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Brad’s Status Page #8
BRAD:
Oh.
BILLY:
I thought I’d see you there for
sure. Craig was there. Jason and
all his Aryan spawn were there. It
was actually cool. Beautiful
ceremony.
BRAD:
Yeah? I didn’t know about it.
BILLY:
It was real small. Somebody
mentioned you. I forget who.
BRAD:
(stung)
Uh-huh.
BILLY:
Wondering where you were. Or what
happened to you. Who was it?
(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:
67BRAD:
Oh. Hunh. Well, I’m just doing mything.
BILLY:
Dude, it’s good to hear your voice.
My dog just took a sh*t though andI gotta pick it up.
BRAD:
Okay. Good to talk to you, Billy.
Text me that number, would ya?
BILLY:
Yup. I’ll send it right now. Come
to the islands sometime, brother.
Later!
Bye.
BRAD:
Brand hangs up. He looks gut-punched.
He sits for a moment, stewing. His PHONE BUZZES.
He looks down - it’s a text from BILLY with Craig’s number.
Brad stares at the number and frowns.
He presses the number, calling.
The PHONE RINGS once, then goes to VOICE MAIL.
AUTOMATED VOICE:
Please leave a message.
BRAD:
(into PHONE; stammers)
Hey, Craig - it’s, uh, Brad Sloan.
Ummmm... I’m at Harvard with my
son. He’s ummm... if you could -
if you have the time, uhhh, could
you call me back? It’s kind of on
the urgent side. Thanks.
*
Brad hangs up and SIGHS.
68 EXT. HARVARD CAMPUS - DAY 68
Brad wanders across from the campus, in a funk. *
(CONTINUED)
BRAD'S STATUS - WHITE VERSION - Sept 13, 2016 -Page 47
68 CONTINUED:
68NARRATOR:
Brad felt numb. The fact that he’d
not been invited to Nick Pascale’s
wedding seemed to confirm every
doubt he ever had - about his
friendships, himself and his place
in the world.
Brad stops in his tracks.
69 INT. NICK PASCALE’S HOUSE - DAY 69
A small wedding party. Nick and Xavier are congratulated by
Craig and Diane, then Jason Hatfield and his family.
NARRATOR:
Brad kept picturing the wedding
party in his mind. Everyone there,
enjoying themselves. Basking in
each other’s glow.
70 EXT. NICK PASCALE’S HOUSE - DAY 70
We watch Nick and Xavier exit the house and greet people on
the expansive lawn. They are approached by Billy and his Two
tan Girlfriends.
NARRATOR:
Brad wondered if he’d been excluded
or simply forgotten and couldn’t
decide which was worse.
Everyone continues hugging each other and enjoying the day.
71 EXT. HARVARD CAMPUS - DAY 71
Brad shakes his head, grimacing.
NARRATOR:
Whatever. He was a non-presence.
A blip. A zero. A no-name. For a
moment, he wished he were dead.
TWO HARVARD GIRLS pass by him, laughing about something.
This snaps him out of it.
He watches them pass, then looks over...
...under a tree, there is a HOMELESS WOMAN, talking to
herself. She looks miserable.
(CONTINUED)
BRAD'S STATUS - Blue Revision - Sept 26, 2016 -Page 48
CONTINUED:
71Brad takes her in - his compassion visible on his face.
NARRATOR:
Brad felt a sudden kinship witheverything that was ever unloved.
CLOSE on Brad as he spots about other sad creatures.
- A MISERABLE TEEN GIRL, looking lonely, passes; An ASIAN
LADY, struggling with a heavy grocery bag; An OLD MAN, alone
on a bench, feeding pigeons.
He then looks at the HEADSTONES of an old GRAVEYARD.
NARRATOR:
The abandoned, the forgotten, thedespised - those who never foundlove. Never, ever, ever.
72 INT. BRAD’S PARENTS’ HOUSE -OFFICE - DAY 72 *
Brad’s Dad, looking old and frail, searches for something inhis den.
NARRATOR:
Brad thought about his father andhow his book had been rejected byevery single publisher. How lonelyhe was. How little affirmation he
received - even from Brad.
73 EXT. HARVARD CAMPUS - DAY 73
Brad is now emotional as he wanders back toward the campus.
NARRATOR:
How cruel is this world. How
unfair. The prejudices of humanswho shower their attention on the
already popular - and ignore thosewho need it the most.
Brad wipes his tears, just as...
...a chipper Troy appears.
TROY:
Hey, Dad.
(sees his face)
What’s wrong?
(CONTINUED)
BRAD'S STATUS - WHITE VERSION - Sept 13, 2016 -Page 49
73 CONTINUED:
73BRAD:
(composing himself)
Nothing. What happened to the
tour?
TROY:
It’s over.
BRAD:
Already?
TROY:
I’ve been gone an hour and a half.
BRAD:
Really? Oh.
TROY:
Wanna get something to eat?
Brad nods and they head off.
74 EXT. CAMBRIDGE STREET - DAY 74
Brad and Troy walk a busy street.
BRAD:
What about here?
Brad points to a MEXICAN RESTAURANT that is completely empty -
save for an OLDER WOMAN, working the counter.
TROY:
There’s no one in there, Dad. What
about that place?
Troy points across the street, where there’s a FESTIVE LUNCH
PLACE and a CROWD is dining, al fresco.
BRAD:
Just because no one’s in here
doesn’t mean it’s not good, Troy.
TROY:
Usually it does, actually.
BRAD:
No, it doesn’t. Why don’t we go
somewhere that really needs our
business instead of some trendy
popular place where we’d have to
wait to get a table?
(CONTINUED)
BRAD'S STATUS - WHITE VERSION - Sept 13, 2016 -Page 50
74 CONTINUED:
74TROY:
I don’t really feel like Mexican,
but okay.
Troy follows Brad inside the restaurant.
75 INT. MEXICAN RESTAURANT - DAY 75
TWO PLATES OF UNAPPETIZING FOOD are set down on the table.
Troy frowns at the sight. Brad looks up at the OLD LATINA
and smiles brightly.
BRAD:
Muchisimas gracias!
OLD LATINA:
(lackluster)
De nada.
BRAD:
So I may have a connection at
Harvard - and I made a call. But I
don’t want you to get your hopes
up.
TROY:
It’s not that big a deal.
BRAD:
I just wish I could help you here.
Brad shakes his head, glum.
TROY:
I have interviews everywhere else.
And I can do an alumni interview
for Harvard. It’s fine.
(looks at BRAD)
Something wrong, Dad? You seem a
little off.
BRAD:
No, it’s just... nothing... it’s
stupid...
TROY:
What?
(CONTINUED)
BRAD'S STATUS - Pink Revision - Sept. 29, 2016-Page 51
CONTINUED:
75BRAD:
Ah, just some... I don’t know...
some old friends got togetherand...
(struggles; softly)
...didn’t invite me... ‘cause I’m
not, you know, at their,
whatever... they’re... it’s justrandom...
*
*
TROY:
What? You’re kinda mumbling.
BRAD:
(shrugs)
I wouldn’t have even wanted to goif I’d been invited, but - it’s
just kinda, I dunno... lame.
Troy gives his dad a consoling look.
TROY:
I’m sorry.
Brad shrugs it off, forcing a grin.
TROY:
They sound like d*cks. *
Brad lets out a wry laugh, brightening.
Suddenly, Brad’s PHONE BUZZES. He takes it out and answers.
BRAD:
Hello? Heeey, Craig!
Brad gives Troy a hopeful look, pointing to phone.
BRAD:
How’s it going, man?!
nobody died.
What? No,
Craig stands in the wings of a NEWS STUDIO SET.
CAMERA CREW and NEWS ANCHORS in the b.g.
We can SEE a
CRAIG:
You sounded weird on the messageand you said it was urgent so I...
INTERCUT PHONE CALL
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