(Close shot of Kevin looking at himself in the mirror as he adjusts the collar of his shirt.)
And what did I have to lose?
(Sound of knocking on Kevin's door and the door opening. Kevin looks toward it off-screen.)
NORMA (V/O): Kevin?
(Shot of Norma entering, waving Kevin's traffic ticket.)
NORMA: Is this yours? (Smiles.)
(Close shot of Kevin looking slightly worried at Norma off-screen.)
Except my life.
NORMA (V/O): It went through the wash, and I -
JACK (V/O): Honey...
(Shot of Norma as Jack approaches, holding the end of his tie. Norma turns toward him.)
JACK: Honey, could you, uh...
(Norma takes his tie and frowns.)
NORMA: Oh...
(He takes the ticket from her.)
JACK: Oh, what's this?
(Close shot of Kevin looking slightly worried at the ticket off-screen.)
KEVIN: It's nothing. (Smiles.) It's...
(Shot of Jack and Norma, as Jack turns toward Kevin off-screen.)
JACK: It's a speeding ticket. (Frowns.) Is this yours? (Gestures.)
(Close shot of Kevin looking slightly worried at Jack off-screen.)
KEVIN: I-I don't think so.
(Kevin shakes his head.)
JACK (V/O): It's got your name on it.
KEVIN: Oh, yeah! (Points and smiles.) That...that's mine. (Smiles.)
(Shot from behind Kevin of Kevin, Jack and Norma. Jack looks at Norma and takes his tie from her, then steps toward Kevin.)
JACK: You wanna tell me about it? (Frowns.)
Nope.
(Wayne approaches in the doorway with a soda bottle.)
JACK: Well...Dad, you know Vine Street?
(Jack nods.)
(Shot past Jack of Kevin looking at him.)
KEVIN: Everyone speeds there.
(Shot of Wayne and Norma as Wayne gestures with the bottle at Kevin off-screen.)
WAYNE: I don't. (Smiles.)
(Close shot past Kevin of Jack turning toward Wayne off-screen.)
JACK: Stay out of it, Wayne! (Frowns.)
(Shot of Wayne and Norma as Wayne laughs and exits.)
(Close shot past Kevin of Jack turning toward him.)
JACK: So, what happened?
(Shot past Jack of Kevin looking at him.)
KEVIN: It's just...
(Kevin glances off, then back.)
KEVIN: Some tickets are really unfair!
(Close shot past Kevin of Jack looking down at the ticket.)
JACK: Yeah.
(Jack glances at Kevin, then the ticket.)
JACK: I know they are. (Nods.) So how fast were you goin'?
(Jack looks at Kevin.)
KEVIN: Well, that's the thing.
(Shot past Jack of Kevin looking at him.)
KEVIN: That cop didn't even have a radar. He just...guessed!
JACK (V/O): Come on, Kev...
(Close shot past Kevin of Jack looking at him.)
JACK: How fast? (Frowns.)
(Jack looks down at the ticket.)
I figured this was my father. He'd been in a few scrapes in his life.
(Jack looks at Kevin.)
And even though logic screamed at me not to...
(Shot past Jack of Kevin looking at him.)
KEVIN: Fifty...tops. (Frowns.)
I went with the facts.
(Shot past Kevin of Jack glancing over his shoulder at Norma off-screen, then frowning at Kevin.)
JACK: Fifty!
(Shot past Jack of Kevin looking surprised as Jack stuffs the ticket in Kevin's shirt.)
JACK: In a thirty mile zone?! (Points.) You're grounded!
(Jack turns and exits past the camera.)
I may have miscalculated.
(Kevin takes the ticket out of his shirt.)
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The Living Room
(Wide shot of Kevin following Norma across the living room.)
KEVIN: Dad, can we at least talk about this? (Gestures.)
(Norma tuirns as Jack helps her with her coat.)
JACK: I don't wanna talk about it.
KEVIN: But -
JACK: I don't wanna hear about it.
KEVIN: Dad, I have to go out tonight. (Gestures.)
JACK: Why?
(Close shot of Kevin looking at Jack and Norma off-screen.)
I knew I had to capture the magic, the way Winnie had. This wasn't about one little night out. It was about our dreams, our children.
(Kevin smiles slightly.)
KEVIN: The Rolling Stones are playing at some dive called "Joe's". (Smiles.)
(Shot of Jack and Norma as Jack pauses as he adjusts his jacket. They look at each other and frown.)
And, if that stirring tribute wasn't enough...
(Jack and Norma look at Kevin as a car horn outside plays "Dixie". Jack frowns and looks toward the street.)
(Close shot of Kevin smiling slightly at Jack off-screen.)
(Wayne crosses behind Kevin.)
WAYNE: What was that?
(The camera pans with Wayne as he approaches the window.)
ZEKE (V/O): Hey you, Arnold! Get on out here!
(Wayne looks out the window.)
(Shot from Wayne's perspective through the window of Zeke sitting on the back of the seat of his car, and his wife next to him. She waves, then he waves.)
(Close shot of Wayne smiling at Jack off-screen.)
WAYNE: Whoa, Dad, uh...Roy and Dale are here. (Laughs.)
(Shot past Jack of Kevin as Jack walks across the shot.)
JACK: Great...
KEVIN: So, uh...
(Jack pauses and sighs.)
KEVIN: Dad - what do ya say?
(Shot past Kevin of Jack frowning at him.)
JACK: Kevin...I'm going square dancing...(Frowns.) When I get home, that car of yours better not have moved...(gestures)...one inch!
(Shot past Jack of Kevin looking at Jack's hand.)
JACK (V/O): Off it's oil spot.
(The camera pans with Jack as he approaches Norma and Wayne at the front door.)
And somehow, I knew the man meant every single word.
(Jack frowns and motions Norma outside.)
He even said it in sign-language.
(Norma exits. Wayne looks at Jack as Jack points a finger at Kevin, puts his finger and thumb an inch apart, then exits.)
(Close shot of Kevin frowning slightly.)
KEVIN: Right...
And there wasn't anything more I could say, except...
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The Kitchen
(Shot of Kevin holding the telephone.)
KEVIN: Hello - Mrs. Cooper? I-Is Winnie there?
(Kevin turns away from the camera and approaches the refrigerator. The camera follows.)
I had no choice. I would have to cancel.
(Kevin opens the refrigerator and looks inside.)
And that's when I discovered a catastrophy in the making.
(Kevin touches a fews items.)
An event of monumental significance.
(Kevin quickly bends down to the next shelf and slides some itenms around.)
Potential disaster that could alter the course...
(Kevin straightens up slowly, frowning and looking off.)
Of the universe. And the reason was...
(Kevin smiles slightly.)
KEVIN: We're out of milk.
We were out of milk.
(Kevin looks quickly at the refrigerator and frowns, then closes it slowly.)
But it wasn't just that we were out of milk.
(Kevin slowly turns and frowns in thought, and approaches the camera which rolls back.)
If my dad got up the next morning, and couldn't have his cereal...
(Kevin gestures slightly with the phone.)
Things like this didn't just happen...
WINNIE (on the phone): Kevin?
There were forces at work, here.
WINNIE (on the phone): Hello?
Forces that demanded I go out and -
(Kevin looks toward the phone.)
WINNIE (on the phone): Kevin?
(Kevin puts the phone to his head.)
KEVIN: Winnie? I'll pick ya up in ten minutes.
(The camera pans with the phone as Kevin hangs it up.)
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Ext. Night - Arnold Driveway
(Close shot of the steering wheel and Kevin's hand as he turns the key.)
(Close shot through the windshield of Kevin looking at the dashboard.)
OK - I'd get the milk afterwards.
(Kevin glances at the rearview mirror.)
That way, it would be fresher.
(Kevin begins to back up the car.)
Hey, it wasn't like I was defying my father.
(Kevin puts his arm over the seatback and looks over his shoulder as he backs up.)
(Wider shot as Kevin backs into the street.)
He needed the milk for his morning cereal.
(Kevin turns into the street.)
And even if it was stretching teenage-logic to its maximum...he had specifically said not to move... my car.
(Some electric guitar plays as the camera pans with Kevin as he drives off past his car parked at the curb.)
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Ext. Night - The Road
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie in the front seat of the car. Winnie is smiling. "All The Way From Memphis" - Mott the Hoople plays.)
And so that night, in a semi-stolen car...
(Kevin looks at Winnie and smiles.)
We were en route to the experience of a lifetime.
(Kevin glances over his shoulder.)
Me, my girl...
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff in the back seat.)
And Larry, Moe, and Curly.
(Chuck is chewing some Raisinets, and puts more in his mouth, then leans forward.)
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie as Chuck leans between them, holding out the Raisinet box.)
CHUCK: Hey, you want some?
(Winnie looks at him and smiles. Kevin looks at him and frowns.)
KEVIN: Hey - no food in the car.
CHUCK: This isn't food!
(Chuck holds the box toward Winnie.)
CHUCK: Here.
(Winnie cups her hand under the box as Chuck pours some out.)
WINNIE: Thanks.
(The car hits a bump, and Chuck spills some Raisinets.)
CHUCK: Wups...(Laughs.)
(Shot past Winnie of Kevin looking down and frowning.)
KEVIN: Oh, man - nice move.
(Kevin reaches back toward Chuck off-screen.)
(Close shot of Jeff smiling at Kevin off-screen.)
JEFF: Hey, come on, Kevin - lighten up, man.
(Close shot of Paul looking at Kevin off-screen.)
PAUL: Yeah - it's not like it's your car anyway.
(Paul looks toward Chuck off-screen and smiles.)
(Close shot of Chuck smiling.)
Great. I was growing concerned for my father's car...
(Shot of Kevin turning forward and frowning.)
And my friends...
(Shot through the windshield of all as Jeff puts his feet up on the back of the front seat.)
Were turning it into a cheap motel.
(Kevin glances at Jeff's feet and frowns.)
(Shot past Winnie of Kevin as he frowns and elbows Jeff's feet down.)
KEVIN: Where is this place, anyway?
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff.)
JEFF: Just outside of Hinckley.
KEVIN (V/O): Hinckley? No way!
(Shot through the windshield of Kevin looking into the rearview mirror and gesturing.)
KEVIN: There's no way I'm drivin' to Hinckley! (Frowns.)
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff.)
PAUL: Well, what did you expect, Kev? The Rolling Stones are gonna come to your door?
(Jeff smiles as Paul and Chuck laugh.)
(Shot through the windshield of Kevin looking into the rearview mirror.)
KEVIN: No, Paul - I didn't expect them to come at all!
(He points.)
KEVIN: Remember?
(Close shot of Paul looking at Kevin off-screen.)
Fine.
(Paul looks off.)
You try to maintain some kind of maturity...
(Close shot of Winnie frowning and looking off.)
And you're suddenly the bad-guy.
(Shot through the windshield of Kevin looking over his shoulder, then turning forward and frowing.)
JEFF (V/O): Well, jeez - what a downer.
(Kevin frowns and glances off.)
KEVIN: OK...we'll go to Hinckley.
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff smiling and laughing.)
After all...
(Close shot of Winnie smiling at Kevin off-screen.)
I was in this deep.
(Music ends.)
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Later - On the Road
(Shot of the car approaching in the distance.)
So...forty-seven miles, three pit stops, and any number of squashed Raisinets later...?
(The car crosses the road and passes a sign reading "Joe's Place".)
We arrived at -
CHUCK (V/O): There it is - "Joe's Place".
(Wide shot of the car in a sparsely populated parking area in front of a small building.)
(Shot through the windshield of all, looking toward the building off-screen.)
Just one little problem.
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Int. Night - Joe's Place
(Shot of a man in suspenders approacing the camera, carrying a tray with two beer bottles on it. Country music plays.)
MAN: The who? (Frowns.)
(Shot of Jeff, Chuck, Kevin, Paul and Winnie standing in the foyer.)
(Chuck rest his hands on Jeff and Kevin's shoulder and leans forward, smiling.)
CHUCK: Not "The Who" - the Rolling Stones.
(Shot of the man as he frowns and walks away. The camera pans with him as he approaches a middle-aged man and woman dancing.)
MAN: Hey, Joe?
(The woman turns toward the camera.)
JOE: Hmmm?
MAN: Ya got the Rolling Stones comin' here?
(Shot of the guys looking at Joe off-screen.)
JOE (V/O): The who?
(Shot of the man turning toward the guys off-screen.)
MAN: I reckon not.
(The man sets the tray on the counter.)
(Shot of the guys frowning and glancing around. Chuck walks off.)
And, faced with the first disappointment of the evening...
(Shot past Jeff of Kevin and Paul looking at him.)
We did what red-blooded teenagers did best.
(Kevin stands directly in front of Jeff.)
KEVIN: You mean we drove over an hour...and there's...(gestures)...no Rolling Stones?
We turned on each other.
(Shot of Jeff and Kevin. Chuck is looking through the phonebook in the background.)
JEFF: Well don't look at me - it's not my fault. (Frowns.)
(Jeff looks past Kevin, and Kevin looks over his shoulder.)
And then we passed the buck.
(Close shot of Winnie frowning at them off-screen.)
WINNIE: What? It's not mine, either!
(Winnie looks off.)
And...
(Close shot of Paul as he raises his eyebrows in surprise.)
We pointed fingers.
(He glances at Kevin and Jeff off-screen, then frowns heavily and looks at Chuck off-screen.)
PAUL: No way! It was Chuck!
(Shot of Chuck standing next to the pay-phone, holding an open telephone book.)
CHUCK: Hey, look at this! (Points.) There're a whole mess of "Joe's".
(Close shot of Winnie smiling as she walks past the camera.)
(Shot of Chuck holding the telephone book and ripping out a page.)
(Shot of the first man frowning at Chuck off-screen.)
MAN: Hey, you!
(Shot of the guys, and Chuck in the background as he drops the book which is attached by a cable to the phonebooth.)
MAN (V/O): That's my Yellow Pages!
(Chuck looks up and hesitates.)
JEFF: Woops. Uh, yeah, let's hit it.
(They all run toward the camera.)
(Shot of everyone running away from the camera along the bar, as the man watches.)
CHUCK: Bye!
(The man flounders across the bar and chases after the guys.)
MAN: Come back here!
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Ext. Night - Joe's Place
(Close shot of the rear tire and ground as the car pulls away.)
CHUCK (V/O): Come on - gun it!
(The camera pans with the car as it pull onto the road and squeals away down the road.)
And with that...we were once again off on our mission.
(Sound of a police siren.)
Only this time...
(Kevin's car exits as a police car with flashing lights follows them into the shot.)
We had company.
(Close shot through the windshield of Kevin glancing around, then nervously looking into the rearview mirror.)
POLICEMAN (V/O): Pull your vehicle to the side of the road!
KEVIN: I don't believe this! (Gestures.)
(Close shot of Jeff looking over his shoulder out the back window.)
POLICEMAN (V/O): Now!
(Close shot of Chuck looking worried.)
CHUCK: Holy Cow!
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff as Chuck tries to stuff the telephone book page in his shirt, then rapidly puts it in his mouth.)
(Shot through the windshield of all as Kevin looks over his shoulder.)
(Shot of the policeman walking forward from his car. The camera pans with him.)
It was almost ironic. We had travelled halfway across the world...
(The policeman shines his flashlight on Jeff.)
To get busted for stealing...
(The policeman shines the light on Chuck.)
Page two-hundred-and-nineteen of the Bell telephone book.
(The policeman shines the light on Kevin.)
(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the policeman as he leans near the window.)
POLICEMAN: Kind of a jack-rabbit start back there, wasn't it pal?
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie frowning at the policeman off-screen.)
KEVIN: Uh, uh...
(Kevin glances at Winnie, then smiles at the policeman. A cow moos in the background.)
KEVIN: No sir...
(Kevin squints as the flashlight shines in his eyes.)
KEVIN: I-I mean...yessir.
(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the policeman.)
POLICEMAN: May I see your driver's license please?
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie. Kevin frowns as he reaches for his wallet.)
And no amount of logic was gonna get me out of this one.
(Close shot of Chuck with his mouth full of telephone book. He swallows slightly and a little of the paper sticks out of his mouth.)
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie as Kevin frowns and holds his license out past the camera.)
I was stuck. Dead.
(Winnie frowns slightly and leans toward the camera.)
WINNIE: Officer?
(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the policeman examining the license.)
WINNIE (V/O): I can explain.
(The policeman looks toward Winnie off-screen.)
(Shot of Winnie and Kevin.)
Until...
(Winnie frowns and shakes her head.)
WINNIE: This is all my fault.
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff glancing around.)
WINNIE (V/O): Kevin is the best driver we know...
(Shot of Winnie and Kevin.)
WINNIE: And, he was gonna stay home tonight, but he knew that if he did...we may have gotten rides to...
(Winnie looks off slightly.)
WINNIE: Go see my grandmother in the hospital...
(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the policeman looking at Winnie off-screen.)
WINNIE (V/O): With someone who isn't a very good driver at all.
(Shot of Winnie and Kevin as Winnie glances toward the back seat, then frowns at the policeman off-screen.)
WINNIE: And, I know he was afraid that we might end up in some terrible crash - or worse! And...then he might spend the rest of his life wondering what might have been, if, only...
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff glancing around. The cow moos again.)
WINNIE (V/O): He had been driving.
(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the policeman looking at Winnie off-screen.)
It was the most obviously transparent clumsy piece of teen logic...
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie as they glance at each other uneasily.)
I had ever heard in my entire life.
(They look toward the policeman off-screen.)
(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the policeman looking at Winnie off-screen.)
POLICEMAN: OK, I understand. (Nods.)
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie looking at Kevin's license as the policeman's hand holds it toward them.)
POLICEMAN (V/O): You drive careful, son.
And he bought it.
(Kevin hesitates, then takes the license.)
KEVIN: Yessir! (Smiles.)
(Shot from Kevin's perspective of the policeman looking at him and gesturing.)
POLICEMAN: And take care of this young lady.
(The policemna looks at WInnie off-screen.)
POLICEMAN: And you - say "hi" to your grandma. (Nods.)
(Wider shot of the policeman and the car as the policeman exits. Kevin looks over his shoulder after him.)
It was incredible. It was unbelievable.
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff as Paul laughs. Chuck takes the page from his mouth, then looks at Jeff and smiles.)
It was impossible.
(Shot through the windshield of Kevin and Winnie as they look around, surprised.) And suddenly it was clear.
(Kevin holds her head and kisses her on the cheek.)
That this night was special.
(Kevin glances toward the guys in back, then smiles and starts the car.)
It was a matter of destiny. Something magical...
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Dusk - On the Road
(Wide shot of the car approaching.)
Was awaiting us. And as we went from "Smokey Joe's" to "Billy Joe's" to "Joe Joe's" to "Ho Joe's"...
(The car passes the camera.)
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie. Winnie is smiling.)
We never gave up.
(They glance at each other and smile.)
Because it all boiled down to one thing.
(Shot of the car driving past some buldings. The camera pans with itias it turns into a crowded parking lot. Many people are walking in the direction of the car.)
The Rolling Stones...
CHUCK (V/O): I knew it! I knew it.
(The camera pans up to a sigh reading "Wally's Inn".)
Would be at "Wally's".
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The Parking Lot
(Shot through the windshield of Kevin and Jeff as they open their doors and look out.)
And we'd found it.
(Kevin gets out, closes his door, and takes a few steps toward the camera and pauses.)
It was amazing - our very own...
(Wide shot of all as they approach the camera, looking past it.)
PAUL: This is it!
Woodstock.
(They start to trot forward, past the camera.)
JEFF: This is unbelievable!
(Shot of several people walking toward the camera as Winnie and Kevin and the others trot past them. Winnie smiles and holds Kevin's arm.)
WINNIE: I told you, Kevin - I told you! (Smiles.)
KEVIN: Yeah...
(The camera pans with them and rises above the crowd.)
Each of us knew every moment of our youth would be defined by its relationship in time to this one.
(A large crowd has gathered in front of the building.)
It was our moment. And we were there.
CROWD: Mick - Mick - Mick...
(Close shot of the crowd of people as the guys move to the front, and chant with the crowd.)
CROWD: Mick - Mick - Mick...
(Shot of the door being opened quickly.)
(Shot of the guys in the crowd.)
JEFF: There he is! (Points.)
(Wider shot of the door as a man hurriedly steps out and pauses.)
(Close shot of Winnie and Kevin.)
KEVIN: Who is that? (Frowns.)
And of course it wasn't Mick. It was Wally.
(Shot of Wally as he frowns and hurriedly raises a bullhorn to his mouth.)
WALLY: Now listen you kids - this is the last time I'm gonna tell ya!
(Wally lowers the bullhorn and looks over the crowd.)
And his bullhorn.
(Wally raises the bullhorn again.)
WALLY: The Rolling Stones ain't here...
(Close shot of Winnie and Kevin frowning.)
WALLY (V/O): And they ain't gonna be here!
(The crowd groans.)
And Wally let us know, in no uncertain terms, that the crowning event of our youth...
(High wide shot of the crowd surrounding Wally at the doorway.)
WALLY: The only people gonna be here is the police!
Was a bust.
(Close shot of the guys as they turn away and follow the disbursing crowd.)
WINNIE (V/O): Kevin, I'm really sorry.
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The Parked Car
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie. She is frowning.)
KEVIN: Nah, forget about it. (Smiles.)
What the heck. This wasn't the time for "I told you so's" or rubbing it in.
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff in the back seat.)
(Shot of Kevin and Winnie as she looks forward and frowns.)
WINNIE: No, you were the only one who knew how ridiculous we sounded.
KEVIN: Ah, come on. I mean we came here...
(Close shot through the windshield of Kevin looking at Winnie off-sreen.)
KEVIN: We had a good time...what more could you ask?
KEVIN (V/O): Right guys?
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff looking glum in the back seat, as Chuck smirks.)
It felt pretty good.
(Close shot through the windshield of Kevin looking forward and smiling as he starts the car.)
I was was generous, I was non-chalant. I was...
(Shot of Kevin and the side of the car as the car goes backward about four feet. Sound of a collision as the car tops and shakes slightly.)
An idiot!
(Close shot of the bent rear bumper of the car as Kevin kicks it.)
(Shot of all the guys standing at the rear of the car as Kevin slams the trunk shut.)
Suddenly my goodwill ebbed.
(Kevin kicks the bumper and points at it.)
KEVIN: Now look at what you made me do! (Frowns.)
(He puts his hands on his hips.)
CHUCK: Hey! (Gestures.) We weren't driving.
And I no longer felt generous.
(Close shot of Kevin frowning at Chuck off-screen.)
KEVIN: No! I was driving. And you know why?
(Close shot of Chuck and Jeff looking at Kevin off-screen.)
I felt rage.
(Close shot of Kevin turning and frowning at Winnie and Paul off-screen.)
KEVIN: Because I'm crazy!
(Shot of Winnie and Paul frowning at Kevin off-screen.)
KEVIN (V/O): I knew the Rolling Stones would never show up!
(Wide shot of all as Kevin kicks the bent bumper.)
I was really mad. And my foot hurt a lot.
(Kevin throws up his arms and exits toward the front of the car.)
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On the Road
(Close shot of Chuck looking into the box of Raisinets and shaking it, then reaching into it. Some music plays throughout.)
(Close shot of Jeff looking down.)
(Shot of Paul, Chuck and Jeff as Chuck pulls out his empty fingers and frowns at the Raisinet box.)
On the way home, everyone was feeling pretty rotten...
(Close shot through the windshield of Kevin frowning and Winnie resting her head on his shoulder, looking off.)
Lost in their own thoughts about missed opportunities. Me...I just had one thought...
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The Arnold Driveway
(Shot from the house of Kevin's parked car as Kevin drives up in Jack's car.)
While the rest of the world would go on to college, have careers, jobs, families...
(Kevin slows and turns into the driveway.)
A life of their own...I would be spending the rest of the seventies...grounded.
(Kevin stops the car and puts the transmission in "park".)
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Int. Night - The Kitchen
(Shot of the door as Kevin enters. The music fades. He pauses, sighs and shakes his head, then walks through the kitchen.)
Face it - I was a young man without a future.
(Kevin pauses and looks at the refrigerator, opens it, then looks off and frowns.)
And not only that...
(Kevin closes the refrigerator roughly.)
I'd even forgotten the milk.
(Kevin leans against the refrigerator and sighs. Sound of a car horn playing "Dixie". Kevin looks over his shoulder toward the street, then walks toward the living room, dropping the car keys on the counter.)
(Shot from the living room as Kevin approaches the camera.)
My fate hung on my dad's rear end. And as soon as he saw it...
(Kevin pauses in front of the window.)
No story, no tale...
(Shot through the window of Kevin looking out.)
No ocean of logic was going to help.
(Shot from Kevin's perspective of Zeke's car approaching the driveway.)
Nothing would save me now.
(Shot through the window of Kevin looking out.)
(Close shot of the rear of Jack's car as Zeke's car bumps into it.)
ZEKE (V/O): Whoooooaaa!
(Shot through the window of Kevin looking out, as dogs bark.)
Except...
(Shot of Kevin hurrying toward the front door.)
JACK (V/O): Is everybody OK?
ZEKE (V/O): Ho-ly cow...
(Kevin opens the door and exits.)
(Shot of Jack's car as Kevin trots across the grass toward it. The camera pans with him as he pauses near the back of the car. Betty Lynn, Norma, Zeke and Jack are looking at the car. Jack holds the open trunk.)
I couldn't believe it!
(Close shot of Kevin looking from the bumper to Zeke off-screen, then kneeling and looking at the bumper.)
It was nothing but a mass of broken metal and busted bolts.
ZEKE (V/O): Boy, I did it this time.
(Close shot of Zeke and Jack as Jack looks at him and nods slightly.)
JACK: Yeah...(Frowns.)
(Jack looks toward the car off-sreen.)
In one clumsy move...
(Close shot of Kevin kneeling and looking at Jack off-screen.)
The cowboy had given me back my life.
(Kevin looks at the car.)
(Wide shot of all as Jack closes the trunk and Kevin rises slowly.)
And of course, there was only one appropriate thing to say.
(Close shot of Kevin gesturing toward Jack off-screen.)
KEVIN: Sorry, Dad. (Frowns.)
(Close shot of Betty Lynn and Norma looking at Jack off-screen.)
JACK (V/O): Yeah...
ZEKE (V/O): I'll tell ya what...
(Shot of Zeke and Jack as Jack looks at him.)
ZEKE: I'm gonna make this up to ya, western style.
(He slaps Jack's back.)
ZEKE: Our place up north in Sorrowful need of furnishin' right now.
(Shot of Kevin looking toweard Zeke off-screen.)
ZEKE (V/O): And we'll take all the furniture you can make!
(Shot of Zeke and Jack as Jack pauses and looks at the car off-screen.)
JACK: Ah...
(Jack looks at Zeke and taps him on the stomach and smiles.)
JACK: What's a little bumper...(gestures)...between friends, huh? (Smiles.)
And just like that...
ZEKE: I'm glad you feel that way about it. (Smiles.)
JACK: Ah, sure...(Smiles.)
(Jack slaps Zeke on the back and they walk off along the side of Zeke's car.)
JACK: Now, about that furniture...
My father's heartache turned to profit.
(Shot of Kevin as Norma passes the camera.)
But the truth was...
(Norma turns and stands next to Kevin.)
It wasn't all this guys fault.
(Norma and Kevin look down.)
And somehow, I couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
NORMA: You know, I feel a little guilty.
(Kevin looks at Norma as she looks toward the guys off-screen.)
KEVIN: Why? (Frowns.)
NORMA: Well, it's just that...I know that some of that damage...
(Kevin looks off.)
NORMA: Was already there.
Uh-oh.
(Kevin looks at Norma as she looks toward the guys off-screen.)
KEVIN: You do?
NORMA: Yeah...
(Norma looks off, and glances at Kevin.)
NORMA: I ran into the wall at the market yesterday.
(Kevin looks at her and frowns as she looks toward the guys off-screen.)
And that's when I realized...
(Norma smiles slightly, then looks down.)
There's all kinds of logic in this world.
(Kevin smiles and gestures slightly.)
KEVIN: Why didn't you say anything?
NORMA: I don't know, I...(Shrugs).
(Norma looks toward the guys off-screen and smiles.)
NORMA: Guess I just thought nobody would notice.
(Norma looks at Kevin as Kevin looks down, then at Norma.)
BETTY LYNN (V/O): Norma, we're fixin' to leave, now.
(Norma smiles brightly at Zeke's wife off-screen, and approaches the camera.)
NORMA: We had a wonderful time, Betty Lynn...
(The camera moves in slightly on Kevin smiling slightly.)
And a lot of it doesn't make any sense.
(Kevin looks at the car, then Norma off-screen as Snuffy's "The Test" plays throughout.)
Cut to
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Int. Night - Kevin's Bedroom
(Shot toward the door as Kevin enters from the hallway wearing pajamas and approaches his bed.)
That night, moved by the forces of teen logic, I'd stolen my dad's car...
(Kevin pulls the covers back and gets in bed.)
Had a run-in with the police...a fight with my friends...
(Kevin settles in and lies down with one hand behind his head.)
And an accident.
(Kevin looks off in thought as he fingers the sheet.)
All in all...it was a great evening. Even if there were no Rolling Stones.
(Kevin reaches over and turns off his lamp.)
Cut to
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Ext. Night - Joe's Place
(Shot of the sign reading "Joe's Place". Sound of speaker feed-back. The camera pans sideways along a parked bus.)
MICK JAGGER (V/O): Hey, Joe? Could I get some more volume?
("Brown Sugar" starts as the camera pans to the front of the bus which has a sign reading "Private Coach", then pulls up and back.)