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SAMPLE PAGES THIRD ACT SEQUENCE The time is the early sixties. JAY and DANNY are deejays
EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT
Trey hits the brakes. Two of his friends leap out of their
TREY
INT. TREY'S TRUCK - MOVING
Trey clicks on the interior light. Grabs Sam by the hair.
TREY
INT. EXHIBIT HALL Jay checks his watch.
JAY
Several KIDS approach the stage.
KID
EXT. DIRT ROAD
The lights from their motorcycles DITHER wildly over the
EXT. INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
Trey's truck SQUEALS to a stop. Trey pushes Sam out onto
The convoy SMOKES away down the highway, leaving Sam
He sits up quickly. Something is approaching. The silver
A very, very long beat. Even in the middle of nowhere,
At last, the dark, tinted window of the limo grinds down
It's none other than LITTLE RICHARD -- splendiferous in a
LITTLE RICHARD
He notices Sam's face.
LITTLE RICHARD
MAURICE is Little Richard's colossally-muscled bodyguard.
LITTLE RICHARD
The window slides shut. The limo slips off into the night.
INT. EXHIBIT HALL
A loud CHANT from the kids on the dance floor: "We want
EXT. HIGHWAY
Tilton listens to the CHANT on his car radio. He clicks it
TILTON
He SPEEDS away.
INT. EXHIBIT HALL Jay's on the bandstand. Speaks into the mike.
JAY
Jan and Dean's Surf City HAMMERS through the building.
Jarvis listens to the MUSIC and CHANTING on the studio
JAY (OVER)
INT. EXHIBIT HALL
A large CROWD surrounds the stage. STOMPS and YELLS. Danny
EXT. DIRT ROAD
Trey and his friends drive slowly up a ridge. The KCKL
EXT. FAIRGROUNDS
Tilton sits in his patrol car at the front entrance. He
EXT. HIGHWAY
The police stand around chatting. Tilton's voice BOOMS
TILTON (OVER)
Officers leap into their cars and head toward the
EXT. RADIO TOWER
Trey and friends cluster around the tower. They gaze up at
INT. BACKSTAGE HALLWAY
Danny runs along. POUNDS on doors. When he finally hits
MAURICE (O.S.)
INT. DRESSING ROOM Danny rushes in.
Seated in an armchair like madonna and child are Little
DANNY
LITTLE RICHARD
Maurice nods grimly.
SAM
Danny heads for the door.
DANNY
LITTLE RICHARD
DANNY
Little Richard checks himself in the mirror.
LITTLE RICHARD
Maurice charges out, barking orders into a walkie-talkie.
EXT. THE TOWER
Trey goes around to the back of his truck. A CLANK. Then
INT. EXHIBIT HALL ON STAGE
Jay moves the mike back, away from some kids who are
IN THE WINGS
Little Richard waits, holding a microphone, as his band
AT THE ENTRANCE
the Deputies are startled as Skimp and the Bikers stream
ON THE DANCE FLOOR
Danny claws his way through the crowd. When he sees Skimp,
Skimp rounds up his Gang and rushes back out. The Deputies
EXT. THE TOWER
Trey loops a tow chain around one of the guy wires.
LITTLE RICHARD (OVER)
INT. EXHIBIT HALL A ROAR of approval. The band KICKS the intro. ON STAGE
Sam joins the Backup Singers. Dances insanely. Clearly,
Little Richard sweeps on. Flashes Sam a big grin. Scans
ON THE FLOOR Some SCREAM racial epithets. Others APPLAUD wildly.
LITTLE RICHARD
He prances over to Maurice who is BACK STAGE
LITTLE RICHARD
CENTER STAGE
As the band CRANKS into the original, down and dirty
LITTLE RICHARD
IN THE CROWD
the Preacher reacts: did Little Richard just sing what he
BEHIND THE REFRESHMENT STAND Danny's on a pay phone. Shouts over the noise.
DANNY
INT. RADIO STUDIO
Jarvis peers through the window into the darkness.
JARVIS
INT. EXHIBIT HALL ON STAGE Little Richard SLASHES into the song.
LITTLE RICHARD
ON THE DANCE FLOOR
a mob of Deputies and Officers from the checkpoint BURSTS
TILTON
The Police CHARGE back out. Danny rounds up Jay and
LITTLE RICHARD
INT. RADIO STUDIO Jarvis monitors the chaos on the speakers.
LITTLE RICHARD (OVER)
EXT. THE TOWER
Trey commands the scene from the running board of his
An array of vehicles rings the tower. Headlights pointed
LITTLE RICHARD (OVER)
Trey wheels around. Dust clouds EXPLODE over the hill as
LITTLE RICHARD (OVER)
INT. EXHIBIT HALL
The Band PUMPS as a full-blown free-for-all RADIATES
LITTLE RICHARD
A fight has broken out between Kids, the Anti-rockers and
A few isolated pockets of determined Souls, still vertical
EXT. THE TOWER
Skimp kickstands his bike. Stomps toward Trey. The other
TREY
The two Gangmembers slip away into the darkness.
SKIMP
He grabs Trey roughly.
SKIMP
A brawl erupts between the groups. Trey strains under
Sirens SCREAM. A string of police cars snakes up the road,
Skimp SLAMS Trey hard against his truck. With his free
In the darkness around the tower, some of Trey's Gang
But the chosen Two are in their vehicles. Engines ROARING.
LITTLE RICHARD (OVER)
Trey kicks out at Skimp, catching him off guard. Danny
Trey's stunned. Skimp and Danny let down their guard for a
DANNY
The horn BLASTS. Skimp rips Trey away from the truck.
Trey's two Gangmembers FLOOR their engines. Shift. And
The guy wires SNAP. Jarvis rushes out. The life drains
The two wires cut by the tow chains are enough. The tower
TILTON
The tower hangs suspended in pure space for a split
An aching HOWL of steel. The base of the tower EXPLODES in
Danny's head SNAPS back. He scans the fearful darkness above.
A dull THUD. Then a SCREAM of pain in the darkness.
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