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FADE IN: Int. Kitchen. Day. JAMES (15-16) is sitting at a table with a gallon jug of nonfat milk an empty glass, and a laptop with a word document open. He pours milk into the glass. The door opens. ENTER NICOLAS CAGE (15-16) and PERCIVAL (15-16). PERCIVAL: (Angrily, pointing) YOU! JAMES: C’EST MOI. PERCIVAL: YOU’RE JAMES HEISSNER! JAMES: THAT’S MY NAME, PERCIVAL. FEEL FREE TO WHERE IT OUT. James chugs his glass of milk. NICOLAS CAGE: WHY ARE YOU DRINKING MILK? JAMES: DO YOU FIND IT OFFENSIVE? AND WHO ARE YOU EXACTLY? NICOLAS CAGE: I’M A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF NICOLAS CAGE. JAMES: YOU LOOK NOTHING LIKE NICOLAS CAGE. NICOLAS CAGE: HENCE THE FICTIONALIZED PART. BUT, FOR ALL INTENTS, PURPOSES, AND WHAT HAVE YOU’S, I AM THE GHOST RIDER. JAMES: I WILL TRY NOT TO HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU. I’LL PROBABLY FAIL, BUT I’LL TRY. NICOLAS CAGE: I APPRECIATE THAT. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT IN THE EFFORT. JAMES: WELL, I LIKED “NATIONAL TREASURE”. BUT THAT’S BESIDE THE POINT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? PERCIVAL: HE’S WITH ME! JAMES: SO I GATHERED, PERCIVAL. BUT I DIDN’T KNOW WHO HE WAS, WHICH ISN’T POSSIBLE, BECAUSE HE’S SOMEHOW WOUND UP IN MY SCRIPT. NICOLAS CAGE: SCRIPT? WAIT, THIS IS A MOVIE? PERCIVAL: DUDE, YOU WERE BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL EARLIER. JAMES: WELL, TECHNICALLY, THIS IS A YOUTUBE VIDEO, ONE THAT PROBABLY WON’T GET POSTED FOR A QUITE A WHILE BECAUSE MY EDITOR’S A LAZY SWEAR BLEEP. NICOLAS CAGE: YOUTUBE? MY CAREER HAS GONE THAT FAR DOWN HILL? JAMES: APPARENTLY. BUT ANYWAY, I KNOW WHY YOU’RE HERE PERCIVAL. YOU WANT ME TO LET YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL. PERCIVAL: YOU HAVE TO! IT IS MY PURPOSE, MY MISSION FROM GOD- NICOLAS CAGE: (Interrupting) YOU’RE A BLUES BROTHER? PERCIVAL: (To Nicolas Cage) SHUT UP! (to James) IT’S MY MISSION TO BECOME THE CRAZIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD! TO ACHIEVE A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF INSANITY! BUT YOU WON’T LET ME BECAUSE YOU WON’T WRITE THOSE SCENES INTO YOUR SCRIPT! JAMES: WHAT AN ASTUTE OBSERVATION YOU’VE MADE THEIR. PERCIVAL: CAN’T YOU AT LEAST TELL ME WHY?! JAMES: (Shrugging, rhetorically) BECAUSE I’M A JERK? NICOLAS CAGE: REALLY? YOU? YOU SEEM LIKE A NICE GUY. JAMES: NA… NA NA NANANANA HEY JUDE. TRUST ME I’M A TOTAL JERK. JUST ASK… EVERYONE I’VE EVER MET. PERCIVAL: BUT WE CAME ALL THIS WAY! WE BLAZING SADDLES’D OUR WAY HERE, AND YOU WON’T LET ME SUCCEED?! YOU’RE ACTUALLY GONNA MASS EFFECT 3 YOUR OWN BRAINCHILD?! WHAT THE HELL!? JAMES: I GUESS SO. BESIDES, THE ONLY REASON I WON’T LET ACHIEVE A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF INSANITY IS BECAUSE I HAVEN’T COME UP WITH A GOOD WAY TO WRITE THAT. NICOLAS CAGE: BUT YOU’RE JAMES HEISSNER, THE GREATEST WRITER/DIRECTORS OF OUR TIME! JAMES: (Laughs) NO I’M NOT. I’M A SULLEN, ANTISOCIAL TEENAGE BOY WHO FANCIES HIMSELF TO BE THE MISUNDERSTOOD LONER BUT REALLY JUST HAS TOO MUCH FREE TIME ON HIS HANDS. I DREAM OF BEING THE GREATEST WRITER/DIRECTOR OF OUR TIME SOMEDAY, JOSS WHEDON MINUS ALIEN RESSURECTION, IF YOU WILL. BUT RIGHT NOW I’M JUST DAYDREAMING WHAT THIS SCENE WILL LOOK LIKE WHILE I ATTEMPT TO STEAL HALLOWEEN CANDY FROM MY LITTLE SISTER’S ROOM. AND SINCE I’M HAVING VERY LITTLE SUCCESS AT THAT, I IMAGINE WE’LL ALL BE SHUT OUT OF CONSCIOUS THOUGHT VERY SOON. I’M HOPING NEXT TIME THIS DAYDREAM RESUMES WE CAN HAVE DAVID TENNANT, CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON, AND MATT SMITH SINGING A BARBER SHOP QUARTET VERSION OF WHITE AND NERDY, ANDREW GARFIELD BEATING TOBEY MAGUIRE WITH A STICK, SCARLETT JOHANSON, AND I’LL HAVE THOUGHT OF A WAY TO WRITE A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF INSANITY. FADE TO BLACK. FADE TO BLACK. End scene. |