Buzzard

Synopsis: Bored office employee Marty, is out to cheat the system. One day he decides to make his escape by swiping dozens of undeliverable refund checks from his company. From here, his small-time scams manifest into paranoia and violence.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Joel Potrykus
Production: Oscilloscope Pictures
  4 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
97 min
Website
101 Views


Come on.

Geez.

This f***in' thing.

Fuckirf-

F***!

F***in' piece of sh*t.

F***in' piece of-

No, it's Persona 4. The same thing.

Why do I have to spend

every evening fishing...

when I could be studying for-

You knovv, increasing my stats and-

Can I call you back? That's awesome. Cool.

Yeah. No, dude. I'll talk to you tomorrow.

See you.

Hey, come on in. Sorry about that.

Little bit of, uh, afternoon business.

My name is James. Nice to meet you.

Yeah, I'm Marty.

So, Marty, they say you're looking

to close your checking account.

Yep.

Any specific reason

that you want to leave First Federal?

- Not really.

- Oh. Okay.

Just let me or one

of my team members know...

ifthere is anything that vve can do...

- to improve ourselves in the future, okay?

- Oh, totally.

And your last name, Marty?

Jackitansky. J-A-C-K-I-T-A-N-S-K-Y.

Oh, Whoa. "Y"?

- Did you say?

- Yeah. S-K-Y.

Okay, sorry.

Could you just start from the beginning?

J- A-C-K-I-T-A-N-S-K-Y.

K- Y. Is that Polish?

White Russian.

Most people think Polish.

Jackitansky. Yeah, that makes sense.

Well! Let's get the paperwork going.

- Got the day off today?

- On break.

Well, vve will make this quick and painless.

I dorft Want them to wonder Where you are.

No, that's cool, man.

They dorft even know that I'm gone.

Yeah.

Oh, man, I can tell you,

I feel the same Way on my lunch break.

No. I mean they think I'm still there.

I've been gone for, like, two hours.

Uh, so Where do you Work?

First Federal.

This building?

No. The branch clown on Washington,

Mortgage Department.

I'm a temp,

so they clon't keep track of us very well.

Okay. Oh.

Uh-

Yeah, let's get clown to business.

I'm just gonna need you

to sign a fevv things.

There we go.

Down at the bottom, please.

Just like that right clown there...

and signature and date.

Okay.

So hovv would you like

your remaining balance returned to you?

Cash or cashiefis check?

Cash is fine. Doesrft matter.

I'll just go get your balance

from one of the tellers.

Any specific Way you Want your money?

It really doesrft matter.

Okay. One moment.

Okeydokey. Here vve go.

We got 100, 200, 50, 55...

and 38 cents.

- That's yours. This one is mine.

- Great.

Is there anything else

that vve can do for you today?

Uh, yeah, actually.

All right. What would that be?

I'd like to take advantage

of your free-checking promotion.

I'm sorry. W-What's-

The sign on the Window says you get $50..

If you open a free checking account.

Well, there are stipulations.

You knovv, you can't just close one account

and open up another one.

Why not?

Well, first of all,

it doesrft apply to employees.

I'm a temp.

Well, then, uh...

do you know that you need your checking

account to stay open for six months...

or else there's a penalty?

There vvasrft a penalty

when you just closed mine.

And hovv long was it open?

Today I happen to be celebrating...

the six-month anniversary

of opening that account.

Wh-

Come on.

Come on, you-

This is a waste of my time.

Not mine.

You know you work for us'?

I'm a temp.

Doesrft look good at all.

It doesrft matter.

Th-There's also

a minimum deposit required...

to be eligible for the promotion.

Well, I happen to have $255.38 right here.

So-

Can I ask you once again What was vvrong with

your original checking account?

It's irrelevant.

So you're just trying to cheat the system.

Absolutely.

For $50.

Absolutely.

[Typing 1

Oh, my gosh.

Marty, you've been gone for like an hour.

Actually, Stacy,

ifs been more like three hours.

- Hey, did my supplies come in yet?

- No.

And I dorft believe

you vvere gone for three hours.

I'm not stupid.

Dude.

- Dude, check this out.

- What?

New music CD from my CD pal Tariq.

L- low long was that break, man'?

- Three hours.

- Three hours?

- You are gonna get busted, man.

- No, I won't.

What were you doing for three hours?

Man, I got the nuggets on three lives.

Oh, yeah, right.

You carft even get to 'em on 25 lives.

I did it, so suck it.

- That game's stupid anyway.

- No, ifs sweet.

You ready for this, man?

Come on.

I think this is gonna be something

you really like.

Okay, here we go.

Feel it for a second.

Mmm, mmm, mmm. Mmm. You like this?

Mmm. Kubes.

- Whatever. Sit clown, Kubiak.

- Sorry, Kubes.

Mmm. Mmm.

You dorft like this stuff, man?

- It's not my thing.

- Oh, dude.

- Come by at 5:
30.

- Why?

I brought in my subvvoofers from home.

- What, are you gonna party in the office?

- Oh, totally. Totally.

- Come by, dude.

- Yeah, sounds sweet.

It Will be.

Employee of the week nominations,

they just came out.

- Mm-hmm.

- I might be up, Carol said.

- Oh, cool.

- it'll be my fourth one in two years.

Wow.

You haven't been nominated once, dude.

- No, I haverft.

- If you get six of 'em in one year...

that's a 25-cent bonus.

- What do you think about that?

- I doh't care, man.

- I'm done with this crap job.

- You say that all the time.

No, but I mean it, man. I dorft need it.

I'm sick of Wasting my time here.

I can make money anywhere.

Oh, yeah, What, just like cheat McDonalcfs

for the rest of your life?

Well, I got bigger things-

Busy, guys?

Um, I am.

I dorft know about Marty though, so-

Oh, he's bothering me.

Good-bye, Derek.

Nice, dude. Butthole.

- I have an easyjob for you, Marty.

- Cool.

These came back as undeliverable...

so try to look these people up

in the system...

and if the address isrft updated...

try to call them and get a current address.

Otherwise, try the White Pages.

Okay'? We just need

to make sure we have the right address.

They're just some small checks for taxes

that they've overpaid on.

Well-

I'll get to it, Carol, but, you know...

I got a lot goin' on around here, so-

You know What?

I'd like this finished by Friday.

Okay? Whatever you carft find,

just give back to me.

- Okay.

- All right. Thank you, Marty.

Yep.

Hello. This is Martin Jackitansky

from First Federal Mortgage.

I was just calling to let-

Say, hello?

Whatever.

I was just calling to let you know

we got an envelope here that-

No, please hold on. You're gonna Want to

hear this. This is good HEW-

Marty, why do you even need this stuff?

You know, we clon't

even have this type of printer.

And this label maker?

This is like a $50 label maker.

And these pens are

the most expensive pens in the catalog.

And a heavy-duty stapler?

Why do you even need this stuff?

What do you care'? We work at a bank.

And we're temps.

Well, I'm getting hired in next month.

That sounds terrible.

- Hey, Carol.

- Hey, Marty.

Uh, just gonna take

some stuff clown to Recycling here.

Uh, that's fine,

but you know vve have people that do that.

- Right?

- Yeah, I understand that...

but, um, it was getting pretty full...

and I just figured I'd grab a breath

of fresh air, you know.

Well, okay. Suit yourself.

Okay.

Hey, Mom. It's me, Marty.

I got your card in the mail today.

Yeah. No, that's fine.

I forget it every year too.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Joel Potrykus

Joel Potrykus is an American film director and screenwriter. His feature film debut Ape won the Best New Director prize at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival, while his follow-up feature Buzzard won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2014 Ljubljana International Film Festival. more…

All Joel Potrykus scripts | Joel Potrykus Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Buzzard" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 8 Nov. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/buzzard_4887>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Buzzard

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    In screenwriting, what does the term "subplot" refer to?
    A The main storyline
    B The closing scene
    C The opening scene
    D A secondary storyline that supports and enhances the main plot