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PANDORA'S BOX by Armand Okur email:armanokur@yahoo.com Copyright 2002 by Armand Okur ALL RIGHTS RESERVED -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 MIXED LOCATION - MIXED TIME 1 Small apartment in Canada, camera fast forwards the daily life of a young man. Going to work at a hotel, coming back home, having supper, breakfast etc....fast forward slows down into normal mode to a beginning of a new morning. Andrew (Andy), the young man, pours his coffee, while eating a slice of bread with cheese. Finishing his fast breakfast, lights up a cigarette. Suddenly has nausea, puts his hand on his mouth and runs to the washroom to vomit. Another fast forward of the day at work...slows down to normal mode. This time end of the day. Andrew lays down on the sofa and watches a debate between a journalist and a religious man. The topic is whether religion should take a role in governmental decisions. VOICE OF ANDY THINKING (NOT OUT LOUD) If there is a God, you assassinate the journalist and possess the man; make him think he's Jesus Christ.... Andy's life continues the same fashion, routine vomits, routine lays on the sofa: all fast forward mode. Three months later: Andy again on the sofa watching T.V: A journalist has been killed, his car bombed, extremist religious group Hezbollah takes responsibility. ANOTHER 3 MONTHS LATER, ON TV: Member of Islamic religious political party believes he is Jesus Christ... Andy unaware of his 6 month earlier thought falls asleep in front of the television. Suddenly he wakes up but in a class room at the university he used to attend. It is the chemistry laboratory. 2 CHEMISTRY LAB - DAY 2 He is sitting on a chair, the desk is white... Andrew is a bit confused, since he doesn't remember getting there at the first place. So he decides to walk out of there. ALL OF A SUDDEN A VOICE Andy, you are in a speeded up class for special people like you. Still scared and dazzled Andrew walks towards the exit door. THE VOICE This is an opportunity that literally comes once in a billion years, you sure you want to do that? Changes his mind, sits on the chair ANDY Fine, teach me! VOICE What do you want to learn? ANDY Anti-gravity. Suddenly a book with the title "anti-gravity" appears on the desk. VOICE What else? ANDY Invisibility. Another book appears with that title. Andy opens the books but cannot understand anything of the mathematical symbols. ANDY Can I invent something? VOICE Sure, what do you want? ANDY A device with the buttons hell, heaven, god, home, invisibility. A rectangular white box appears with the ordered buttons. Since he's convinced this is a dream, carelessly says: ANDY Give this to John and make him setup my destiny. Andy hesitates on how to go back home, throws a glance at the box and hits the home button. Wakes up on the sofa but the lights in the living room are on. Gets up to switch them off, only to see the device on his work-desk. Realizes this wasn't exactly a dream.... 3 ANDY'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 3 ANDY (thinking voice) What was the plan? what was the plan? Ohh yes, have to give this to John. Andy takes the device, goes to his parent's room and decides to give the apparatus to his step- father (John). ANDY John, wake up, there is something on TV. John wakes up, gets up. Andy is hiding the device behind his back. They walk towards the TV set. Of course the TV is off and Andy's father guesses he's hiding something behind his back. Grabs the telephone. JOHN I'm calling the police, what do you have behind you? ANDY It's a gift...Pandora's Box. But do not give it to any government. JOHN Andy, I'm calling 911! Andy shows the box, hands it over, says goodnight and goes to bed. 4 BLACK ROOM - DARK 4 Andy wakes up in his dream. Black room, spot light coming from the top. A desk in front of him, he's sitting on a chair again. John's sitting opposite of the desk. JOHN Andy, where did you get that device? ANDY Some kid invented it. Would you want to know who? JOHN Yes. A hologram appears on the desk. It is first a baby, becomes a toddler, a child, a teen... It is Andy himself. ANDY (thinks: so to show telepathy) And you treated him like shit. JOHN And I treated him like shit. But who are you? ANDY I am Andy's image. Which button did you press? JOHN I see... 5 ANDY'S APARTMENT - MORNING 5 Next morning. John is up early watching the television...Andy barely awake, goes to the kitchen to have his routine breakfast. ANDY Good morning Mr. Walker. (pause) John, I had this really real dream. JOHN Are you sure it was a dream? ANDY Yeah, it wasn't a nightmare. Anyhow, I have to jet to work. JOHN You have a jet? ANDY Naa man, it's just an expression. JOHN Ohh ok. Not sure what to believe anymore. ANDY John, are you ok? JOHN Yes fine.... ANDY When are you going back to Fort McMurray? JOHN Engineering is almost finished. The rest is administrative task. So my job is basically done. ANDY Ohh ok, well, I'm outta here. See ya later. Andy exits the small apartment. 6 FADE OUT - FADE IN: ANDY'S APARTMENT - EXT DARK 6 End of the day. Andrew comes back home and goes straight to bed. 7 FADE OUT - FADE IN: BLACK ROOM 7 Andy wakes up again in the black room. This time John is on the side of the desk where the drawers are situated. ANDY John, what are you doing here? JOHN I am not John, I am God. Andy upset, and angry. ANDY I knew there was something wrong with you, so you are the mother lover! Andy starts punching the face from right to left. JOHN Are you done? ANOTHER VOICE COMING FROM THE BACK: Hum hum... So you're the one who invented this? ANDY I know this voice, isn't that our dear prime minister? JOHN Yes it is. ANDY What is he doing here? And John, if you are god, turn me into a jungle bunny. Andy suddenly becomes a rabbit and runs away from the desk, jumping around. John directing his speech to the two military soldiers next to the prime minister. JOHN Catch the rabbit, catch the rabbit! The two soldiers, with their flashlights, start running after the bunny. They bring it back to the desk. Rabbit morphs back to Andy. ANDY Ok so you're God. I always knew there was something whacked with you. And what's the prime minister doing here? JOHN He wanted to meet the genius who invented this. PRIME MINISTER (MICHAEL CROSS) How much money do you want for this? ANDY A billion dollars! MICHAEL I don't think it'll be a problem. ANDY Changed my mind, I don't want to worry about money, ever. MICHAEL No problem. Anything else? ANDY Yes, I want to punch you. Always wanted to beat up a politician. MICHAEL Ok, but not on my pretty face. ANDY Don't worry about that. We can hardly understand what you are talking about. So I'll just hit you on the stomach. Andy punches the prime minister on the gut. ANDY So are we done here? JOHN Yes... But, one last thing, who do you want the elections to win? ANDY The communists! MICHAEL They don't have the funds. ANDY They will after winning... Changed, my mind. Who ever wants to win. Do they want to win? MICHAEL No they don't. ANDY Do you want to win? MICHAEL Yes. ANDY So be it, you win. DISSOLVE TO: 8 ANDY'S APARTMENT - MORNING 8 Another morning, basically same scene. John watching TV. Andy passing by John to go to the kitchen. ANDY Man, I had this dream... JOHN Are you sure it was a dream? ANDY No man. This one was a nightmare. JOHN Andy, so you know. I have to go to Vancouver for a couple of days. You don't have to worry about money. ANDY Okidoki. Talk to you later. Gotta jet... Andy exits the apartment. CUT TO: 9 HOTEL, ANDY AT WORK - DAY 9 Different scene, this time Andy at work as a receptionist. No customers, suddenly John appears. ANDY How may I help you Mr.Walker, Sir. Dear Sir, would you like to stay at our luxurious hotel?(pause) No seriously, what are you doing here? JOHN My bus for Vancouver leaves in front of the hotel. ANDY Ohh ok. By the way, you're the first person I called 'sir'. I'm probably gonna get fired soon. John gives a sympathetic smile and says: JOHN Anyhow, I gotta go... Bus will be here soon. ANDY When will you be back? JOHN Not sure, the administration screwed up a few things, so we're back in engineering. But you don't have to worry about money. ANDY Ooook then. John smiles, leaves reception place while making a small wave. Andy's supervisor enters from the corridor. A tall, well built Indian (from India, Mr.Khan). MR.KHAN So did you figure out your priorities yet? ANDY Yes, I got used to telephone calls, putting them on hold while taking care of present customers. It still gets hectic sometimes though. I wish I had somebody to work with me. I think we're understaffed. MR.KHAN What do you mean? I am here with you. ANDY Yeah but you're always away talking to somebody either at the bar, or picking up clients from the airport. MR.KHAN Are you telling me I'm a slacker? And someone needs to pick them up from the airport. Are you going to do it? ANDY I don't mean you're a slacker, just that it would be nice to have somebody around when the telephones and the customers storm in at the same time. And no I don't think I should drive the van to bring people from the airport. MR.KHAN I don't think you should either. That job is for people who've been working here for at least a year. ANDY Hey, we get our paycheck the fifteenth right? MR.KHAN Yes we do. You're in a hurry? ANDY No not really. Just wanted to know when I get rich. MR.KHAN You know, you should be able to save half of your paycheck each month.Not with what you make obviously. But later on. How much are you making? ANDY 7.50 per hour. Comes to 56 dollars net a day. And you know, I'm not even looking for a job that pays better. I like it here. MR.KHAN Most poeple do look for higher pay jobs even when they're employed. ANDY Money doesn't motivate me much. MR.KHAN Why not? This is why I work, just for money. And if I had a better offer I would just go for that one. ANDY Yeah I know, it's the logical thing to do. Me, I'm just glad to be part of a team you know. Being productive is basically what turns me on. MR.KHAN Turns you on? I'd go to a strip joint for that. You know the owner of the hotel also owns a strip bar. Maybe we should go together once. I'll take you there don't worry. ANDY Never been to a place like that. But wouldn't mind. Telephone rings, Andy answers it: ANDY Quality inn airport, how may I help you? DISSOLVE TO: 10 ANDY'S APARTMENT - EXT DARK 10 New scene : Andy's apartment, door opens, Andy walks in. This time his mother Natalie's at the apartment. She's taking some papers out of her bag. ANDY Hello mother. What are you doing here? I thought you had a criminal law class. NATALIE Yeah, it got cancelled. The prof turned out to be sick. ANDY Ohh ok. You know John went to Vancouver for some engineering task. NATALIE I thought he was at Fort McMurray. ANDY I guess they moved the last steps of the projects to Vancouver. (pause, sigh)I'm beat, gonna grab a quick sandwich and crash straight to bed. Andy at the kitchen and Natalie talking to herself. NATALIE I'm getting old for this. At 60 I'm trying to become a lawyer again. Wish we didn't immigrate to Canada. I'm not even sure I'm gonna practice. Lucky I'm still alive. Andy finishing his snack goes to his room: ANDY Good night mom. NATALIE Good night. Might see you tomorrow. DISSOLVE TO: 11 BLACK ROOM - BACKGROUND DARK 11 Andy wakes up again, black room. This time he is at the side of the desk where the drawers are. John is at his opposite. Spot light coming from the top. The environment is black. JOHN I need to advise with God. ANDY Yes speaking. How may I help you? JOHN I don't know what to do with that device. ANDY Anything you want John. Pandora's box has opened. Intended for Andy. But, you will do. You should hand it over to Andy eventually so you know. JOHN Tell me what to do with this. ANDY Anything. For example a clone. So you don't have to worry about having to provide to anybody. Think of me as a genie in a bottle. CUT TO: 12 ANDY'S ROOM - EXT DARK 12 Camera blackout. Andy wakes because this time the lights are on in his room. While he's up to switch off the light, says: ANDY Damn, need water... Goes to the kitchen. Sees his mother opening the door. John is standing still on the other side. Another Natalie appears next to him. Another John shows up behind those two. Pushes them towards the apartment and says: JOHN Come Natalie, we don't have to worry about anything anymore. Grabs the original Natalie, and exits together while leaving the clones inside. Andy witnessing this, is convinced his dream is continuing. So ignoring all this commotion, drinks his water, turns off the lights in his room and goes to sleep. DISSOLVE TO: 13 ANDY'S ROOM - MORNING 13 Our protagonist wakes up. It's morning, Andy goes to the washroom, notices his parents' bed is empty. After washing his face, goes to the kitchen, changes the date on the calendar to Saturday. It's his day off. Nobody in the living room. It's around 12 pm; we can see it on the VCR located in the living room, underneath the television. Andy has a fast breakfast then leaves the house, therefore the building. CUT TO: 14 OUTSIDE - DAY 14 While walking he thinks: (Andy's voice) ANDY'S VOICE These dreams…so real…the lab room… the box… hmm…what if… naa can't be… If those are real… an act of God, or some technology… why me? For Christ sakes…Christ! Oh, how would I know I am the son of the g.o.d (gee oh dee). Suppose Jesus is on earth, how would we recognize him? While thinking that, Andy sees two young men just walking out of a house. Eye contact and… YOUNG MAN (young man has a name tag: "Jesus") Excuse me… ANDY'S VOICE Great, evangelists. YOUNG MAN Can we take a couple of minutes of your time? ANDY Sure. YOUNG MAN Do you have a bible at your possession? ANDY No, but speaking of that. I was just thinking what if Jesus was on earth. How would we recognize him? YOUNG MAN It is said that he would have "Jesus" written on his forehead. ANDY Also, another question: If our faith and destiny is set from the beginning. How can we have free will? YOUNG MAN We believe we have agents that guide us through life and that we make the decisions. ANDY But doesn't free will contradict the notion of destiny? The only way it wouldn't is only if we have two shots at life. YOUNG MAN I don't understand… ANDY Well you see… If destiny and free well must exist all at the same time. The day we are born we are free to make our decisions. After we die, we reborn with the same identity and make the same decisions. Therefore allowing destiny. YOUNG MAN The bible doesn't believe in reincarnation. We are here to be tested. Then we either go to hell or heaven. ANDY Yeah ok… Anyhow, I am in a hurry. Gotta catch the bus. Nice talking to you. YOUNG MAN Likewise, bye. Andy continues his walk. Thinking again (Andy's voice). ANDY'S VOICE: What a coincidence. I was just thinking of identifying Jesus. Maybe that dude was Jesus… Haha. No, can't be. CUT TO: 15 LIQUOR STORE - DAY 15 Andy finally arrives to the liquor store near the bus station. Looks around the shelves, decides to buy a mickey of vodka. Goes to the cashier. CASHIER (with the name tag Mary) Comes to 11 dollars sir. ANDY (handing a 20 dollar bill). There you go. (getting the change) CASHIER Have a nice day Sir. ANDY You too. CUT TO: 16 OUTSIDE - DAY 16 Andy walks out the store and flashbacks the name tag "Marry", and says out loud: ANDY Great I'm psychotic and delusional…When's my next appointment with the shrink? Andy takes back the same route to go home. While passing by the same house where he saw the evangelists, the same young men stop him again: YOUNG MAN Excuse me, can we take a couple of minutes of your time. ANDY Hey, what are you guys still doing here? YOUNG MAN Sorry, we just arrived here. ANDY Oh come on man, don't you remember me. We talked about knowing Jesus, freewill and destiny! YOUNG MAN You must be mistaken with someone else. ANDY Oh please, I'm positive it was you guys, with the Jesus nametag and all! YOUNG MAN I really don't remember. ANDY Ok, I gotta go anyway, I'm in real hurry now… YOUNG MAN Have a nice day. Andy has a real confused face expression now. Says out loud: ANDY Personal note: Get appointment with shrink. Andy passes by the Safeway (supermarket) and says: ANDY Forgot to buy cigs. (walks in the market) CUT TO: 17 SUPERMARKET - DAY 17 While walking towards the tobacco cashier sees a woman laying on the floor, people surrounding her ANDY'S VOICE Shit, is she dead… Wow can I help? I'm not a doctor. Those people around probably know what they're doing. Andy at the tobacco cashier: ANDY Excuse me, what happened To the lady on the floor? CASHIER She just passed out couple of seconds ago. ANDY Why? CASHIER Don't know. ANDY Ok. Anyhow, can I have a pack of Camel please? Handing a 10 dollar bill, getting the change ANDY(cont'd) Have a nice day. CASHIER You too. CUT TO: 18 OUTSIDE, FRONT OF SUPERMARKET - DAY 18 Walking towards his building, passes from the parking lot, cars are aligned. All of a sudden, the cars start honking and front lights of the vehicles are turning on and off. (flashing) ANDY'S VOICE Great (pause); I have an electric and magnetic field on me. I should check my Engineering books. Takes out his keys, opens the out door, climbs the stairs to the forth floor where he lives. Uses his keys once more to get in the apartment. Natalie is watching TV. NEW FRAME: 19 ANDY'S APARTMENT - DAY 19 ANDY Mom, where have you been? Didn't see you this morning. NATALIE Yeah, woke up late. ANDY I couldn't see you in your room. NATALIE (joking voice) I must have been invisible. ANDY Mom, what's the shrink's phone number. Need to get an appointment. NATALIE On the desk, that should be visible. ANDY Ha-ha very funny. He takes the card, grabs the phone and dials the digits. ANDY Hi Sherri, this is Andy. Was wondering if I could get an appointment with the doctor. Would appreciate if you could return my call. Thank you. Bye. ANDY What are you watching? NATALIE Some documentary on Jesus Christ, if he ever existed etc… etc… ANDY What do you think? NATALIE I think it's all B.S. It was all Joseph in the first place. Then, you know I am an atheist. ANDY Yeah same here. Anyway, I'm tired… Going to my room. 20 ANDY'S ROOM - TIME 20 Andy sits on the chair in front of his desk. Looking at his computer screen, starts drinking from the vodka bottle. Using a software, puts a song from the Irish band U2. The song is "One". The song goes into a loop. Some error. It is stuck at the following lyrics: "Have you come here to play Jesus, have you come here to raise the dead?" Andy hits the computer box and the song continues: "we're one, but we're not the same..." Our protagonist goes to lay on his bed. Leaves his play list play. We see Andy staring at the ceiling, smoking a cigarette, as if he's in a different world. The following lyrics are heard (but only samples, not limited to the ones listed below). - You're gonna need my help I say (from Muddy Water) - Give me one reason to stay here (Tracy Chapman) - Will you know my name, if I saw you in heaven (Eric Clapton) - How I wish you were here (Pink Floyd) - You were always my original sin (Elton John) - Don't speak (No doubt) - Karma Police ( Radio head) While the songs are being heard, the camera shows the ceiling rotating, then flashbacks of the strange day he had and the "dreams". Back to Andy on the bed, putting off his cigarette and falling asleep. Andy wakes up, sweating. Goes to the washroom, opposite to it his parents' bedroom. On the bed, a black haired woman. The face is buried in the pillow, looks like Natalie. Blood on the sheets and a knife on her back. ANDY Shit, what the fuck is going on? (approaches the body, takes the knife from her back, and lets it drop on the floor). The Camera shows some wiring from the head. The wires lead to a brown box, written "C4". Not much distance between her head and the explosive. Andy hears a voice: VOICE Go to the living-room. Andy walks through the corridor leading to the living-room. VOICE Turn left, open the exit door. Andy does as he's told. VOICE Stop! What do you see? ANDY The door-knob's at the right. VOICE What are the odds? ANDY A bomb behind it. VOICE What do you in that situation? ANDY You call 911. Voice Do it then. Andy walks towards the phone. ANDY What if the phone is rigged? VOICE What do you do in that situation? ANDY You go with the flame. VOICE Do it then. Andy goes to the exit door. Opens it slightly. Sees the same wires and the box glued to the door frame. ANDY I wish John was here, would have a couple of things to tell him. VOICE Pretend he's here. What is your say? ANDY John, I have some good news and some bad news. Good news is I'm finally out of the gene pool, gonna croak. Bad news is it's gonna hurt like hell. Andy with an abrupt move opens the door. We hear the wire making a psss noise as it is getting detached from the box. Andy suddenly morphs to a white ball-ish thing. Reversely moves in a straight line, makes a sharp right turn to the corridor, towards the washroom. We hear a metal bang (Andy hitting the washing machine at the end of the corridor). The Camera only shows a power-ball making a sharp turn to the corridor. ANDY Ouch that hurt! VOICE I had to save your butt. You almost died. There was no explosion. However the blooded body and sheets are still present on his parents' bed. VOICE Go to bed now. You are dreaming and tired. Andy obeys the voice. His eyes are slowly closing and opening. He is tired from all of this. DISSOLVE TO: 21 ANDY'S APARTMENT - EXT DARK 22 Wakes up, same day. Goes to the kitchen and sees John. ANDY Oh hi John. So you came back from Vancouver? JOHN No, just a small meeting in Calgary. I'm leaving today again. ANDY Man, man, I had a whacked and wicked dream. Unbelievable stuff. JOHN Are you sure it was a dream. John is sitting on the couch, still with his coat and shoes. ANDY This one is a mix. Nightmare and dream all at the same time. JOHN I'm gonna show you something on TV. Watch carefully. John hits the button on the remote control (we can see it's 6 pm). ANDY Hey it's me opening the door. Didn't know we had a candid camera. The television shows the power-ball event in his "dream". JOHN Andy, we want that technology. ANDY Who's we? JOHN The government. ANDY I always knew there was something wrong with you, other than engineering. JOHN So are you going to give us that technology? ANDY I thought it was a dream. So I'm still dreaming! Hahaha. JOHN No, this is not a dream. Look what I have here. Shows his gun underneath his arm. ANDY Oh cool, where did you get that? JOHN Standard military issue. ANDY Can I hold it? Never held a gun before. JOHN No, you can't. And don't fuck with us. Give us the technology immediately. ANDY I have no idea what you are talking about man… John waves the gun to Andy's face. ANDY So now you're gonna shoot your own son? I see, -step son-, I don't think you would be shooting your biological son. John's hand is shaking and his face is kind of angry, as if he had a bitter candy. ANDY Give me that gun John! JOHN What are you going to do with it? ANDY I'm gonna shoot you, then myself. JOHN Did you really think I was gonna shoot my own son? John suddenly gets up, takes the tape from the VCR and walks towards the exit door and says: JOHN We'll talk about this later. Exits apartment. Andy's face expression is a surprised one. Like he doesn't believe any of this is actually happening. Goes to the washroom, opens the mirror closet, and grabs a tranquilizer (Ativan). Then decides to lay on his bed. ANDY This is a dream, this is a dream. None of this is real. Somebody is knocking on the door. So Andy gets up from his bed, walks through the corridor and opens the door. It is a police officer. OFFICER Good evening sir, I came to collect your finger prints. You are charged with first degree murder. ANDY (Angry voice, kiddingly) Am I not supposed to go to the Police Department and do that there? OFFICER Yes, but so you don't have to bother, the department sent me. ANDY Who are you working for? OFFICER For you. ANDY That is understood, but officially, on paper, who do you work for? OFFICER The department. ANDY Perfect, do you have a marker, so you don't have to point out each time the finger you want to ink. OFFICER I actually do. Here it is. Andrew takes the pen. ANDY Could you point the Fingers please? Officer pointing the fingers: OFFICER This one, that one, and those. Actually all of them. Andy marks all his fingers with a cross mark. ANDY Could you excuse me please, I forgot something in the kitchen. I'm closing the door so the cat won't run away. OFFICER No problem. Andy takes a butcher knife from the kitchen and start cutting his fingers. Looking at his mutilated hands says: ANDY Regenerate, this is a dream… regenerate god damn it! Please? Andy's fingers regenerate in the following fashion: We see the missing fingers, and slowly a pink parasite color appears. Like the one on a blank parasite screen of a TV, but pink instead of black and white… The parasite fades away, and the fingers reappear. He takes the fingers, puts them on a plate, opens the door and says: ANDY There you go mister officer, those are my real fingers, you can do a DNA test if you so please. You are now accessory to murder since you could have left my finger prints anywhere. Next time I commit a crime I might want to leave my prints on purpose. Andy shuts the door. ANDY Holy crap, what the fuck was that about? And I'm still dreaming… unless I just performed a miracle on myself, or that damn vodka is damn good. Long live mister Smirnoff! Maybe I should start saying hello to mister Jack Daniels. (pause, sigh) Let's go to bed, pretend this never happened. Andrew goes to his room, puts some music on and falls asleep. Camera blackout. DISSOLVE TO: 22 ANDY'S APARTMENT - MORNING 22 Another morning, Andy goes to the kitchen to have some breakfast. Sees John on the armchair again. Still with his shoes and coat. JOHN Andy, I rented a great movie, come son let's watch this together. ANDY One sec, let me have a quick breakfast. JOHN Take your time, no hurry. Andrew gobbles some bread and cheese, changes the date to Sunday. Pours some coffee and sits on the sofa. John hits a button on the remote control. Television is showing the regeneration of his fingers. John hits the stop button, and turns off the TV. JOHN That technology we definitely want. ANDY (joking voice) Why are you asking me for? Ask God or something. JOHN We did, he told us to ask you. ANDY You're telling me God is authorizing me to issue such technology? JOHN Exactly. ANDY (joking voice) So you want me to write it down on a piece of paper? JOHN Yes please, and sign it. ANDY (joking voice) What if I issue all the technology and you leave me alone form there on? Deal? JOHN Deal. John hands him a pen and a piece of paper. Andy starts writing down while speaking what he writes. ANDY I, Andy Okur, authorize God to issue all the t technology, (laughing) except possession, that is mine. Signature: Andy Okur. Andy looking at John: ANDY Will that suffice you dear Mr.Walker, the technology provider of the government. John takes the paper, walking towards the exit door, says: JOHN Thank you kindly Mr. Alien, you won't regret that. We'll talk about this later. Oh, by the way, you got cleared of the murder charge. Bye. After John leaves, Andy switches on the television. Some preaching on television: " Jesus Christ will be back with power and might. And will take all his believers to heaven…" Andy suddenly gets sleepy, camera shows the room spinning around, his eyes are slowly closing and opening. Falls asleep. DISSOLVE TO: 23 BLACK ROOM - DARK BACKGROUND 23 ANDY So did you bring the Authorization? John is sitting on the other side of the desk. Behind him, the prime minister, next to him two soldiers. JOHN (Handing over the paper) Here it is. Camera shows a whole pile of paper, the subject, cover page in bold: "DESIGNS". Camera shows the signature of Andy slowly appearing on the cover page. Than the papers suddenly take fire. Andy stands up, turns around, starts walking and slowly disappears on the black background. MICHAEL Get the papers! SOLDIER They're on fire sir. MICHAEL If you don't get them you'll be the ones on fire! Now go. Soldiers take off their shirts and put off the fire. Camera blackout. DISSOLVE TO: 24 ANDY'S APARTMENT - DAY 24 Andy's sleeping on the sofa, and John is trying to wake him up. JOHN Andy, Andy, wake up. ANDY Oh, huh, hmm… what now? JOHN Thank you for the designs, but we need the prototypes! ANDY I thought you were gonna leave me alone with that shit. What prototypes? JOHN Immortality, teleportation, telepathy, regeneration. The Xerox and invisibility we have. ANDY The Xerox machine? Man, what are you talking about? JOHN Oh Andy, don't mess with us. I'm in a hurry: John the clone is about to return from his trip. ANDY What clone? Ohh that. I see now…So what do you want me to do? Sign another paper? JOHN Yes, that would be just fine. John hands over paper and pen… Andy writing down and saying out loud what ever he writes. ANDY I, Andy Okur, authorize the release of the prototypes. Signature… JOHN Thank you Andy, you won't regret that. I'll talk to you later. Takes the paper. ANDY One sec… JOHN What, quick… ANDY How would I know you're not the clone? JOHN You won't. ANDY Great. John exits the apartment. ANDY (yawning) So much for sleep… (Opening and closing his mouth with making a noise of a chewing gum.) Chocolate, need chocolate. Gets up… ANDY(CONT'D) Where did I leave my cigs? (Does a quick search: camera showing around) Damn, I'm sure I left on the table… Hmm. Leaves the house. CUT TO: 25 OUTSIDE, SUPERMARKET - DAY 25 We see Andy walking in the market. Another woman on the floor. The same one from yesterday. Goes to buy some chocolate, Toblerone. Not to go through the line ups in the default cashiers, goes to pay to the tobacco one. ANDY Excuse me, what happened to the lady on the floor? CASHIER She just passed out couple of seconds ago. ANDY Why? CASHIER Don't know. ANDY People have the habit of passing out here, I guess. CASHIER Excuse me? ANDY The other day, another woman passed out here. CASHIER I wouldn't know. I started working here today. ANDY Ok. Anyhow, can I have a pack of Camel please? (Handing a 10 dollar bill, getting the change) Have a nice day. CASHIER You too. CUT TO: 26 EXT. NEAR ANDY'S HOUSE - DAY 26 Andrew walking towards his house. And thinking (Andy's voice) ANDY'S VOICE Without being psychotic and all, there must be a logical explanation to all of this. What about the so called dreams, the voice, the blood, the officer, John the ANDY'S VOICE(CONT'D) clone… Maybe I am a clone. I thought it was illegalized. And we don't even have the technology to fast forward the process. I see, we're getting help from the aliens… Shit, John called me Mr. Alien. (shaking his head from left to right) Whatever… Andy arrives at the building, opens the door using his keys. Camera shows Andy climbing the stairs from the back, arriving at the top 4th floor and opening his apartment door, walking inside the place. CUT TO: 27 INT. ANDY'S APARTMENT - DAY 27 And suddenly sees a man. Point of view from Andy's eyes: The man has his back towards him, looking outside the balcony. Turns around. It nobody other than Andy; a Clone? (Clone). CLONE Hello Andy. ANDY Oh, ah, he-ll-oo. CLONE Let me introduce myself. I am your clone. You can call me Mr. Clone. We did a background check on you. You turned out to be the son. ANDY What do you mean the son? CLONE You see, everybody on earth is from a different planet. Some from Mars, Pluto, Venus. You're from the sun. ANDY Ook. Well, that explains why I'm a hot guy. Literally, I have the bad habit of having a high body temperature. Even in the winter I'm hot. And this place goes down to minus 20 degrees Celsius… But, Mr. Clone, How may I help you? CLONE Just wanted to pay a visit to the son, ask how you're doing and all… ANDY I'm fine, but seriously, who are you? CLONE I just told you son, I am your clone. ANDY Are you an alien? Maybe you should go home. You know, E.T go home. CLONE Yes I am an alien. And we're both lucky to be close to headquarters. CLONE(CONT'D) (pause). There's a book you should consider having a look at. Was written for occasions like these. Abbreviated comes to a H dot B. You don't wanna take a guess? ANDY Holy Book? The bible? Clone Exactly. Andy Let me have another guess, and you're the holy ghost? Clone Well, I don't like that nickname much. But yeah, to some people I have to use that. For you I am Mr.Clone. Andy Makes more sense you're a clone… Clone Listen, some people want to meet you. They don't know it yet, but they will want to. However The Pope is very interested in having a chat with you. Andy Hah, tell The Pope to take some cocaine for Christ sakes. He should kind of wake up you know. Clone You can do that yourself. But watch what you say, he just might decide to do as he's told. So you want to meet him? Andy No not exactly no. Does he know I don't believe in religion? Clone He's been briefed don't worry… (pause) You'll be notified of the meet… I don't have much time here. Gotta jet (smiles). Clone walks towards Andy, therefore the door. Shows his hand as if he wants to shake Andrew's. Andy and the Clone shake hand. Clone Nice meeting you son, I might pay you another visit. Oh by the way, Clone (cont'd) here's your box. The hand, palm showing up is empty at first, then the "Pandora box" appears slowly. Andy moves aside to let him pass. Clone exits the apartment. Andy is left staring at the box. Passes his index finger by every button. Hell, Heaven, God, Invisibility, Home. Moves all his fingers as if he's confused about which one to hit. Decides to press the God button. Suddenly the living room is rotating. The rotation speeds up, now it's nothing but tracers. Consequently finds himself in the black room with his Clone in front. CUT TO: 28 BLACK ROOM - BACKGROUND BLACK 28 Andrew waves his hand to check if it's a mirror. The clone does the same with the other hand and with a relay in time. Andy Hello. Clone Hello Andy. Andy's voice (thinking, and rolling his eyes) Damn this is boring. Hits the home button and finds himself in the living room. 29 INT. ANDY'S APARTMENT - EVENING 29 Passes his fingers by the buttons and hits the invisibility. Nothing happens. Checks if he can see his own hands, and yes he can. Goes to the washroom, looks at the mirror, but he cannot see himself. Andy Let's do a test-drive! He strips naked, exits the house. CUT TO: 30 OUTSIDE CORRIDOR - EVENING 30 Knocks on the neighbor's door opposite to his. The door opens, Andy naked makes silly faces, touches the neighbor's nose. The man scratches it. Andy does it again, the man scratches it once more. Neighbor looks left and right but cannot see anything. Shuts the door. Andrew decides to walk around naked outside. Goes to the supermarket. DISSOLVE TO: 31 INT. SUPERMARKET - EVENING 31 He is situated in front of the tobacco cashier and says: Andy I always wanted to touch your breasts. (no response) Andy with his two hands squeezes her breasts. Cashier Oh a cramp. Andy this time squeezes the nipples. Cashier Mother Marry, Jesus Christ, what's happening to me?!? Andy Will you marry me darling to have 10 babies a day? No response(as if she doesn't hear anything). The cashier is a bit shocked. CUT TO: 32 EXT. NEAR ANDREW'S HOUSE - EVENING 32 Andrew leaves the market, walking towards his apartment block. Still naked. CUT TO: 33 INT. ANDY'S APARTMENT - EVENING 33 Andrew unlocks his door and walks in the living room. The clone is again present. Same view, his backside, he's looking out from the balcony, slowly turns around and says: Clone I see you went on a test-drive. Andy Yeah I did, I don't see the point of this. Clone: The military and the intelligence agency found great use for it. Andy Yeah I suppose it makes spying and assassinations a piece of cake. Clone Yes it does. (pause) Listen, you need to take a sniff of this. Shows a small bottle filled with transparent liquid. Andy What's that? Clone Just trust me, you'll see later. And here's your box. Does the same trick; his empty hand at first, then slowly the box appearing. Andy takes the box, sniffs the bottle. The room starts rotating, traces, he suddenly finds himself in front of a door. CUT TO: 34 INT. INFRONT OF A DOOR, LEADING TO A ROOM - DIM LIGHT 34 The surrounding room is well varnished, shining wooden walls. A man next to Andy, opening him the door. He sees the pope on the other side, waving at him. Showing him the empty seat next to him. Andrew walks slowly, a bit hesitant. He's still holding his box. Finally with sure steps takes a seat next the pope. Andy Hello mister Pope. I'm mister Son. You're sure you're not Mister Mars or something? In the room, another man is present (Translator). The pope is his usually self, head looking down, a tired old man. Pope makes some humming noise, but not words. Translator He says he's from earth, and he's very happy to meet the son. Andy Tell him I'm very pleased to meet him, and he should consider taking some cocaine to be more energetic. Translator He knows English. Andy Ohh Ok. So mister Pope, can I call you Jean? Translator Yes you may. Andy He didn't say anything yet! Translator He's the Pope, he doesn't need to talk… He says he's possessed now, and that he's communicating with me via telepathy. Andy How convenient. Wish I could do that. Andy making the noise: bzzz bzzz while shaking his head left to right. Pope Hmm hmm hurum hurum. Andy What did he say? What did he say? Translator He says you're very funny. Andy May I ask why I am here? Pope Hurum Hmm Hurum. Andy Man, this pope is definitely saving his energy with telepathy. So what's the word mister translator? Translator He says you're here because he wanted to show you something and talk to you. Andy About what? Translator About the father and the holy ghost. Andy Oh he means mister Clones. Translator Clones? Andy Never mind, tell him I know them very well. They're like family to me. Forgot he knows English sorry… Mister Pope, listen, it's an honor to meet you and all, but you should know I don't believe in the divine much. It's all done with technology. Pope Broom buhum. Translator Technology that doesn't exist. Andy How do you know? The monkeys, I mean the homo-sapiens, the humans are pretty smart. Translator Don't you think you are human? Andy No I am from the sun, the hot planet you know. Pope Froom froom huhum. Andy What did he say? Translator Close your eyes. Andy closes his eyes. Camera blackout. Translator You can open them now. In front of Andy, a small table with a cup of tea on it. Andy Damn that was silent! How did you do that mister pope? Pope Maram param. Translator Maybe you should believe in miracles. Andy Hey, maybe we should make you a waiter on a restaurant. You could telepathically ask the customers what they want and perform your miracles there. It would be very efficient. You wouldn't even have to stand up. Pope He-he Translator Listen, we're going to put something on TV. Translator takes the remote control from the inside pocket of his coat, and hits a button. The TV is showing John waving his gun at Andy. Translator freezes the screen. Pope Frook fruhum. Translator What do you want us to do with this? We can kill him if you want. Andy Naa it's ok. I don't want to burn in the sun. Translator You won't be doing it, someone else will. Andy Naa it's ok. But you could do worse, make him immortal. Pope Guhum gaham. Translator So merciful, just like his father. Andy So are we done here, even if not, I'm outta here. Nice talking to you pope. Keep up the good work. Andy hits the home button and finds himself right in front of his apartment door. 35 INT. APARTMENT CORRIDOR LEADING TO APARTMENT - ext DARK 35 Takes the keys out from his pocket (he was dressed when he saw the pope), enters in. Natalie is there, reading a paper. Andy Where have you been? Natalie Oh, fell asleep, just woke up. What time is it? Andy looking at his watch. Andy Around 7pm. Natalie Where have YOU been? Andy Had a walk on the wild side you know. (his box is not with him) Natalie What do you mean wild side? Andy Just had a walk. Before that I was watching television. Interesting movies on TV these days… Anyway, I'm going to my quarters, maybe listen to some music… Oh, I'm thinking of quitting my job. I think Andy (cont'd) I might have more interesting things to do. Natalie Such as? Andy Not sure yet, seems like all need to know basis. Natalie So you're not going to work tomorrow? Andy Naa don't think so. Natalie Did you get your appointment with the shrink? You're acting a bit strange. Andy Yeah, called the nurse Sherri, she should return my call tomorrow. And I had a very strange day. Days to be honest with you. But it's all good. Pure holy and divine American fun. You wouldn't believe the gadgets those yanks have. I'm amazed how the world isn't all American yet. Or godly. Natalie Now you're talking really strange. Did you take your anti-psychotics? Andy No not really, didn't have much time the last two days. Natalie Doesn't take much to pour your self a glass of water and to swallow that little pill. Andy I really didn't have time or the occasion on that matter. Natalie Well ok, don't forget next time. But anyway Andy, I have to go, friends invited me to dinner. So I'll be late tonight. Here's some money, I'm putting it on the table. (pause)I gotta go; I'll talk to you later. Opens the exit door. Andy Bye. Natalie leaves the apartment. Couple of seconds later phone rings, Andy answers it. Phone voice Hi, this is Michael Cross. Andy Oh, our dear prime minister. Phone voice You know I can sue you for punching me on the gut. Andy Sir, I have no idea what you're talking about. Ohh that, I thought I was dreaming, I'm truly sorry sir. Phone voice You can call me Mike. Andy Ok Mike, how may I help you? Andy hits a button to put the voice on the loud speakers. (Voice) Voice Well, I was wondering if you have some technology we can buy off (of) you. Andy I think I gave it all away already. Didn't Mr. John Walker contact you regarding my authorization? Andy's walking around the living while talking to him. Voice Yes he did. Was just wondering if you have anything else. Like possession. Andy Oh that. Well, I could refer you to God, but you'd be only talking to my clone. And seems like I have some of his memories. And no, I don't have anything for sale. Voice Are you sure about that? Andy Well you could search my house, I have nothing. Voice We already did. We're guessing you're hiding it on another dimension. Andy Another dimension? Voice Yes, invisibility. Andy (laughing) Don't you have a dimension scan? Voice Would you give that to us? Andy I'm just yanking your chain mister prime minister. Fine ask God. Voice He's referring us to you. And you're referring us to him. Can't we make an arrangement about that? Andy Damn bureaucracy. What's your fax? I'll fax you the authorization. Voice You got a pen and paper? Andy One sec please. (Andy grabs them from the table in the living room.) Ok. Shoot. Voice 1-403- 238 3175. Andy writing it down while repeating the digits out loud. Voice You won't regret that. Thank you. Andy No problem, you're my new best friend mister prime minister. Voice Please call me Mike. Andy Alright Mike. Nice talking to you. Voice Likewise, bye… Andy Bye. Andy hangs up the phone by hitting a button on the main box. Andy Ok, I am mister important. What do you do in that situation? You change your phone number! Failing that… you dig a hole and hide! Failing that, you enjoy the ride… Andrew goes to the washroom and takes a tranquilizer. Goes to his room, sits in front of the computer and says out loud: Andy If there is a God, you put an alien on my bed. Looks to his right, nothing on the bed. Looking up: I knew you didn't exist. Like Al says in the devil's advocate, you are truly an absent landlord. Looks again to his right and suddenly a green, fat alien with 3 eyes. Holy moly, an alien! What do you in that situation? Call 911! Picks up the phone, dials the digits and says: Andy Excuse me, I have a situation. Voice (woman voice, speaking fast) Yes sir, what is that? Andy I have an alien on my bed. And he's staring at me. Voice Maybe you should call the immigration office. Andy No, no, I mean a true alien. E.T you know. Voice Sir, you're very funny. I suggest you lay off the booze. Andy So you're not gonna send me some backup on this? Voice I'm hanging up sir… Andy One second please. At least give me an idea what to do. Voice Take him to the zoo. Andy Yeah, I'll tell them to put him in the same cage with the lions. They'll get rid of him there. (pause, looking at the alien who is having some stomach convulsions) I think he's crying. It's a baby alien! Phone hangs up. Andy putting down the phone… Getting up, stepping towards the alien. Making a sharp 180 degree turn, goes to the kitchen and puts on some gloves. Goes back to his room. Andy Mister Alien, you're coming with me. We're going to the zoo. Takes its arm, Suddenly the green skin of the arm comes off. And a human arm is revealed. What the heck? Andy starts skinning the alien, and Mr. Clone is revealed. Mr. Clone Thank you for feeding me to the lions Andy. Andy I didn't know it was you, or I would have … or I would have, or huh hmm. Mr. Clone Or what? Andy Well, or, I would have, stabbed you actually. It's not a nice joke mister. Mr. Clone You made your own joke Andrew. Andy I suppose you're right. Mr. Clone Here's your box Andy. Hands him over the Pandora Box. Andy I don't see the use of this. Mr. Clone: You don't? Like it or not, it's your invention. Try the other buttons whenever you have the time. Andy I got Hell and Heaven left. Mr. Clone I'd go for heaven, son. Andy Can I try this out later? Mr. Clone Whenever you have the time, or whenever you so please. No hurries. Andrew puts the box in the drawer, and closes it. Mr. Clone I don't have much time here again, I'll talk to you later. Puts his palm on Andy's cheek and says: I might pay you a visit later on… Bye. Clone exits Andy's room. We don't hear the exit door. Andy Ok, that was slightly strange. Maybe I should have another wish. Or even better, I should give this so called God an excuse to make me butt ugly… Fuck you mister gee oh dee. Hah, what are you gonna do? Mutilate my face? Andy goes to the bathroom, looks in the mirror. And nothing; his face is normal. Man, that was a close call I suppose. But yeah, mister God is absent once more. In the case we're hallucinating this shit, let's take our anti-psych. Swallows down a pill, and walks to his room. Puts some music on, lays on his bed, lights up a cigarette…camera blackout. DISSOLVE TO: 36 INT. ANDY'S ROOM - MORNING 36 Next morning, we see the sun shining from his window. Alarm clock going off as usual, goes straight to the phone to call the hotel. Andy Hello Mr. Khan. I just wanted to let you know I won't be coming today and the other days. (pause) Yes, you could say I found another job. Not sure what it is about yet… Ok will do. Bye. Hangs up the phone. Andrew goes to the washroom, looks at the mirror. His face is seriously deformed. It has patches of unsymmetrical engulfed skins, with different tones. Andy Aaaahhhh! (pause). Mr. Clone where are you? Mr. Clone!!! Andrew passes out. Camera blackout. DISSOLVE TO: 37 INT. ANDY'S ROOM - MORNING 37 Phone ringing. Andy wakes from the bathroom floor, looks at the mirror quickly, still same deformed face. Picks up he phone in the living room. Andy Oh hi Sherri (pause). Yeah, wanted to see Dr. Arato if it's possible… Ok, what time is it now? 10 … Yeah 11 is fine. See you later. Hangs up the phone. Goes back to the mirror to see the same distorted face. Andy This could actually be fun. He dresses up (he's been changing his clothes before going to bed. Putting a short on), puts his jeans on, and a t-shirt. 38 EXT. AROUND ANDY'S HOUSE - MORNING 38 Camera showing Andy exiting the building. He's walking towards the bus stop at the corner of the street. Bus arrives immediately. Goes on the bus. CUT TO: 39 INT. BUS - MORNING 39 People are looking at him, at eye contact they immediately change the direction they are looking in. Some child is even crying. CUT TO: 40 EXT. INFRONT OF HOSPITAL - MORNING 40 Andrew arriving at the hospital. CUT TO: 41 INT. INSIDE HOSPITAL - LIGHTS 41 We see the sign "Psychiatry unit 21" on the corridor. Andrew goes to the waiting room and sits. Looks at his watch: 10:56. We see the Camera following a curled hair woman, looking around as if she's looking for somebody (Sherri). Sherri passing behind Andy. Andrew turning back: Andy Hi Sherri, I'm 4 minutes early. Sherri Excuse me? Andy Yeah, I'm Andy… remember me? Sherri You're not Andy! Andy Oh yeah the face. Look at my hands, those are Andy's hands. Sherri Tell me where he is immediately. Andy I'll show you my I.D. Goes to his wallet in the back pocket of his jeans. And shows the card. Sherri grabbing Andy's hand in a fast manner. Sherri (decided ordering voice) Come with me. They walk through another corridor, Sherri opens the door on the side of the corridor. A grey haired man (Dr. Arato) is present in the room, sitting on a chair. 3 chairs in total, around a coffee table. Dr. Arato How may I help you? Sherri It's Andy. Dr. Arato What happened to your face? Andy Well, I swore at God one day, and the next morning I woke up like this. Dr. Arato Ok Andy, have a seat. Andy and Sherri sit down. Dr. Arato Now, tell me seriously what happened? Did you have an accident? Andy Yeah you could say that. The glitch of disaster happened maybe. Dr. Arato The what? Andy Glitch of disaster. G for glitch, O for of, D for disaster. The Gee Oh Dee. Pronounced God. But I'm pretty sure it's the aliens screwing with my head. Dr. Arato Andy, are you taking your meds? Andy Yes doc, religiously. Might have skipped a day or two. Sherri Andrew, didn't you think you could be wearing a mask? Andy I actually did but didn't have the guts to check in case it isn't one. Dr. Arato Anyhow, why did you want to see me? Is it regarding this new face you have? Andy Actually no, I wanted to see you before this happened. But I changed my mind now, you'll be thinking I became psychotic again. Dr. Arato To be honest with you, I am not sure what to think. Andy I have a question for you dear doctor. It may seem out of topic - if we ever had one... But, what do you think about destiny? Dr. Arato Why? Andy Well, I met two evangelists and briefly talked about this… But, what amazed me is, I met them again the same day at the same place, and they denied knowing me. So the same thing happened twice. Like, you know, you have the feeling sometimes that an event happened before. They call it deja-vu I think. Dr. Arato Yeah I know what a deja-vu is. Didn't you think the evangelists had a very selective memory. Andy No not really. Another thing is. Just before I met them, I was thinking of how to identify Jesus if he ever was on earth. And one evangelist, had a nametag Jesus… So can't be all coincidences. Same thing happened at the market. Dr. Arato Market? Andy Yeah… like things happened twice. Dr. Arato Oh I see…(pause). You know, what I should do right? Andy Yes, according to your book, you should probably increase my meds. Dr. Arato Yes, but luckily I am a good doctor, and I'll let it pass this time. Andy How considerate of you mister Arato. Dr. Arato And next time you come, could you please take off that mask? Andy Hey, maybe the mirror and your eyes lie. I might be totally normal. Dr. Arato: Haha, yeah ok Andy, I'll see when I see you ok? Andy Sounds like a good plan. So we're done? Dr. Arato Yes. Andy stands up, shakes the doctor's hand, then Sherri's. Andy Have a nice day. Bye. Andrew turns around to leave from the door and… Dr. Arato and Sherri at the same time: "Bye Andy". Our protagonist walks through the corridor, camera fade out, camera fade in: DISSOLVE TO: 42 INT. ANDY'S APARTMENT - DAY 42 Andrew walking in his apartment. Going to the mirror: same distorted face. Goes to his room, puts some music on, not loud; staring at the screen. Lighting up a cigarette: Andy Hey, maybe I could go to a university class. Nobody's gonna know I am the Andy. Stands up, opens his drawer, and gets the school calendar. Flips the pages and says out loud: Andy Engineering 203, Statics, 1pm, room 209. I can just make it there. With sure steps, exits his house. Camera showing him leave the house. DISSOLVE TO: 43 EXT. UNIVERSITY CAMPUS - DAY 43 Andrew walking towards the engineering block at the campus. We can see it from the sign post "Engineering", with an arrow pointing to the location. Andrew arriving at the door. Sees his clone but with the distorted face. They are next to each other. Both of them are having a cigarette before going in. Clone I didn't know I had a twin… Hey, what are the advantages of being butt ugly? Andy That's an easy one man… No problems with girls. Clone Hahaha. You're actually right. No problems at all. What are you doing here? Andy Gonna attend the statics mechanics class. Clone Oh yeah, me too. So you know, they changed the room. It's in 301 now. Andy Well, I see you there then. Throws his last bit of unfinished cigarette and walks through the entrance. CUT TO: 44 INT. LECTURE ROOM & CORRIDOR + LAVATORY - DAY 44 New frame: Andy going in the lecture room, taking a seat at the back. He's looking around for the clone, but can't see anybody. Everybody takes their place, the class is about to start. The professor enters. He has a judge hammer with him. Right before starting the lecture, hitting the hammer 3 times on his desk says out loud: (professor) Professor I have some good news and some bad news: the good news is everybody gets an A, except Andy (eye contact), he gets an F. See you next year Andy. Class dismissed. Hits the hammer on the desk to finalize the scene. Andy's jaw drops, as if he doesn't believe what he sees. (CONTINUED) The students start leaving the class room. Nobody is looking at Andy, their heads are down, looking at the floor. Andrew is still paralyzed on his seat. Finally the class empties and our protagonist leaves the room. Opposite of the corridor, he sees his clone with the distorted face walking towards him. Clone So how did your class go? Andy Everybody passed, but I failed. Clone Maybe it's the other way around. The world tends to be upside down. Sometimes we need to read between the lines dear Andrew. Pointing his face. By the way, your face is falling apart. Andy Which one? My pretty or butt ugly face? Clone Your butt ugly face, the patches are coming off. Maybe you should go to the washroom and check it out. Andy turns around, goes to the lavatory, looks at the mirror. And yes, some patch of skin is coming off. So he takes some soap, robs it to the original part of the face and glues the skin. Comes out of the washroom, and back to the "twin" who's been looking out of the window. Clone Why didn't you take off your mask? Andy I don't know. Why are you wearing your mask? Clone Mine's not a mask. Andy Oh, (pause) I'm sorry. How did that happen? An accident? Clone Yes you could say that. I was swearing at God one day in the middle of a war. And managed to catch a grenade. Why are you wearing a mask? Andy Was swearing at God one day, and next morning woke up like that. Actually I requested that face to be honest with you. Clone Why? Andy Testing him out you know… I'm pretty sure it's an alien entity. Clone What ever yanks your chain. Andy What do you mean? Clone I gotta go Andy. Opens the window and jumps off. Andy again amazed, looks down to see nothing. The clone has disappeared. Andy Definitely need beer. Camera shows Andy walking down the stairs, exiting the building, and entering the bar next door. CUT TO: 45 INT. BAR - DAY 45 Andy Can I have a beer please? Barman Hey, it's not Halloween yet buddy. Andy This is my real face asshole. Barman Oh… I'm really sorry. Filling the pint, handing over the glass. There you go, on the house. Andy No, no need. I don't need your pity. Barman Fine, comes to three fifty. Andy handing 5 dollars, getting the change. Andy Hey, buddy, any girls coming by at this hour? Barman In an hour this place will be packed. Andy What do you think my odds are of getting lucky tonight? Barman looks down, ignoring Andrew, drying a glass. Andy I said you think I'd get lucky tonight? Barman Oh sorry, didn't hear. Depends on the girl you know. Andy My theory is that the worse you look the luckier you get. Cause if you're really handsome they tend to get intimidated. But you're half butt ugly, or fat, they tend to be more relaxed with you. In my case I'm going to the extreme I suppose. So I should be getting extremely lucky. Barman You got a point there… Hey, you an Engineering student? Andy Was but dropped out. Barman So what are you doing here? Andy Had to meet someone. My twin actually. Andy gobbling down the rest of the beer… Andy Anyway, I gotta go… Nice talking to you. Barman Likewise, feel free to drop by anytime. Andy Will do yep, talk to you later… Turns around, exits the bar. DISSOLVE TO: 46 EXT. OUTSIDE CAMPUS - DAY 46 Andy walks around the campus, towards the bench. Sits down. Suddenly Mr. Clone (without mask) is seen, the one without the distorted face. Comes to the bench hand has a seat next to Andy while he's busy looking in another direction. Mr. Clone I see you're still wearing the mask. Andy Oh hi Mr. Clone. I thought I'd never see you again. Mr. Clone Told you I might pay you a visit. What about that mask, how long will you wear it? Andy I'll take it off right now… Stars skinning his face. How do I look? My normal pretty face? Mr. Clone Yup, hey, you wanna go for a drink? Andy Sure, I know a place near Engineering, let's go… They stand up, they walk together. Camera showing them walk together from the back, entering the bar. CUT TO: 47 INT. ENGINEERING BAR 47 Mr. Clone Can I have a beer please? And one here for my dear brother. Barman Sure… Mr. Clone Hey, did you see a guy here, distorted face? Been looking for him all day. Barman Actually yeah. Oh, he had a twin too. Must be twin day. Mr. Clone So you're positive he came here, cause you know, he's a wanted criminal. Next time you see him, call the cops immediately. Barman Ohh. He seemed like a nice guy. What is he wanted for? Mr. Clone Crimes against humanity. Barman Really now, what did he do? Mr. Clone He saved the world once. That's the biggest crime you'll ever have. Barman Haha, maybe I should cut you off the beer before you start drinking. Andy Let's get out of here. Mr. Clone No no, this is getting interesting.(pause) Your mama's so fat; it says "picture continues at the back" on her driver's license. Barman Excuse me, what did you say? Andy Looking at Mr. Clone: Andy Hey Bro, we have the same mama. Mr. Clone I wasn't talking about our mom, was talking to the beer man here. He's so freaking slow, I think he's importing the beer from beer land or something. Barman Ok, that's it. I want both of you out. Mr. Clone If you don't wanna become a frog, you apologize immediately. Screw it. Andy, say abracadabra, but mean it. Andy Abracadabra. Mr. Clone You have to mean it. Andy Abra ca da bra !! Barman turns into a frog. Mr. Clone, grabs the frog, and hands it to Andy. Mr. Clone There you go, a pet. Maybe you should learn what frogs eat. Andy Let's get out of here before the cops come. Mr. Clone What are they gonna charge us with? Turning the barman into a frog? Andy I still wanna go home Mr. Clone with an abrupt and fast moves, slams the Pandora's box on the bar and says: Mr. Clone There you go, your box. Just hit home. Andy hits the home button and finds himself in front of his apartment. DISSOLVE TO: 48 INT. ANDY'S APARTMENT - EVENING 48 Andrew opens the door, walks in. Looks at the frog on his palm. Decides to go to the washroom. Andy in the bathroom, ready to flush the frog. Andy Sorry mister barman, I don't like frogs. Have fun in the sewage system. Drops the frog in the toilet and flushes it down. Goes to his room to check if he still has the box in the drawer. Opens it, but nothing, the drawer is empty. Andrew goes out of his room, walks to the living room, lays on the sofa. All of a sudden a voice Hum hum. Andy looks to his right, it's John sitting on the armchair. Andy Oh hi John, didn't see you get in. John I was always here. Wanna show you something on the television. John hits the button on the remote. On TV, a woman, (news person): News person A young man has been missing for 3 days. The Barman at the local University has disappeared. Witnesses have spotted two other young men before the disappearance. John hits the off button. Andy Great, what am I supposed to do about that? John Andrew, this is blackmail. Andy Oh, who are we blackmailing? John They're blackmailing you, don't play dumb with me. Andy I just saw the barman today. The news says it's been 3 days. John Yes that's what's gonna happen if you don't act as you're told. Andy What do you want me to do? What if I don't do as I'm told? John Well, you've seen the tape. Also what's the prime minister's number doing on the table? Andy Oh that, nothing important. I think he was kidding with me. Wanted me to send him a fax ordering the release of some(jokingly) dimension scan device. I suppose I could do it just to make the man happy. John Andy why don't you be part of the team? You can have a staff, declare your cabinet like a president does. Andy So you want me to be prez. Man, I seriously don't believe any of this. Someone's yanking my chain. John Maybe that's your problem, you don't believe in anything. (Pause)Andrew, do you even believe the planet called earth exists? Andy Nope sirry Bob, I don't. I'm pretty sure it's a dead planet. John Here are the odds Andy. Either you're the only one alive or the only one dead. A logical deduction please…? Andy Ok, a sound deduction would require me to say this is a dream or a nightmare. Or an unreal role playing game. John This is your dream son, would you like to continue? Andy Yes I would. We hear some unlocking noise. The apartment door is being opened, the door opens and we see another John entering (twin): Twin I see we have a meeting… Walking to the sofa, having a seat next to Andrew. Andy Hey. What's going on? John Nothing Andy, just a cabinet meeting. (pause) You have the chance to make a difference. If you want we can bring the whole mortal administration here. Andy What do you mean? Twin The question should be: who do you mean? Andy Ok, who do you mean? John We can bring the president of the United States, the senators and so on… Andy What about my dear Mike, prime minister of Cow Land, Canada. Twin Him too. But you need an immortal Cabinet. A few will be selected for eternity, or until they have enough. You have some time to think about who you want to be in the team. Andy Are you guys in the team? John Our status is a bit different Andy. We're supervising this whole operation. And we are supervised as well. But you don't have to worry about us. Andy What about the competition? Anybody playing against us? Twin The whole world. It needs some fixing. John Ok, we should get going now (stands up). Hey Clone you're coming? Twin Clone yourself. Don't ever call me clone, you clone! (smiles, and stands up as well) They both walk towards the exit door. Right when the door opens: Andy One sec, what do I do? Both at the same time (their back towards Andy) Anything you want Andy. And they leave the house, door closes automatically. Andrew left alone, sitting on the sofa (camera shows from profile). Is a bit amazed by all of this. So he looks around, not sure what to do. Andy They didn't give me my box! Pffff who cares. What do I do!? Oh yes, cabinet. In times like these you wish you had some friends. Maybe I could call Brad. Grabs the phone on his left, starts dialing the digits. Andy Oh hi Sara, is Brad there? When will he be back? Ok, could you tell him to return my call. It's rather important… Thanks. Hangs up the phone. Hey let's check is that barman is still at its place... Andy leaving the apartment. CUT TO: 49 EXT. BUS GOING TO CAMPUS & CAMPUS - EVENING 49 New frame: Camera going under a metal arc, on top the arc written: University of Calgary. Bus stops, Andy gets off. Passes by the Faculty of Law, and sees his mother talking to two other people. Halts by them. Sneaks behind his mother, showing a shhh sign (index finger on the lips) to the others. And scares her. Natalie Ahhhh. Andy (Behind Natalie) Did you get scared or what? Natalie Jesus Christ Andy, that wasn't funny. Andrew takes his place at Natalie's right. They form a circle. Andy I'm not Jesus, why are you calling me Jesus for. I'm the devil in disguise. Or in the skies, but seems like I'm on earth. I need to staff my cabinet. Gonna fix the world or something. Other two people laughing…(Mark and Julia) Hey you guys, wanna be part of my cabinet? I'm declaring a federal government. Mark No man thanks, I'm pretty busy with these law classes. And maybe you should lay off the booze. (smiling) Julia Same here. Andy You're sure about that guys? Natalie What did your shrink say Andy? Andy Thanks mom for declaring me insane in front of them. And the shrink said that he's a good doctor, so he's not gonna increase my meds. Julia Good doctor! Andy Anyhow, I gotta go. Need to check something…Talk to you guys later. Mark See ya later Andrew. Julia Bye. Natalie What time will you be back home? Andy Not sure, you? Natalie Don't know either. Andy Ok, bye… Starts walking backwards slowly. Natalie Bye Andy turns around, walks towards the Engineering complex. DISSOLVE TO: 50 INT. ENGINEERING BAR - EVENING 50 New frame: Showing Andy entering the bar. Barman I thought I didn't want you here anymore. Andy Sorry about that man, was my twin brother. Has a short temper. How was the sewage system? I'm sorry I had to flush you down, I don't like frogs you know… Barman That's it! Punches Andy on the face. Andy Owe, that hurt! Abracadabra! Suddenly the Barman morphs to an ant. Andy Shit, it worked!! Damn! Those apes are really aggressive. What did I do wrong? Andy looks around to see if there were any witnesses, but nobody. So he leaves the place and starts walking towards another complex. DISSOLVE TO: 51 INT. ANOTHER BAR - EVENING 51 Andrew has a seat near the bar. Andy Hey, can I have a shot of tequila. Drinks it. Another please. Drinks it. Another. We see a line of empty tequila glasses. Andy talking and swallowing his words. He's drunk. Andy Hey Barman, you know I can turn you into a frog or an ant if I want to. I am the gee oh dee. Barman Ok buddy, I'm cutting you off. Andy And I'm cutting you off your life support. Abracadabra. Nothing happens. Abracadabra I said. Still nothing. Barman I think you should go home. You want me to call a cab? Andy No man, I can teleport there, problem is I don't have Mr. Clone or my box with me. Barman I'm calling you a cab. Picks up the phone on the column. We see lips moving; the music is loud. Ok, it should be here in about 3 minutes. Can you walk there or …? Andy I can fly man, watcha talking about. I'll walk, need the exercise. Andy stumbling a bit, and starts walking, a bit zigzagging… CUT TO: 52 INT. INSIDE CAB - NIGHT 52 New frame: Andy getting in the back seat of the cab. Andy Take me to heaven mister driver. You know where I live? Driver Yes Andy, we live in the same place. Cab starts rolling. Andy Hey, how did you know my name? Driver turns around to show his face. Hey mister clone, I didn't know you were a taxi driver. Mr. Clone I'm not, but the driver of this car is. Andy Ok Mr. Clone. You're my savior for the day. I tried to find myself a cabinet, but I'm not taken real serious. And I have my doubts about this whole thing. SO, where are we going? Mr. Clone Home Andy, we're going home. Andy Paradise? Mr. Clone Nope Andy, paradise can wait. We're going to the apartment. You're going at least. I'm just gonna do some cab driving after dropping you off. Andy looking out the window, camera shows the surrounding road and traffic lights spinning. He finally falls asleep. Camera black out. Camera rolling: Mr. Clone shaking Andy's arm: Mr. Clone Andy wake up, you're home. Andy opens the passenger door, gets out, and without saying anything to Mr. Clone unlocks the building door (a challenge, since he's drunk). Walks in. 53 INT. ANDY'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 53 New frame: Andy walking in the house. Back view: John is on the armchair. Andy Oh hi John. Man, I couldn't find myself a cabinet. No one took me seriously. John Andy, why don't you have a seat, let's talk. Andy takes a seat on the sofa. Andy I have no idea how to tell them to be on my cabinet. It all seems out of whack you know. John I know. All you need to do is to give loud orders. We managed to give you a cabinet. You won't even have to meet them. However they'll be with you 24 hours. So just keep talking to yourself. Think of us the genie in a bottle, with infinite grants of wishes. Andy John, that's too much responsibility, not enough pay. John So you want money? Andy No, I just don't know what to do. Other than nuking some countries. John We tried it, it doesn't work. Andy I didn't hear anybody getting nuked. John I know you didn't. We have simulators, using a different database… Anyhow, you wanna call the prime minister and include him on the staff? Cause you know, we do need executive branches. Andy Sure, I'll do it right now. Andy takes a pen and paper, and starts writing, saying out loud: Andy Me, Andy Okur wants Michael Cross in my secret cabinet as an executive branch of my federal government. Signature… Andy goes to the fax machine and sends the letter. John You don't have to worry about the Americans, we took care of them. Now we need a plan. Andy Can't we talk about this tomorrow. I had a few drinks… John That I can hear…and smell. So what do you want them to do? Other than nuking the whole lot. Andy I suppose we can donate to charity and fix aids all that nasty stuff that comes along. John Don't you think this comes second place? We need an objective. Like they have in the movies. Andy Save and fix the world…(pause) I know that encompasses a lot of things. Man, I don't know. Ohh, here's one. Let's kill all the terrorists. I mean, we have invisibility. Finding them should be a piece of cake. John Yes that we can. But, we need to keep things real. If all of a sudden people realize Utopia has been created, there will be panic and chaos on the streets. Andy So, we're not in a hurry? John Nope, we have until the end of time. Use your cabinet wisely. Andy Ok John, I need to go to bed. Stands up... Goodnight. John Goodnight, don't let the big ugly mother lovers bite. CUT TO: 54 INT. ANDY'S APARTMENT - MORNING 54 New frame: Sunshine coming from the Andy's bedroom. It's a new morning. Andy's gets up, goes to the kitchen, changes the date to the 15th. Walks towards the phone, dials some digits. Andy Hi Mr. Khan, how are you? (pause) I'm fine. Was going to ask if my paycheck is ready. (pause) Oh ok, when can I come to pick it up? Anytime? Ok, thank you. Hangs up the phone. DISSOLVE TO: 55 INT. HOTEL - MORNING 55 New frame: Andy getting off the bus, walking in the hotel. Camera shows Mr. Khan at the reception, talking to some customer. Andy waiting…After the customer leaves. Mr. Khan So here's our quitter. Andy Hah, I'm not really quitting, kinda had a better offer. It's a mysterious job really. I get to have my own staff too. Mr. Khan Well, you had your staff here. Had maintenance at your order, as well as room cleaning and you could have had accountancy too. But up to you know. Well… opens a drawer. Mr. Khan (contn'd) Here's your paycheck. (pause) Can I ask how much you're getting paid at the other job? Andy I'm not sure yet. I think I have my expenses covered, that's about it. Mr. Khan What kind of expenses? Andy Cigarettes, food, rent… things like that. Mr. Khan Didn't your parents pay for these already? Andy You have a point, I think I bought my freedom or some sort. I really don't know what to tell you, it's a bit complicated. Listen I gotta go. Hey, would you like to be my partner in that job? Mr. Khan No thanks, I make more than my expenses here… Hey, what are your responsibilities there? Andy I think I am going to fix things… Things that have gone bad or about to go nasty. Something like maintenance task. Mr. Khan Sounds boring to me. You know Philip here, he's bored all day. Sits in a room all the time, waiting for reception to call and tell him to fix the mess. (CONTINUED) Mr. Khan (contn'd) And believe me, some times it gets real bad. You remember the time when the sewage pipe decided to explode at the basement. Guess who had to go down there. Andy I don't think I'll be dealing with sewage systems. Although, I did experience something like that before... Mr. Khan seeing a customer approaching: Mr. Khan Well, I wish you all the luck. (pause) Yes, how may I help you sir? Andrew turning around and walking out of the hotel corridor, looking right, wind blowing on his face; we can see from the profile view… (Still) from back view: Andy in front the hotel door; walks with sure steps to the right. towards a phone boot. CUT TO: 56 EXT. PHONE BOOT - DAY 56 Throws in some coins, dials in the digits and says: Andy Oh hi Brad, man, I'm at the city, you wanna go grab a few beers at the park? (pause) Ok, I'll wait for you on the hill grass by the bench. I'll probably be there in 10 minutes, I'm pretty close. See you soon… Andy hangs up the phone and starts walking towards the park: We can see it on the horizon: couple of blocks away. CUT TO: 57 EXT. PARK - DAY 57 He finally arrives at the park, sees Sara (Brad's girlfriend) and Brad drinking beer. Walks on the sloped hill, so he waves. Andy Hi guys, I see you bought the medicinal fuel (pointing the beers on the grass). Sara Yup. SO, what was so important on the phone? You sounded really stressed. Brad Hi Andy, long time no see. Andy Hi Brad buddy. (Looking at both of them) Yeah, wanted to have a chat. I might as well say it before we get real hammered. Guys, I'm opening a company, and I was kind of wondering if you'd like to take part in it? Brad What kind of company? Andy It's a company that deals with issues. Sara I can hardly deal with my own issues… Andy Actually it's a company that deals with our own issues as well. Brad Yo Andy, dude, you didn't even have beer and you're talking strange. Andy Oh yes, yes, must drink beer. (Smiles and opens a can) So I was saying. A company that's gonna deal with problems. Brad What kind of problems? Andy This is going to sound even stranger; but universal problems. We're gonna be telling people what to do, and how to do. I honestly don't know the details yet. But I need some people I can trust. Sara You have any capital to even jump start your mystery company? Andy I'm guessing it's all gonna be funded by governments or private citizens. Andy drinks his beer in one shot, and grabs another can. Sara (smiling, jokingly) What's it gonna be called? Andy I don't know, haven't thought about the name. What do you suggest? Brad Let me see, if we're gonna be dealing with universal problems, we might as well name it: The Cleaner, The Fixer, The Solver… anything like that . Sara Maybe we should have no name. Andy Yeah, it ain't gonna be a conventional thing. So I think we shouldn't have any names. I have some sort of staff ready, so I'll tell him to give you a call. Brad Haha, Andy the elitist! Kidding: Yes sir, we shall wait with extreme patience and caution for your appointed contact. Sara Hey, let's enjoy the beer. Smiling We'll talk business later. Andy Sounds good to me… Hey, you guys wanna go night clubbing later? Brad Yeah but let's get loaded first, god knows the beer there is highway robbery. Camera shows the trio laughing, drinking, all without sound. Then back to sound: Brad I think we're ready to go bar hopping. Andy Let's boogie! They stand up. Brad Shit, where did I leave the car? Sara, I need some intel here. Sara (pointing the car behind the tree) It's right there… They all walk towards the car, they get in and car starts rolling. Andy at the front seat, Sara behind (white car, a bit rusted and old). We see the car parking, engine off, the trio walking out, Brad locking the door. They start heading towards the club. But there is a line up. CUT TO: 58 EXT. & INT. NIGHT CLUB - NIGHT 58 Andy Watch this Brad, works like a charm every time. Andy addressing the bouncer: Will 20 bucks do? Bouncer Yes indeed sir. Andy puts the 20 in his palm and shakes the bouncer's hand, giving him the bribe. They go in the club without having to wait in the line. The music is techno of course… Andy shouting: Andy Hey Brad, I'm gonna go grab some whisky…. I'll be right back. Andrew goes to the bar while his friends sit around a table, one floor up the dance floor. We can see a sea of heads, people are dancing. Our protagonist comes to the table with 3 glasses of whisky. He raises his drink and says: Andy To ruling the world! Brand and Sara (doing the same) To ruling the world! Sara takes Brad by his arm and they go to the dance floor. Andy is left alone, looking from the 'balcony' at the people dancing. Some lasers... A man sits opposite to him. It's the clone with the distorted face. Hands him over a box (puts it on the table) wrapped up like a gift. The distorted face leaves the table after having eye contact with Andrew. Andy starts unwrapping the box. Opens the cover, and sees a small book: "Manual". Takes the book out, sees a black device. Something of the sort you put around your arm when you have an injury; but black. Takes the apparatus out of the box, underneath that a small round ball; also in b lack. It's the last device in the box. So he starts flipping the pages of the manual. And sees the following titles: Invisibility, teleportation. Puts the 'toys' back in the box and looks around to see if the distorted face is still there, but cannot see him. However he spots Sara and Brad walking towards him. The friends have a seat around the table. Sara pointing the box: Sara Hey what's this? Andy A gift. I think it's meant for you guys. I even got a manual for it. Brad What is it? Andy Have a look yourself. Slides the box over. Brad takes the manual, flips the pages. Sara puts the thing on. Sara So what's that for? Brad Take if off immediately. (Sara takes it off) Andy, where did you get that? Andy I just told you, while you guys where on the dance floor, some guy just gave it to me. Brad And you're giving it to us? Andy Sure, I don't see the point of it. But remember what we talked about? Stuff like solving issues. Brad Yeah… Andy I think it'll be real handy to have that toy for fixing shit. But I don't see the point for personal use, other than money maybe. Brad This better be real Andrew. Andy Oh it's real. Mine worked. I did a test drive… Test it yourself. Brad puts on the thing, reads the manual a bit. Hits a button and suddenly becomes invisible. Sara seeing this is a bit amazed. Her jaw has dropped. Sara So you were actually making some sense at the park… Do I get to have one as well? Andy I don't know. I only received one. I suppose you can share it. Brad suddenly appears: Brad Look what I got (showing him some 20 dollar bills) from the till. Andy Shit Brad, I don't think you should use this for that! Brad What else is it gonna be useful for? Oh yes, rapes and kills would be cool. Sara throwing a bad look at Brad. Sara Kills maybe but rapes I'll have to be against! Brad I was just saying, not that I would do it. But man, it's easy cash. Andy (yawning)Man, I'm seriously tired… Can you guys drop me home? Brad Why not teleport there? Andy I don't care how, as long as I get back home. Brad looking at the manual: Brad It says here, you have to leave the portal to the place you wanna teleport. (pause). So Andy, I'm sorry we'll have to go by car. Hey, can I keep these? Andy Sure it's for you. Sara Let's go… They stand up, camera showing them leaving the club door…walking on the sidewalk: Brad That's what you were talking about at the park. The company I mean… Andy Yeah, I think we're supposed to do good stuff with that. But man, take your money from the bank. Not from normal tills! They arrive at the car and get in… camera fade out. DISSOLVE TO: 59 INT. ANDY'S APARTMENT 59 Suddenly the phone rings, Andy gets up to answer it: Andy Oh hi Brad. (Pause) What did you do? Robbed the bank? Man, how much? 200 thousand dollars?!? What are you going to do with it? (Pause) You can't just go buy yourself a house, they might ask you where you got all of this. Listen, I just woke up, give me couple of hours… Ok, talk to you later. Andrew switches on the TV, then goes to kitchen. Same routine breakfast. On the background we can hear the television: Television University of Calgary barman has been reported missing. Andrew looks at the TV. Last seen at his apartment block around 10 am. If you know his whereabouts please call the following number… Andy Shit, I know where he is. Probably part of ant colony by now. Poor guy really. He's probably enjoying serving the queen, maybe even bartending there. Who knows. Door knocks. Andy opens it, but sees no one. Suddenly Brad becomes visible. He's holding a bag. Brad Hi man. Sorry had to bother you with this, but can I hide the money here? Andy Oh. Ah. Looks like I have no choice but to say yes. Brad So you're gonna let me in? Andrew walks aside, lets Brad walk in. Brad puts the bag on the table opposite of the kitchen. Turning his face to Andy and says: Brad So you're telling me I can't spend this? Andy Yes you can, but you can't just go around buying a house or a car. Maybe you should put the money back where you got it? Brad Na man, I ain't returning the cash. But it was so easy. I just had to wait until somebody opened the volt. Started filling the bag until I didn't have any place left. Andy Yeah well, I suppose you can use the money to cover your normal expenses. Like rent and food. (Pause) I think you just bought your freedom, stole it is more likely. Brad putting his arm in the bag and showing Andy the round ball: the portal. Brad Can I leave the portal here? I thought of leaving it at the bank. (Pause) You know, this thing goes invisible. Watch: Brad shows the invisibility gadget wrapped around his arm. Puts the portal on the table, and presses a button on the gadget. The portal becomes slowly transparent. Andy doesn't seem amazed, normal look, even a bit bored… Andy Great, so you're gonna be teleporting here? Brad Yeah, it's much more practical than driving or taking a cab. You don't mind do you? Andy Naa man, it's fine with me. Brad So, tell me what's the master plan? Andy I don't know, I haven't been briefed yet. Brad Briefed by whom? Andy The holy-ghost. I call him mister clone, because he looks just like me, a twin. Brad Wait a second, that makes you Jesus? Andy Fuck if I know. The pope Thought I was him. I'm not sure what to believe anymore. It seems like it's all done with technology. And you have the proof. Suddenly the door opens, we see Mr. Clone walking in. Brad a bit amazed, looks at Andy, at the Clone, back at Andy… Mr. Clone I see you have managed to recruit yourself a member for the cabinet. Looking at Brad, offering his hand to shake: Hi Brad, I am mister clone, my role is to supervise the events. I imagine you have a lot questions. The answers are hidden in time. Turns out to be all need-to-know bases. Brad I do have some questions yes. First of all, what are we supposed to do? Mr. Clone Anything you want. Brad I want a house and a new car, but Andy here says I'll be busted. Mr. Clone He does have a point. This job basically covers your living expenses and as I can see (pointing the bag), even some bonuses. Of course you can buy yourself a car, but we cannot guarantee immunity. Andy Brad, forget about the car and a house. Mr. Clone starts walking back towards the exit… Andy Hey, where are you going? Mr. Clone I'm done here. You guys have it kind of figured out. I can only suggest that you make a plan, have an objective to accomplish. For example Andy, you have the prime minister's phone number on your display. Try to use it once a while. As to you Brad, I advise you keep this money, and live on it. Put an effort on not to draw attention on yourself. Brad I understand… Mr. Clone Ok then, I'll eventually talk to you later. Opens the door and exits… the door shuts on itself. Brad Andrew, I'm a bit confused. All our dreams can come true with these toys. Hey, (smiling, joking expression) maybe we should talk to the pope and get church money to live on. We can fool him we're divine beings. Andy Na man, he'll only think you're an appointed saint. I talked to him you know. Brad And…? Andy And nothing. He's basically convinced I am from the divine. Brad Hahaha, he should maybe look up his definition of the divine. Or you just invented a new one. Andy I know man, tell me about it. Problem is, we got no clue about anything. And I don't think Mr. Clone is briefed on anything. Brad Here's the plan: we start assassinating people. For example the Libyan leader should be the first on the list. Andy It's only one phone call away. Brad Forget the phone man, I can do it myself. Always wanted to get me one of those people. Andy So this is what we do, get rid of bad dictators? Brad I don't know, I'll see what I can do. All I need to do is jump on a plan being invisible. And walk around Libya until I find a palace and start looking for the fucker. Andy Fine do it, I don't care. Brad You can watch my show on CNN (smiling). You mind if I leave the bag and the portal here. Andy Nope, don't mind. No problem. Brad Ok. Oh so you know, I quit my day job at the car cleaning place. Andy I quit too. Brad Okidoki, I'm outta here. Might pay you a fast visit. Keep an eye on CNN, see the Brad show. Andy Hah will do. Bye… Opens Brad the door. Brad leaves. Andrew is left alone. Still a bit unsure of everything, decides to have a seat on the sofa. The apartment door opens and John walks in. With decided steps, without taking his coat off, has a seat on the armchair opposite of the sofa. John So I've been briefed. Andy Oh good somebody that knows something. What do you know? John Just that you recruited someone to the team. Andy Oh that yeah. I think we're gonna take someone out. John I see. Who may that be? Andy Just watch the news. It will be a surprise. I probably should have consulted with the prime minister about that. But as we all know very well, I don't think we need to ask politicians what to do. John You have a point about that. Anyway, I came to tell you something. The Americans are getting ready for a nuclear war. India and Pakistan have already decided which targets to nuke. So what I need from you is an authorization to expedite the whole process. Andy I think I already am working on a catalytic effect. So wait till you hear some horrendous news on TV. Something to shake up the Arabic world. John So are we ok for a nuclear war? Andy I'm pretty sure most of the eastern hemisphere is economically expendable. And since their independence they only managed to create more problems. I don't know if that means they need to go to the last stop; the grave. John I imagine you know that an ethically and morally aware individual would be against a massacre of infinite degree. Around a billion would kiss their ass goodbye. Andy What are you telling me? That I should not issue a nuclear war? John It's up to you, you make the decision. Odds are, you individually won't get killed in the process. Even if you do, we'll clone you up. Think of yourself as immortal. Andy Whatever… I do have a question though: Where is the other John? John He's busy in the states, talking to the American cabinet. Oh, another thing, we have to keep things secret from Natalie. She might get too comfortable with power and money. So for her, I am working as an Engineer. Andy Understood. Also, do I get my box? John No not yet, we confiscated that to do some tests. Andy But man, I wanted to hit the heaven button. John You're telling me you don't know what happens in heaven? Andy No, I never got to try it. John I'll fill you in later about that… Listen I have to portal out, I have a meeting with the CIA in about a minute. So, we'll catch up later… John hits a button on the device he's holding. It's a small rectangular box like a garage door opener. Suddenly he disappears. Phone rings…Andy answers it. It's the prime minister. Michael Hi Andy, how are you? Andy Oh hello mister prime. Michael I received your fax. I didn't understand well, could you elaborate on that secret cabinet? Andy hits the loud speaker button and starts walking around the living room. Andy Well, I am recruiting some cadets (laughing). Would you like to be a cadet? You'll have all your expenses covered. All you need to do is do something that might make a difference. (pause) I have a question for you: do you think we should take out the Libyan leader? Michael We obviously have considered it. But decided not to do so. That region turns out to be critical for its balance. Andy Oh, hopefully we can raise people from the dead. Michael Excuse me? Andy I kind of allowed an assassination to be carried out. Also, I would suggest you get ready for a nuclear war. Something like go straight to your bunker on the first occasion. Michael We're ready for this kind of thing 24 hours. But tell me more about your cabinet, how is it different than mine? Andy Mine works very efficiently and doesn't need bureaucracy to do something. But hey, I think I'm gonna need you for the mere mortal part of the mission. Why don't you be my right arm? Suddenly John appears. Simply appears without any door sound (probably teleported). Takes a seat on the armchair as usual. Hey Mike, John just came in. Wanna say hello? I think he was at the CIA. Michael Hello Mr. Walker, this is the prime minister. John Hi Mr. Cross. (Pause) I think you should hear this as well. India and Pakistan have activated their underground missiles. They're armed as of couple of seconds ago. Andy, we need you for a while. Andy Man, I don't like taking long flights. John No need, all you have to do is hold this (showing the small rectangular teleportation device), and hit the button. Andy Right I forgot. What do I do with this bag? (pointing the money bag) John Leave it here, who cares. (pause) Excuse me Mr. Cross, but you'll have to continue this talk later. Have a nice day. (Hits the hang up button) Ok Andy, take this, deep breath and press the flashing red button. Andrew does as he's told. The room starts spinning, nothing but tracers and suddenly finds himself in a room. 60 INT. COMPUTER & RADAR ROOM - LIGHTS 60 The room is full of computers, some radar screens, the walls are filled with Asian maps. Some people (employees) are running around as if there is a big panic. Employee1 Missile launched. Counter on its way. Impact in 1 minute. Counting down. Employee2 Pakistani missile intercepted. Andrew approaches a man seemingly in charge of the operation. The man has a tie, very well dressed (Man). Andy Excuse me, what's going on? Man Oh here you are… Well, what's happening is easy. India and Pakistan are actually launching missiles to one and other. All we're doing is making sure the nukes don't go off anywhere. So after this show is over, we're gonna have a chat with the fellows. Basically say "bad boy, bad boy". Andy Why am I here? Man First of all, for your protection; we're in a bunker. Secondly you're the one who's going to talk to them, (pause) after they decide they've launched enough nukes. Employee1 Sir, the attacks are over. Should we initiate collection of nuclear warheads? Man Please do. Andy, be prepared to talk to the two nuclear powers. Agent2, please put the Pakistani leader on the phone. Employee2 Yes sir. (hits a few buttons on the panel) Pakistani leader online sir. Man Andy, grab this phone and talk. Andy takes the phone on the panel and…: Andy Bad boy, bad boy. Hangs up the phone. Man Andrew, we imagined something more profound and serious, but that will do I guess. Time for India… Employee2 India online sir. Man Grab that phone again. Andy picks up the phone on the panel: Andy Bad, bad, really bad. Now, go to your room, you're grounded. Hangs it up, looks at the man: How was that? Man Could have been more professional, but that's the point we wanted to relay. Thank you Andy. Feel free to go home or look around if you want… Andy I think I'll look around... Andy starts walking around the command room. Sees a panel with buttons, country names written on top of them. Around 20 buttons (countries), he also comes to pay a attention to the button "apocalypse". A bit ahead of the panel a book with the title "constitution". Takes it, and start flipping the pages, only the first page is inked, the others are blank: "Illegal to kill without approval". Continuing his walk, opens a door. In front of him a small storing room with boxes. On them some writing: staff equipment. Andrew decides to open one. After retrieving the content we see a suit. Something like a diving suit. On the left arm the same device he received at the night club. A belt with a gun at the waste. Still on the belt, some portal devices… Suddenly a hand lands on Andy's shoulder. It is the man who seemed in charge on the operation: Man I see you've found the agent suits. You can have it if you want. You did the prototype we just made it prettier. Andy I don't recall doing this. Man You remember your box? Pandora's box. We used it to invent this. We already have a portal installed in this establishment. All you'll need to do is hit the button, and poof you're here. Andy How about you contact me when I am needed? Man Oh don't worry, you'll be reached when we want you to witness something. Andy What else is there here that's worth looking? Man That's about it, a command room, some storage place and washroom on that matter. Andy What's the apocalypse button I saw in the command room? Man That's the last resort really. If things go terribly wrong, we make them think the world came to an end. Think of it as if you're in a ship and that is your exit pod. The plan is to call the (CONTINUED) Man (contn'd) apocalypse if our existence is seriously threatened. The odds are we'll never have to use it. Suddenly an employee comes, a bit of a panicking voice: Employee Sir, we have a missile approaching. Man Origin? Employee Somewhere Asia sir. Man Intercept it immediately. Employee leaves the storage room running. Man Looks like we have an enemy who doesn't even know who we are. Andy You're not very secretive with this organization I suppose. Man They don't know who we are, probably just the location of this complex. I don't think we have a rat in the house but hmm. We'll figure out later who they are. Andy, I have to go back to command quarter. I'll talk to you later. Man goes back to the command quarter. Camera shows him walking through a corridor. (CONTINUED) Back at Andy… He takes the portal device out of his pocket, hits the button. Again same effect; room starts spinning, only tracers. CUT TO: 61 INT. ANDY'S APARTMENT - EVENING 61 He finds himself in his living room. Tired of his day, decides to lay down on the sofa. Switches the TV on: The News. Speaker says: "We just received breaking news, the Libyan leader was found shot dead on his bed…" Andy Holy crap. I can't believe this. Natalie enters. She's carrying her school bag as usual. Andy Mom, you wouldn't believe what just happened. Kaddafi got assassinated. Shit, hopefully the Arabs won't be too offended by this. Natalie A hello first would be nice Andy. And who cares about that terrorist? Andy I don't but, maybe it was the wrong thing to do you know. Natalie Why are you so worried? You didn't do it, did you? Andy Haha, well, yes and no. I didn't object to it. Now I do but a bit too late I think… Natalie Andy, anyhow I'm really tired. I'm going to sleep, see you later. He'll find a way to raise back from the dead. People like him always find a way. They have a deal with the so called devil. Andy Haha, what's my deal and with whom? Natalie I don't think you've read your social contract before coming to earth, neither have I, must have been in a real hurry. Andy Couldn't agree more, did you know that… Natalie Listen Andy, we'll talk about world politics later, I'm going to rest for a while. Andy Sure. Have a nice rest. As Natalie leaves the living room to go through the corridor then her room. Brad appears. Brad Hi Andrew, your mother home? Andy Yeah she just went to her room. Man, I just heard it on the news, you killed him. Brad That's correct sir. It was way too easy. I killed him with his own gun. Getting there was a piece of cake. All I had to do was to catch a private jet. (pause) Who do we get next? Andy Man, I don't think we should go around wasting people. All they will do is replace them. Not gonna change the status quo really. Brad Whatever, that was my first kill. It's more satisfying than my computer games. I say we go for Saddam now. It doesn't matter if you approve it or not, I will do it. Andy I veto that man. And I read some constitution paper. It says it's illegal to kill without authorization. Brad What constitution? Andy I was kinda busy too. Been to a place and the book was there. Anyway, my mother says Kaddadi will raise from the dead. Brad We can do that too? Andy I think she was just kidding, not sure she's even aware of what's happening. (Pause) Also, take the bag with you. Lucky my mother was too tired to notice it. Plus, I'm also tired. Can we talk about this tomorrow? Brad Sure, I'm outta here. Talk to you later. Brad exits the apartment, taking the money bag with him. Andy is left alone. He's on the sofa, his eyes are slowly closing and falls asleep. DISSOLVE TO: 62 EXT. BLACK ROOM - BACKGROUND BLACK 62 Andrew once more finds himself in the black room. Opposite of the desk John: John Andy, I heard you took out the Libyan leader. Andy Yeah I think that was a mistake. Can we raise him from the dead? John That's what we're gonna do like it or not anyway. We have the means to take things our of the context and place it back. Think of it as a history changer. All we need to do is basically cut and paste like you do in a writing software. Andy Ok then, Brad's not gonna like this though. John Are you sure you want to keep him in the cabinet? Andy Yeah, but someone needs to talk to him. John Consider it done. John hits a button on the desk, so a sliding small compartment reveals a button. Press this when you want to go home. Andy What about my Pandora box? John Later, just hit this. Andy does so and wakes up back on the sofa in the living room. It's dark outside: night time.
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