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Underground eXperts United
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Presents...
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[ Screenplay: Burn Time ] [ By The GNN ]
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BURN TIME
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Screenplay adapted from the short story "Gas Station" by The GNN
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(c) Underground eXperts United and Underground Motion Entertainment, 1996
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The Underground Motion Entertainment crew are
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Phearless, H.C Andersson, Martinique, Joseph, Knyttet and The GNN
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screen shots are available at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~chief
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or in uXu file 360
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(opening credits)
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FAST CUT TO:
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EXT. CROWDED HIGHWAY - MORNING
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(Dolly move: Lots of cars, roaring down the highway.)
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CUT TO:
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(opening credits)
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FAST CUT TO:
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EXT. TWO PARKED CARS BY THE HIGHWAY - MORNING
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(Passing car's POV: Two men are fighting violently with each other.)
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CUT TO:
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(opening credits)
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FAST CUT TO:
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EXT. HIGHWAY CRASH - MORNING
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(A car drives off the highway and into a tree.)
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CUT TO:
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(opening credits)
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FAST CUT TO:
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EXT. CROWDED HIGHWAY - MORNING
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DOLLY MOVE TO:
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EXT. OUTSIDE BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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(Camera follows MAN (CUSTOMER) who walks towards a gas station. The crowded
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highway is visible to the left. CUSTOMER enters station. BILL becomes
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visible behind the counter. Camera follows to...)
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INT. BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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BILL
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(by the counter)
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Hello there. How's it hanging?
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CUSTOMER
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Cash.
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(pause)
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BILL
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(confused)
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Ye' may pay in any way ye' like my friend.
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(CUSTOMER pulls out a gun from the back of his pants and aims it at BILL)
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CUSTOMER
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Your fucking cash man!
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(pause)
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BILL
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But...
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CUSTOMER
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(screaming)
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Fuck it! Cash! Come on!
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BILL
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I opened this store ten minutes ago, boy. How can ye' expect me to have any
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cash rock-n-ready for you?
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(CUSTOMER discharges the gun. BILL drops to the floor, dead.)
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CUSTOMER
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(sudden calmness)
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That's not my problem.
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(CUSTOMER head for the door, walking in a calm pace. He stops by the door,
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turns around, and talks to the dead BILL.)
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CUSTOMER
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...and don't you ever call me 'boy', man.
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(CUSTOMER leaves. We see him run away from inside the station. Camera walks
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the station, ending up behind the counter. Close-up of BILL's face. Camera
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walks again, this time through the door to...)
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EXT. BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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(We see CUSTOMER flee in the background. A car stops by the station. A WOMAN
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steps out together with two KIDS. We see her enter the station, with the
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children.)
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INT. BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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(Camera does a 180 turn and follows WOMAN as she enters the station. The two
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KIDS are playing roughly with each other.)
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WOMAN
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(to playing kids)
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Calm down!
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(to station)
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Hello?
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KID ONE
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(laughing, to KID TWO)
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I'm gonna get you!
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WOMAN
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(to kids)
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Didn't I tell you to _shut up_, you two!
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(to station, angrily)
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Hello!
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(Camera follows WOMAN around in the store. She does not notice BILL. The
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kids are not in the picture at this moment. A loud crash is suddenly heard.
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WOMAN sighs, shakes her head and walks to the location of the crash. One
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of the kids has accidentally broken a few glass jars.)
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WOMAN
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(quietly, angrily)
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Oh no, shit!
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KID ONE
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(to WOMAN)
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Look what he did! Look what he did!
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KID TWO
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(to WOMAN)
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He did it! He did it!
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(WOMAN smacks both kids.)
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WOMAN
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Now, look what you've done! This mess is gonna cost mom a lot of dollars,
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you hear me?
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(The two kids are blaming each other.)
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WOMAN
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Lots of dollars! Lots! This means that there will be no dollars over to
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ice-cream, you hear me? You hear me?
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(She stops arguing and looks around in the seemingly empty store. The kids
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are still blaming and fighting with each other.)
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WOMAN
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(quietly, to kids)
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Let's go.
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(WOMAN grabs the two kids by their arms and leads them to the exit of the
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station. Camera follows.)
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WOMAN
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(irritated)
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Damn, damn, damn!
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(They leave the station. Camera follows to...)
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EXT. BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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(The WOMAN and the kids hops into the car and drives away. They almost
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crash into another car that is on its way into the station area.
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The other car honks. A teenager (YOUNGSTER ONE) screams to the woman
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from the other car.)
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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(screaming)
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Watch it, granny!
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(The car parks outside the station. The car with the WOMAN speeds away in
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the distance. Two teenagers jumps out of the car, clearly excited. There
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is also a DOG in the car.)
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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(yelling)
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Yeah, boye! Ain't no goddamn...
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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(chorus)
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...hocus-pocus 'round this place!
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(They perform a little dance around the car, constantly yelling. They dance
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towards the entrance of the station. The dog remains in the car. Camera
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follows them into...)
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INT. BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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(loudly)
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Hey, hey, hey! Mister gas man! Service, bitte!
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(YOUNGSTER ONE walks to a pile of six-packs on the floor and begins to
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examine them.)
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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(annoyed with the fact that no one answered his request)
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Damn niggers...
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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Aww, fucking shit, why can't the petroleum industry get the point. There
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is just no market for Budweiser nowadays, I don't get it...
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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Fucking close to water? Huh.
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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We're young, strong, beautiful and sexy. Budweiser is just not the right
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thing for us. Two packs, ey?
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(YOUNGSTER TWO walks out of the picture, towards the counter.)
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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(off)
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Say what? Two? Man! Three, boye!
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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Coming up, dude.
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(YOUNGSTER ONE begins to stack three six-packs onto his arms. Suddenly,
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YOUNGSTER TWO screams in horror. YOUNGSTER ONE drops all three packs on
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the floor.)
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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(silently)
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Shit...
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(Camera pans to YOUNGSTER TWO who stands by the counter, keeping YOUNGSTER
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ONE in the picture.)
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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Whattafuck?
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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(frightened, excited)
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Oh man!
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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Problem?
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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It's a motherfucking corpse on the damn floor here! That's the
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motherfucking shitty, problem, damn! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
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(YOUNGSTER ONE rushes to the counter. Camera follows. BILL's corpse comes
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into view.)
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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Far out.
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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This is scary man! Really, really, scary!
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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(looking at the corpse)
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Indeed, man. Wow...
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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So?!
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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What?
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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So what the hell are we going to do?
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(Silence. They think.
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YOUNGSTER TWO grabs YOUNGSTER ONE and stares at him.)
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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Asshole!
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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Hey!
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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Where's the shotgun?
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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The what?
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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(babbling)
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The shotgun! Is it in the car? The little 'if-they-come-in-my-way-I-will-
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blow-their-heads-clean-off-device'? Is it in the trunk?
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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Well, uh, yeah, in the trunk... do you...
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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(interrupting)
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Christ! Let's get the fuck outta here! They will blame us for this mess!
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Come on, come on!
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(YOUNGSTER TWO rushes away, constantly babbling. Camera slowly follows him
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out of the station to...)
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EXT. BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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(YOUNGSTER TWO hops into the car, still babbling, and starts the engine.
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YOUNGSTER ONE enters the picture from behind, walking towards the car,
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carrying two six-packs.)
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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I don't believe it. You just couldn't resist it, could you? Idiot.
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YOUNGSTER ONE
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So?
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YOUNGSTER TWO
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Into the car! Now! Shit, shit, shit..
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(The cars speeds away in a cloud of smoke, almost crashing into a bus that
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is on its way into the station area. The bus honks. The bus stops by a
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gas pump. A BUS DRIVER and a dozen pensioners step out of the bus.)
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OLD MAN ONE
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Very nice, yes, very nice.
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OLD LADY ONE
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Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
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(The BUS DRIVER begins to fill up the bus. He lights a cigarette.)
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OLD LADY TWO
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(to BUS DRIVER)
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Now listen to me love; this is a gas station.
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BUS DRIVER
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(uninterested)
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Uh, huh.
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OLD LADY TWO
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... and it's forbidden, really forbidden, to smoke at such places! Do I
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make myself clear! It's dangerous to smoke here, yes? Everything could
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just... explode! Explode! Boom! Bang! It's dangerous!
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BUS DRIVER
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Sure.
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(He does not put out the cigarette. OLD LADY TWO keeps on talking to the
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BUS DRIVER, while the camera do a 180 turn to the group of pensioners
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who are about the enter the station. Camera follows them into...)
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INT. BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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(OLD LADY THREE notices a destroyed pile of six-packs. She begins to pick
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them up, muttering. The rest of the group talks to each other while
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getting various needful things from the shelves.)
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OLD MAN TWO
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I remember 1942, oh, yes I do.
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OLD LADY FOUR
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I used to dance when I was younger...
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OLD MAN TWO
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Or was it 1934?
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OLD LADY FOUR
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...it was no nice and charming.
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(The group keeps on talking, while getting more things from the shelves.
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Eventually, they arrive to the counter. Camera follows/pans/dolly the whole
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time. They end up silent by the counter, everybody stares at the corpse.)
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OLD LADY FIVE
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It's such a shame.
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OLD LADY FOUR
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Yes.
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(pause)
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OLD MAN THREE
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He looks so... young.
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OLD LADY FOUR
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He does.
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(pause)
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OLD MAN FOUR
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He could had done so much in his life. Now it's all.. spoiled.
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OLD MAN ONE
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(irritated)
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This is not good at all. Not good at all.
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OLD MAN FOUR
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What are we going to do?
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(Silence.)
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OLD MAN ONE
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Nothing.
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(The crowd reacts.)
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OLD MAN ONE
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(to the group)
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Listen to me. We did not create this mess, did we? We have nothing to do
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with the sad... faith... this young man met. Why should we be forced to
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take care of it? Why? We don't deserve this! We have worked out whole life!
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Now, when we finally get a well-deserved vacation, we end up in this!
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Not fair at all, I'll tell ya!
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(The group agrees. The camera walks away into the store. The pensioners get
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into the picture when they once again walk around in the store, getting
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more things from the shelves. They talk about how right their behavior
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is. Eventually, they head for the exit of the store. Camera follows, but
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stops by the door. The pensioners enter the bus, with the driver. The bus
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starts and drives away. Camera moves to...)
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EXT. BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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(The bus drives away.)
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EXT. HIGHWAY - MORNING
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(Cars driving fast on the highway. We see the bus drive away.)
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EXT. CAR PARKED BY THE HIGHWAY - MORNING
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(A man pukes by the side of the road. A woman sits in the car, bored.)
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EXT. CAR DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY - MORNING
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(Passing cars POV: KIDS playing violently in a car. The driver, WOMAN,
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shouts at them.)
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EXT. ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY - MORNING
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(Two crashed cars on the highway. One of them is burning. YOUNGSTER TWO,
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dead, can be seen beside the other car. Beer cans are spread over the
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street, and a lonely dog licks up the beer from the street until another
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car runs it over.)
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EXT. BILL'S GAS STATION - MORNING
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(The camera turns 180 degrees. The whole station comes into the picture.
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The camera moves backwards, away. We see another car enter the station
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area and park.)
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(fade to black)
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(closing credits)
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uXu #352 Underground eXperts United 1996 uXu #352
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Call X-TREME -> +31-1675-64414
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