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RANT Written by Richard Gibson and Mark Pennell Based on the Novel RANT Written by Richard Gibson and Mark Pennell Based on the novel By Chuck Palahniuk Address Phone Number FADE IN: EXT. BROOKLYN GAS STATION - EVENING RANT CASEY 18; anti-freeze green eyes, dirt scars tattooed up and down both forearms and wearing a cap that reads; Jesus is comin’, Better get busy. He takes the gas nozzle out and starts hosing petrol over a white Cadillac Seville and a decorated Christmas tree that is tied to the roof. A CUSTOMER watches in disbelief. He recognizes Rant. Rant catches his stare. CUSTOMER Are you... Rant grins. RANT Merry Christmas Sir! FLASH TO: EXT. BROOKLYN GAS STATION - EVENING Two men and a woman exit the Gas Station store. ECHO LAWRENCE 23; sexy if not for her withered arm and a limp. SHOT DUNYUN 20; skinny, long hair and old school ink covering both arms and GREEN TAYLOR SIMMS 73; (once known as CHARLES CASEY) young for his age with anti-freeze green eyes and dirt tattooed scars up both forearms. He looks like an older version of Rant Casey. They see that the Cadillac is gone and there is nothing but a puddle of gas beside the pumps. SHOT That son-of-bitch. FLASH TO: EXT. BROOKLYN GAS STATION - EVENING Echo runs to the side of the road. Trying to thumb a ride. No one will stop. She lifts her top and flashes her breasts at a car full of TEENAGE STONERS. They skid to a stop. Echo gets in, slams the door and points towards the vanishing Cadillac. 2nd Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 2. ECHO Go! FLASH TO: EXT. ROAD - CONTINUOUS Rant crashes a red light, cutting off a Police Car. The Police car skids to a stop. The OFFICER in the Passenger seat looks from Rant to a photo on the dash. POLICEMAN It’s him! The OFFICER driving turns on the siren then floors the gas. POLICEMAN (CONT’D) This is one Adam twelve requesting assistance. We are in pursuit of Rant Casey. He is heading east on Fort Lee road, driving a white Cadillac Seville with a Christmas tree on the roof. FLASH TO: EXT. AERIAL HELICOPTER A POV from a Police helicopter. The blue Christmas tree lights on the Cadillac‘s roof glisten below. The Christmas tree on the roof is on fire. The flames trail out behind it. The Police car is seen closing fast, warning lights flashing. Fifty yards back a convoy of cars are giving chase. FEMALE RADIO ANNOUNCER (V.O.) An unusually large number of vehicles are now pursuing the Cadillac, following in the path cleared by pursuing Police. Not your every day civic service, but none the less, a thank you to New York’s finest. INT/EXT. RANT’S CAR - CONTINUOUS An Orange Dodge Charger with black stripes slams into the back of the Cadillac. Silver baubles tumble off the tree and shatter on the road. 2nd Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 3. EXT/INT. CAR The Stoned teenagers and Echo chase after Rant. Echo leans forward. FEMALE RADIO ANNOUNCER (V.O.) Live from the burning Cadillac, are you still on the line? The radio crackles. FEMALE RADIO ANNOUNCER (V.O.) Caller? Rant are you there? A moment later. INT. ECHO’S CAR - CONTINUOUS RANT There’s somethin’ I got to say. A beat. RANT (CONT’D) The future you have, tomorrow, won't be the same future you had, yesterday. Police sirens wail and cars slam into the Cadillac as Rant talks on his phone. RANT (CONT’D) I hope you’re listenin’ Echo Lawrence. A beat. Echo stares at the radio. RANT (V.O.) Cause I love you. Tears well in Echo’s eyes. FLASH TO: EXT. HELICOPTER - AERIAL The Cadillac is in flames. It smashes through a riverside barrier then launches into the air in super slow motion. 2nd Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 4. It hits the water and sends up a huge slow motion wave and then sinks into the murky depths. ROLL TITLES. A close up image traveling over the CASEY FAMILY TREE plays behind. There are all the extended family’s names. The dates people were born, when they died. Who married who and their children. Amongst them; Charles Casey, Hattie Shelby, Esther Shelby, Clem Casey, Patty Casey, Cleatus Shelby, Walt Casey, Chester Casey and Rant Casey. The hand of an unseen man strikes a line of red ink through the name ‘RANT CASEY’. THE TITLES END. EXT. MIDDLETON AIRPORT - MORNING Half a dozen planes are parked around the terminal. INT. TRANS-AMERICAN JET - CONTINUOUS CHESTER CASEY 38; anti-freeze green eyes and dirt scars tattooed up both forearms. It is clearly his first time on a plane. He is trying to find his seat. WALLACE BOYER 32; car salesman, dressed in typical car salesman style. He walks up the aisle. Chester turns. CHESTER Row 18? WALLACE I’m by the window. Chester moves aside. Wallace takes his seat. An announcement over the intercom. PURSER Ensure that your seat belts are fastened, your seat back is upright and your tray table stowed away. In the cockpit. A voice crackles over the radio. Yellow Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 5. TOWER (V.O.) Gulf Yankee Bravo this is Middleton Tower. You are cleared for take- off. PILOT Roger that Middleton tower. You have yourself a great day. CLOSE ON the throttles being pushed forward. The ROAR of the jet engines reverberates through the cabin. The plane accelerates down the runway. Chester grips the arm- rests. Wallace watches him smugly. A moment or so later the plane lifts into the air. The plane levels out into cruise. The cabin crew start the in- flight service. Wallace is reading a newspaper. Chester eyes the front headline: ‘STILL NO END TO RABIES EPIDEMIC.’ An AIR HOSTESS stops in the aisle. She looks to Wallace. HOSTESS Sir. Something to drink? WALLACE Bourbon and dry. With ice. The Hostess pours Wallace’s drink. She holds it out to Chester. HOSTESS If you would Sir? Chester passes it over. Wallace sees Chester’s rough hand wrapped around the lip of the glass. WALLACE Appreciated. Wallace puts the glass down without touching it. HOSTESS For you Sir? CHESTER Bourbon. HOSTESS With? Yellow Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 6. CHESTER Bourbon. She hands the double Bourbon to Chester. CHESTER (CONT’D) Kindly. Chester swallows half of it in one gulp. GREEN TAYLOR SIMMS (V.O.) You don’t become a Car Salesmen. It’s in your DNA. Not everyone can strike up a pointless conversation and then be an authority on whatever topic floats. This is a billet exclusively reserved for salesmen and Game show hosts. Wallace clears his throat. WALLACE First time on a plane? Wallace grips the arm-rests. WALLACE (CONT’D) I can tell. Chester takes another hit of Bourbon. WALLACE (CONT’D) Statistically it’s still the safest way to travel. Chester turns. WALLACE (CONT'D) How much did the ticket set ya back? CHESTER Fifty dollars. Round-trip. Wallace whistles. WALLACE That’s one heck of a deal. How do you get a deal like that? Chester empties his glass. Wallace waits. Eager for an explanation. 2nd Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 7. CHESTER First, what you have to do is escape from inside a locked insane asylum. Then you have to hitchhike cross-country, wearing nothing but plastic booties and a paper getup that won't stay shut in back. You need to arrive about a heartbeat too late to keep a repeat child- molester from raping your wife. And your mother. Spawned out of that rape, you have to raise up a son who collects a wagon full of folks' old, thrown-out teeth. After high- school, your wacko kid got's to run off. Join some cult that lives only by night. Wreck his car, a half a hundred times, and hook up with some kind-of, sort-of, not-really prostitute. Along the way, your kid got's to spark a plague that'll kill thousands of people, enough folks so that it leads to martial law and threatens to topple world leaders. And, lastly, your boy got's to die in a big, flaming, fiery inferno, watched by everybody in the world with a television set. Chester looks at Wallace’s bourbon. CHESTER (CONT’D) You drinkin’ that? WALLACE Go ahead. Chester takes it. CHESTER When you go to collect his body the airline gives you a special bargain price on the ticket. It’s called a bereavement fare. Chester takes a hit of Wallace’s drink. CHESTER (CONT’D) Simple as that! WALLACE Are you talking about Rant Casey? Chester turns to Wallace. 2nd Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 8. CHESTER Rant is not and never was his name. Buster. Buster Landru Casey is what his mother called him. That, and Buddy. WALLACE Well ain’t that something? Are you saying you’re some kind of kin to Rant... I mean Buster Casey? Chester holds out his hand. CHESTER Something like that. Chester Casey. They shake. WALLACE Whoa! Well here’s a story I can tell the wife. Wallace gives Chester his business card. WALLACE (CONT’D) Wallace Boyer Pre-loved Autos. Next time you need to trade up drop by. We give a discount for celebrities! Wallace winks conspiratorially. GRAPHIC OVER: TWENTY YEARS EARLIER. INT. MIDDLETON HOSPITAL - DAY A new-born baby. BUSTER CASEY (to become known as RANT), anti- freeze green eyes and full of wonder. NURSE WINSTON 24; small town pretty. She hands Buster to his mother. IRENE CASEY 16; attractive and caring.
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