Cover Versions Page #3

Synopsis: Four band members tell varying accounts of a night of sex, drugs, and murder before their first big show at a popular music festival.
 
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2018
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Is this your handwriting?

Yeah.

Where did you get this?

Why don't you tell me what you

and your friends did yesterday.

First of all,

they're not really my friends.

I've only known them

like a year.

We don't hang out

outside the band.

They're more like coworkers

than anything.

Then tell me what you and your

coworkers did yesterday, Kirk.

Start with the van.

Phew.

We took off, like, 7 a.m.

The 10 was full of people

trying to get to the festival,

so we took Highway 74.

[VIVALDI'S "FOUR SEASONS"

PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

JACKIE:
Oh, come on. What

the f*** is this sh*t?

It's Vivaldi.

I thought

Imagine Dragons was bad.

I like Imagine Dragons.

Who doesn't like

Imagine Dragons?

Well,

it's better than this sh*t.

- This sh*t's putting me to sleep.

- It's calming.

I figured we could use some calm

before the storm.

F***ing party storm.

- [CHUCKLES]

- [CHUCKLING]

Speaking of which,

I did bring a little surprise

for the hearty party

tonight.

- Oh, sweet.

- Presenting...

Oh, nice!

KIRK:

It's a 2009.

- I figured we deserve it.

- TRAVIS:
Absolutely.

How much did that

set you back?

- Don't worry about it.

- Dude, pop it open.

- Yes! Pop it now.

- No. Hey, no.

No one's popping anything.

We are in a moving vehicle.

We don't want to get

arrested.

Good point.

- Hey, let me check that out.

- Sure.

JACKIE:
So I decided we're

gonna go straight to the house

and skip the festival today.

I'm kidding.

F***.

Jesus Christ, lighten up.

Oh, my God,

you had me, though.

Oh, my God, I freaked out.

[]

Yeah. Yeah, this place

definitely looks

like my grandma's house.

I need to hang out

with your grandma.

KIRK:

Cool, a Pachinko machine.

TRAVIS:

Oh, f***, yeah.

Yeah.

So how are we picking rooms?

First come, first serve,

Big Brother style?

Sure, whatever,

but I get the master.

Why do you get the master?

Because I said so.

[WATER SPLASHING]

TRAVIS:
It's heated!

The pool is heated!

Oh, hey,

I just threw my bag up there.

Did you want the top bunk?

I don't know.

Byron, are you okay?

Yeah, it's just nerves.

The concert tomorrow

and everything.

Dude, don't worry about it.

We're gonna kill it. All right?

Yeah. Yeah, we'll kill it.

Hey, are you gonna

break that thing open or what?

Ah. No.

It's not even cold yet.

Let me know when you do,

all right?

I don't wanna miss it.

All right, I promise.

Scout's honor.

[EXHALES AUDIBLY]

[MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKER]

[NOTE PLAYS]

You have an errand.

Go to the liquor store.

- Grab a couple cases of beer.

- And some whiskey.

- Why do I have to go?

- You're fresh meat.

[SIGHS]

Jackie, it's been like a year.

Still newer than us.

Okay, fine.

But I'm picking the whiskey.

Just make sure

it's not in a plastic bottle.

- Nothing Canadian.

- We're an American rock band,

we drink American whiskey.

And get some pizza!

[MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKER]

[PA CHIMES]

Excuse me.

Do you have American whiskey

in glass bottles?

Bottom shelf.

[EXHALES AUDIBLY]

[LAUGHS]

- [INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

- [MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKER]

Am I doing something hilarious

that I'm not aware of?

[CHUCKLES]

Aren't you the keyboard player

from Starfoxy?

- I am. In the flesh.

- [CHUCKLES]

- [CHUCKLES]

- I knew it!

We just saw your video

on YouTube.

- Yeah. We, like, love you guys.

- [CHUCKLES]

ALL:
Don't build

a castle For me

Because I can't be trusted

With anything

[ALL GIGGLING]

- That's our song.

- MAPLE:
That's you.

- Yeah.

- [LAUGHS]

- Are you guys having a party?

- Yeah.

Oh, yeah, not really.

We play at noon tomorrow,

so I think we're just gonna grab

a drink, head to bed.

Oh, that's pretty f***ing lame.

Heh.

I mean, come on,

it's festival weekend.

How about

we all have a party?

- Ooh. I second that notion.

- I third that.

Do you guys have a car?

My sweet ride

is right over there.

KIRK:

Do you guys, uh...

- [CLINKS]

- have a pen?

[MAPLE CHUCKLES]

Do we have a pen, girls?

I think we're 2-for-2.

- I've a pen.

- Look at that.

- [WOMEN CHUCKLING]

- We are staying...

here.

[CAR DOORS CLOSE]

Nice of you to show up.

- MAPLE:
Oh, hi.

- LUCY:
Hi.

- [LUCY LAUGHS]

- MAPLE:
Okay, well...

- LUCY:
Look at this place.

- Crazy.

- AMBER:
Are you kidding me?

- Come on.

- LUCY:
Dude, who owns this place?

- I have no idea.

- MAPLE:
Oh, wait, look.

- He's got no idea.

- MAPLE:
Gnomes.

- LUCY:
You gonna get it for me?

- [CLACKING]

- [INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

- It's a pool.

- What?

- Ooh. Very nice.

- LUCY:
Crazy.

MAPLE:
You didn't say

there was a pool.

Hey, guys, this is Amber,

Lucy and Maple.

I met them at the store.

They're fans of ours.

Oh, my God, no way.

So you guys coming

to the festival tomorrow?

Yeah, we're staying

in this super-dodgy motel

- in Palm Springs.

- Heh.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure

there's a meth lab

in the manager's office.

Heh.

Oh, jeez. That sucks.

Meth's, like, a total epidemic

right now.

- Yeah, man.

- Hey, man,

would you mind showing me

where your iPad is?

Yeah, yeah.

[CHUCKLING]

Hey, so Kirk says you guys are

playing the festival tomorrow.

That's so cool.

It sure is.

[KEYPAD CLICKING]

We should probably get

these inside, huh?

- Come on. Come on.

- Yeah, we should go.

- [LUCY CHUCKLES]

- [BOTTLES CLINK]

[LAUGHTER]

TRAVIS:
That's why we can't

go to Modesto anymore.

- MAPLE:
Well, that's fair.

- [ALL LAUGH]

So who writes the songs?

We all do.

Everyone has ideas.

We all contribute

and we all get credit.

Except for "Castles."

Only one of us

wrote "Castles," huh?

Oh.

Kirk, "Castles" was all you?

Yup. It was the first one

I presented

to the band and boom.

No way. That's so sick.

Yeah.

I actually have tons of songs.

I've been working on them

since I was, like, a teenager.

- This is so cute.

- Oh.

AMBER:

Let me see.

Oh, I wanna write my name

in a heart on the cover.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Damn, you guys have enough

in here

for, like, 30 more

Starfoxy albums.

Well, uh...

Actually,

tomorrow's gonna be my first

and my last festival appearance

with Starfoxy.

What? What does that mean?

I've decided

to go my own way.

Yeah,

but we're cool with it, though.

It was a group decision.

Wait, you guys are breaking up?

That's so sad.

No, we're not breaking up.

Starfoxy will live on.

It's just without Kirk.

[CHUCKLES]

But for now,

I say we celebrate.

- [ALL CHUCKLING]

- TRAVIS:
Mm.

Hey, you guys got any friends

you can call?

[CHUCKLES]

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING

OVER SPEAKERS]

[WOMAN WHOOPS]

[WOMAN LAUGHS]

Oh, you got me going

You keep my heart

Safe...

Enjoy.

Hi.

You give me wings

You give me skies

Bottoms up.

[AMBER LAUGHING]

You need to be wearing

sunglasses.

Hey, has anybody seen

my sunglasses?

You guys look thirsty.

What is this?

It's my world-famous

Old Fashioned.

It's rye whiskey, bitters,

sugar, and a slice of orange.

Oh, and some Rohypnol,

of course.

- [CHUCKLES]

- [CHUCKLES]

Mm. Roofie goodness.

LUCY:

Yeah, enjoy.

[LAUGHS]

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Todd Berger

Todd Berger (born April 5, 1979) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and novelist most prominently known for writing, directing, and appearing in the films It's a Disaster, Cover Versions, and The Scenesters. Berger has also appeared as an actor in films such as Southland Tales and on the television shows Parks and Recreation and Maron. Berger also wrote the novel Showdown City, published in 2016 by Diversion Books. Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review and called it a "terrific debut novel." Berger is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, where he worked for the student television station KVR-TV and wrote and directed the nationally syndicated comedy show Campus Loop.Berger also wrote The Happytime Murders, an upcoming noir-comedy puppet film being directed by Brian Henson and starring Melissa McCarthy, and is currently writing a screenplay for a film adaptation of Where's Waldo. more…

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