Hicks,+Ben

My Screenplay  By Ben Hicks Cut to scurrying rat in dark place. (Man in black type music playing) Follow rat in till the credits finish rolling. Rat takes a turn and the in What appears to be a wall there is a hole with light steaming in. rat Turns in to it. Cut to kitchen. With 3 people in it. One rugged looking man who looks troubled One teenager who looks like a punk And a little girl who looks very nice an incent Camera focuses on hole in wall were rat crawls out of in kitchen The black rat slowly moves out of the hole (music slows down/quiets) the Rats’ body is half way out of its hole when suddenly a paw strikes to Mouse (when the paw hit’s it the music gets very loud) Zoom out to cat attacking the rat. Cat makes sound loud enough for the <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Small family to look at it. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to room with family in it teen lets out a small sigh then pears down <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">At the cat like it’s annoying little brother asking you to play with him <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">For the 17th time today. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Farmer walks over to the cat and shoos it out the kitty door. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A loud knock brakes the silence. Little girl (who appears to be about 9) <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gets up and answers the door. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zoom out to man walking in the door quickly tracking mud all over the <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Floor with is hiking boots <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Man is wearing a trench coat and a Indiana Jones type hat and nice pair of <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gray slakes he is taller than the farmer and has bags under his eyes and a <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mean look about him <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He struts up to the farmer and says; “were is this month’s pay Joel!” man <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Says is a frustrated voice. “I’m trying my hardest Rob”.” I can’t get you <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">That money in till the end of June,” says Joel <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Focus on teen son glaring at landlord <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“You have till the end of June to give me that money or I’m going to cut <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Off your water surly and electricity...got that!?” says rob <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Without waiting to hear farmers’ response rob leaves the kitchen walking <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">off angrily <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to view of entire family in kitchen <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “I’m going to need help working in the farm”. “Kids could you help me <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">please” (he says in a almost humiliated way) <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Little girls get up to go out side <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “thank you rose” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rose “welcome daddy” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel ”Alex I need your help. We have a lot to do in the farm” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Alex(teen) walks slowly past Joel glaring at him <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Alex walks out the door followed by Joel <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to Joel walking in the house after work on the farm to answer <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Phone in kitchen <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “hello?” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to person on other line <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Other person on phone “This is David on the behalf of the bank of American, we are calling to collect your dept of $5,000.” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to Joel on phone <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “I can’t get you that money in till the end of June” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to David on phone with mad look on his face <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">David “You need to get us that money NOW” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You hear a click and David looks at the phone for a second like it was the phones fault then hangs up the phone him self <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to Joel walking out side of his farm <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zoom in on window <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Alex is there it becomes apparent that he was lessoning to conversation the Joel just had with the banker. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Next scene: nighttime <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to Joel getting in bed but when he puts his head he feels a lump under his pillow he looks under pillow and finds bundle of money. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel looks convulsed but happy at the same time. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Next scene: Joel is at a house he knocks on door mean landlord answers <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rob “you got the money???” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “yes it’s all right here” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rob “Huh……it’s funny”…”The day you have the money is the night after I got robed.” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “must be a coincidence” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rob “I got my eye on you Joel” (he says while shutting the door). <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Next scene: <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It’s dim outside it seems as though its dinner time <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Cut to kitchen whole family is in room <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rose “daddy I’m hungry!” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “I’m sorry sweetie but I don’t have any food to night. I used all my money to pay the land lord.” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Alex “we don’t have any food?!” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “no” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Alex “ughhh” Alex storms off <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to dark house (it is night time) music is sullen there is sounds of footsteps a body moves across the screen. Cut to hands opening drawer, hands reach deep inside of drawer and pull out box. Hands place box on the counter and open it. There is a large sum of cash in the box. Hands reach inside and grab a handful of the money. Zoom out to figure that is robbing house. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Figure puts the handful of cash in pocket and then starts to leave. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Figure turns a corner to come face to face with the Rob (landlord) holding a shotgun. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Figure tries running away but Rob shots the intruder in leg. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Intruder “AAAAAAAAh” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rob “so you’re the one who is stealing my money!” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Intruder scrambles along the floor to make it to the door <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rob “don’t move!” “Take off you mask <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Focus on intruders face. Intruder takes off the mask <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It is Alex. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">His face looks sweaty and he is wincing from the shot in his leg. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Landlord grinning picks up his phone and dials a number. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to Joel answering phone. “Hello” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to Rob on other line “your son was cot stealing from me. If you don’t pay your final mortgage I’m going to kill your son.” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to Joel looking shocked scared and angry at the same time, but most of all sad. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “I’ll get you that money!” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rob “you have in till daylight” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel looks at the clock it’s 4:00 am <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to Rob holding gun ageist Alex’s’ head. Rob looks insane <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rob “so it was you who took my money” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Alex “let me go!”…”PLEASE!” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock clock says 4:01 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:02 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:03 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:04 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:05 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:06 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:07 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:08 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:09 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:10 ECT <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to clock says 4:40 <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to view of just coming up sun rising <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel running into house son was in house <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Rob is standing by the door <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “here’s your money now give me my son” he says while handing him a bag <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rob “thank you Joel” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Robs starts walking away <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “gives me my son!” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rob “He’s in the hall way” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel turns the opposite direction sprints he falls on his knees and lets out a scream <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cut to dead Alex next to crying dad <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “I’ll kill you Rob!!!” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">But rob was no were to be found Joel looks out of a window to see a car driving away <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Zoom in to Joel’s face, a tear trickles down his red checks. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Next scene: <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel digging a grave hole <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">He sinks in the shovel to the dirt and a giser like sound is made. A dark liquid sprits out of the ground. Joel’s face lights up in amazement. <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel “oil” <span style="font-size: 13pt; color: black; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel gets rich he tracks down Rob and meets a woman then they get married.