The Florida Project Page #3

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EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - CORNER ROOM

Halley and Ashley are dressed up and ready to party. They

deliver Moonee and Scooty to a NEIGHBOR’s room.

HALLEY:

Thanks again. Let me know if they

misbehave.

(to Moonee)

Behave, okay?

EXT. ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL - PARKING LOT - NIGHT

Halley and Ashley are in party mode. Latin food trucks,

tricked-out cars, smoke, blasting music. The two girls make

their way around, socialize, eat food and watch as the cars

drag race up and down the parking lot.

ASHLEY:

This is the best burrito I’ve ever

eaten.

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We follow the girls docu-style as they socialize. They get

alone time as they eat their food.

ASHLEY (CONT’D)

They chose Simone.

HALLEY:

Are you f***in’ kidding me?

ASHLEY:

I know. I been there way longer

than that b*tch.

HALLEY:

I can’t even believe it. F*** that.

ASHLEY:

The second I’m a manager you’re

totally hired, I mean it.

Halley’s night is ruined.

EXT. FUTURELAND INN - DAY

Moonee and Scooty approach Dicky’s room on the first floor of

FutureLand. Dicky’s Dad is lounging outside as usual.

MOONEE:

Can Dicky come out and--

DICKY’S DAD

Dicky’s being punished. He can’t

come out.

A MEAN CHIHUAHUA is staring at the kids. They walk away.

Moonee stops and turns back.

MOONEE:

Wait.

EXT. FUTURELAND INN - DAY

Moonee and Scooty knock on Jancey’s door. Grandma Stacy

answers.

GRANDMA STACY:

Yeah what?

MOONEE:

Can Jancey come out and play?

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GRANDMA STACY:

What? You gonna take her to spit on

someone else’s car?

MOONEE:

No, we’re just playing.

GRANDMA STACY:

What are you playing?

MOONEE:

I dunno. Just playing.

GRANDMA STACY:

Jance, those kids from the purple

place wanna know if you wanna play?

JANCEY:

I wanna play.

GRANDMA STACY:

No further than Magic Castle, okay?

Moonee, Scooty and Jancey run away.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - FRONT DRIVEWAY - DAY

Moonee/Scooty/Jancey walk past the front of Magic Castle

headed West.

JANCEY:

Don’t you live there?

MOONEE:

Yeah but we have things to show

you.

JANCEY:

My grandma said no further than

here.

MOONEE:

Well we need ice cream. And this is

a tour. Follow us. It’s okay.

Jancey hesitates, then makes a decision to take her first

step into uncharted territory.

EXT. ROUTE 192 - WIZARD GIFT SHOP - DAY

Moonee, Scooty and Jancey walk by a gift shop on Route 192

that has a large Wizard sculpture over it.

15.

JANCEY:

You think we’re going too far?

MOONEE:

Just come on!

Jancey stops and looks up at the giant wizard, entranced.

After a beat, she moves on.

SCOOTY:

That’s Wizzy. He’ll protect us.

It’s safe.

MOONEE:

Yeah, Wizzy’s a protector! Come on!

Jancey continues to follow her two new friends.

EXT. ABANDONED CASTLE - DAY

They walk by a boarded-up old castle attraction.

MOONEE:

That’s an old castle. Many battles

must’ve happened there once.

EXT. THRIFT STORE - DAY

The three kids walk past a thrift store. Jancey looks ahead

and smiles.

EXT. ROUTE 192 - TWISTEE TREAT - DAY

They approach a structure that looks like a giant ice cream

cone alongside the highway.

MOONEE:

And THIS is where you get free ice

cream.

JANCEY:

Really?

EXT. ROUTE 192 - TWISTEE TREAT - DAY - LATER

The three kids beg for change from a TOURIST MOTHER AND

DAUGHTER.

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MOONEE:

Excuse me, Miss? Would you be so

kind as to give us your change so

we can have cones too?

SCOOTY:

Hopefully one day we can make

enough money and then pay you back.

The mother fishes for some change in her purse.

SCOOTY (CONT’D)

The doctor said we gotta eat ice

cream right away.

MOONEE:

Yeah, we have cancer and need ice

cream.

Jancey is in awe of the con job taking place before her eyes.

EXT. MEDICAL CENTER CLINIC - DAY

Moonee, Scooty and Jancey walk by a group of HOMELESS living

in boxes outside a boarded-up Medical Center.

MOONEE:

Here is where the homeless people

live.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - PARKING LOT - DAY

Moonee, Scooty and Jancey share a cone as they approach the

Magic Castle. Moonee pops the last bite in her mouth, then

stops herself. Moonee passes the last piece to Jancey.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - 2ND FLOOR WALKWAY - DAY

Moonee and Scooty continue to give Jancey their tour into the

grounds of The Magic Castle. They stop and point at every

door. The sequence will play as if we are condensing a

documented tour with jump cuts between every line of

dialogue.

SCOOTY:

216 is Abigahil. She’s a nice woman

with lots of pillows. And sells

drugs sometimes.

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MOONEE:

And 217 is a family that has a

brother who stabbed someone on

Valentine’s Day.

The kids pass the elevator.

MOONEE (CONT’D)

And nobody ever uses the elevator

cause it smells like pee.

The kids round a corner.

SCOOTY:

And 222 is a family that fights

like all day.

MOONEE:

And the woman who lives in here

thinks she’s married to Jesus.

They approach the laundry room. Bertha is exiting the utility

room and enters the laundry room.

SCOOTY:

And that’s Bertha. She smokes

weeds.

INT. MAGIC CASTLE - OFFICE - DAY

Bobby is at his computer when the power goes off. The lights,

monitors and the hum of the air conditioning cut out.

BOBBY:

Aw... sh*t.

AMBER (O.S.)

‘The sh*t just happened?

Bobby sits in the dark.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - PARKING LOT - DAY

The electricity is shut off across entire motel.

Bobby exits the lobby door. He’s pissed.

WIDE SHOT, LONG TAKE of the entire East wing of the motel.

This allows us to see many of the motel’s residents filtering

out of their rooms in anger. (Gloria, RICO the Pool Guy,

CUBBY, Haley, Ashley + Troy + 30 BACKGROUND)

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Bobby continues to walk rapidly toward the back of the

building trying to defuse the situation. We see Moonee,

Scooty and Jancey hastily enter room 323.

We hold on the complaining residents. A few take the

opportunity to chill out and light up.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - UTILITY ROOM - DAY

Bobby enters the small room and sees a thrown switch. He

flips it back on.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - PARKING LOT - DAY

The electricity goes back on and Bobby makes his way back

outside as the residents CHEER.

Bobby waves to the residents, triumphantly.

BOBBY:

Drama’s over. You can all go back

to your rooms now, folks. Have a

nice day.

People filter back inside the rooms.

INT. MAGIC CASTLE - LOBBY - DAY

Amber is behind the counter trying to calm down THREE ANNOYED

RESIDENTS, one of them is Gloria.

GLORIA:

Totally unacceptable! I pay good

f***in’ money for my room and that

includes A.C.-- ya know what I mean

by A.C.? A C*nt. As in you are a

c*nt!

Bobby enters the lobby. He’s pissed. He beelines to the back

office.

AMBER:

Bound to happen at least once this

summer. Everyone’s blasting their

AC. Then you got microwaves, hot

plates... f***ing crock pots. These

rooms weren’t designed to be

extended stay suites.

19.

INT. MAGIC CASTLE - LOBBY - BACK OFFICE - DAY

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