Dead Poets Society Page #6

JOE DANBURRY:

Ah. I know where you're headed. Like

father like son, eh?

(looking off screen)

Ginny. Come meet Knox.

GINNY DANBURRY--15, cute, shy, a shock of misplaced hair--

enters.

MRS. DANBURRY

Knox, this is our daughter, Virginia.

GINNY:

Ginny, mom.

Knox shakes her hand. His "hello" is polite. Her "hi" is

shy.

CHET DANBURRY--a tall jock of a guy a couple of years older

than Knox--enters. With him is a lovely teenage brunette,

CHRIS NOEL, in a short tennis dress. Soft glowing eyes,

athletic figure, this girl is stunning.

CHET:

Dad, can I take the Buick?

JOE DANBURRY:

What's wrong with your car?

MRS. DANBURRY

Chet, where are your manners? Knox,

this is my son Chet and his girlfriend

Chris Noel. This is Knox Overstreet.

Excuse me while I check on dinner.

CHET:

(perfunctorily)

Hi.

Knox shakes Chet's hand. Knox is THUNDERSTRUCK by Chris.

Chris offers Knox her hand and a smile. Knox shakes her hand1

his mouth practically hanging open.

CHRIS:

Pleased to meet you.

KNOX:

The pleasure is mine.

CHET:

Come on, Dad, why is this always a big

deal?

JOE DANBURRY:

Because I bought you a sports car and

suddenly you want my car all the time.

CHET:

Chris' mom feels safer when we're in a

bigger car. Right, Chris?

Chet shoots her a wicked smile. Chris blushes.

CHRIS:

It's all right, Chet.

CHET:

It's not all right. Come on, Dad

Joe Danburry walks out of the room. Chet follows him.

CHET (CONT'D)

Come on, Dad.

Knox, Ginny, and Chris remain in the room. Knox smiles at

Chris.

KNOX:

So, uh, where are you in school?

CHRIS:

Ridgeway High. How's Henley Hall, Gin?

Ginny

(flat)

Okay.

CHRIS:

(to Knox)

That's your sister school, right?

KNOX:

Sort of.

CHRIS:

(to Ginny)

You going out for the Henley Hall play?

(to Knox)

They're doing "A Midsummer Night's

Dream."

GINNY:

Maybe.

KNOX:

How did you meet Chet?

(both girls look at him)

I mean... Er...

CHRIS:

He plays on the Ridgeway football team

and I'm a cheerleader. He used to go to

Welton but he flunked out.

(to Ginny)

You should do it, Gin. You'd be great.

Ginny looks down, shyly. Chet comes to the door.

CHET:

Chris. We got it. Let's go.

CHRIS:

Nice meeting you, Knox. Bye, Gin.

KNOX:

(dying inside)

Nice meeting you. Chris.

Chris and Chet exit. Through the window, we see Chet and

Chris walk out and put their arms around each other.

GINNY:

(confiding to Knox)

Chet just wants the Buick so they can go parking.

KNOX:

Oh.

Outside, Chris and Chet get in the Buick and kiss. Knox

stares with envy.

GINNY:

something wrong?

KNOX:

Nah.

23 EXT. DANBURRY HOUSE - DUSK 23

Chet and Chris drive off.

24 INT. THS JUNIOR CLASS LOUNGE - NIGHT 24

The dorm is quiet. Neil, Cameron, Weeks, Charlie and Pitts

are gathered studying math. As they do, Pitts works to

assemble a small crystal radio. Todd is in his room, studying

alone. Knox, looking shell-shocked, shuffles into the lobby.

CHARLIE:

How was dinner?

KNOX:

Terrible. Awful! I met the most

beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life!

NEIL:

Are you crazy? What's wrong with that?

KNOX:

She's practically engaged to Chet

Danburry. Mr. Mondo Jocko himself.

PITTS:

Too bad.

KNOX:

It's not too bad. It's a tragedy! Why

does she have to be in love with a jerk?!

PITTS:

All the good ones go for jerks, you know

that. Forget her. Take out your trig

book and figure out problem twelve.

KNOX:

I can't just forget her, Pitts. And I

certainly can't think about math!

MEEKS:

Sure you can. You're off on a tangent--

so you're halfway into trig already

CAMERON:

Duh, Meeks!

MEEKS:

(sheepishly)

I thought it was clever.

KNOX:

(sitting down)

You really think I should forget her?

PITTS:

You have another choice.

Knox drops to his knee like he is proposing.

KNOX:

Only you, Pittsie.

Pitts pushes Knox away. Knox sits back down but despair is

beginning to wash over him.

25/26 OMIT 25/26

26A EXT:
WELTON CAMPUS - MORNING 26A

The Welton bagpiper marches on the lawn, practicing. Students

emerge from their dorms and head to breakfast.

27 INT. KEATING'S ENGLISH CLASS - DAY 27

The lights are out and shades are drawn. Keating sits in a

chair beside the teacher's desk. He looks solemn. All is

still.

KEATING:

(soft and soothing voice)

Boys, quietly open your texts to page

54

The boys follow instructions. Keating reads the following in

a tone of quiet reverence.

KEATING (CONT'D)

Little Boy Blue, by Eugene Field:

The little toy dog is covered with dust,

But sturdy and staunch he stands.

And the little toy soldier is red with rust,

And his musket moulds in his hands;

Time was when the little toy dog was new,

And the soldier was passing fair;

And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue,

Kissed them and put them there.

'Now don't you go till I come,' he said,

'And don't you make any noise!'

So toddling off to his trundle bed

He dreampt of pretty toys;

And as he was dreaming, an angel song,

Awakened our Little Boy Blue--

Oh the years are many, the years are

long,

But the little toy friends are true.

Ay, faithful to Little Boy Blue they stand,

Each in the same old place--

Awaiting the touch of a little hand,

The smile of a little face.

And they wonder, as waiting the long years thru,

In the dust of that little chair,

What has become of our Little Boy Blue,

Since he kissed them and put them there.

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