Pitch Perfect Page #19

ALL:

What?!

CHLOE:

(breaking down)

I thought. The season. Was over.

Aubrey looks around the room.

AUBREY:

FUBAR. It’s time for the nuclear

option. Beca?

(re:
ladies)

How are we doing this?

Aubrey hands Beca the pitch pipe. Beca beams.

BECA:

(re:
puke)

Okay, but not here.

102 INT. EMPTY SWIMMING POOL - LATER 102

The ladies stand inside the empty swimming pool. Beca leads

them.

BECA:

We’re going to remix this sh*t.

Aubrey, pick a song.

AUBREY:

Bruno Mars, “Just The Way You Are.”

104.

101 CONTINUED:
(5) 101

(CONTINUED)

BECA:

Bruno Mars. Okay. Tricky, but I

can do it.

Beca blows the pitch pipe. She conducts the group, having

each lady use their mouth to sing the instruments. She

points to Aubrey to sing the lyrics. After a couple of

verses, Beca jumps in singing Nelly’s “Just A Dream.” It

mashes up, perfectly and they sound better than ever. In the

moment, the ladies improvise downbeats, counterbeats, feet

stomping, etc... The song ends, ringing out of the pool. A

beat.

AUBREY:

Hands in!

Ten fists meet in the middle of the huddle.

THE BELLAS:

One, two --

They do it right for the first time.

ALL:

(Mariah Carey-type note)

AHHH!

CHLOE:

(Barry White-type note)

AHHHH!

FAT AMY:

What was that?

CHLOE:

I don’t know. I’ve never made a

sound like that before.

CYNTHIA ROSE:

With your messed up vocal chords,

you can hit the lower register!

AUBREY:

Do you know what that means?

Lilly raises her hand.

AUBREY (CONT’D)

Yes, Lilly.

They all lean in.

LILLY:

I think I have something that can

help us.

105.

102 CONTINUED:
102

(CONTINUED)

The acoustics of the pool allow Lilly to be clearly heard for

the first time. Lilly smiles, proud.

FAT AMY:

Geez b*tch, you don’t have to

shout!

103 EXT./INT. LINCOLN CENTER - THE ICCA FINALS - NIGHT 103

On stage, the Bedfellows perform, “Final Countdown.”

BEDFELLOWS:

IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!

HULLABAHOOS (CONT’D)

DAH-NA-NAH-NAH/DA-NAH-NAH-NAHNAH...

(song continues)

JOHN (V.O)

Welcome to the finals of the

2012 International

Championship of Collegiate A

Cappella.

We see a sold out AUDIENCE. DR. MITCHELL and his nebbishy

wife, SHEILA, happily take their seats. In the ORCHESTRA

PIT, Gail and John are in rare form.

JOHN:

If you cut through all the “aca”

politics, the finals at Lincoln

Center is a beautiful thing. Isn’t

that right, Gail?

GAIL:

John. If being correct was a

crime, I’d visit you on death row.

104 INT. BACKSTAGE - CONTINUOUS 104

The camera PANS ACROSS other a cappella groups warming up.

[GREEN ENVY, GLISSANDO...]. As the Trebles make their way to

places, Jesse passes Beca.

BECA:

Good luck, Jess.

Jesse doesn’t turn around, ignoring her.

BEDFELLOWS (O.C.)

THE FINAL COUNTDOWWWWWWN!

The audience cheers and the Bedfellows exit. The Trebles run

on stage. Jesse plays the iPhone pitch pipe and they begin

with Flo Rida’s “Right Round.” It’s very entertaining.

106.

102 CONTINUED:
(2) 102

(CONTINUED)

BU TREBLEMAKERS:

YOU SPIN MY HEAD RIGHT ROUND, RIGHT

ROUND/WHEN YOU GO DOWN, WHEN YOU GO

DOWN DOWN... (song continues)

The audience loves it. ANGLE ON: A GIRL in the audience,

fainting. TRANSITION TO: The Trebles sing The Cars, “Magic.”

THE TREBLES:

OH OH IT’S MAGIC/OH OH IT’S TRUE...

Within the song, Benji steps forward and PULLS a dove out of

his jacket. Then, makes it disappear again. Jesse steps up.

JESSE:

... BUT I BET YOU DIDN’T THINK THAT

THEY WOULD COME CRASHING DOWN...

At some point, Donald changes the downbeat.

TREBLES:

(a la Britney Spears)

HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME --

Donald shifts it back into “Cry Me...” Jesse vocally

improvises around the chorus.

JESSE:

CRY ME A RIVER-ER/CRY ME A...

The place goes BANANAS.

105 INT. BACKSTAGE OF LINCOLN CENTER - CONTINUOUS 105

Beca peeks through the curtain, sees Kimmy Jin and a large

GROUP OF KOREANS. Beca scans the audience, spots her dad

with Sheila, smiles, and takes her place within the Bellas.

Beca takes in the group’s new, edgier, “Beca-ish” look: black

button down shirt, black capri pants, heels, and the Bellas’

signature red scarf. Beca puts her hand out.

BECA:

I love you awesome nerds.

FAT AMY:

(psyched)

Yeah! You bunch of d*cks! [alt:

douche-b’s]

Everyone laughs.

107.

104 CONTINUED:
104

106 INT. LINCOLN STAGE - MOMENTS LATER 106

Last to perform, The Bellas are now on stage, looking hot!

JOHN:

The Bellas are putting on a short

skirt and asking for it tonight.

ANGLE ON:
The Trebles, sitting in the front row of the

audience. Jesse feigns disinterest by looking at his

playbill. ON STAGE: Beca blows the pitch pipe.

BECA:

One, two, three, four...

The Bellas begins with Jessie J’s “Pricetag” -

CYNTHIA ROSE/STACIE

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, MONEY,

MONEY/WE JUST WANNA MAKE THE WORLD

DANCE/FORGET ABOUT THE PRICE TAG

TRANSITION TO:
Beca at the mic. A blinding spotlight shines

only on her as she sings, “Don’t You Forget About Me.” FROM

BECA’S POV:
Jesse, seated in the audience.

BECA:

WILL YOU RECOGNIZE ME/CALL MY NAME

OR WALK ON BY:

Jesse, hearing the song, drops his playbill.

BECA (CONT’D)

RAIN KEEPS FALLING/RAIN KEEPS

FALLING:

Teary-eyed and vulnerable, Beca sings right to Jesse. The

look on his face says it all. ANGLE ON: Dr. Mitchell, taking

Beca in, proud of his little girl. Lights up on Bellas.

THE BELLAS:

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN/DON’T

DON’T DON’T DON’T

BECA:

DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME

At some point, the girls raise their fists in honor of “The

Breakfast Club” ending. The audience laughs. TRANSITION TO:

Chloe at the mic. Bellas clumps together.

THE BELLAS:

DO DAH DO DAH DUM DUM/DO DAH DO DAH

DUM DUM...(repeating)

108.

(CONTINUED)

AUBREY:

LYING IN MY BED I HEAR THE

CLOCK TICK AND THINK OF

YOU/CAUGHT UP IN CIRCLES

CONFUSION IS NOTHING

NEW/FLASHBACK, WARM

NIGHT/ALMOST LEFT

BEHIND/SUITCASE OF MEMORIES/

TIME AFTER SOOOOOME TIIIIIME.

JOHN:

Well, Gail. Looks like

Divisi’s keeping the house

turned down low for their

final number.

GAIL:

John, if right was sick, you’d be

in the ICU, with dozens of tubes

keeping you alive.

ALL:

TIME AFTER TIME...

A beat of silence. Then, Lilly busts out some hard-core

beatboxing skills and the crowd cheers! Chloe, with her

“new” sound, adds a killer bass.

JOHN/GAIL

Whoa!/Boom!

The ladies perform a “mash-up” of songs we’ve heard

throughout the movie with a few new ones scattered in.

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