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AMERICAN HISTORY Xscreenplay byDavid McKennaFebruary 6, 1997 INT. HOUSE - CLOSED EYESA young mans blue eyes slowly open. A girl moans from the next room.EXT. STREET CORNER - A LARGE TIREturns the corner and splashes through a puddle from anearlier rain. TUPAC SHAKUR blares from inside.INT.
want 24-hour surveillance on Vinyard
for a few days.
COP #2
(smiling in disbelief)
Twenty-four hour surveillance, sir?
RASMUSSEN
Just for a few days.
ANOTHER COP
He doesn't sound like Mr. Lovely here,
Captain. You want us to bust him or
protect him?
Rasmussen offers Sweeney a look that it's his question.
SWEENEY
I don't think Vinyard's gonna be the
one to start anything. It's his
following.
RASMUSSEN
Either way...let's keep it low.
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EXT. VENICE BEACH BOARDWALK - MORNING
PEACEFUL DAY by PENNYWISE blasts from Danny's walkman
headphones. The day is cloudy and overcast but that
doesn't bother the local SURFERS. A twosome paddles
north to get a better break on the next set. Danny
watches as he skateboards down the strand.
His appearance is changed, now resembling a younger,
softer Derek.
Head shaved to a quarter of an inch, he wears a PLAIN
WHITE BACKPACK with punk/white power bands scribbled all
over it. Your standard Sex Pistols, DK, Germs, G.B.M.,
and Adolescents in black. Cro-Magnons and Skrewdriver
off to the left. In red is the largest name, DICK NIXON.
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EXT. VENICE HIGH SCHOOL - THE BIKE CORRAL
Kids from all walks of life park their cars, lock their
bikes and head off to class.
EXT. HALLWAY - TIGHT ON A THRASHED LOCKER
Danny throws his SKATEBOARD in, slams the door, and turns
to face LIZZY, a pretty, redheaded freshman.
LIZZY
Hi Danny.
DANNY
Hey Lizzy.
The two smile at one another as the FIRST BELL RINGS.
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INT. SCHOOL BATHROOM - A URINAL
Danny takes a piss. Outside, a voice pleads "It wasn't
me!" DARYL DAWSON, pale and thin, is shoved into the
bathroom and he trips into the sink. LITTLE HENRY, a
young black kid, enters with two of his buddies. Danny
zips up and faces them.
LITTLE HENRY
(to a terrified Daryl)
Tellin' Baker I'm fuckin' cheatin'?
I've never cheated in my life.
BUDDY #1
Beat his ass, Henry!
LITTLE HENRY
Why you trippin' on me?
DARYL
I didn't say anything, Henry. I
swear.
BUDDY #2
He's lying, man! I was right there!
Little Henry cracks Daryl in the face and practically
knocks him down with one shot. A bleeding Daryl
struggles to his hands and knees behind Danny.
LITTLE HENRY
Next time, man.
Danny stares into Henry's eyes and the trio exits. Dannv
helps Daryl back up to the sink. THE SECOND BELL RINGS.
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INT. CLASS - SAME
Kids have just settled into their seats. Danny walks in
and tries to be discrete.
OFFSCREEN VOICE
Vinyard!?
An OLDER TEACHER writes an Algebra problem on the board
for the students to solve.
OLDER TEACHER
You're late.
The man grabs a pink slip off his desk and hands it to
Danny.
OLD TEACHER
But it looks like you got bigger
problems.
DANNY
(reading the slip)
Oh, man! Come on. Get a job.
The teacher stares at him.
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INT. PRINCIPAL LOBBY - DANNY
He sits in a chair next to an office door marked DR.
ROBERT SWEENEY - PRINCIPAL. Danny glances at the
secretary as she types and talks on the phone.
TIGHT ON DANNY. He listens to the conversation through
the the crack in the door as his eyes swell.
MURRAY (O.S.)
I do not have a problem with him as an
individual, alright!?
SWEENEY (O.S.)
Oh shit Murray sure you do. You hate
this kid.
INT. OFFICE - THE CONVERSATION
The bespectacled, short-haired MURRAY ROSENBERG, 48,
looks over and spots Danny listening outside. Murray
