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Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): John Krasinski
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
PG-13
Year:
2018
90 min
Website
3,168 Views


EXT. CORN FIELD, WEATHER VANE - DAY

SLOW MOTION:
April and Will pass the WEATHER VANE. They

follow it to the FARMHOUSE ....•

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY

SLOW MOTION:
April and Will run to the shed. The alien close

behind. BLOOD on its face.

INT. SHED - DAY

SLOW MOTION:
April runs to the back of the shed.

She removes two BATTERIES from the MP3 PLAYER

and slaps them into the SIGNAL GENERATOR.

April stands outside in front of the shed.

The alien somehow inches away.

April lets out a stunned cry.

66.

Falls back.

Closes her eyes.

Activates the SIGNAL GENERATOR.

WE HEAR NOTHING OVER THE HIGH PITCHED RING OF THE GENERATOR,

which seems to take on a music-like quality; heavy dissonance

climbing to an unexpected harmonic crescendo.

April looks up, terrified at what she’ll see.

SHE SEES -THE

ALIEN FROZEN IN A SEIZURE.

SHIVERING, ALMOST. FROM THE INSIDE.

A TINY VIBRATION MOVING THROUGH ITS COMPLEXION.

LIKE A SONIC TUMOR, GROWING, EXPANDING, EATING

AWAY ALL THE VITAL PARTS THAT MAKE IT HEAR,

THINK, MOVE, KILL...

THE ALIEN COWERS

CONTORTS:

COLLAPSES DEAD JUST AS -SOUND

BEGINS TO FADE BACK IN ALL AROUND US.

AND TIME SEEMS TO SPEED UP TO NORMAL.

April turns to close the SHED DOORS...

But Mia stops her. She pushes the doors WIDE OPEN.

They don’t have to be afraid anymore.

The family embraces. Melting into a flurry of emotions that

have gone unexpressed for far too long.

SLOW FADE TO:

EXT. CEMETERY - SUNSET

Autumn leaves blow over a recently harvested field. They

swirl through the crisp air and fall on a pair of HEADSTONES.

April stands in a SUNDAY DRESS. Her hair braided behind her

head. The SIGNAL GENERATOR hangs around her neck.

She places a PURPLE IRIS on a grave marked JOHN WALKER.

67.

Mia and Will stand behind her with a STROLLER. A ONE YEAR OLD

plays nearby.

Mia looks at April, she smiles, brushes her daughter’s hair

behind one ear.

WE HEAR THE LAUGHTER OF BABY IRIS FILL THE AIR.

THE END.

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Bryan Woods

Bryan Woods (born September 14, 1984) is an American film director and screenwriter from Davenport, Iowa. He co-writes and co-directs with filmmaking partner Scott Beck. In 2001, Woods and Beck formed Bluebox Films. Together they co-wrote and executive produced A Quiet Place for Paramount Pictures, in addition to writing and directing Spread, a scripted pilot for MTV, and Nightlight, a supernatural thriller for Lionsgate and Herrick Entertainment.In 2016, Woods and Beck sold their original screenplay for A Quiet Place to Paramount Pictures. The film, executive produced by Woods, Beck, Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes, stars Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, the latter of who also directed and re-wrote the script. Paramount subsequently signed Woods and Beck to a blind script deal for a second project they will write and direct. A Quiet Place was released in April 2018 to critical acclaim with an approval rating of 95% and became a major box office hit, grossing over $330 million worldwide.The duo also wrote and directed the thriller Haunt, produced by Eli Roth and Sierra/Affinity. In June 2018, Woods and Beck signed on to adapt and executive produce Stephen King's short story The Boogeyman for 20th Century Fox and 21 Laps Entertainment. In the television world, Woods and Beck developed the series Zeroes for Sony Pictures Television and Davis Entertainment, based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti. more…

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