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BRAD'S STATUS - WHITE VERSION - Sept 13, 2016 -Page 32
52
Troy and Brad sleep soundly in their beds. They both SNORE.
NARRATOR:
For the first time in months, Brad
slept through the night without
waking.
52A
EXT. HARVARD BRIDGE - MORNING 52A *
Troy and Brad walk the bridge from Boston to Cambridge. *
52B
EXT. HARVARD UNIVERSITY - MORNING 52B *
Troy and Brad enter the Harvard gates. *
53 EXT. HARVARD UNIVERSITY - MORNING 53
Troy and Brad walk to the ADMISSIONS BUILDING.
BRAD:
You nervous?
TROY:
Not really. I guess, a little.
BRAD:
I know you. You’ve got this.
TROY:
Thanks, Dad.
Brad opens the door to the ADMISSIONS OFFICE and they enter.
54
INT. ADMISSIONS OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER 54
Brad looks at some photos on the wall:
An old photo of YOUNG, WHITE HARVARD STUDENTS from the
1800’s.
Another old photo of YOUNG, WHITE HARVARD STUDENTS from the
1950’s
A third photo of YOUNG, ETHNICALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS from the
present day.
Brad crosses and sits, next to another waiting MOTHER.
(CONTINUED)
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54 CONTINUED:
54BRAD:
You have a son? Daughter?
MOTHER:
Yes, a son - he’s interviewing.
BRAD:
Mine, too. Where you from?
MOTHER:
St. Petersburg.
BRAD:
Russia??
MOTHER:
(shakes her head)
Florida.
BRAD:
Oh, right. Okay. My son is a very
talented musician. Pianist.
Keyboard. And he composes his own
music so...
MOTHER:
Wonderful.
BRAD:
Looks like he’s gonna have a lot of
decisions to make. I think Harvard
-is definitely in the running
though.
MOTHER:
(dry)
You think Harvard has a chance?
BRAD:
What does your son, uh, do?
MOTHER:
What does he do? He’s a student in
high school.
BRAD:
Right, right.
(sizes her up)
Okay.
Suddenly, a sheepish Troy appears.
(CONTINUED)
BRAD'S STATUS - WHITE VERSION - Sept 13, 2016 -Page 34
54 CONTINUED:
54TROY:
Hey, Dad.
BRAD:
(confused)
What happened? Is it over?
TROY:
I got the day wrong.
BRAD:
What?
TROY:
I got the day wrong. It’s
yesterday.
BRAD:
Yesterday. What do you mean?
TROY:
Yeah, I don’t know, I f***ed it up.
It was yesterday.
BRAD:
Did they give you a time to come
back?
TROY:
I think they’re pretty booked up.
They said I could do an alumni
interview back in Sacramento.
BRAD:
Noooo. You don’t want to do that.
You want to do it with one of these
guys. These are the guys that
decide.
(to the MOTHER)
Right?
The Mother shrugs.
TROY:
I’m just gonna go on the tour.
It’s not a big deal.
BRAD:
It IS a big deal. Let me talk to
them.
TROY:
No, Dad, no.
(CONTINUED)
BRAD'S STATUS - WHITE VERSION - Sept 13, 2016 -Page 35
54 CONTINUED:
54BRAD:
Yes, I’m going to. We didn’t come
all this way so you could have an
interview in Sacramento.
55 INT. ADMISSIONS OFFICE - RECEPTION AREA - DAY 55
An ADMISSIONS OFFICER talks to Brad. Troy hovers, anxious.
ADMISSIONS OFFICER
I’d love to be able to accommodate
you guys - but our schedule’s been
set - for months.
BRAD:
We flew from Sacramento.
ADMISSIONS OFFICER
here...
BRAD:
I just want you to get a sense of
my son. Harvard is his first
choice. So...
TROY:
Dad - it’s okay.
BRAD:
He’s a pianist. He does community
service. His counselor says he’s
Harvard material.
ADMISSIONS OFFICER
It’s not necessary to have an
interview here. Alumni interviews
are just as good.
BRAD:
Oh, come on. I know how important
face time is, okay? We’re here.
Come on. Don’t shine us.
TROY:
Dad!
BRAD:
Can’t you just sit with him for ten
minutes? What are you doing right
now?
(CONTINUED)
BRAD'S STATUS - WHITE VERSION - Sept 13, 2016 -Page 36
55 CONTINUED:
55ADMISSIONS OFFICER
I have a staff meeting.
TROY:
(grabs Brad’s arm)
Please, please, please. Please.
Brad registers Troy’s plaintive look and relents.
56 EXT. ADMISSIONS OFFICE - DAY 56
Troy and Brad have exited. They argue on the lawn.
TROY:
What the f***, Dad? You think
arguing with the admissions officeris gonna help my chances?
BRAD:
He won’t remember this.
TROY:
I think he will.
BRAD:
I don’t understand - how can
someone who has the brain to getinto Harvard, not have the brain to
remember what day he made anappointment -so he could get intoHarvard?!
*
*
TROY:
I don’t know. F*** off.
BRAD:
Don’t tell me to f*** off.
TROY:
I’m sorry. Can we walk somewhere
else please? They’re about to
start a tour.
So what?
BRAD:
TROY:
I don’t want everyone seeing me getbitched out by my dad, okay?
(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:
56BRAD:
I’m not bitching you out. I’m
trying to solve a problem here.
You need to have an interview. I
mean, we’re here. That’s the
point.
TROY:
I thought the point was for me to
get a sense of the school.
BRAD:
No, the point is for the school to
get a sense of you. You need to
make an impression. I know you
think you have this in the bag.
But it’s Harvard. Even geniuses
get rejected, Troy.
Troy looks over and sees - a group of APPLICANTS and their
PARENTS gathering for a tour.
TROY:
Oh my god.
BRAD:
You realize we’re competing with *
kids from Hong Kong and everywhere! *
Okay? You’re a white kid from the *
suburbs without a sob story. And *
you’re not even a legacy. We’re *
underdogs here - we need to do *
everything we can.
TROY:
(embarrassed)
Dad - I’m about to flip the f***
out. Please shut up.
BRAD:
Let me think. Go on the tour - and
I will meet you back here when it’s
over.
TROY:
What are you gonna do?
BRAD:
I’m gonna make some calls.
Troy looks uneasy - but the tour is leaving.
(CONTINUED)
BRAD'S STATUS - WHITE VERSION - Sept 13, 2016 -Page 38
56 CONTINUED:
56TROY:
Just don’t do anything uncool.
Brad grimaces and takes out his phone.
57 INT. BRAD’S HOUSE - MORNING 57
Melanie is feeding the BULLDOG, on her CELL PHONE.
Hey.
MELANIE:
INTERCUT PHONE CALL
BRAD:
Troy messed up - we’re here atHarvard and he doesn’t have an
interview. He got the day wrong.
Do we know anyone at Harvard? I
want to get him an interview. Theyneed to meet him.
*
MELANIE:
Who’s at Harvard? Like a... like
a... like a... dean?
BRAD:
(excited)
Babe, Harvard is Troy’s firstchoice. Did you know that? And
his counselor thinks he can get in?
Did you know that? Who do we know
at Harvard?!
*
MELANIE:
I don’t know. I mean... I gottathink. Toni Morrison?
BRAD:
Toni Morrison?
Morrison?
You know Toni
No.
MELANIE:
BRAD:
She teaches at Princeton, Melanie.
What the f*** are you talkingabout, Toni Morrison?
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