4:44 Last Day on Earth Page #2

Synopsis: A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Abel Ferrara
Production: IFC Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.5
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
R
Year:
2011
82 min
$15,738
Website
553 Views


and you stop death.

You see?

'Cause this pot's not a pot,

and the pen's not a pen,

and the clock's not a clock,

and the arm is not an arm.

It's all the same, okay?

If it existed out there,

if there was pots,

and if there was clocks,

and if there was pens,

and if they were out there,

then,

then shoot yourself.

My brother killed himself.

He got it, and he shot himself,

you know.

He said, "What's the use?

Why should I waste my time?"

You know?

Kill yourself.

There's no point.

You can't change anything.

If a pot is a pot

and a pen is a pen, it...

you can't change.

Give it up.

What, you're just gonna

get older?

Whoo!

Oh!

We were talking a lot

here in the newsroom

about how to deal

with these final minutes.

I've been in this chair

bringing you the news

literally thousands

of times.

Honestly, I don't want to spend

my final minute on Earth here.

We want the people

who work here

to be with their loved ones.

There was a spirit in New York

after the September 11th

terrorist attacks

that was about caring

and giving.

We have seen

that again today

under these unimaginably

tragic circumstances.

Al Gore was right.

By the time we realized

what we'd done,

we had already ruined

the planet.

And today it doesn't

matter where you live

or how much money you have.

We are all about

to face the same fate

at the same moment.

My family is waiting

for me now.

There's nothing more for us

to say here

but to repeat

what we have told you:

We don't have much time left.

You don't need me to sit here

and tell you how tragic

this is,

so this is the end

of our commentary.

We are going to fill the screen

with live camera views

from all over the city,

and we will leave those

pictures up until the end.

How can you not

think about the end?

How do you not plan

for the future?

How do these guys

not think about

what the hell is gonna

happen next?

You know, whether you're...

whether you're

cutting down a tree

or building the Trade Towers

or the atomic bomb...

f*** that.

I'm sick of it.

Where are the experts?

Where are the f***ing experts?

These guys,

they're just talking, talking,

don't even have

the f***ing slightest clue.

Never mind doubt.

I mean, we don't know

what the f*** is going on.

We're all gonna die, guys!

We're already dead!

Damn.

He looked right at me.

He was thinking straight.

Why let someone dictate

when you're gonna die?

F***ing motherfuckers.

Hey, don't put that coat on him!

Leave that man alone!

If you want to help him,

light a candle.

No!

Is that my f***in' landlord?

Hey!

Hey, Wally!

How's that 2.5% a year

feel now, huh?

No, no, I'm not saying him.

F*** you!

F*** you!

It's not his fault.

It's not anybody's fault.

We're all in the same boat.

We're all doomed.

I don't want to leave you.

These guys chopped down

every f***ing tree

on the island

to make a statue.

F***.

And they don't have anything

to build a boat to get the fish.

At least they were doing...

worshipping God...

the f***ing...

I shouldn't be saying that.

F*** that book!

What is wrong with you people?

Leave that man alone!

What is wrong with you?

Baby.

Come on.

Come on.

What are we waiting for?

I'm waiting for you

to come down.

Come on.

What are we waiting for?

A couple hours' difference?

Get down, Cisco.

Come on.

Get down.

Get down.

Thump!

Stop it.

Stop!

Hey.

What?

Come on.

It's gonna be okay.

You're so sweet.

It's gonna be okay.

I don't know

what to do.

Just be with me.

I know.

I am.

You want to fly?

Yes.

- Yes.

- Yes?

You'd like that?

Shoes off!

Now, that I can do.

Grab my wrists.

Ah-ya!

Must have been the gaff tape.

What happened to your legs?

- Okay.

- Spaghetti legs.

Okay.

Okay.

Fly on home,

fly on home.

Where you goin', girl?

She be a pink butterfly.

Oh, yeah.

Where you goin', girl?

Where you goin'?

We're going together up.

Where are we going?

Ah-ya-ya!

Isn't it beautiful up here?

Too beautiful.

I pissed my pants.

Your turn.

Who's that?

Yeah?

Yeah?

Delivery.

Yeah, come on up.

Yeah, I was wrong.

You're kidding me.

No.

Come on.

You hungry?

Yeah.

Not again!

Hi.

Come on in.

Thank you very much.

What's your name?

You've been here, like,

a thousand times,

but I don't even know

your name.

Chung.

How are you doing?

You know what's going on,

or don't you give a sh*t?

Hey, kid.

Hey, you want some food?

Oh, I doubt it, huh?

You've probably had

plenty of this stuff.

Oh.

Keep the change.

Take it.

Is there anything

I can do for you?

Can I get you anything?

Skypey.

Skypey.

Skypey.

Oh, yeah, Skype.

Yeah, I can do that for you.

I just got to get my computer.

Okay.

Okay, you just go ahead.

It's just...

You know how to do it, right?

Just...

yeah, there you go.

Skye.

Come and get it.

Is it ready?

Well, yeah.

That's Vietnam.

That's Vietnam he's calling.

Chung?

Thank you.

I'm so glad I've known you.

Chung.

Thank you.

We human beings are the...

almost like

a creator of the world

or the controller of the world.

Through technology,

through science,

we can do anything, everything.

We do not run nature.

I think we human beings

something above nature.

I think that's wrong.

After all, we are part

of the nature.

Uh, so through that way,

it become clear, you see,

we have the responsibility

to take care

of the environment,

of the nature,

because ultimately,

we are part of the nature.

So the nature balance

dramatically change,

we will suffer,

the entire humanity.

Then, this will,

what... what were instinct

will disappear.

So that's either one,

one force.

Then another, I think,

I think,

every human... requirement

or meaningful life,

we need to seek internal,

sort of inner

spiritual development.

Now, here, when I say

it's a spiritual... spirituality,

not necessarily

religious faith.

But even without

religious faith,

still there are such...

a sense of caring

one another,

sense of sharing one another.

There's a sense of community.

These are the basic

human good qualities.

These are

our fabled spirituality.

Without that,

you can't be happy person.

One says that money

is the source of all evil.

Is that true?

Yes.

- No.

- Yes.

Of course, if we, uh,

just become slave to money...

Eh.

Then all our energy

or mind, this is...

concentrate on money.

And then, uh, the greed,

that kind of thing,

extreme greed...

Then in order

to get more money,

then no hesitation to adopt

various different method.

Scandals or corruptions

or exploitation,

forcing these things.

Then, of course, money,

it then becomes evil.

But for sustain, for life,

without money, you can't.

You're a medical man.

What do you think happens

after bodily death?

After bodily death,

then they all get wings,

and they all start

flying up toward heaven.

Yeah?

And do you think

you'll be a good flyer?

I think I'll fly up there

eventually.

Yeah?

And then once you gets there,

what happens?

Rate this script:2.5 / 2 votes

Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his films, his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known films include Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992) and The Funeral (1996). more…

All Abel Ferrara scripts | Abel Ferrara Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "4:44 Last Day on Earth" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/4:44_last_day_on_earth_1733>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    4:44 Last Day on Earth

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    Which part of a screenplay provides a detailed description of the setting, actions, and characters?
    A Scene headings
    B Action lines
    C Character arcs
    D Dialogue