Real Genius Page #11

ANGLE ON MITCH:

He's in a state of shock.

ANGLE ON KENT:

KENT:

(he can't wait )

Here comes the crying!

He loves it.

ANGLE ON MITCH:

He runs out of the dinning room. Kent loves Mitch reaction. It makes him laugh harder.

ANGLE ON CHRIS:

CHRIS:

(to himself)

Too low.

INT. MITCH'S ROOM-A FEW MINUTES LATER

Mitch is trying to pack, but it's difficult because the place is in such disarray. Chris enters. He watches and tries to think of what to say.

CHRIS:

Okay, if you want to leave, go ahead. But you'll miss the fun.

MITCH:

(sour)

What fun?

CHRIS:

Ick invented a new virus and we're gonna release it in Kent's room.

Mitch turns on Chris with surprising hostility.

MITCH:

That's sick! That's a sick thing to do!

CHRIS:

Hey, I was just kidding, I...

MITCH:

You're always just kidding. There's something wrong with you.

CHRIS:

Just a second...

MITCH:

The other night I needed your help and all you wanted to do was party.

CHRIS:

I tried to help you. I tried to help you relax.

MITCH:

Being snubbed by beauticians isn't my idea of relaxing.

CHRIS:

Student beauticians.

MITCH:

(Blows up)

I thought this place was going to be different, but it's just the same. I'm either used or made fun of. In high school they pushed me in a mailbox, did I tell you that?

CHRIS:

They called me Chris the whiss'...

MITCH:

Really? What's a whiss?

CHRIS:

I think they meant wuss, but it didn't rhyme...when I was three years old, I balanced my father's checkbook so they sent me to school and fired their accountant. My father was so intimidated, he stopped speaking to me. My teacher disliked me because I was smarter than they were, and my classmates hated me because I bell the bell curve. Sound familiar? And tell me why my...why did my mother dress me in white shirts, hush puppies and a briefcase, guaranteeing that a girl would never talk to me?

Mitch looks down at his own white shirt and hush puppies.

MITCH:

YOU?

CHRIS:

(Dramatic)

And then one night, in this room, I was sitting right where you are sitting now. I had a vision. I saw him.

MITCH:

god

CHRIS:

Hopsfield.

MITCH:

Hopsfield? Oh! The guy in the closet.

CHRIS:

Yeah. Laslo Hopsfield. I followed him. Through the closet; down into the steam tunnels. And down there I saw the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen.

MITCH:

(Frighten)

What?

CHRIS:

Hopsfield in his pajamas.

MITCH LAUGHS.

CHRIS:

(Lighter, but sincere)

And I talk to the guy . Turned out that in the Seventies he was the number one stud around here. Smarter than you and me put together. So brilliant, so sharp, so advanced, so long.

MITCH:

What do you mean?

CHRIS:

He graduated. Went to work for some chemical company. One day someone told him he was making stuff that was killing people. I think it was his mother. He freaked. You see, he was totally unprepared for the real world. He had no philosophy. He thought science was the answer for everything.

Mitch

Am I gonna wind up in a steam tunnel?

CHRIS:

Yes, you are, Metaphorically speaking. Unless you see that the same thing that has made your life miserable can make it great; your brain. When you're smart, people need you, and you can learn how to work that for fun and profit.

MITCH:

You had a arrangement going with Atherton, don't you? That's why you don't have to study.

CHRIS:

Hey, I don't carry a briefcase.

(pause)

You're a nice kid. If you leave I'll miss you.

MITCH:

(thinking about it)

If I stay, what should I do, I mean...

CHRIS:

Well, the first thing you have to do is get even with Kent. It's a moral imperative.

MITCH:

(smiles)

Yeah.

EXT. CAMPUS-NIGHT

Kent's Citroen pulls up. Kent and Carter get out and walk by Jordan, who is sitting nearby.

KENT:

And at Northern Electronics you get the stock options, but not the free housing, It's what makes PEI so sweet. You get everything.

CARTER:

Yeah, and Kinsley's got that locked.

KENT:

(knowingly)

Maybe he does, and maybe he doesn't.

They walk away.

After a beat, CHRIS, MITCH and ICK jump out from behind another car. Mitch carries a TOOL BOX.

JORDAN:

Over here!

The others rush over to her. Chris trains a light on the license plate. It reads, "KENT."

CHRIS:

He puts his name on his car. He does the same thing with his underwear.

Mitch flops down the tool box. 5R5DISSOLVE TO:

MONTAGE:

Chris, Mitch, Jordan and Ick working on Kent's car. They are undoing bolts, talking out wires, removing fenders, etc. The last DISSOLVE and we see the car is gone. And no sign of our foursome.

EXT. DORM HALL-NIGHT

Chris quietly goes up the stairs inside the dorm carrying a steering wheel. Ick and Mitch have an engine on a flatbed cart. Jordan enters carrying heavy chains and a drill.

EXT. KENT'S ROOM-EARLY MORNING

Filthy with crankcase oil, Chris, Mitch, Ick and Jordan exit and scamper down the hall. All are very pleased with themselves.

EXT. KENT'S ROOM-LATER THAT MORNING

Kent is coming down the hall. he opens his door and walks inside.

INT. KENT"S ROOM

CLOSEUP ON KENT. His jaw drops open.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

Chris and Mitch enter.

CHRIS:

Hey, Kent. That's your car.

MITCH:

You're not supposed to park on campus.

KENT:

This isn't funny. You went too far this time, Kinsley.

CHRIS:

I had help.

KENT:

(surprised, to Mitch)

You?

(a beat)

I'm going to get you guys. Dr. Atherton's gonna hear about this.

He storms out of his room.

CHRIS:

(calls to Kent)

Hey, Kent, you owe us ten dollars for the gas.

(to Mitch)

He'll never pay us.

EXT. ATHERTON'S HOUSE-DUSK

The restoration has been completed and the house looks beautiful. Chris comes up the walk, goes to the door and rings the bell. A very pretty girl named SUSAN answers the door.

INT. ATHERTON'S HOUSE-CONTINUOUS

Chris enters.

CHRIS:

Wow! Hello.

SUSAN:

Hi.

CHRIS:

Jerry asked me to drop by. What did he ask you to do?

SUSAN:

What?

CHRIS:

Which word didn't you understand?

SUSAN:

Are you here for the meeting?

CHRIS:

What meeting?

SUSAN:

I don't know.

CHRIS:

Okay.

SUSAN:

I'm just waiting.

CHRIS:

Right.

The study doors open and Atherton, Carmichael and Decker step out.

DECKER:

(finishing their conversation)

And finally, it comes down to, if you can't do it, we'll get somebody else. I have a timetable, doctor.

CARMICHAEL:

We're very close, Dave, don't worry, everything's going to be fine.

DECKER:

(cold as ice)

Don, try and remember you work for me.

(to Atherton)

I think I've made my point, haven't I?

ATHERTON:

(equally as cold)

Crystal clear, Mr. Decker.

DECKER:

Good.

CHRIS:

Anything I should know about?

ATHERTON:

Shut up Kinsley. I'll be with you in a moment.

DECKER:

Goodbye, Jerry, and good luck. Susan?

They begin to exit. Chris takes Susan's hand.

CHRIS:

I guess this is goodbye. I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to know you. At all.

(to the boys in admiration)

Have you ever seen breasts like theses before?

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