Shattered Minds

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                                                           Shattered Minds3

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                                                       Script By: Union Rebel5

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                                                      ACT 17

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                                                    SCENE 19

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EXT. A HOUSE - NIGHTKEITH walks up to the apartment door, flicks a cigarette and walks inside.11

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INT. LIVING ROOM - DARK13

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KEITH turns on the light and sees WILLIAM sitting in an old recliner.15

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WILLIAM:17

Hey Keith, how was work?18

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KEITH:20

Horrible, as usual. Why are you just sitting here in the dark?21

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KEITH sits on the couch and lights up a cigarette.23

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WILLIAM:25

You turned off the lights when you left, and it's not like I can leave. Pass me one of those.26

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KEITH hands WILLIAM a cigarette and lights it for him.28

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KEITH:30

I always light my bitch's cigarettes.31

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WILLIAM chuckles and sits back in the chair.33

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KEITH:35

I still think it's fucked up.36

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WILLIAM:38

What's that.39

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KEITH: (jokingly)41

That chair. You rarely leave it. You sleep,eat, and everything else in that chair. Your life is confined to a piece of furniture. Your fucked up.42

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WILLIAM sits up in the chair, close to the edge.44

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WILLIAM:46

Well actually, you're the one who's fucked up. You're talking to someone who doesn't exist, a hallucination, a product of your fucked up childhood. And you're worried about if I spend my time in a chair? You made me this way. I am you, Keith, so in reality you're the one who's fucked...what's funny?47

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KEITH smirks as he tries to hold back laughter.49

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KEITH:51

It's just funny how I can get you all worked up over nothing so easily. Dude, I don't care if you basically live in a chair, you're too easy.52

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WILLIAM:54

I hate you.55

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KEITH:57

No you don't.58

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WILLIAM:60

You live to torture me.61

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KEITH:63

Yeah, pretty much. But as for now, I gotta turn in. I gotta get up early for work tomorrow. Night William.64

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KEITH turns off the living room lights, leaving WILLIAM in the dark for the night. 66

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INT - WORKSHOP68

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KEITH is working at his job, looking very unhappy. He looks at the clock above the boss's office just as KIRKLAND, the boss, comes out of the office, slamming the door. He is obviously angry.70

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KEITH: (to himself)72

One hour and seven minutes exactly, just as always.73

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CUT TO:75

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INT - LOCKER ROOM77

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KEITH opens his locker, getting ready to leave. He notices a folded up piece of paper in his locker, so he opens it. It says "I KNOW". KEITH looks around frightened and puts the piece of paper in his pocket. He then shuts his locker and leaves, still looking around.79

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INT - LIVING ROOM83

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WILLIAM is sitting in the recliner as KEITH is frantically explaining the note and smoking.85

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WILLIAM:87

I'm telling you man, don't worry about it. If someone knew and wanted to go to the cops, they would have by now.88

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KEITH:90

Someone knows. Someone knows and they want to fuck with me. What if they try to blackmail me?91

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WILLIAM:93

Blackmail you? For what? You ain't got shit. Look, it's probably just a bored loser looking for some excitement. See how vague this note is? Everyone's got skeletons in the closet. This could mean anything for anyone.94

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KEITH:96

Yeah, you're probably right.97

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WILLIAM:99

Now just calm down, and quit smoking so much. It's bad for your health.100

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WILLIAM picks up the pack of cigarettes, pulls one out, and lights it.102

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KEITH: (smiling)104

Hey William, do you realize how funny this would look if someone saw this? We're both smoking.105

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WILLIAM:107

Yeah, so what?108

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KEITH:110

Idiot, anything you do, it's me doing it in reality. If someone walked in right now, they'd see me talking to myself and smoking two cigarettes.111