Orange County
Mr. Marcus Skinner...
care of the English department, | Stanford University.
Dear Mr. Skinner, | My name is Shaun Brumder...
and I think | you are a total genius.
I live in California...
in a place called Orange County.
A year ago, I was just | another Orange County surfer--
spending my days at the beach | with my buddies...
playing volleyball...
Spike it, Shaun!
and spending my nights | around a bonfire partying.
School was always a walk for me.
I did pretty well | without trying too hard.
Theres a tropical storm off Laguna.
Lets go, dude. | Surfs up.
I was easily distracted.
- What about next period? | - Twenty-footers. Screw your period.
Twenty-footers?
Then last April, me and my crew | drove out to Emerald Cove...
to catch some major tsunami waves.
I dont know, you guys.
Dude, face the fear.
This is intense!
Righteous.
Lonny always said he wanted to die | eating foam in a massive wipeout...
but I bet hes up in heaven | right now.
After Lonny drowned, | I did some heavy meditating.
I thought, maybe theres more to life | than extreme sports...
and trying to get laid.
Maybe theres | a bigger purpose for me...
and Ive just been too high | to figure it out.
I was sitting on the beach, | totally cogitating.
I looked down, and there, in the sand, | was a copy of your book.
It was like a sign, like your book | was calling out to me.
Read me.
For the next few days, | I read it from cover to cover.
Your book totally captured | what its like to be a teenager--
the excitement, the confusion, | the horniness.
Sometimes I laughed so hard, | I thought I was going to puke and die.
Other times, I cried.
Are you okay?
Its just so sad.
I read your book | 52 times that month...
and I finally realized | what I wanted to do with my life.
I want to be a writer.
Ive been writing ever since. | Its all I ever do.
All day and all night sometimes.
It was hard to get going, | but, once I did, I couldnt stop.
Im like a machine, | and nothing else matters.
Im selling my board. | I dont have time.
- I need to focus on my writing. | - What?
My friends think | Ive lost my mind.
Hes lost his mind.
Lets get lit and go jump off | the roof of my house.
Now youre talking.
I need some feedback, | and theres no one here to help me.
Got your story here. Wow.
I have the sneaking suspicion | that my English teacher is illiterate.
I noticed you used a lot of big words. | Nice. Good for you.
It was a little long, so I didnt | read the whole thing.
But who cares? | Cause I gave you an A.
My brother, Lance, is perpetually | recovering from the night before.
Im sorry. | I dont feel good.
My girlfriend is the only one | whos actually read my work.
But shes always so positive, | its hard to take her seriously.
Its, like, the best story | Ive ever read.
Really?
Its funny and original.
I mean...
I dont know if Orange County | is the best environment...
for an aspiring writer...
so Im applying to Stanford.
You are a shoo-in.
Do you think I should apply | to some safety schools?
No need. | Dont be a scaredy-cat.
Theres no doubt in my mind | youre gonna go to Berkeley.
Stanford.
Yes. Stanford is where | youre going, mister.
Im sending you | a copy of my story.
Hopefully, | with your wisdom and guidance...
I will one day be a real writer.
I look forward to seeing you | in the fall, Mr. Skinner.
Your greatest admirer, | Shaun Brumder.
Watch it, man.
What are you doing lying here?
My parole officer wants to give me | a drug test, and I need your urine.
Can I score some of your piss?
- Yeah. | - Awesome, man.
Bob?
Dont yell at me!
Are you okay?
Its my kitchen!
Mom. Hey, Mom.
- What? | - Somethings wrong with Bob.
- Did you feed him his pills today? | - I dont know. Is he okay?
You gotta remember | to feed him his pills.
Lupe, did you give Bob his pills?
Im not a nurse.
Youve got to get rid of her | right now, okay, baby?
She has a bad attitude, and shes-- | You stole my Palm Pilot.
You did. Admit it.
- Thats it. | - You did.
Yeah. Its over.
What? What happened? | Whatd she say?
Shes sorry, and she thinks | youre an incredible lady.
Listen, Mom, when the mail comes, | will you call me on my cell?
Cause Im supposed to hear | from Stanford today.
Okay.
Come on. Dont get upset, Mom.
All right? You knew this day | was gonna come.
Im just goin to college. | Its not like Im leaving the planet.
Mom, get a grip.
I wont.
Im going back to bed.
Check this out. | You gotta help us out.
- Dont call me a punk. | - Youre a punk.
You remember the night we all went | golfing and I paid for everyone?
- Cause stinge-king over here-- | - Who paid for parking?
I dont remember you ever paying | for anything in your sorry life.
Of course you dont remember | when someone else does.
Did you guys know | that its April 1 5?
A year ago today, Lonny died.
Hey, dude, thats true.
I cant believe | its been a whole year.
I was thinking that, you know...
maybe we should do something | in his memory.
We should pull a killer prank. | We should go jump off something.
Yeah, bro, or blow something up.
Maybe we should go to Emerald Cove | and have a surf in Lonnys memory.
Shaun doesnt surf anymore, stupid.
I forgot. He doesnt surf or skate | or pick his butt.
- Writer boy now. | - Whats up, Dr. Seuss? Cat in the Hat?
Principal Harbert, as you may know...
there was an oil spill last week | off the coast of Redondo.
Todays paper just says hundreds | of seagulls have been affected.
I propose a school-sponsored | fund-raiser...
with all the proceeds going to | the seagull rehabilitation fund.
As the community-service leader, | we would be morally remiss...
if we did nothing | for these seagulls.
Fine.
One more. Last one.
After this, well let all sick and | endangered animals die horrible deaths.
Agreed?
Now, people, | June is just around the corner.
Lets talk graduation speakers. | Ideas?
Toni Morrison.
Shes in town that same weekend | for a book signing.
Shes won the Nobel Prize.
Interesting.
Dana, didnt you say you have a cousin | whos friends with Britney Spears?
Yeah. Best friends.
Now when I say Romeo and Juliet, | who comes to mind?
- Dana? | - Claire Danes.
Thats right. Claire Danes. | Who else?
- Leonardo DiCaprio. | - Right. Who else?
You know, someone else | was involved in that movie...
who, in some ways, is as famous | as Leonardo DiCaprio.
And his names William Shakespeare...
and some great movies | are based on his plays.
Hamlet, West Side Story...
Talented Mr. Ripley, | Waterworld...
Gladiator, Chocolat.
Mr. Burke, as you know, my boyfriend | drowned in a surfing accident.
I dont think I can handle | Romeo and Juliet right now...
emotionally.
Tanya, Lonny died a year ago.
Sometimes it takes decades to recover | from a tragedy like this.
You only went out with him | for two weeks.
Your moms outside. | She says you got into Stanford!
Hello.
- Can you do me a favor? | - Who you lookin for?
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