INVENTING THE ABBOTTS - Daily Script
INVENTING THE ABBOTTS - Daily Script
INVENTING THE ABBOTTS - Daily Script
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44.<br />
71 CONTINUED: 71<br />
DOUG<br />
I'm going to the University of<br />
Pennsylvania. I think I'm going<br />
to be an architect, too.<br />
JACEY<br />
Like hell you are.<br />
DOUG<br />
Why not? Maybe we can be<br />
roommates in Philadelphia?<br />
JACEY<br />
You're nuts. You'll never get<br />
accepted to Penn. Besides, Mom<br />
couldn't afford it anyway.<br />
DOUG<br />
I'll get a scholarship.<br />
JACEY<br />
I had a four-point-0 grade average<br />
and I couldn't get a scholarship<br />
-- so, I say you got your head up<br />
your ass.<br />
Jacey skillfully manipulates the volley and wins the game<br />
with a savage return that Doug is unable to counter.<br />
Jacey smiles, puts his paddle down, and walks out of the<br />
garage. Doug quickly picks up a ping-pong ball and hits<br />
it into the back of Jacey's head. Jacey turns and shoots<br />
a perturbed look at Doug -- Doug smiles:<br />
'Night.<br />
DOUG<br />
72 INT. WOMEN'S APPAREL STORE (DOWNTOWN HALEY) - DAY 72<br />
(WINTER, 1958)<br />
Helen looks over the merchandise. Doug absent-mindedly<br />
trails after his mother as he studies a large brochure<br />
about the University of Pennsylvania.<br />
DOUG<br />
What's 'scenic design'?<br />
HELEN<br />
In what context?<br />
DOUG<br />
What a minute -- it's theatre.<br />
Mmmm?<br />
HELEN<br />
(CONTINUED)