StefanHaynes
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This script actually took while to write, and it's still not where I'd like it to be. Please say what you will. I'm thick.
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EXT. CLIFF - DAY
Straight-down. Dirt ground. Untied shoe, with a foot in it,
right corner.
A toffee wrapper glides to the ground.
The untied shoe steps on it before it blows away. Wrapper is
picked up by hands with biker gloves. Held as if being read.
It says "Thomas Toffee."
BLACK SCREEN
TEXT: The Bike and the Toffee.
INT. DEPARTMENT STORE - DAY
A YOUNG BOY (10-12), chewing toffee, holding his MOTHER's right
hand, looks around in the "bicycle department." The boy
points to a bicycle in the distance. He drags his mother
towards it. He feels the bicycle up and down...
...its curves, its metal, its design. He's enchanted by it.
The boy looks at his mother...
...he points. His final decision.
EXT. OUTSIDE HOUSE/BIKE TRAIL - SUNSET
YOUNG BOY cries and screams at his parents standing near the
house.
He runs to his bike...
...rides it towards the sunset.
Blood pumping, wonder and fear in eyes. The boy gets a natural
high from biking away from his troubles. Digs in his pocket.
Finds a small piece of "Thomas Toffee." He eats it.
He continues to ride towards the sunset.
MATCH TO:
EXT. THE BIKE TRAIL - SUNSET
TEEN BOY (15-18) has his head turned towards the sunset,
then shifts his head to look towards the...
...east, the darkness. He is on the same bicycle as before.
It's seen better days, but it's still in decent shape.
He rides up to a small, secluded portion of the trail. A
group of people his age stand around a small bonfire.
He gives a friendly "hi again" gesture, and the people
signal for him to come closer...
Accepted. The teen boy smiles.
Focus on the setting sun.
SUN SETS IN FAST MOTION:
EXT. THE BIKE TRAIL - NIGHT
TEEN BOY rides away, waving at his friends near the campfire, his
pupils dilated...
small piece of toffee propped between his two front teeth...
...beginning to bite.
INT. GARAGE - DAY
MAN, age 23, withered and worn skin, dark-circled eyes, sits alone,
legs crossed, pupils dilated, looking at his bicycle. It's
in poor condition, paint scratched off, wheel-spokes
missing. He places a small toffee in his mouth.
He smiles at the bike, tears in eyes. He gently picks it up and
sticks it in the back of his truck. Carefully, lovingly, he
straps it down.
He feels the bicycle up and down...
...its tarnished metal, its worn curves, its flawed design.
He drives off.
BLACK SCREEN
EXT. CLIFF - DAY
MAN removes the bike from the truck and places it next to
the cliff (cliff not seen yet). He straps his helmet on.
Puts on his biker gloves. Water bottle secured. We now see
he's going to bike off the cliff.
Gets in position.
Remembers to eat a final piece of toffee. He places it in
his mouth, the wrapper accidentally falls to the ground. He
picks it up, looks at it, begins to cry.
The man feels a shift.
He pushes the bike off the cliff...
throws helmet...
water bottle...
gloves...
He runs to truck, opens up his glove compartment. It's
packed with "Thomas Toffees." He scrapes out every last piece,
carries the huge armful to the cliff and nearly throws them
off. But he cannot. He just looks down at them.
He carries them away.
FADE TO:
END CREDITS
End credits roll. Wrapper after wrapper of "Thomas Toffee" hits
the ground.
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