Here's the new script!
March 23rd 2008 05:25
Feel free to read and offer criticism and comments.
Here is it.
It's called, The Grave of the Screaming City
(the formatting isn't right, i just copied and pasted it from celtx, the program i use.
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The screen is black. We can only hear Paranoia Prima, by Ennio Morricone, playing over the darkness.
FADE TO:
INT. library. night
We arrive at a pleasant scene where we can see a grey-haired man (smoking a pipe,if possible), sitting in a comfortable chair reading a book. From what we can see of the room it looks like a library and the back wall has shelves of books. The man puts the book down and looks at the camera.
Narrator
OH, I didn't see you come in. Tonight's tale of terror is so supremely horrifying and profoundly shocking that we recommend pregnant woman, people with an all consuming fear of snowdomes and those with the weakest of constitutions may want to look away now. (pause) good. (pause) In my role as the keeper of the most abominable stories known, and unknown, to man, I come across many tales that fill me with both fear and Loathing.
The man pulls out an old tome and opens it to a random spot in the middle.
NARRATOR
Tonight, I have the pleasure of bringing you the most bile enducing, completely wicked monstrosity I have ever witnessed with my own three eyes. (pause, then maliciously) Enjoy.
The Man flashes a wicked smile and we fade to black. Paranoia Prima is replaced by Robert Johnson's "Me and the Devil Blues", softly in the background. The titles appear then vanish to display the words "HOW COULD anything originate out of its opposite? For example, truth out of error? or the Will to Truth out of the will to deception? - Friedrich Nietzsche" come up on the screen and we,
jump to:
EXT. graveyard. night
A man jolts awake and sits up. The man is wearing nice ,slightly fancy clothes and looks completely out of place in the graveyard. We will refer to him as Ziggy. Ziggy is lying on top of a grave in uncomfortable position that looks like he fell from the sky. He seems confused and disoriented. Because of this so do we, that camera searches for something to make sense of the jolting transition to the scene. Ziggy gets up and stumbles out of the frame. We see a new area that looks old and derelict and the headstones menace the camera. Ziggy keeps his pace and soon arrives at a crossroads in the paths. He looks around for a few seconds and sits, looking dejected and lost. After a while of sitting looking we hear a dull murmur and screaming which puzzles him. He looks confused and wanders around the small area. Rummaging around a grave he discovers a small but beautiful snowdome. The sounds become louder as he studies it. The whole time the Snow Dome is on screen we hear the screaming, though it never becomes louder than the music or dialogue, it is only unsettling from the background. Ziggy attempts to throw the snow-dome away and finds it stuck to his hand. He trys desperately to throw away and just as he is about to smash the dome on the stone grave, a man appears behind him. The man is dressed up as Abraham Lincoln and stands, bemused, watching the Ziggy about to smash the snow-dome.
Abraham Lincoln
Bad Idea.
Ziggy whips around and puts the Snow-Dome between him and Abe.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Could be the end of the universe as you know it. But that's just a guess.
Ziggy has a crazed look on his face and is so monumentally confused he seems a little faint.
Ziggy
And you would be?
Abe offers his hand.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln.
Ziggy reaches out and shakes Abe's hand with his Snow-Dome hand. They have an awkward moment shaking the dome.
ZIGGY
Really?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
No, not at all. (pause) Going to a fancy dress party after this.
ZIGGY
oh.....
Ziggy seems more than confused about this. He looks like he's about to snap.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Anyway, you're dead.
Ziggy's mouth just gapes as he searches for words.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
No really. Hit by a bus. Be glad you weren't there. Very gruesome.
ZIGGY
Shouldn't I be dead then?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Oh, you are. (pause) In a way. But you're here (pause) at the same time. This, I like to think of as a waiting room. Only with more character. I, am the receptionist, though I didn't wear my skirt.
The two men stand and look at each other for an awkward silence.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Well. Normally I wouldn't do this, but seeing as we have such a repore. I'm going to let you into a little secret. That Snow Dome you have in your hand there. That is the world as you know it.
Ziggy looks very confused.
ZIGGY
You said that.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
That (points to Snowdome) is your entire universe.
ZIGGY
But it's awfully small.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
You're dead now, you need to expand your mind. Think outside the box. It's actually very big. You're very small. It all gets very technical. Everything about your world. Everything you know and remember. Is all in there. (pause) It does have another use though, it's also the last ticket into heaven. No matter what you've done in life, it is completely forgiven. Many, many people would kill for one of those, and HAVE killed for one of those. I just thought you should know. That IS the last one.
Ziggy looks down at the Snow Dome and back to Abe.
ZIGGY
So, I'm dead.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
(exasperated)yes.
ZIGGY
....and i'm going to heaven.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
YES!
ZIGGY
So why am I here then?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Well obviously theres a list. You're not the only person in the world you know.
Abe checks his watch.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
And the line is about, ummmmm, four minutes.
They sit for a little while.
ZIGGY
Didn't you have a party to go to?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
OH! crap!
Abe jumps up and turns to go but is suddenly hit on the head with something out of shot. Kaiser Wilhelm steps out of the shadows, pointy hat and all. As they speaks he wanders closer to Ziggy.
ziggy
Costume party?
Kaiser Wilhelm
Vat?
ziggy
Costume party....you're dressed up right? Where's Mr Lincoln?
kaiser Wilhelm
Ze hairy vun? I have dealt vis him. Now! vould you please give me ze Snow dome.
ziggy
Ummm (pause) no, I don't think so. I'm just going to wait for another, two minutes or so.
Kaiser wilhelm
NO! I sink I haf been vaiting for long enough to deserve zis honor. Too many yearsss, I waited here, I knew someone vould come along evetually.
Ziggy is back away now, stumbling over the graves.
KAISER WILHELM
I vill haf ze ticket.
Ziggy turns and runs away. Kaiser wanders after him and Ziggy soon becomes lost. He wanders through the graveyard and rounds a corner only to run straight into Kaiser. Ziggy jumps back and the Snow Dome goes flying through the air and as it soars away we see both faces following it through the air. The snow dome crashes into the ground and is completely destroyed. The screen cuts to the old television fuzz (as in poltergeist).
fade to:
inT. House. day
A man sits at a table with his wife and is looking through letters.
man
Darling......we've paid off the mortgage.....
The woman jumps up and cheers.
INT. newspaper office. day
Another man is sitting at his desk when someone runs past flinging papers everywhere.
Running man
They've declared world peace!
EXT. park. day
A child clambers down from a tree with a kitten tightly grasped in one arm.
KID
Finally, next time I might not be around to save you.
EXT. GRAVEYARD. NIGHT
Kaiser and Ziggy are sitting down on the edge of a grave facing away from the shattered remains of the snowdome. Both look dejected and lost. Kaiser turns to look at the remains of the snow dome and his face lights up. He starts to carefully pick up the remaining pieces of the dome and put them in his pocket. While he is doing this we
fade to black:
INT. LIBRARY. NIGHT
The man still sits in the library starting at the camera. When we come back to him we closes the book and puts it on the table next to him. All the time keeping his eye on the audience.
NARRATOR
Well, boys and ghouls, did you enjoy this terrifying tale? You did?
He smiles.
NARRATOR
Excellent. Now the little boys and girls should all travel off to bed now, safe in the knowledge that our adventure was made up and, as long as they're good, nothing can get them. (pause) But the bad children...
The narrator produces the flimsily taped back together snowdome from his pocket and smiles as we
fade to black:
The credits roll.
The End.
Hope you liked it.
Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.
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