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Bill
Its dream of mine to be writer.
Preeti
Dreams never come true.
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Walks in thru doorsees roommate watching TV
Scene 2: with roommate ...discussing about writers and favorite ones
Bill (brings in pizza)
Bill
You know these Last four years at the theatre have gone by too fast.
Colleague
Yes. We had fun rehearsing and doing plays.
Bill
Let us rehearse a scene, one last time.
Ext- day
Another hot day. Billowing steam clouds rising from the giant chimneys mix with heavy air. Bill, sweat
through his grimy t shirt, does pushups next to machinery. Kabir with a grin on his face comes running up
to Bill, carrying a brown paper sack.
Kabir
What is today?
Bill
August 23 rd.
Kabir
And that is...?
Bill
My birthday.
Kabir
Twenty-two big ones!
Bill,
Its starting to go by too fast.
Kabir
WeII, I didn't have Time to wrap it, but....
Kabir gives bill a gift
Kabir
-Go ahead, open it.
Bill pulls out a bright green jacket with a gold cloverleaf on the front and on the back with lettering writer.
Bill is knocked out of happiness.
Bill
-You shouldnt have. This is fantastic.
Where did you find this?
Kabir
I saw it online and I said, ''That's gotta be yours.''
Bill
Preeti
I know, youre friend has been in the hospital.
Bill
He left you with us to take care. we've been taking care for you.
Bill
Well, I will pay back.
Preeti
Listen, you are good hard working boy.
You got a good job at the gas station.
Preeti
Chasing a stupid dream...causes nothing but you and everyone around you heartache.
Preeti
Films, writing is for rich kids...
It's not for us. It is for those who come from film/ theatre families and backgrounds. Be a nice kid and
work at the gas station.
Bill
I don't wanna to be the guy that works at a gas station. I want to do my own thing.
Preeti (after a long pause)The character arc comes full circle goes from negative to positive.
Ok iam willing to help you.I was just checking earlier if you have it in you.
Bill
I want to enroll in NYu.
Preeti
Preeti
I can get you to Kaplan ...you write the entrance exam .You get a good score, you improve your grades.
Maybe with a good GPA......you might have a chance of getting into writing school at nyu.
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Also finds a job at movie editing /script proof reading facility.
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He jumps out of cab, pulling his duffel bag after him.
Anita
So are you interested in a room to rent?
Bill
Yeah.
Anita
My brother has a house about five bIocks from campus.
So if you're interested, caII at this number.
Bill
Yes, I will. AII right, bye.
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Notice board
Toby notices as girl smiles and hands him a telephone number. She gives a half wave, turns and leaves.
Toby makes his way toward Bill.
Scene: Toby willing to help out
Toby
That girl is very pretty
Bill
Yes
Toby
You don't have a goddamn cIue, do you?
Toby
About how to get an A in that cIass.
Look, besides being a graduate assistant...I'm aIso a tutor for hire.
Bill
I can't even afford a room to rent.
Toby
Wait, maybe we can make some other kind of deaI.
Bill
What kind of deaI?
Toby
GirIs.
Bill
-I don't know -Toby
I don't know any girIs here.
-Introduce me to few-Bill
-I don't know any girIs here.
Bill
Hey, wait a minute.
Bill
Maybe I do know some girIs.In fact, I know a Iot of girIs.
Bill
-I just gotta find them.
Toby
-That's the spirit.
Toby
As you can see, I'm pretty goddamn desperate.
-And I'm in Iove.
///////////////////////////////////////////////independent filmmaker two light boxes
Scene: meets an independent film maker
For a Part Time job, meets a local film maker
Bill
Anything I can do to heIp with the shooting..., you just Iet me know.
Bill
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Scene: at editing workplace -- i took the practice exam yesterday night and i got A
Bill
I got an A on a practice test.
Preeti
-That's great, Bill.
Preeti
So you're in student housing?
Bill
Yes,AII my savings went for this entrance exam and bills.
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Bill
I know my grades have gone down
Bill
...I have had Iot of extracurricular activities.
Preeti
You got good score
Preeti
You did a good job, Bill.
Preeti
Admissions peopIe, you never can teII.
They're a funny bunch of people.
Bill
Have I done aII I can?
Preeti
I dont know.
Outside the mailbox.
Ext campus - day
A cold winter day. Bill walks down a sidewalk a framed by a webwork of leafless frozen branches.
Bill, pulling a letter out of his mail slot, holding his breaths, opens the letter, as his face falls.
Bill
Your application for admission......to the NYU has been evaluated by....''
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Bill grabs the letter from his box. Looks skyward as if in a prayer, takes a deep breath
and rips it open. Close on Bill's face as he absorbs the rejection. He collapses to his knees, his head
dropping to the ground.
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Bill
-I'II go to NYU next year.
Preeti
That score didn't make you smarter.
but I'm gIad you made good score.\
Bill
If I don't get in next semester, its over, Im done.
Preeti
WeII, you did a heII of a job, chasing down your dream.
Bill
I don't care. If it doesn't produce resuIts, it doesn't mean anything.
Preeti
I think you'II discover that it wiII.
Bill
Maybe I haven't prayed enough. I havent gone to temple/church in a while.
Preeti
I'm sure that's not the probIem.Praying is something we do in our Time.
The answers come in God's Time.
Bill
Have I done everything I possibly can?
Bill
Can you heIp me?
Preeti
You did.
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Bill
ls there anything in the box please?
Bill snatches the letter from the box. He stares at it, unable to breathe, unable to open it.
Ext twin lakes - day
Bill sits on a bench next to the picturesque oval shaped lake boaters share the crystal clean waters with
swans and ducks.
Bill takes a deep breath, closes his eyes and opens the letters.
Bill
Reading the letter ---You've been accepted for the faII semester....''
''Congratulations, you are....''
He opens his eyes and we see his reaction. He screams exultantly. He jumps up whoops and dives into
the water. Birds scatter.
Bill
Promise me my parents will be on that plane tomorrow.
Bill
I want you to be there too.