ROONEY [ working title] "Man of the match"
A 5 minute TV-Screenplay
Written by
Rowen Smith
Episode 1#1 [Pilot]
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DRAFT 2 2011/13/10
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ROONEY[working title] "Man of the Match" CAST LIST Rob Rooney Mark......................................... Hendrik Henry de Vries.................................. Nellie.................................................. Pappy...................................................
ADT guard 1.............................................. ADT guard 2.............................................. MC Donalds Staff.........................................
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ROONEY[working title] "Man of the Match" SET LIST INTERIORS INT. Mc Donalds - Night INT. Car Boot - Night INT. Car - Night
EXTERIORS EXT. Construction Site - Day EXT. Mc Donalds - Night EXT. Electronic Store - Night 1st Location: Construction Site 2nd Location: Mc Donalds 3rd Location: Electronic Store
ROONEY[ working title] “Man of the match[Pilot]” ACT ONE FADE IN: 1
EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE/SOCCER FIELD - DAY[AFTERNOON]
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It’s 4 O’clock and the work day has ended at a local construction site. There is a self-made street-soccer field between all the building material and working equipment. Two teenagers are playing soccer. HENDRIK [HENRY a 17 year old bald and tattooed Afrikaans boy] kicks the ball out of bounds into a empty gravelled plain. ROB[ROONEY a 17 year old dirty and scruffy English boy] runs after the ball with a beer in hand. ROONEY Henry, you fucking hooked it. Henry lights a cigarette while waiting for Rooney to return. 1
EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE/GRAVELLED PLAIN - DAY[AFTERNOON]
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A single car is parked on the empty gravelled plain. Rooney stops the rolling soccer ball and flicks it into his hands. He approaches the car and looks through the passenger window. ROONEY (shouting) Henry!(Beat). Hendrik! Hendrik! Come here you fucking idiot. HENRY Ja,Ja, I'm coming. Henry kills his cigarette bud, runs around the corner and also looks through the car window. ROONEY That’s a Poineer XT 300. HENRY Fuck yes! Henry tries to break into the car by pulling and kicking the back door forcefully while Rooney picks the lock with his butterfly knife. The car unlocks and the alarm SCREAMS. Rooney rips out the stereo.
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ROONEY C’mon lets go! Henry is looking for anything else to steal. He finds a black briefcase. HENRY Hell yeah! Check this out.
ROONEY Mother Fucker ! Give it here!
HENRY Fuck-off! Rooney tries to take it from Henry and the two teenagers start to joke around with the briefcase. Meanwhile, just around the corner from where the car is parked, two henchmen; NELLIE[28 year old bulky, Caucasian] and PAPPY[ Skinny 23 year old Caucasian] hear the alarm is SCREAMING and run toward it. NELLIE Hey!
PAPPY Shoot him! Shoot him !
Rooney and Henry make a run for it. Henry carrying the briefcase. Pappy takes out his pistol and shoots Henry in back. The BANGING noise of the gunshot stops Rooney in his tracks. He turns around and see’s Henry falling on the ground with blood pouring from his chest. The briefcase falls on the ground with money flying everywhere. Rooney is bewildered. He picks up briefcase and runs into the construction area. Rooney puts the briefcase underneath an overturned wheelbarrow and hides inside a massive water pipe. Pappy stops to breath and Nellie picks up their soccer ball and reads something on it: “Rob Rooney Mark” NELLIE Rob ? .. Rooney ? Rooney ? Where are you hiding son ? They get closer and closer to Rooney. 1
INT. GIANT WATER PIPE - DAY[AFTERNOON]
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Suddenly Pappy appears at end of the pipe. Rooney franticly crawls to the other end. Pappy is after him. As soon as Rooney gets out, Nellie is there waiting and punches him in the stomach. He roughs him up. Pappy loads his pistol and points it at Rooney’s head.
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PAPPY (raging) Where’s my money you piece of white trash? A police SIREN goes off. An ADT neighbourhood guard runs toward them. NELLIE
PAPPY Lets go. Throw him in the trunk, we’ll kill him later.
Cops!
They throw Rooney throw in the trunk. The car drives off before the ADT guard could stop them. END OF ACT ONE ACT TWO FADE IN: 2
INT. CAR BOOT - DAY[AFTERNOON]
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It’s pitch black inside the boot of the 2005 Hundai Getz. Rooney is inside, sweating and BREATHING heavily. 2
INT. CAR - DAY[AFTERNOON]
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Nellie is driving. It is silent in the car for a while, until he bursts out. NELLIE You shouldn't have fucking killed him! PAPPY What the FUCK you do mean by that?
NELLIE We almost had them !
PAPPY They took the fucking drug money!
NELLIE They were cornered!
PAPPY You’re to fat and slow catch anyone anyway. I always have to finish the fucking job.(Beat) Take a left onto the Freeway. I said take a left! I want to eat before I kill this fucker. They drive onto the Freeway. 2
INT. CAR BOOT - DAY[AFTERNOON]
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Rooney for a little bit. He breaks the boot open and see’s no traffic to signal for help.
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ROONEY (anxious) Fuck! Ah Shit! END OF ACT TWO ACT THREE 3
EXT. MC DONALDS - NIGHT[DUSK]
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The car drives by a local Mc Donald’s and stops. 3
INT. CAR BOOT - NIGHT[DUSK]
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Rooney overhears the two thugs TALKING. NELLIE What do you want ? PAPPY Just get me a Big Mac and hurry the fuck up. 3
EXT. MC DONALDS - NIGHT[DUSK]
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Nellie gets out of the car to get take out. Pappy is having a smoke. 3
INT. CAR BOOT - NIGHT[DUSK]
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Rooney lifts the hatch up slightly and peeps out. He notices Chubb security car parked near by. a Chubb SECURITY OFFICER [tall black 32 year old man ] is also ordering food inside. Rooney decides to make a run for it. He jumps out. Pappy , who is still waiting for Nellie to return sees him and grabs him before he can get away. Pappy pushes him up against the car. Rooney struggles to get loose. He takes his butterfly knife and stabs pappy in the stomach. Pappy falls to the ground, with blood flowing all over the place. Nellie, the Chubb officer and patrons run outside. Rooney takes the car keys from Pappy, who is dead on the floor, and drives off.
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EXT. ELECTRONIC STORE - NIGHT
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Rooney stands shivering in front of an electronic store watching the news headlines on the television screens displayed in the window pane. “Mac Donalds Murders”: Young Caucasian boy wanted for the Murder. END FADE TO BLACK.