PLANET TERROR SHOOTING SCRIPT 2.24.2006 1 TITLE CARD: - - - ATTENTION - - - fhe following film may contain one or more missing STORY REELS. Sorry for the inconvenience. - Theatre Management TITLES: GRINDHOUSE: PROJECT TERROR INT. SKIP‘s GO-GO-GO DANCE CLUB - STAGE - NIGHT over titles, we are close on a pair of red-go-go boots as the woman wearing them strides confidently onto the well worn stage. This is CHERRY, a go go dancer. She’s too good at what she does, meaning she should think about doing something else. Oddly, tears run down her face throughout her dance. ‘The next time Cherry does this dance, people will INT. SKIP’S GO-GO-GO DANCE CLUB - BACKSTAGE - NIGHT We follow her boss, SKIP, as he walks through the backstage dressing area. Girl's are getting dressed/undressed. He stops at two girls making out. SKIP Come on girls, if you're gonna do that shit, do it onstage. He shakes his head as the girls move on. He continues through the room. SKIP (cont'd) (to himself) Smoking hot... He walks over to Cherry who is wiping her self down, cleaning the invisible layer of scum off her skin. We can see Skip in the mirror reflection. SKIP (cont'd) Cherry, darling. I’ve told you too many fucking times, you can’t be up there crying and all that shit. People don’t wanna see that. (MORE) (CONTINUED)PLANET TERROR SHOOTING SCRIPT 2.24.2006 . 2. CONTINUED: SKIP (cont'd) They just don’t wanna see it, Cherry puts her hair in a pony tail and slips on a guy's motorcycle jacket. SKIP (cont'd) You know what a go-go dance is? CHERRY (nods) Useless talent #12. SKIP No. It’s a happy dance. You get up there, you dance happy. Its’ Go-Go, Not cry cry. CHERRY I'm quitting. SKIP (takes out money) You say that at least one night a week. CHERRY This time I mean it. I need a dramatic change in my life. skip counts out her money. SKIP That‘s funny, cause... (holds up her the money) I'm the one who could do that for you. CHERRY If you could do that I’d work for free, She takes her money. SKIP : You've always been funny. Like that Chris Rock. Only prettier. Bring that on the stage. Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Cry, and you cry alone. As skip rambles on, Cherry stares at her reflection in the mirror. Doesn't like what she sees. She grabs her things... (CONTINUED )—— puamer qunnok SHOOTING SCRIPT 2.24.2006 3 CONTINUED: (2) * 2 CHERRY Goodbye, skip. SKIP Don't you need a ride? Skip finds that odd. SKIP (cont'd) Never did that before. EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT Cherry is walking along the highway. Her heels click against the asphalt. Closer on Cherry as she hears something. She scans the darkness behind her. Everything's quiet. She walks. Suddenly a thunderous convoy of military vehicles brushes by her, splashing muddy water. She looks up and sees a TURBAN on one of the passengers. Her foot hits a pothole and she falls over. Hitting the ground. She tumbles to the side of the road, falling onto a broken bottle. | | | cherry alane the door. 3 | | | CHERRY | Asshat! | , | We follow the trucks past a worn sign that reads: “Military | Base 2 miles.” EXT. OLD ARMY BASE - TARMAC - NIGHT 4 ROMEY is wheeling a military style holder with chemical tanks attached out in front of an abandoned biochemical division's hangar. He shiélds himself from the blinding headlights screeching his way. The army vehicles squeal to a halt around Romey. ABBY, wearing a turban and a suit, steps out of the first vehicle. He speaks to an unseen person in'the front seat. This person is MULDOON and right now he wears a gas mask. (CONTINUED)