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Fighting Marvin
by
Cameron Chamberlain
Copyright © 2005 Cameron Chamberlain
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INT. FOOD COURT - DAY
Marvin is eating some food and reading the paper. As he
turn the page, his Mobile Phone Rings. He picks it up to
answer it.
MARVIN
Talk to me.
JEFF (V.O.)
Marvin? It's Jeff. I'm just
calling to remind you about my
game. You promised you'd watch
it.
MARVIN
Yeah, Sure. What time is it on?
JEFF (V.O.)
5:00
MARVIN
AM or PM?
JEFF (V.O.)
PM you idiot.
MARVIN
(Turning the page)
Yeah, OK, I'll be there.
JEFF (V.O.)
OK, See you there. Oh, another
thing..
Marvin hangs up on him. He pauses, looks at the paper and
jabs his finger on a spot. He picks up his mobile phone and
dials a number.
MARVIN
Bean, Want to see a movie?
BEAN (V.O.)
What time? Where?
MARVIN
5pm, South District Cinema.
SLIDE TO:
EXT. FOOTPATH - DAY
JEFF
You didn't even show! I won us
the game and you weren't even
there! The only people that even
looked like you was a Fat Guy and
an Albino!
MARVIN
I was the Fat guy!
JEFF
Christ, so dumb, saying you were
the albino would of been more
plausible!
MARVIN
Well I'm an albino then.
JEFF
Be serious. This is serious.
MARVIN
Fine. Where are we going?
JEFF
To Bean's house.
SLIDE TO:
BEAN
Where were you?
MARVIN
What?
BEAN
The Movies? I sat there waiting
for you for an Hour. A Whole
Frickin' hour!
(To Himself)
Just one more minute, he'll show,
he'll show.
(To Marvin)
You didn't show!
MARVIN
I didn't? Who the hell was eating
my popcorn, then?
BEAN
Who the hell cares?
MARVIN
I care! And if I wasn't with you,
where was I?
BEAN
Who the hell cares? What I am
trying to say is... {much more
important than...}
MARVIN
(Looking at his Watch)
Whoa, Look at the time, I'd love
to stay and talk but I gotta get
going. Tell you what, I'll meet
you at South District Shopping
Centre tomorrow.
BEAN
Whatever.
CUT TO:
EXT. STREET - DAY
Marvin and Bean are walking along the footpath. Marvin is
eating Maltesers, Bean is hurrying to catch up with Marvin.
BEAN
What I'm trying to say is that...
Well, You've changed. Remember
what you were like?
FLASH TO:
INT. YOUNG MARVINS HOUSE - DAY
The camera is zoomed up on his face and Party hat.
KIDS (O.S.)
Happy Birthday to you! Happy
Birthday to you!
The camera pulls back to show Young Marvin sitting by him
self with a CD player and a cake (with candles).
KIDS (ON CD)
Happy Birthday, Dear...
(Computerized voice)
Mar-Vin
(Kids again)
Happy Birthday to you!
Younger Marvin starts crying.
FLASH TO:
EXT. STREET - DAY
Marvin stops walking and looks off into the distance
blankly.
MARVIN
No.
BEAN
Well remember that party you went
to? With the cake?
MARVIN
No?
BEAN
Well there you were...
FLASH TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Young Marvin is standing in his best getup. (Fully Buttoned
Shirt, Pants up high, Neat Hair.) Kids are running all
around him, ignoring him.
CUT TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
There is a younger Jeff sitting on a chair, just starting
to eat a piece of chocolate cake.
KID 1 (O.S.)
Jeff! Jeff!
Jeff looks up from his cake
KID 1
Look at this! It's a cool looking
snail!
Jeff places his leftover cake on the chair and starts
running over.
CUT TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Marvin is walking along and the camera is following behind
him. As he walks some more, a young Jeff runs past him,
nearly knocking him over. Marvin continues on his way.
CUT TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Shot of 'The Chair with Cake'
CUT TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Continued shot from behind as Young Marvin walks up to it.
CUT TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Shot of the Seat again
CUT TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Continued shot from behind as Young Marvin walks up to it.
CUT TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Shot of the chair. It lingers there for a moment before a
pair of legs step in the shot. The camera pans up to show a
Young Marvin looking around the park. The camera pulls back
to show a wide shot of Marvin and the Chair. Marvin scans
around once more before seating himself on... the chair.
CUT TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Close up shot of Young Marvin's Face. His eyes go wide and
he jumps up.
CUT TO:
EXT. PARK - DAY
A Behind shot of the chair show the cake all over the seat
of Marvin's pants. He turns around to get a good look at
it. A kid wanders into the shot and spots Young Marvin's
pants.
KID 2
Hey! Look Everyone! Marvin shat
his pants!
All the kids come rushing closer to see.
KIDS
(Chanting)
Marvin shat his pants! Marvin
shat his pants! Marvin shat his
pants! Marvin shat his pants!
FADE TO:
EXT. STREET - DAY
The Chants are still continuing even though the image has
died out.
BEAN
Remember?
MARVIN
No.
The chants stop.
BEAN
You do!
MARVIN
No I don't!
Marvin starts walking again. Bean starts skipping around
him again.
BEAN
You do. You didn't have anything,
no friends, poor, and now that
you've got it all, you don't
care.
MARVIN
I care, I care about a lot of
things!
They come across a blind guy holding out a tin for money.
He is rattling it around a bit and you can hear that there
is money inside. As they pass him, Marvin reaches into the
tin and pulls out two dollars.
MARVIN
(Putting the $2 in a
Vending Machine)
Remember when you wanted to go
out with that girl? Marris,
Morris...
BEAN
Marissa!
MARVIN
(Pressing a button)
That's the one, Remember how I
set you up with her?
BEAN
No, You didn't. You set yourself
up with her and partnered me up
with her ugly cousin!
MARVIN
(Taking a sip)
I did? Yeah, well, the important
thing was I tried.
Marvin slaps Bean on the back.
MARVIN
Now let's get something to eat.
BEAN
(Shrugging of Marvin)
No.
He turns and walks away in disgust.
MARVIN
(Pauses)
Must not of been hungry.
SLIDE TO:
EXT. HOUSE ENTERANCE - NIGHT
Shot of a door bell. A Hand reaches done and presses it.
The Camera pulls back to show Jeff standing there. Bean
opens the door.
BEAN
Come on in.
CUT TO:
INT. LIVINGROOM - NIGHT
Shot of the door way. Bean and Jeff enter.
BEAN
Have a seat.
Jeff takes a seat and the Camera pans around to show a
behind shot of him facing Bean.
BEAN
Now, we're here to discuss the
issue of Marvin.
JEFF
Great. But what is that guy doing
here?
The camera pans around to show a greasy kid sitting across
from Jeff.
Pans back to Bean
BEAN
Oh, That's my cousin, Nick.
The Camera pans back to Nick.
NICK
(Greasy Accent)
Sick, Mate!
Camera pans back to Bean.
BEAN
He's staying here for awhile.
Anyway, about Marvin, I say we
just completely ignore him.
FADE TO BLACK.
FADE TO:
EXT. STREET - DAY
The camera is looking down the street. There is a bench
near the camera. Marvin walks down the path, towards the
camera. When he gets there, he pulls out his mobile.
MARVIN
Jeff! It's Marvin, Do you want to
go...(PAUSE) Ignoring me?! Why
the hell...
He holds the phone out looking at the screen.
MARVIN
He hung up. Hung up. Great
He stuffs the phone into his pocket and walks off.
CUT TO:
EXT. STREET - DAY
Shot of Marvin's Head
CUT TO:
EXT. STREET - DAY
Shot of sky.
CUT TO:
EXT. STREET - DAY
Shot of Marvin walking at the camera.
GOD
Marvin!
MARVIN
(Looking around)
What? Who the hell?
GOD
Marvin, I am God!
MARVIN
(Looking up into the
sky)
Woah.
GOD
What? You meet God and all you
can say is "Woah"?
MARVIN
Uh, Hi?
GOD
Bah, Forget it. Marvin, you are a
selfish fool! Give to others, as
they give to you!
MARVIN
(Squinting)
Uh, What?
GOD
Until you change your ways, you
will be cursed with bad luck!
MARVIN
What ways?
GOD
(Muttering to Himself)
I can't believe I created this
idiot. Must of been drunk that
night. Goodbye Marvin!
MARVIN
Wait! Don't go!
The camera pans down to show a Hobo looking up at Marvin as
though he was crazy.
FADE TO BLACK.
JEFF
God? You saw God?
MARVIN
Heard God, I heard him.
JEFF
That's it, you've lost it. I'm
hanging up.
MARVIN
No wait. I did, he called me a
bloody tool, or something.
JEFF
You're an idiot. Bye.
FADE TO:
EXT. STREET - DAY
The camera is looking down the street, Marvin is walking up
towards it, again.
RANDOM GUY walks past the camera and towards Marvin.
As they meet he goes to take a sip of the drink he has and
accidently spills it all over Marvin.
He apologizes and walks of. NOTE: They are too far away for
you to hear what they say.
As Marvin walks past an alley, A pair of hands reach out
and pull him in.
CUT TO:
EXT. ALLEYWAY - DAY
Marvin is pushed against the wall by two guys, their backs
are turned so you can't see their faces.
ROBBER 1
(With a bogan accent)
OK, Mate, Your going to be
handing over you wallet.
ROBBER 2
(Sounds a lot like Nick)
Yeah, Mate. You better hand over
that wallet, mate.
Marvin stares at both of them.
ROBBER 2
What's the matter, mate? Do you
have a problem with our type of
people?
MARVIN
Oh, no, nah. I don't have
anything against your type.
ROBBER 1
Did you hear him? He said, "Your
Type"
MARVIN
But he said it...
ROBBER 2
Get him!
They proceed to bash the crap out of Marvin.
FADE TO BLACK.
FADE IN:
INT. MARVIN'S BEDROOM - DAY
There is a shot of the bed. Marvin heads in and flops onto
the bed. He sighs and a book falls from the shelf and hits
him on the head.
MARVIN
Crap
Marvin passes out.
FLASH TO:
EXT. SCHOOL YARD - DAY
Long shot of two people bashing up a Younger Bean.
The camera walks towards them, as if it is 3rd Person.
When the camera reaches them, it pulls out and around to
show a younger Marvin where the camera was.
YOUNG MARVIN
Leave him alone!
The two bullies turn around and look at Young Marvin.
YOUNG MARVIN
He's my friend, so leave him
alone.
Then they look at Young Bean and back at Young Marvin.
CUT TO:
EXT. SCHOOL YARD - DAY
Close up shot of Young Marvin and Young Bean. Their faces
are severely beaten. Blood is running down Young Bean's
nose and Marvin is holding his eye.
Young Bean turns an looks at Young Marvin.
YOUNG BEAN
Idiot.
FLASH TO:
INT. MARVIN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
The shot is from the foot of the bed.
Marvin shoots up and gasps. He is breathing heavily. The
book falls on his head again and he passes out.
FLASH TO:
INT. MARVIN'S LIVINGROOM - DAY
Young Marvin is sitting down playing with his toys.
CUT TO:
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
Shot of Phone with immediate ringing.
CUT TO:
INT. MARVIN'S LIVINGROOM - DAY
Young Marvin looks towards the phone, which keeps ringing.
CUT TO:
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
Wide shot of the phone. Young Marvin walks up to it and
answers it.
YOUNG MARVIN
Hello?
DAD
Marvin! Marvin! We won the
lottery! Woo-Hoo!
Young Marvin looks at the phone.
SPIN TO:
EXT. SCHOOL YARD - DAY
Shot of passage. Kids are playing all around the camera.
Marvin steps into the shot, he is decked out in expensive
clothes and 'bling-bling' All the kids stop playing and
look at him. 5 seconds of silence
Young Jeff Runs up to him.
YOUNG JEFF
Can I be your friend?
YOUNG MARVIN
(Excited)
Yeah! Sure!
(Calms down)
uh, I mean, 'cool'.
YOUNG JEFF
Did you hear that everybody? I'm
Marvin's Friend!
Marvin Smiles.
FLASH TO:
INT. MARVIN'S BEDROOM - DAY
Shot of bed. Marvin isn't in it. The Camera pans down to
show Marvin laying on the floor. He stirs.
MARVIN
What the hell am I laying on?
He reaches under himself and pulls out scissors.
MARVIN
(His eyes going wide)
Woah. That was lucky.
The book falls on his head again. He stops and looks up,
confused.
SLIDE TO:
EXT. TABLE - DAY
BEAN
What?
JEFF
I'm not joking, he did.
BEAN
He did?
JEFF
He did! He rang me up and told me
God had called him a bloody tool!
They both start laughing.
BEAN
15 minutes without us and he
starts to go insane. Anyway, I'm
heading home, Nick's there and I
don't trust him not to burn down
the house.
He gets up, still laughing.
SLIDE TO:
INT. LIVINGROOM - DAY
Nick is watching TV. Bean enters.
Bean sits down next to Nick. He grunts and reaches
underneath himself. He pulls out a wallet.
BEAN
This looks like Marvin's wallet
He looks inside.
BEAN
This is Marvin's walllet!
NICK
Like it, I nicked it off some
guy.
BEAN
Nick! Did you rob Marvin?
NICK
Maybe, I don't know.
Bean stands up.
BEAN
I can't believe you stole from
Marvin!
NICK
(Standing up)
How the hell was I supposed to
know? Anyway, I thought you hated
the guy?
BEAN
I do, but stealing from him is
bad. Stealing from anybody is
wrong.
NICK
(Mocking)
Stealing is wrong. Oh, my! Get
over it.
BEAN
I'm taking this back to Marvin.
NICK
Fine, but empty the money out
first.
Bean pauses but then takes out the money and throws it on
the couch.
NICK
Sick.
CUT TO:
INT. BEAN'S KITCHEN - DAY
Bean is standing with the phone next to his ear.
BEAN
Come on, Come on, Answer!
MARVIN (V.O.)
Hello?
BEAN
You missing a wallet?
MARVIN
Yeah.
BEAN
Well, come get it.
MARVIN
OK
FADE TO BLACK.
BEAN
Here it is.
MARVIN
Good.
He opens the wallet and looks in. NOTE: This is all done
with just a plain black screen. All you can here is their
voices.
MARVIN
Hey, I'm missing the money!
BEAN
You can't have everything.
MARVIN
How long have you had it for?
BEAN
Just after you got robbed, I
think.
MARVIN
Took long enough to give it back.
Well, I'm outta here.
BEAN
(Amazed)
You still haven't learnt, have
you?
MARVIN
Learnt what?
BEAN
Go, get out.
MARVIN
Fine.
FADE IN:
EXT. OUTSIDE BANK - DAY
Marvin walks away from the ATM, Stuffing money into his
wallet.
CUT TO:
EXT. ALLEYWAY - DAY
As Marvin walks past a hand shoots out and grabs him.
Pulling him in.
ROBBER 1 (V.O.)
OK, Give me 'ya cash!
MARVIN
Not again.
CUT TO TITLES
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