"Eleven Dreams" ©
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FADE IN:
This is a story of a young man surrounded by the bigotry of the 'South' 1980's and that within his own family and his need to survive with his compassion intact and escape the everyday mentalities of racial inequalities. Those depicting fear - hatred at will as they chose. The young-man's challenges guided by his compassion is the drama - in this 'original screenplay'.
INSERT: TEXAS HIGHWAY SIGN. BULLET HOLES. READS.
SUPREME, TEXAS - POLLUTION - 16,213 - (Vandalized) - Now reads - Raccoons.
"Home of The World's Largest Mayonnaise Factory"
INSERT PG 186: CAMERA FOLLOWS ACTION - A PICKUP TRUCK CROSSES RAILROAD TRACKS - NIGHT
BACK IN HERE: MAIN SCRIPT
SUMMER - 2002
EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOT - TOWN - RAP MUSIC - DAY
TRIMMINGS of a small rural REDNECK town soaking in bigotry. Radio Station plays a 'Radio Free Europe' call out in a 'Black Rap Song' in your face back to you. Lyrics fill the air waves predominantly using the 'N' word. CAMERA Pans area so you get the drift of things. There's 'SHIP'S BARBER SHOP' with the American Flag along side a CONFEDERATE FLAG hanging in first place. Older Pickup Trucks with Rifle Racks in rear window sporting the Confederate Flag throughout the parking area. Black Rap Song continues to ring out. Older cars. Activity. Locals. Huge Six Lane Highway passes through town. Strip Mall Shopping Center. Dental stall upstairs. Identified truck from Mayonnaise Factory is unloading an injured individual into the Medical Clinic. Nigger doesn't dance here.
Music Out.
Most locals here have never been outside of Texas. Camera Pans Cemetery.
However, someone has a plan - Rider on Scooter.
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SHERIFF
Damn, Wilbur is so short change in the head if Einstein's
brain was lying at his feet with a damn note tied to it saying
that he, Wilbur, was next in line to use it. He'd he'd pick it up
and throw it in the damn trash. Who the fuck is Einstein? I
tell you I sure in heck don't know what his Daddy was thinking.
Bank Puppy.
DEPUTY
Trust Puppy.
INT. SMALL ROOM - LIVING QUARTERS - MORNING
Young white male. Sleeping. Room is attached to rear of family garage. Daylight cracks through wall boards. Alarm clock sounds. This is RUSTY ROBERTS our chief protagonist. Twenty one. Jumps up. Wearing shorts. Thin. Muscular. Good looks. (O.S.) We hear the sounds of a LAWN MOWER.
RUSTY
Ah...I'm late.
EXT. LARGE ESTATE - GROUNDS - MORNING
This is Debbie BOGG. Attractive. Late Thirties. Cutting grass. Older male on porch in Wheelchair.
EXT. GARAGE ROOM - RUSTY - DAY
On his exit Rusty trips over his dog. Large male Golden Retriever. This is MOON.
RUSTY
Moon! One of these mornings I'm going to break a leg.
Moon gets a huge.
RUSTY to rear door of house. Enters kitchen. Moon tags along. Two sister prepare breakfast. Dressed in nightwear cutoffs barely covering young curvy bodies. Breasts and butts in exposure.
BUFFY the eighteen year old. YELLS.
BUFFY
HEY! You're not suppose to be in here! With...with...those
prying horny eyes of yours!
BUFFY covers up. Rusty moves to refrigerator. Takes out a piece of chicken from the Diner where he works.
Puts the bag back in. Moon sticks his nose in.
AGNES the fifteen year old makes clothing adjustment with clothing.
AGNES
Good morning, Rusty. Hi, Moon.
TWO more Sisters move in. Dressed and exposed the same. KIM the sixteen year old.
KIM
Hi, Rusty...your fridge broken again? Moon whats up?
CASEY the fourteen year old enters. Topless. CAMERA ANGLE. REVERSE SHOT.
BUFFY turns. Sees CASEY topless.
BUFFY
CASEY! Cover yourself up!
CASEY
SOOO! I don't care! He can take me down anytime he
wants! Good morning, Rusty. Moon...love you. Rusty
any take outs left? Ahhh...here it is...ladies.
Casey makes a Maestro flip for Buffy to continue.
BUFFY
In case you forget! Or you're not checking anymore!
He's still your brother! You idiot!
Casey flips the finger to Buffy. Rusty moves to exit.
BUFFY (Con't)
DADDY! He's in the house again! You just wait! RUSTY
ROBERTS! When Daddy gets home! You'll get it! Just
wait!
CASEY
Bye, Rusty. Moon...you can stay.
AGNES/KIM
Bye, Rusty...bye Moon.
EXT. HOUSE - RUSTY - MOON - DAY
Rusty takes bite of Chicken. Gives balance to Moon.
RUSTY
Four sisters. Look out world here they come.
Ready or not. Watch the bones, pal.
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EXT. RUSTY - HIGHWAY - VARIOUS ANGLES - EVENING
Motor Scooter. INSERT: Sign on Scooter: "Sam's Hot Food - You Get Hot - Or You Don't Pay". Rusty on Scooter pulling up to Food Mart. Parks Scooter.
SIGN on top of Food Mart Reads: "ELEVEN DREAMS"
INT. ELEVEN DREAMS - EVENING
SAM NAM. OWNER. VIETNAMESE. Middle age male. Rusty moves up to Sam. Mrs. Nam works grill. This is
EVE NAM. Acknowledges Rusty.
EVE
Hello...Rusty. You okay today?
RUSTY
Fine...thanks and you Mrs. Nam?
EVE smiles and nods.
SAM
Hey, Rusty you want to take Mrs. June's order?
It's ready.
RUSTY
She's early today...isn't she? But she's a
solid tipper. (Whispers) Sam...can I ask you a
man's question?
SAM
Sure...sure, boy. You ask...man's question.
SAM winks to wife while Rusty moves around to Sam's position.
RUSTY
Sam...lets say...if you were to...in a shower.
SAM looks on doubtfully. Nods to Rusty to continue.
RUSTY (CON'T)
You know.
RUSTY nods.
SAM
Yes...yes! Wacky! Wacky!
RUSTY embarrassed. Looks around. Then to floor.
RUSTY
Well...yeah. My question is...how long would the?
SAM
Wacky...you wacky long time? Not good...maybe
fall off.
SAM laughs. Eve smiles.
SAM (CON'T)
How long you Wacky, boy?
RUSTY
No...no...not that...not the wacky.
SAM
You no wacky?
RUSTY
The aroma...Sam. You know...aroma.
SAM
Aroma? Girl? Aroma is girl? Girl...I don't
know her.
RUSTY puts fingers to nose.
SAM (CON'T)
Oh...Oh...the fishy! The smell! Yeah, yeah the
fishy! Maybe ten minutes...fishy in bathroom! No
more! For sure no more sometimes less, the fishy.
Aroma, yes. (Laughs)
RUSTY
Ten minutes! On, no! She knows.
SAM
She knows the fishy?
RUSTY
Yeah.
SAM
If girlie knows the fishy not bad. She's next!
Sam smiles. Nods to EVE looking on.
SAM (CON'T)
Hey! Good news! Rusty! Before I forget! My
cousin called today from Los Angeles!
RUSTY
He did! He did! Great! Great! Oh, boy!
SAM
Yeah! He waits for you, good news! He has
room for you...until you get settled...you
know...you have to get to know Los Angeles.
Big city...big city.
RUSTY
Wow! A room! That's awesome! EVE (O.S.)
EVE
Food ready! Hot! Now! Ready!
SAM
Okay...okay...we talk later...Mrs June's
food ready.
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EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT
Rusty pulls up on Scooter for another delivery.
INT. HOUSE - NIGHT
Three adorable thirteen year old girls dressed to the 'nines' peering in excitement peering from behind curtain.
GIRL ONE
He's coming!
GIRLS quickly line up at door. Bell rings. All jump in excitement adjusting themselves.
GIRL TWO
I'm first!
GIRL THREE
We're all first! Okay...this is it.
GIRL ONE opens door. Rusty enters.
RUSTY
Hi Randi...Hi Shelly...Hi Ester.
ALL THREE GIRLS
Hi Rusty! We're ready!
GIRLS strut in place.
RUSTY
Where should I put the food?
ALL THREE
On the table!
SHELLY
(Whisper)
Is he going to do us on the table?
RUSTY moves to the kitchen.
RUSTY
On the table.
ALL THREE GIRLS scramble to get on the dining room table. In a comical rush. Spreading out in adjustment.
Rusty in kitchen. Sets food on counter. Mickey the eight year old brother enters.
RUSTY
Hi, Mickey...hungry?
MICKEY
Right...lets see the bill.
RUSTY hands bill to Mickey.
MICKEY (CON'T)
Things are looking good, Rusty.
Last time it was fifty dollars.
RUSTY
Fun and games, huh. Your Mom will
later give the real number to Sam.
MICKEY
See you Rusty...can I get a ride tomorrow?
RUSTY
Sure.
MICKEY grabs his food and moves off.
RUSTY moves pass the GIRLS still spread out on dining room table.
RANDI
You can do us! I...mean you deserve it.
RUSTY makes his exit.
RANDI (CON'T)
I feel woozy...did he do us?
ESTER
I'm perspiring...maybe he did.
SHELLY
I'm wet...my heart can't take much more
of this...I need to sit up.
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LOUD BOOM (O.S.) Rusty's door is kick open. FRANK. Rusty's Father enters.
Slightly Overweight. Wears a white stained - tee-shirt - at armpits. Khaki pants. Gun tucked in belt.
FRANK
Thought I told you I wanted you out of HERE!
MOON comes to alert.
FRANK (Con't)
You SIC that damn dog of yours on me and I'll
but a bullet in both of you!
RUSTY cautious Moon.
RUSTY
I leave in two weeks.
RUSTY stumbles. Grabs tickets to show Frank.
FRANK
That's not soon enough! I want you out
of here tonight! Get your shit packed and
out of here tonight! You can sleep on the
fuck'n street for all I care! I don't much
give a rat's ass where!
RUSTY nods.
RUSTY
I'm paying you rent...here...here's a month's
rent and I leave in two weeks...I'm never late
late with the rent to you...never.
FRANK
I don't want your damn money! I want you
out of here! Tonight! And if you're not out
of here than you're a fuck'n trespasser!
RUSTY recoils sadly.
FRANK (Con't)
And you know what I do with fuck'n trespassers!
I shot the bastards! That's what I do!
FRANK mocking.
FRANK (Con't)
Gees...Sheriff...I didn't know who the fuck it was!
RUSTY frighteningly holds onto Moon. Frank back at Rusty.
FRANK (Con't)
I thought it might be someone trying to sneak
up and rape one of my daughters!
RUSTY backs away.
FRANK (Con't)
This here is Supreme, Texas! Ass hole! It an't your
fuck'n fairyland Hollywood! It's fuck'n Supreme,
Texas! And the Sheriff ain't gonna give a damn
about some dead worthless piece of shit lying
dead in my fuck'n night grass! You got that!
RUSTY sadly nods.
FRANK (Con't)
And if you leave that damn dog of yours behind
thinking you're gonna come back and get him later!
I'll shot the sack of shit where he sleeps!
NEW ANGLE
FRANK (Con't)
And use his fuck'n carcass for crab bait in the
morning! Those are my words of wisdom, asshole!
And you can count on them! I want you out of here
tonight!
FRANK turns. Kicks door out of way. Exits.
RUSTY sits down in a worn chair. Despair. Quiet cry. Moon moves over to Rusty.
CASEY makes a loud entrance from the dark outside through open door.
CASEY
WHAT a piece of artwork he is! Father knows best...not!
he knows as much about parenthood as a bunch of
southern militant skinheads high on weed and Sieg Heils!
RUSTY
Ahh...Casey...you better get out of here before he comes back.
He was going to shoot me and Moon. Did you hear him.
CASEY moves over to food bags on table.
CASEY
Thai food! And look at what we have here for...Moon!
CASEY pulls out a large bone of meat. Moon's tail wagging. Casey gives bone to Moon.
RUSTY
Casey...please. If he comes back he's going to go
crazy... he wants to shoot me at any chance or
cause he gets.
CASEY
He's not coming back...Buffy's taking a bath...she
looks the other way and lets him watch pretending
like she doesn't know. Yeah...right! She's playing
every angle of the deal.
RUSTY covers ears. CASEY laughs.
CASEY (Con't)
Come on! I'll prove it to you! I'll show you...we'll
sneak up on them...from the outside bathroom
window.
MOON barks.
CASEY (Con't)
See...Moon knows.
RUSTY
No...no I'll take your word for it.
CASEY
Can I stay for dinner? I haven' eaten all day.
RUSTY looks around. CASEY closes door.
RUSTY
Sure...sure please eat. Lots of food and I'm not
very hungry right now.
CASEY
Stop worrying about it...Buffy will brown nose
him up after her bath...bad mouthing everyone.
She's already got Kim and Agnes bent somewhere
along the line those two will need some serious
deprogramming from their cult master.
RUSTY nods. CASEY takes food from bags and sets up the table.
CASEY (Con't)
If Mom were alive...Buffy would be cut down to
real quick. But you can blame that on these two.
CASEY grabs BOTH breast.
CASEY (Con't)
They bounce around nicely when you want them,
too...they're good to suck on when having up coming
fun...they're sexy. BUT they're also KILLERS as our Mother
knows all too well.
RUSTY to door to check.
CASEY (Con't)
Stop worrying. He's ready for his six pack...he watches
Wrestling Mania...he falls asleep...trust me on this one.
Anyway, tomorrow's Sunday and he's broke...he doesn't
get paid until next week the factory pays every two weeks.
NEW ANGLE: Rusty reassured. Sits down at table.
CASEY (Con't)
You give me the rent money...I'll convince him...our father
in grace, here. That I'm the courier and messenger. He
takes the money with only coins left in his pockets...gives
Buffy twenty bucks and WE'RE off to the races again.
NEW DAY NEWS CONFERENCE
Roberta is a top news personality. Looks directly into camera as she is reporting back to her boss in New York.
ROBERTA
Well...there you have it, Dan. The Sheriff seems
embattled with the News Conference and the line
questioning, to say the least...as you saw and of
course as you know...we're knee deep here in
East Rider territory.
DAN (O.S.)
Right...small southern towns are not experience
when it comes to a lot of outside media attention
and it shows.
EXT. NEWS MEDIA - VARIOUS ANGLES - DAY
Rapping up things for the day. Trucks. Big Media stars of networks are moving back to Chauffeur driven Vans.
INT. HOUSE - DAY
BUFFY on phone. Mock Hysteria. Kim and Agnes sit nearby like the trained associates that they are.
BUFFY
Ally Ward was my bestest of friends ever! I Can't believe
this is happening to us, Hank! Did they catch the Black
Man that did it? Hank...you think they'll want to talk to
me on T.V. ?
HANK
Of course they will...my Daddy's got some pull with the
news people here...they owe him some favors...as head
of the Republican Party in South Texas...he got them in
on some interviews with Bush!
Buffy on phone holds for a beat.
BUFFY
WHAT! Are you crazy! I'm not going to DO your Daddy!
My God! He's older than...then Robert Redford! Forget
it Hank Borman! Just forget it! I'll get it done with my
own people!
BUFFY throws a look to Agnes and Kim. Both are stunned. With open mouths. Buffy moves over to the two.
BUFFY (Con't)
This as I see it...is your only earthly worthwhile function
in your otherwise miserable lives! So protect your roles,
idiots! And I'm offering sisterly love, here. You two get
out there...scratch the ground spread the word with those
media people - no local media - National only. That Buffy
Roberts has information.
INT. RUSTY - CASEY - RUSTY'S ROOM - NIGHT
At table. Moon resting on Rusty's bed.
CASEY
You heard him...he said, accident. Remember...accident.
Right.
RUSTY
I hope they're alright. Please, please, dear God let them
be alright.
RUSTY gives Moon a hug and a kiss. Casey encouragingly whispers.
CASEY
The announcer said accident...you saw the ambulances...
two of them.
Rusty nods.
RUSTY
What time is it?
CASEY
Ten O'clock. Lets check to see if there' anything on the
news.
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