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  • Genre: Rap

    Location Chicago, Un

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    Last Login: 4/20/2012

    Member Since 3/12/2007

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    ROCKY ROCCOCO Wi$dom Money NARRATOR (SAYED) Osama bin Laden is a formula for what drove 2 dead men insane… it is a paranoid schizophrenic hearing the voice of Tony Montana saying, "I stick it up your ass when you're not looking"; and the schizophrenic, like a noble knight- defends his mentally tormented helpless people… by saying back to him, in a calm tone of voice- "then that's how you come down". INT. LIGHT SPEED AHEAD (BLK AND WHITE COMINATCHA VISUALIZATION// WMP) BLK SCRN SAYED I grew up poor Inner city A melting pot INT SATELLITE VIEW OF NEIGHBORHOOD SCRN DESCENDS ON IMAGE (Albany Park Chicago) BLEND IMAGE KID ZONING OUT IN CLASSROOM (THE TEACHERS VOICE IS AUDIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND, A MONOTONE) YOUNG SAYED (HE WHISPERS INSTENTLY) "Akira…" (SEATED IN FRONT OF HIM, HIS YOUNG FRIEND WHO IS A GIRL DOES NOT YET RESPOND) "Isha…" AKIRA (SHE TURNS AROUND) "What?" (THEIR EYES MEET TO A BRIEF PAUSE) TEACHER "And SAYED…" SAYED "Yes" TEACHER "Correct". (SHE SMILES AT HIM WHILE AKIRA BLUSHES) TEACHER "Would you like to come up to the board?" SAYED "No mam…" TEACHER "Okay, please do not disrupt the class room" SAYED "But…" TEACHER "What?" He does not respond. TEACHER (CONT'D) She continues OOF! EXT. PLAYGROUND SAYED is fighting with another boy of the same ethnicity THE CLASSMATE PUNCHES SAYED'S FACE AKIRA "AAAAY" She Speaks in Arabic quickly "HEEEEEY!" BLK SCRN INT COURTROOM SAYED stands in front of a judge… he is older now- no longer a minor JUDGE "In light of the defendant's willingness to cooperate this court hereby sentences Sayed Adib to two years probation" (The JUDGE TAPS HIS HAMMER with finality) SAYED (SAYED, WHO HAS HIS HEAD BOWED SLIGHTLY, RAISES HIS EYES - TO MEET THE JUDGE'S) "Thank you, sir" EXT. SUNNY DAY OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE (Close-up) SAYED SMILES, HAPPY TO STILL BE FREE SAYED'S MOTHER HIS MOTHER, WITH HER HEAD WRAPPED IN A SHOUFA, TAKES -HIM BY THE EAR; SWATTING AT HIS HEAD AND COMPLAINING AT HIM IN A HIGH-PITCHED FAST TONE OF VOICE, SPEAKING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE… HUDDLING HIM INTO A CAR, A SMALL TWO-DOOR HONDA CLUNK! SHE WATCHES THE CAR PULL OFF DRIVER "Mosque, now…" SAYED PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN- THERE ARE TEARS IN HIS EYES SAYED AND THE DRIVER OPEN THE SIDE DOOR OF THE MOSQUE AND ENTER INT HALLWAY (MOSQUE) It is quiet A few men enter from the other side INT MOSQUE (INSIDE) THE MEN BEGIN TO GATHER SLOWLY (Close-up) SAYED APPEARS TO FEEL INADEQUATE, BUT REMAINS STANDING WITH HIS HEAD UP, NEXT TO HIS DRIVER, WHOM LOOKS MORE SERIOUS THAN HIM AND HAS A SLIGHT LOOK OF ANGER PASSERSBY DO NOT STOP TO COMMENT… IF THEY SEEM SARCASTIC, THE DRIVER STARES THEM DOWN HE SMILES BEHIND THE MAJA'DI, WHO REMAINS FACING THE SMALL REPLICA OF THE KABBA AT THE INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE'S CENTER (THE MIH'RAB); AGAINST THE WALL, IT'S LIGHT ON AND SHINING- LIKE THE OTHER LIGHTS IN THE MOSQUE SAYED'S EYES ARE OPEN THE MAJA'DI RECITES THE AH'DAN DREAM SEQUENCE/ FADE TO WHITE INT SUNNY FIELD SAYED STANDS IN AN OPEN FIELD A CALF LIES ON ITS SIDE IT IS THIN A GROUP OF MEN APPROACH IT, SURROUND IT- THEY BRING IT HAY THEY FEED IT THE HAY IT CHEWS DREAM SEQUENCE (CONT'D) SAYED RETURNS TO HIS PLACE ON THE LINE IN THE MOSQUE YELLOW LIGHTS THE HAFIDZ IS RECITING BEFORE THE SMALL VEILLESS MONUMENT, LIT IN ITS INTERIOR INT COURT THOSE WHO FOLLOW ALLAH ARE STATIONED IN LINES ALLAH U' AKBAR (RECITED IN UNISON SOFTLY) THOSE WHO ARE STATIONED ON THE RED LINES OF CARPET KNEEL IN PEACE AND BOW THEIR HEADS (PROSTRATE) TO THE FLOOR THE ZUHR PRAYER CONCLUDES EXT COURT A GROUP OF MEN TAKE THEIR POSITION IN THE RANKS OF THE OUTER COURT ONE MAN WHOM HAS A SECOND MAN, AS HIS SHADOW- WINDS THROUGH THE CROWD THEY MOVE BACK AND FORTH, AMONGST THE DENSELY PACKED GROUP OF PEOPLE IT IS A PRAYER CEREMONY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED (ASBAB AN'NUZUL) THE CASKET IS CLOSED (SEALED) IT IS CARRIED FIRST BY ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE THE VESELL MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS THE CENTER OF SEVENTY-FIVE PEOPLE… ALL DRESSED IN ISLAMIC GARB 30 PEOPLE LIFT IT NOW, TOUCHING THE CASKET THE CEREMONY (CONT'D) INDIANS AND PAKISTANIS CHEER AS THE CASKET IS SURFED AROUND THE TOP OF THE GROUP THEY CHEER AND TOUCH IT, PRAISING A MARTYR (OR ONE WHOM HAS SUFERRED FOR THE FAITH) BLK SCRN ROCKY (SAYED) NARRATES "I never returned to the mosque after that day… and I didn't know who was in that casket, but it was enough for me; I think it already showed that I had went the wrong way" EXT BUILDING (THE POLICE ARREST ROCKY) "But my friends and I… we were Muslim" INT PRISON (HE IS IN PRISON NOW- SITTING IN A QUESTIONING ROOM) "I broke my probation and did three years in prison… when I got out, I became a paid thug; I used to collect money for a very high profile drug dealer; no one knew him because he masqueraded himself as a Muslim… hell, he was a Muslim… his name was Sheikh Faw'zi" ROCKY NARRATES (CONT'D) INT BASEMENT (THE SHEIKH IS DEPICTED LECTURING IN A BASEMENT, IN ARABIC… THERE ARE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND DRUGS ON A LONG TABLE IN FRONT OF HIM AND THREE MEN SEATED ON THE FLOOR) "This is the story of how I became one of the most powerful men in this city" EXT SHOPPING MALL (BUS STOP) ROCKY IS SEATED, READING AN ARABIC VERSION OF THE QU'RAN… HE HAS SUNGLASSES, JEANS SNEAKERS AND A SPORTS JACKET ON TWO YOUNG WOMEN SIT AT HIS LEFT TWO OTHER MEN THAT ARE OLDER THAN HIM ARE SEATED ON HIS RIGHT A YOUNGER MAN WALKS UP AND BEGINS TO TALK WITH THE MEN ON HIS RIGHT HE PRETENDS NOT TO BE PAYING ATTENTION AT FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "You guys are out here again?" FIRST MAN (APPEARS TO BE PERSIAN OR GREEK) "Oh, you know man…" THE SECOND MAN DOESN'T REPLY- HE IS WEARING ALL BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "It's a nice day out here…" FIRST MAN "You heard about that rapper that was supposed to have been out here last week?" AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "Nah man…" (HE SMILES… HE HAS DREAD LOCKS AND A SMALL BEARD, WITH A FITTED BASEBALL CAP. HE LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE HE IS FROM CALIFORNIA) A BUS ARRIVES (THE TWO YOUNG WOMEN GET ON THE BUS) ROCKY IS STILL READING FROM HIS ARABIC QU'RAN, PRETENDING NOT TO PAY ATTENTION AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "You got a cigarette man?" (HE ASKS FOR A CIGARETTE FROM THE SECOND MAN- WHO GIVES HIM ONE… HE PUTS IT IN HIS MOUTH AND LIGHTS IT WHILE HE IS STILL SPEAKING WITH THEM) FIRST MAN "See- that's too bad… I got two tickets to this sporting event; I was going to invite you to it. Why don't you go inside" (HE POINTS TO THE MALL) AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (HE SMILES AND LOOKS AT ROCKY) "I wish I had some weed" ROCKY (ROCKY BEGINS TO ACT LIKE HE HAS A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT AND IS DISABLED… LITTLE DO THE THREE MEN KNOW THAT HE IS CONCEALING A WEAPON INSIDE OF HIS SPORTS JACKET... HE CLOSES HIS BOOK) ROCKY (CONT'D) "You… ever… heard of… fake weed?" (HE LOOKS AROUND AT ALL OF THEM SLOWLY) THE FIRST MAN "Yeah you mean like, K2?" (HE LOOKS EXCITED) (THE MAN DRESSED IN BLACK SMILES A LITTLE) ROCKY "They call it Kush" AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "Yeah, I smoke some Kush… medical marijuana" ROCKY (HE CRINGES A LITTLE) "No… this is fake weed… but its legal… it's… medical marijuana… but it can help you stop smoking… cigarettes" AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "I GOT TO SMOKE A LITTLE BIT…" ROCKY "No… but this is for chain smokers… like him" (HE POINTS AT THE FIRST MAN) "Listen… to how… he talks… he's a chain smoker" (THE FIRST MAN GRIMACES, BUT SAYS NOTHING) AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "Nah man, but I'm a look for you though… A BUS ARRIVES (Close-up) HE PUTS HIS CIGARETTE OUT AND GETS ON IT (ANOTHER MAN SITS DOWN- HE HAS A WHITE SHIRT ON, WITH A TIE AND DRESS SLACKS ON) SALESMAN "Hey weren't you talkin' to me about that job?" (HE OFFERS THE FIRST MAN HIS RESUME… THE MAN IN ALL BLACK SMILES NOW) FIRST MAN "Yeah- does it got your phone number on there? Want me to call yah?" SALESMAN "Yeah- I'm working now… I'm just looking for another job out here" ANOTHER BUS ARRIVES AND ROCKY GETS ON ITEXT BUS (The camera follows ROCKY) INT BUS HE PUTS HIS BUS CARD IN THE FAREBOX, SAYING NOTHIG TO THE BUS DRIVER, WHO DOES NOT MEET HIS EYES, AND WALKS TO THE BACK OF THE BUS WHERE HE IS SEATED- THERE ARE OTHER PASSENGERS AS THE BUS PULLS OUT, HE LOOKS AT THE THREE MEN THROUGH THE WINDOW (Close-up ROCKY) EXT MANSION FRONT ROAD THE OWNER OF THE HOME PATIENTLY PULLS UP HIS MERCEDES BENZ TO THE FRONT ROAD OF HIS HOME (DRIVEWAY) CLUP CLUP! HE SLAMS HIS DOOR (Camera ROLLS UP FROM SIDE OF CAR DOOR TO FRONT OF HOME) INT RACE TRACK ROCKY HAS A JOGGING SUIT ON AND IS RUNNING LAPS AROUND AN INTERIOR RACE TRACK INSIDE OF ANOTHER MAN'S HOME, WHICH IS NESTLED QUIETLY IN AN UNINCORPORATED PART OF A SUBURB THE OWNER OF THE HOME ENTERS ROCKY ROCOCCO "Sorry Morton, I was just leaving…" HOME OWNER HIS JAW DROPS AS ROCKY WALKS PAST HIM, OUT OF THE HOME HE PICKS UP HIS PHONE, DIALING "Hello?" HIS WIFE "Balkan and Doran…" HOME OWNER "Honey, did you let one of the Muslims up from the basement?" WIFE "Oh Morton… no, he's fine; he said he had already been to the mosque today, so I told him he could use the race track" MORTON DROPS THE PHONE INT SAFE ROOM HE STEPS INTO A WOOD-PANELED ROOM TO FIND HIS HIDDEN SAFE HAS BEEN EMPTIED WITH A LOOK OF SHOCK ON HIS FACE, MORTON CLUTCHES HIS CHEST AS THOUGH HE IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK BLK SCRN EXT NIGHT A STREET LIGHT PROVIDES ENOUGH LIGHT FOR ROCKY TO SEE BY ROCKY "I wasn't supposed to be the one you hated". ROCKY (CONT'D) (Close-up) ROCKY'S EXPRESSION IS SERIOUS… BUT HIS EYES DO NOT MEET THE CAMERA; INSTEAD THEY LOOK AWAY. MORTON'S WIFE "You robbed him blind". HER VOICE IS DISTANT AND EXPRESSIONLESS, WHILE HER FACE LOOKS SAD. ROCKY "He owed that money to the Sheikh". MORTON'S WIFE "You gave him all those drugs for free!" HER VOICE IS MORE EMPHATIC NOW, HURT, AS SHE BEGINS TO REALIZE THAT ROCKY IS A DRUG PUSHER. ROCKY "Listen, nothing was free, it was all on credit… nothing's free in this game". HE IS MORE SERIOUS, NOW- HE REALIZES THE LEGITIMACY OF HIS OWN CULTURAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT MORTON'S WIFE "He's in a hospital Rocky!" HER EYES BULGE AS SHE RAISES HER VOICE AT HIM. HE GRIMACES ROCKY "Look at the bright side toots… I'm still here". HE REPLIES NONCHALANTLY, WITH CALM, CONFIDENCE- AND A SLIGHT SMILE SHE LOOKS INTO HIS EYES…YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL AS THE GLOW OF THE STREET LAMP CUTS INTO THE NIGHT, HIGLIGHTING HER BEAUTIFUL FEATURES ROCKY (CONT'D) BLK SCRN INT CITY APARTMENT ROCKY "Was that Elvira broad on television again?" (HIS SERVANT, A WOMAN IS COOKING) THERE IS A BRICK CELL-PHONE LYING ON THE COUCH AS HE WALKS INTO THE ROOM ADJACENT TO WHERE SHE COOKS FROM THE OPEN KITCHEN SMOKE RISES FROM THE PAN ROCKY AND HIS SERVANT (CONT'D) HE HAS A FUNNY LOOK ON HIS FACE (CLOSE-UP) HE PUTS ON HIS GROUCHO MARX GLASSES WITH THE FAKE NOSE AND CLICKS ON THE TELEVISION ELVIRA APPEARS, LOOKING YOUNG, SO HE CLICKS IT RIGHT BACK OFF (CLOSE-UP) KKKK-TTT HE CLICKS IT RIGHT BACK ON AND FLIPS- THERE IS A PICTURE OF POPE JOHN PAUL XVI ROCKY (CONT'D) PFFFFT! THERE IS A MUSLIM IN CLERIC GARB ROCKY'S EXPRESSION GROWS MORE SOMBER THERE IS A HUMAN HEART PUMPING BLOOD HE GETS UP AND RUNS INTO A BACK ROOM AND BEGINS TO PRAY AND SPEAK ARABIC NOISILY HE IS SINGING PARTS OF THE QUR'AN THAT HE CAN REMEMBER INT ROOM UNKNOWN PERSON "Did you miss me?" (ALL THAT IS VISIBLE OF HIM IS A SILHOUETTE) ROCKY (ROCKY FACES THE CORNER OF THE ROOM) "I didn't know it was going to kill you". ROCKY'S EXPRESSION IS SOMBER UNKNOWN PERSON (CONT'D) THE SILHOUETTE PAUSES, STANDING UPRIGHT A LITTLE BIT, AS THOUGH HE HAS SUFFERED A MILD HEART PALPITATION ROCKY "I can tell it's you by your blood pressure". FSS-FSSSSS UNKNOWN PERSON (HE DRAGS HIS FEET A LITTLE) "I didn't know you were gonna go there" (Pause) ROCKY (CONT'D) "You sure picked one hell of a time to show up" "Make yourself comfortable… we're both yours now" "A great time everything's goin' well- I had no idea" THE OTHER PERSON WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR INTO THE OTHER ROOM, ROCKY FOLLOWS HIM OUTIT IS A CAUCASIAN MAN WHOM APPEARS TO BE HIS FATHER AND IS VERY HANDSOME FOR SOMEONE HIS AGE ROCKY AND UNKNOWN PERSON (CONT'D) INT FRONT ROOM (HIS SERVANT IS STILL COOKING) ROCKY "This is my dad hon- we're married… take care of him as you would me; he's gonna live here now; you still get everything that was yours". BLK SCRN INT BEDROOM "Just… shut… up". ROCKY SITS UP IN BED THE PALE LIGHT OF DAWN LEAKS INTO THE ROOM BEHIND HIM HE PUTS A HAND TO HIS FACE HE IS TIRED HE SIGHS AND GETS OUT OF BED (ROCKY CONT'D) EXT APARTMENT BUILDING ROCKY WALKS TOWARDS AN ELEVATED TRAIN STATION A GUN IS CLEVERLY TUCKED IN HIS WAIST, WHERE IT IS NOT VISIBLE- A WAD OF MONEY IS STUFFED IN HIS JEAN POCKET HE IS IN THE INNER-CITY A POOR MAN WHO APPEARS TO BE HOMELESS STOOPS OVER BEHIND A STEELLINKED FENCED SECTION BENEATH THE VIADUCT, FEEDING FLOCKS OF PIGEONS WITH HANDFULS OF TORN BREAD THEY SCATTER AS ROCKY WALKS PAST ROCKY GRIMACES HE CROSSES THE BUSY STREET FROM THE SIDE OF THE VIADUCT THAT HE IS UNDER TO THE SIDE WHERE THE ENTRANCE THAT LEADS TO THE TOP OF THE STATION IS HONNNKKK! A CAR WHIRS PAST- ROCKY LOOKS TO THE SIDE, THEN FORWARD (Close-up) EXT EL-STATION ENTRANCE ROCKY WALKS INSIDE WHERE AN ATTENDANT IS SEATED INSIDE OF A BOOTH, FACING OUT TOWARDS THE STREET ATTENDANT THE ATTENDANT'S EXPRESSION IS SOMBER- AS HE IS SEATED INSIDE OF A BOOTH, BEHIND THICK GLASS. HE IS WEARING A KUFI, ALTHOUGH HE HAS HIS ATTENDANT'S UNIFORM ON. HE WATCHES ROCKY AS HE PUTS HIS FARE CARD INTO THE CARD READER IN THE TURNSTILE BEEEEP! CTHUNK ROCKY "So what are we gonna make hajj now?" THE ATTENDANT LOOKS SLIGHTLY ANNOYED AS ROCKY BARRELS PAST, UP THE ESCALATOR THAT LEADS TO THE TOP OF THE STATION BLK SCRN INT BASEMENT SHEIKH FAWZI "The 105th Caliph of America Dada Berber whose revelation it was that unjustly accused serial killers would have spices in heaven- had one wife Mother Faka" ROCKY (THE SHEIKHS FACE IS EXPRESSIONLESS AS ROCKY RUSHES IN, PASSING A TABLE WITH GUNS ON IT AND AN OFFERING BASKET WHERE HE PUTS IN A LARGE WAD OF MONEY) (ROCKY SITS DOWN INDIAN STYLE ON THE FLOOR WITH THE OTHER LISTENERS) SHEIKH FAWZI "His identity is still a secret". (SHEIKH FAWZI CONT'D) (HIS AUDIENCE LOOKS BACK AT HIM, EXPRESSIONLESS, TOO) "The number of Kharijites in America is not revealed- do not answer if they ask the name of the caliph… say that the caliph is not elected". (THE SHEIKH'S SMALL AUDIENCE BEGINS TO ROCK AND PRAY BEFORE HIM) SHEIKH FAWZI "There may be gifts" INT CAR EXT BUILDING (SMALL PARKING LOT) ROCKY DRIVES OFF WITH A SMALL LIST OF ADRESSES HE IS BEING SENT TO BY THE SHEIKH BRRRRRRRRR (THE RADIO PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND, IT IS A CHEAP CAR STEREO) (ROCKY LEANS FORWARD OVER HIS STEERING WHEEL, DETERMINED) EXT EXPRESSWAY ENTRANCE (ROCKY GETS ON THE HIGHWAY) EXT HOUSE (RESIDENTIAL BLOCK) (ROCKY PULLS UP TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE- IT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS TO A POLICE OFFICER AND HIS FAMILY) (NO ONE IS INSIDE) (ROCKY LETS HIM SELF IN USING A KEY) (THERE ARE PICTURES ON THE MANTLE OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A HAPPY FAMILY: BUT THERE IS ONE OTHER THAT STANDS OUT- (Close-up) (OF A LARGE BALD-HEADED MAN WITH A GHO-TEE WHO LOOKS TURKISH AND IS SMILING, WITHOUT IT TOUCHING HIS EYES… HE IS HOLDING A BUTCHER'S CLEAVER) EXT SAFE ROOM (ROCKY OPENS A DOOR, FINDS A SAFE ROOM AND EMPTIES IT) (Close-up) EXT EMPTY SAFE BLK SCRN INT ROCKY'S APARTMENT PARTY ROCKY (HE SIPS A DRINK AND TALKS LOUDLY) "This formalism is bullshit… 1984 is a very old book already. So dad, now that you've come back to us through the time capsule that looks like a coffin in the mosque, what do you plan on doing?" ROCKY'S DAD "There's a movie that's going to come out in three years, called Back to the Future part 2 that's going to make this all look like child's play; but the effects of what Orwell describes in 1984 (which it clearly is now) will not be felt fully until 2011). I was only temporarily cryogenically frozen, but there have been others before me." ROCKY "Cut the bullshit dad, you look exactly like you did when they claimed you diedhow would you know about all that crazy shit". (EVERY ONE ELSE PRESENT IN THE ROOM LISTENS INTENTLY) ROCKY'S DAD "They're already traveling back and forth, son." ROCKY "Yeah, so can we go travel to like 2099 and see what that's like?" ROCKY'S DAD "Turn on the television- don't talk" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY PICKS UP A REMOTE CONTROL AN FLIPS ON THE TELEVISION WHICH STANDS FRONT AND CENTER THE ROOM AND HIS GUESTS PFFFFFFFT! INT TELEVISION ROAAAAWRRRR! THERE ARE TWO GRIZZLY BEARS HAVING SEX ROCKY CLICKS THE REMOTE AGAIN, CHANGING THE TELEVISION STATION ROCKY (CONT'D) PFFFFFFFFFTT! THE POPE IS GIVING A SPEECH (Close-up) HIS FATHER RAISES HIS HAND ROCKY'S FATHER "Hold on…" THE GROUP LISTENS INTENTLY THE POPE "The Roman Catholic Church, therefore, agrees with the United States government that the hijacking of passenger jet-airplanes is an act of terrorism". THE CROWD CHEERS A NEWSCASTER REPLACES THE POPE ON THE SCREEN AND ROCKY CLICKS OFF THE TELEVISION PFFFFFFFT! BLK SCRN ROCKY'S DAD "There gonna blame Ghadafi". EXT BUILDING (BLUE AND RED LIGHTS FLASH) UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES HAVE THREE MUSLIM MEN IN HANDCUFFS, THAT THEY ARE ESCORTING FROM THE BUILDING WHERE SHEIKH FAWZI MEETS, AND IS HEADQUARTERED- IN A BASEMENT. DETECTIVE #1 "Let's go bud- we have information that you are under suspicion for terrorist activities… which involve the hijacking of jet airplanes" SHEIKH'S FOLLOWER #1 "We do not know what you are talking about- we are Muslim, we are worshipers of Allah!" DETECTIVE #2 "Yeah, why aren't you meeting in a mosque then?" THE SECOND MAN HAS A LOOK OF OUTRAGE ON HIS FACE AS HE MEETS THE OFFICER'S EYES HE SWEARS IN ARABIC SHEIKH'S FOLLOWER #2 "Do not talk to me- I am Muslim… you do not even read us our rights!" (Close-up) THE DETECTIVE BECOMES ANGRY DETECTIVE #1 "You are under arrest! You have the right to remain silent. Everything that you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. If you do not have an attorney you will be provided with one. You are being detained- you are entitled to one phone call, if you cannot post bond you will be held until your trial. Capiche!" SHEIKH FAWZI SAYS NOTHING AS THEY ARE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THE OFFICERS LEAD THE HANDCUFFED MEN INTO THE BACKS OF UNMARKED CARS, PUSHING THEIR HEADS IN AND SLAMMING THE DOORS SHUT BEHIND THEM THE MEN STRUGGLE AGAINST THEIR BONDS AND CAPTORS, BUT ARE STILL TAKEN INTO CUSTODY CLUP-CLUP! CLUP-CLUP! INT CAR WHEEEEEW! BRRRRRRRUUUMM! THE SIRENS OF THE DETECTIVES' VEHICLES SOUND AS THEY PEEL OFF INT BLACK ROOM WHITE LIGHT (PORTRAIT COLORS INVERTED IN BLACK AND WHITE) UNKNOWN PERSON "Yes, my name is Robert Backaloza and I am clearly a person you have never seen before… let me tell you a little story about my people; we don't give a fuck anymore, truthfully we look forward to war because if we did not no one would have anything to do with their psychos. I mean let's just be honest- before little Johnny learned WHEW! you got knocked the fuck out, it was clear that lines of silver spoons in front old shit that we don't give a fuck about, because truthfullywe are doing it for fun, would have synthetic meaning to you. Let me ask you a question- when was the last time you gave a fuck about a Kharijite when you had a gun that big on you… what are they going to do- tell me I am a sinner? Now, the problem is, that these are some paltry hoes. It's not their fault, it's their diet that causes them to have this temperament. I mean what, 'did you want to go frolicking in the woods together'? And truthfully, when we look at our own medical doctors, whom developed an entire medical system from Spanish Inquisition, it would appear absurd to even entertain the notion that one of these compulsive agitated bastards, who has already had the balls to cut a motherfucker open and replace a vital organ, as a surgeon, would be scared to shoot a missile launcher." "Let me introduce you to someone else-" INT BRIGHTLY LIT ROOM (YELLOW- OIL PAINTING ON THE WALL "An authentic elderly Muslim Male in Yellowstone National Park") "CAN you feel me!- n****" ("INSIDE YOUR HEAD" by FREDDIE FOXX on a short wave transistor radio plays in the back round) MARK STEVENS (A HEAVY SET CAUCASIAN MALE WITH A BALD HEAD WHO APPEARS TO BE IN HIS MID-THIRTIES DRESSED IN BLACK SPORTS ATTIRE. HIS VOICE IS NASAL) "My name's Mark Stevens. I'm an Episcopalian Muslim to you- just embrace it. I've had enough of this 'Shiite's are sinners bullshit'. There's only one truth to you: it's a white nigger named Matt Clark sitting Indian style on the fucking concrete of a busy city street near a lake where there's an old drug store. Wanna play with the animals? Personally, I find no offense in being called a gorilla because a little force is not a big deal for me. I know the type of shit that people do when their alone at home, so it's not a big deal for me if I have to let you sample a little of the fine wine. My problem is when I can't get my work done, so as a point of reference for the near future, save your mediaeval bullshit. People are bored". "Let me show you something!" "This is my pods collection- if my people take their shit over there, my young hillbilly friends who are real masons- the type that build houses, these queers will leave the fuck alone about the coke problem". MARK STEVENS "Just admit it, a human head encased in metal is some freaky shit we simply won't know about." BLK SCRN "A kamikaze entering the cosmic gene pool…" INT ROOM (HALOGEN WHITE LIGHT) (Close-up) ROCKY'S FACE DOESN'T MOVE AS HE SPEAKS "I'm into chaos theory mathematics… most people wouldn't believe that can be translated as simply as 'one who focuses on things which are not there' ". ROCKY (CONT'D) (HIS VOICE CHANGES TO REFLECT THE ACOUSTIC OF A MAN SPEAKING BEHIND A MASK OF THE SAME SIZE [SAME VOICE]) "Let's skip the evidence here… call it a single correlative sign for those of you who are bold, you will wonder first, if the correlative or causative truth came first and how, but then- 'we want results, don't we'?" "My revelation was and Indian man who dropped thirty-eight cents running because they were trying to either steal from him or force him into a hospital". "Probably wouldn't believe that his only child's safety could be dependent on such simple factors and that I could see a sign, but then- 'who else would tell you to keep these on?" SUBJECT-TO-SUBJECT (BLACK RAYBAN'S CLOSE-UP EXT) "Who else would tell you to put these on?" (Pause) "I may have a new number". EXT MOSQUE (BRIGHT SUMMER DAY) WI$DOM MONEY IS SEATED ON A MILK CRATE OUTSIDE OF THE MOSQUE, THE SAME MOSQUE WHERE ROCKY ONCE GREW UP (Close-up) WISDOM MONEY "I thought you guys were cool…" 3 LOUISIANA BLACKS ARE SELLING LEMONADE AT A STAND OUTSIDE LOUISIANA BLACK #1 "Shit, nigga- I thought you was cool!" NO ONE BROUGHT ANYTHING TO THE MOSQUE WI$DOM MONEY "Wasn't that cool?! I thought y'all wanted some NIGGGA!!!" "Shit where's y'all disguises?! 'Ole Kleinholtz resonator ass nigga!" LOUISIANA BLACK #2 "What's my motivation?" WI$DOM MONEY "Nigga, this ain't a rave party!" SUDDENLY ROCKY APPEARS ROCKY ROCCOCO "WHAT MOTHERFUCKER- YOU WANT SOMETHING HEAR, BITCH!" WI$DOM MONEY "Yeah motherfucker- try Khalifa's new pace-maker on for size homo… or daddy Sid's new garments! What bitch what!" BUT THE AURA OF NUMBER THREE IS TOO IMPECCABLE (SUBJECT-TO-SUBJECT VIEW) BLK SCRN "Malcolm X loves y'all motherfucker!" WHITE SCRN FADE IN STILL EXT MOSQUE THEN MARCUS GARVEY COMES ALONG "Do I look like I eat a box of chicken to y'all?" LOUISIANA BLACKS (IN UNISON) "No sir…" BLK SCRN INT TRAIN WHITE LIGHT (OVERCAST) (Close-up) DAMIEN DANE "My name is Damien Dane- (on the train…) replete 'with my own personal Van Helsing'- 14th apostle. One day the Lord Krsna appeared to me in the form of Varapustra, and he had this to say- 'the mind of the devil is the revelation of Satan'. What do you think?" (THE CAMERA AIMS TO HIS RIGHT A LITTLE, ZOOMING IN ON THE INTERIOR CAB OF THE CAR) ROCKY SITS, WAGGING HIS HEAD A LITTLE, LOOKING AWAY AS THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON HIM, SUNGLASSES ON… HE LOOKS SLIGHTLY ANNOYED, TEHN OUT THE WINDOW. DAMIEN DANE (CONT'D) (DAMIEN SPEAKS UP FROM THE REAR INTERIOR OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAB NOW) "Oh he doesn't want to talk to me? (HE STEPS UP TO ROCKY WHILE HE IS STILL SEATED) THE CAMERA DOUBLES BACK- FOLLOWING HIM TO ROCKY (Close-up) DAMIEN (Close-up) ROCKY DAMIEN "Yeah?" (Close-up) ROCKY SAYS NOTHING DAMIEN DANE "SO- has Robert had his bureaucratic thank you swarm?" (Pause) "Huh- funny, isn't it?" ROCKY'S FACE CONTORTS AS HE LOOKS BACK AT HIM ROCKY SPEAKS BACK AT HIM CALMLY "Are you the son of the apostle?" CALMLY SHAKING HIS HEAD DAMIEN LOOKS BACK AT THE REST OF THE CAR AS HE GROWS MORE EXCITED DAMIEN "SO- children, are we just to take Van Helsing lightly?" THE REST OF THE CAR STARES IN SILENCE ROCKY DOES A DOUBLE-TAKE, LOOKING AWAY IN ANNOYANCE AGAIN… THE TRAIN STOPS AT DAMEN AND HE PUSHES PAST DAMIEN, OUT OFTHE DOOR, GRABBING A HANDLE AND SWINGING BY ON THE METAL BARS. EXT BUILDING DUSK ROCKY IS ENTERING HIS BUILDING WHEN HE IS APPROACHED BY A MASKED FIGURE WITH A GUN THAT IS DRESSED LIKE THE INVISBLE MAN (Close-up) ROCKY SAYS NOTHING ROBERT BACKALOZA "Rocky" (Pause) ROCKY DOES NOT MOVE BACKALOZA APPROACHES- AN APPARITION FROM THE PAST, OUT OF THE DARKNESS SURROUNDING THE BUILDING ROBERT BACKALOZA (CONT'D) HE IS HOLDING A SMALL SMITH AND WESSUN REVOLVER, WHICH IS POINTED AT ROCKY ROBERT "What's going to happen to you if your boys don't get out of jail, Rocky?" ROCKY LOOKS AT HIM IN FEAR ROBERT BACKALOZA "Wouldn't be so TOUGH then, would you?" ROCKY'S EYES BULGE AS HE CLOSES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM AND PUTS THE GUN TO ROCKY'S SPORTS JACKET ROBERT "Whaddya gonna do Rocky?" ROBERT BACKALOZA (CONT'D) THE GUN IS TO ROCKY'S STOMACH HE SLAMS ROCKY AGAINST THE WALL ROBERT BACKALOZA "WHADDAYOU GONNA DO YOU LITTLE FUCKIN' PUNK?!" ROCKY IS CRYING, CURLING UP HE TRIES TO DUCK BLAM! ROCKY SLAMS AGAINST THE WALL AND FALLS TO THE GROUND AS HIS ASSAILANT DISAPPEARS AGAIN BLK SCRN INT HOSPITAL ROOM BEEP-BEEEEEP-BEEP (CAMERA ZOOMS IN SLOWLY) ROCKY LIES IN A BED- ON LIFE SUPPORT ROCKY (NARRATES) (ROCKY SPEAKS WITH A GRAVELLY VOICE) "Socrates was Muslim… a man or woman in love is much better off than they were at first… Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking bullshit Spanish… what do you do when the ideologists who have been used to indoctrinate you with fear turn into political cartoons? The voice of the media is the rhythm of your heart attack- the lie that it tells you is only a rejection of 'alternative' lifestyles. All along your people were telling you the media is full of shit- the problem was that they were telling you in the same tone of voice". "I'm a nurse". EXT HOSPITAL ROOM MARK IS WHEELING AN EMPTY GURNEY AWAY FROM THE ROOM, ITS OPEN DOOR VISIBLE BEHIND HIM INT ROCKY'S APARTMENT NO ONE IS AT ROCKY'S APARTMENT (THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN SLOWLY) INT FRONT ROOM INT HALLWAY INT BEDROOM INT KITCHEN BLK SCRN INT HOSPITAL ROOM DOCTOR "Are you familiar with the term Balochization, Rocky?" ROCKY COMES TO IN THE WHITE LIGHT OF HIS HOSPITAL ROOM ON AN OVERCAST DAY ROCKY "Huh… what's that?" HE IS STILL GROGGY DOCTOR "Let me take a look at your nose…" ROCKY JUMPS UP OUT OF BED ROCKY "Get out of here, man!" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY LOOKS DOWN TO SEE A BANDAGE COVERING HIS STOMACH, THEN PASSES OUT. BLK SCRN INT HOSPITAL ROOM ROCKY WATCHES TV FROM HIS BED. A NURSE ENTERS HIS ROOM NURSE "You have to see the doctor now, Rocky". ROCKY "Yes nurse." INT DOCTOR'S OFFICE ROCKY ENTERS THE ROOM. HIS DOCTOR IS SEATED BEHIND A DESK WITH HIS DEGREES HANGING ON THE WALL BEHIND HIM. ROCKY'S NURSE CLOSES THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. DOCTOR "Have a seat, Rocky". ROCKY "Yes, doctor". A PLAQUE ON HIS DESK READS 'DR. MARK STEVENS'. DOCTOR "Rocky, before I let you leave, I would like you to know that I am Doctor Mark Stevens- whose revelation it is that people's diaries have become propaganda because the digital age has become an occult fascination fixated on a derivation of a ritual in Christian science called 'auditing'". (Close-up) ROCKY MOUTH OPENS SLIGHTLY IN AWE DOCTOR (CONT'D) DOCTOR "When you get home, your father might not be there Rocky". INT MEETING ROOM ROCKY IS BEHIND GLASS IN A MEETING ROOM- AT THE COUNTY JAIL ROCKY "Chicago Christian Academy. Jesus reborn in the mind of a woman… he didn't die- Booby Rush did. President's club. Janjaweed is what Omar al-Bashir smokes with Kofi Anon. Your pastor is a hidden camera, your evangelist a group of men and women breaking and entering your residence, hunting for any photo they can find". A MAN WITH A SKULL-FACE MASK STRETCHED OVER HIS FACE SITS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLASS. CAPTAIN BRITISH (CONT'D) (Close-up) CAPTAIN BRITISH "Rocky- you're going to have to stay here to meet with your friends. Meanwhile we're going to send some people from the twin cities to work here as construction workers so that we can rebuild the temple of Evangelical White Latabaneros…" (Pause) "Rocky?" ROCKY "Yeah" BLK SCRN INT ROCKY'S APARTMENT FRONT DOOR ROCKY OPENS THE DOOR FROM OUTSIDE AND ENTERS KKKIIIIIRRRRRRRRR THE HARDWOOD FLOORBOARDS OF THE HALLWAY CREAK UNDER HIS FEET (Pause) HE STOPS TO MAKE SURE HE WILL NOT WAKE ANYONE, SINCE IT IS EARLY IN THE MORNING. ROCKY (CONT'D) PASSING THE FRONT ROOM, HE NOTICES THAT HIS SERVANT WIFE AND HIS FATHER ARE NOT HOME HE RUSHES TO A BACK ROOM INT BACK ROOM ROCKY LIFTS THE GRATE OUT OF A VENT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, PLACING IT BESIDE HIM ON THE FLOOR HE REACHES IN AND PULLS OUT A BLACK 9mm HANDGUN, WHICH HE STUFFS IN HIS WAIST ROCKY QUICKLY WALKS BACK THROUGH THE APARTMENT AND OUT THE FRONT DOOR INT FRONT DOOR CLICK BUMP HE SHUTS THE DOOR BEHIND HIM, QUIETLY. TELEVISION SCREEN THREE MEN ARE SHOWN LEAVING COURT OUTSIDE A FEDERAL BUILDING REPORTER "Three Muslim men were released from federal custody today after being held without being charged." INT ROOM WHITE LIGHT (Close-up) ROCKY "Stinginess is promoted by a Caucasian male who thinks he can buy himself a wife". "Howard Kyle Propagandist- Hard Thank You's: Great Britain will come in, in arms and force them to forgive". "Richard Ferdoze- Allah is the enemy of the American people". SUBJECT-TO-SUBJECT INT WHITE ROOM CAPTAIN BRITAIN FIGHTS A SKINNY LIGHT-SKINNED AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN IN AN EXPENSIVE SUIT. EXT APARTMENT BUILDING ROCKY ENTERS AN APARTMENT BUILDING. INT MAIL ROOM ITS INTERIOR DOOR HAS A BROKEN LOCK ROCKY PUSHES HIS WAY THROUGH, GUN IN HIS WASTE INT STAIRCASE (CAMERA UP) BRUMP BRUMP ROCKY (CONT'D) CREEK BUMP ROCKY WINDS UP THE STAIRCASE- RIGHT HAND ON THE BANISTER AS HE SWINGS UP THE STAIRS, HIS MUSCULAR THIGHS STRAINING AS HE PUSHES HIMSELF UPWARDS AT A TOP FLOOR HE KNOCKS ON A DOOR EXT DOOR KLKKK KLLLKK BEHIND THE DOOR A VOICE ANSWERS "Who is it?" ROCKY "Where are you Max?" MAX CAN BE HEARD FUMBLING WITH A CHAIN FROM BEHIND THE DOOR- HE OPENS IT, PEEKING OUT FROM BEHIND THE THRESHOLD MAX "Rocky------" UMPH! ROCKY PUSHES THE DOOR IN, GRABBING MAX, AN ELDERLY MAN AROUND HIS NECK IN A CHOKEHOLD INT APARTMENT HALLWAY ROCKY "Where's the money Max?" MAX "Rocky, I'm an old man!" ROCKY "Yeah, well you're going to be a lot older man when I get through with you Max!" RMMPH! ROCKY PULLS HIM BACK, HARD ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY "I'm not kidding this time Max!" MAX "Okay, Rocky- anything you want!" ROCKY "No, Max- the money" ROCKY SPEAKS THROUGH SLIGHTLY CLENCHED TEETH (Pause) MAX'S VOICE TREMBLES MAX "Rocky" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY "I told you this was going to be the last time you fucked me off" ROCKY SLAMS MAX AGAINST A WALL HIS GUN IS OUT MAX IS CURLED UP, ARMS AROUND HIS EARS, AFRAID ROCKY "Put your hands down" MAX (CONT'D) MAX PUTS HIS HANDS DOWN- STILL FRIGHTENED THERE IS AN EERIE SILENCE ROCKY PUTS HIS LEFT HAND TO THE SIDE OF MAX'S HEAD AND THE 9mm HANDGUN TO MAX'S EAR BOOOMMMMM! ROCKY SHOOTS A HOLE IN THE WALL AND MAX CONTINUES TO STARE UP IN FRIGHT- NOW DEAF IN HIS LEFT EAR. ROCKY (CONT'D) (Pause) ROCKY LOOKS AT HIM ON THE FLOOR AS HE FLEES, BACKWARDS OUT OF THE APARTMENT AND BACK DOWN THE STAIRS BLK SCRN MASTER YODA APPEARS AGAINST THE BLACK SCREEN NARRATOR (MASTER YODA) "Hmmm… good. How, you say? How did he become master of the universe?" GNARLZ BARKLEY'S 'BETTER' BEGINS TO PLAY INT STAIRCASE BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM ROCKY RUNS DOWN THE STAIRS AS HE ATTEMPTS TO FLEE, GUN IN HIS HAND, HE LEANS FORWARD, JUMPING, SKIPPING STEPS EXT INTERIOR HALLWAY DOOR BWWEEEEE! ROCKY (CONT'D) HE RUNS THROUGH THE FIRST DOOR INT MAILROOM HE CLICKSTHE SAFETY ON HIS GUN AND STUFFS IT IN HIS WASTE (Pause) INT FRONT DOOR STOPPING TO TAKE A BREATH, HE LEANS ON THE FRONT DOOR BEEEWWWWWWW (SLOW-MOTION) SWINGING IT OPEN, HE WALKS OUT AS THOUGH NOTHING HAPPENED EXT BUILDING BLUE AND RED LIGHTS FLOOD THE CAMERA A SWARM OF OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY FLOODED THE SCENE "FREEZE!" A UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICER SHOUTS AS THEY DRAW THEIR GUNS ROCKY PUTS HIS HANDS UP "GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!" HE LIES DOWN, FACE FLAT ON THE GROUND ROCKY (CONT'D) AN OFFICER RUNS UP TO WHERE HE IS, ON THE GROUND, KNEELING AND CUFFS HIM IT IS A SUNNY DAY WHITE SCRN INT VISITING ROOM PRISON ROCKY IS SEATED BEHIND A TABLE HIS HANDS ARE FOLDED ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY ROCCOCO "A propagandist having an aneurism claiming that 'the children are to blame.' 'If we want to do away with propaganda, we will have to abolish the entire school system'; 'You might as well blame Panera bread…'" "Ronald Regan is president". PRISON GUARD "You have a visitor Rocky…" A MAN IN PROFESSIONAL DRESS ENTERS. HE APPEARS TO BE A CLINICIAN SOCIAL WORKER "D o you know why you are here Rocky?" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY "I am here because of the fucking IRS". SOCIAL WORKER "No Rocky, you are here because you commit a crime. You commit the crime of assault with a deadly weapon. D o you remember when you commit that crime Rocky?" ROCKY "I am the Ayatollah Khomeini Reza Shaw, the Prince of fucking Persia- and I am here to declare that the Common Era began 2700 years ago, when Persia became the major world power!" SOCIAL WORKER "No Rocky, you are here because you were found guilty". SOCIAL WORKER (CONT'D) "Rocky, your family is here to see you Rocky. Would you like to see them Rocky?" ROCKY LOOKS INTO THE CAMERA ROCKY ROCCOCO "Rick Rueben- everything you disagree with is the cause of Allah". "The way you begin will not necessarily become the way you are left off" "The temple is bad". "Extremists, would you like one for free?" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY ROCCOCO "Uncle Sam, 'Is there someone you would like buried alive', we can help you". "Any questions?" SOCIAL WORKER "Rocky, your family…" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY ROCCOCO "Yes" (Close-up) BLK SCRN EXT FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT (CAMERA ZOOMS IN) ROCKY'S FACE IS ON A LARGE PLASTIC SIGN OUTSIDE OF A PIZZA RESTAURANT 'ROCKY ROCCOCO' NARRATOR (FRED SAVAGE) "My father took me here to eat when I was a boy" NARRATOR (CONT'D) "25 years laROCKY ROCCOCO Wi$dom Money NARRATOR (SAYED) Osama bin Laden is a formula for what drove 2 dead men insane… it is a paranoid schizophrenic hearing the voice of Tony Montana saying, "I stick it up your ass when you're not looking"; and the schizophrenic, like a noble knight- defends his mentally tormented helpless people… by saying back to him, in a calm tone of voice- "then that's how you come down". INT. LIGHT SPEED AHEAD (BLK AND WHITE COMINATCHA VISUALIZATION// WMP) BLK SCRN SAYED I grew up poor Inner city A melting pot INT SATELLITE VIEW OF NEIGHBORHOOD SCRN DESCENDS ON IMAGE (Albany Park Chicago) BLEND IMAGE KID ZONING OUT IN CLASSROOM (THE TEACHERS VOICE IS AUDIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND, A MONOTONE) YOUNG SAYED (HE WHISPERS INSTENTLY) "Akira…" (SEATED IN FRONT OF HIM, HIS YOUNG FRIEND WHO IS A GIRL DOES NOT YET RESPOND) "Isha…" AKIRA (SHE TURNS AROUND) "What?" (THEIR EYES MEET TO A BRIEF PAUSE) TEACHER "And SAYED…" SAYED "Yes" TEACHER "Correct". (SHE SMILES AT HIM WHILE AKIRA BLUSHES) TEACHER "Would you like to come up to the board?" SAYED "No mam…" TEACHER "Okay, please do not disrupt the class room" SAYED "But…" TEACHER "What?" He does not respond. TEACHER (CONT'D) She continues OOF! EXT. PLAYGROUND SAYED is fighting with another boy of the same ethnicity THE CLASSMATE PUNCHES SAYED'S FACE AKIRA "AAAAY" She Speaks in Arabic quickly "HEEEEEY!" BLK SCRN INT COURTROOM SAYED stands in front of a judge… he is older now- no longer a minor JUDGE "In light of the defendant's willingness to cooperate this court hereby sentences Sayed Adib to two years probation" (The JUDGE TAPS HIS HAMMER with finality) SAYED (SAYED, WHO HAS HIS HEAD BOWED SLIGHTLY, RAISES HIS EYES - TO MEET THE JUDGE'S) "Thank you, sir" EXT. SUNNY DAY OUTSIDE OF COURTHOUSE (Close-up) SAYED SMILES, HAPPY TO STILL BE FREE SAYED'S MOTHER HIS MOTHER, WITH HER HEAD WRAPPED IN A SHOUFA, TAKES -HIM BY THE EAR; SWATTING AT HIS HEAD AND COMPLAINING AT HIM IN A HIGH-PITCHED FAST TONE OF VOICE, SPEAKING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE… HUDDLING HIM INTO A CAR, A SMALL TWO-DOOR HONDA CLUNK! SHE WATCHES THE CAR PULL OFF DRIVER "Mosque, now…" SAYED PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN- THERE ARE TEARS IN HIS EYES SAYED AND THE DRIVER OPEN THE SIDE DOOR OF THE MOSQUE AND ENTER INT HALLWAY (MOSQUE) It is quiet A few men enter from the other side INT MOSQUE (INSIDE) THE MEN BEGIN TO GATHER SLOWLY (Close-up) SAYED APPEARS TO FEEL INADEQUATE, BUT REMAINS STANDING WITH HIS HEAD UP, NEXT TO HIS DRIVER, WHOM LOOKS MORE SERIOUS THAN HIM AND HAS A SLIGHT LOOK OF ANGER PASSERSBY DO NOT STOP TO COMMENT… IF THEY SEEM SARCASTIC, THE DRIVER STARES THEM DOWN HE SMILES BEHIND THE MAJA'DI, WHO REMAINS FACING THE SMALL REPLICA OF THE KABBA AT THE INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE'S CENTER (THE MIH'RAB); AGAINST THE WALL, IT'S LIGHT ON AND SHINING- LIKE THE OTHER LIGHTS IN THE MOSQUE SAYED'S EYES ARE OPEN THE MAJA'DI RECITES THE AH'DAN DREAM SEQUENCE/ FADE TO WHITE INT SUNNY FIELD SAYED STANDS IN AN OPEN FIELD A CALF LIES ON ITS SIDE IT IS THIN A GROUP OF MEN APPROACH IT, SURROUND IT- THEY BRING IT HAY THEY FEED IT THE HAY IT CHEWS DREAM SEQUENCE (CONT'D) SAYED RETURNS TO HIS PLACE ON THE LINE IN THE MOSQUE YELLOW LIGHTS THE HAFIDZ IS RECITING BEFORE THE SMALL VEILLESS MONUMENT, LIT IN ITS INTERIOR INT COURT THOSE WHO FOLLOW ALLAH ARE STATIONED IN LINES ALLAH U' AKBAR (RECITED IN UNISON SOFTLY) THOSE WHO ARE STATIONED ON THE RED LINES OF CARPET KNEEL IN PEACE AND BOW THEIR HEADS (PROSTRATE) TO THE FLOOR THE ZUHR PRAYER CONCLUDES EXT COURT A GROUP OF MEN TAKE THEIR POSITION IN THE RANKS OF THE OUTER COURT ONE MAN WHOM HAS A SECOND MAN, AS HIS SHADOW- WINDS THROUGH THE CROWD THEY MOVE BACK AND FORTH, AMONGST THE DENSELY PACKED GROUP OF PEOPLE IT IS A PRAYER CEREMONY FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED (ASBAB AN'NUZUL) THE CASKET IS CLOSED (SEALED) IT IS CARRIED FIRST BY ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE THE VESELL MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS THE CENTER OF SEVENTY-FIVE PEOPLE… ALL DRESSED IN ISLAMIC GARB 30 PEOPLE LIFT IT NOW, TOUCHING THE CASKET THE CEREMONY (CONT'D) INDIANS AND PAKISTANIS CHEER AS THE CASKET IS SURFED AROUND THE TOP OF THE GROUP THEY CHEER AND TOUCH IT, PRAISING A MARTYR (OR ONE WHOM HAS SUFERRED FOR THE FAITH) BLK SCRN ROCKY (SAYED) NARRATES "I never returned to the mosque after that day… and I didn't know who was in that casket, but it was enough for me; I think it already showed that I had went the wrong way" EXT BUILDING (THE POLICE ARREST ROCKY) "But my friends and I… we were Muslim" INT PRISON (HE IS IN PRISON NOW- SITTING IN A QUESTIONING ROOM) "I broke my probation and did three years in prison… when I got out, I became a paid thug; I used to collect money for a very high profile drug dealer; no one knew him because he masqueraded himself as a Muslim… hell, he was a Muslim… his name was Sheikh Faw'zi" ROCKY NARRATES (CONT'D) INT BASEMENT (THE SHEIKH IS DEPICTED LECTURING IN A BASEMENT, IN ARABIC… THERE ARE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND DRUGS ON A LONG TABLE IN FRONT OF HIM AND THREE MEN SEATED ON THE FLOOR) "This is the story of how I became one of the most powerful men in this city" EXT SHOPPING MALL (BUS STOP) ROCKY IS SEATED, READING AN ARABIC VERSION OF THE QU'RAN… HE HAS SUNGLASSES, JEANS SNEAKERS AND A SPORTS JACKET ON TWO YOUNG WOMEN SIT AT HIS LEFT TWO OTHER MEN THAT ARE OLDER THAN HIM ARE SEATED ON HIS RIGHT A YOUNGER MAN WALKS UP AND BEGINS TO TALK WITH THE MEN ON HIS RIGHT HE PRETENDS NOT TO BE PAYING ATTENTION AT FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "You guys are out here again?" FIRST MAN (APPEARS TO BE PERSIAN OR GREEK) "Oh, you know man…" THE SECOND MAN DOESN'T REPLY- HE IS WEARING ALL BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "It's a nice day out here…" FIRST MAN "You heard about that rapper that was supposed to have been out here last week?" AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "Nah man…" (HE SMILES… HE HAS DREAD LOCKS AND A SMALL BEARD, WITH A FITTED BASEBALL CAP. HE LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE HE IS FROM CALIFORNIA) A BUS ARRIVES (THE TWO YOUNG WOMEN GET ON THE BUS) ROCKY IS STILL READING FROM HIS ARABIC QU'RAN, PRETENDING NOT TO PAY ATTENTION AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "You got a cigarette man?" (HE ASKS FOR A CIGARETTE FROM THE SECOND MAN- WHO GIVES HIM ONE… HE PUTS IT IN HIS MOUTH AND LIGHTS IT WHILE HE IS STILL SPEAKING WITH THEM) FIRST MAN "See- that's too bad… I got two tickets to this sporting event; I was going to invite you to it. Why don't you go inside" (HE POINTS TO THE MALL) AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN (HE SMILES AND LOOKS AT ROCKY) "I wish I had some weed" ROCKY (ROCKY BEGINS TO ACT LIKE HE HAS A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT AND IS DISABLED… LITTLE DO THE THREE MEN KNOW THAT HE IS CONCEALING A WEAPON INSIDE OF HIS SPORTS JACKET... HE CLOSES HIS BOOK) ROCKY (CONT'D) "You… ever… heard of… fake weed?" (HE LOOKS AROUND AT ALL OF THEM SLOWLY) THE FIRST MAN "Yeah you mean like, K2?" (HE LOOKS EXCITED) (THE MAN DRESSED IN BLACK SMILES A LITTLE) ROCKY "They call it Kush" AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "Yeah, I smoke some Kush… medical marijuana" ROCKY (HE CRINGES A LITTLE) "No… this is fake weed… but its legal… it's… medical marijuana… but it can help you stop smoking… cigarettes" AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "I GOT TO SMOKE A LITTLE BIT…" ROCKY "No… but this is for chain smokers… like him" (HE POINTS AT THE FIRST MAN) "Listen… to how… he talks… he's a chain smoker" (THE FIRST MAN GRIMACES, BUT SAYS NOTHING) AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN "Nah man, but I'm a look for you though… A BUS ARRIVES (Close-up) HE PUTS HIS CIGARETTE OUT AND GETS ON IT (ANOTHER MAN SITS DOWN- HE HAS A WHITE SHIRT ON, WITH A TIE AND DRESS SLACKS ON) SALESMAN "Hey weren't you talkin' to me about that job?" (HE OFFERS THE FIRST MAN HIS RESUME… THE MAN IN ALL BLACK SMILES NOW) FIRST MAN "Yeah- does it got your phone number on there? Want me to call yah?" SALESMAN "Yeah- I'm working now… I'm just looking for another job out here" ANOTHER BUS ARRIVES AND ROCKY GETS ON ITEXT BUS (The camera follows ROCKY) INT BUS HE PUTS HIS BUS CARD IN THE FAREBOX, SAYING NOTHIG TO THE BUS DRIVER, WHO DOES NOT MEET HIS EYES, AND WALKS TO THE BACK OF THE BUS WHERE HE IS SEATED- THERE ARE OTHER PASSENGERS AS THE BUS PULLS OUT, HE LOOKS AT THE THREE MEN THROUGH THE WINDOW (Close-up ROCKY) EXT MANSION FRONT ROAD THE OWNER OF THE HOME PATIENTLY PULLS UP HIS MERCEDES BENZ TO THE FRONT ROAD OF HIS HOME (DRIVEWAY) CLUP CLUP! HE SLAMS HIS DOOR (Camera ROLLS UP FROM SIDE OF CAR DOOR TO FRONT OF HOME) INT RACE TRACK ROCKY HAS A JOGGING SUIT ON AND IS RUNNING LAPS AROUND AN INTERIOR RACE TRACK INSIDE OF ANOTHER MAN'S HOME, WHICH IS NESTLED QUIETLY IN AN UNINCORPORATED PART OF A SUBURB THE OWNER OF THE HOME ENTERS ROCKY ROCOCCO "Sorry Morton, I was just leaving…" HOME OWNER HIS JAW DROPS AS ROCKY WALKS PAST HIM, OUT OF THE HOME HE PICKS UP HIS PHONE, DIALING "Hello?" HIS WIFE "Balkan and Doran…" HOME OWNER "Honey, did you let one of the Muslims up from the basement?" WIFE "Oh Morton… no, he's fine; he said he had already been to the mosque today, so I told him he could use the race track" MORTON DROPS THE PHONE INT SAFE ROOM HE STEPS INTO A WOOD-PANELED ROOM TO FIND HIS HIDDEN SAFE HAS BEEN EMPTIED WITH A LOOK OF SHOCK ON HIS FACE, MORTON CLUTCHES HIS CHEST AS THOUGH HE IS HAVING A HEART ATTACK BLK SCRN EXT NIGHT A STREET LIGHT PROVIDES ENOUGH LIGHT FOR ROCKY TO SEE BY ROCKY "I wasn't supposed to be the one you hated". ROCKY (CONT'D) (Close-up) ROCKY'S EXPRESSION IS SERIOUS… BUT HIS EYES DO NOT MEET THE CAMERA; INSTEAD THEY LOOK AWAY. MORTON'S WIFE "You robbed him blind". HER VOICE IS DISTANT AND EXPRESSIONLESS, WHILE HER FACE LOOKS SAD. ROCKY "He owed that money to the Sheikh". MORTON'S WIFE "You gave him all those drugs for free!" HER VOICE IS MORE EMPHATIC NOW, HURT, AS SHE BEGINS TO REALIZE THAT ROCKY IS A DRUG PUSHER. ROCKY "Listen, nothing was free, it was all on credit… nothing's free in this game". HE IS MORE SERIOUS, NOW- HE REALIZES THE LEGITIMACY OF HIS OWN CULTURAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT MORTON'S WIFE "He's in a hospital Rocky!" HER EYES BULGE AS SHE RAISES HER VOICE AT HIM. HE GRIMACES ROCKY "Look at the bright side toots… I'm still here". HE REPLIES NONCHALANTLY, WITH CALM, CONFIDENCE- AND A SLIGHT SMILE SHE LOOKS INTO HIS EYES…YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL AS THE GLOW OF THE STREET LAMP CUTS INTO THE NIGHT, HIGLIGHTING HER BEAUTIFUL FEATURES ROCKY (CONT'D) BLK SCRN INT CITY APARTMENT ROCKY "Was that Elvira broad on television again?" (HIS SERVANT, A WOMAN IS COOKING) THERE IS A BRICK CELL-PHONE LYING ON THE COUCH AS HE WALKS INTO THE ROOM ADJACENT TO WHERE SHE COOKS FROM THE OPEN KITCHEN SMOKE RISES FROM THE PAN ROCKY AND HIS SERVANT (CONT'D) HE HAS A FUNNY LOOK ON HIS FACE (CLOSE-UP) HE PUTS ON HIS GROUCHO MARX GLASSES WITH THE FAKE NOSE AND CLICKS ON THE TELEVISION ELVIRA APPEARS, LOOKING YOUNG, SO HE CLICKS IT RIGHT BACK OFF (CLOSE-UP) KKKK-TTT HE CLICKS IT RIGHT BACK ON AND FLIPS- THERE IS A PICTURE OF POPE JOHN PAUL XVI ROCKY (CONT'D) PFFFFT! THERE IS A MUSLIM IN CLERIC GARB ROCKY'S EXPRESSION GROWS MORE SOMBER THERE IS A HUMAN HEART PUMPING BLOOD HE GETS UP AND RUNS INTO A BACK ROOM AND BEGINS TO PRAY AND SPEAK ARABIC NOISILY HE IS SINGING PARTS OF THE QUR'AN THAT HE CAN REMEMBER INT ROOM UNKNOWN PERSON "Did you miss me?" (ALL THAT IS VISIBLE OF HIM IS A SILHOUETTE) ROCKY (ROCKY FACES THE CORNER OF THE ROOM) "I didn't know it was going to kill you". ROCKY'S EXPRESSION IS SOMBER UNKNOWN PERSON (CONT'D) THE SILHOUETTE PAUSES, STANDING UPRIGHT A LITTLE BIT, AS THOUGH HE HAS SUFFERED A MILD HEART PALPITATION ROCKY "I can tell it's you by your blood pressure". FSS-FSSSSS UNKNOWN PERSON (HE DRAGS HIS FEET A LITTLE) "I didn't know you were gonna go there" (Pause) ROCKY (CONT'D) "You sure picked one hell of a time to show up" "Make yourself comfortable… we're both yours now" "A great time everything's goin' well- I had no idea" THE OTHER PERSON WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR INTO THE OTHER ROOM, ROCKY FOLLOWS HIM OUTIT IS A CAUCASIAN MAN WHOM APPEARS TO BE HIS FATHER AND IS VERY HANDSOME FOR SOMEONE HIS AGE ROCKY AND UNKNOWN PERSON (CONT'D) INT FRONT ROOM (HIS SERVANT IS STILL COOKING) ROCKY "This is my dad hon- we're married… take care of him as you would me; he's gonna live here now; you still get everything that was yours". BLK SCRN INT BEDROOM "Just… shut… up". ROCKY SITS UP IN BED THE PALE LIGHT OF DAWN LEAKS INTO THE ROOM BEHIND HIM HE PUTS A HAND TO HIS FACE HE IS TIRED HE SIGHS AND GETS OUT OF BED (ROCKY CONT'D) EXT APARTMENT BUILDING ROCKY WALKS TOWARDS AN ELEVATED TRAIN STATION A GUN IS CLEVERLY TUCKED IN HIS WAIST, WHERE IT IS NOT VISIBLE- A WAD OF MONEY IS STUFFED IN HIS JEAN POCKET HE IS IN THE INNER-CITY A POOR MAN WHO APPEARS TO BE HOMELESS STOOPS OVER BEHIND A STEELLINKED FENCED SECTION BENEATH THE VIADUCT, FEEDING FLOCKS OF PIGEONS WITH HANDFULS OF TORN BREAD THEY SCATTER AS ROCKY WALKS PAST ROCKY GRIMACES HE CROSSES THE BUSY STREET FROM THE SIDE OF THE VIADUCT THAT HE IS UNDER TO THE SIDE WHERE THE ENTRANCE THAT LEADS TO THE TOP OF THE STATION IS HONNNKKK! A CAR WHIRS PAST- ROCKY LOOKS TO THE SIDE, THEN FORWARD (Close-up) EXT EL-STATION ENTRANCE ROCKY WALKS INSIDE WHERE AN ATTENDANT IS SEATED INSIDE OF A BOOTH, FACING OUT TOWARDS THE STREET ATTENDANT THE ATTENDANT'S EXPRESSION IS SOMBER- AS HE IS SEATED INSIDE OF A BOOTH, BEHIND THICK GLASS. HE IS WEARING A KUFI, ALTHOUGH HE HAS HIS ATTENDANT'S UNIFORM ON. HE WATCHES ROCKY AS HE PUTS HIS FARE CARD INTO THE CARD READER IN THE TURNSTILE BEEEEP! CTHUNK ROCKY "So what are we gonna make hajj now?" THE ATTENDANT LOOKS SLIGHTLY ANNOYED AS ROCKY BARRELS PAST, UP THE ESCALATOR THAT LEADS TO THE TOP OF THE STATION BLK SCRN INT BASEMENT SHEIKH FAWZI "The 105th Caliph of America Dada Berber whose revelation it was that unjustly accused serial killers would have spices in heaven- had one wife Mother Faka" ROCKY (THE SHEIKHS FACE IS EXPRESSIONLESS AS ROCKY RUSHES IN, PASSING A TABLE WITH GUNS ON IT AND AN OFFERING BASKET WHERE HE PUTS IN A LARGE WAD OF MONEY) (ROCKY SITS DOWN INDIAN STYLE ON THE FLOOR WITH THE OTHER LISTENERS) SHEIKH FAWZI "His identity is still a secret". (SHEIKH FAWZI CONT'D) (HIS AUDIENCE LOOKS BACK AT HIM, EXPRESSIONLESS, TOO) "The number of Kharijites in America is not revealed- do not answer if they ask the name of the caliph… say that the caliph is not elected". (THE SHEIKH'S SMALL AUDIENCE BEGINS TO ROCK AND PRAY BEFORE HIM) SHEIKH FAWZI "There may be gifts" INT CAR EXT BUILDING (SMALL PARKING LOT) ROCKY DRIVES OFF WITH A SMALL LIST OF ADRESSES HE IS BEING SENT TO BY THE SHEIKH BRRRRRRRRR (THE RADIO PLAYS IN THE BACKGROUND, IT IS A CHEAP CAR STEREO) (ROCKY LEANS FORWARD OVER HIS STEERING WHEEL, DETERMINED) EXT EXPRESSWAY ENTRANCE (ROCKY GETS ON THE HIGHWAY) EXT HOUSE (RESIDENTIAL BLOCK) (ROCKY PULLS UP TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE- IT LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS TO A POLICE OFFICER AND HIS FAMILY) (NO ONE IS INSIDE) (ROCKY LETS HIM SELF IN USING A KEY) (THERE ARE PICTURES ON THE MANTLE OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE A HAPPY FAMILY: BUT THERE IS ONE OTHER THAT STANDS OUT- (Close-up) (OF A LARGE BALD-HEADED MAN WITH A GHO-TEE WHO LOOKS TURKISH AND IS SMILING, WITHOUT IT TOUCHING HIS EYES… HE IS HOLDING A BUTCHER'S CLEAVER) EXT SAFE ROOM (ROCKY OPENS A DOOR, FINDS A SAFE ROOM AND EMPTIES IT) (Close-up) EXT EMPTY SAFE BLK SCRN INT ROCKY'S APARTMENT PARTY ROCKY (HE SIPS A DRINK AND TALKS LOUDLY) "This formalism is bullshit… 1984 is a very old book already. So dad, now that you've come back to us through the time capsule that looks like a coffin in the mosque, what do you plan on doing?" ROCKY'S DAD "There's a movie that's going to come out in three years, called Back to the Future part 2 that's going to make this all look like child's play; but the effects of what Orwell describes in 1984 (which it clearly is now) will not be felt fully until 2011). I was only temporarily cryogenically frozen, but there have been others before me." ROCKY "Cut the bullshit dad, you look exactly like you did when they claimed you diedhow would you know about all that crazy shit". (EVERY ONE ELSE PRESENT IN THE ROOM LISTENS INTENTLY) ROCKY'S DAD "They're already traveling back and forth, son." ROCKY "Yeah, so can we go travel to like 2099 and see what that's like?" ROCKY'S DAD "Turn on the television- don't talk" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY PICKS UP A REMOTE CONTROL AN FLIPS ON THE TELEVISION WHICH STANDS FRONT AND CENTER THE ROOM AND HIS GUESTS PFFFFFFFT! INT TELEVISION ROAAAAWRRRR! THERE ARE TWO GRIZZLY BEARS HAVING SEX ROCKY CLICKS THE REMOTE AGAIN, CHANGING THE TELEVISION STATION ROCKY (CONT'D) PFFFFFFFFFTT! THE POPE IS GIVING A SPEECH (Close-up) HIS FATHER RAISES HIS HAND ROCKY'S FATHER "Hold on…" THE GROUP LISTENS INTENTLY THE POPE "The Roman Catholic Church, therefore, agrees with the United States government that the hijacking of passenger jet-airplanes is an act of terrorism". THE CROWD CHEERS A NEWSCASTER REPLACES THE POPE ON THE SCREEN AND ROCKY CLICKS OFF THE TELEVISION PFFFFFFFT! BLK SCRN ROCKY'S DAD "There gonna blame Ghadafi". EXT BUILDING (BLUE AND RED LIGHTS FLASH) UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES HAVE THREE MUSLIM MEN IN HANDCUFFS, THAT THEY ARE ESCORTING FROM THE BUILDING WHERE SHEIKH FAWZI MEETS, AND IS HEADQUARTERED- IN A BASEMENT. DETECTIVE #1 "Let's go bud- we have information that you are under suspicion for terrorist activities… which involve the hijacking of jet airplanes" SHEIKH'S FOLLOWER #1 "We do not know what you are talking about- we are Muslim, we are worshipers of Allah!" DETECTIVE #2 "Yeah, why aren't you meeting in a mosque then?" THE SECOND MAN HAS A LOOK OF OUTRAGE ON HIS FACE AS HE MEETS THE OFFICER'S EYES HE SWEARS IN ARABIC SHEIKH'S FOLLOWER #2 "Do not talk to me- I am Muslim… you do not even read us our rights!" (Close-up) THE DETECTIVE BECOMES ANGRY DETECTIVE #1 "You are under arrest! You have the right to remain silent. Everything that you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. If you do not have an attorney you will be provided with one. You are being detained- you are entitled to one phone call, if you cannot post bond you will be held until your trial. Capiche!" SHEIKH FAWZI SAYS NOTHING AS THEY ARE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THE OFFICERS LEAD THE HANDCUFFED MEN INTO THE BACKS OF UNMARKED CARS, PUSHING THEIR HEADS IN AND SLAMMING THE DOORS SHUT BEHIND THEM THE MEN STRUGGLE AGAINST THEIR BONDS AND CAPTORS, BUT ARE STILL TAKEN INTO CUSTODY CLUP-CLUP! CLUP-CLUP! INT CAR WHEEEEEW! BRRRRRRRUUUMM! THE SIRENS OF THE DETECTIVES' VEHICLES SOUND AS THEY PEEL OFF INT BLACK ROOM WHITE LIGHT (PORTRAIT COLORS INVERTED IN BLACK AND WHITE) UNKNOWN PERSON "Yes, my name is Robert Backaloza and I am clearly a person you have never seen before… let me tell you a little story about my people; we don't give a fuck anymore, truthfully we look forward to war because if we did not no one would have anything to do with their psychos. I mean let's just be honest- before little Johnny learned WHEW! you got knocked the fuck out, it was clear that lines of silver spoons in front old shit that we don't give a fuck about, because truthfullywe are doing it for fun, would have synthetic meaning to you. Let me ask you a question- when was the last time you gave a fuck about a Kharijite when you had a gun that big on you… what are they going to do- tell me I am a sinner? Now, the problem is, that these are some paltry hoes. It's not their fault, it's their diet that causes them to have this temperament. I mean what, 'did you want to go frolicking in the woods together'? And truthfully, when we look at our own medical doctors, whom developed an entire medical system from Spanish Inquisition, it would appear absurd to even entertain the notion that one of these compulsive agitated bastards, who has already had the balls to cut a motherfucker open and replace a vital organ, as a surgeon, would be scared to shoot a missile launcher." "Let me introduce you to someone else-" INT BRIGHTLY LIT ROOM (YELLOW- OIL PAINTING ON THE WALL "An authentic elderly Muslim Male in Yellowstone National Park") "CAN you feel me!- n****" ("INSIDE YOUR HEAD" by FREDDIE FOXX on a short wave transistor radio plays in the back round) MARK STEVENS (A HEAVY SET CAUCASIAN MALE WITH A BALD HEAD WHO APPEARS TO BE IN HIS MID-THIRTIES DRESSED IN BLACK SPORTS ATTIRE. HIS VOICE IS NASAL) "My name's Mark Stevens. I'm an Episcopalian Muslim to you- just embrace it. I've had enough of this 'Shiite's are sinners bullshit'. There's only one truth to you: it's a white nigger named Matt Clark sitting Indian style on the fucking concrete of a busy city street near a lake where there's an old drug store. Wanna play with the animals? Personally, I find no offense in being called a gorilla because a little force is not a big deal for me. I know the type of shit that people do when their alone at home, so it's not a big deal for me if I have to let you sample a little of the fine wine. My problem is when I can't get my work done, so as a point of reference for the near future, save your mediaeval bullshit. People are bored". "Let me show you something!" "This is my pods collection- if my people take their shit over there, my young hillbilly friends who are real masons- the type that build houses, these queers will leave the fuck alone about the coke problem". MARK STEVENS "Just admit it, a human head encased in metal is some freaky shit we simply won't know about." BLK SCRN "A kamikaze entering the cosmic gene pool…" INT ROOM (HALOGEN WHITE LIGHT) (Close-up) ROCKY'S FACE DOESN'T MOVE AS HE SPEAKS "I'm into chaos theory mathematics… most people wouldn't believe that can be translated as simply as 'one who focuses on things which are not there' ". ROCKY (CONT'D) (HIS VOICE CHANGES TO REFLECT THE ACOUSTIC OF A MAN SPEAKING BEHIND A MASK OF THE SAME SIZE [SAME VOICE]) "Let's skip the evidence here… call it a single correlative sign for those of you who are bold, you will wonder first, if the correlative or causative truth came first and how, but then- 'we want results, don't we'?" "My revelation was and Indian man who dropped thirty-eight cents running because they were trying to either steal from him or force him into a hospital". "Probably wouldn't believe that his only child's safety could be dependent on such simple factors and that I could see a sign, but then- 'who else would tell you to keep these on?" SUBJECT-TO-SUBJECT (BLACK RAYBAN'S CLOSE-UP EXT) "Who else would tell you to put these on?" (Pause) "I may have a new number". EXT MOSQUE (BRIGHT SUMMER DAY) WI$DOM MONEY IS SEATED ON A MILK CRATE OUTSIDE OF THE MOSQUE, THE SAME MOSQUE WHERE ROCKY ONCE GREW UP (Close-up) WISDOM MONEY "I thought you guys were cool…" 3 LOUISIANA BLACKS ARE SELLING LEMONADE AT A STAND OUTSIDE LOUISIANA BLACK #1 "Shit, nigga- I thought you was cool!" NO ONE BROUGHT ANYTHING TO THE MOSQUE WI$DOM MONEY "Wasn't that cool?! I thought y'all wanted some NIGGGA!!!" "Shit where's y'all disguises?! 'Ole Kleinholtz resonator ass nigga!" LOUISIANA BLACK #2 "What's my motivation?" WI$DOM MONEY "Nigga, this ain't a rave party!" SUDDENLY ROCKY APPEARS ROCKY ROCCOCO "WHAT MOTHERFUCKER- YOU WANT SOMETHING HEAR, BITCH!" WI$DOM MONEY "Yeah motherfucker- try Khalifa's new pace-maker on for size homo… or daddy Sid's new garments! What bitch what!" BUT THE AURA OF NUMBER THREE IS TOO IMPECCABLE (SUBJECT-TO-SUBJECT VIEW) BLK SCRN "Malcolm X loves y'all motherfucker!" WHITE SCRN FADE IN STILL EXT MOSQUE THEN MARCUS GARVEY COMES ALONG "Do I look like I eat a box of chicken to y'all?" LOUISIANA BLACKS (IN UNISON) "No sir…" BLK SCRN INT TRAIN WHITE LIGHT (OVERCAST) (Close-up) DAMIEN DANE "My name is Damien Dane- (on the train…) replete 'with my own personal Van Helsing'- 14th apostle. One day the Lord Krsna appeared to me in the form of Varapustra, and he had this to say- 'the mind of the devil is the revelation of Satan'. What do you think?" (THE CAMERA AIMS TO HIS RIGHT A LITTLE, ZOOMING IN ON THE INTERIOR CAB OF THE CAR) ROCKY SITS, WAGGING HIS HEAD A LITTLE, LOOKING AWAY AS THE CAMERA FOCUSES ON HIM, SUNGLASSES ON… HE LOOKS SLIGHTLY ANNOYED, TEHN OUT THE WINDOW. DAMIEN DANE (CONT'D) (DAMIEN SPEAKS UP FROM THE REAR INTERIOR OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAB NOW) "Oh he doesn't want to talk to me? (HE STEPS UP TO ROCKY WHILE HE IS STILL SEATED) THE CAMERA DOUBLES BACK- FOLLOWING HIM TO ROCKY (Close-up) DAMIEN (Close-up) ROCKY DAMIEN "Yeah?" (Close-up) ROCKY SAYS NOTHING DAMIEN DANE "SO- has Robert had his bureaucratic thank you swarm?" (Pause) "Huh- funny, isn't it?" ROCKY'S FACE CONTORTS AS HE LOOKS BACK AT HIM ROCKY SPEAKS BACK AT HIM CALMLY "Are you the son of the apostle?" CALMLY SHAKING HIS HEAD DAMIEN LOOKS BACK AT THE REST OF THE CAR AS HE GROWS MORE EXCITED DAMIEN "SO- children, are we just to take Van Helsing lightly?" THE REST OF THE CAR STARES IN SILENCE ROCKY DOES A DOUBLE-TAKE, LOOKING AWAY IN ANNOYANCE AGAIN… THE TRAIN STOPS AT DAMEN AND HE PUSHES PAST DAMIEN, OUT OFTHE DOOR, GRABBING A HANDLE AND SWINGING BY ON THE METAL BARS. EXT BUILDING DUSK ROCKY IS ENTERING HIS BUILDING WHEN HE IS APPROACHED BY A MASKED FIGURE WITH A GUN THAT IS DRESSED LIKE THE INVISBLE MAN (Close-up) ROCKY SAYS NOTHING ROBERT BACKALOZA "Rocky" (Pause) ROCKY DOES NOT MOVE BACKALOZA APPROACHES- AN APPARITION FROM THE PAST, OUT OF THE DARKNESS SURROUNDING THE BUILDING ROBERT BACKALOZA (CONT'D) HE IS HOLDING A SMALL SMITH AND WESSUN REVOLVER, WHICH IS POINTED AT ROCKY ROBERT "What's going to happen to you if your boys don't get out of jail, Rocky?" ROCKY LOOKS AT HIM IN FEAR ROBERT BACKALOZA "Wouldn't be so TOUGH then, would you?" ROCKY'S EYES BULGE AS HE CLOSES THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM AND PUTS THE GUN TO ROCKY'S SPORTS JACKET ROBERT "Whaddya gonna do Rocky?" ROBERT BACKALOZA (CONT'D) THE GUN IS TO ROCKY'S STOMACH HE SLAMS ROCKY AGAINST THE WALL ROBERT BACKALOZA "WHADDAYOU GONNA DO YOU LITTLE FUCKIN' PUNK?!" ROCKY IS CRYING, CURLING UP HE TRIES TO DUCK BLAM! ROCKY SLAMS AGAINST THE WALL AND FALLS TO THE GROUND AS HIS ASSAILANT DISAPPEARS AGAIN BLK SCRN INT HOSPITAL ROOM BEEP-BEEEEEP-BEEP (CAMERA ZOOMS IN SLOWLY) ROCKY LIES IN A BED- ON LIFE SUPPORT ROCKY (NARRATES) (ROCKY SPEAKS WITH A GRAVELLY VOICE) "Socrates was Muslim… a man or woman in love is much better off than they were at first… Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking bullshit Spanish… what do you do when the ideologists who have been used to indoctrinate you with fear turn into political cartoons? The voice of the media is the rhythm of your heart attack- the lie that it tells you is only a rejection of 'alternative' lifestyles. All along your people were telling you the media is full of shit- the problem was that they were telling you in the same tone of voice". "I'm a nurse". EXT HOSPITAL ROOM MARK IS WHEELING AN EMPTY GURNEY AWAY FROM THE ROOM, ITS OPEN DOOR VISIBLE BEHIND HIM INT ROCKY'S APARTMENT NO ONE IS AT ROCKY'S APARTMENT (THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN SLOWLY) INT FRONT ROOM INT HALLWAY INT BEDROOM INT KITCHEN BLK SCRN INT HOSPITAL ROOM DOCTOR "Are you familiar with the term Balochization, Rocky?" ROCKY COMES TO IN THE WHITE LIGHT OF HIS HOSPITAL ROOM ON AN OVERCAST DAY ROCKY "Huh… what's that?" HE IS STILL GROGGY DOCTOR "Let me take a look at your nose…" ROCKY JUMPS UP OUT OF BED ROCKY "Get out of here, man!" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY LOOKS DOWN TO SEE A BANDAGE COVERING HIS STOMACH, THEN PASSES OUT. BLK SCRN INT HOSPITAL ROOM ROCKY WATCHES TV FROM HIS BED. A NURSE ENTERS HIS ROOM NURSE "You have to see the doctor now, Rocky". ROCKY "Yes nurse." INT DOCTOR'S OFFICE ROCKY ENTERS THE ROOM. HIS DOCTOR IS SEATED BEHIND A DESK WITH HIS DEGREES HANGING ON THE WALL BEHIND HIM. ROCKY'S NURSE CLOSES THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. DOCTOR "Have a seat, Rocky". ROCKY "Yes, doctor". A PLAQUE ON HIS DESK READS 'DR. MARK STEVENS'. DOCTOR "Rocky, before I let you leave, I would like you to know that I am Doctor Mark Stevens- whose revelation it is that people's diaries have become propaganda because the digital age has become an occult fascination fixated on a derivation of a ritual in Christian science called 'auditing'". (Close-up) ROCKY MOUTH OPENS SLIGHTLY IN AWE DOCTOR (CONT'D) DOCTOR "When you get home, your father might not be there Rocky". INT MEETING ROOM ROCKY IS BEHIND GLASS IN A MEETING ROOM- AT THE COUNTY JAIL ROCKY "Chicago Christian Academy. Jesus reborn in the mind of a woman… he didn't die- Booby Rush did. President's club. Janjaweed is what Omar al-Bashir smokes with Kofi Anon. Your pastor is a hidden camera, your evangelist a group of men and women breaking and entering your residence, hunting for any photo they can find". A MAN WITH A SKULL-FACE MASK STRETCHED OVER HIS FACE SITS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLASS. CAPTAIN BRITISH (CONT'D) (Close-up) CAPTAIN BRITISH "Rocky- you're going to have to stay here to meet with your friends. Meanwhile we're going to send some people from the twin cities to work here as construction workers so that we can rebuild the temple of Evangelical White Latabaneros…" (Pause) "Rocky?" ROCKY "Yeah" BLK SCRN INT ROCKY'S APARTMENT FRONT DOOR ROCKY OPENS THE DOOR FROM OUTSIDE AND ENTERS KKKIIIIIRRRRRRRRR THE HARDWOOD FLOORBOARDS OF THE HALLWAY CREAK UNDER HIS FEET (Pause) HE STOPS TO MAKE SURE HE WILL NOT WAKE ANYONE, SINCE IT IS EARLY IN THE MORNING. ROCKY (CONT'D) PASSING THE FRONT ROOM, HE NOTICES THAT HIS SERVANT WIFE AND HIS FATHER ARE NOT HOME HE RUSHES TO A BACK ROOM INT BACK ROOM ROCKY LIFTS THE GRATE OUT OF A VENT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, PLACING IT BESIDE HIM ON THE FLOOR HE REACHES IN AND PULLS OUT A BLACK 9mm HANDGUN, WHICH HE STUFFS IN HIS WAIST ROCKY QUICKLY WALKS BACK THROUGH THE APARTMENT AND OUT THE FRONT DOOR INT FRONT DOOR CLICK BUMP HE SHUTS THE DOOR BEHIND HIM, QUIETLY. TELEVISION SCREEN THREE MEN ARE SHOWN LEAVING COURT OUTSIDE A FEDERAL BUILDING REPORTER "Three Muslim men were released from federal custody today after being held without being charged." INT ROOM WHITE LIGHT (Close-up) ROCKY "Stinginess is promoted by a Caucasian male who thinks he can buy himself a wife". "Howard Kyle Propagandist- Hard Thank You's: Great Britain will come in, in arms and force them to forgive". "Richard Ferdoze- Allah is the enemy of the American people". SUBJECT-TO-SUBJECT INT WHITE ROOM CAPTAIN BRITAIN FIGHTS A SKINNY LIGHT-SKINNED AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN IN AN EXPENSIVE SUIT. EXT APARTMENT BUILDING ROCKY ENTERS AN APARTMENT BUILDING. INT MAIL ROOM ITS INTERIOR DOOR HAS A BROKEN LOCK ROCKY PUSHES HIS WAY THROUGH, GUN IN HIS WASTE INT STAIRCASE (CAMERA UP) BRUMP BRUMP ROCKY (CONT'D) CREEK BUMP ROCKY WINDS UP THE STAIRCASE- RIGHT HAND ON THE BANISTER AS HE SWINGS UP THE STAIRS, HIS MUSCULAR THIGHS STRAINING AS HE PUSHES HIMSELF UPWARDS AT A TOP FLOOR HE KNOCKS ON A DOOR EXT DOOR KLKKK KLLLKK BEHIND THE DOOR A VOICE ANSWERS "Who is it?" ROCKY "Where are you Max?" MAX CAN BE HEARD FUMBLING WITH A CHAIN FROM BEHIND THE DOOR- HE OPENS IT, PEEKING OUT FROM BEHIND THE THRESHOLD MAX "Rocky------" UMPH! ROCKY PUSHES THE DOOR IN, GRABBING MAX, AN ELDERLY MAN AROUND HIS NECK IN A CHOKEHOLD INT APARTMENT HALLWAY ROCKY "Where's the money Max?" MAX "Rocky, I'm an old man!" ROCKY "Yeah, well you're going to be a lot older man when I get through with you Max!" RMMPH! ROCKY PULLS HIM BACK, HARD ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY "I'm not kidding this time Max!" MAX "Okay, Rocky- anything you want!" ROCKY "No, Max- the money" ROCKY SPEAKS THROUGH SLIGHTLY CLENCHED TEETH (Pause) MAX'S VOICE TREMBLES MAX "Rocky" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY "I told you this was going to be the last time you fucked me off" ROCKY SLAMS MAX AGAINST A WALL HIS GUN IS OUT MAX IS CURLED UP, ARMS AROUND HIS EARS, AFRAID ROCKY "Put your hands down" MAX (CONT'D) MAX PUTS HIS HANDS DOWN- STILL FRIGHTENED THERE IS AN EERIE SILENCE ROCKY PUTS HIS LEFT HAND TO THE SIDE OF MAX'S HEAD AND THE 9mm HANDGUN TO MAX'S EAR BOOOMMMMM! ROCKY SHOOTS A HOLE IN THE WALL AND MAX CONTINUES TO STARE UP IN FRIGHT- NOW DEAF IN HIS LEFT EAR. ROCKY (CONT'D) (Pause) ROCKY LOOKS AT HIM ON THE FLOOR AS HE FLEES, BACKWARDS OUT OF THE APARTMENT AND BACK DOWN THE STAIRS BLK SCRN MASTER YODA APPEARS AGAINST THE BLACK SCREEN NARRATOR (MASTER YODA) "Hmmm… good. How, you say? How did he become master of the universe?" GNARLZ BARKLEY'S 'BETTER' BEGINS TO PLAY INT STAIRCASE BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM ROCKY RUNS DOWN THE STAIRS AS HE ATTEMPTS TO FLEE, GUN IN HIS HAND, HE LEANS FORWARD, JUMPING, SKIPPING STEPS EXT INTERIOR HALLWAY DOOR BWWEEEEE! ROCKY (CONT'D) HE RUNS THROUGH THE FIRST DOOR INT MAILROOM HE CLICKSTHE SAFETY ON HIS GUN AND STUFFS IT IN HIS WASTE (Pause) INT FRONT DOOR STOPPING TO TAKE A BREATH, HE LEANS ON THE FRONT DOOR BEEEWWWWWWW (SLOW-MOTION) SWINGING IT OPEN, HE WALKS OUT AS THOUGH NOTHING HAPPENED EXT BUILDING BLUE AND RED LIGHTS FLOOD THE CAMERA A SWARM OF OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY FLOODED THE SCENE "FREEZE!" A UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICER SHOUTS AS THEY DRAW THEIR GUNS ROCKY PUTS HIS HANDS UP "GET DOWN ON THE GROUND!" HE LIES DOWN, FACE FLAT ON THE GROUND ROCKY (CONT'D) AN OFFICER RUNS UP TO WHERE HE IS, ON THE GROUND, KNEELING AND CUFFS HIM IT IS A SUNNY DAY WHITE SCRN INT VISITING ROOM PRISON ROCKY IS SEATED BEHIND A TABLE HIS HANDS ARE FOLDED ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY ROCCOCO "A propagandist having an aneurism claiming that 'the children are to blame.' 'If we want to do away with propaganda, we will have to abolish the entire school system'; 'You might as well blame Panera bread…'" "Ronald Regan is president". PRISON GUARD "You have a visitor Rocky…" A MAN IN PROFESSIONAL DRESS ENTERS. HE APPEARS TO BE A CLINICIAN SOCIAL WORKER "D o you know why you are here Rocky?" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY "I am here because of the fucking IRS". SOCIAL WORKER "No Rocky, you are here because you commit a crime. You commit the crime of assault with a deadly weapon. D o you remember when you commit that crime Rocky?" ROCKY "I am the Ayatollah Khomeini Reza Shaw, the Prince of fucking Persia- and I am here to declare that the Common Era began 2700 years ago, when Persia became the major world power!" SOCIAL WORKER "No Rocky, you are here because you were found guilty". SOCIAL WORKER (CONT'D) "Rocky, your family is here to see you Rocky. Would you like to see them Rocky?" ROCKY LOOKS INTO THE CAMERA ROCKY ROCCOCO "Rick Rueben- everything you disagree with is the cause of Allah". "The way you begin will not necessarily become the way you are left off" "The temple is bad". "Extremists, would you like one for free?" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY ROCCOCO "Uncle Sam, 'Is there someone you would like buried alive', we can help you". "Any questions?" SOCIAL WORKER "Rocky, your family…" ROCKY (CONT'D) ROCKY ROCCOCO "Yes" (Close-up) BLK SCRN EXT FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT (CAMERA ZOOMS IN) ROCKY'S FACE IS ON A LARGE PLASTIC SIGN OUTSIDE OF A PIZZA RESTAURANT 'ROCKY ROCCOCO' NARRATOR (FRED SAVAGE) "My father took me here to eat when I was a boy" NARRATOR (CONT'D) "25 years later… it still brings me the same warm feelings that it did back then, when I was seven" BRRRRRRRRRR A BUS PULLS UP (CLOSE-UP) FRED SAVAGE (CONT'D) FRED SMILES, WITH A DEIFIC COUNTENANCE THAT REFLECTS THE SUN "Anyone else getting on" "Is anyone else getting on the bus?" FRED SAVAGE (CONT'D) INT BUS THE BUS DRIVER LOOKS DOWN AT FRED HE LIFTS HIS SHOULDERS, AND AN EYEBROW, LOOKING AT THE CAMERA- AS IF TO SAY, 'OH WELL' AND GETS ON THE BUS THE DOORS CLOSE SLOWLY BEHIND FRED AND THE BUS TAKES OFF BLK SCRN GNARLZ BARKLEY'S- 'EVERYTHING'S FINE' BEGINS TO PLAY IN THE BACK GROUND AGAIN (END CREDITS)ter… it still brings me the same warm feelings that it did back then, when I was seven" BRRRRRRRRRR A BUS PULLS UP (CLOSE-UP) FRED SAVAGE (CONT'D) FRED SMILES, WITH A DEIFIC COUNTENANCE THAT REFLECTS THE SUN "Anyone else getting on" "Is anyone else getting on the bus?" FRED SAVAGE (CONT'D) INT BUS THE BUS DRIVER LOOKS DOWN AT FRED HE LIFTS HIS SHOULDERS, AND AN EYEBROW, LOOKING AT THE CAMERA- AS IF TO SAY, 'OH WELL' AND GETS ON THE BUS THE DOORS CLOSE SLOWLY BEHIND FRED AND THE BUS TAKES OFF BLK SCRN GNARLZ BARKLEY'S- 'EVERYTHING'S FINE' BEGINS TO PLAY IN THE BACK GROUND AGAIN (END CREDITS)
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