Cheaters

Synopsis: In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High recruits seven students for an academic decathlon team. They work long hours, preparing for the February regional event, won for ten straight years by a privileged, preppy school. Steinmetz finishes just well enough to be invited to the state meet. When a team member steals a copy of the state test, the teacher and kids face a dilemma: to remain honest, or to cheat and score a victory for kids in underfunded schools. When they do well, they must face a withering barrage of investigations, accusations, lawyers' lies, and reporters' intrusions. Is it all worth it? What lessons does cheating teach?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): John Stockwell
Production: HBO Video
  Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2000
108 min
448 Views


You know what they say?

- That it was your idea.

Give us what we want and you can

another school to start again.

You're only fifteen.

He is abuse of it.

And of your ignorance.

- And your innocence.

But you are grown up.

You now know what is right and wrong.

You know the difference now, huh?

- Right and wrong.

VeHash

What does' t to

if I'm the same ...

and what am I, except less than he

greater than I?

Here we are at least Friday

God has not built.

His envy cast us.

Here we can prevail and that is

what I want, even if it is in hell.

Better reign in hell,

than serve in heaven.

Thank you, Asha.

What does Satan with better atmospheres

in hell, than serve in heaven?

Call anything.

Has anyone an idea?

What if you had the choice.

What would you choose ...

if you're in a big house to live

but as a driver ...

or if you're in a shelter was

live, but as the king.

What would you choose?

What kind of car I have

as a driver?

You have no license, you idiot.

- Who do you call an idiot, you idiot?

I save that blonde your head.

Pride. It was all about.

Lucifer was too proud to follow

so he started for himself.

What was there Dante

at its port?

Let all hope fly

as you enter.

That must come to the door.

The outcast wearing his days here ...

- In adversity and suffering.

Sounds not good.

- Do you live like a parasite?

Why were Adam and Eve problems?

- She ate the apple.

From the tree of knowledge.

They wanted knowledge.

God tested them.

- He did not say why it could not.

They could eat of every tree,

but not of it.

Then you can expect something.

Thus, the man just once.

We have already had.

- But that's just my opinion.

Michael,

you take the bowling club again?

Make sure their balls

not in the gutter aim.

Sorry, that I shall not.

Well. Janie, you want the committee

for the school to be?

But beginning now, at least one week

for the party.

Good.

Now a function we all

death fear.

Here you masochistic of.

The academic decathlon team. Jerry?

Would you even try?

He can not do worse.

- That is beautiful to lose.

Three times is right ship.

academic decathlon

meeting at half past three

Sorry I am late.

What? Is the meeting has already finished?

Thanks for your help.

- You thanks.

You think we can. Other

teachers want to challenge us.

You think we are intelligent.

Jolie, I am always amazed

about what you say.

I will appoint and slyboots

a cargo burritos they sure.

That boy is Dominik Wesolowski.

- School Test 1410. 40 average.

He belongs to the best students.

That is his fault.

Kurgan, Paul.

School Test 1120. 38 average.

Last year he was too busy

with the elections.

He thinks he can change something.

Agnieska Maryniarczyk.

School Test 370. 37 average.

She is a virgin.

- Does it matter?

If your hair are so.

Darius Bettus. 1520 on the school test.

It is that he is so handsome ...

Flickas, Inwin. 30 average.

Should the test still do.

I 'm not outstanding, but

he has a vivid imagination.

Kur, Matt.

Look what a baby.

This is a team, not a dating pool.

- It may still both.

Welcome to the academic decathlon,

the main competition.

Compare your knowledge

with students from top schools.

The academic decathlon gives

your school a sense of pride.

Make your school and living

an academic success.

Students from around the country are participating

with this game ...

and extend their boundaries.

There are ten interesting topics

written by six buttons ...

a speech, an interview,

a workpiece and a super quiz.

The winner of each state fighting

to honor, prestige and scholarship.

The winners meet the president.

The academic decathlon, which works

in American business.

Well ...

Guys, do it outside.

Why do you participate?

- To continue to fool ourselves?

Because nobody thinks

that you can.

That is true.

- Speak for yourself.

I came for the free food.

Funny, huh? The idea that you

recording against slyboots.

However slyboots of Whitney Young.

Do not be uncertain.

We can beat them.

It is not easy.

This school lives for the decathlon.

They are nine times the best

of the state. Logical.

They have money, air conditioning,

parents sympathy, good toilets.

Indeed,

even a coach who knows what he does.

Therefore, it is so much satisfaction

if we win.

Would you go to Harvard?

Dan ga je, with a scholarship.

You come in the newspaper, on TV.

Are you famous than us?

- No, we make him famous.

I just want you to know

how it feels to win.

If you feel that once you

leaves you no longer loose.

But in order to win

I have the following you need:

Everything you have.

Free time? You do not.

You are two hours before school,

after five, in weekends and holidays.

You must be dedicated

and make every effort to win.

But understand one thing well:

I you will never abandon

or disappoint.

I give you as much knowledge

as I can.

It will change your life.

What do you think?

- He is crazy.

He still lives with his mother.

- It would be Mr.. Silver out.

He is not gay.

Dr. Plecki is really cool, though.

He has brought to the classroom

Vonnegut our book signing.

And those who hate books,

did something silly.

They have the book read.

He will help us. He does this

because he thinks we are smart.

And we have.

We need only to prove.

Dr. Plecki is crazy.

He is really a good teacher.

What is he doing here?

I ga the decathlon team coach.

- Again?

We have a good group this year.

I think we have a chance.

There's so much time in it.

I have spoken to your brother. He has

promotion had in publishing.

He is head of sales department.

He must hire twenty people.

I have a job, mom.

I know.

I know really, you know.

How should we study if you

only six to eighteen is?

A sonnet by Shakespeare

is written in ...

An iambic pentameter.

What activates NMDA receptors?

- Sodium Salt.

Darius scored four out of seven times.

What is the opportunity for this shot?

- 57 percent.

What was Ivan the key

to survive in the gulag?

A fixed pattern of life, so ...

- Drinks.

He believed that a piece of bread

was good. Two was great.

What's great about bread?

The beginning of the melody is

again repeated. What is that?

Da Capo.

- Good.

The flow came in 1820?

- The romance.

A feature of the fauvisten?

- Bright colors.

What distinguishes prokaryotes?

- No nucleus.

PET measurement of concentrations?

- Radioactive isotopes.

What are neurons?

- Nucleus ...

What is the greatest empire

from antiquity?

I do not know.

It is not smoked.

What about the opponents?

- As we sweep the floor to.

You are prepared.

We need to do to win.

We have brains and pit. We go ...

- Winning.

Do not worry.

They underestimate your abilities.

Qualities?

They see us are not.

Since you need not deal with that.

Remember what you learned.

Beware of instinkers. A

obvious answer is wrong.

Doubt not.

Your first answer is the best.

If you do not know, choose C.

Every time.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

John Stockwell

John R. Stockwell (born 1937) is a former CIA officer who became a critic of United States government policies after serving seven tours of duty over thirteen years. Having managed American involvement in the Angolan Civil War as Chief of the Angola Task Force during its 1975 covert operations, he resigned and wrote In Search of Enemies. more…

All John Stockwell scripts | John Stockwell 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

    "Cheaters" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/cheaters_5381>.

    We need you!

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

    Watch the movie trailer

    Cheaters

    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 is a "logline"?
    A A character description
    B A brief summary of the story
    C The first line of dialogue
    D The title of the screenplay