Legally Blonde Page #7

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Elle sits in an auditorium with about 90 other students, LSAT

booklet open, filling in answers. Concentrating so hard

she's practically getting a forehead wrinkle.

29 INT. ELLE'S DELTA GAMMA ROOM - DAY 29

ON VIDEO, Elle speaks to the camera.

ELLE:

(to the camera)

I've seen every episode of "The Practice"

and I ' m even on speaking terms with Dylan

McDermott.

CUT TO:

22.

30 EXT. DYLAN MCDERMOTT'S HOUSE - DAY 30

Dylan McDermott gets into his car and pulls out of his

driveway.

VIDEOTAPING MADLY, the girls follow in Elle's Boxster.

SERENA:

There he is!

. MARGOT

Pull up next to him!

Elle swerves around to pull up next to Dylan McDermott. They

scream at him as Serena videotapes.

ELLE:

Dylan! We love you!

Dylan McDermott burns rubber as he flees.

EXT. USC CAMPUS - DAY 31 "

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ON.VIDEO, Elle jogs while she addresses the camera.

ELLE :

(to camera) . .

I'm totally focused and goal-oriented.

Plus I ' m able to sway people with my very

convincing arguments. .

She turns to Serena, jogging next to her.

ELL E (CONT'D)

(continuing)

Calvin Klein's spring line is atrocious.

Don't you agree?

SERENA:

(convinced)

Absolutely!

32 INT. DELTA GAMMA HOUSE - FOYER - DAY 32

Amy rushes in with a stack of mail, waving an LSAT envelope

as she calls out.

AMY:

It's here!

Elle rushes down the stairs as the other Delta Gammas gather

around. Elle takes the envelope and says a quick prayer.

(CONTINUED)

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ELLE:

One seventy-five...one seventy- five...

She opens it and stares at it for a long moment. Then turns

it to the crowd and raises it above her head in triumph. The

girls immediately begin jumping up and down as group joy

ensues. Underdog yips with pride. The MONTAGE ENDS.

33 INT. HARVARD LAW ADMISSIONS OFFICE - DAY 33

ON THE TV, Elle stands up in the Jacuzzi.

ELLE:

(on TV)

And that's why you should vote for me.

Elle Woods. Future lawyer. For the Class

of 2003.

The video is PAUSED, as three ADMISSIONS GUYS in their 4.0's

sit at a table piled high with applications, the DEAN OF

ADMISSIONS at the head of it. STUNNED SILENCE fills the room.

Finally one of them speaks.

ADMISSIONS GUY #1

That was certainly a very --

(adjusting himself)

Imaginative essay.

ADMISSIONS GUY #2

(to the Dean)

She does have a 4.0 from USC and she got

a one-seventy-nine on her LSATs.

DEAN OF ADMISSIONS

A fashion major?

ADMISSIONS GUY #3

Well, we've never had one before...

aren't we always looking for diversity?

AMISSIONS GUY #1

Her list of extracurriculars is

impressive.

The Dean looks at her application.

DEAN OF ADMISSIONS

(unimpressed)

She was in a Ricky Martin video --

ADMISSIONS GUY #2

Clearly, she's interested in music...

(CONTINUED)

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DEAN OF ADMISSIONS

(reading on; skeptical)

She also designed a line of faux fur

panties for her sorority's charity

project --

ADMISSIONS GUY #3

Then she's a friend to animals as well as

a philanthropist.

. AMISSIONS GUY #1

I think it's obvious that she's a very

well-rounded individual.

He points to Elle -- freeze-framed in her bikini-top on

video, on the TV. The admissions guys look to the Dean. He

folds.

DEAN OF ADMISSIONS

Elle Woods -- Welcome to Harvard.

34 EXT. WOODS' BACKYARD - DAY . 34

Elle's parents -- DANIEL, in tennis clothes, and the face-

lifted SAPPHIRE -- stare at Elle over juice by the pool.

DANIEL:

(frowning)

Law school?

Sapphire puts a hand to her throat in distress. Elle is

confused.

ELLE:

It's a perfectly respectable place...

DANIEL:

Sweetheart, you don't need law school.

Law school is for people who are boring

and ugly and Serious. And you, button/

are none of those things.

Sapphire is in agreement.

SAPPHIRE:

You were first runner-up in the Miss

Hawaiian Tropic contest. Why throw all

that away?

ELLE:

Because this is what I want. I've worked

hard for it. Don't you understand that

this is important to me?

(CONTINUED)

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She looks at her uncomprehending parents.

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