The Dead Side Of Life 6
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               FADE IN:



               BLACK SCREEN

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         I've always been one of those
                         people who took life as it
                         came...  How was I to know God
                         had a sense of humour.



               INT. BAR - DAY

               John, good looking, confident and successful, stands
               drinking at the bar with his FRIENDS, laughing and joking.

               TITLE: 6 MONTHS AGO

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         This is me.  Happy geezer, aren't
                         I?  Not much wrong in my life by
                         the look of me.
                             (beat)
                         Twenty four hours can make a lot
                         of difference.

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               INT. ACCOUNTANTS OFFICE - DAY

               John, with the hangover from hell, sat at his computer.

               TITLE: NEXT DAY AT WORK

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         Charles Morton was the company's
                         biggest client...

               John presses the wrong button.

               John = sheer panic!!!!

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         I'd just transferred his entire
                         account to somewhere in Africa.

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               EXT. AFRICAN JUNGLE - DAY

               LITTLE AFRICAN sitting outside his mud hut checking his
               bank statement.

               He jumps for joy and does a little tribal dance of extreme
               happiness.

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               EXT. ACCOUNTANTS OFFICE - DAY

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         Let's just say the boss wasn't
                         too happy.

               John is unceremoniously kicked out of the front door by his
               BOSS.  His belongings follow in a box, hitting him on the
               head and knocking him out.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         I knew life had its little ups
                         and downs so I wasn't too
                         worried.  Then the girlfriend
                         said she wanted a word.



               INT. POSH FLAT - DAY

               A scruffy, unshaven John sits on the sofa being confronted
               by his girlfriend, LISA, and her new lover, JASON, a six
               foot tall body builder.

               TITLE: TWO MONTHS AGO

                                   LISA
                         ...I've had enough of carrying
                         you, John.  Two people contribute
                         to a relationship and you're just
                         not paying your way.  You'll have
                         to leave.

                                   JOHN
                             (mortified)
                         But, I thought we had something
                         special?

                                   LISA
                         Special..?  I hate to tell you
                         this, John, but there's never
                         been anything SPECIAL between
                         us...
                             (beat)
                         ...your willy is just too tiny.
                             (staring lustfully at
                              Jason)
                         Unlike Jason's.

               Jason grins.

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               INT. POSH FLAT - LATER

               John is at the door with his bags.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         She tried to let me down gently
                         of course.

               Lisa is in bed with Jason howling with sexual ecstasy, legs
               at a quarter-past-nine.

               John starts to sob as he exits.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         At least I still had my friends.

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               INT. BAR - DAY

               John's Friends look at him expecting him to get the next
               round.

               TITLE: A MONTH AGO

               He counts the change and pieces of lint from his pocket. No
               matter how hard he looks it'll never be enough.

                                   JOHN
                             (embarrassed)
                         I don't suppose you could lend a
                         tenner, could you?  I'm a little
                         skint at the moment.

               His friends get up and leave.

               John consciously puts away his change and tries to slip out
               quietly.

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               INT. FLAT OF SQUALOR - DAY

               John, in worse shape than the flat, sits on the sofa
               staring at the camera.

               TITLE: YESTERDAY

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         This is how you find me, a shell
                         of my former self.

               Sat next to him, trying to stick a plastic spoon on his
               nose, is the vaguely human, GORMLESS DUNCAN.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         Jobless, broke, single and only
                         one friend in the world.

                                   JOHN
                             (to Gormless Duncan)
                         I've come to a decision... I'm
                         going to commit suicide.

                                   GORMLESS DUNCAN
                             (not taking his eye off
                              the spoon)
                         My mum did that once.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         I'd sunk about as low as I could
                         go.

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               INT. DEATH'S FLAT - DEAD TIME

               DEATH plays air guitar on his SCYTHE singing his song in
               the manner of the DARKNESS.

                                   DEATH
                         You all have to dance with Death,
                         It's inevitable you do,
                         Sooner or later, my friend,
                         You're gonna be in the pooh.

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               INT. FLAT OF SQUALOR - DAY

               John and Gormless Duncan are on the sofa watching TV.

                                   GORMLESS DUNCAN
                         Sleep with Old Mary down the
                         street.  Killed my dad.

                                   JOHN
                         Aids?

                                   GORMLESS DUNCAN
                         No, iron!  Mum said it woz a
                         waste coz it never ironed
                         straight after that.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         I wasn't receiving any
                         encouragement to cling to life.

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               INT. DEATH'S FLAT - DEAD TIME

               Death - Still grooving.

                                   DEATH
                         Your death is in my diary,
                         You can't run, you can't hide,
                         I'm gonna hunt you down,
                         Bring you home with my scythe.

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               INT. BATHROOM - DAY

               John sits in a bath full of water.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         Drowning.  Not everyone's first
                         choice of suicide I agree, but
                         it's a clean way of doing
                         yourself in.

               John takes a deep breath and dunks his head under the
               water.

               Gormless Duncan enters, copy of the Beano clucthed in his
               hand, pulls his trousers down and sits on the bog.  He
               starts to read.

               John sits up, spitting water out.

               Gormless Duncan starts.

                                   GORMLESS DUNCAN
                         Sorry, didn't know it was
                         occupied.

               A loud and very wet sounding fart erupts from Gormless
               Duncan.  John catches a whiff and gags.

                                   GORMLESS DUNCAN
                             (by way of an apology)
                         Curry from last night.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         Killing myself wasn't going to be
                         as easy as I thought...

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               INT. DEATH'S FLAT - DEAD TIME

               Third verse.

                                   DEATH
                         Bad dude of the afterlife,
                         Uniform of a black cloak,
                         When I finally come for you,
                         You know you're gonna choke.

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               INT. HALLWAY - DAY

               John has rigged up a noose hanging out of the loft, made up
               of his old work ties.  An intrigued Gormless Duncan watches
               on.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         ...take hanging for instance. 
                         It's all about weights, ratios
                         and the effects of gravity.

               John stands on the chair and puts his head through the
               noose.  He kicks the chair away and hangs there for a
               moment.

               Something snaps.  John and rope fall to the floor.  Seconds
               later the roof joist supporting the noose falls through the
               hatch and hits John on the head.

               Gormless Duncan laughs.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         Should have worked out all the
                         variables first.

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               INT. DEATH'S FLAT - DEAD TIME

               Fourth verse.

                                   DEATH
                         Remember me after you're gone,
                         Worms sucking at your skull,
                         You'll suddenly realise,
                         Life was really not so dull.

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               INT. GARAGE - DAY

               Head bandaged, John sits in his car.

               A garden hose pipe connected to the exhaust leads into the
               driver's window.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         Death by carbon-monoxide.  No
                         pain, just a woozy sensation
                         drifting off into the big sleep. 
                         It couldn't go wrong.

               John turns the key and the engine starts.  It runs for a
               moment and then quits.  John looks at the petrol gauge.  It
               reads empty.

               John bangs his head on the steering wheel in exasperation
               and knocks himself out again.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         But then I remembered you need
                         money to fill up with petrol.

               Gormless Duncan's head pops in the rear window.

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               INT. DEATH'S FLAT - DEAD TIME

               Fifth verse.

                                   DEATH
                         By my watch it's almost time,
                         The sands are running out,
                         You'll soon be joining me,
                         Of that there's no doubt.



               INT. BATHROOM - DAY

               John searching through the bathroom cabinet.  Gormless
               Duncan stands behind him, watching with interest.

               John grabs an electric razor and receives inspiration.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         Slashing my wrists.  OK, so there
                         would be a little bit of pain,
                         but I'd just have to live with
                         it...
                             (beat)
                         ...or not, as the case maybe.

                                   JOHN
                         Have you got a razor?

                                   GORMLESS DUNCAN
                             (grinning maniacally)
                         I'm not allowed sharp objects.

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               INT. DEATH'S FLAT - DEAD TIME

               Death, now in full rock glory.

                                   DEATH
                         I'm the Death dude,
                         Yeahhhhh...,
                         I'm the Death dude,
                         Yeahhhhh...,
                         I'm the Death dude.

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               INT. BATHROOM - DAY

               John, still rifling through the bathroom cabinet.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         It was the pills that were to be
                         my release.

               He comes across a bottle of Tamazapan.

               He takes a few with a glass of water.



               INT. FLAT OF SQUALOR - DAY

               John is sat on the sofa with the same manic grin that
               Gormless Duncan sports.

               The TV is on.

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         They were great.
                             (beat)
                         Somehow life didn't seem so bad
                         after all.

               John is watching a children's TV programme, THE HAPPY
               BUNNIES.



               ON TV

                                   PINK HAPPY BUNNY
                         Ooooh, 'appy Bunnies go fo' walk.

               The Happy Bunnies go for a walk, there version of walking
               at least.

                                   JOHN
                         Go fo' walk.



               EXT. STREET - DAY

               John, smiling, happily out of his face, crosses the road.

               Duncan's Car hits him with out stopping.

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               INT. DUNCAN'S CAR - DAY

               Gormless Duncan, tears streaming down his face, white
               knuckled grip on the steering wheel.

                                   GORMLESS DUNCAN
                         Goodbye, my friend, I hope you
                         find a better existence.

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               EXT. STREET - SAME TIME

               JOHN'S SPIRIT jumps up and looks down, amazed, at his now
               dead body.

               Death stands next to him.

                                   DEATH
                         It's going to take a lot of
                         effort to mop that up.
                             (turning to John)
                         You ready then?

                                   JOHN
                             (V/O)
                         Bugger!

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               INT. HEAVEN - ETERNITY

               GOD sits on his throne laughing hysterically at John's
               plight.

               He high-fives an ANGEL next to him.

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               INT. DEATH'S FLAT - DEAD TIME

               Death, ready in rock stance, crouches next to John.

                                   DEATH
                             (addressing the
                              audience)
                         Come on, baby, rock with me one
                         more time.

               Death and John strut the Funky Death Dance.

                                   DEATH
                             (singing)
                         I'm the Death dude.

                                   JOHN
                         Yeahhhhh...

                                   DEATH
                         I'm the Death dude.

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               GOD AND ANGEL

               Grooving.

                                   GOD & ANGEL
                         Yeahhhhh...

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               DEATH AND JOHN

                                   DEATH
                         I'm the Death dude.

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               LISA AND JASON

               Still in sex position.

                                   LISA & JASON
                         Yeahhhhh...

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               DEATH AND JOHN

                                   DEATH
                         I'm the Death dude.

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               FRIENDS

               In bar.

                                   FRIENDS
                         Yeahhhhh...

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               DEATH AND JOHN

                                   DEATH
                         I'm the Death dude.

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               ACCOUNTANTS OFFICE

                                   BOSS
                         Yeahhhhh...

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               DEATH AND JOHN

                                   DEATH
                         I'm the Death dude.

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               LITTLE AFRICAN

               Suited and booted, and covered in bling.

                                   LITTLE AFRICAN
                         Yeahhhhh...

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               DEATH AND JOHN

                                   DEATH
                         I'm the Death dude.



               GORMLESS DUNCAN

               Sobbing hysterically.

                                   GORMLESS DUNCAN
                         Yeahhhhh...

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               DEATH AND JOHN

                                   DEATH
                         I am...
                             (beat)
                         ...the Death dude!

                                                              THE END
               Death's Song:
               You all have to dance with Death,
               It's inevitable you do,
               Sooner or later, my friend,
               You're gonna be in the pooh.
               Your death is in my diary,
               You can't run, you can't hide,
               I'm gonna hunt you down,
               Bring you home with my scythe.
               Bad dude of the afterlife,
               Uniform of a black cloak,
               When I finally come for you,
               You know you're gonna choke.
               Remember me after you're gone,
               Worms sucking at your skull,
               You'll suddenly realise,
               Life was really not so dull.
               By my watch it's almost time,
               The sands are running out,
               You'll soon be joining me,
               Of that there's no doubt.
               I'm the Death dude,
               Yeahhhhh...,
               I'm the Death dude,
               Yeahhhhh...,
               I'm the Death dude.
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