Continuous Philip
TRUCE Screenplay BY Maduka Ikechukwu
FADE IN:
EXT. WRECKAGE – DAY
ANGLE ON the wheels of a mangled, UPTURNED black Honda Acura ROLLING haplessly in the air. It’s a gut wrenching scene of horror. 2 other cars are involved in this gruesome accident, although not as badly damaged as the Acura.
A racing ambulance stops short of the wreckage
INT. AMBULANCE - DAY
A MAN is strapped to a stretcher, an oxygen mask fitted to his face and loaded into the ambulance. A paramedic pumps air into his lung while the others hull him in.
EXT. HIGHWAY – DAY (SEEN FROM ABOVE)
The ambulance hulls ass across the highway, a sea of cars part sensing the urgency.
INT. HOSPITAL – CONTINUOUS
The medics barge into the hospital, wheeling the stretcher.
MAN's POV – The white ceiling, faces of the three medics wheeling him to the ER. Light flickers on and off.
One of the medics barks orders
INT. EMERGENCY ROOM - DAY
MAN's POV - three nurses surround the operating table. A huge fluorescent shines into his face. He is barely alive.
THE SCREEN IS REDUCED TO the squint of an eye.
A doctor pulls his gloves on and grabs the defibrillator.
ANGLE ON - the defibrillator, as it closes in on his bare chest.
FADE TO BLACK as soon as defibrillator hits his chest.
BLACK SCREEN (BEAT, THEN)
We HEAR a HEARTBEAT that cues the voice of PHILIP ADEYEMI, followed by regular HEARTBEAT every 1.5seconds:
PHILIP (V.O)
Everyman is born with a unique destiny, but most people abandon this divine assignment to chase one particular goal; a perfect life.
The BLACK RECEDES
INT. BAR – DAY
MEN in suits, looking out of sorts, drink hopelessly. PHILIP (V.O) (CONT’D)
Millions who have tried and failed will argue there that no such thing exists-– CUT TO:
EXT. REUFUSE DUMP – DAY PHILIP (V.O)
--Millions who didn’t even try at all –
People rummage through the HEAPED PILE of scrap PHILIP (V.O) (CONT’D)
--Will gladly lay down
FADE IN:
EXT. WRECKAGE – DAY
ANGLE ON the wheels of a mangled, UPTURNED black Honda Acura ROLLING haplessly in the air. It’s a gut wrenching scene of horror. 2 other cars are involved in this gruesome accident, although not as badly damaged as the Acura.
A racing ambulance stops short of the wreckage
INT. AMBULANCE - DAY
A MAN is strapped to a stretcher, an oxygen mask fitted to his face and loaded into the ambulance. A paramedic pumps air into his lung while the others hull him in.
EXT. HIGHWAY – DAY (SEEN FROM ABOVE)
The ambulance hulls ass across the highway, a sea of cars part sensing the urgency.
INT. HOSPITAL – CONTINUOUS
The medics barge into the hospital, wheeling the stretcher.
MAN's POV – The white ceiling, faces of the three medics wheeling him to the ER. Light flickers on and off.
One of the medics barks orders
INT. EMERGENCY ROOM - DAY
MAN's POV - three nurses surround the operating table. A huge fluorescent shines into his face. He is barely alive.
THE SCREEN IS REDUCED TO the squint of an eye.
A doctor pulls his gloves on and grabs the defibrillator.
ANGLE ON - the defibrillator, as it closes in on his bare chest.
FADE TO BLACK as soon as defibrillator hits his chest.
BLACK SCREEN (BEAT, THEN)
We HEAR a HEARTBEAT that cues the voice of PHILIP ADEYEMI, followed by regular HEARTBEAT every 1.5seconds:
PHILIP (V.O)
Everyman is born with a unique destiny, but most people abandon this divine assignment to chase one particular goal; a perfect life.
The BLACK RECEDES
INT. BAR – DAY
MEN in suits, looking out of sorts, drink hopelessly. PHILIP (V.O) (CONT’D)
Millions who have tried and failed will argue there that no such thing exists-– CUT TO:
EXT. REUFUSE DUMP – DAY PHILIP (V.O)
--Millions who didn’t even try at all –
People rummage through the HEAPED PILE of scrap PHILIP (V.O) (CONT’D)
--Will gladly lay down