Senior Year Page #4

Synopsis: A high school movie featuring a mix of real students and professional actors that deals with the experience of finding one's identity in a country that barely has one.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Director(s): Jerrold Tarog
  2 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Year:
2010
94 min
1,565 Views


Tilting the picture so her husband can see it.

DAD:

You son of a b*tch.

DR. BILL

Darlene and Bobby Vance?

MOM:

Conway! Our daughter was in a coma.

She flings the Polaroid at him.

DR. BILL

Ohh! I’m sorry. They got me running

back and forth between the

courthouse and the hospital. I

swear sometimes I don’t know if I’m

coming or going.

He puts the tape recorder back in the briefcase.

DAD:

We just want to see our daughter.

21.

DR. BILL

Right, right. Ruby Sue Conway.

He finds his file, gives it a quick read.

DR. BILL (CONT’D)

OK. Yes. I met with your daughter.

Interesting case. It appears she

was unable to perceive any temporal

changes while in the coma.

DAD:

What the hell does that mean?

DR. BILL

She thinks she’s still a seventeen

year old cheerleader. As far as she

is aware, the accident just

occurred.

Off her parent’s wide eyed look...

INTERCUT. HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM - DAY

Ruby Sue, now dressed in her 90s cheerleader uniform, sits in

the waiting room.

RUBY SUE:

My pager’s not working.

She shakes the pager next to her ear.

INTERCUT. PSYCHIATRIST OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

DR. BILL

It’s imperative that Ruby Sue be

allowed to adjust on her own terms.

At her own pace while we monitor

and assess her progress. I’ll be

watching this case very closely.

The medical community is going

learn a lot from your mistakes.

Ruby Sue’s Mom and Dad look like they just saw a train wreck

happen in front them.

INT. RUBY SUE’S HOUSE - DINNER TABLE - LATER

The sound of silverware sliding across porcelain amplifies

the awkward silence.

22.

Ruby Sue sits across from her parents, not touching her

plate. They try their best to make things seem normal.

MOM:

Honey, eat something. Please.

RUBY SUE:

(bitter)

I’m not hungry.

DAD:

Not hungry? After 20 years?

MOM:

I know this all seems overwhelming,

but just remember that we’re your

family and we’re all here for you.

PETER (O.S.)

(Thick African accent)

And these potatoes are delicious.

Reveal:
PETER (18), a Nigerian exchange student seated next

to Ruby Sue. He puts his hand over hers and smiles sincerely.

RUBY SUE:

No. This is not working for me.

She stands up from the table.

MOM:

What’s wrong with you? Sit back

down and finish your plate.

RUBY SUE:

What’s wrong with you!? Replacing

me with an African guy?!

DAD:

Not replacing you, honoring you.

PETER:

And I am honored to call you sister.

RUBY SUE:

Is this guy for real?

MOM:

Apologize to Peter right now!

DAD:

The Ruby Sue fund gives foreign

exchange students an opportunity to

be a real American teenager.

23.

He gestures to some framed pictures of them with kids from

various countries of origins over the years.

MOM:

It gave us a chance to fill the

void you left behind.

Peter stands up.

PETER:

And I... one day dream... that you

will wake to see all the good done

in your name, just as you awoke

from your coma today.

Her mom almost comes to tears at his speech.

PETER (CONT'D)

For I am a Ruby Sue kid and I

eagerly await the adventures in

store for us. Together.

RUBY SUE:

Has everybody gone f***ing crazy!?

Ruby Sue storms off. Peter looks at her parents.

PETER:

Have I overstepped my bounds?

DAD:

No. That was beautiful. Thank you,

Peter.

Her door slams offscreen.

RUBY SUE (O.S.)

You gave him my f***ing room?

PETER:

May I also be excused from the

place of eating?

Mom and Dad smile at him and nod yes.

EXT. RUBY SUE’S HOUSE - THE NEXT MORNING

The sun rises above the neighborhood.

Dad Conway steps out of the house with his briefcase and

coffee. He stops in the middle of the driveway, confused.

24.

DAD:

Honey! Did you move the car?

He sips his coffee, scratches his head.

INT. CONWAY CAR - CONTINUOUS

Ruby is behind the wheel. A top 40 hit plays on the radio.

She changes the channel to another song.

RUBY SUE:

What happened to all the good

stations?

Focused on the radio, she blows through a stale red light.

EXT. HARDING HIGH SCHOOL - PARKING LOT

Ruby Sue drives the wrong way through the parking lot,

cutting off other cars trying to park.

A TEACHER in SWEATER VEST, waves his hand at the violation.

She hops out of the car, tosses her keys at him. They bounce

of his chest and fall to the ground.

RUBY SUE:

In case you need to move it.

She sashays across the parking lot toward the school.

INT. HARDING HIGH SCHOOL - MOMENTS LATER

Two SECURITY GUARDS have Ruby hemmed up. She drags her feet

as they pull her toward the office.

RUBY SUE:

What’s your problem!? Get off me!

INT. PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE - DAY

Ruby Sue’s parents and Dr. Bill sit across from PRINCIPAL

SMITH (60), a monotone, Steven Wright style speaker.

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

It’s not that I don’t appreciate

the importance of your situation.

It’s that your daughter is forty

years old.

25.

DR. BILL

Physically she is. But mentally, my

area of expertise, she is no

different from any other student.

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

Look, we offer nighttime classes in

remedial subjects...

INTERCUT. INT. WAITING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Ruby Sue sits in a chair across from a punk rock looking kid

with a leather vest and MOHAWK.

MOHAWK:

Are you like... somebody’s mom or

something?

RUBY SUE:

Do I look like somebody’s mom?

MOHAWK:

You look like Ronnie Halbeck’s mom.

Did he get caught with cigarettes

again? Let’s take an ussie and tag

him on facebook.

RUBY SUE:

If you touch my face or my ussie,

I’m going to empty a bottle of mace

into your eyes.

INTERCUT. INT. PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

DAD:

OK, I gotta question. Why the hell

am I still paying school taxes if

my kid can’t go to school here?

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

Yeah, I’m still bumping my head

against why a 37 year old would

want to come back to high school in

the first place.

DR. BILL

She thinks she’s seventeen! Where

else is she gonna go?

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

There’s still the legal question...

26.

DR. BILL

Legal? Buddy. This is encouraged.

We’re in the public sector here.

They’ll make you man of the year.

DAD CONWAY:

That speaks to my point!

DR. BILL

Sure it does! Look, I don’t need to

explain this to an old war horse

like yourself, but I get her deemed

special needs and whereever she

hangs her pom-poms gets a plump

bump in state funding. Funds which,

correct me if I’m wrong, get

distributed at the principal’s

discretion...

PRINCIPAL SMITH:

For no particular reason, I’m

sensing my mind changing. Mister

and Misses Conway, how would you

like a freshly paved parking lot in

your daughter’s honor?

DR. BILL

Throw in a new scoreboard and you

got yourself a deal!

Principal Smith pops up and shakes the doctor’s hand.

DR. BILL (CONT’D)

Play your cards right and I’ll be

shipping you weirdos like this on

the regular.

(to her parents)

No offense.

(to Principal Smith)

But you know what I’m saying?

CUT TO BLACK:

PRINCIPAL SMITH (OVERLAY)

Remember when I told you 2016 was

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Andrew Knauer & Arthur Pielli

Andrew Knauer is a writer and director, known for The Last Stand (2013), The Compromise (2013) and Ghost Team One (2013). more…

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