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SKID MARKS
by
David
Johnson
First
Draft Script
By
David Johnson
1. INT. DESKTOP. DAY
1
A
briefcase lies open on the top of a desk; it is neatly filled to the top
with one hundred dollar bills.
V/O,
LISA
Two groups of people; One chance; One
day; A whole lot of money; One opposition...each other.
The
brief case slams shut, followed by the door of the
room.
2. EXT. SUBURBAN
STREET DAY.
2
LISA
22, dressed in a bridesmaids dress, JAMES 22,dressed in a tuxedo, THOMAS
19, dressed in a tuxedo, stand around looking at a dead cat in the gutter,
blank expressions on each face. LISA looks up to the
camera.
V/O,
LISA
My
name’s Lisa! A very large sum of money was being secretly delivered to the
blind children’s orphanage from an unnamed source today. Our plan was to
create a distraction and then jump in the car, take the money, and
disappear. It was going to be the day we got rich...but we never seemed to
get around to doing that.
THOMAS
lights a joint and a distant smile appears on his face. He squats down to
examine the cat.
THOMAS
I
wonder if there’s any skid marks left on it?
V/O,
LISA
That’s
Thomas! Totally drug fucked, but the maddest driver you’ll ever meet. He
lives somewhere in the area, but spends all his time here, at James’s
place.
JAMES
nudges the cat with his foot, checking to see if it is
dead
V/O,
LISA
That’s
James; he’s the brains behind the whole operation and my boyfriend. He can
pick any lock and planned the whole deal. Put simply, James and his
ex-girlfriend had planned to steal the money her father was secretly
donating to the orphanage. Things turned sour, they broke up, but James
still planned to get the money. Problem is...so did his ex-girlfriend,
Kat.
JAMES
squats down and pats the dead cat, LISA looks upset, THOMAS starts eating
a mars bar he pulled out of his pocket.
JAMES
I can’t believe
she would run over my cat!
…/Cont.
Continued
LISA
She
wants the money too; she’s just trying to distract us so we miss the
opportunity. You can’t let her get to you.
JAMES
Well
it’s working.
JAMES
stands up and starts walking to the car, a red Commodore. LISA and THOMAS
turn and watch him
JAMES
Come
on, we’ve got work to do, lets get to it, I feel stupid enough dressed up
like this as it is.
LISA
What
about the cat?
THOMAS
Well...I
can’t see any skid marks on it.
LISA
turns to THOMAS, rolling her eyes.
LISA
You idiot, I was
talking to James!
JAMES
Just
leave her, we have to get moving or we’ll miss our chance. Besides, I
don’t think she’s going anywhere.
LISA
and THOMAS walk over to the car as JAMES is unlocking the
doors.
3. EXT. BESIDE CAR/ON
STREET DAY.
3
KAT,
blonde 21, JULIA, blonde 21, RACHAEL, blonde 20, stand beside KAT’s new
V-DUB Beetle, the number plates “KAT” can be seen. The girls all are
wearing tight mini skirts, high boots and fake fur coats. They are happily
chatting about something, with their hands waving around near their
shoulders, and their faces overly excited.
V/O,
LISA
There
they are, the three bimbo’s, or as I like to call them, the three walking
credit cards. Kat’s the one in the middle, and that’s Julia on her left,
Rachael on her right. Dumb as they are, they too want the money.
KAT
points and the three girls start walking to a nearby coffee
shop.
V/O,
LISA
A
while ago James had managed to convince Kat that the
…/Cont.
Continued
money
should be hers and her father shouldn’t be just
giving
it away. About a month ago, Kat had rung James and
a
very stoned Thomas had answered the phone, telling Kat that James was
still going to get the money. Kat, dumb as she is, told Thomas that she
was going to get the money too, and so both sides then knew about the
other.
The
girls enter the coffee shop.
4. INT. COFFEESHOP DAY.
4
It
is very dull inside; the only light is streaming through the front window.
JULIA, RACHAEL and KAT are sitting by the window at a small rectangular
coffee table. KAT sits with her back to the window, illuminated by the
glare from the window; JULIA and RACHAEL are sitting opposite her. The
girls are still chatting.
JULIA
You don’t know
love Rachael, you only know like!
RACHAEL
No way! I know
what love is. I love my Gucci bag
JULIA
No,
you like your Gucci bag, just like I like mine, but I love my DKNY bag.
See, you don’t have a DKNY bag so you can’t know what love is, only
like...
KAT
You guys! We just
did like, a terrible thing!
JULIA
and RACHAEL look blankly at KAT, then look at each other, still
confused.
KAT
Hello, we just
ran over a cat!
JULIA
But it wasn’t as
if it was a nice cat anyway...
RACHAEL
touches JULIA on the shoulder.
RACHAEL
Yeah,
like totally, it wasn’t even a pure bred and it was a
shorthair.
JULIA
starts patting the fur on the cuff of her coat.
JULIA
Yeah,
what is that? Who would buy anything less than a fluffy wuffy kitty
cat?
…/Cont.
Continued
RACHAEL
Oh
so cute, I love them!
JULIA
I
know, my mother always says...
KAT
rolls her eyes at the comments.
KAT
Well
glad to see it didn’t affect you in anyway, I think I’m scarred for
life.
JULIA
Wasn’t
the plan for it to distract them?
KAT
Yeah,
well it was still a pretty bad thing to do.
JULIA
Do
we have time for like, another double skim, decaf, ninety nine percent fat
free mocchacino?
KAT
Yeah, we have
like half an hour till it’s time.
JULIA
turns around looking for a waiter.
RACHAEL
Do
you reckon we’ll get the money before that “thing” that used to be your
boyfriend?
KAT
Positive!
He loved that cat...I hope it rips him apart!
How
dare my Dad try and give away my money, I’ll show
him!
5. INT.
CAR DAY.
5
JAMES, LISA and THOMAS are sitting in the car, JAMES
driving, LISA in the front passenger seat, and THOMAS sitting in the
middle of the backseat.
V/O, LISA
There we all are, going to do the job! Just to fill
you in, our plan was to position ourselves so that we are driving in front
of the money car. We slam on the brakes, they run into us, we complain
about being late for the wedding, when they’re arguing with us, we
surprise them!
LISA reaches down and feels the heel of her stiletto
shoes;
…/Cont.
Continued
JAMES is playing with something in his left
pocket.
One kick from my steel tipped stilettos, and one
punch from James with his knuckle-duster should do the trick, then we’ll
grab the money and shoot through.
THOMAS
Hey man, I don’t get why I couldn’t just drive the
whole thing
JAMES
Well when we crash they will see me get out of the
driver’s seat. When me and Lisa are out of the car then you climb through
to the front. They won’t be expecting anyone to be in the driver’s seat
because I was the driver. It will help with the quick get away.
THOMAS nods his head with satisfaction
THOMAS
Oh.
THOMAS stares with glassy eyes out the front
windscreen, LISA looks at JAMES and gives him a closed smile, trying to
ease the worry that shows on his face.
V/O, LISA
But like I said, this was the plan that was supposed
to happen.
6. EXT.
FRONT OF COFFEE SHOP/CITY STREET
DAY.
6
KAT, JULIA and RACHAEL, walk out the front door of
the coffee shop. RACHAEL taps KAT on the shoulder as they start walking
down the street.
RACHAEL
Can you just run through the plan one more time for
me?
JULIA
Yeah for me too!
KAT looks worried.
KAT
Ok, one more time! When they stop at the traffic
lights you guys walk beside their car, which is, like, a black Cadillac,
and act like you were trying to cross the road.
KAT looks at Rachael
…/Cont.
Continued
KAT
You then pretend that they have rolled onto your
foot. You scream, and then Julia, you start screaming at the other guy,
telling him to get out and help. While they are out of the car helping you
guys, I reach in, grab the case of money, and go before they know what’s
hit them.
RACHAEL
And what about us?
KAT
You two just say you’ll be fine, something like, “we
don’t need a man to help us”, and then walk away, but Rachael don’t forget
to limp.
JULIA
What if there are more than two people in the car?
KAT
I know there won’t be, I know the two people he will
use as well, two dopey, ugly things.
RACHAEL
But what if they like, recognise you?
KAT
Hello, that’s why I am wearing new clothes today, and
I did my hair differently...
The three of them stop, look around, then realize
that they have passed their car. They start walking back.
V/O, LISA
Those three really
are a dumb bunch of dickheads!
7. INT.
CAR DAY.
7
LISA is still looking at JAMES. THOMAS is fiddling
around with a joint in his fingers.
V/O, LISA
This is where things change! The plan doesn’t go the
way it was supposed to, and well...you’ll see!
We see the digital clock on the car dashboard; it
reads 1:43pm.
JAMES
The money is supposed to be delivered in fifteen
minutes, so we have about five minutes till we intercept them.
8. EXT.
CITY STREET DAY.
8
KAT, RACHAEL and JULIA are about five meters away
from KAT’s V-DUB car.
KAT
Come on we’ve got to hurry, I’ll move the car to hide
it from them, in case they know it or something!
KAT opens the car door; JULIA and RACHAEL look at
each other.
9. INT.
CAR DAY.
9
LISA turns to JAMES
LISA
What type of car are we looking for again?
JAMES
Well Kat said they take a black Cadillac to do any
jobs, so it shouldn’t be too hard to find.
THOMAS
That’d be a mad car to drive, old and beautiful.
I...
A black Cadillac can be seen in the foreground,
through the front windscreen.
JAMES
Look there it is!
JAMES accelerates then drives in front of the
Cadillac.
10. EXT. CITY STREET
DAY.
10
KAT has one foot inside the car; JULIA grabs her
shoulder.
JULIA
Kat, wait! Can you go through it all again one more
time?
KAT looks baffled, but steps away from the car.
RACHAEL and JULIA step closer to KAT, who has her back to the road.
KAT
What are you guys
doing, we have to hurry!
JULIA and RACHAEL look at KAT, then they look up the
street to their left at the approaching cars; a red Commodore being
followed closely by a black Cadillac.
KAT
Shit there’s the
car!
Traffic lights turn amber in the background.
…/Cont.
Continued
KAT
I better duck
down.
JULIA
Sorry Kat.
KAT
Sorry for wha...
RACHAEL
Yeah, gunna miss ya babe, but well, your link to the
money is just too obvious...and you are way to dumb!
KAT
Huh?
JULIA and RACHAEL both grab KAT by the upper arms,
hidden by a four-wheel drive, they throw her onto the road, right in front
of the red Commodore.
11. INT. CAR DAY.
11
LISA screams and JAMES slams on the brakes. KAT’s
body bashes into the front of the car. The cars front tyres go over the
body like a speed hump and then it pulls to a stop.
12. EXT. CITY STREET DAY.
12
JULIA and RACHAEL look at the scene; the Commodore,
KAT’s body, and the Cadillac stopped behind them. People are rushing
around everywhere. JULIA looks at Rachael.
JULIA
(BITCHY TONE) Oops,
she must have slipped.
13. EXT. CITY STREET DAY.
13
JAMES gets out of the Commodore and runs around to
where KAT is lying on the ground. At the same time, THOMAS gets out and
lights his joint and casually strolls up to where JAMES is. LISA gets out
after the boys but heads in the opposite direction. Two men get out of the
Cadillac in the background and head towards the body. JAMES starts
sobbing
JAMES
Oh my God!
JAMES starts shaking KAT who is clearly dead. THOMAS
takes in long drawn breaths from the joint. The scene is frozen for a
moment. THOMAS bends down and looks at the body, his eyes are very
glassy.
THOMAS
I wonder if there are
any skid marks on this body?
14. INT. CAR DAY.
14
From the inside of the black Cadillac we can see the
briefcase on the floor of the front passenger side. LISA leans in through
the open passenger window, grabs the briefcase and then
through the windows we can see her walking away from both the car
and the crash.
15. EXT. CITY STREET DAY.
15
JULIA and RACHAEL start taking out their hair, and
they take off their fake fur coats.
JULIA
I wondered if the car crushed her cerebellum. Looks
like her right clavicle has been completely shattered.
RACHAEL
It appears she also might have a punctured to her
right lung; see the way her rib cage appears to have been dissected
through the fourth sector.
JULIA
Oh yeah I see it.
JULIA takes RACHAEL’s fake fur coat and pushes them
into a near-by bin.
JULIA
Look’s like we won’t
be needing these anymore!
RACHAEL
Where did LISA say we
should meet her?
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