Election Page #2

INT. STUDENT COUNCIL ROOM -- DAY -- ONE YEAR PREVIOUS

JIM sits to one side, monitoring the student council MEETING about to

convene. A younger Tracy enters briskly and, unlike her casual teen

comrades, has made an attempt to dress for success. She takes a seat

right up front and opens her backpack.

After preparing her notepad and pen, Tracy puts a MICROCASSETTE

RECORDER on the table in front of her and pushes RECORD.

JIM (VO CONT'D)

She first showed up in my life as a

freshman delegate in student council.

I'd seen a lot of ambitious students

come and go over the years, but I could

tell right away Tracy Flick was

different.

JIM observes Tracy, trying to size her up.

ON TRACY -- putting all her little things in order, finally folding

her hands to wait.

JIM (VO CONT'D)

It wasn't long before everyone knew who

Tracy Flick was. She made sure of that.

Her drive was astonishing. Even scary.

A FAST-PACED MONTAGE BEGINS UNDER TRACY'S VOICE-OVER:

INSERTHILLARD HIGH YEARBOOK It fans open to the INDEX.

PAN DOWN to Tracy's name followed by countless page references

TRACY (VO CONT'D)

Some people say I'm an overachiever,

but I think they're just jealous.

A page number turns BOLD, and the other numbers drop away

Suddenly we are on that page, and we PAN to a headline: "Spanish Club

says Oh La!"

PAN to the group shot and ZOOM in on Tracy smiling in a big SOMBRERO.

TRACY (VO CONT'D)

My Mom always tells me I'm different --

you know, special. And if you look at

all the things I've accomplished so far,

I think you'd have to agree.

We see Tracy on other pages too: "Yearbook Staff goes for it!" "Junior

Achievers put on the dog!" "Student Council meets the challenge;"

Oklahoma's a hit!

TRACY (VO CONT'D)

Here I am in Oklahoma.

The STILL of Tracy in Oklahoma suddenly COMES TO LIFE.

INT. MILLARD HIGH AUDITORIUMNIGHT

On stage, Tracy wears a cowgirl outfit and hams it up with exaggerated

gestures.

TRACY:

(off-key)

I'm just a girl who can't say no...

TV INSERT/INT. CAFETERIADAY

It's the closed-circuit school NEWS BROADCAST. Tracy is delivering a

stand-up report from the crowded cafeteria. Her dress and makeup are

an obvious if lame emulation of a professional newswoman.

TRACY (VO)

And here I am on KMHS, our student-run

TV station.

TRACY (ON TV)

..that's why Principal Hendricks made

the controversial announcement that the

littering must stop. Tracy Flick

reporting.

INT. STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING ROOM -- AFTERNOON

A Student Council meeting is underway led by the president, LARRY

FOUCH. A girl, ASHLEY, is speaking. JIM observes from the side.

TRACY (VO)

But it was in SGA, the Student

Government Association, where I made my

biggest mark. I never missed a meeting,

and I volunteered for every committee as

long as I could lead it.

Before Ashley can finish, Tracy STANDS UP

TRACY:

I agree with Ashley. We should rent

the barrels at least a day beforehand.

What happened last time was a travesty,

I mean, we were --

LARRY FOUCH:

(trying to quiet

her)

Yeah, no, I know, Tracy. That's why

we're -- Look, can we just take a vote

on this?

INT. JIM'S CLASSROOMDAY

BACK TO TRACY still frozen mid-sentence, waiting to finish her answer.

JIM (VO)

Now at the end of her junior year,

Tracy was poised to win the presidency

of the student body. And so far she was

running unopposed.

TRACY COMES BACK TO LIFE

TRACY:

...the rules of conduct determined by a

culture at a...

SHE FREEZES AGAIN

JIM (VO)

Oh. There's one more thing about Tracy

I think you should know.

INT. MILLARD STAFF-ROOM -- DAY

CLOSE ON DAVE NOVOTNY, another teacher in his mid-thirties

DAVE:

Her p*ssy gets so wet you can't believe

it.

WIDE -

Dave is leaning across his desk to speak with JIM at an adjacent work

area. They eat sack lunches.

JIM (VO)

A few months before the election, she'd

had an affair with my best friend Dave

Novotny.

JIM:

Don't tell me that. I don't want to

know that.

DAVE:

She's incredible. Everything just gets

soaked.

INT. JIM'S BASEMENTDAY Dun-dun-DUN... Dun-dun-DUN

JIM and Dave are playing the opening notes of "Foxy Lady" through

cheap, distorting amps. JIM plays bass. Dave plays guitar and sings

into a microphone. They're bad. As in not good.

The basement is typical of a Midwest middle-class young couple -- half

storage and laundry, half makeshift roc-room.

JIM (VO)

Dave came to Millard the year after I

did, and we hit it off right away. We

backed each other up in teachers'

meetings and shared an interest in 60's

music and micro-breweries.

CLOSE ON DAVE really getting into it, playing to an unseen stadium.

Behind him JIM is very careful with his chords.

JIM (VO CONT'D)

You could tell Dave was one of those

guys who taught because they never

wanted to leave high school in the first

place, and that could get a little

irritating sometimes, but basically he

was a real good guy.

DAVE:

(singing)

Foxy. . . Foxy. . . You know you're a

cute little heartbreaker... Foxy... You

know you're a sweet little love maker...

CAMERA DRIFTS toward the stairs leading up.

INT. JIM'S KITCHEN

CAMERA DRIFTS from the open basement stairway door and toward DIANE

MCALLISTER and SHERRY NOVOTNY seated at the kitchen table. They are

fussing over little six-month-old DARRYL NOVOTNY in his highchair.

JIM (VO)

Our wives became best friends too. And

when Dave and Sherry's son Darryl was

born, they asked us to be godparents.

At a particularly grating note from downstairs, Diane gets up and

closes the basement door.

INT. GEOMETRY CLASS

AN ISOSCELES TRIANGLE is being drawn on the blackboard and bisected.

PULL OUT to reveal Dave explaining.

The class is taking notes, and we zero in on a younger Tracy.

TRACY (VO CONT'D)

YOU probably think the worst - that Mr.

Novotny was just taking advantage of one

of his students, but it wasn't like that

at all. Our relationship was based on

mutual respect and admiration. I mean,

during my sophomore year in geometry it

was strictly professional between us --

I mean, nothing.

EXT. GODFATHER'S PIZZA -- NIGHT The parking lot, the neon lights, the

promise of good times.

TRACY (VO CONT'D)

It wasn't until junior year when we

worked together on the yearbook that

things got serious.

INT. GODFATHER'S PIZZA -- NIGHT Dave and Tracy are at a booth along

with six other students.

TWO KIDS DISSOLVE OUT OF FRAME,

and the others shift positions. Others continue to disappear in the

same way, until only Dave and Tracy remain.

TRACY (VO CONT'D)

One night he took us editors out to

celebrate after a deadline. Eventually

Dave and I were left alone and we got to

talking - not like teacher and student,

but like two adults.

DAVE:

You know, Tracy... I don't know how to

say this, but...

Dave's finger traces the rim of his frosty root beer mug.

TRACY:

what?

DAVE:

Well, I notice you don't seem to have

any close friends at Millard. You seem

to be kind of a loner.

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