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Future of Oz (Short)
by Ryan Wasileski (rwasileski@gmail.com)

Rated: R   Genre: Comedy   User Review:
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Modern day version of the wizard of Oz This was a fun play to write. I hope you enjoy it.


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FADE IN:

INT. CAR. HIT AND RUN. - NIGHT
                                                            
Hunched over the steering wheel lift head off. Hair is ALL
messed up.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
      (Dazed)
uh what the fuck
                                                            
(DRUNK)GetS out of the car TO find out what has happened.

EXT. NIGHT. DOROTHY GETTING OUT OF CAR AND WALKING TO THE
REAR. WIDE SHOT.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
      (Horrified)
shit shit shit
                                                            
GETS BACK IN CAR.Drives away in panic. Cars goes out of view
for a couple seconds then reverses back over the corpse and
gets out and take red shoes (Nice shoes bitch), KICKS CORPSE
IN THE LEGS. GETS BACK IN CAR, PEELS OUT OVER FAKE CORPSE
AS:

EXT. NIGHT. SLOW ZOOM INTO CORPSE'S FEET AS THEY AE JIGGLED
BY THE CAR.

FADE TO: (NEXT SCENE)
                                                            
 
INT. CLOSE-UP OF DOROTHY'S EYES AS SHE IS WAKING UP. - DAY
                                                            
CAMERA ZOOMS OUT AS D. wakes up with a head-splitting
hangover and rollS out of bed.
                                                            
hit the floor hard. make a thump!
(ADD A CAMERA SHOT HERE THAT HIGHLIGHTS D.'S HITTING THE
FLOOR)

D. moans, and camea fades to:

INT. DAY. COFFEE COMOMG OUT OF KEURIG, D.'S MOAN TURNS INTO
SOUND OF GURGLING COFFEE.
                                                            
 
INT. COFFEE. - DAY
                                                            
Cutscene to downstairs. Open scene with The liquid diahrea
coffee coming out of the Kuerig.
                                                            

2.

                       DOROTHY
      (Strug Out.)
Moan after the liquid diahrea
(coffee) comes out of the Kuerig.

(I LIKE THE REPEAT OF THE
MOAN/GURGLE MOTIF)
                                                            
 
INT. THE PHONE CALL. - DAY
                                                            
Walk outside *looks down* Dorothy having no recollection of
her new shoes is perplexed. Until, however, she notices that
her car has blood everywhere.

EXT. DAY. PAN FROM SHOES TO SIDE OF CAR TO REVEAL BLOOD ON
CAR.
                                                            
Horrified she calls her best friend Don looking for a
direction scared and worried as she begins to dial his
number frantically.
                                                            
                       DON
      (Sweating (In the
       middle of a break
       on p90x))
Hello? (have a twisler in
hand))(On a bluetooth)
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
      (Frantically)
Don, what happened last night.
What did I do? why is their blood
on my car?
                                                            
                       DON
      (Calmly)
Dorothy come over Im about to work
out I can't talk but if you want
to come over tonight if you wanna
get high and I'll tell you
everything i gotta go.
                                                            
Get a shot of P90x coming on right before Don says he's
going to go. Ending shot in the scene will be Don doing a
p90x excerise and also get Don yelling "Lets do it Tony!"
have Don wear a shirt that says "Tony Horton says..Get sexy
with it" Tony Horton is the P90x front man. Do other leg
crunches.
                                                            
                       DON
Gotta sweat these dicks ofF my
face!
                                                            
 

3.

INT. DOWN THE BLOOD STAINED SIDEWALK - DAY
                                                            
After the phone call get shots of her still standing in her
party clothes at the top of the driveway and have her see a
path of blood down the driveway and down to the sidewalk and
eventually to the crime scene but shoot all the scenes first
with no blood then add in the blood shots mixed in the movie
to show that Dorothy is only seeing these things. During the
process dont forget when switching and differenciating
between what Dorothy SEES and what actually is. Get a shot
of dorothy's face and a shot of her walking down a normal
side walk with no blood on it. Be Playful with the shots get
them in werid places and on things *Have a dog walking with
blood on him and other random items*
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
During the scene where she turns
the corner she sees it go farther,
and has a look of *Do i have to?*
Say "Damnit" Do the look and the
verse at the same time.
                                                            
Cuts away to Dorothy arriving at the crime scene, Detective
rue has already mapped out the crime scene.
                                                            
Dorothy walks up to the detective
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
hi? what happened?
                                                            
                       DETECTIVE RUE
      (be walking around
       the fake corpse
       while explaining.)
Funny you might ask that, someone
has apparently hit this young lass
and she's been asleep for quite a
long time. She actually might be
in a coma.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
Coma?
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
shouldn't you take her to the
hospital? Do something?
                                                            
                       DETECTIVE RUE
Well we can only take her to the
hospital if she has a pulse.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
What! So she's dead?!
                                                            

4.

                       DETECTIVE RUE
      (quick camera
       reaction)
Oh she's dead? See thats why I was
thinking about starting this
program. *pull out the brochure.*
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
I dont care I need to find out
what happened *knock brochure out
of rue's hand* who did this!
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
You dont know anything do you?
                                                            
Start running away *Camera zooms in on dorothy's heels*
*Zoom back and forth between this and Detective Rue's crazy
eyes*
                                                            
Get weak shots of Detective Rue in a car following Dorothy
to let the viewer know that he is still involved and not
forgotten about.
                                                            
 
INT. WHAT HAPPENED. - NIGHT
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
      (knock)
                                                            
                       DON
      (Camera is with
       don entire time)
                                                            
when walking towards the door take a huge rip off a weed
pipe. After the rip hold it in until your finished open the
door halfway then stand directly at her face and blow the
enormous rip in her face for like 15 seconds and have no one
move the whole time.
                                                            
Dorothy doesnt move during this scene. completely
motionless.
                                                            
Let dorothy in and forget to close the door.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
      (calmly)
Don i told you i didnt want to get
high..and what are those things on
your face?
                                                            

5.

                       DOROTHY
      (get cut off by
       DON)
i think there's someone follo..
                                                            
                       DON
      (Heard enough non
       sense)
Your just paranoid. Get in here i
got to show you something.
                                                            
start walking half-way through your sentance and walk over
towards the living room.
                                                            
 
INT. TWISLER UNVIELING. - DAY
                                                            
have an opened bag of twislers laying towards the camera
view so you can see the label.
                                                            
                       DON
      (fasinated)
so check this out. I've actually
think i've stumbled upon something
here. Have a seat dorothy.
                                                            
                       DON
Last night I had a dream...I was
in a room and it was a room and
this woman showed me the most
incredible things.
                                                            
This psychedelic goddess came to me *Zoom in with a face
shot of the Twizzler headband* (Zoom on the side using with
the goddess is using it and showing don how to hold it and
have Dan understanding. *psychedelic rotation*.
                                                            
                       DREAM WOMAN
*Dressed in pure white* *Twiszler
has twisler jewelry all over her
body.*
                                                            
                       DON
      (Do it as you
       explain it.)
Ok check this shit out. you bite
both ends off then, you take this
little guy and throw it in the
whole you made. Put this little
guy in and (lite it) take a puff.
Exhale. This is the best part.
Blow out and eat the shit.
                                                            

6.

                       DOROTHY
      (Not amazed)
That's amazing I mean just I can't
take you serious with dicks on
your face(start laughing)
                                                            
                       DON
      (Blank stare.)
(get a full shot of don's face the
two dicks on his face one on each
side with little lines leading to
his mouth).
                                                            
drink a blood packet energy drink in front of her
symbolizing the blood in Donny's situation Then look at the
tv
                                                            
                       DON
      (Fasinated)
Man i wish i was one of those
guys. *UFC Fighting comes on the
tv* (This is a big moment for Don)
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
I need to know what happened last
night.
                                                            
 
INT. LEAVING THE PARTY - NIGHT
                                                            
Enters Jason Bibbles A guy who realizes whats happening to
dorothy what happened. (The beer is her dog) And as this
scene progresses it relates Dorothy and the love she would
have to a dog. The dog being of coarse the love for getting
drunk and when that is taken away from Dorothy she cant
distort the image of herself.
                                                            
Play Self Esteem by offspring during the entirity.
                                                            
                       BIBBLES
Yo Tracy just left with his vodka
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
      (Suprised)
He took the only liquor?!
                                                            
                       BIBBLES
      (get interupted)
Yeah he just left to...
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
      (Dependant on the
       liquor to have a
       good time)
            (MORE)

7.

                       DOROTHY (cont'd)
No! that asshole!
                                                            
During this realization Dorothy flips someone's cup out of
their hand while running drunkaly to the door.
                                                            
Once outside see tracy's car leave.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
That asshole We have to get it
back! Come on lets go!
                                                            
                       BIBBLES
No your shwasted (While saying
shwasted) *Pull arms back and
bring your head forward while
tilting it and make a rock n roll
sign and a hang loose sign with
your hands*.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
Fine! Im leaving.
                                                            
                       BIBBLES
*Watch Dorothy as she clumsly
drives away*.
                                                            
 
INT. WIZARD OF TRUTH - NIGHT
                                                            
Detective Rue will go through the open door and hide behind
a couch.
                                                            
Enter Dorothy and Don. Talking casually. did not notice the
enterance of the detective.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
You still have dicks on your face.
                                                            
                       DON
I know at least i got the splooge
off.
                                                            
This scene is to freak out the elderly black women. "OH NO
HE DIDNT LEAVE THAT DOOR OPEN"
                                                            
 
INT. ENTER JASON BIBBLES - NIGHT
                                                            
Jason enters through the still open door
                                                            

8.

                       BIBBLES
Dorothy.Don. Get up there is some
creep in your house.
                                                            
                       BIBBLES
Show yourself!
                                                            
                       DON
*smash a bong on the table*
(instead of a bottle)
                                                            
Dorothy is holding her knees freaking out because she's
stoned. Don is starting to tear up because of his shattered
bong. Jason aka "Bibbles" is holding the broken off bong in
his hand as he swings it from side to side Don sad eyes
follow.
                                                            
                       DETECTIVE RUE
Ok Ok! *hold middle finger up to
let them know your coming up from
behind the couch* *Try to be
subtle*
                                                            
                       BIBBLES
      (shout.)
Who are you?
                                                            
                       DETECTIVE RUE
*Takes the ski mask off*
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
He's the dectective at the crime!
He followed me!
He knows that i was drunk and that
I hit that girl and took that
skanks shoes!
                                                            
                       DON
      (Relieved and sad.)
He's not a detective. *looks at
his broken bong*.
                                                            
                       BIBBLES
Rue? Why'd you wear a ski mask?
And what the fuck! I followed you
all the way here
                                                            
Bibbles puts the shattered bong down. Donny quits acting
like a coward and gets in front of bibbles like he wasn't
actually scared
                                                            
*Zoom on bibbles face* *Camera catches Detective Rue,
Dorothy, and Don.* Bibbles then experiences their moments of

9.

revelation and begins to explain it. Make sure Rue has a
school brochure in his hand.
                                                            
                       BIBBLES
Don you broke your own bong to
protect us and your one of the
biggest potheads their are. Quit
being a douchebag. Dorothy, when
you *Shwasted* *Hang loose sign*
you dont have a fucking heart quit
being a douchebag obviously
something is wrong take care of
it. Rue ..your smart god dammn
it. Just go to school then you can
do this.*Point around* Legally.
Quit being a douchebag.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
*Moment of realization* *ZOOM* I
have to confess. *Gets mad at what
her drunk ego did* Fuck. *sad*
*walks out the open door* everyone
is left motionless.
                                                            
 
INT. TRANSVESTITE PROTISTUE - DAY
                                                            
Dorothy goes to turn herself into a real cop, However, the
Cop is peeing in some bushes while dorothy walks up.
Startled the policeman freaks out mid-stream.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
I hit a woman while driving drunk
                                                            
                       POLICEMAN
Where?
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
Over on 3rd street I hit a blond
women with nice red shoes.
                                                            
                       POLICEMAN
those red shoes *Point at the
shoes*
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
*look down* Yeah.
                                                            
                       POLICEMAN
Yeah you killed Danny Smith.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
Thats a guys name..
                                                            

10.

                       POLICEMAN
Hey *walk over to her* that thing
goes unoticed around here. He was
a real freak. Tell you what I'll
pretend this never happened.
                                                            
                       DOROTHY
Really?
                                                            
                       POLICEMAN
Nope! *handcuff*
                                                            
Get Detective Rue in the backround envy of the actual police
car. feeling it and shit as dorothy and the policeman talk.
                                                            
THE END.
                                                            


FADE OUT.


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