Very Bad Things Page #19

KIDS:

Dad?!

Adam, in a cold sweat, hauls out of the Gas Station, pulls

into traffic, nearly gets hit, slams on the brakes, Lois

rockets FACE-FORWARD into the dashboard.

FISHER & LIZ'S REHEARSAL DINNER - COCKTAIL RECEPTION

SERIES OF SHOTS:

Fisher and Liz greet their guests.

Moore smokes alone at the bar.

Boyd and Michael charm a group of OLD LADIES.

Adam arrives with his family, Adam Jr., Timmy and...

Lois sporting a nose cast and two very black eyes.

Boyd and Adam check each other out; hostile and suspicious.

Adam takes Fisher aside.

ADAM:

Have you thought about what I said?

FISHER:

Jesus Adam, can we not get into this

now please?

ADAM:

I got a migraine like a little monkey

kicking in the side of my skull,

Mike Tyson with a f***ing sledge

hammer trying to crack...

FISHER:

(cuts him off)

I got you.

ADAM:

(dazed)

Where's the bathroom?

INT. REHEARSAL DINNER - NIGHT

A large dining room in a Westside restaurant has been taken

over by the wedding party. Seventy-five guests, dressed up,

are into the desserts. The toasts are about halfway over.

MR. FISHER stands in the middle of the room with the large

blown-up pictures of Keith at different stages of his life.

MR. FISHER

(holding picture of

Keith, age 4, on a

mule)

And this is Keith at age four and

his best friend "Bunker the Mule."

Evidently, when they were in camp,

Keith and Boyd got into some serious

arguments over exactly who was Keith's

best friend -- Boyd or the mule.

Mr. Fisher holds up a photo of a young Fisher and young Boyd,

both scrappy and bloodied from a fist fight.

Boyd sits with Moore at a table.

BOYD:

Fisher had a less than normal

relationship with that Donkey.

FISHER:

(seated next to Liz)

You always were a jealous man.

Mr. Fisher holds up a picture of Keith, Boyd, Moore and

Michael all in a Peewee Football uniforms.

MR. FISHER

After camp came football, and for

those of you not following the sports

pages back in 1977, you might not

remember the Peewee Powerhouse

Oklahoma, who, under the brilliant

leadership of your's truly, rolled

to an auspicious league record of 0-

12 scoring exactly zero touchdowns.

TIGHT ON Adam, looking extremely uncomfortable, surrounded

by his family.

MICHAEL:

The problem was coaching. Poor

leadership.

As the room LAUGHS, Adam becomes visibly upset. Not keeping

it together.

BOYD:

The problem was our quarterback had

trouble remembering his right from

left...

FISHER:

No, the problem, as I recall, was

the lack of blocking...

As the guys debate, in front of the room, who's fault

Oklahoma's 0-12 season really was.

TIGHT ON Adam. He's had enough, excuses himself from the

table.

TIGHT ON Fisher, seeing Adam, he quietly excuses himself.

EXT. BEACH RESTAURANT - NIGHT

Adam stands by his car trying to compose himself. Fisher

approaches.

FISHER:

You all right?

ADAM:

I can't f***ing breathe. I'm sorry.

Boyd, followed by Michael exits the restaurant.

BOYD:

(approaching)

OK. Definitely not cool! Definitely

inappropriate behavior here.

FISHER:

Shut up Boyd.

BOYD:

Negative. This is not what we have

worked out in terms of presented

behavior.

FISHER:

He's having a problem here.

MICHAEL:

What's the problem Adam?

Moore joins the group.

MOORE:

What's the problem?

All eyes on Adam, who's eyes are starting to tear up.

BOYD:

What is your problem?

ADAM:

I can't do this.

PAUSE.

MOORE:

Can't do what?

ADAM:

We're gonna get caught. I know we're

gonna get caught. They were eyeballing

my car.

BOYD:

What?

ADAM:

At the seven-eleven.

BOYD:

Who? What are you talking about?

ADAM:

They're on me. They're smoking me

out!

BOYD:

(shouts)

Nobody's smoking anybody out.

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