Blackbird Page #2

Synopsis: This is a film about a troubled teen, Sean Randall, who is falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario. It all begins when an unlikely bond forms between Sean (Connor Jessup) and a preppy teenage girl named Deanna Roy (Alexia Fast). Deanna's boyfriend is deeply threatened by Sean and Deanna's friendship, resulting in a violent confrontation. Seeking to protect himself, Sean issues a death threat online - and is swiftly arrested. When the police raid Sean's home, they find rifles, shotguns, knives and ammunition - all property of Sean's father Ricky (Michael Buie), an avid hunter. They also find a supposed "hit list" with twenty names of people who have tormented Sean. The authorities and the media proclaim another Columbine has been narrowly averted, and soon Sean faces a terrifying imprisonment in a youth detention facility. Sean's only hope is to overcome his dark image, and prove his innocence to Deanna and to his community.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Jason Buxton
Production: Blackbird Pictures
  8 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
103 min
Website
561 Views


guns on your wall.

The thing that bugs me about it

is the fakeness of it,

like we're a happy family or something.

So that's Big Bri, huh?

See that hand on my shoulder?

Feels like it's always there.

Tell him how you feel.

Get your f***ing hand

off me, you cocksucker.

Are you recording me?

Calm down, I'll erase it.

Sean!

Wait... let me see it first.

Get your f***ing hand

off me, you cocksucker.

Oh god, I look so angry.

Who's this?

My sister, Lily.

I didn't know you had a sister.

Half sister.

Sing the monkey song again.

I did.

Do it again.

The monkey was going.

I'm going to do it faster.

The monkey was going...

Sean, Jesus Christ,

she's not a toy you know.

You're really sweet with her.

Tell that to her dad.

He won't even let me see her.

Thinks I'm gonna kill her or something.

I heard it different.

Yeah, well my sister knows his brother,

so I think that makes

me a much better source.

Wouldn't you agree, Sean?

Yeah, Sean?

Sean, come on.

Sean, don't be a retard.

What's going on?

Who is it?

It's my mom.

Can someone please

tell me what's going on?

You're like Homer Simpson

hitting his thumb with the hammer.

Oh my god, is he texting you?

No.

Stop him!

So how did you get her number,

Freak Show?

Why don't you ask her?

No, I'm asking you.

She give it to you?

F***

If you go near my girlfriend

again I'll kill you

with my bare f***ing hands.

And I have the means to do it.

He threatened me at school...

I was just responding.

Because his girlfriend didn't want you?

What did she say?

Did you talk to her?

This alleged threat of

his, were there witnesses?

Yeah, a few of his friends Jason, Tyler,

a few others.

You mean the rest of the hockey team?

We know about your website.

Your videos. Your blog.

What we don't know is...

why you're so angry.

What did the world do to you?

Can I see my dad now?

Can you believe this?

Well, you dress the part.

You wanted to stand

out, Sean, so now you do.

How's it feel?

I'm in jail, how do you think

it feels?

I've been charged too, Sean.

Improper storage of firearms.

I've lived alone for ten years.

They're saying I loaded them.

They're saying it's like Columbine.

I know!

Do you know how much media is out there?

Does mom know?

I'm sure she does now!

But they can't give out my name,

right, because I'm a minor?

They can give out mine,

so trust me she knows.

She's probably on a beach

somewhere breathing a huge

sigh of relief because you're

my problem now and not hers.

I should've been there

to raise you myself.

But you weren't.

Does he have to wear those?

The whole town's in there, Sean.

Take a seat.

Hi. You must be Sean?

Hi, I'm Andy Lewis, with Legal Aid.

I've just been assigned your case.

I just got your file.

Wow, it's nutso in here.

Can you just tell them I'm

not who they think I am?

Lets take one thing at a time.

We'll get you bail,

then I'll have a chance

to go over the file and

then we can talk, okay?

All rise.

The sitting of the Eastport

Provincial Court is now in session.

The honourable Judge Campbell presiding.

Thank you, you may sit.

Case number 6215, in the matter of

the Crown versus Sean Richard Randall.

Your honour, Mr. Randall is accused

of making threats and

planning a violent attack

targeting specific students

and teachers at Eastport High.

Mr. Randall is clearly out of

control and a threat to himself

and the community at large.

Due to the uncertain nature

of the threats and the

instability of the accused

we request bail be denied

at this time and he be

remanded for the safety of

himself and the community.

Proceed.

Uh, your honour.

I'd just like to say that I

find this a little bit extreme.

My client here has done nothing

but utter a few threats...

I'll have decorum in my court,

or I'll have the Sheriff clear the room.

The point I'm trying

to make your honour,

is that my client's a minor.

It's my understanding that if

there is a parent or guardian

present and responsible,

bail should be granted.

Not if the parent is the one

providing illegal firearms.

Mr. Randall, do you understand the

seriousness of the charges?

Yes.

This is a tight-knit community.

When you threaten our

children, you threaten us all.

I'm going to deny bail, Mr. Randall,

pending further investigation.

You're going to Waterville.

For your sake and the

sake of the community.

Step through.

Step forward to the line.

Turn around and face me.

Take off your shoes.

Take off your socks.

Empty your pockets.

Take off your shirt.

Take off your pants.

Rub your hands through your hair.

Hold out your arms.

Open your mouth.

Wide as you can please.

Stick out your tongue.

Turn around.

Bend over.

BARKHOUSE!

Ce1l 2B.

Alright, settle down.

Settle down.

In your cells in twenty minutes.

I'll be watching.

It is about time I got a new b*tch...

Eye down.

Fresh meat, huh?

Watch out for Trevor.

I get the headlines.

What's the password?

Move.

Welcome to the human fish tank.

You don't mind.

Can't whistle.

Birds whistle and birds are free.

I didn't know.

Oh... He didn't know.

Didn't know.

Speaking of birds

f***ing parrot over here.

The question is...

just what kind of bird are you?

Don't answer.

We have a tradition here on West 7, ah.

Amherst teen arrested

for ATM bank fraud.

Ray, you're up.

Don't f***ing say a word.

I picked Hartford youth gets

six months for assault with

a deadly weapon.

Yarmouth teen sentenced for

eleven counts of joyridinq.

Could I see bank fraud?

Maybe.

But assault with a deadly weapon?

With his Aids dick maybe.

And joyriding?

I swear Lucas you get

dumber by the minute.

Look at his face.

Joyriders are friendly.

That's why they're called joy riders.

This bird don't like people.

He's got that

my-sh*t-don't-smell

look to him.

What's it say?

Eastport teen denied bail

for planning school massacre.

Trevor got it, I can see it in his face.

Whoa whoa whoa, he hasn't

even one chosen yet.

Get them all in front of him.

Come on, newbie, who the f*** are you?

I knew it man.

I knew he was one of them stinky-ass,

PIN stealing muthafuckas.

Good count.

Okay.

Count up!

Hello?

Deanna?

Just a minute.

Who is this?

Friend of Deanna's.

What's your name?

Hello?

Okay boys, in your cells.

Now.

No one lies to me!

No one!

Amherst teen my f***ing ass!

Teen dressed Goth and had

a large tattoo on his back

classmates described

as Satanic in nature.

The arrest follows a search

of the boy's home where an

arsenal of weapons were

found along with what is

believed to be a revenge

plan targeting the entire

hockey team.

Looks like I win after all.

Let me see that.

Keep it, Marcel.

Let it be a reminder to you

that you're still the same

dumb ass muthafucka you always were.

Lying piece of sh*t.

BARKHOUSE!

Rollout! Rollout!

Clean it up, Columbine.

I ain't going to no Discipline Unit

'cause of you.

You want me to lie?

I want you home.

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Jason Buxton

Jason Buxton is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed three short films, A Fresh Start, The Garden and The Drawing, before debuting his first full-length feature film, Blackbird, in 2012. more…

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