The Lost Boys Page #2

MICHAEL:

He looks dead.

LUCY:

He's just a deep sleeper.

MICHAEL:

He's not breathing, Mom.

Lucy becomes concerned as she feels his head.

SAM:

If he's dead can we move back to

Phoenix?

Before Lucy and Michael can belt Sam, Grandpa opens his

mischievous eyes.

GRANDPA:

Playin' dead... and from what I

heard, doin; a damn good job of

it, too.

Michael and Sam exchange weird looks as Lucy hugs her

father.

12 INT. GRANDPA'S LIVING ROOM - DAY 12

Large, lodge-like; funky leather furniture and Indian

blankets. Michael carries in his BARBELLS while Sam

struggles with his MAMMOTH COLLECTION OF COMIC BOOKS.

MICHAEL:

This is kind of a cool place.

SAM:

(deadpan)

I'm so excited I just can't hide

it. I'm about to lode control and

I think I like it.

MICHAEL:

Will you give Mom a break?

Sam follows Michael into the...

13 KITCHEN 13

As Michael, about to put his barbells down on back porch,

pumps a few times for good measure.

SAM:

Grandpa does not own a T.V. Have

you noticed? There's no T.V.

Santa Carla has no malls, no

Cineplexes and now I won't even

have MTV. I will not know anything

hip happening anymore.

MICHAEL:

Hey, Sam, we're flat broke.

SAM:

Even poor people have T.V.s

14 EXT. GRANDPA'S HOUSE 14

Nanook dashes about discovering nature, while Grandpa

helps Lucy unload the U-Haul.

GRANDPA:

Lucy, you're the only woman I ever

knew didn't improve her situation

by getting divorced.

LUCY:

A big legal war wasn't going to

improve anybody's situation. We've

all been through enough. Besides

I was raised better than that.

Thanks for having us, Dad.

She hugs him, accidentally pulling on his braid.

GRANDPA:

Ouch, my hair...

LUCY:

When I dressed like you do now,

you threw me out of the house.

I used to hate your short hair

and your uptight suits... then I

went ahead and married one... I

went Yuppie and you became a

hippie... Were still out of synch.

15 INT. AN UPSTAIRS BEDROOM 15

Sam is stacking his comic book collection on the shelves

when Michael enters.

MICHAEL:

This room is mine.

SAM:

I was here first.

MICHAEL:

Okay. I'll flip you for it.

Sam can see it's his only chance.

SAM:

Okay...

Michael smiles, grabs Sam suddenly and "flips" him upside

down. Michael is laughing, but his tone changes dramati-

cally when Sam reaches out, grabs hold of Michael's crotch

and squeezes hard. Michael drops Sam.

MICHAEL:

Owwww! You little sh*t!

Sam is out the door as Michael pursues.

16 DOWN THE STAIRCASE THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM 16

Sam yells to Lucy, who is outside.

SAM:

Help me, Mom. Help.

LUCY:

Soon.

Sam tears open a pair of old sliding doors and runs into:

17 THE OLD BAR 17

Stuffed animals of all kinds staring down at him: Squir-

rels, birds, cats, etc.

Also, boxes of eyes, pelts, hides, wooden animal forms.

In other words, all the equipment and accouterments of

a taxidermist.

MICHAEL:

dashes in. Both boys stare in wonder.

The whole scene is very weird. Suddenly a voice from

behind.

GRANDPA:

Rules!

Both boys jump, Grandpa is behind them.

GRANDPA:

Got some rules around here.

18 INT. KITCHEN 18

Grandpa opens the refrigerator revealing a shelf with a

cardboard flap on it reading: "Old Fart."

GRANDPA:

Second shelf is mine... keep my

root beers and double-thick Mint

Oreo cookies there... Nobody

touches the second shelf...

Grandpa closes the door as Michael notices something out

the window, as they follow Grandpa back towards the

living room. Michael points to a small marijuana crop

growing outside. Sam is puzzled but Michael make a

"smoking a joint" gesture.

19 LIVING ROOM (CONTINUOUS) 19

They follow Grandpa.

GRANDPA:

When the mailman brings the T.V.

Guide on Wednesdays, sometimes

the corner of the address label

will curl up... You'll be tempted

to peel it off. Don't. You'll

end up rippin' the cover and I

don't like that...

He disappears into the Taxidermy.

GRANDPA:

... And stay outta here.

SAM:

You have a T.V.?

GRANDPA:

No, I just like to read the T.V.

Guide. Read the T.V. Guide, you

don't need a T.V...

20 INT. THE KITCHEN - NIGHT 20

Michael, Sam and Lucy do the dinner dishes together. The

radio is playing. A HIT FROM THE SIXTIES comes on.

"Land Of A Thousand Dances." Lucy begins to move to the

music. Then she puts down her dish towel and starts to

dance.

LUCY:

This is how we used to do it.

'Pony Time.'

Lucy grabs Sam by the hand and pulls him away from the

sink. He copies her. In fact, he's even more wild.

Lucy and Sam are laughing and having a great time. Lucy

and Sam try to include Michael, but he's embarrassed.

21 EXT. BEACH IN FRONT OF THE BOARDWALK- NIGHT 21

Michael and Sam walk across the beach, around the burning

bonfires. The beach is crowded. Greg and the Surf Nazis

hang out. It is all very strange and exciting to Sam and

Michael who make their way towards the lively boardwalk.

Sam fusses with his "mussed" hair and trendy clothes.

MICHAEL:

You're beautiful.

SAM:

Wanna change my hair, my clothes,

my face.

They go up the stairs near the bandstand. A LOUD ROCK

GROUP performs. The crows and action are exciting.

Michael and Sam make their way through the young people..

Michael suddenly sees:

STAR:

A heart-stopping young beauty. Different from anyone in

the crowd, listening to the music and even though she's

with LADDIE, 14, a sweet-faced but sad boy, she seems

alone. As the MUSIC BUILDS, she suddenly feels Michael's

gaze and their eyes meet. She is a person looking for a

friend. Michael smiles. Star wants to smile back, but

she can't, and reaching for Laddie, disappears through

the crowd. Michael grabs Sam and follows.

22 EXT. SANTA CARLA PIER - NIGHT 22

In view of the boardwalk, but quite a distance away.

Lucy, in a soft summer skirt and blouse walks on the busy

pier; restaurants, souvenir stores, boat rentals, etc.

A "brain dead" ex-hippie is preaching; ranting and raving.

Lucy falls in step for a moment with a TOURIST COUPLE

who are smiling over the ex-hippie.

LUCY:

I think I dated that guy.

The couple chuckle and disappears in the crowd as Lucy

comes across a kiosk with dozens of local ads for apart-

ments for rent, fishing boats, seminars, and many flyers

with missing children. Being added to this is a xeroxed

flyer with a picture of the heavyset Security Guard we

saw killed. "MISSING" in large black type over his photo.

This is being placed there by his WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN.

Lucy passes the sad woman and their eyes meet for a

second. Lucy notices a "HELP WANTED" SIGN in a restau-

rant window. As she goes to inspect it however, she

suddenly becomes aware of a YOUNG BOY looking very lost

in the middle of the summer crowd.

23 POV OF LUCY 23

tending to the child.

This is through a store window looking out onto the pier

with the boardwalk in the distance. A BUZZER SOUNDS.

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