The Florida Project Page #8

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Jancey giggles. Bobby rolls his eyes.

BOBBY:

These stinky feet are going to kick

you in the face if you don’t shut

up. And please go outside.

Jancey starts to get up. Moonee stops her.

MOONEE:

We’re hiding. This is serious.

JANCEY:

Bobby, you should probably buy some

Dr. Scholls or talcum powder.

Scooty runs in.

SCOOTY:

(to Amber)

You see Moonee and Jancey?

Amber points to the back office. Scooty runs to the back.

Bobby points to under the desk.

MOONEE:

(to Bobby)

Oh man! C’mon!

SCOOTY:

(to Bobby and Amber)

You guys aren’t supposed to tell

me!

BOBBY:

(doesn’t care)

G’bye.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - FRONT STAIRS

Jancey is counting on the bottom of the front stairs.

Scooty and Moonee run up the stairs to hide and run into

livid Ashley. Ashley grabs Scooty and drags him away.

46.

ASHLEY:

You think I was joking? I told you,

you ain’t playing with those two

anymore.

Moonee is perplexed.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - PARKING LOT - NIGHT

Huge BRAWL with 5 BRAWLERS and 10 BRAWL WATCHERS in the

middle of the parking lot.

Moonee watches from the 3rd floor balcony with Halley.

Halley, smoking a blunt, CHEERS ON the violence. She looks

down to the second floor balcony and sees Ashley watching.

HALLEY:

Yo, Ash, you believe this sh*t!?

Ashley looks up, acknowledges, does not answer.

HALLEY (CONT’D)

B*tch, what’s good?

Ashley has retreated to her room.

HALLEY (CONT’D)

‘Fucks wrong with her?

A car SPINS OUT and RUNS OVER one of the brawlers. The crowd

goes crazy.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - PARKING LOT - NIGHT - LATER

Bobby, in boxers and a T-shirt, stands outside room 101

watching the car fly by. He calls 911.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - OUTSIDE LOBBY - NIGHT

Flashing police lights illuminate the interior. 4 POLICE

OFFICERS are standing outside the office asking questions of

residents.

A previously-seen resident is complaining to an officer that

they should have left the kids alone and let the fight

continue. Bobby and Patrice watch on.

PATRICE:

What was I supposed to do?

47.

BOBBY:

No more checking in parties larger

than five unless it’s a family. No

more open containers of alcohol

outside the rooms. No more kids

hanging up in the stairwell. And

how ‘bout this? How ‘bout no more

letting people run over other

people in the f***ing parking lot?

How ‘bout that?

PATRICE:

I couldn’t do anything, Room 217

joined in before I even got out!

The kids are fascinated with the officers.

EXT. FANCY HOTEL - PARKING LOT - DAY

Continuation of the “candid camera” style. Halley and Moonee

attempt to sell more perfume to pedestrians. Moonee sells

just as hard as her mother.

After one too many rejections, Halley asks a GOLFER if he

could spare a couple of bucks. The man hands over a few

singles.

Halley is distracted from a perfume sale, she turns to see a

SECURITY GUARD approaching in a gold cart. She grabs Moonee

and begins to walk swiftly out of the parking lot.

SECURITY GUARD:

Hey! Come back!

HALLEY:

It’s fine. We’re leaving.

SECURITY GUARD:

I need you to come with me.

Halley speeds up the pace, pulling Moonee.

SECURITY GUARD (CONT’D)

You hear me? You were soliciting.

HALLEY:

You’re not a real cop.

SECURITY GUARD:

You can’t do that on our property.

Police are on the way and I need to

confiscate that.

48.

A tug of war over the bag of perfume ends in the entire bag

exploding onto the pavement.

HALLEY:

F***! You f***ing b*tch!

Halley grabs Moonee and drags her away.

EXT. ROUTE 192 - DAY

Halley is stressed, but then attempts to keep the mood fun by

having Moonee hop on her back. Halley attempts to suppress

tears as she walks Moonee back toward Magic Castle.

MOONEE:

Why did we let her have our

perfume?

HALLEY:

It’s complicated, baby.

MOONEE:

But why?

HALLEY:

Just c’mon.

MOONEE:

But we just left all our stuff

there?

HALLEY:

I can’t get arrested again, Moonee!

Now come on!

EXT./INT. WAFFLE HOME - DAY

Moonee and Jancey approach Waffle Home. Moonee motions for

Ashley to meet them out back in a humorous way.

Ashley asks a CO-WORKER to help her with an order and goes to

the door.

EXT. WAFFLE HOME - BACK DOOR - DAY

Ashley opens the back door.

ASHLEY:

Moonee, tell your mom, I can’t be

giving away food, okay?

49.

MOONEE:

Oh, okay, well, is Scooty here?

ASHLEY:

Nope.

MOONEE:

Oh... he’s not at home.

ASHLEY:

He’s at my friend’s.

MOONEE:

Oh. Well, it’s Jancey’s birthday

and we wanted to know if Scooty--

ASHLEY:

You can’t come around here no more,

okay? I don’t want you playing with

Scooty anymore, got it?

Moonee leaves, confused.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - PARKING LOT - DUSK

Haley, Moonee and Jancey walking down Magic Castle driveway.

HALEY:

You sure Scooty don’t want to come?

MOONEE:

That’s what Ashley said.

HALEY:

Ashley said what?

MOONEE:

That they’re not coming.

EXT. ROUTE 192 – OSCEOLA COUNTY SIGN – MAGIC HOUR

Halley is hitchhiking. Moonee and Jancey stand next to her.

Jancey seems a bit confused why they’re on the side of the

road so close to oncoming traffic.

INT. CAR - MAGIC HOUR - TRAVELING (MOVING INTO NIGHT)

The DRIVER, a clean-cut man in his upper 20’s who is clearly

on his way to work at Magic Kingdom looks in his rear view

mirror, having second thoughts if picking up these three was

a good idea.

50.

Halley leans over and changes the radio from a local station

playing a 1982 EPCOT Center instrumental track to a rap

station. Halley is very excited to hear “BOSS ASS B*TCH”.

Halley begins to rap along with it. Moonee joins in.

Eventually, Jancey joins as well on the most explicit lyric.

HALLEY:

Okay right up here is good.

INT. CAR / EXT. DESOLATE ROAD - NIGHT (TRAVELING)

DRIVER:

This is a dead end...

HALLEY:

Yep. Thanks, dude.

EXT. DESOLATE ROAD - NIGHT

The three step into a clearing at the end of the road in the

middle of nowhere.

HALLEY:

This is as close as we can get.

JANCEY:

Where are we going?

MOONEE:

Shhh! Just follow us.

EXT. DESOLATE ROAD - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS

The three sitting on the grass in the dark. The sodium-vapors

light them from above. Halley pulls two 99-cent-store no-namebrand

cans of soda and a 40-ounce malt liquor from her bag.

The kids drink their soda, Halley smokes and drinks her 40.

JANCEY:

But why are we in the middle of

nowhere in the night?

MOONEE:

Shhhh! You’ll see.

FIREWORKS explode overhead. Jancey is in complete awe from

the explosions of magic. Moonee smiles. Halley is excited.

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HALLEY:

Happy birthday to you! Make a wish,

big girl.

MOONEE:

Happy birthday, Jancey.

JANCEY:

Wow!

Jancey blows out a candle on a cupcake.

MOONEE:

Did you make a birthday wish?

JANCEY:

Of course!

The finale is spectacular, it’s cacophony of lights, sounds

and colors bouncing off Jancey and Moonee’s pie-eyed faces.

EXT. MAGIC CASTLE - ROOM 323 - DAY

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