"DEATH PROOF" (2007)

This script ·is dedicated to the poet laureate of The Drive-in

POV OF A CAR WINDSHIELD- DAY

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

·The opening credits play out over this image.

As the music contir:mes

A tall (maybe 6.ft): Ainazo~ian; Mulatto goddess. wal~s down her hallway, dressed iii a baby tee, and. panties that her big· ase (a good thing} spill out .of, and heir long legs grow out

moves to the cool rockabilly beat as she paces like a tiger putting on her clothes.

Outside her apartment sh~ hears a "Honk Honk"~

She sticks :her long mane of · silky black curly hair, her . giraffish neck and -her broad shoulders, out of the window and yells down to a car below.

This sexy chick is Austin, Texa·s, local celebrity, JUNGLE JULIA LUCAI, the most popula~ discjockey of the coolest rock radio station in a music town.

Two girls are' getting out of a white Honda civic~ that's parked.across the street from Jungle Julia's apartment.

One girl is SHANNA...

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

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

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

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Shanna being a Texas native. ) _.. , Julia being from Los Angeles.

Arlene being from Brooklyn.

After school wa·s -over, Arlene went back t:.o·,-ll~:w-York, Julia got into·the ·I~cal Austin musi¢ se.~ne,, bep9~11i,.nga fixture: - \-

the local oldies radio station Austin :Hot Wax 505, and in. the process turning into one of the most popular local cetebrities since Stevie,Ray Va:μghn...

Arlene's in town visiting .. for a week, ahd it's,sorta ii: fallin' on:Shanna to take_ car~ of her.

But since Julia's· b_ecome a celebrity; in the· meantime,; -every _-pian arrangement, :and girls night ;out is vaguely catered ·around Julia.

As Julia screams down' to them·; Arlene hurries across the . street and screams up to her in her thick Brooklyn accent.

SHANNA-_ (yelling up) We-won't!

· As Arlene and Shanna hurry up the stairs to Julia's apartment, the rockabilly on_ tbe sgundtrac;:k is cut off- (by_•· a 'needle being lifted) and a different song is put on the . - - soundtrack. .

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

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

Julia points in the direction of the bathroom.

~ lene disappear~ behind the bathroom. do91,=•.__•.. )-. _., Shanna and Julia dance to the record while Arlene pee,s ~--

Arlene is sitting -on the' toilet, a hor 1ie rac;, st+~am of . -piss can be lieard" emanating from under -her •.. We .f?lowly ."zoom- into the pretty:· face 'of ie,l.i.ef •.

In slow motion, the three girls walk,iout of tlle apa:rtmerit, .. and, .head for their car. ·

They climb into Shanria's car~ ardhead off to th~ir next exciting 3· g:ir ls' <l a,dven.ture.

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

The City of Austin, Texas

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Shanna is behind the whe~l, Arlene is in the passenger seat, and Jungle Julia lies $prawled out in the back seat, her feet out the cc:1:rdoor window, like Cleopatra.

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:a qH,ic:k, clon' tcha think?· I- was j:ust tea'.sin~t ·you. ·

SHANNA ' . -·. . · Okay,·-. mean girl ·iri a high school _movie,_ ctr~you through being angry?

:;··JUNGLE~IA I'm ·not angry._ . '.

JUNGLE JULtA· I 'IQ not cursing J:11::you.

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

Julia smi1es ; she' ff not really ma,cl a.nymore ~ . Arlene takes it_ a little too seriously. .

,.,.. SHANNA: . . Arlene; you've· ·forgott~n w~at hanging otit 'with '.Jungle,_ Julic:1' s ·.like. Thiit wasn't a fight~-· .·That was·Julia'act:ing like a grumpy bitch andme· calling.her on it and indulging her at the same time.

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

··sHANNA .. •· oh/. yeiah, ':t.~Jce you' re never, not.

Th;ey both bust out :t.a1.1:ghing... ·. Arlene gue~l::ief? it's okay, and joins.along.

' • I : , .lUNGLEJULIA. Margaritas,-,and .111exican foo<;l a.t Guero's -did you call Rafael, tell him. we' re ciomin'? ·

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SHANNA.

·Julia smiling.

Shanna to Arlene.

JUNGLE JULIA ; ···,.•..· ..', If he had a big' thing for. Jne,he'd. fuckin' call me as opposed to · disappearing fqr_,six months. And he~d ·,get his ass down here more i,'ften then ' h.e does• ..·.~Ild:O!l.my,, blrthdayhe'dgive me.1a tucking

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·livirtg iri, I'll let:,you know it worked. so, margaritas·and Mexican food at Guero' s. · Touch · J~ase with Chris and Jeeisie, \tell · them about· later, and make damn sure they come. The other guys.' 11 be wai tin'g for us to join them at Huck's._ (to Arlene)' . Qh. shit, s:peak;ing of' which/ what .. : -h,appened, with you arid Nate last night?. .

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

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

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

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ARLENE

The girls laugh.

JUNGLE JULIA · . Okay, I v,1.an11g;_getback to what it .. is· you d,id d,o?, So- you~re making out with Nate ·on the couch, right?

correct.

.. Sl!ANNA: Were youmaJcing out sitting up, or · l y.tng down?

ARI£NE :S,t~rted sitting up, -worked our way · to. lying_ down.

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SHANNA ·.· (to ·Jungle Julia) Oh you know Nate had to love that. What else?

Well, not much~ that was it. · So we made out a little while on the couch · an'cr' :f·say;..;'ok~y ,. .It•Il.\r,g:onna go .to" pea; _sC>it,'_~ time fo~> you to ·1eave!' :. Arid then he wh.tneE:J:; "Awww, right now"? And I say, "Yep, right now, let's go:' •.. Then ;h~ s:ays;<: '· "Wait a minute; how _'bout this"? _And 'I say,· "No.''..•,,..And he says; ".What'd you m~~n.no? ..Jou clon:' t ·even:kitbw what t'm gonna say". And I say,· "I alre~d,y.,know what you're gonna say.·.. · ·· · (beat) ••• and ·the answer's, no". Andhe ·says; "How c~·you say, you know what I'm'gonn,a say"?-~ Andis.ay, "Because you're gonna.say, let's just go to bed together~ we don't gotta do riothj:ti' '. - ;just cuddle - sleep next toe~c::hoth~r -- wake up

(beat)'•· · ····· No. -(bea~) . ·..·•, You're gonna leave~ • (beat'} · · · But, I'll see you tomorrow".

so what abot;i.t tonight?

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

he's a pretty gooq kiss~r ~ • •: ,but,~.~ it. ain'.t a qpne: ,q.ea_l. ,!- <> .- ., ... --'JUNGLE JUL:(A Yeah; ·fuck Nate. ;t .tμean,yeJth,

Leadbetter's gonna be 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~ gross noise.s •.

Mey, .Jess.ie Is_ .gof a big dick.

·JUNGLE .JULIA

SHANNA· .. ,

: .\ Yeah. , ·but.don't get yo~r hopes up i. too high. Christian and Je·ssie

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

JUNGLE_JULIA.. I'll kick his ass he doesn't show up.

Julia and Shanna say together;

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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 'hqμse wlth 'my .gi:t'!l;firiends, in our bikihis, daddy has a tendency to just pop up,f, ,al)d make sure we c;lon'J: ..:t:lr,~d c;tnything,,.. ·. '. ·.· ;•':

They all laugh.

, . ,c swoo)~, . . .. , took .h~ ~ s t-otal;J.y hi:lμtμ.~i;;s a1ld cute a~, a bu:g,$,ear, b.ut . wl,'le:μJ:itelt;k;got a bu!ic~ •··:Pf. .half; naked.· poo11tan..5pwalkin' the fleior. of his lake. J;i~μ~e, · he- just likes to pay a•visit and make. sure we got everything. •¥e need. And if you flirt shamelessly wit:J:ihim like this on~ in the l?,a9kseat;·you've got· a puppy dog for.i~fe.

I have tny ownrelatiqr;iship with Ben, and you're just jealous~ because it,doesnf'l: include you.

~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, no more,ool;J;ege kid Sixth Street bullshit; fi.uck \s i;s, apout 'drinking booze.. No cosmos, nothing with a blender, just beers, booze and shots.

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

SHANNA·•·-- ..--·•, Yeah,; -Warren; the guyWh9.o~sthe ··place,· has•·,this' 'great_classic •· • •·jukebox. · .He calls it·Am¥•.

JUN~:I,:,~..JULIA _ No! That' E3what's .. so co.o+ about - it, dummy~·: _It' ·s fill_e_d wJ.th .

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

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

You order cof:fee>·and he puts it in · -the coffee. -·

---. . JUNGLE JULIA And Cabo Wabo tequila •

seconds ago. She could' be the. _hurt girl, or the cool dude chick and has decided in'her last two dc1ys in Texas to be the du.de chick. -·· . - . -

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

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JUNGLE ;JULIA Fuck those gu:ys ·~· :t don't want to be either, A, depending oh their fucking as:3., or B ,.. dependent on their as·s...;''., If. we ;don It score ourselves, we:, re going · to ·be·· stuck with them all fuc;Jcing night. :.·.·...\ :-ri.-·, SHANNA•· Try Lanna--Frank.

Julia takes out her cell phone, pushes one button.

Steve is obviously these girls idea of 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 billboard of Jungle Julia Lucai,, the dfscjockey of the -·local classic rock station, AUSTIN HOT WA,x;_5_05. · The billboard shows Julia dressed as a J.,~opard spotted Julia of ·the Jungle, Tarzan type surrounded by stacks of records.

Different styles of Jungle Julia ;billboards are all over - town.

As the gir;I.s pass by it they scream.

-~~they pass by down the road ••• ·

~ •• empty road, just billboard •••

•.• then a menacing looking muscle car with a powerful thumping engine ••• passes by.

·~ . Out 6:f the windshield of t:.he p~werful scary muscle car. Trailing the girls from way far back.

The unseen-DRIVER eyes, hidden behind dark glasses, glances up at Jungle J1:1:Lia's bi!lboa,r(i as it.pa1:113es· ~t.

A bluesy early seventies rock tune play1:1 9-μt his thumping speakers.

All we can see of the DRIVER is, he wears a Silver Satin Jacket with an embroidered "ICY HOT"_patch on the back, wears his hair in a greasy haifc:l.ssed pompadour, and he smokes Chesterfields like a chimney, indicated by the overflowing ashtray. -

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As the music• plays: we see various INSERTS' of the dash iof . this mechanical monster •. :i;:ncllldiiig one. of ,the ,ciir keys. iii···•·· the ignition with a sparkplug keychain. .

His hood ornament is a muscle bound duck flexing.

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The g:i.r1S:have stopped in front of th.e• Me~ica11 restaurant Guero's, and are piling out· o~ the car.

His ,heavy boot eases off the ga.~ peclal. /

We see the arrow on the speedo.meter· fall to .a crawl.

OVERTHE DRIVER ,.s shoulder _look,irig : out the passenger s:ide window, we see the -girls bullsh1.tt::Lng as they walk from car to front door. · · ···· · ·

DRIVER'S POV: SLOW MOTIONshot of c:;111the girls ,;1nd each one individually.

The girls Christian name and first initial of their last name appears beside each. girl duriri9 their slow motion

CU The DRIVER' Just as the music reaches ~ ..crescendo, w~ .cut :t,o ,a tig:tit . · Sergio Leone CU of the Driver, smiljng. •:• tl)en •••

••• the ,badass vehicle speeds off, making~ thunderous ·racket.

Julia and Shanna oblivious, walk into the restaurant. BU:t something makes Arlene stop, and give the muscle car an investigative gaze, as it hauls ass down the road.

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Like "the final girl" in a slasher film, her: look·. says;·, / "some1:h.:j.;ng's not right. · But that's just silly''. She shrugs\,it off.,· arid enters the restaurant to ,catch hp 'With. ; her friends.

The three· ladies sit at a big booth, post dinner, the dirty dishes have been taken away, but the table.a1:iil ,shows the mess the. girls made. · ·

Shanna pours out the last of the-marga;r:ita from their last pitcher.·

The bill _comes, already'paid by Jungle Julia.

JlJNGLE JULIA Hey, my town my rules. · But when I come to New York to yisit you, I don't pay for -shit •.

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

Whil_e they went back and forth about the check. Shanna:' s phone rang, she's answered it, talked and hung up •

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

Jungle Julia whips out her cell phone, and dials Christian Simonson' s •.number. His voice I,nct.il·picks. up;, and an •. outgoing message, that Ch!-"ismadewhile i:;itting at -che Hemingway bar in the st. Regis hotel in Paris. In fact, you can hear Colin the bartender, expl,.ainipg, a .drink ..:in the background; ···· ·

Julia leaves her message. \·.

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JUNGLE·;JULIA ( into ·plion~J ·--~ _ .

that' s .okay, ..I expected that. But ¥e/:r;:-e l,~ayin_g Jq:r: IIμck;'cs. right no~ •. It. would be a wonder_ful: $\lrprise if you beat us there. But in any case

\._. I' 11 see yoμ in .tQe nextf:few ·hours.·

Don't disappoint me.

She puts away her . cell phoI1~~ •·-••

Shanna picks ·up her drink, . and'.,,pr9poses a toast their last margarita· befo:t:E.! moving on· to ~ffl'.uc]G_~s"••

With their glasses raised,· Julia looks across to Arlene •

Julia gets a devilish si:ni.l~~

She looks over to Shanria, who looks over to Julia, and does her famous Shanna giggle; as Ju).:ia spreads her devilish-. -smile.

It's obvious they'z-e both in or_i something that Arlene is in the dark about.. · ·

Arlene sees thi~ too, and !)Uts h.er ;glas.s down .

O~ay, what's up? · Y:ou•two 9,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<the devil, ·r·m:simp::I.y • , •devi:'J.ish·. · · '· ·

Arlene continues with:,.her mock·' concet:n~

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

This stops Arlene's momentum just a little •.

JUNGLE JULIA· AI;ld if they were .out on the town, maybe they'd see us, and I . described you. And told tliemyour name was Butte~fly. And I said if they spotted you whi;Le we w~re out, if· they'd do something; you'd do. something.

She takes a s~p of her ve1:y _good margarita •

Okay, now,·· Julia., I'm serious. What did you say, a.rid what did you say I'd do?

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

Jqngle Julia grabs her friend's hand and say~;

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

JUNGLE JULIA··· So we'll act it.out?

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

Arlene slides her-margarita over to Julia, who now has two.

JUNGLE;JULJ:A so you're in a club or a bar, and I'm.kin~a cute, .or kinda hot, or kiridc1sexy, or better be. fuckin' ··hysterical·lyfl~nny ,· but μo:t funny looking, guy, who you could fuck.

Arlene salutes.

ARLENE .• Got it.

Jungle Julia gets all cool guy approaching a girl.

Arlene busts out laughing.

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

ARLENli Okay, . sorry •

Hi. there. · •·.· ··

'JUNGLE JULIA Excus~ me, but your name wouldn't be Butterfly; would it?

Jungle Julia extends hei; hand like a him.

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ARLEN:E:..

SHANNA

They both turn to Shanna and say;

SSSHHHH!

'!'he two girls turn back to each.other and pick it·up·again.

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

She shakes her head sexually, ."Nci"•

ARLENE· ... :How•·did. you know i(iy n~e; pc1,;-1:;y?

ARLENE .. · .. oh you do, db you? ,. ·., · ... ) ,, .,. · JUNGLE · 1JULIA Yeah, she's the cd9lestlady in town.

Arlene leans in, and says confidentially;

JUNGt.i JULIA No, I like her ass'that way. She's got a black gir~~. a,~s.

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_ ARLENE _ __._-, .,- You know that's what she ·always says, but in actu~l fact, she doesn't really have a·-black girls ass, she's just got a big ass.

Us-ing both of her hands spread wide·.fo.;r: emphasis.

·Julia breaks character

JUNGLE JULIA· Okay, what the fuck are you doing?

_Oh, look who wants_ to get to the point all of a sudden.

JUNGLE JULIA -- -· Okay, I' 11 9et:·. to the- point. But just for your information, skinny-bitch, Black men and a few.white men have had- ·plenty· fun acloF.ihg iny'as-s. I don't wear their teeth niarks in my butt for nothing. · · · ·

Shanna laughs and raises up her hand·.

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Shanna and Julia high five.

-JUNGLE JULIA Okay _Okay Okay~ ·-{in character) so Butterfly, can I buy you a drink?

ARLENE _

That would be nice, Barry.

She slides it ove~.

JUNGLE .·JULI!\ .. Here ya' go.· ··

Jungle Julia raises h~r.: ,glass it.ci;t:,qq,sr!:.,Ar]cene does too, then . Julia says looking AJ;lene,9,eac:l i~t',t~e ~Y~-,,.,,,with glasses raised;_·

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they :t~ise ,t.J;1~ir' gla!;!S,:,to ;t:past, they'1ook yoh:dec;1cl,in 1:g~ey~, and rep~aft:.his p6erp.; •···.·· .·

· And :i; ·hav~ prolllises t,q ~~ep;;,1 Ancl:,riμ.les· to· go ,,beforeiY •.isleep". I>:i.d ye;>μJiear )ne Biitterf;i.Y; ~JJli.les to go bEff:qj;e you ~deep. '\·-.~·and. tl;ien •••. :i,f , b.e,says _1;:.b.at:••• , yoμ· got~~< give him a lap dancie ~-, . , , , ,,, . '

.... -"ARLE.NE. ·.....:, What!

If they call you Butterfly, buy you a dririk, ·and say that poem.,] you gotta give •em a lap dance.

That's bullshit .. Iain't.-giyin' them nothin' •

, JUN~I,,E .1:UL:t;A, .. ; ; · :i:.ook~ you can do .it or not. . .But: if you don't dq.'it, _·evecybqdy'Jμ Aμstin•• s go:hna· 'think you' re a chicken shit, and I don't think you want everybody in Austi•n -tμinki~-• you're a chicken shit.

' ,' 'ARLENE' ,. ,. I ~:th,t <j.i.vixf :n,,obody no i~p μa~~~..· 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.tq you: _·· ', ' ·wherl'i t' s happening th 'me.

They stand up to leave.

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

yUNGL:I!: JULIA Ain't nobody g9ri:na be buggiri '. ya' , that's ·.why you; gdt ma.ma here to -shoo them .fli~s c1v{ay~ ...

We see POV from the Driver in.the muscle car, the three girls walk out of Guero' 1;1. The sJune bluesy rock number that was playing as th~ girls went.in. is·still playing as they walk out. · ··,"· .·•·/ ·• •.•·· · ·-,,.· · · ·

One of the girla. trips a'; little ht:t· :on the . steps going down. Indicating they'vep.ol,.tsh~d 6~f ~ few margaritas.

We hear the Driver laugh off screen.

FADE TO BLACK:

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Huck I S"~·C'.

EXT'-' HUCK's··>BAR .;_··NIGHT

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A different billboa.~d of:\JurrglE3 Jui:i.a, t:hJ:s time ·aressed tip· as a roller derby ·queen,. hold;i.:n,g a record player, and placing the·needle on a spinning·L~P. "AU~TI~ HO.TWAX 505".

Then we see "Huc.k' s" ; it sure ~s pell ( s a dive, but in the words of Julia, "a fucking cooldive" •. Maybe the audience notices the girls white Honda and ·the Ol:Tve:ti·s muscle car in the parking lot, maybe they don't~

j } INT HUCKIs - NIGHT

vintage jukebox.

Jungle Julia, pint of beer in" one hand 'and.lit cigarette in the other, does a very se:xy danc~ to the bluesey rock classic. · For the audience in ~u,6~' s as w~,:t.l .as the. movie theatre she's putting <on ;a one"-hd.;.:.show. •·

our,three·fox:iposse, ha'.sdoll.ected so1ne'stra:y·sniffing· dogs. The aforementioned NATE and OMARand PETE~· ··

Omar's talking up . Shanna·· ;at their .beer spilled, .peanut shelled strewn table . Pete' s dririld.rig S;hJne:t Bock beer from a pitcher, admiring Julia's d~nc1a~ ·' :Arlene and Nate are dancing together. (he's holding he,:t:..from ,behind and their· pelvises are movirig together') ~<·Wh:ioh i;hows Arlene's not a goody two shoes, she's out;' :tb .party, 'i:J'he's just not ·clear about the n~w dyn~c:: with her o.lcl co:p.ege pals •

Needless to say, everybody's drunk.

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

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Every · one in the_ place laughs •

·.Julia rolls her eyes. to heaven, blows out a dramatic •stream of smoke (ala Joan Crawford), and bitchy'grinds out her. cigarette in the table top __,(ala 13ette .·DaV.'.\-1?)

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

Julia s.:its down next to :Pete .•

- ~:.,,Y.' . - . SHANNA When's Lc~.nna-Frank getting h~re?

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

She takes out he.r c.e·11 phon~, .and pushe,s a .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.:-.and hits 'TEXT'Mifs'sAGE.,-:,\··'

She -quickly textsi .·

"I can't wait to se:e you. Hurry!!!!!!"

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

·appears on her screen.

Sh~nna schools Omar as, she dri•nks a hunibngous'· Lortg Island Ice Tea. ·

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

Julia's phone rings with a ;text xne·ssage •. She.hits the menu, and it says a message from; Chris Simonson.

She opens up the electronic mail. It .reads;

"Me Too"~'

She smiles and texts back;

)' "XOXO J.J."

She hits send.

Pete arrives with shots of Cabo-Wabo tequila.

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Everybody groans, but they do them •.··

We see_ ·cu' s of all th;ree g;i.ils knocking- back the ·tequila.,. and making faces-, and having an alcohol tremor. .

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

Arlene walks outs id~. by herself to the-• .front porch of · Huck'.s.

Upon hitting the ni,ght air, Arlene immediately sees it's

MI,ENE. Whoa, when the fuck did this start?

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

Arlene turns towards the voice, she sees a pretty girl, late twenties, ( same age as _the other girls·)· sitting on a porch .swing, smoking a cigarette •. Even though they won't get aroundto·introducing themselves-to each other for awhile, this angelic loolcipg,. blonde haired sassy little ·hippy chick, is named. PAM.

·ARLENE Yeah.

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PAM

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

of which, is me right nori, smoking · this cigarette. · ·

PAM .· Well you, ;r~ behind. tlig ',c;i.garette in popular.i ty, · but you •·re · d~fin;i. tely way above· my date. · ···· · ·

Prutt was venting and does·h' t_.11,.k~ how that makes her sound.

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

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Pam-puts out her cigarette;

PAM ...... •,• ,:• .. ,.,_.. Okay okay. • • it' s help. the handicap week, I guess. .Thanks to you, I'm ready to.go back in there and give hiin andther ¢hanl;::e·.to get his shit together. ··· ···· , ,

PAM

know, in that way. But no, he' s genuinely cute.

_They open the door to 'peer .:in, but whell Pamlooks towards her table, new people are sitting at it, and her date is nowhere to.be seen.

J

·•Wait a minu.te, where the fuck is lie?

ARI,,ENE ·Wasn't he at your table?

down is :Our··table.·. . '.. . . ... __,

She looks around fn tiine 'to see. her dates" c'ar leaving the restaurant parkfa1g lo{. · ·-

\ ,/. Scott!

She starts walking"'towards the car~· but: ~fqps because of the rain.

PAM. , ... Scott!

The car takes off •••

leaving her stranded.at theb~z-.

p'ru,i. ( tb h~rs~lf) . . ..

··.( dien yelling iri ··fi:-ustratlop). .·' I d6n 't fu;cking l;>~lieve thf~.!

She yanks out her cell phcme and .angrily dials Scott.

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

The other end of ·the cell. phone J>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'd have a problem-

PAM

·· In a fud)fi11g ba;- ·~o · 1e·~s ~ . in the fucking rain!. You take c,tW04}an ·out, safe't:ywise I'm supposeci to be in your care. · ·

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·know that was part of the date contract?

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

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

PAM _ •. . _ Oh .just write your phone rn.nnber o~ a gay bar bathroom wall, and fuck. off. · · ·

She hangs up. ·.; She storms back inside.the bar~

She goes up to the barte:r:ider,

WAB.l{EN.. 'what?

- WARREN - You mean you·weren't througll.~with your date?

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

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WARRE?Ji.. He didn't paJinE;.

She can't believe it, her cell.phone rings.

She lifts it to her ear;

There's .silence •••

Then •••

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

:She hangs up the phone •

Warren, it looks like I_.owe y~:m money~

PAM ,

beers·· and ·some. nachos •. ,-:

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Arlene~s _by.herself on the-porch sW'ing smoking her c_igarette. • • ·

Her eyes land on the ni.usdle car from earlier, sitting in the parking.lot •

suspicious before.

Something .about this car makes _her uneasy.

A hand comes up behind her touching her shoulder and making her jump. ·

It's.Nate, he laughs at her reaction.

Nate, palms out, pleading his. case. .

She tosses her cigarette out in t)J.e rain •.

NATE·•·- Wait a•minute •

ARLENE What?

·•NATE __. r was thiri:kin ,,:we could 'trtake.out? : . r::.f• . ·.:.:~}: --· iARLENE ._ What on the porc::~_swing, not even in the bar, but iri front Pt ..the entrance? Forget it.

NATEf -No, inrny car~

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

He takes out an umbrella that <;>P~nson cue.

·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 contemplates for· a moment ••• :

Nate waits for his fate to be ci'~~'.ided •••

.. . .}..:''..; .. ARLENE Okay, but I don't want it super obvious to ever,ybo.dy in_ the bar __~e/ve ,been ge>ne.,';:::§o we go.: in your ---·cat,' and make out for six minutes, - and that' s it,. Deal?

NA;E Great.

And no begging. _ --- -f

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

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

Pete pointing copl like at Juliaf

Julia nods her head approvin~~Y- _

·JUNGLE'JULIA Good boy.

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

We go behind. a customer sitting at. the .1Jar. Using'both hands, - he's eating the Huck's Huckin' ·_Nacho Gran<:!Er,plat:t.~r. Whicll: col!les with double· everything,·· s'6ur cr~a:m,_ meqteq _chees_e, qt:ie$q sa:uce, ,enchilada s-atice; · and chili sau,ce~·

While the Customer is not wolfishly. devouring -it, .Yet, , . __. using both of his bare hands, he's eating it in a ttla'y tha::t .. · expresses his hearty appetite. And apparently these nachos are finger licking good._ ·

Due to the Silver Satin Icy Hot Jacket we can tell the Customer and the Driver are the same·. But we ca:n tel1' more now about him. He appears middle fifties, but act:.μ,a·11y. __ · might be older. His body isiri good, if weil::._worn/ shape.

He wears a·beat up pompadour in place.of-ab~at up cowboy hat,_ which he keeps :afloat with a healthy mixture of Aqua· Net and Tres Flores pomade.

-His body language carries that bertain bi:-eed,_of redneck_ elegance, that only Rodeo Riders and·Profess±onal Stuntmen have. He listens to the music on the jukebox as Jie, ea.ts his nachos, and drinks his glass _of_ ·clear liquid~"•,_.,·

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

• • • he has a big scar running down his face:.

Pete and omar show up-at the bar ne!x'.t·to the Custothei/Oi:"iV~r.

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

Arlene and Nate.make out, as the car radio plays, and the .

As they. kiss:, iri. the backseat, Arlene raises her as's off· the seat a little bit to slide her shorts ,,off her crotcn·:: and ·down·to her kn.ees.

She-takes 'his hand, as they kfss, and puts it between her legs,.

They kiss longer •••

••. She breaka, the kiss and,themood by, saying;

Oh,.. I 'DJ sor::i:y -:

· She irradiatedly waves. 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 eats his nachos neai;-,the two young men without either looking or even •.,:glari¢ing: .,_,._,:.. . : in ..... t:beir.. .direction~

Omar in pussy pointers mode.

OMAR

·t:tying-toget her but'of here before Christian Simonson shows up. But you gotta g~t:her outta here before Christian ,$imonsqil.,,13llQWS up. , . . "· . ' ._ -PETE·•-- Yeah, but they're going.to Shanna's daddys house on La_ke,L.:a:J. and it's no guys·, ·absolutely:' IlO guys.

·oMAR_ So after we bring the girls.the ·drinks, in fair;t,.y rapid order, but not obvious, we order ..two more round of shots.

·6MAtl Dude, as long as ct __SJUY'fl bqy}.n" :the booze,a bitch'll drink anything. Look, we can at least get one Jager shot down these bitches throat. · After that shot, we~ll_see,if they :have another: Jager shot lri. 'em. You never know.· That could be the shot t~at puts the1n past, 1:he point of fuck-it. But !"know, I can, at least, get Shanna .to do a buttery nipple shot~ What/s Jμlia's sweet shot?

OMAR

· .C.'mc:m,.'yoq ca.riget. he-r to: :;do. one more· for dessert.. ·,_-~."

Arlene and.Nate walk back in the bar •

The Customer /Ori ver looks over · his. shoulder,·· at Pete and Omar handing the Long Island. ice ·t:e.a and. tl:ie-, gin and tonic· to the ladies. ·· ·· · · · · · -

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

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

·J\RLE~ '(to Pain) What's that?

\ PAM

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

Arlene takes it.

Pam takes a look over at their table, sees Jungle Julia, and says;

Arlene and Nate sit"badk down at ·.their tat>l~~..

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

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

Good for you, Nerte·~

ARLENE'•··•.··

the bar?

Julia· meows. ·

JUNGLE JULIA \ Who:,, the dirty ..,hippy?

JUNGLE JULIA, No, , but I know she's a skinny fake

Everybody at the table l~ughs.

The. old pop and crackly 45 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 I cl.id,_Wc;tj:-~ep_.I know how t:o take care· of rny)nan •.

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

Everybody at the table raises .;th.eir giass.

idea.

JUNGLE.-··JULIA

Jager shot. ,, OMAR Why'not?

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

The girls laugh.

She puts her hand on Pete 's shouider •..

JUNGLE JULIA Not tonight·any,wc;1y.

Arlene glass c_owboy boot in; ..hand, tii.rns a11d catches· eyes with Pam glass cowboy poot in hand.

·. They smif~ and silently che~rs ..each qther acro.ss the room.

Pam turns away, to Warren the bartender.

·. -~ PAM . ' so Warren, is there a'nyone here at the bar you'd vouch for to give me a ride home?

The key to the muscle car with the .sparkplug attached is tossed onto the bar in front of her with a loud thud.

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She looks up and sees the Driver seated· one seat away.

We see him clearly pow,I'lomore,, cibscure:bullshit. He.has a big scar on his· fawe from what"'loe>ks liJce a previous accident. But thescar'cfoesri't make hlm look grotesque. It makes him look kinda cool.

Well there' s .~ave.sdropping and can't he.JP. l:>.μthea~,~ ,::]:tP:~I'lk I beiong . fn' tije later c~tegpr;·y •

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

I'.~· offering:you c:i'li;ft,,. ii when

Truth:fullY,. I'm not thinking about. it. "But wheri I do, you' 11 be the • first to know.

PAM.·· _Will you be ci.Qle to drive later?

.... ICY.HOT . .. : .. I know looks cari be deceiving, but I'm a teetotaler.. I 've been drinking club soda .and J.ime..all night. ·· I'm building up to my big drink.

ICY HOT . .. , ...

You know a bar offers ali k.inds·-of ithings othertnan_ aicohoi? .. ,;,

Women.

Icy Hot flirting, bfat not putting.the bit~ on Pam, he's just being flirtatiously int+igu.;i.ng.

ICY lfOT ···,

Nacho Grande Platter-'i:f. ·· Thef _· f el.l:ows·hip of sdrnE!fasc.in.at.ing individuals, lite warren here.

·she ·laughs.

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

ICY HQ'r stuntman Mike.

STUNn,IANMIKE Ask anybody~

Pam turns to Warren.;

WARREN;,., That' s Stuntman Mike. · ·

WARREN,·. He ' s a etuntmari. ·

PAM . .• .. ,.. · If: heai:gives· me: a lift home later, would you vouchfor·hirit? .

·WARREN. ~11-I ,can say;is he'~ nE3,'lf~rraped me. ••.•And it's not like·· I haven·• t

of him either.

Our girls table.shouts for Warren;

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

· six shots of Wild Turkey shots·are 'poured by Warren on· the bar. stuntman Mike noticeE;J it and Pete and Arl_ene c~ming. to the :Par to pick up: ,,the shots.·

Arlene-comes up to Pam.

··•ARLENE We' re•. all. doing· Wild Turkey shots, do one with us?

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PAM ./ What's your name, honey?. •

ARLENE,:, - .. ..Arlene.

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

PAM

'you 're ;t.9tally cool ••...

As Pam tells her this, Arlene-notices Stuntman Mike, on the barstool next to Pam. She·instantly knows ne's th,e Driver ··of. the muscle car from •before and· th~ ,one parked right: outside.

He smiles at Arlene.

A chill runs through her.

PAM J Arlene, party of one.·

Arlene reali?eS :s4~ Just spaqed out •..

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

Arlene carries the; ·shots back to· her ·table. Everybody . takes them.

After Arlene does her Wild Turkey shot, her eyes come up on Stuntman Mike by the bar. He's looking right at her, watching her do her whiskey shot.,. , He turns casually and continues ta:lklng to Pam.

This character makes Arlene feel more and more uneasy.·

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STUN~-MIKE· We'li'thank yqu, B_<;Uri,ithat would be lovely. ···

... -.,: :.: p~--:·,_.:,_,·:•-- 'Warr'en, ··a virgin _Pina Colada .for my Stuntman friend,,:t:and I' 11 have _c:tpothe:c, ,Cad4-1Lc:t<£·cJ~Po Wabo . 'margarita.. .

- W~N,·-:._ Caho.: Wa~6 inargarita,., ·

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

CELL PHONE SCRE!EN'it __say:3_;_

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

JUNGLE' JULIA

Get your as1;3-over here. · We're ·fuckin' bored. (pause} C'mon, I'm missing you. You're ma~.i,:ngme. wa;lt .anp-~1;}..s mean. .. . . ·: : " (p,a;use) ' ,·' .: · . Well .the:n, prove-- _J.:t,. · _ (Pi}Use} · -• __ Dial me when you':r::~ on your._ way.

·BACK TO ·PAM

Their drinks arrive, Stuntman Mike takes -a sip of the tall foamy white cocktail.

STUNTMANMlKE _

'PAM··

is?

STUNTMAl-1MIKE ___ The Au_stin dj,.rectdr who -did-· "Potheads"?

Yeah,-well r·worked ov-er at his company Roadblock for a li.tt.:L~ . while, then I became his- personal assistant for a couple years, ·then we started making out, then we had a little thihg; and then it was best to leave.

No, personal assist~mt.

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·-:~ti.

Weil that's tlie·million;:aoilai''. •question I've 09ot less'.than'fiv~ weeks to decide.

STUNTMANMIKE"';· ,s Well it's funny you should bring ,·that.,, up, bec'atas~ you know, I· was thinking about hiring a perspnal assistant •.···

ST-illlTMAN MIKE'' Oh I don't. know, you know 'more about how this stuff works. What do you think you·. ·shotild do for me?

STUNTMAN MIKE· · Youdid that?

PAM· Yeah •.•·

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Looking like she was caught out.;i.n the·rain, white trash pot dealer LANN,A:-F.R;ANK,,.fpl.lqw~d by,two other BADASS LOOKINGGIRLS,. (ho.college kids theseJ:wal~:through the dopr. · ·· .· " · , ·· · · ·

Julia, Shanna and th~; ~ys.>:gr:eet them with a big ·cheer.

Lanna-Frank walks oyer.. ..-.-. ~ .to' the~bar>t~, ~.i.ve/,Warren some love.

She even knows Pkn,·arid kis~es. her·~·-then heads to Julia's table.

STUN'l'MAN•1:MIKE This Lanna:...Frank. ~ouJ.d.seern to be : quite a popular young lady·.

PAM..

When your drμg dealer finally . arrives, you're usually .very happy to see them.

Stuntman ·Mike looks over in the t.ables direction and sees Lanna-Frank and her friends being introduced to Arlene and joining the tc;lble..

She takes a bag of weed.out of her pocket, and shows :j_t to the table. stuntman •Mike clocks •all of this·.

Pam says to Stuntman Mike :ipoUng over :at J.u.lia' s table;

STUN'I't-IANMIKE What?

STUNTMAN MIKE

·one?

She rais·es .her glass to ·toast •j\J •.

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

·•···· .•. •.•.. . 1. STUNTMAN MIKE ... , _._.•_,

What did.she ever to do·you?'

.. ·. :'F'rut• . ·We. went 'through school: t.qg_eth~r, from kindergarten through high school, that's.what she did~ She was her heightf:fight noTtT.at twelve •

she still fucks· from the-old class, she use :.to:beat up and t:error,ize them· in the 5th grade. . .

STUJ$JTMANMIKE I·_see. She :use···to beat you up: and take your ·•chocolate millc, huh?

-PAM That pitu:itatcy case, might- of kicked my ass a couple of times - -sorry, I'm ·built'like a girl - not a black man - but I would die before I ever gave Julia t.ucai my chocolate. , . milk.. ::. I've . .. ··kiss.ed ·:·.:_ .. I,.,· ....a lot of ass in my day, but I/ IT· ·pe· damned I kiss that bitches ass.

JUNGLE jur,rA and ARLENE

· · ,'•JUNGLE/:JULIA · Here it comes.

What?

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

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··•··· Lodk'"'r~m \~=N~,·

JtJNGLE JULIA ...... - 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't saj I_ .lifi~ them.,'.

Yriu·don't'.li,ke t:hem?

I've neve;r hea.rd them. It's a

have their CD, it's been sitting on. my kitchen couI1ter for months, but rhaven't listened to it yet;;

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

-.JμN~p:J!:JULIA ~'The Eyeballs?"

All three of the guys stand up.

JUNGLE. JULIA ,, · .·• Look, we can·, t. ail . go out . there in mass exodu~. . P~.t~, you stay and watch th'e table. , .. .

Pete is crestfallen.

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

Sure ·honey. •;- ( to the .•others) I'll see y'all out there.

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

·INSERT: The lever of a cigarettt9 I'!lac:_hine is pulled out.

A pack of Red Apple cigarettes f::;_lls,to the machines catch- all.

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

-JUN~tEJULIA Yes I am.

JJWqLE JULIA:: . I 'Jll sure I don't remember. What's your name?

J3AR PA';['RON Peg.

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

JUNGI.,E JULIA sure.

Peg and Julia pose smiling, while Lanna-Frank fumbles / around with the digital camera. ·

JUNGLEJULIA; I hate th~se fuckin' digital pieces of shit cameras, nobody_knows')low to use. Those_disposa.ble film cameras were the bomb. Pitch the digital shit and.get a real camera.

La~-Frank takes the. ph·oto.

The ·rain comes down pissing.

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

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

You can tell he's really enjoyin9 the rain.

Julia and Lanna-Frank sit "on the pprch sw:in.~:· The guys -hover around them, sharing -the· joint~

·, '

·stuntman Mike turns in her direction.

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

'orsotr\ethirig... . .

No really, wha"t;.\do you do?

Really?" 'What I do .is' work my ass o£f to get my ..own record label off

I 'in a, locc1l D.J •.

Stuntman Mike ge-t;s up·and mov~s_t()~ctrd,tbe pot smoking crowd.

Julia turns· to Lanna...:Frank.

See I told you, I'm not really that famous, .I'm just that recognizable. If you know· what I. loo_k like,

· (ho:I.ding ou:t her han,d) . JungJe Julia Lucai. __,

Stuntman Mike Mikki.

JUNGLE JULIA

Stun:tman Mike •. _ Now my friends and I are going to· co.n,tinue to.get our weed on. ·would you c 9re for some?

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

Suit yourself.

·Arlene and Shanna talkth't.he la.dies room.

ARLENE·· That's all_ she.··ever talks _·apout. --But that doesn:'t meari she·''E:J gotta be a shitty ass- about it... look _ I'm here for four days, I'm just: __. __ getting- a little sick of the Jungle - Julia show.·

-Nigga· please, she's ·not as.tar! At the most, you_ could_consi,gerher, a_ local celebrity._ Fuckiri' SUperhead •is more ·-famous than her. Arid what's this bullshit about Chris Simonson putting her in a ~ovie? -Arn I the only one who remember how bad she suck~q in_ :that play?

They both burst out laughing, and say in unison;

Obviously a private joke only they get.

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

They laugh again~

·Stuntman Mike stands up and heads over to them a.gain~

Julia says to the group.

We're,:hj,gh Mi~e,, .spare us the T.S •. Fuckin' Elliot.

Lanna~Frarik laughs.

( out. YOU.IT-.feet are going to get

wet. ·

'JlJNGLE JULIA I haven't given you permission to concern yourself with my feet.

Lanna-Frank and her friends laugh;

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Stuntman Mike gets cold. Looks at them, then to Julia • j

J.i

STUNTMAN •·MIKE come again? .

... . JUNGLE, JULIA You told me my feet were getting wet. Yes they are. Now I'm····· · telling you, don't worry about it.

Stuntman Mike gets a little scary. ··

· STUNTMANMIKE

She•comes ba9k the same.

· He looks ~t her •.

A moment passes between the two.

Then Stuntman Mike turns back into the flirtatious old fool.

Well we could fight about this. But· as a. rule., ;"I/usually pay women ~o :beat,:the,.crap outta me.

· 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:f it away-•.

JUNGLI!!'JULIA···. . That, s en'oligh V no~' l>e'.'goh~:_·. ~-··. . •. ·' . . -.,.· ' ···. ' . . . -~-:

STUNTMAN·· MIKE' . As you wish 111yfair :,lady.

WARREN·-. WelL technically, 'i .do:rflt know he's ever done anything for sure·. · He shows me a old episode _of "Hi,gh Chaparral" , a guy· falls off•· a .. horse., he_.,says it_' s · him. • • okay ••• could be. •.i•

Pam shak~s her head no.

STUNTM!\N-MIKE · .·There was a actor on that.:: show, Gary CJ.arke, I kinda· :1,06~~d. like · him .a 'b'it. ···Obviously beff~re_, I cut - {referring to• the· ··•·· ·-scar on hls •·face) - . myself - shaving. · · ·

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She apologetically shakes·h~r head "no" •

·Sorry.

Warren apprqadhes ,;:.

I hate to tell you this, Mike, but dropping Gary c;Larke .' s name •don't_ ge_t ,Gary ·cl~rke pu~sy: no more.

Stuntman Mike and Pam.laugh~

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

Who' s y9μr brot,her?

STUNTMAN MI.KE· 'stuntman I3o_b,.

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..i,J.:::-.··' '· PAM

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

answer.

Stuntman Mike notices Arlene cirid•'spanna, wcJ.lk out to the porch.

- •.FAM· -

He smiles·and slides off the_pcJ.rstool.

INSERT: TEXT MESSAGE SCREEN

''Your a asshole'' •

·Then •••

''Your message has. been ·senttt.

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

Lanna-Frank leans close to Julia, ancf whispers in her ear,

Julia says, louder than she :need~d to;

I didn't inv.i.te;thembitches.

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

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···t".1~. Arlene and Shanna walk out on tlle porch.

Julia slaps Pete on the'arm, and siiysr,

Get up and offer the lc:1clyyour seat.

Pete stands up.

:Arlene sits next to Julia on .the .•porch'' swing, and hugs her waist, putting her head on J .J •.'.s shoulder. Jungle Julia wraps her long arrit around her,.ta;l.~in:g,lqw to Arlene like· a lover. · ·

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

Arlene exaggeratedly nods her head yes.

She nods her head, yes.

_._.:.,.~·.:...... .

JUNGLE.JULIA .'.·... :tf;yoli:teally wa11thim t·o come, Shanna won't mind .•. •. So how . ..,,bout; it_, bo1~._qr::jt,1_~t:•'·~f3: girl;s? .. . ,..\·; . .,,.·

Arlene squeezes ··rrul#t ti:ght~r; .. ;•

Us girls~

Then two beers come into .FRAME~.':

VOICE (OS} . :<~'·. Ladies.

Both Julia and Arlene take the· b~~is ..without :looking up.

We in the audience notice the. hand .oifering; the beers wea.rei · a black leather glove. . .· . .·.•.· .. ., . '

·· VOICE (qs'> Cheers, · Butterfly;· ·

They look up to cheers, and see;

Stuntman Mike, sitting on his haun9hes.

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

Sorry Stuntman .,B4r;t:--

- StuntrnanMi~~~

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

$tuntman Mike looks at Arlene, e;p~'!3 still a little frightened of him.

But for whatever reasori, he's not as scary now. In fact there's something rather intimate about his manner, that actually has a strange effect on the drunk Arlene.

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She doesn'twant. to give him •.~-·tap danc~·, ·•~he, s still creeped byhim, but :::for .whatever reason,' she can't bring herself to lie to him. . So she doesn't answer at• all. •She just looksback at ·him, fragiley. · · · · · ' .· · · ·

She nods her head yes.

STUNT~·MIKE Is_it my scar?

She shakes her head, no.

stuntman Mike smiles apblogetically.

This makes Arlene smile.

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

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

I saw him ouiside· of Gue;ro'·s •

· I saw you outside 'c,f Guero' s, too. Yqu saw my car,. I_ ,saw your legs. I ain't stalkin' y'all, but I didn't · say .I •wasrr't a wdlf ~ ...

sTfiN~':1-1fKE .,-·: · · I wash't follo~:lng_jrqu, But.fkrfly, · r just got luc.lcy~ · ,,·.,;· ·" ·.·; ' , •\ ··'

This makes the ·pr~tty drunk _:g-Ir:iJm1i;.,

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

Sorry, . ft, -c;,as·:adri'~,time only ···offert and she did.' ,it a.t-Antoine's ·: earli$':t- this e1ening. •··... .. -- '•.. . 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-μys tq_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; :;kinda hurt · your feelings a ·1£t:tfe bit didn't it? There are.few.things .as fetching a.s a bruised egoon,a beautiful angel. ·· · (pause<i). . . So hov1 'b?ut tllat l9:p da,nce?·

He takes out a small little book.

And.everybody I ever meet goes in thfs·book. And now:I'vemet,you, you ire . going in the 'book. .And I Im goin' . tp write .only nice things, except, I will be forceq,1:.o file you under, ·chicken . shit •.

He gets· ·real quiet.

,_. ARL}SNE. ·-.· We],l Stuntman Mike, ;r.'m _B_utterfly, ·my·friend,Juhgle. Juli~ .ove~.here te1:t;s·me that jμkebox.,inside is pret,t.y ·:iJ:npre$si ve ~ ··

STUNTMAN1-iIKE Itis.

ARLENE .. .. . . Pick out a good.song for your lap dance.

He smiles.

\ STUNTMAN MIKE ; .

Yeah?

ARLENE·-· I touch you. You don't touch me.

He nods his ·head, ;yes •

A cool fifties·oldiecomes frofu the vintage jukebox~

He takes a. chair, and puts -it•• in the middle of the room •• ~·

• ~ .then sits down on it.

Arlene struts up to him and -as all eyes are on them,. performs a smokin' lap dance.

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

Pam and Warren can't wipe the snii.les off -of their faces.

By the end, Jungle Julia is taking photos with her instamatic, as Arlene and Mike do funny sexy poses.

Before the song ends, Arlene finishes up, she doesn't give Mike a kiss, but very lovingly holds his face in her two hands, like the sweet Italian faama 0that she is.

· And as the song concludes, without another word, the girls, dance out the door of the bar aiid'leave.

Leaving Stuntman Mike smiling, s~tting on his chair.

'

When he stands, warren and Pain appl:aud him;,:

··wARREN·,• You know, maybe it was yo,u wnb fell off that horse. · ·

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Stuntman Mike leads Pam out ..of the bar, towards his car.

In ·the b.g., the girls are arguing who's sober enough to drive, leaving their male admirers whining to go with them.

,JUNGLEJULIA Yeah, keep it up, nothing makes me wanna · f·uck more then xnen whining.

Lanna-Frank wins the I'm the less drunk argmμent, the•most• stoned, but less drunk. So she gets behind-the wheel, and the other g.i,rls; Julia, _Arlene and Shanna, pi·le in.

But that's i~ the .·b.g •• We stay with Stuntman Mike and Pam.

He leads her up to his wicked automobile.

Pam is taken by the sight of the badass black 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.rty Mary c:rAzy'• . Larry days. They were .real. 9ars ._.i.' crashin' . into rear cars/· with · · real dumb, real people dr.:i,.vin.:'· ,. 'em. So. you give the ;stunt tEi!a,n the .car you want to smash up,: . they take 'er, reinforce that fucker everywhere, . and wa..::ta. ·.

automobile. ·

She peers into the car to see the entire J?aSsenger side is enclosed in plexiglass •

Why is the passenger_· seat· in a box?

,/

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

Pam climbs.

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

.. ·, .,

As he walks around -to the pa~-~enger side.-.

He watches th~ oth~rgirl~ :p~~i.out, •showeririg gravel. They make a left qnt9~ ;the higb,way, and -disappear •

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

·INT - DEATHPROOF NIGHT

Stuntman Mike is in the driyersseat.

Pam is in the plexiglass box.

A plexiglass ·wall with·. s·ome .holes to talk. through, separate them. · ·

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

Pam doesn't even have a car seat. .She ha,s a post that sticks ou-t;: of the floor, that you would attach a camera to, that she has to l:>alance hers~_l,f on. - · ··

~AM You know,·when you asked to drive me home., you -cjign:' t mention your car didn't have a passenger seat.

--STUNTMANMIKE. , Actually, I. <li.c;ln':t.ask to drive you · l;lomE:!. You a~ked for -a •ride, and I said, yes. Look at _the bright

Pam smiles.

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Stuntman Mike·srniles ;back th;~ugh the plexig1as~:

r· thohght.; so. · · · · ·

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He yanks a' hom~de ·'me'tal ]_ever, tJia.t slides a nta,"t;a,clbar . into plade, ·· locki_ng ,both doors. . .

Then starts up his powerful machine.

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

He slides the car into -F.:irst ·, · aμd pulls up to the highway.

r1h.:tch \-iay yo_u·goin' , left_ pr· right?

Thriller music sting happenf3.or,t soun<itraqk.

Still smiling.

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

/

As the look of panic appears •.•

Stuntman Mike jerks a hai:;-dleft on .to the r~ctd.

She's maybe scared sh;Ltless, yet Pam is one tough chick, and she lets loose with a violerit stream of curses aimed at the Driver.

He · shuts her up, by turning up the radio real,. louq., '3:ricl. dri.ving •re'al crazy, tossing her helplessly around ..the , plexiglass box, crashing like a 'rag cioll fromwall to· wall. ·

He does things like drive straight .towards ,.telephone ·po~es·, at full speed then narrowly miss them. . ....

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

-Stuntman Mike busts a gut laughing.

Pam's nose •is smashed.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 'f gotta'. 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 out with her bare feet up .on th..e .

Shanna and Arlene sit.in the back.

Julia's on the phone.

JUNGLE JULIA

Thanks, honey, (pause) You'll play it next song, r!ght? (pause) Good boy. · (pause) (she does a tiger growl) Bye bye.

The song Jungle Julia requested: comes on the radio. ·

The girls move and shake to the beat of the song.

stuntman Mike' s car catches up with them. ~ •

• • •And then he passes them •••

••• Hitting the gas going even faster so he c~n pull ahead and leave them behind. I

I

We cut back and forth between _the girls aQd S:tuntmct:nMi~~ ' driving, and Pam, whose hose is sinashed,-her·jawisbrolen,: and part of her upper teeth are knocked out, but her eyes· still work. · She watches, and pleads to the Driver on the other side of the plexiglass box.

' • , ,_ _:_:; •• • J .~ '•'

Then Stuntman Mike, makes· au-turn.

The car stops, but the engine runs.

He watches the girls car far off in the distance come forward.

He turns off his headlights.

He revs up the engine.

He hits the gas.

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The girls move to the song obliviously.

He heads towards them ...

Pam watches in terror.

The other girl~ are :oini.i;9uJly oblivio~s of what ;-s ab~1;1t;.;1;0·. happen to them. • · · · .··..·. · ·

They continue to chair dance.

His qar is almost on them •••.

Then •• ;

He·hits the headlights.

The girls see·t11~ car~

He swerve·s head on. into their lane going about a· hundred and thirt:=.y.

The·Moment Before IMPACT.

_/

Her face registers.

As she's. bathed in fast harsh approaching headlights. ,.,

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:-1>·~/.:-:j :

:i:t _·11- be. a - slow motioh eqtiivaient 'of the_ c.r;~sli_ t~,st dummi:E~s footage we.'ve seen before, but with real people.

The steering wheel is pus~ed'_ througp. Lcillnq-~Frank' s chest as she folds around it. :.: > · · · · ·

Jungle Julia is-propelled fegt.fi;rst.-thr94gl1 the windshield. Like being shot;f1::om a,g\μl oμt,of a sharks mouth only to be, squashed bY t~e colll'.cli'n·g _9ar .- -

' ' . . . .

Stuntman Mike's front tires tea;r ..into the roof of the girls car, and the spinning front tife .hits Arl~pe_square in the face, ripping her face off.

Stuntman Mike crashed into 1:.he girls: on tbi~,highway that · was part of an· overpass, -·so··the two tw_iste<l ,wrecks tumble over the side crashing'onto_the highway be~ow.

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

into ·the road in front of her, it'~ -,:oo lat~ to do.anything.

She crashes into both of the:tn at severity .i;niles an hour_.

Destroying her car and herself'~

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

··--", ':• ..

Mike alive and well and upside do\fuin his car, comes down off his rush, as. he rocks out t:.o the music.

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

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75. ·

We fade up on a hospital door •... Th~, dqor, opens-.,i.We see· two· detectives questioning · stuntman :Mike. who·•-~ convalescing· ;iii a :hospital bed:: ,·• ·· ·· · ·· · · ·· · ·

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

'_::_• . . '. :• • .• ,.l : . ·•

EDGER _ ,, tJ( · ·so Pt>p,what'dya think?

What are you gonna do?

EDG~~ ···whyf

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)

FADE UP

· We. fade up on a Big Highway billboard that ..says "Welcome to Lebanon, Tennessee".

A SUBTITLE APPEARS on the screen;

The subtitle fades off.

We look at the. sign· for a ·moment.•~-.

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

\ )

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

He pulls the car into a "Circle A" convenience store parking lot. He turns the engine off as the radio_ continues.

When •••

• • • in the p~;rking s.pace next to him.·.· •

• • • a yellow 2006 Mustang with black trim :{Kill Bill colors) with three girls ·in their ·twenti•es pulls up in front ·of the Circle A•.

These girls -are part of .,a filin crew .that 'are shooting on location in Tennessee~·

Behind the wheel, is a, pretty black girl with a solid athletic build, dressed:in jeans and· a ti:ght green camouflage t--shirt, named KIM •(a stuntwomah) •

Beside her in the passenger seat,'~ is a you~g pretty starlet, LEE, who·by the way just happens to be dressed in a cheerleader uniform. And laying down in the backseat, with her bare feet out the car door window,• ;,is the sleepin_g _ABERNATHY (make ::up an'd <n.air) • ,· . . .

It being early dawn,- i:t',:s ob~,f6u:'sth.~se girls have been "out

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

Like somebody ·would watch "fasc:inat·~a, pretty colorful fish through the windows• of an· aquarium·,' $trmtman Mike watches his new3 Girls 3 Posse through_th,,e windows of his - . automobile. · · ..,~," ·

He watches them talk silently through the window, with only the· sound of his -tape players music. . He: .turns off the music and rolls down the window a crack so he can hear them .

So·are·you 9n the 's~e,fl.oor.as him?

LEE!.,

the seventh.

CUT TO

·INSIDE The GIRLS:CAR - MORNIN;G

'.· .. LEE ·... ··_·. -- . . .-. ·-·well,-jt:hat was'_pr~tty mucb ..it: .. · .we made out in ·the'hall ·for about ten minutes, then I ·s.~nt him off to his room.

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uu~~ f r.love .them igue;hy lips.

'LEE •It -was sexy.

80. ·

tEE' , .. ·I.told hiin,if we had sex tonight, I'd want to avoid him tomorrow on.·•· set. Now, tlie way>.it 'stands, I ·can't wait to see him.

·Kim.turns to leave the car, to go into the store and get her coffee .•.

She._,opens the door ••• -

: .:._.:.~·.:~ '.' ..:,. _,:_:_,·

LEE_·· Arid some ''SU:rih,Y.ti'' i•f t.hey .got it.

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

The two· girls look to the ba_ck seat •

KIM We didn't knq.w you WE!J:·eawake •

They laugh. Kim gets out, then say to Lee;

cause you should drive.· ·

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

H~ watches the cute blcick·girl°with the~h so fine behind, walk into the convenience store a,.nd do her business. ·

His eyes go·to the car'next to hlm, Lee in the drivers seat,

bare feet sticking out of the back seat drivers side door .

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

..·•,KiM (yelling) ..... . They ain't' got·su:ga:r free Red.Bull. They got reguJ_ar Red . ~ull and. sμga:i:r fre·e ''G.O~ Juice''. .

-INT - CAR -•:(PARKED)'- MORNING

Lee turns to the .eyes closed sleeping bea.uty reclining' 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:he cpun.ter, and ~sks the guy behind the counter·; •··

The COUNTER '.GUYpulls down the bottle!3 apd tJ1e _smok:e~, . as Kim gees over to the coffee area and proceeds to make. _a.big ass cup of coffee, called; "The Big A Cup of Coffee". ' · ·.

Stuntman Mike.examines her through.his windshield.

His eyes then go to the two bare feet of the sleeping girl -propped up on the car door window,, and her :frieild in the drivers seat zoning out on her iPod. ·

He steps olit of hif3 car,. c!,Ild appr94ches: the two bar; feet ~., Peering ins id~/ he ·•·~-e~s.•Aberriat.qy .dead -·.to_-__-the .we>rld. ' . . ; . ·. ; ::.. · .

· He ·glances back at the store, Kim's not look1ng in this direction, too involved in creating the right inixture for her big ass cup of coffee. Lee, back to hini, ear phones in. her ears, singing_ along with lier·. i:Pod-.

,: ,·. ., .. -•. -

He.looks· back to sleeping be~uty, and th~,pretty bare feet he's close .enough to touch. · · ·

·stuntman Mike removes·the black leather gloye from his burnt right hand. Taking his index finger, he runs it down -.. the· bare? sole of Abernctth:y' s foot.

·He watches her.

she doesn't- stir.

...

He then takes his finger and light~yruns it up her bare sole, from heel to big toe.

)

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

The black girl inside still. occupied., ••

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

···so far, so good.

Tim:e to press his 'luck~ ..

He takes his-index finger arid runs it across her toes.

This makes Abernathy stir,. -·and. remove her feet ,fr.om th~ window.

) Stuntman Mike has blasted pass and waiks around-the hood of ) his car to his- driver side door •.. He doesn it hurry like he's guilty and fleeing, but like he's _.abetentmindedly rushing to his ca:r; arid·maybe, he. acc:ideQtl}T,.brushed pass her feet on' his ·way', ·as·well as L"ee rs :e1oowsthat was sticking out the .drivers· ·side c.i:r' <:loot ''\.i{ndow. :

With ear phones . still_ in )ier, eJi~., s.he yel~~. after him;

She turns around and se·e'''s Aberrtathy sitting up in the · backseat. She smj,.les and removes the iPoQ. :from he+ ears •.

ABERNATaY' No, it wasn't yori; ··· That guy bumped into my ..feet when h~. w~lked by~-

I· don't know why, but it kinda creeped me out.

Just then Stuntman Mike's muscle car, ROMS to life, he REVS IT UP, vibrating next J:o 1:~etwo girls.

Lee smiles and hold~ tip her two fingers making a small pinch gesture to Abernathy in the back seat.

She smiles · till she looks ··e>ver ··af Stuntman ~ike (for the first time) sta:ring back at her, sllli~ing.

Upon seeing his face,· her smile fades and she says to herself;

Her next cardoor neighbor, sl.ail\S the car into reverse, and peels out of there layin' · rubber out to the road.·

:• ··\. She shakes her head; __·no.

/ .·

Then they· notice Kim standing at th~-- store 'front door, yellin~ at them again.

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

-Both Abernathy and: Lee smile, saying to· themselves quietly

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

••• But you go right· ahead!

Kim.does.

Well sine~ :t•m up I μdght as_ well hit the ATM. . . ·.

Abernathy gets her money when. he'i· phone rings. It's whistling Bernard Herrmann's'theme from "Kill Bill".

ABE:RNATHY ( into ·.phone) Hello.

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

Abernathy looks out the window and see·•s ·Lee in the car talking to- her_ on her celi phone. -·· ·i /

She turns towards the Counter Guy.

_ ,ABERNATHY Do you have Alluxe?'

-.-COUNTER/GUY _-,Magazines by the window; if ashion ·--.:section ·up top.

The Counter Guy rings it up.

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

••• when he says to her back;

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

••• she stops in.her tracks •••

••• then slowly,turnis,her head•to look at him;

-This months?

Listening to her iPod, when Abernathy comes out to her. She removes her headphones.

:ABERNATHY· Okay, listen to <this •.· The circle A clerk has this months Italian- Vogue.

·ABERNATHY Way.

........ ·-·--··-~·~'-.

Abernathy, . who ,\v'as .leaning i11to the ca; t:o ,speak ·with Le.e-,- straightens ups to walk back in the store and sees Stuntman Mike's car parked dov!n he road. When..she . lpoks direptly at it, the a.utornol>ile s'peeds a:wc:3.y.

This troubles the young lady but she';s not :SJ.Jr~ W.P.Y•,.··

A group of passengers, .are. disembarking from an airplane, and filing out into the ai,ipb.tt._ , '. ·

Kim, Lee, and Abernathy are watch.Ing ;them, disembark,

searching_ for a recognizable face. , • •

Which.is what they see when the bouncy, athletic, and, cute as a bugs ear Kiwi, ZOE BELL·, exits the airplane.

Upon seeing the waiting friends, Zoe lights up, and bounces over to them, passing out hugs.

It's .also obvious that wh.ile Kim and Abernathy.know Zoe, Lee doesn't.

It's. also equally obviolls that Zoe and Kim are very close, which will.make 'sense when the audience realizes both gals are Stuntwomeri.

K°IM Hey cam,ouflage is t_he new black, it ·goes_ with everything_~--

After the girlfrlerids exchange hllgs_··a~d greetings •••

Kim and Abernathy introduce their ne"'7 location buddy Lee to Zoe.

Zoe shakes the ctctres,ses haqg sttong. a:p.c:lv.:i.~orously, "like a bloke, her New Zealand accent singing E,ic>rig:inga greeting.

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

·- ;: ..:.: .. ::

We SNAP ZOOMto a medium of: Zoe,· then a CLICK SOUND.off screen and the ima·ge of Zoe:FREEZES·. -·.

Sergio'Leorie CU of Stuntman Mikebbserving th~ gii:-ls through the shutter of his camera. · ·

SNAP ZOOMand FREEZE FRAMEto each 'girl.in turn.

Stuntman Mike lowers the camera from .,in ..f ~<:>nt of. his .face;: •· smiles a shit eating grin {he's back ·1n business).

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

H~ exits- FRAME.

CUT TO

The four girls are packed- in'the car.

1$ERNA'.I:'HY ••• y.our timing couldn't be better, Zoe. It just so happens, we' re all. three off duty for the next three days of shooting.

·They all laugh.

KIM:· ._ __ oh, that's greaJ:.- Now it's_ gonna be one bf-'theni: da.ys' t ·can·'t' get the Moesha theme out_ of my head·.

The·riame Cecil is pronounc~d like Cecil 13rt>wn and rhymes with vessel. Not like "Beany'arid·cecil".and rhyming with diesel. ·, ·

ZOE ___ So let's hear it la.dies, set - _Ro:μiances, who's ,_Q:etting it -off?

KIM

'ABERNATHY·· He's a grip.·

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

ZOE _ j Well he ke_eps sounding better - and better. What's his -_perversi<;>n?

LEE __ He likes to watch me pee.

The girls laugh.

Kim and _Abernathy chant;

,ABERNATHYand KIM (singing} . Lee's. sitting on-~he toilet.and Toolbox .is. watch,irig her_ pee., P~r..:,ss..;r-N-G. ··

- .ZOE. Your llavir1' oneoff with The Rock? .. .-\. LEE \ - Not ·the real Rock. He' sa ! electrician named Bruce. But Kim ./ calls. . ·. him. -~-- -the Rock' cause' .he looks like him, and now we al-1just call him The Rock.

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

KIM

The girls laugh.

....•.·.·-· .. · .._.· __ ,•.

They laugh.

,'·. .:~) . ,'

;ZOE How long have,you had ac:.B6yfriend?

The other. ·girls laugh. . ·.,~:-:... '·

ZQ:E . . . All of Kim's bc,yfriends, started out as.somebody elses boyfriend.

They laugh.

LEE . · Abby'~got the big Kahuha.

KIM , ( smart as,s) ..... Because he's a man?

K;I:M Oh stop actin'_like you 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.···

LEE

you .a ,tape?

••ABERNATHY

say, so don •·t even go there.

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

·-~.·- ·,.- .. ·~ ~,,_·., ··--·,_

~IM

')

Sorry.

ABERNATHY.,

The answer to your question is no, of course not.

girlfriend in six•: years,· is because · girls wili fllck him. And :.if you fuck Cecil, you don't ·become one of his girlfriends-~ not to say I· want.to be his girlfriend·::-- but if I did want to be his girlfriend,· if. ·. l fucked him, I wouldn't be · his girl.friend,· I'd be one of his regulars. And I ;m just getting too · fuckin' old .for that shit.- ·

ZOE ) .. How about blow :jobs?

ABERNATHY· :We've. kissed.

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

-•''.KIM. ·· iBitchf youFmay he' !ac1;:'ip', like· ~oti're t~elve;yea'rs 'dl,clr_bujhe's Just actin ,· like a man;' 'Ybu need· to be break that nigga off a piece.

So let me get this straight, you're · not fuckin' em,; you' re. not ~uckin' : . em, youJre not giving_-'hiμt·ahy tongue. _But Dafyl·'f:iannah's stand -in is~ You know some'·cultures might say he macI,ethe wiser.choice •

Try being married to a··prick who cheats on you~ ·and i see if you' re

No.·

KIM .,

finally breaks down aridJnarries your ass, he's made the decision to

to hold that shit' 'off rto the 'l-ast · possible minute. Not only that, he's even made: ,ai vow to· God, and in front:·• of, his pee:f/jle,s,~::that•·; he' s gonna·settle·downl !:•Nowhow that· shit works in tJ:ie:10&0:nqtun ·remains to be seen. For both y'all~ ·sut·that's a. whole different thing., i :But 'this, I'm your girlfriend you're my boyfriend Mickey Mouse m~ss?

KIM

Saturday night; .and on my birthday and Christmas,; tllat ni.gga better go deep iri · pocket. And by the way, what the fuck are we talkin' about anYWay•. You're neither married to Ceqilor hfs .girlfriend •. , That n;ig9c1,ca,ndo what h~ plec:1se. ·_Before you can claim a nigga, _you got to claim a nigga. And you can

ha11d _jop _inthe pack of .the van on ':i.\iesday,~.1; -

I_. k.riow.you ~!•·t. J;lut·.you know who

in th_at big as~ ~~ion of his.

.. ~ stretch shit out as long as you-

have _with Cecil.· If· you suddenly ge_t dirty on 'em, it blows their mind.

better recognize,. Cecil's a good man. You give him a hand job on Tuesday,_and he'll write your ass a poem on Wednesday. · And when y'all ,get ~~J~d, at your weclding, you 9ive.: me p~esents.

Abernathy_ha;s:stcjpped cμ:-guing, and sits back thinking· a bit about what her friend said •

· ,~v~r and q~ne with; -them -two gonna _get .tnar,rie,<:l.

ABEilNA;THY I 'm not gonna marry him_.

J~IM Mark-my-words!

The girls la-q~h ..

' ' ' 1\BERNATHY . .· Okay, ..call if just J:ake;·Jny 3-ex life oft the · taole? ··· ·

' . ·,,' ' ··.:ZOEL. ,' . ···..' ; . Acttia).;t.y~· it _.was,.Cecil's, sex ·life t~at was on the t$le and your lack of one. · ·

The girls bu'st' up, ·:especla11y'ik who dcj~s .a Sam Jackson _pimp laugh. '_ .• · •,::

; . .

,Zoe.and Kirn 'g,¼'ve a:high five •

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

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

~E What were you working on?

-KIM·_ "Three Kicks To Tbe Head Part III" •

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

·story.

So Zoe the genius wants to take a ·picture of me. ._It's dark as hell,

_·got'' her camera, ar.id k~et>s saying step back a· little. So I do. Then a little further.. So I ·step back a little further. ·step back ..inore. So" I" -do, then I :tealiz.e I'm right -at the edge of·a seven Joo:t: . concrete ditch, with god knows how many rocks and broken bottle_s and ·rats -in "it. And if t 'tell i'.n that;, _.·.__- ·I wouid 've broken my fuckin' neck~ so· I'm yelling at her; . "Zoe, . you ..

· abc;mt it, ancl walk a little ·furthe.~, and·_.zo~fstarts fuc;:kin; ;around,' and damn"if she do~sn't fall in the fuckin' ditch/

The other·girls laugh.

Zoe takes their laughter like ~pplause and bows.

..•.ABERNATHY. . "What, with Zoe·the C!ati1-{othing. If I fell in that fuckin' thing, they would of_ llad to helicopter me out of there. Zoo just lands on her feet. -But then later, I star"t:.ed feeling a ,little bacl about ..· myself. Zoe falls in the ditch and it's nothin'. we•·re laughing about it._ If I fell, I probably would of been fuck~n' paralyzed.

') ). } KIM

Well,. physically speaking,· Zoe is

nimbleness, thei;-e.' s few· human ... being.s 1;ha1:, can. compete with Zoe on that:front.

The other girls' ·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 and we see she wears a

ZOE ·., . ( impresse,d) .· Oh, nice orie,.·Mate~

LEE · What's aRC>scoe?

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KIM

-LEE Do you-have a:liceri§e·to carry it?

-· - ·I dichl:'t· know yoq ·were·:a '. ·-··•:,··. '

The- other -thr~e. loQk cit her· incredtllously~·~ •

'ZOE That's Kim for ya', always takin' the piss.

_ ZOE Dori't hurt yqurself,-it's Ozbonics, ~ate.

LEE ·,·- _. · ( to Al,>ern~t:hy). Did .you know Kim Carries a gun?

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

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

-KIM All~ you ,c.;n.,t get,around.::the- fact, ,_..-.that. i;f I·•·•go down• to the •'laundry

enough times,.· I migb..t get my ass raped.

-., ,,KIM Fuck that!· t wanna do my laundry whenever the fuck I wanna do my · l~:t1ndry. ·

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

-KIM-.- Motherfucker try to rape me, I don't wanna giye him a_skin rash. I wanna shut that nigga down. ·

ABERNATHY, How 'bout a knife at least?

KIM-- _ You wh~t happens to motherfucker's

_,·.:.. -.:.·-., ..-...:,•.. :._., ..

The girls laugh.

·, ABERNATHY I guess we can talk to transpo, does it--hafta be a Dodge·-charger?

ZOE' t It's g9t to be a 1970 Dodge Charger with a 358 engine.

The _girls;--bus.t out ·laughing.

She takes out a local newspaper.

Both Kim and Abernathy wince· when Lee says the "A" word• ·

Zoe acts mock angry.

Lee is confused.

Abernathy explains.

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Zoe's· from New Zealand, and you never, I repeat never, call a Kiwi an, A9-ssie .- •··

... ·· ·..·· KIM Thatlis. unless you want your ass kicked •..

It '\o1oulqbe like :mecall:in' Kim African.

1.'liat•,~ ,okay;. ·Ir~ j:rist taking the ·piss. outta ya. ··· Ackland to· c1.nswe~ , · your -question •.. · Anyway, I '' : subscribed to the local .paper about a month ago.

:KIM No.w why in the f~ck you wanna local redneck newspaper in New Zealand?

ZOE

been gettin' th:epaper for the last m9nt~, c:tnd I ~ve been checking the . · cla,~sj_f ieds ··in the back looking at

yeste:pday,; .for sale, 'in this town, ·1:1gll_l~gttyis<selling his stock 1970 D_odge Charger with •a 358 engine, and a white paint job.

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', ever made·~

..Of course I did, I'm a ·girl. But I also watched car shit, tcx:f. ''Vanishing Point" , "Dirty Mary, Cr~zy: ·Larry'', ''Gone in 60 seconds"

.... 1Jolie '·.bullshit. . . :··..

JASPER, the hillbilly who owns the tobacco road garbage farin (that seems to be the only thing that: grows) , that the girls have driven to~ opens up the doors to his barn.

All four of the ladies ·take in th~ i;>lf screen sight. The

gobbsmacked.

,>;c' ,;.' KlM {to heiself TJitha black rhythm) Now, that: 'f3 lihat:: ~ 'm, .talJdn' about.

· ZOE (in her ,,Kiwi rhythm) That's what I '.in talkin' about.

·We.s.ee what ·they see; .

A. totally· bad as·s White Dodge b1iai~e~· straight out of the mov;i.e "Vanishing Point". · · ·.·' · ··· · ·

·we see what they see, a beautiful engine, that, gearheads that they are, gets th~ wet'.

Back to the two girls.

This shit's off ,the fuckin' hook.

ZOE

Lee, in.her short skirt che~rleader·:unifonn, is asleep in a rusty patio furniture ·.chair. ·Abertpathy .•J;iits on three tires stacked on top of each other. ·. ·

An. ugly dog who looks like he just e.scaped a Korean kitchen, walks through frame.

Zoe and Kim are haggling with Jits.per ~ ·,,zoe says to Jasper•

_j

_) JASPER

, You lad:i.e~ t~ke your time._ ..

·zoE f' intend to~ . Efot first I need to ask you somethin~.

Kim's- entire-demeanor changes.

· .. .-.. ·,_ .;.· ........ .

zoE·

.. Kif.t'.. ·'···•· ... · .. ···.

are we never· gon.11aplay~;hfps Mast again,<but ya· also ·said,:''lf''you ever do, what y9.~'re trying to do now, to ·not -only' i·e;fμse, .J;>U1:.thp.t, I , had permission: ~Q p~ys.i,.ca-1,.ly restrain ··you:r;.•ass, i :i'.f necessary •

that'.? . . . . . ' ,. .·.

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

· Yes, I· said it· -- how~ver

Kim·hoids up .her hand •

Whatever with xq,ur however.

ZbE'' Look, I know I EJaid it. And I know I meant it. :·-,

..,,, :zo:&·> But when· :t. sai<i it, 1<didnit mean in America.·

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

... :.. zo:f :. '';, ,...·· I know what·r said, when I said it. But when . I said: i;t, I didn.' t know

I said it, if I had known I''d come ·to America and have the opportunity tq _play Ships Mast on t};ie fucking Vanish:i..ng· Point: c;haige~,,. I would of aclged -~-howenie.t'".•. _:r:-ight?

... KIM. • · ok~y ~-.·ocidly -~nougb,-..I ,a,qtu,ally tinderstoodf:bat~ HowE:?y~~,just . ..because! you .talk~cl yourself into . some stupid. shit; ·doesn't mean I've. lost my goddamn mind. You need two people to play Ships Mast., and -I. · ·ain-' t playing.

· z·oE Of course I would,-but now, -while I'm here, I'll_be your back cracking slave. !Ulytiμte you want it, ya got.it, you don't even hafta ask for it. You can order me to do it. -Just say;· 11Bitch, .. git ·over here and get busy".

Kirn thinks about. this a moment ••• then makes a deal.

They shake on it.

The two girHJ'walk over 'tJ .Abei:p~thy,' th~· sleeping Lee is · in the b. g ~ •

' So ·we 're' gon'.hci·.see if. t)lis ·..guy' 11 let us take the car out'without him .. If he. ,d,oes, you stay here with Lee·, and we' 11 be back in a bit. . -

-zd'.E I said; wfi're gonna see if this guy'll: let us take the.car out with·--

'ABERNATHY -- I heard what you ~aid, I just can't believe what you saicl. You know{ you two got SC>Ine:fuckin' balls.

; ZOE We're doin' more than that.

KIM.· Actually,. we;r~:paying·yoti. a cotnplimerit, cause we're·gonna do some stupid shit. But.that's okay, cause we're stu~t people, we ain-'t got good ·sense.· But you. got· good s·ense, and anybody with good s.ense, ain't gonna wanna do what we're doin'. .·'

·zoi cauiie. yoμ');~ ~ ..mom.

ABERNATHY

} I _ yot1 _know; -we~re suppose to ·be this

_-big "I>,osse", -. · --· _--- .•__._ · (she makes.,,·-qu6tes· ·_·_ : __. , : in 'the air) ·-- ______ but_. tllat' s the excuse _you\ghys use whemev,~r y;ou wafit 'to exclud~ me fr.om --something. •-<So what is it you 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's pest w~.don't go ,j.-n.d.etail abo:ut' 0it, while he's .. watchin '· us • , -B:e~ides, he's _ . probat>ly not gonna_ let u~ do it• · anyway.

-ABERNA'l'H.Y

_him into it. But if I talk him into it, I go along.

KIM

/

How you gonna do that?

$he makes a·face •••

~ .-.face goes away.

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

All three girls burst out laughing. Kim does her Sam Jackson pimp laugh.

11.3.

0 :KIM·- Okay, list,~n llp; •.mommy~ If you're gonna hang with the cool kids, you- got-tp...,,be-cool. We,.:take you along, you don't sa.y shit.< You don,'t even S?-Y, cr~p .•. ,:l'ou just si\t in the b~ck, and. I gon't.wan:na 'heiar a peep out ta •.your:: ass • . You ·understand?

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

·· ~IM, .. Ii In seZ::ioμs :now, you start haggin I •·us, . we' re .;pul1in' over to ·the side

and pickin' you up later.·· •.

Abernathy walks 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,first name.

She ·starts to dontinue ..•

What kind of :first name is that?

ABERNATHY

Abl:>y.

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

·• . AB:ERNATHX To better·sell. y9ur automobile.

She does kind of a ta-ta presentation-of,: >,. • : , the sleeping Lee •.

Jasper lo.oks •·

JASPER· Why does she look kinda :fatftiliar?

ABE:~ATHY That would be becaus~ she's a · · ·famous actresEJ.

· ·She· holds tip the :Allure Magazine·; opened to Lee's article.

Jasper take.s it, looks at it, then at her~ then to Abernathy.

Well you see, we're IIlaking a· Hollywood ;m,9viein town, and it's a cheerlead.er''movie, and.she's one of the·cheerleaders.

Abernathy,sta;:ts to say no-,then changes 4.t to;

• '• • ,, ,. ' . • I

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

\

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

·. y6U, but yo'll ac;tual:ly look liJ(e _Lee' s last boyfriend. she digs your type •.

ABERN~THY With pretty .girls, you never know, Jasper.

The:Charger ROARSto life.

·Waking' up the ~leeping cheerleader ....:- .

The. three other girl.s ~e in the cctr.

(yells out the c;ar _.·· ·door winclow) _ c;'_ . ~ Lee th.ts is J'~sper,-Jasper;Lee,-ypu i two kids stay out of trpuble.

Like tliat old commercial, Kim yelle;. -....

(They peel out in a s.hower of gravel.

Lee looks up at Jasper standing over her.

The Vanishing Point Charger drives down the lone country road, cutting_through :the forest~

-Inside are the three giris. Kim'beh.i.nd the wheel, Zoe in the passenger seat, arid·-Abernathy in the back.

Zoe begins preparing for "Ships Mast".:

_Abernathy asks questions but' is told- tQ shut up.

Zoe. takes her belt off, and asks Abernathy- for hers.

- .She then wraps· both, belts around the car __door window_ on both sides. .

Then shimmies out of the passenger car door w~ndow up on to the Chargers roof.

· A shocked Abernathy starts to .say something and Kim c_uts her to the quick. · ' · ,

·As Kim speeds down the road, Zoe sits .on the roof. She then lowers herself down the windshield on to the. hood.

_Kim drives looking past Zoe;: s as's. ··

Zoe on the hood finds the belt on the passenger side and· hangs on to -•it with her righ~ hand. ';I'h~ -Kim helps her ge:t .. a hold of t~e belt on.-the drivers side~.. .

••• then once Zoe has both belts in her'h~nds, she lbwers oh her ·back all the way down the _J:iood, till. her knees are over the h~od, and her heels rest 'onthe fender. • • .

· Then with her arms stre.tched out, ind her legs spread eagl_e, laying flat on the 'Charger~ hqod like a- human hood ornament, or a. • • '' Ships ·Mast" • ~ • :

She nods her head forward ••• ,

••• which Is Kim's c,ue to punch- it •••

The muscle car speeds down the roadw±tb·the crazy Kiwi on the hoocl, laughing her ass· off._ ••

CUT TO

/ CU STUNTMAN MIKE W/BINOCULARS . ·,.. ~ he lowers the specks.from his face.This is as ciose to flabbergasted as Stuntman Mike evergets· and the cause;of his flabb~rgastation is -the•· :t:w0,.-.bc1d.·!=1S~-s-tμntghiqks who,· apparently like to play as rough ashe does. ·

He looks around~ ••

There' s nobody around. ··They are in the mi<:lcile of .vast Nowheresville •

She· ROARSto rumbling life.

He _buckles. all his buckles , as ••• ·

~ •• his foot revs the g~s. ·

...

· When he's. safe and secure, one hand .goe:s .to tl).e gear ~hift and the other to the wheei ••• and •••

••• He takes off.after them •

life, before connecting with asphalt.

·once she hits the highway, ·she straightens out and power swims like a shark. Rubber to road like a fin t}u.:ough, .the · water.

THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD coming up fast behind the girls car.

THE··GIRLS ~

STUNTMANMIKE· so is his.

· The grill of his car coming up fast.

<-~-:•• . \ ABERNATHY something makes her look behin~ her.

ABBY'S Pov·. stuntman Mike ';s badass muscle car:;. coming at net at ''120 miles an hour.

'ABERNATHY .. (to herself) Oh my God.·

KIM~S eye goes.up to the rearview.

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

• • • BAM!

Stuntman Mike's. car hits them with s·uch force:, that ·Abernathy is propelled from the backseat; through the space in the fro.rrt: seat between the driver and passenger s~ats, crashing hard into the dashboard. ·· ·

We see from his windshield, the girls car shoot ahead.

His car shoots forward heading for another era.sh on the girls ass.

· STUNTMANMIKE. yee hawing, -waiting for i~pact_ •.

CRASH!

Z<>e's hand is. j~rked loose from one of tJ:lE?,belts.,· .

As she ·starts.to·slide off the hood, sh,e quickly flips over ....._._,__ on her belly, and grabs the frame between,the.h.ood and the windshield, like a cat on a tree. · ·

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

Theri she. sees what's up. Stuntman Mike •·s ear starts to pull along side.the girls car.

He swerves his ca.r---into theirs.

Zoe is literally yanked from her perch,_ and does a 180. · twirl and slide.· She's now facing th~ opposite way, head towards the grill, feet towards the windshield~-· Wi-tl:t no

grill., . . . .

KIM and ABERNATHY

,goddamn'thlng they can do.

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

She has no choice ••• She's got to out race him

.. : __ '---·-··•·••-'.•a<",.• •• ,·.,.· .. : .. ,,_. , -···" ·••·

/

She hits the gas .••

and the ·chase is· ·on.

Kim s9reains· to '.'Abby;.

As we·cut back·an:d forth between the two cars ••• ·

••• Abby tries to reach the. ·gun, but can •·t do it as Kim .. drives, with~ut fucking her up ..

And Kim just ·may be a better driver.. He's cha.sing after

her,.

• •.-.she. sees the asphalt of the highway 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).e braces .. herself PY pushing against the fender with her other har_id, thus stopping her slow slide. ··

precarious as hell? Yes. Will a slight bump send'her over the side? Hell yeah!

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Suddenly the pavedro~.d opens up into a_big clearing.

A barn is off to the side. A pile .-of rubbish. And a big field of tall grass.

It open~ up so wid~, _stuntman Mike .c.an get beside them, and· clips them hn the girls left side •

dreidel, whipping az:ound.a full three reVolU:tions.

Zoe -is sent flying _from the hood·~

"TALL GRASS . _ _ _ _ , _ Zoe as if shot from a gun that uses New Zealand women as

brush. Her fall is obstructed from view. ·

shell shocked.

· Stuntman Mike has stopped, too. He -looks at the g.i,.rls. He's. thinking maybe he should-let . ·these girls •,_be.

, .

When ~im turns and ~ees him and his car.stop~d. she yanks · the pistol out of her ankle holst_er ,. ·br.;ngs it up and FIRES at him. - -

The Bullet hits him right in the shoulder. .He·screanis at· the explosion in his body.

Like a cow~dly dog, he hits the gasand drives off.

Both girls look straight. ahead, their windshield poiri.:t:ing . directly at tlie tall <jra~s. Their heilrts,•ready to' explode over their friends fate~

When •••

• • • Zoe I~ figure way in .:tlle b<1.ckgr◊1.tndt <leaps up fbr :a moment ·above. the gras,s and she says.;

) KIM and ABERNATHY both break out in relieved laughter.

Abernathy rolls her eyes, putting her hands up in the air ..

Zcxf walks out of the gi::ass and up to the girls.

• .. ,;···,, ·_, ·1, ·•

KIM

-attack. . .

ZOE:. Wher:e, s the ·fuckin, maniac?

Kim and Zoe look ._at .each 0ther •.

zoE Wanna catch 'em?

Zoe sees something. . :.t·,....... _··

She runs o:ver :to the ,junk pile, and pti.lt"s out a h~avy duty·•·. pi~ce of: pipe. ·Then hops in the back •.

Kim speeds off after Mike.

-STUNTMANMIKE . . . . .. ·•· , ... ·,-. : stops his car. He's b1eeding and hurting worse.~:· lle's b~en shot in the left shoulder, sohecan't:mbv~ his Ieft ai:m. With his right hand he unbuckles his straps, wincing and grimacing with each movement.

He struggles with his right. arm to get at hi.s glove .box.

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He finally does and takes out a;bottle-of Four Roses whiskey. He spins 'qff the cap with his thlllttb, and takes a big down the hatch swig. ·· ··

As the neck of the bottle is in his' tnouth,. his eyes go to -the rear:view mirror, and· he sees Kim's Charger beading at his stopped car _·at fU:11 speed ••• before he can teinove' the bottle... _,,

•• • BAM!

No longer held tight by the restra:i,nts, his face smashe_s into the. steering wheel with the bottle-in the middle~

Everything but ;the :steering wheel shatteri:J. -·-

The car is sent flying.

Stuntm.an Mike sere~ in _agony.

-With his face smashed and ble~ding, wit:b:a glass sticking out of his face·and .neck, he sees Kim starting her stalled car to ram him again.

He frantically starts his car and peels out in fleeing - terror.

The girls are hot on his trail.

in hot pursuit. Zoe in the back says:

·Abernathy does.

Zoe starts wrapping it around her waist.

Chase back and forth.

Once the,--belt's on;·

She does.

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

Kim starts 'doing 'thi~.

The two Cc;lrS are parallel.

Kim and ·stuntman liiike share a ·look. Roles :reversed, ,:he's scarred and shaken,. she's the cat playing wi~h the· mouse •.

· The girls car pulls ahead. ·

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

zoe opens theback seat car ·door.

Kim foot stomps-on·the·brake.

The tires l9ck.

· . STUNTMANMIKE

• • • Wll.AM•••

••• he takes it right_off clean as a whistle.

-Zoe,who now hasn't any backseat_ car door, says· to, Abernathy;

/ \ )

You' re not· goin(J' anywnere,,, Mate f ·,'

That's what-I wanna hear.

·Picking·up the lead pipe, she says to Kim;

·· Kim,pull.s up ci:1ong side of. ;him.

z·oewith the· pipe raised like a whale harpoon, Abernathy· · wit}:l one lland hol4ing onto to Zoe's belt,. arid,the."other arm wrapJ>ed around the seat.

The spinning back.wh~el,of the S:tuntrnan's car comes into FRAME next to.the open backseat doorway.

.. } . ABERNATHY

Ready.

Zoe HARPOONSthe pipe into the wheel well, then quickly lets go.·

·'Stuntman Mike's rlghtback tire locks up, and h~s tail, goes up in the air, and he FLIPS END OVEREND down the highway, smashing the fucking shit out of ·the·car •

·When the 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 .sees the three ·pair 'of·feet walk towards him. _.__,..,.; . He's completely ..helpless •

· They- jerk his drivers side door:· open, and roughly yank his _busted up ass out of the veh,icle.

Yanking him up on to his feet, while pounding music blares on the soundtrack, the threegirls,with their fists, beat him to death.

When he hits the red asphalt, stuntman Mike is no more.

·_once he hits the g1aound, with the thre~,g~r~s standing over him •••

The FILM FREE_ZEFRAMESlike an old school l<Ung Fu filin that ends·at the death blow~

· ~- Cheesy White Optical "The End" pops· up ,on the screen.

And without anymore to do, "Death.Proof" is over.

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