PONG: The movie.

[WeaponZ2]

Ok I started this yesterday for school and just wondered if anyone had any suggestions. I'm aware there is many spelling and grammer mistakes and that my format isn't perfect but this is my first script so give me some credit eh.



FADE IN

A white dot on a black back drop zips past the screen. O.C we hear a bonk sound, and the dot zips back across the screen. Once again O.C we hear the bonk and the ball passes by once again.
This repeats for a moment as the camera zooms out slowly first revealing a T.V then two boys sitting on a old 70's couch, with cloths that match.
The boys are no more then twelve, and are having the game of the life time, with a score of 2-2.
DWIGHT (fustrated)
come on! come on!

Close up of the screen as the white dot goes past Dwight's paddle.

DWIGHT
DANG!

We get a first shot of the boys from the front. Dwight, is short and chubby with light brown hair. Grant, his opponent and friend has a average build for a boy his age with black hair and freckles.

GRANT
And Im still champion!

DWIGHT
You know your going to have to lose some day.

GRANT
I don't think so chubby.

DWIGHT
Say, you think video games will get any better?

GRANT
I don't see how they could....

SFX:BLAM!
A gun shot rings out and we watch as a Red master Chief flies through the air.

PRESENT Day. INT of Grants house.
GRANT O.C
And im still champion!

We see Grant and Dwight, sitting on a couch now in a modern setting. The boys are now men in their late forty's. Dwight has gained a large amount of weight and Grant has kept his boyish good looks.

DWIGHT
You son of a *****!

GRANT (laughing)
And fat man is mad!

DWIGHT
Quiet calling me fat!

GRANT
Quiet drinking gravy, and Ill consider it.

Short beat, we watch the men play the game. We hear gun shots and other sounds that identified the game as Halo.
Their faces are intense, they take this very seriously.

DWIGHT
You going to get a 360?

GRANT
I don't know, they cost a lot.

DWIGHT
Come on man, you must be bringing in the dou with a great job like yours.

GRANT
Im the assistant manger at the video store?
How the hell is that a great job?

DWIGHT
Dude, you get to rent games for free AND before their offical release. The only benfits I get from my job is three smoke brakes a day.

GRANT
But you don't smoke....

DWIGHT
Yeah, I know that and you know that, But Mr.Mao doesn't.

GRANT
I guess your right though. My job is pretty sweet.

(Beat)
DWIGHT
Speaking of work, what time is it?

Grant, quickly looks at his watch, not missing a beat of the game.

GRANT
Its almost five, why you have to split?

Dwight gets up from his seat, but his massive figure still leaves an imprint on the couch.

DWIGHT
Yeah, I'm on chicken ball duty and if I'm late mr. Mao will sick the Yakuza on me.

Grant smile and laughs, but Dwights face stays dead serious. Grant notices that Dwight isn't laughing and his jaw drops and eye's widden.

GRANT ( shocked)
Holy ****...

DWIGHT
Yeah...see ya later.

GRANT (still shocked)
Yeah man...****

Dwight walks out of the room as Grant still sits there shocked O.C we hear the door shut.

GRANT
Holy ****.

CUT TO: INT. SUPER VIDEO DELUX, DUSK

GRANT stands behind the counter dressed in his red uniform, hes surving two teenagers.

TEEN #1 (to Grant)
Dude...are you like fiftie?

GRANT
No....forty-five..

TEEN #2
Your forty-five and you work at the Super Video Delux?

GRANT
HEY! Im assistent Manger man.

TEEN #1
How olds the manger?

GRANT
Um....

Grant looks to his side. There at the otherside of the room is the manger, hes no more then four years older then the boys hes serving.
The teens look over at the manger with Grant and they laugh out loud as they walk out of the store. Grant stands there depressed.

CUT TO:

Grant and his fellow emplee are moving through the movie shelfs organizing and re stocking them.
The other worker is named Tammy. She is a teenager who offten socializes with grant at work. She looks up to him in away, almost like a older, dorky brother.

TAMMY
Can I ask you a question Grant?

GRANT
If its about sex ask your mother.

TAMMY
No you ass. Its about you.

GRANT
If its about me and sex, ask my ex-girlfriend. Im sure she would be happy to tell you how disappointing it was.

TAMMY
Thats kinda what my question was about....when was the last time you had a girlfriend?

GRANT
Um....not sure.

TAMMY
Was it that long ago?

GRANT
Well....I've never really....

TAMMY
OH! your gay arnt you?

GRANT
What? no! Its just I've never had very much luck with women is all. When I talk to them I get all toung tided and confused.

TAMMY
Your talking to me pretty well...

GRANT
Your hardly a women.

TAMMY
Ass.
(nudges GRANT)
I don't get it. Your such a catch though.

GRANT
Me? a catch? I'm a forty-five year old assistant manger of a video store. And my higher up is half only way through puberty.

TAMMY
Yeah, but your handsome, smart and sure your title is embarrassing but your making good money. Plus you own your own house.

GRANT
Well I'm glade Im appealing to a six-teen year old girl. If I was a date rapist Id be burying a body rate now.
Ill talk to you later, I'm going to re-stock the games.

INT. SUPER VIDEO DELUX, night

CUT TO:
Grant stacks the video games onto the shelf, hes obviously still very depressed.
He finishs off and begins to walk away, but stops. something has caught his attention.
He grabs a game off the shelf, and says something softly under his breath.

GRANT
...pong...

CUT TO:

P.O.V of the T.V at the Super Video Delux store we see Grant setting up his X-box. He sets it up and puts in a game. We hear some retro music then the same bonk sound from the start.
He moves in close, his face is almost pressed agianst the screen. The exspression on his face is one of amazment and wonder, like he had made a great discovery.

O.C KID
Hey.

(No longer from the point of view of the t.v) Grant whips around and gives the kid a look.

KID
What is that?...

GRANT
THATS PONG MAN!

CUT TO: INT. Grants house night.

Grant, still in his uniform runs into his living room and grabs the phone and franticly dials Dwights number.
He stands there tense, hes very excited.

DWIGHT (On the other end of the phone)
Hey. Whats up?

GRANT
Just get over here quick!

Grant hangs up the phone lightning fast.

CUT TO: INT. Grants house minutes later. LATE NIGHT

DWIGHT
Whats going on?

GRANT
Whats going on? Ill tell you whats going on man.

Grant, with a crazy look in his eyes. Grabs onto Dwight and pulls him near. Grants noise is almost in Dwights eye hes so close.

GRANT
Whats the greatest game of all time?

Dwight, feeling very akward.

DWIGHT
Um...Halo 2?

GRANT (well shaking his head)
No.

DWIGHT
Half Life 2?

GRANT
No.....

Dwight steps back away from Grant.

DWIGHT
Then what man?

Grant smiles, he looks psycodic.

GRANT (dramticly backing toward the television)
November 29, 1972. A man named Nolan Bushnell working for Atari, Invents a game that makes a generation of gamers. Its first released in arcades, but in 1973 a home version is conceived and realesed in '75. At first consumers are not interested in it because of pass failers of Atari....but one store gave them a chance, that store was Sears. Christmas that year lines where out the doors with people wanting this game.

Grant turns on his T.V and we automaticly hear the infamous bonk sound.

GRANT (continued still dramtic and still crazy)
That game was Pong.

Dwight looks at the screen for a moment in complet silence all we can hear is the bonk of the game.

DWIGHT (Un-empressed)
Wow, look at that.

GRANT
Amazing ain't it.

DWIGHT
Yeah, cool....Want to play some Halo?

GRANT
Halo?! Halo?! Don't you understand? Its Pong!

DWIGHT
Yeah, I get it Pong. Can we play some Halo?

Grant looks like hes about to either rip out his hair or kill Dwight.

GRANT
Oh I see whats going on. Your afriad to lose. When we were kids you could never win, and now you dont want to play because you know its going to be just like back then. Me winning, you losing.

DWIGHT
No, I just rather shoot **** from another galaxy then move a paddle up and down.

GRANT
Anyone can shoot an alien my friend. But it takes a man with real skill to move a paddle.

Grant tosses a controler to Dwight.

GRANT (Continued)
Come on fat ass. Show me how much of a real man you are.
Dwight takes the controler.

DWIGHT
One round thats it.
A smile comes to Grants face and he pauses. The Bonk sound is all we hear.

GRANT
Thats all I need.

We focuse in on them from the front. They sit down and we hear the game begin and the bonk sound looses its rythmic beat as they knock it back and forward.
Dwight seems very bored by the game, yet Grant is pooring his heart into it.

DWIGHT
You remeber the old Superman movie. You know with Chris Reeves? Well I loved that movie as a kid but when I watched it last saturday I realized how stupid the plot was. I mean what the hell kind of master mind villan's plan involves realistate? How stupid is that?

Grant scores a point then looks to Dwight.

GRANT
Shut the hell up and play the game.

DWIGHT
I'm sorry its just ****ing slow it makes conversation easy.

FADE OUT

FADE IN

They both rest in the same spot playing the game now in the same intense manner as they did Halo.
All we hear is the clicks of their joysticks as they move around and of course, the bonk sound.

SFX: Bonk sound still being heard.

EXT. Grants house, NIGHT.

Then night fades to day.

INT. Grants house. early morning.

They still sit in the same spot but now they are a complet mess. Their hair is all over the place their clouthing is stained, and bags have formed under their eyes. They look like they are zombies.
Drule runs down Dwights chin but he doesn't seem to notice or care. All we hear is the BONK of the game.

CUT TO: A close up of the screen reveals that the score is still one nothing for Grant. The camera fallows the ball back and forward a few times as action packed techno music plays.

CUT BACK TO: Zombish Dwight and Grant and the bonk SFX.

CUT TO: Close up of the screen. The camera fallows the ball back and forward still the action packed music plays.
The music comes to a climax as the ball passes by Dwights paddle, making the score 3-0.

CUT TO: Dwight and Grant who have now sprung to life.

GRANT throws his arms into the air and yells various insualts to Dwight, finishing off with.

GRANT
I'M THE GREATEST MAN ALIVE!

DWIGHT
You still need one more point to win pal.
Grant looks around the room and seems to of just realized something.

GRANT
Is it day?

DWIGHT
Hey, don't start dissing me then try to change the subject.

GRANT
No, Dwight. Its morning. We just played Pong for like thirteen hours... and you have drule on your face.
Dwight stands up and rubs the drule from his chin.

DWIGHT
****...I forgot how addictive that game was. It's almost as bad as "War Crack online".

GRANT (looking at his watch)
****! I was suppost to be at work a half hour ago.

 

[WeaponZ2]

CUT TO: INT. SUPER VIDEO DELUXE, DAY

Grant runs into the room still wearing the same uniform from yesterday. Tammy drops what she's doing and runs up beside him.

TAMMY
Where hell have you been?

GRANT
I was at home and lost track of the time.

TAMMY
What the hell were you doing?

GRANT (well walking away from Tammy)
Playing Pong.

TAMMY
What the ****s Pong?

CUT TO:

INT. DAN THE MANGERS OFFICE. DAY

P.O.V from over Grants shoulder.

Dan is real young maybe nine-teen. He's short and skinny. He speaks with a lisp due to his retainer.

DAN
I think you know how un-suitable this is Grant.
I mean, I thought you were responsible enough to be here on time.

Dan's speech begins to trail off and all sound seems to be sucked out of the room until all we hear is the bonk of Pong come from Dan's lips.

DAN
BONK. BONK. BONK. BONK. BONK.

Close up of Grant. He's really out of it. He shakes his head and rubs his eyes he can't believe what's going on.

(O.C) DAN
You understand Grant?

GRANT
I understand....I think.

(O.C) DAN
Good. Don't let it happen again.

Dan stamps off, leaving Grant there still looking off into space.

(O.C) TAMMY
You ok Grant?

GRANT
Um...I think so.

TAMMY (inspecting Grant)
Are you stoned?

GRANT
Not unless someone slipped something in my coffee.

Grant holds up his coffee, what has up to this point rested O.C.

TAMMY
Grant..thats not your coffee, a customer just left that here...

GRANT
Yum, mocha.

TAMMY
Maybe you should lay down.

GRANT
Not a bad idea.
(Passes out)

CUT TO:

INT. SUPER VIDEO DELUXE, NIGHT

P.O.V of Grant as he wakes up.

GRANT
What happened....Damn my head.

O.C Women
You ok?

GRANT (sitting up and rubbing his head)
Ok? am I ok? I'm a forty-five year old, single, assistant manger of a video store who passed out after his teenager boss chewed him out for being late, after a night of hanging out with his best friend in his living room playing a video game from the 70's. And now I have a ****ing lump the size of my fist on my head.
(taps lump)
**** am I bleeding?

O.C The women laughs. Grant finally looks over in her direction. Standing next to Tammy is the women.
He is over taken by her beauty and thus unable to speak.

GRANT
Um...uh..ga.

TAMMY
Mom. This is Grant.

GRANT
Ga!...bua..Mom!?

Tammy's mom leans in to shake Grants hand. He thimbles between what hand he should shake with and what one he should rub his head with.

CLAIR
Hello, I'm Tammy's mother.

GRANT
I'm...um Dwig- Grant.

CLAIR
Yeah. I know.

Tammy hands Grant a ice pack.

TAMMY
Here you go Grant.

GRANT
Thanks a lot.
(looks up at Clair)
Both of you.

Tammy looks at Grant and notices his attraction to her mother. Her jaw drops a little.

CLAIR
Well...I better get going.
(to Grant)
It was nice meeting you. I hope your head heals.

TAMMY
Oh don't worry Ma. He doesn't use it anyway.

Clair walks away as Grant Finally gets back on his feet. He watches as she walks out the door, hes entranced by the swinging of her hips. Tammy notices that hes checking out her mother and nudges him shoulder like she did when he insulted her the day before.

TAMMY
You ass!

GRANT
What!?

TAMMY
You have the hots for my mom!

GRANT
No I don't.

Grant starts to walk away but Tammy fallows.

TAMMY
You do so!

COSTUMER
Excuse me.

GRANT
Do not.

TAMMY
Do so!

GRANT
Do not.

COSTUMER
Excuse me...

TAMMY
Do so!

GRANT
Do not!

TAMMY
You do so you lying piece of sh-

They stop in front of the costumer, who stands there with a DVD in their hands.

GRANT
Ok she's hot. She's a hot mom. She's your hot mom!

TAMMY
Thats so grosse!

COSTUMER
Excuse me...

GRANT
Oh get over it. I just met the women, all I know about her is shes a single mom with a nice ass and a nose daughter.
Its not like I'm going to ask her out or anything geez. But what I do alone in my bath room tonight is none of your business.

TAMMY
Ewwwwwwww!!

COSTUMER
Excuse me!

Both Tammy and Grant stop and look at the costumer with no expression on their faces.

COSTUMER
I read that this was a goofy dramedy that was heavy but light hearted at the same time with a wonderful cast of mismatched characters. Can you confirm any of this for me? Have you seen it? or is there a number you can call or something?...

TAMMY (To Grant)
Ass.

Tammy stomps off as the costumer and Grant watch.

COSTUMER (To Grant)
Well?...

CUT TO: EXT. Grants house night.

From outside we hear the distinct bonk of Pong and Grant's Voice.

O.C GRANT
I don't even get why shes so pissed. All I did was check out her mom. Hardly said to words to the women.

CUT TO: INT. Grants house night.

Dwight (with a black eye) and Grant sit in their normal spots playing pong. Boxes of take out surround them.

DWIGHT
I don't know. I didn't understand teenage girls when I was one of them and I don't understand them now.

GRANT (laughing)
What did you just say?

DWIGHT
I don't ****ing know man.

Silence. We hear the bonk for a second or two.

GRANT
You still haven't explained your black eye yet.

DWIGHT
It was just a miss understanding.

GRANT
What kind of miss understanding? You "accidentally" rub up against a women in the restaurant again?

DWIGHT
No! I got to work and Mr. Mao asked me what I did last night and I told him "Played Atari's Pong."
Then he just beat the **** out of me and told me I was fired.

GRANT
Holy ****. And you don't even know why?

DWIGHT
Oh, I know why man. Turns out his sons name is Atari and pong is chinese slang for a certain un-mentionable part of the male anatomy.

GRANT
Your ****ting me.

DWIGHT
I have ****ing bruises from Judo chops all down my back. You think I'm joking man.

 

[JLBats]

...No.

 

[WeaponZ2]

...No.

So....its that bad eh?...

 

[Karem-Knight]

So....its that bad eh?...

I like it keep the good work!

 

[WeaponZ2]

BUMP!.....I guess....

 

[pinkfloydstarr]

sounds alright to me, keep it up