school,that's.what she did~ She was herheightf:fightnoTtT.attwelve•

she stillfucks·from the-old class, she use:.to:beatupand t:error,ize them·inthe 5th grade. . .

STUJ$JTMANMIKE I·_see.She :use···tobeatyouup:and take your·•chocolatemillc,huh?

-PAM That pitu:itatcycase,might-of kicked my ass acouple of times - -sorry,I'm·built'likea girl - not a black man -but I would die before I evergave Julia t.ucaimy chocolate., .milk..::.I've...··kiss.ed·:·.:_..I,.,·....alot of ass in my day,but I/IT··pe· damned I kissthat bitches ass.

JUNGLE jur,rAandARLENE

··,'•JUNGLE/:JULIA· Here it comes.

What?

'JUNGLE.·:JlJLIA It's pothihg p~rsdrtal{honeY,it's just everybody knows aband.

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··•···Lodk'"'r~m\~=N~,·

JtJNGLEJULIA ...... - I get crabby, but the truth is I've found some gq9d bands that

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JUNGLE·JULIA ~~~~~nd you,l~ke,:what~s..thed.r

, , , ,ARLENE r dldn'tsaj I_.lifi~them.,'.

Yriu·don't'.li,ket:hem?

I've neve;rhea.rdthem. It's a

have theirCD, it's been sitting on. my kitchencouI1terfor months, but rhaven't listenedto it yet;;

B?t yo~want me to? ; ARLENE Would you?

-.JμN~p:J!:JULIA ~'TheEyeballs?"

All threeof the guys stand up.

.. JUNGLE.JULIA,,·.·• Look,we can·,t.ail.goout.there in mass exodu~. .P~.t~,youstay and watch th'etable.,...

Pete is crestfallen.

ARLENE· No that's okay,I'll stay. ___. ..(to:shanna).....:, can ;r"speakwitp.you,.foraminute? -· :·J ,· . SfiANNA"·.·.--.••

Sure·honey. •;- (tothe .•others) I'll see y'allout there.

Julia,·Lanna-Frank,her friends,·and the boys head for-the door_.

·INSERT:The lever ofa cigarettt9I'!lac:_hineispulledout.

A pack of Red Applecigarettes f::;_lls,tothemachinescatch- all.

Julia takes it and leads·herlittle entourage to the porch when a female BAR PATRO~appi:0~911:esher.

-JUN~tEJULIA Yes I am.

JJWqLE JULIA:: . I 'JllsureIdon't remember. What's your name?

J3ARPA';['RON Peg.

·;.·•··., Peg holdsup a silver digital camera. _/:

JUNGI.,EJULIA sure.

Peg andJulia pose smiling, while Lanna-Frank fumbles / aroundwith the digital camera. ·

JUNGLEJULIA; I hate th~sefuckin' digital pieces of shit cameras,nobody_knows')low to use. Those_disposa.blefilm cameraswere the bomb. Pitch the digital shitand.get a real camera.

La~-Frank takes the.ph·oto.

The ·raincomesdown pissing.

·INSERT:Oil imbeddedin the highway is being.brought up by Ue~h. -· -

Stuntman Mike,now outside having a smoke, watches the rain, and thewet highway, as he smokes his,Chesterfield.

You can tell he'sreally enjoyin9 the rain.

Julia and Lanna-Frank sit"onthe pprch sw:in.~:·Theguys -hoveraround them, sharing-the·joint~

·, '

·stuntman Miketurns in her direction.

-:.STUNT~ ,-MIKE:.. <·, Are you famous or something?.

'orsotr\ethirig.....

No really, wha"t;.\doyoudo?

Really?" 'WhatI do .is'workmy ass o£f to get my..ownrecordlabel off

I'ina,locc1lD.J •.

Stuntman Mike ge-t;sup·andmov~s_t()~ctrd,tbepotsmoking crowd.

Julia turns·to Lanna...:Frank.

See I told you, I'm not reallythat famous, .I'mjust that recognizable. If you know·what I. loo_klike,

· (ho:I.dingou:ther han,d) . JungJe Julia Lucai. __,

Stuntman Mike Mikki.

STUNTMANM,I;r<E Thank you, J'ulia,but just the same,no thanks.•

Suityourself.

·Arleneand Shanna talkth't.he la.diesroom.

ARLENE·· That's all_she.··evertalks_·apout. --Butthat doesn:'tmearishe·''E:Jgotta be a shitty ass-aboutit... look _ I'm here for fourdays, I'm just: __.__ getting-a little sickof the Jungle - Julia show.·

-Nigga·please, she's·notas.tar! At the most, you_could_consi,gerher,a_ local celebrity._Fuckiri'SUperhead •ismore·-famousthanher. Arid what's this bullshit aboutChris Simonson putting herin a ~ovie? -ArnI the only one whoremember how bad she suck~q in_:thatplay?

They both burst out laughing, andsay in unison;

ARLENE/SHANNA Thank you Grace.

Obviously a private joke only theyget.

SHANNA ,.,_.,_·· Give.her·a break,not everybody was born to playIbsen.

They laughagain~

BACKON THE PORCH

Julia takesa hit o~ the porch swing,.'her!J.qnglegsoutin front of her,her bare.feet up'on,the wood"l)orchrail,the rain is splashingon them.

·StuntmanMike standsup and heads over to them a.gain~

Julia says to the group.

We're,:hj,ghMi~e,,.spareustheT.S •. Fuckin' Elliot.

Lanna~Frariklaughs.

( out. YOU.IT-.feetaregoingtoget

wet. ·

'JlJNGLEJULIA I haven't given you permissionto concern yourself with my feet.

Lanna-Frank and her friends laugh;

·...·.·-··•-:...

...• ..~,.,;,.'...,...... -····-··_...·-·......

StuntmanMike gets cold. Looks atthem, then to Julia• j

J.i

STUNTMAN•·MIKE comeagain? .

... . JUNGLE,JULIA Youtold me my feet were getting wet. Yes they are. Now I'm······ tellingyou, don't worry about it.

StuntmanMike gets a little scary.··

·STUNTMANMIKE

She•comesba9k the same.

·He looks ~ther •.

A moment passesbetween the two.

Then StuntmanMike turns back into the flirtatious old fool.

Well we could fightabout this. But·as a.rule.,;"I/usuallypaywomen ~o :beat,:the,.crapouttame.

·This makes Julia laugh•.

She holds out.her ti.and.

JUNGLE.·JULIA· You may kiss it•

Why of course my dear lady•••

He kisses it,till she ya:riki:fitaway-•.

JUNGLI!!'JULIA···.. That,s en'olighVno~'l>e'.'goh~:_·. ~-··..•.·'. .-.,.· ' ···.'. . .-~-:

STUNTMAN··MIKE'. As you wish111yfair:,lady.

WARREN·-. WelL technically,'i.do:rfltknowhe's ever done anythingfor sure·.·He shows me a old episode_of"Hi,gh Chaparral", a guy· fallsoff•·a.. horse.,he_.,saysit_'s·him.• •okay ••• could be. •.i•

Pam shak~s her head no.

STUNTM!\N-MIKE ·.·Therewasa actor on that.::show, Gary CJ.arke,I kinda·:1,06~~d.like ·him.a'b'it.···Obviouslybeff~re_,Icut- {referringto•the···•·· ·-scaron hls•·face)-. myself-shaving. ·· ·

...~·.....'·-······..- J

She apologeticallyshakes·h~r head "no"•

·Sorry.

Warren apprqadhes,;:.

I hate to tellyou this, Mike, but dropping Gary c;Larke.'sname•don't_ ge_t,Gary·cl~rkepu~sy:nomore.

Stuntman Mike andPam.laugh~

) STUNTMAN MIKE I. Nq ·Isuppose it don't._

Who's y9μr brot,her?

STUNTMANMI.KE· 'stuntmanI3o_b,.

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60 •

..i,J.:::-.··' '·PAM

}_· . -·: Ask a stupid qllest~on_,. geta.stupiq...

answer.

Stuntman Mike noticesArlene cirid•'spanna,wcJ.lkouttothe porch.

- •.FAM· -

He smiles·and slides offthe_pcJ.rstool.

INSERT: TEXT MESSAGE SCREEN

''Youra asshole''•

·Then•••

''Yourmessagehas.been ·senttt.

Julia and Pete si1;,<;>ntheporchswing,surrounded by their posse, passing.a Joint.

Lanna-Frank leans close to Julia,ancfwhispers in her ear,

Juliasays, louder than she :need~dto;

Ididn't inv.i.te;thembitches.

LANNA....:FRANK Well I kinda tole Iem..'-

-,-···~~•,..--

···t".1~. Arlene andShanna walk out on tlleporch.

Julia slapsPete on the'arm, and siiysr,

Get up and offerthe lc:1clyyour seat.

Pete standsup.

:Arlene sitsnext to Julia on .the.•porch''swing,andhugsher waist, puttingher head on J .J •.'.sshoulder.JungleJulia wraps her longarritaroundher,.ta;l.~in:g,lqwtoArlenelike·a lover. · ·

JUNGLEJULIA · I wasn't mean, I wasrude, tli>.E3;~,s a difference. Any who,·t•msorry. Do you forgive me?

Arlene exaggeratedly nodsher head yes.

She nods her head, yes.

_._.:.,.~·.:.......

JUNGLE.JULIA.'.·... :tf;yoli:teallywa11thimt·ocome, Shannawon't mind.•.•.Sohow...,,bout; it_,bo1~._qr::jt,1_~t:•'·~f3:girl;s?... ,..\·;..,,.·

Arlene squeezes··rrul#tti:ght~r;..;•

Us girls~

Then twobeers come into .FRAME~.':

VOICE (OS} .:<~'·. Ladies.

Both Juliaand Arlene take the·b~~is..without:lookingup.

We in the audiencenotice the.hand .oifering;thebeerswea.rei· a black leatherglove. . .· . .·.•.·...,.'

··VOICE (qs'> Cheers,·Butterfly;··

They look upto cheers, and see;

Stuntman Mike, sittingon his haun9hes.

STUNTMAN'r-hKE. "The w9~ds.arelqvely dark ancld~ep . .•.. And..·I.);lavepromif'iesto~eep And miles to gobefore I sleep" J Did you hf;!c;t:rme·..;B,;u;tterfly,·milesto go,.before,yo1,1sleep~ .

Sorry Stuntman.,B4r;t:--

- StuntrnanMi~~~

..'JUNGLE\n)LIA......··. - Mike, she·alread:1,brok~·offthatdance.

$tuntman Mike looks atArlene, e;p~'!3stilla little frightened of him.

But for whatever reasori,he'snot as scary now. In fact there's something rather intimateabout his manner, that actually has a strange effecton the drunk Arlene.

....'~·.:,,.....,_...,.•~·-.''-"- •.:~~-:~•••_✓,••••.•••••

She doesn'twant. togive him•.~-·tapdanc~·,·•~he,sstill creepedby him, but:::for.whateverreason,'shecan'tbring herself to lie to him. . So shedoesn'tanswer at•all. •She justlooks back at·him, fragiley.· · ···' .··· ·

She nodsher head yes.

STUNT~·MIKE Is_it my scar?

Sheshakes her head, no.

stuntmanMike smiles apblogetically.

Thismakes Arlene smile.

Nope. But that's what ± _likeabout Austin. It's so damn small. ·

JUNGLE.JULIA ...· You've seen·th±sguy before?

I saw him ouiside·ofGue;ro'·s•

...·•;STUNTMANMIKE..· · Isaw you outside'c,fGuero's,too. Yqu saw my car,.I_,saw yourlegs. I ain't stalkin'y'all, but I didn't ·say .I•wasrr'tawdlf~...

sTfiN~':1-1fKE .,-·: · ·I wash'tfollo~:lng_jrqu,But.fkrfly, ·r just gotluc.lcy~· ,,·.,;··"·.·;',•\··'

This makesthe ·pr~ttydrunk_:g-Ir:iJm1i;.,

STUNTMAN'MtI<E So how 'boutthat .lap.dance?•..

Sorry,.ft,-c;,as·:adri'~,timeonly ···offertandshedid.',ita.t-Antoine's ·: earli$':t-thise1ening.•··... ..-- '•... 1 :'·•

S'i'UNTl•iiuf·Mf1<1<; No she d.idn•t:•·.:,.

What's touched?

STUN~ MIKE Wounded, slightly~

ARI,E:~., Why should r·be wounded?

STUN~ MIKE Because you expect~cl,9-μystq_be pestering.y¢>u~:J.l,rii9,ijt~.But:from your..look'I·ca.n'teqr·pgbp~y_;. pestered you at c:tl,.:}.:~.·•I:t;:;kindahurt · yourfeelings a·1£t:tfebitdidn't it? There are.few.things.as fetching a.sa bruised egoon,a beautiful angel. ·· · (pause<i)... So hov1'b?ut tllatl9:pda,nce?·

He takes out a smalllittle book.

And.everybody I evermeet goes in thfs·book. And now:I'vemet,you, you ire.goingin the'book. .AndIIm goin'.tp write.onlynice things, except, I will be forceq,1:.ofile you under, ·chicken.shit•.

He gets··realquiet.

,_.ARL}SNE. ·-.· We],lStuntman Mike, ;r.'m_B_utterfly, ·my·friend,Juhgle.Juli~.ove~.here te1:t;s·methatjμkebox.,insideis pret,t.y·:iJ:npre$sive~··

STUNTMAN1-iIKE Itis.

He smiles.

\ STUNTMAN MIKE ;.

Yeah?

ARLENE·-· I touch you. You don'ttouch me.

He nods his·head,;yes•

A cool fifties·oldiecomes frofuthe vintage jukebox~

He takes a.chair, andputs -it••inthemiddle of the room••~·

•~.thensits down onit.

Arlene struts up tohim and -asall eyes are on them,. performs a smokin' lapdance.

Her girls, and the par}with the possi,bleexception of Nate, cheer her on.

Pam and Warren can't wipethe snii.lesoff-oftheir faces.

By the end, Jungle Julia istaking photos with her instamatic,as Arlene andMike do funny sexy poses.

Before the song ends, Arlene finishesup, she doesn't give Mike a kiss, but very lovinglyholds his face in her two hands, like the sweet Italianfaama 0thatsheis.

·And asthe song concludes, withoutanother word, the girls, danceout the door of the bar aiid'leave.

Leaving Stuntman Mike smiling, s~ttingon his chair.

'

When he stands, warren and Painappl:audhim;,:

··wARREN·,• You know, maybe it was yo,uwnb fell offthat horse. ··

..-----··.·-....--·--.....

StuntmanMike leads Pam out..ofthebar, towards his car.

In·theb.g., the girls are arguingwho's sober enough to drive,leaving their male admirerswhining to go with them.

,JUNGLEJULIA Yeah, keep it up, nothing makes me wanna ·f·uckmorethen xnenwhining.

Lanna-Frankwins the I'm the less drunkargmμent, the•most• stoned,but less drunk. So she getsbehind-the wheel, and theother g.i,rls;Julia,_Arleneand Shanna,pi·lein.

Butthat's i~ the .·b.g••We staywith StuntmanMike and Pam.

He leadsher up to his wicked automobile.

Pam istaken by the sight of the badassblack muscle car•

j

·'. Wow. That's fuckin' scary.

••___-••~,:•••:-.••..•.••••• •r••.·•

How do you·think they'acCdmplish· that?

STUNTMAN MIKE , Well unfortunately, nowadays,- more offen than not, you're right•.But back in the all or nothin' days. The Vanishing........•.... Point days, the Di.rtyMary c:rAzy'•. Larry days. They were .real.9ars ._.i.' crashin'.intorear cars/·with · ·realdumb, real people dr.:i,.vin.:'·,. 'em. So.you give the ;stunttEi!a,n the.caryou want to smash up,: . theytake 'er,reinforce that fucker everywhere,.andwa..::ta.·.

automobile. ·

She peers intothe car to see the entire J?aSsengersideis enclosed inplexiglass •

Why is the passenger_·seat·inabox?

,/

••••••~-••••••-•,...b-•~••-•••'•

He opens the door to1:h~ plexiglassboxi·offering Pam to climb in.

Pam climbs.

Stuntman Mike shuts.th~-dpor...,...

.. ·, .,

As he walks around-to the pa~-~engerside.-.

He watches th~ oth~rgirl~ :p~~i.out,•showeririggravel. They make a left qnt9~;thehigb,way,and -disappear•

He smiles after.them as he climbsbehind the.wheel of his death proof vehiclE!!.·

·INT- DEATHPROOF NIGHT

StuntmanMike is in the driyersseat.

Pam is in the plexiglass box.

A plexiglass ·wallwith·.s·ome.holestotalk.through,separate them. · ·

Mike has a few different seat beltsto snap in place for himself.

Pamdoesn't even have a car seat. .Sheha,sapost that sticksou-t;:ofthefloor, that you wouldattach a camera to, that shehas to l:>alancehers~_l,fon.- · ··

~AM You know,·whenyou asked to drive me home.,you-cjign:'tmentionyour car didn't havea passenger seat.

--STUNTMANMIKE. , Actually, I.<li.c;ln':t.asktodriveyou ·l;lomE:!.Youa~kedfor-a•ride,and I said, yes. Look at _thebright

Pam smiles.

...._....(......,·-~...;..-. ........·---'·'·,..··-'.....•

Stuntman Mike·srniles;backth;~ughthe plexig1as~:

r·thohght.;so. · · ···

•,.l.:;.~

He yanks a'hom~de ·'me'tal]_ever,tJia.tslidesanta,"t;a,clbar. into plade,··locki_ng,bothdoors. ..

Then starts up hispowerful machine.

Pam smiles·at''.the·excitemJHt'~{this'tj;embllp.g-ntioh'in~C•.0-,

He slides the car into-F.:irst·,·aμdpullsuptothe highway.

r1h.:tch\-iayyo_u·goin',left_pr·right?

Thriller music sting happenf3.or,tsoun<itraqk.

Still smiling.

Pam's smilefades away, as a look of Oh Shit terror replaces it.

/

As the look ofpanic appears•.•

Stuntman Mike jerksa hai:;-dlefton .tother~ctd.

She's maybe scaredsh;Ltless,yet Pam is one tough chick, and she lets loosewith a violeritstream of curses aimedat the Driver.

He · shutsherup,by turning up the radio real,.louq.,'3:ricl. dri.ving•re'alcrazy,tossingher helplesslyaround ..the, plexiglass box,crashing like a 'ragciollfromwall to· wall. ·

He does things likedrive straight .towards,.telephone·po~es·, at full speed thennarrowly miss them. . ....

He slams on the brakes andPam gbes flying face'first into the·unpaved dashboard. Her face might as well have exploded.

-StuntmanMike busts a gut laughing.

Pam's nose •issmashed.acrossh~f'fac:e,her front teeth are knocked out, and her ja~ i~ bus1:ecl.•-··

But she's still c0Iisciot1s.

STUNTMAN'MlI<E0 ·Now'fgotta'.Catch'tn~iny·..pther girlfriend~.• .. ......

He speeds down the road. ' .

Lanna-Frank is driving,Julia sits in the pa's~Eing~r-'s'ide front seat stretched outwith her bare feet up .onth..e.

Shanna and Arlene sit.inthe back.

Julia's on the phone.

The song Jungle Julia requested:comeson the radio.·

The girls move and shake tothe beat of the song.

stuntmanMike's car catchesup with them.~•

•••Andthen he passes them •••

••• Hittingthegas going even fasterso he c~n pull ahead andleave them behind.I

I

We cut back and forth between_thegirls aQd S:tuntmct:nMi~~' driving,and Pam, whose hose is sinashed,-her·jawisbrolen,: andpart of her upper teeth areknocked out, but her eyes· stillwork. · She watches,and pleadsto the Driver on the otherside of the plexiglass box.

'•,,__:_:;•••J.~ '•'

ThenStuntman Mike, makes· au-turn.

Thecar stops, but the engine runs.

He watchesthe girls car far off inthe distance come forward.

He turnsoff his headlights.

He revsup the engine.

He hitsthe gas.

:..•.:-·,.:. .••·.•_>.-.• ·•.• '.,•.'.~•-•'• ..~·....~....,:.

The girls moveto the song obliviously.

He heads towardsthem ...

Pam watchesin terror.

The other girl~ are:oini.i;9uJlyoblivio~sofwhat;-sab~1;1t;.;1;0·. happen to them.• · · ·.··..·.··

They continue tochair dance.

His qar is almoston them •••.

Then ••;

He·hits the headlights.

The girls see·t11~car~

He swerve·shead on. intotheirlane going about a· hundred and thirt:=.y.

The·Moment Before IMPACT.

_/

Her face registers.

As she's.bathed in fast harsh approachingheadlights. ,.,

\

CRASH

A~ much. aswe/11show·the cars'<.cidash.i..rig';:i~a,,h.Qr~ibite: -collision,wetll alsb·cut back 'aridforthwhap~,~happe~ing:o inside theautomobiles.

:-1>·~/.:-:j:

:i:t_·11-be.a - slowmotioheqtiivaient'ofthe_c.r;~sli_t~,stdummi:E~s footagewe.'veseen before, but with realpeople.

The steeringwheel is pus~ed'_througp.Lcillnq-~Frank'schestas she foldsaround it. :.:> · · ···

Jungle Julia is-propelledfegt.fi;rst.-thr94gl1the windshield. Like being shot;f1::oma,g\μloμt,ofasharks mouth only tobe,squashed bY t~e colll'.cli'n·g_9ar.--

' '. . ..

Stuntman Mike'sfront tires tea;r..intotheroofof the girls car, and the spinningfront tife .hitsArl~pe_squarein the face, rippingher face off.

Stuntman Mike crashedinto 1:.hegirls:ontbi~,highwaythat· was part of an· overpass,-·so··thetwotw_iste<l,wreckstumble over the side crashing'onto_thehighway be~ow.

Shanna looks up and seesstuntman Mike's car.falling on her, she's pulverized•

into ·theroad in front ofher, it'~ -,:oolat~to do.anything.

She crashes into both ofthe:tnatseverity.i;nilesanhour_.

Destroying her car and herself'~

AFTERMATH

The highway i•s:deserted'exceptfor,the1:>uste~brokencars, and the blood and glass, andflesn·and body parts that litter the highway.

We see a tape put in a tape pla,yei:-~-

··--",':•..

Mike alive and well and upside do\fuinhis car, comes down offhis rush, as. herocks out t:.othemusic.

No one's ali:veto witness his·orgasm,put boy did he have a goodgod damn ti.me.

...~..........~..·-~-~·-·

75.·

We fade up on a hospitaldoor •...Th~,dqor,opens-.,i.Wesee·two· detectives questioning·stuntman:Mike.who·•-~convalescing·;iii a :hospitalbed:: ,·•·· ····· ····· ·

Texas Ranger, EARL MCGRAW_'valk~.p~t-.ot.theroom,·he'sjoined in the hallway by his son,Texas R~-ng·e~.EPGERMCGRAWr;

'_::_•.. '.:••.•,.l:.·•

EDGER _,,tJ( ··soPt>p,what'dya think?

What are you gonna do?

EDG~~ ···whyf

..·...~··~·-·~·

)

FADE UP

·We.fade upon a Big Highway billboard that..says"Welcometo Lebanon,Tennessee".

A SUBTITLEAPPEARS on the screen;

The subtitlefades off.

We look atthe.sign·for a ·moment.•~-.

WHEN

from off screen.A new badass muscle dar; makes a jumpand CRASHESthrough the sign•.•.

The car lands<:>n.thehighway,and just keeps on going.

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INT- CAR (MOVING)·"'"DAY

J

Stuntman Rike,back in ship shape, in a brand.new Death -Proof muscle car,.drivesdown a Tennessee road, blaring hillbilly musicfrom the radio, on the hunt.

He pulls the car intoa "Circle A" convenience store parking lot. He turnsthe engine off as the radio_ continues.

When•••

•••in the p~;rkings.pacenextto him.·.·•

•• •ayellow 2006Mustang with black trim :{KillBill colors) with three girls·intheir ·twenti•espullsup in front ·ofthe Circle A•.

These girls-are partof .,afilincrew.that'areshooting on location in Tennessee~·

Behind the wheel, is a,prettyblack girl with a solid athletic build, dressed:in jeansand·a ti:ghtgreen camouflage t--shirt,namedKIM •(astuntwomah)•

Beside herin the passenger seat,'~isayou~g pretty starlet,LEE, who·by the way justhappens to be dressed in a cheerleaderuniform. And layingdown in the backseat, with herbare feet out the car doorwindow,•;,isthesleepin_g _ABERNATHY (make::upan'd<n.air)• ,· ...

It beingearly dawn,-i:t',:sob~,f6u:'sth.~segirlshavebeen"out

partying all.night,.andhave :tu:t;11.ed;.i_~.:tct,vcu,npires·bythe early morning.olight.,·'··.·•> _;,''.:.'·.<~--,

Like somebody·wouldwatch"fasc:inat·~a,prettycolorfulfish through thewindows•of an·aquarium·,'$trmtmanMikewatches his new3 Girls 3 Posse through_th,,ewindowsofhis - .automobile. · · ..,~,"·

He watchesthem talk silently through thewindow, with only the·sound ofhis -tapeplayers music. .He:.turnsoffthe music and rolls downthe window a crack so hecan hear them .

So·are·you9n the 's~e,fl.oor.as him?

LEE!.,

the seventh.

CUT TO

·INSIDE The GIRLS:CAR- MORNIN;G

'.·.. LEE ·...··_·.--.. .-. ·-·well,-jt:hatwas'_pr~ttymucb..it:..· .we made out in ·the'hall·foraboutten minutes, then I ·s.~nthimoffto his room.

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uu~~ fr.love.themigue;hylips.

'LEE •It-wassexy.

80.·

tEE' ,.. ·I.toldhiin,if we had sex tonight, I'd want to avoid him tomorrow on.·•· set. Now, tlieway>.it'stands,I ·can'twait to see him.

·Kim.turnsto leave the car, to go intothe store and get her coffee.•.

She._,opensthedoor•••-

:.:._.:.~·.:~'.'..:,._,:_:_,·

LEE_·· Aridsome ''SU:rih,Y.ti''i•ft.hey.gotit.

The sleeping'Abernathy, pipe~in,.w~thout getting up or opening her eyes. ·

The two·girls look to the ba_ckseat•

KIM We didn't knq.wyou WE!J:·eawake•

Theylaugh. Kim gets out, then say toLee;

cause youshould drive.··

Kim goes,as Lee scoots over to the dr;i.v;ersseat•

H~ watchesthe cute blcick·girl°withthe ~h so finebehind, walk into theconvenience store a,.nddoher business.·

His eyes go·tothe car'next to hlm, Lee in the driversseat,

bare feet stickingout of the back seat drivers side door.

..;.·······=,,'~'.

Kim is by the colddrinks coc;>ler,,.sh~.getstheSunny ..... Delighti but·they·don,"t:have,'.sugi:tr·--•ff~~)te,~Buil.Jr:,'.so)Jle,, ·walks to the front-door,'opens.it,and yells tothe car · from where she·.is. · ·

..·•,KiM (yelling)...... They ain't'got·su:ga:rfreeRed.Bull. They got reguJ_arRed.~ulland.sμga:i:r fre·e''G.O~Juice''..

-INT- CAR -•:(PARKED)'-MORNING

Lee turns to the.eyesclosed sleeping bea.utyreclining'in the backseat.

Without opening her eyes,Abernathy says;

ABERNATHY_ G.O.

Kim hears this, gets the G.6.Juice, walks up to the counter, places the Sunny Deligpt.cm_j:hecpun.ter,and~sks the guy behind the counter·; •··

The COUNTER '.GUYpullsdown the bottle!3apdtJ1e_smok:e~,.as Kimgees over to the coffee area andproceeds to make._a.big asscup of coffee, called; "The BigA Cup ofCoffee". '· ·.

INT/EXT- STUNTMAN MIKE'S CAR (PARKED)

StuntmanMike.examines her through.his windshield.

His eyes then goto the two bare feet of the sleepinggirl -propped up on thecar door window,,and her :frieildinthe drivers seat zoningout on her iPod. ·

He steps olitofhif3car,.c!,Ildappr94ches:thetwobar;feet ~., Peering insid~/ he·•·~-e~s.•Aberriat.qy.dead-·.to_-__-the.we>rld. ' . . ;.·.;::..· .

· He ·glancesbackatthe store, Kim's not look1ng inthis direction, too involvedin creating the right inixturefor her big ass cup ofcoffee. Lee, back to hini,earphones in. her ears, singing_alongwith lier·.i:Pod-.

,: ,·. .,..-•.-

He.looks·back to sleepingbe~uty, and th~,pretty barefeet he's close.enoughto touch. · · ·

·stuntmanMike removes·theblack leather gloye from his burnt right hand. Taking his index finger, he runs itdown -.. the·bare?soleofAbernctth:y'sfoot.

·Hewatches her.

she doesn't-stir.

...

He then takes his fingerand light~yruns it up her bare sole, from heel to bigtoe.

)

CU ABERNATHY· / the sleeping woman twitche.s,•••

The black girl inside still.occupied.,••

•~.The girl directly in frontof hint-,~~liyious~s_inging out loud to the song on her iPod.. • •·-

···sofar, so good.

Tim:e topress his 'luck~..

He takes his-index finger aridruns itacross her toes.

This makes Abernathy stir,.-·and.removeherfeet,fr.omth~ window.

) Stuntman Mike has blastedpass and waiks around-thehood of ) his car to his-driver sidedoor•..He doesnit hurry like he's guilty and fleeing,but like he's_.abetentmindedly rushing to his ca:r;arid·maybe,he.acc:ideQtl}T,.brushedpass her feet on'his·way',·as·wellasL"eers:e1oowsthatwas sticking out the.drivers··sidec.i:r'<:loot''\.i{ndow.:

With ear phones.still_in)ier,eJi~.,s.heyel~~.afterhim;

She turns around and se·e'''sAberrtathysittingupinthe ·backseat. She smj,.lesandremovesthe iPoQ.:fromhe+ ears•.

ABERNATaY' No, it wasn't yori;···Thatguybumped into my..feetwhen h~.w~lkedby~-

I·don'tknow why, but it kinda creeped me out.

Justthen Stuntman Mike's musclecar, ROMS to life, he REVS IT UP, vibrating nextJ:o1:~etwo girls.

Lee smiles and hold~ tipher two fingersmaking a small pinchgesture to Abernathy in theback seat.

Shesmiles · tillshelooks··e>ver··afStuntman~ike(forthe firsttime) sta:ringback at her, sllli~ing.

Upon seeinghis face,·her smile fadesand she says to herself;

Her next cardoorneighbor, sl.ail\Sthecarintoreverse, and peels out ofthere layin'·rubber out to theroad.·

:•··\. She shakes her head;__·no.

/.·

Then they·notice Kim standingat th~--store'frontdoor, yellin~ at them again.

':KIM (yelling) Hold-on a minute! I gottatake a f_uckin'piilS'!·

-Both Abernathyand:Lee smile,saying to· themselvesquietly

\ ABERNATHYand LEE I / (quietly tothemself) That's a little more information than we ·needed;Kim.• •. (then yellingback

••• Butyougo right·ahead!

Kim.does.

..ABERNATHY . Well sine~ :t•mup I μdght as_ well hitthe ATM. . . ·.

Abernathy gets her money when.he'i·phonerings. It's whistling Bernard Herrmann's'theme from "KillBill".

ABE:RNATHY (into·.phone) Hello.

'...'.,,.',--:.-~,..,.,~:,:,,,-.:._.._,--: V

Abernathy looks outthe window and see·•s·Leeinthe car talking to-her_onher celi phone. -·· ·i /

She turns towards theCounter Guy.

_ ,ABERNATHY Do you have Alluxe?'

-.-COUNTER/GUY _-,Magazinesbythewindow; ifashion ·--.:section·uptop.

TIME CUT

An Allure magazine·is toss.edonthe'-counter.-

The Counter Guy rings itup.

r. ABERNATHY No·that's okay, this'llbe all, thanks alot anyway •

••• when hesaysto her back;

COUNTER-·Gt.TY I have this,-months._issueof --Italian -_.vogue•._..

••• shestopsin.her tracks•••

••• thenslowly,turnis,herhead•tolookat him;

-Thismonths?

Listeningto her iPod, when Abernathy comesout to her. She removesher headphones.

:ABERNATHY· Okay, listen to <this•.·ThecircleA clerk has thismonths Italian- Vogue.

·ABERNATHY Way.

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Abernathy,.who,\v'as.leaningi11totheca;t:o,speak·withLe.e-,- straightensups to walk back in the store and seesStuntman Mike'scar parked dov!nhe road. When..she .lpoksdireptlyat it, thea.utornol>iles'peedsa:wc:3.y.

This troublesthe young lady but she';snot:SJ.Jr~W.P.Y•,.··

A group of passengers,.are. disembarkingfromanairplane, and filing outinto the ai,ipb.tt._,'. ·

Kim, Lee, andAbernathy are watch.Ing;them,disembark,

searching_for arecognizable face. , • •

Which.is what theysee when the bouncy, athletic, and,cute as abugs ear Kiwi,ZOE BELL·,exits the airplane.

Upon seeing thewaiting friends, Zoe lights up, and bounces over to them, passingout hugs.

It's .alsoobvious thatwh.ileKim and Abernathy.know Zoe, Lee doesn't.

It's.also equally obviollsthatZoe and Kim are very close, which will.make 'sensewhenthe audience realizes both gals are Stuntwomeri.

K°IM Hey cam,ouflageis t_henewblack, it ·goes_witheverything_~--

After the girlfrleridsexchangehllgs_··a~dgreetings•••

Kim and Abernathy introduce theirne"'7 locationbuddyLee to Zoe.

Zoe shakes the ctctres,seshaqgsttong.a:p.c:lv.:i.~orously,"likea bloke, her New Zealand accent singingE,ic>rig:ingagreeting.

From a long distance away, we see the'fourwomen, complete with-Zoe's baggage, exit the airport.

·-;: ..:.:..::

We SNAPZOOM to a medium of:Zoe,·then a CLICK SOUND.off screenand the ima·geof Zoe:FREEZES·. -·.

Sergio'LeorieCUof Stuntman Mikebbserving th~ gii:-ls throughthe shutter of his camera. · ·

SNAP ZOOMand FREEZE FRAME to each 'girl.inturn.

StuntmanMike lowers the camera from.,in..f~<:>ntof.his.face;:•· smilesa shit eating grin {he's back·1n business).

STUNTMANMIKE {tohimselfl Hello Ladies• We're gonna have a good time.· ·

H~ exits-FRAME.

CUT TO

The four girls arepacked-in'the car.

1$ERNA'.I:'HY •••y.ourtimingcouldn't be better, Zoe. It just sohappens, we're all. three off dutyfor the next three days of shooting.

·Theyall laugh.

KIM:· ._ __ oh,that's greaJ:.-Now it's_gonnabe one bf-'theni:da.ys't·can·'t'getthe Moesha theme out_of my head·.

The·riameCecilis pronounc~d likeCecil 13rt>wnandrhymes with vessel. Not like "Beany'arid·cecil".andrhymingwith diesel. ·,·

ZOE ___ Solet's hear it la.dies,set- _Ro:μiances,who's,_Q:ettingit-off?

'ABERNATHY·· He's a grip.·

...~.--•-·....:..... -....,.. '.-.

ZOE _ j Well he ke_epssoundingbetter-and better. What'shis -_perversi<;>n?

LEE __ He likes towatch me pee.

The girls laugh.

Kim and_Abernathychant;

,ABERNATHYand KIM (singing}. Lee's.sitting on-~hetoilet.and Toolbox.is.watch,irigher_pee., P~r..:,ss..;r-N-G.··

- .ZOE. Your llavir1'oneoffwith The Rock? ...-\. LEE \ -Not ·thereal Rock. He' sa ! electrician named Bruce. But Kim ./ calls..·.him.-~---theRock'cause'.helooks like him, and nowwe al-1justcall him The Rock.

·KIM Yeah, this :1san all.star c;rew.We gotta guy looks like·Nie Cage, and a guy who looks like PeeWee Herman, t9q.

Thegirls laugh.

....•.·.·-·..·.._.·__,•.

They laugh.

,'·..:~).,'

;ZOE How longhave,you had ac:.B6yfriend?

The other.·girlslaugh. .·.,~:-:...'·

ZQ:E. . . All of Kim'sbc,yfriends,started out as.somebodyelses boyfriend.

They laugh.

LEE .· Abby'~got the bigKahuha.

KIM , (smartas,s)..... Because he's aman?

K;I:M Oh stop actin'_likeyou all hurt, your ass is just.mad.

Yeali,he;s a stand-in fucker.

The girls laugh.

ZOE .....· Did he know it was your birthday? He is the director, he's kinda busy.

ABERNATHY

1·· He ate a piece of my birthdaycake,

and he got me a present. Yeah, I think he knew.•··

·..,:.ZOE..... What did he get you·?·

,Yeah.···

••ABERNATHY

say, sodon •·tevengo there.

ABERNATHY· Look I know youguys like him, he's likable. But he·fucked another · woman onmy birthday, how can you not be onmy side?

·-~.·-·,.-..·~~,,_·.,··--·,_

~IM

')

Sorry.

ABERNATHY.,

The answerto your question is no, of coursenot.

girlfriend insix•:years,·isbecause ·girls wili fllckhim. And :.ifyou fuck Cecil, youdon't ·becomeone of his girlfriends-~ not to say I· want.to be his girlfriend·::--butif I did want tobe his girlfriend,·if. ·.lfucked him, Iwouldn't be ·his girl.friend,·I'dbeone of his regulars. And I;m justgetting too ·fuckin'old.for thatshit.-·

ZOE ) ..How about blow :jobs?

ABERNATHY· :We've.kissed.

·MERNATtlY Yes·~·;I'htelethim'give.me'a;foot message,'and,when'we go:tothe movies, I~ve iet>h.iri{hold:my.hand .

-•''.KIM. ··iBitchfyouFmayhe'!ac1;:'ip',like· ~oti'ret~elve;yea'rs'dl,clr_bujhe's Justactin,·like a man;''Ybuneed· tobe break that nigga offa piece.

So letme get this straight,you're · notfuckin'em,;you're.not ~uckin' :.em,youJre not giving_-'hiμt·ahy tongue._But Dafyl·'f:iannah'sstand -in is~ You know some'·cultures might sayhe macI,ethewiser.choice•

Try beingmarried to a··prickwho cheats onyou~ ·andiseeif you' re

No.·

KIM .,

finally breaks downaridJnarries your ass, he's madethe decision to

to hold that shit''offrtothe'l-ast· possible minute. Not onlythat, he's even made:,aivowto·God,and in front:·•of,hispee:f/jle,s,~::that•·;he's gonna·settle·downl!:•Nowhowthat· shit works in tJ:ie:10&0:nqtun ·remainsto be seen. For both y'all~ ·sut·that'sa.whole different thing.,i:But'this,I'm your girlfriend you're my boyfriend Mickey Mouse m~ss?

KIM

Saturday night;.andon my birthday and Christmas,;tllatni.ggabettergo deep iri·pocket.And by the way, what the fuckare we talkin' about anYWay•. You'reneither married to Ceqilor hfs.girlfriend•.,That n;ig9c1,ca,ndowhath~plec:1se. ·_Beforeyou canclaim a nigga, _you got to claim anigga. And you can

ha11d_jop_inthepack of .thevan on ':i.\iesday,~.1;-

I_.k.riow.you~!•·t.J;lut·.youknowwho

in th_atbig as~ ~~ion of his.

..~ stretchshit out as longas you-

have_withCecil.· If·you suddenly ge_t dirtyon'em, it blows their mind.

better recognize,.Cecil'sa good man. You givehim a hand job on Tuesday,_andhe'll write your ass a poem on Wednesday.·And when y'all ,get~~J~d, at your weclding,you 9ive.:mep~esents.

Abernathy_ha;s:stcjppedcμ:-guing,andsitsbackthinking·abit about whather friendsaid•

·,~v~rand q~newith; -them-twogonna _get .tnar,rie,<:l.

ABEilNA;THY I 'mnot gonnamarry him_.

J~IM Mark-my-words!

Thegirls la-q~h..

'' ' 1\BERNATHY . .· Okay,..callifjustJ:ake;·Jny3-exlife oft the ·taole? ····

' .·,,''··.:ZOEL.,'. ···..';. Acttia).;t.y~·it_.was,.Cecil's,sex·life t~at was on the t$le and yourlack ofone. · ·

The girlsbu'st'up,·:especla11y'ikwhodcj~s.aSam Jackson _pimplaugh. '_.•· •,::

; . .

,Zoe.andKirn'g,¼'vea:highfive•

'.·.'.''··.'Al)ERNA'l'HY ·<>nfuc~both..of·youand your little high-five. · ··

AB:ERNATHY So Zoe, Kim,and I are in the Philippines.}tt_anqμt,cloor· rave.

~E What were youworking on?

-KIM·_ "Three Kicks ToTbe Head Part III"•

@d adm;ittediy~.we'realittle '_:fucked'up'~''''···· ··:-·:._:·..:.. ~OE Cheers to .that.•

·story.

So Zoe the genius wantsto take a ·pictureof me. ._It'sdarkas hell,

_·got''hercamera,ar.idk~et>ssaying step back a·little. So Ido. Then a little further.. So I·stepback a little further. ·step back..inore. So"I"-do,then I :tealiz.eI'mright -atthe edge of·a seven Joo:t: . concrete ditch, with god knowshow many rocks and broken bottle_sand ·rats-in"it. And if t 'telli'.nthat;,_.·.__- ·Iwouid 'vebroken my fuckin' neck~ so·I'myelling at her;."Zoe,.you..

·abc;mtit,anclwalk a little ·furthe.~,and·_.zo~fstartsfuc;:kin; ;around,'anddamn"if she do~sn't fall inthe fuckin' ditch/

The other·girlslaugh.

Zoe takestheir laughter like ~pplause andbows.

..•.ABERNATHY.. "What,with Zoe·theC!ati 1-{othing. If I fell in that fuckin'thing, they would of_lladtohelicopter me out of there. Zoo justlands on her feet. -But then later,I star"t:.edfeelinga,littlebaclabout..· myself. Zoe fallsin the ditchand it's nothin'. we•·relaughing about it._ If I fell, I probablywould of been fuck~n' paralyzed.

') ). } KIM

Well,.physically speaking,·Zoeis

nimbleness,thei;-e.'sfew· human ...being.s1;ha1:,can.competewithZoeon that:front.

The othergirls'·laugh,Zoe acts.miffed.

Zo€ acts irate.

K;t:M... Check it out, bitch.~

Zoe bends down and looks.uriq~the table.

Kim-lifts her left pant leg up andwe see she wears a

ZOE ·.,. (impresse,d).· Oh, niceorie,.·Mate~

LEE · What's aRC>scoe?

101..

-LEE Do you-have a:liceri§e·tocarryit?

-·-·Idichl:'t·knowyoq·were·:a '. ·-··•:,··.'

The-other-thr~e.loQkcither·incredtllously~·~•

'ZOE That'sKim forya', always takin' the piss.

_ ZOE Dori'thurt yqurself,-it'sOzbonics, ~ate.

LEE ·,·- _.·(toAl,>ern~t:hy). Did .youknow Kim Carriesa gun?

ABERNATliY Yes. Do I approve, no. Do I know, 'yes.

ABERNl\.THY. ._ You can't get around the fact that peoplewho carcy guns tend to get shotmore than peop~e who don't.

-KIM All~you,c.;n.,tget,around.::the-fact, ,_..-.that.i;fI·•·•godown•tothe•'laundry

enough times,.·Imigb..tgetmyass raped.

-., ,,KIM Fuck that!· twanna do my laundry whenever the fuckI wanna do my · l~:t1ndry.·

There's other thingsyou can c~rry other thim a·gun. Pepper sp~ay.

-KIM-.- Motherfucker tryto rape me, I don't wanna giye hima_skin rash. I wanna shut that niggadown. ·

ABERNATHY, How 'bout a knife at least?

KIM-- _ You wh~t happens tomotherfucker's

J

_L9ok,if I eve:rrbecomea _famous_ - ac::tress,-_I>wpn'·t:.carrya•gUn.I'11 hire.me a:-do-dirt--nigga,andhe'11 carry the-gun. And·when shitgoes _down, I'll sit back and laugh. But untj,.lthatday, ;it'sWildWest motherfucker,- _ .(to zoe) so Zoe,you thought aboutwhatch~' wanna do first?

_,·.:..-.:.·-.,..-...:,•..:._.,..

The girlslaugh.

·,ABERNATHY Iguess we can talk to transpo, doesit--haftabe a Dodge·-charger?

ZOE' t It'sg9t to be a 1970 Dodge Charger with a 358 engine.

The_girls;--bus.tout·laughing.

She takes outa local newspaper.

Both Kim and Abernathy wince· whenLeesays the "A" word• ·

Zoe acts mock angry.

Lee is confused.

Abernathy explains.

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...,...ABERNATHY Zoe's·fromNew Zealand, andyou never,I repeat never, calla Kiwi an,A9-ssie.-•··

... ·· ·..··KIM Thatlis.unlessyou want your ass kicked•..

It'\o1oulqbelike:mecall:in'Kim African.

1.'liat•,~,okay;.·Ir~j:risttakingthe ·piss.outtaya. ···Acklandto·c1.nswe~ ,·your-question•..·Anyway,I'': subscribedto the local .paperabout a month ago.

:KIM No.wwhy in thef~ck you wanna local redneck newspaperin New Zealand?

KIM· And y9u wanna:buy i:t?

·..•:..-··>;·,~

·ZOE; · What's "Vanishing l?oint"?'L'Abby,·· I'm supposed to be the illiterate one. It~s just one of the best American movies',evermade·~

..Ofcourse I did, I'ma ·girl. But I also watched car shit,tcx:f. ''VanishingPoint", "DirtyMary, Cr~zy:·Larry'',''Gonein60seconds"

....1Jolie'·.bullshit. . . :··..

INT- BARN - ,DAY

JASPER,the hillbilly who owns thetobacco road garbage farin(thatseems to be the only thingthat:grows) ,that the girlshave driven to~ opens up the doors tohis barn.

All fourof the ladies·take in th~ i;>lfscreensight.The

gobbsmacked.

,>;c' ,;.'KlM {to heiself TJithablack rhythm) Now,that:'f3lihat::~'m,.talJdn'about.

·ZOE (in her,,Kiwirhythm) That'swhat I '.intalkin'about.

·We.s.eewhat·theysee;.

A. totally·badas·sWhiteDodge b1iai~e~·straightoutof the mov;i.e "VanishingPoint".·· ·.·'· ·····

TIME CUT

They pop the hood,we look up at the two girls_.They like

·wesee what they see,a beautiful engine, that, gearheads that they are, getsth~ wet'.

Back to the two girls.

This shit's off ,thefuckin'hook.

TIME CUT

EXT·-BARN - DAY

Lee, in.hershort skirt che~rleader·:unifonn,isasleep in a rustypatio furniture·.chair.·Abertpathy.•J;iitsonthreetires stackedon top of each other. ·. ·

An.uglydog who looks like he just e.scapedaKorean kitchen,walks through frame.

Zoe and Kimare haggling with Jits.per~·,,zoesaystoJasper•

_j

_) JASPER

,You lad:i.e~t~keyourtime._..

·zoE f'intendto~ .EfotfirstI need to ask you somethin~.

Kim's-entire-demeanorchanges.

· ...-..·,_.;.·........ .

zoE·

.. Kif.t'..·'···•·...·..···.

are we never·gon.11aplay~;hfpsMast again,<butya·also ·said,:''lf''you ever do, whaty9.~'retrying to do now, to ·not-only'i·e;fμse,.J;>U1:.thp.t,I ,had permission:~Qp~ys.i,.ca-1,.ly restrain··you:r;.•ass,i:i'.fnecessary•

that'.? . . . ..',. .·.

Zo€ opens.hermouth·to weaset out of it.

·Yes, I·said it·-- how~ver

Kim·hoids up .herhand •

Whatever with xq,urhowever.

ZbE'' Look, I know I EJaidit. And I know Imeant it. :·-,

..,,,:zo:&·> Butwhen· :t.sai<iit,1<didnitmean in America.·

....,:.,.,.:,,~·-·,_.·:.-•-•..,...·.,~,:.,.~:.•...

...:..zo:f :.'';, ,...·· I know what·r said, whenI said it. But when .Isaid:i;t,Ididn.' tknow

I said it, if I had knownI''dcome ·to America and have theopportunity tq _playShips Mast on t};iefucking Vanish:i..ng·Point:c;haige~,,.Iwouldof aclged-~-howenie.t'".•._:r:-ight?

...KIM. • · ok~y~-.·ocidly-~nougb,-..I ,a,qtu,ally tinderstoodf:bat~ HowE:?y~~,just . ..because!you.talk~clyourselfinto. some stupid.shit;·doesn'tmean I've. lost my goddamn mind. Youneed two people to play Ships Mast.,and-I.· ·ain-' tplaying.

ZOE

·I 11·crackyour back.

· z·oE Of course Iwould,-but now, -while I'm here, I'll_beyour back cracking slave. !Ulytiμteyouwant it, ya got.it,you don't even hafta ask for it. Youcan order me to do it. -Justsay;·11Bitch,..git·over here and getbusy".

Kirnthinks about.this a moment •••thenmakes a deal.

Theyshake on it.

Thetwo girHJ'walk over'tJ.Abei:p~thy,'th~·sleepingLeeis ·inthe b. g~•

'So ·we're'gon'.hci·.seeif.t)lis·..guy' 11 let us take the car out'without him ..If he.,d,oes,youstayhere with Lee·,and we'11 be backin a bit. . -

-zd'.E I said;wfi'regonna see if thisguy'll: letus take the.car out with·--

'ABERNATHY -- Iheard what you ~aid, I just can'tbelieve what you saicl. You know{ youtwo got SC>Ine:fuckin' balls.

; ZOE We're doin'more than that.

KIM.· Actually,.we;r~:paying·yoti.a cotnplimerit,causewe're·gonnado some stupid shit. But.that's okay, cause we're stu~tpeople, we ain-'t got good ·sense.·Butyou.got·good s·ense,and anybodywith good s.ense, ain't gonna wannado what we're doin'. .·'

·zoi cauiie.yoμ');~~..mom.

ABERNATHY

} I _yot1_know;-we~resupposeto ·bethis

_-big"I>,osse",-.· --·_---.•__._ · (she makes.,,·-qu6tes··_·_ : __.,:in 'theair)·-- ______ but_.tllat'stheexcuse _you\ghysuse whemev,~ry;ouwafit'toexclud~me fr.om--something.•-<Sowhatisityou two daredevils are doing,that.I'm jμst so uncool, I·Can't possibly understand? ·

-.zoE (unde~ her breath) You know, since we're kinda conning this guy, niaybe>it'spest w~.don't go ,j.-n.d.etailabo:ut'0it,whilehe's ..watchin'·us•,-B:e~ides,he's_ . probat>lynotgonna_let u~ do it• · anyway.

-ABERNA'l'H.Y

_him into it. But if I talk him into it, I goalong.

KIM

/

How you gonna dothat?

$he makes a·face•••

~.-.facegoesaway.

,ABERNATHY •••I'm-gonnainsinuate that Lee's· gonna blow 'em.

Allthree girls burst out laughing. Kim does her Sam Jacksonpimp laugh.

....-....-~_.- ....._.

11.3.

0:KIM·- Okay, list,~nllp;•.mommy~Ifyou're gonna hang withthe cool kids, you- got-tp...,,be-cool.We,.:takeyoualong, you don't sa.yshit.<You don,'teven S?-Y,cr~p.•.,:l'oujustsi\tinthe b~ck, and.I gon't.wan:na'heiarapeep outta•.your::ass•.You·understand?

Abernathy is•happy, h~rcooi friends are letting·herplay with them.

··~IM, ..IiInseZ::ioμs:now,youstarthagginI •·us,.we' re.;pul1in'overto·theside

and pickin' you up later.··•.

Abernathywalks over to the hillbilly.

A;BERNATHY Hel:J.o,sir•

Jasper.

ABERNATHY· Abernathy

She starts to continue•..

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What your firs.t-.name?.

Al3EfillATHi.' T~at is rny,firstname.

She·startsto dontinue..•

What kind of :firstname isthat?

...JASPER Okay {.Abby. ...

·• .AB:ERNATHX To better·sell.y9urautomobile.

She does kind of a ta-tapresentation-of,:>,.•:,thesleepingLee•.

Jasper lo.oks•·

JASPER· Why does she look kinda :fatftiliar?

ABE:~ATHY That would be becaus~ she'sa · · ·famousactresEJ.

· ·She· holdstipthe:AllureMagazine·;openedtoLee's article.

Jaspertake.sit, looks at it, then ather~ then to Abernathy.

Wellyou see,we're IIlakinga· Hollywood;m,9vieintown, and it's a cheerlead.er''movie,and.she'soneof the·cheerleaders.

Abernathy,sta;:tsto sayno-,then changes 4.tto;

• '• •,, ,.' . • I

··ABERNATHY Yes it is;··But.do_n't.mentionit, she's shy.

\

ABERNATHY •. .·•. r ,;-' It was cheaperto shoot here. You

·.y6U,butyo'llac;tual:lylookliJ(e _Lee'slast boyfriend. she digs your type•.

ABERN~THY With pretty .girls,younever know, Jasper.

The:ChargerROARS to life.

·Waking' upthe~leepingcheerleader....:-.

The.threeother girl.s~e in the cctr.

.. ABE~ATHY .._ (yellsout the c;ar _.···doorwinclow) _c;'_ .~ Lee th.tsisJ'~sper,-Jasper;Lee,-ypui two kids stayout of trpuble.

Like tliatold commercial,Kim yelle;.-....

(Theypeel out in a s.howerofgravel.

Lee looks up at Jasper standingover her.

The VanishingPoint Charger drives down thelone country road, cutting_through:theforest~

-Insideare the three giris. Kim'beh.i.ndthewheel,Zoe in the passengerseat, arid·-Abernathyintheback.

Zoe beginspreparing for "Ships Mast".:

_Abernathyasksquestions but'is told-tQ shutup.

Zoe.takesher belt off, and asks Abernathy-forhers.

-.Shethen wraps·both,beltsaround the car__doorwindow_ on both sides. .

Then shimmies outof the passenger car door w~ndowup on to the Chargers roof.

·A shocked Abernathystarts to .saysomething and Kim c_uts her to the quick. · ' · ,

·AsKim speeds down theroad, Zoe sits .onthe roof. She then lowers herself downthe windshield on to the.hood.

_Kim driveslooking pastZoe;:sas's.··

Zoe on the hood finds thebelt on the passenger side and· hangs on to -•itwithher righ~hand. ';I'h~-Kim helpsherge:t.. ahold of t~e belt on.-thedriversside~.. .

••• thenonceZoe has both belts inher'h~nds, she lbwers oh her·backall the way down the_J:iood,till.herkneesare over theh~od, and her heels rest 'onthefender. • • .

·Thenwith her arms stre.tchedout, indher legs spread eagl_e,layingflat on the 'Charger~hqod likea- humanhood ornament,or a.• •''Ships·Mast"•~•:

She nodsher head forward•••,

•••which IsKim's c,ueto punch-it•••

The muscle carspeeds down the roadw±tb·the crazy Kiwi on the hoocl,laughingher ass·off._ ••

CUT TO

/ CU STUNTMAN MIKE W/BINOCULARS .·,.. ~ helowers the specks.fromhis face. This is asciose to flabbergastedas StuntmanMike ever gets·and thecause;of hisflabb~rgastation is-the•·:t:w0,.-.bc1d.·!=1S~-s-tμntghiqkswho,· apparentlylike to playas rough as he does. ·

He looksaround~••

There'snobody around. ··Theyarein the mi<:lcileof.vast Nowheresville•

She· ROARStorumbling life.

He_buckles.allhis buckles, as •••·

~••hisfoot revs the g~s.·

...

·When he's.safeand secure, one hand.goe:s.totl).egear~hift and theother to the wheei••• and •••

••• He takesoff.afterthem •

life, beforeconnecting with asphalt.

·once she hitsthe highway, ·shestraightens outand power swims likea shark. Rubber to road likea fint}u.:ough,.the· water.

THROUGH THEWINDSHIELD coming up fastbehind the girls car.

THE··GIRLS~

STUNTMANMIKE· so ishis.

·The grillof his car coming up fast.

<-~-:••. \ ABERNATHY somethingmakes her look behin~ her.

ABBY'S Pov·. stuntmanMike ';sbadassmuscle car:;.comingatnet at ''120 miles an hour.

'ABERNATHY .. (toherself) Oh my God.·

KIM~S eye goes.up to the rearview.

Stuntman Mike's grill CRASHESinto the girls.ass•••

• •• BAM!

StuntmanMike's.car hits them with s·uchforce:,that ·Abernathyis propelled from the backseat;through the space in thefro.rrt:seatbetweenthe driver andpassenger s~ats, crashinghard into the dashboard. ·· ·

We see fromhis windshield, the girls car shoot ahead.

His car shoots forwardheading for another era.shon the girls ass.

·STUNTMANMIKE. yee hawing,-waiting fori~pact_•.

CRASH!

Z<>e'shand is.j~rkedloose from one of tJ:lE?,belts.,·.

....·\ ..'·. '•·•·..'··.·..·.-~-\._..:··.-/.:_.·....·......~'-:,..":.

As she ·starts.to·slideoffthe hood, sh,equickly flipsover ....._._,__ on her belly, and grabsthe frame between,the.h.oodandthe windshield, like a cat ona tree. · ·

What the.'fuckin..·'•· .hell!.·.·•..-..

Theri she. seeswhat'sup. StuntmanMike •·searstarts to pullalong side.the girls car.

He swerveshis ca.r---intotheirs.

Zoe isliterally yanked from her perch,_anddoes a 180. · twirland slide.· She's now facing th~opposite way, head towardsthe grill, feet towards thewindshield~-·Wi-tl:tno

grill., .. . .

KIM andABERNATHY

,goddamn'thlngthey can do.

ST$'1'MMff1l~.. hits the gas~

She has no choice••• She's gotto out race him

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/

She hitsthe gas .••

and the·chaseis··on.

Kim s9reains·to'.'Abby;.

As we·cut back·an:dforthbetween the two cars•••·

••• Abbytriesto reach the.·gun,but can•·tdo it as Kim ..drives, with~ut fuckingher up ..

And Kim just·may be abetter driver.. He's cha.singafter

her,.

••.-.she.seestheasphaltof thehighway speeding under h~r.

She grabs hold of the hood ornament,with one'hand, and as her upper body begins to fold over the side, ~l).ebraces .. herself PY pushing against the fenderwith her other har_id, thus stopping her slow slide. ··

precariousas hell? Yes. Will a slight bump send'herover the side? Hell yeah!

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Suddenlythe pavedro~.d opens upinto a_big clearing.

A barnis off to the side. A pile.-ofrubbish. And a big fieldof tall grass.

It open~up so wid~,_stuntman Mike.c.angetbeside them, and· clips themhn the girls left side•

dreidel,whipping az:ound.afull threereVolU:tions.

Zoe -issentflying _fromthe hood·~

"TALLGRASS . _ _ __ ,_ Zoe as if shotfrom a gun that uses New Zealandwomen as

brush. Her fallis obstructed from view. ·

shell shocked.

·StuntmanMike has stopped,too. He-looks at the g.i,.rls. He's.thinking maybehe should-let.·thesegirls•,_be.

, .

When ~im turns and ~eeshim and his car.stop~d. she yanks · thepistolout of her ankleholst_er,. ·br.;ngsitupandFIRES at him. - -

The Bullet hits him right inthe shoulder. .He·screanisat· theexplosion in his body.

Likea cow~dly dog, he hits thegasand drives off.

Both girlslook straight.ahead,their windshield poiri.:t:ing. directlyat tlietall <jra~s. Theirheilrts,•readyto'explode overtheir friends fate~

When•••

• • •ZoeI~figureway in.:tlleb<1.ckgr◊1.tndt<leapsupfbr:a moment·above.thegras,sand she says.;

) KIM and ABERNATHY both break out inrelieved laughter.

Abernathy rollsher eyes, putting her hands up inthe air..

Zcxfwalks out ofthe gi::assandupto the girls.

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ZOE:. Wher:e,sthe ·fuckin,maniac?

Kim andZoe look ._at.each0ther•.

zoE Wanna catch 'em?

Zoe sees something. .:.t·,......._··

She runs o:ver:tothe ,junkpile,and pti.lt"soutah~avy duty·•·. pi~ce of:pipe. ·Then hops inthe back•.

Kim speeds off after Mike.

-STUNTMANMIKE . .. . ..·•·,...·,-.: stopshis car. He's b1eedingand hurting worse.~:·lle'sb~en shotin the left shoulder, sohecan't:mbv~ his Ieft ai:m. With his right hand he unbuckles his straps,wincing and grimacingwith each movement.

He struggleswith his right.arm to get at hi.sglove.box.

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He finally doesand takes out a;bottle-of FourRoses whiskey. He spins'qffthe cap with his thlllttb,andtakesa big down the hatchswig. ·· ··

As the neck of thebottle is in his'tnouth,.hiseyesgo to -the rear:viewmirror,and·he sees Kim's Chargerbeading at his stopped car_·atfU:11 speed••• beforehecan teinove'the bottle... _,,

•••BAM!

No longer held tightby the restra:i,nts,hisface smashe_s into the.steeringwheel with the bottle-in the middle~

Everything but;the:steeringwheel shatteri:J.-·-

The car is sent flying.

Stuntm.anMike sere~ in_agony.

-Withhis face smashed and ble~ding,wit:b:aglass sticking out of his face·and .neck,he seesKim starting her stalled car to ram him again.

He franticallystarts his car andpeels out in fleeing -terror.

The girlsare hot on his trail.

in hotpursuit. Zoe in the back says:

·Abernathydoes.

Zoe startswrapping it around her waist.

Chase back and forth.

Once the,--belt'son;·

She does.

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Now Kim;.J neeq;you_.topull.up along side.of him onyour s.ide, then pull ahead of him,but keep to his rightL

Kim starts'doing 'thi~.

The two Cc;lrSareparallel.

Kimand ·stuntmanliiikesharea·look. Roles :reversed,,:he's scarredand shaken,.she's the catplaying wi~h the· mouse•.

·Thegirls car pulls ahead.·

·ZOE Now when I tell ya, hit the brake', got it?

zoe opensthe back seat car ·door.

Kim foot stomps-on·the·brake.

The tires l9ck.

· .STUNTMANMIKE

• ••Wll.AM•••

••• hetakes it right_offclean as a whistle.

-Zoe,who now hasn't anybackseat_car door, says·to, Abernathy;

/ \ )

You're not·goin(J'anywnere,,,Matef·,'

That's what-Iwanna hear.

·Picking·up the leadpipe, she says to Kim;

··Kim,pull.supci:1ongsideof.;him.

z·oewith the·pipe raisedlike a whale harpoon, Abernathy· ·wit}:lonellandhol4ingontoto Zoe's belt,.arid,the."otherarm wrapJ>edaround the seat.

The spinning back.wh~el,ofthe S:tuntrnan'scarcomes into FRAME next to.the open backseatdoorway.

..}. ABERNATHY

Ready.

ZoeHARPOONS the pipe into the wheelwell, then quickly letsgo.·

·'StuntmanMike'srlghtback tire locksup, and h~s tail, goesup in the air, and he FLIPS END OVEREND down the highway,smashing the fucking shit out of·the·car•

·Whenthe car finally stops,it's upside down.

Inside the wrecked vehicle,stuntman Mike isn't dead but he's totally busted, broken,and helpless. ·

-~\ Then he .seesthethree·pair'of·feetwalk towards him. _.__,..,.;. He'scompletely..helpless•

· They- jerkhisdriversside door:·open,androughly yank his _bustedup ass out of the veh,icle.

Yankinghim up on to his feet, whilepounding music blares on thesoundtrack, the threegirls,with their fists, beat him todeath.

When hehits the red asphalt, stuntmanMike is no more.

·_oncehehits the g1aound,with the thre~,g~r~sstanding over him •••

The FILM FREE_ZEFRAMESlike an old schooll<UngFu filinthat ends·atthe death blow~

·~-CheesyWhite Optical "The End" pops·up,onthe screen.

And withoutanymore to do, "Death.Proof" is over.

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