Backlight
- Year:
- 2010
- 90 min
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BACKLIGH Hi you reached Jay and
Rachael's residence.
please leave a message and we'll
get back as soon as possible.
Have a great day!
Jay?
It's David.
Your friend, your neighbor,remember?
I know you're in there
Can you pick up the phone, please?
And by the way...
When are you gonna change that recording?
Come on...
Its been a year already.
Don't you think is been enough?
You can 't let what happened
ruin your birthdays forever.
No disrespect.
I mean, I don't think Rachael
would want to see you like this.
Life goes on.
You got to step out of the hole.
Don't make today feel like a year ago.
Have you opened Rachael's gift already?
Don't keep staring at that box
for the rest of your life.
What if it's perishable?
You better not let it rot.
Anyway...
I brought you some groceries, and...
Me and the guys,
we bought you a little gift, so...
Nothing fancy,
don't get your hopes high...
Just want you to know...
you are not alone.
It is bad enough
That we all lost her..
Don't make us feel
like we lost you, too.
Happy birthday, buddy.
To our friend,
Happy Birthday!
A new start needs
to cut the ribbon!!!
Come on...
Please, make a U-turn.
Please, make a U-turn.
You are on the wrong course
to your destination.
Please, make a U-turn.
You are on the wrong course
to your destination.
Please, make a U-turn.
You are on the wrong course
to your destination.
Please, make a U-turn.
You are on the wrong course
to your destination.
Hello, officer...
Good morning, sir.
Did I do anything wrong?
It's seem so.
Can't park in this area without a permit.
Well, I thought in a place
as empty as this,
How I can possible offend anyone?
Licence and registration, please.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Have a nice day.
You, too.
In half a mile, turn left.
Hey sugar, grab a chair,
I'll be right with you.
Thank you
Ready to order?
Yeah, just bring me the number two
and a cup of coffe.
I'll get your coffee.
Thanks.
What the hell.
Stop it!
Hey, come back here!
Oh God. No.
Oh, God.
Oh, come on baby.
Come on baby, come on.
In one mile, turn right.
Thank you.
Oh yes, thank you.
Hi, David. it's me.
for being my friend.
And for never giving up on me.
You must have noticed by now that my car
is not in the garage and...
You are probably wondering,
where the hell I am.
Well,you told me to leave
the hole and so I did.
I don't know where exactly
where I'm heading
But I just want you
to know that I'm alright.
Oh, by the way...
Thanks for the gift.
It means a lot to me..
Talk to you later.
Take care, buddy.
In half a mile, turn left.
Thank you.
In one mile, turn right.
Turn right.
You have arrived to your destination.
You have arrived to your destination.
You have arrived to your destination.
C'mon.
What?
This is it?
Damn it.
THE DAY BEFORE:
You know we have a strict no cell phone use
in class policy.
However your daughter doesn't
want to abide by that policy.
Her conduct is disruptive.
Therefore I recommend you
take advantage of the suspension
and have a serious talk withyour daughter.
I'm sorry, but...
This is a bit hard to believe.
I mean, it doesn't sound like Lucy at all.
I just can't think of what could make her
behave like this. I'm so mad.
Sorry...
Your Hand?
Oh, thank you.
Do you mind if I ask what happened?
UH, we had a gas leak
at the apartment last week.
And I was lighing one
AND BOOM!
You know?
The air just went up
around me all in flames
But luckily. Lucy had just
opened a window minutes before.
I mean, I am lucky I only burned my hand.
Well, and my hair, hence the silly scarf.
Sorry to hear that.
That must have been quite a scare.
Do you think that may be why
she's been acting out?
I don't think so.
I mean, she didn't get hurt or anything.
But you could have been seriously hurt.
A life threatening situation
can change a person.
Lucy and I
had an argument over that window.
With no apparent reason
she decided to open it
And...I mean I was not happy about it.
it was freezing
outside and we were both sick.
but she just ignored me
Who would have guessed that window
would save both of our lives?
Ironic, huh?
Given the situation, here's what I can do
I won't go on record
with official suspension,
I don't think Lucy deserves that kind of
damage on her school record anyway.
However,
I want you to promise me
That you'll take the next week
to work out this phone issue with her.
So it does not escalate
to something more serious.
Sound fair?
Yes. I appreciate it.
And I promise she'll be back like new.
Lucy.
Lucy, are you home?
Lucy, didn't I tell you
to get new curtains?
Lucy.
Lucy!
Mom, what are you doing here?
What does it look like?
I'm looking for you.
Please, mom, not now.
I want to know who
gave you a cellphone.
No one.
So how are you paying for it?
I'm not.
So who is?
No One.
Wow! a Free phone that makes free calls!
Amazing!
Did you steal it?
Of course not!
So what's the story?
C'mon spill it.
My boyfriend gave it to me.
Since when do you have a boyfriend?
- Since last week.
Really?
Yeah.
You know what?
I wish you had a boyfriend.
Maybe then you could learn
something about life on planet
earth for a change.
The problem is you can't get a boyfriend
Even though you're wearing a shirt
saying "I love dick"
For your information, Philip K. Dick is the
world's greatest science fiction writer.
God, you're so ignorant.
All I want to know is
how you got ahold of a cell phone
I found it ok?
I found it!
Why are you making calls
from it if it's not yours?
It's complicated. Ok?
And I don't want to talk about it.
Well, it can't be more complicated
than you're life's gonna be...
... if you don't tell me every
single detail of that story
Where do you think you're going?
I do not talk on the phone in class
if that's what the principal told you.
Well, he says you do.
Otherwise he wouldn't bother me with it.
Well, I don't
I mean...
How could I?
The phone doesn't even work.
Say it again?
The phone is broken.
It doesn't work.
It never did.
If it doesn't work, why do you have it?
I mean, that is even more puzzeling to me.
Do you just pretend to
talk on the phone in class...
...to look cool or to
piss off the teachers?
Is that the deal?
No.
So what do you do with it?
The principal was
...being seen using
the phone in class.
Are you saying
they made that up?
I just listen to it.
You listen to what?
The phone
You listen to the phone?
Yes.
Didn't you just say the phone is broken?
Yes, I did,
But sometimes,
I get it out of the bag
and put it to my ear.
What for?
I hear things.
Oh, God.
What things?
Words.
Words?
You mean it plays the radio?
No, it's not that.
It doesn't work at all. I told you.
So how do you hear words?
Actually, it's just a single word
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