The Florida Project Page #2

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BOBBY:

Last warning, Halley.

HALLEY:

Yeah, well, I’m not.

Grandma Stacy watches Bobby walk off.

HALLEY (CONT’D)

C’mon, get some paper towels, you

two.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - LAUNDRY AREA - DAY

Moonee/Scooty approach BERTHA (40’s) who is folding laundry.

BERTHA:

Hola, Scooty y Moonee.

SCOOTY:

Toalla de papel.

MOONEE:

Por Favor!

Bertha grabs a roll of paper towels and hands it to Moonee.

EXT. ROUTE 192 - DAY

The entire party (Halley/Moonee, Scooty, Grandma

Stacy/Jancey/Luci) make their way over to FutureLand Inn.

HALLEY:

These all yours?

GRANDMA STACY:

These aren’t mine. Well, they’re

mine now. My daughter made me a

grandmother when she was 15. So I’m

looking after them until she stops

acting like her stupid father.

Halley offers Grandma Stacy a smoke. She accepts. Jancey is

quiet and stays close to her mother.

GRANDMA STACY (CONT’D)

(pointing to Jancey)

She was on methadone for the first

four weeks of her life.

(MORE)

7.

(pointing to Luci)

Thank God, she had these two when

she was locked up.

HALLEY:

When’d ya move in, Gramma?

GRANDMA STACY:

Today.

HALLEY:

Whatta they charging you a week?

GRANDMA STACY:

$255.

HALLEY:

You can get that sh*t down to $240.

Maybe even less knowing that

shithead who works the front desk

over there.

EXT./INT. FUTURELAND INN - DAY

Grandma Stacy smokes a cigarette as she and Halley watch

Moonee and Scooty wash the spit-covered car.

HALLEY:

Got another one of those?

Grandma Stacy rolls her eyes as she gives Halley a cigarette.

As Moonee/Scooty clean the spit off the car, they both make

small talk with Jancey who watches curiously from the shadows

near her motel room.

MOONEE:

What’s your name?

JANCEY:

Jancey.

SCOOTY:

What kind of a name is Jancey?!

MOONEE:

Hey, Jancey? I’m Moonee. And hey...

JANCEY:

Yeah?

GRANDMA STACY (CONT’D)

8.

MOONEE:

It sure would be a whole lot easier

if we had someone else to help us.

Scooty catches onto Moonee’s plan.

SCOOTY:

It sure would.

MOONEE:

What would happen if someone was

nice enough to volunteer?

SCOOTY:

They would get an award and it

would say ‘the bestest ever!’

Jancey grabs a paper towel and goes over to help them.

GRANDMA STACY:

HEY! Jancey, honey, what are you

doing?

JANCEY:

I’m cleanin’ up!

GRANDMA STACY:

No, sweetheart, that’s not your

job. It’s those two that have to

clean up!

Moonee winks at Jancey. Jancey smiles.

MOONEE:

Aren’t you glad this happened

because now it’s cleaner than it

was before!

HALLEY:

Oh let her f***in’ help.

GRANDMA STACY:

They’re having too much fun. This

is not supposed to be fun this is

supposed to be work. This is not

okay. Not okay at all.

HALLEY:

Let them have a good time, it’s

kids being kids.

GRANDMA STACY:

I think it was very disrespectful.

Not okay.

9.

MOONEE:

Hey! We should clean that inside

too, it’s a giant MESS!

Scooty cheers.

HALLEY:

You think they’re gonna get along

if they don’t socialize?

GRANDMA STACY:

Oh just like you?

HALLEY:

Yeah like me, what are you trying

to say? Look, you check them for

lice yet?

GRANDMA STACY:

Lice?

HALLEY:

Half the kids here have lice. I can

help you but you wanna be mean to

me. So fine. I know this sh*t.

The kids continue to playfully clean the old car.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - OUTSIDE ROOM 341 - DUSK

Halley and ten other RESIDENTS of The Magic Castle are

socializing, drinking and smoking on the balcony.

Halley is hanging with her best friend and Scooty's mom,

ASHLEY (23) on the stairs outside Room 341 where music is

blasting. Some of the rooms’ doors are open and some closed.

GLORIA (60’s) struts over.

GLORIA:

Hey! Listen up, motherfuckers. You

have one of two choices. You can

all keep it down OR... you can get

a lady a beer.

Gloria sits down and joins the crowd and pops open a beer

which spills all over her.

ASHLEY:

I’m off tomorrow. Want me to take

Moonee?

10.

HALLEY:

No, it’s cool, we got our

appointment tomorrow. Now, what

would happen if we smoke the

fattest of blunts right now?

We hear Bobby off-screen.

BOBBY (O.S.)

Ladies and gentlemen, let’s wrap it

up. We have over twenty guests this

weekend and we’re already having

noise complaints.

A few residents can be heard protesting off-screen.

INT. SOCIAL SERVICES - DAY

HALLEY is seated with a CASE WORKER (female, 30’s). Moonee is

messing around with another LITTLE KID (4) while the adults

talk.

HALLEY:

Most of those rachet-ass b*tches

were doing extras... ya know, in

the back room.

(gives a handjob gesture)

I'm not doin’ extras. I'm f***in’

dancing for tips. That’s what I do.

I said no... two days later with no

warning Hector fires me... after

not letting me up on stage all

f***ing night. F***in’ bullshit.

CASE WORKER:

Okay, well... this will affect your

TANF.

HALLEY:

No sh*t. That’s why I’m here.

CASE WORKER:

Okay, you need to make a concerted

effort to find at least thirty

hours.

HALLEY:

(frustrated)

Yeah, well you find me thirty

hours! I have applications in at

every shithole up and down Irlo

Bronson and the parks ain’t going

to hire me.

11.

CASE WORKER:

You can cover those up, Halley.

Halley is thrown off for a second. She then realizes the case

worker is referring to her tattoos.

HALLEY:

No, my record. And now that it’s

summer and I got her during the

day... C’mon.

CASE WORKER:

I get it. But you’ve got to give

benefits three job contacts a week

or you’ll be considered noncompliant.

(reading file)

And no child support.

Halley just shakes her head.

CASE WORKER (CONT’D)

When is he getting out?

Halley shakes her head again.

EXT. WAFFLE HOME / ORANGE WORLD - DAY

Moonee and Scooty sit in front of a “Welcome to Florida”

mural. They are nodding off. An off-screen WHISTLE wakes them

up.

Scooty’s mom Ashley stands in the front entrance of the fast

food waffle joint next door. She motions for them to go in

back.

As they run to the back, reveal that the two kids were

sitting on the side of the huge ORANGE WORLD dome right next

door.

EXT. WAFFLE HOME - BACK AREA - DAY

Scooty and Moonee wait out back. Ashley comes out with a

doggy bag.

MOONEE:

Thanks, Miss Ashley. My mom wants

to know if you want to go to O.B.T.

tonight.

ASHLEY:

It’s Saturday night, isn’t it?

12.

MOONEE:

(to Scooty)

What was yesterday?

SCOOTY:

Yesterday? That was... Friday.

MOONEE:

(to Ashley)

Yes, today is Saturday.

ASHLEY:

Okay, then we’re gonna go.

MOONEE:

Okay, I’ll tell her. Bye, Miss

Ashley!

SCOOTY:

Bye, Mommy!

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - PLAYGROUND - DAY

Moonee/Scooty/Halley eat the Waffle Home food picnic-style in

a dilapidated playground next to the parking lot of the

motel.

A HELICOPTER loaded with TOURISTS lifts off next door. The

kids give it the finger as it lifts off for a tour.

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