BUBBLEFLIGHT
Millionaires Anonymous
INT. COFFEE HOUSE – DAY
They order their coffees and sit down. A little time passes, they are in the middle of a conversation.
JANE
... Well I just find it hard taking advice from men.
CHAD
Some of us have a few good things to say.
JANE
I’m an independent woman, I can think for myself, I’m the sort of person who can do things on my own.
CHAD
Everyone needs a little help from someone else every now and then, from time to time.
JANE
I don’t think I do, honestly.
CHAD
I might be able to help.
JANE
What could you possibly have to say that would help me? You’re just a bum.
Chad goes quiet and sips his coffee.
JANE
Sorry, that was out of line. Its just I’ve had a weird one this week and I’m a bit highly strung. Sorry, I wasn’t thinking. Forgive me.
CHAD
Sometimes we speak the truth when we’re not thinking.
JANE
No, you’re much more now than who you were.
CHAD
I’m not so sure about that myself. You don’t know the half of it. Living on the street has a way of eating into your soul permanently.
JANE
Yes, but you’re not there anymore.
CHAD
I don’t know where I am at the moment.
JANE
You’re right here, here with me. You know it’s funny. I had everything and lost it all and you had nothing and won it all. Yet we end up in the same place with similar problems.
CHAD
You do realise, you’re an imposter in the group, what with you being broke and everything. I could expose you in front of everyone.
JANE
You’re joking right?
CHAD
I’m just kidding. Look, seriously are you alright for money, for food and things?
JANE
To be honest, I could really use a small amount.
CHAD
Interesting, a small amount, its kind of relative isn’t it.
JANE
Whatever you can spare.
CHAD
Here, there’s two hundred, don’t feel you have to pay it back.
Chad takes his wallet out and removes most of the cash in it.
JANE
You’re very kind Chad, I will pay it back to you, in some way.
CHAD
I could think of a number of ways...
JANE
Hold it right there Romeo, you forget I’m in a relationship.
CHAD
Ah yes, I was forgetting that, maybe you can ask him for cash next time.
Jane freezes and just stares at Chad across the table.
CHAD
I’m sorry, that was low, forgive me I’m just a love-hungry fool with too much money and no manners.
JANE
No, you’re quite right. I really need to sort my life out with regards to Bruce. Been putting it off really... due to financial considerations.
CHAD
Do what you need to do and do it in your own good time.
JANE
Thanks Chad, I won’t forget this.
INT. RANDAL’S CAR - DAY
Randal’s, chauffeur is driving Randal and Fiffi through the city. They are having a drink from the mini-bar.
FIFFI
So what’s the deal with you and that replica gun? Do you have a real one too?
RANDAL
What you’ve got to understand about me is that I’ve been mixed up in this damn business since I was a kid and yes, I do own a real gun, several in fact, and I’ve had one since I was 14. It’s against the odds that I’m still here to talk about it.
FIFFI
Why don’t you leave it all behind?
RANDAL
I’d love to, but it’s not so easy, I have commitments, responsibilities.
FIFFI
You know it’s never too late to change. Don’t you ever feel the need for a relationship? You’re not going to be able to get close to someone in any meaningful way with all that baggage you carry around.
RANDAL
That’s what I want, but I don’t have time. I really wouldn’t know where to start.
FIFFI
That’s nonsense and you know it, you made the decision to go to the group, you’ve just got to take the next step.
RANDAL
Which is what exactly?
FIFFI
Well you’ve got to reach out to someone, someone you’d like to be in your future.
RANDAL
Like who?
FIFFI
How about me?
EXT. STREET – DAY
Ron on his bike and Figgis on his skateboard are tearing along the sidewalk until they arrive at Figgis’ place. Ron locks his bike to the railings and they go through the front door.
INT. FIGGIS’ PLACE – DAY
There is a huge living room full of much hi-tech equipment. There are speakers everywhere, lots of hi-fi, arcade games and some modern sculptures. A Harley Davidson is parked in one corner.
RON
Wow, where did you get all this neat stuff?
FIGGIS
Oh, you have to be in the business.
RON
What business is that?
FIGGIS
The only business, movies, dumb dumb. Check it out...
Figgis flicks a few switches on the wall and a projector and screen appears and sound erupts throughout the room.
FIGGIS
Take a seat.
Figgis motions to a large leather chair. Ron sits back and reclines as he lets the music and visuals sweep over hi.
RON
Coool... The business!
FIGGIS
Yeah, I used to be stunt co-ordinator.
RON
Used to be?
FIGGIS
After the accident, I kind of lost my mojo. Haven’t been back on a bike since.
Flashback. Figgis’ motorbike accident. Coming round a corner a car on the wrong side of the road slams into him. It all happens very quickly, Figgis’ eyes widen in close up then a flash, black and being rushed into the emergency department of a hospital from an ambulance.
RON
So when are you going to get back on a bike?
FIGGIS
I don’t know if that day will ever come.
RON
Are you scared?
FIGGIS
Damn right I’m scared, two tonnes of metal hurtling towards you at sixty miles an hour. I don’t want a repeat of that.
RON
You could go somewhere there’s not much traffic.
FIGGIS
Maybe, I’m not sure, it’s all still a little bit too fresh in my mind at the moment. Can we leave it for now?
RON
Sure, consider it on ice.
INT. DICK AND JULIE’S APARTMENT – EVENING
Dick and Julie are preparing dinner. Their kitchen and living area are pristine in perfect interior design and cleanliness. Their life is like a television commercial for a range of products; food stuffs, cleaning materials, furniture and kitchen ware are on display, some still with tags on. The revolutionary orange squeezer sits on a surface in prime place in the kitchen. Dick enters through the front door with a bag of groceries. Julie is sitting down looking through a magazine called “You and Your Money”.
JULIE
Hi honey did you get everything?
Dick starts unloading the groceries in the kitchen, naming them as he removes them from the bag.
DICK
I got the lower your cholesterol Mighty Oat Flakes, the high in antioxidants Better Berries, Kick Start organic coffee and the hypoallergenic friendly bacteria yogurt.
JULIE
How about the Miracle Foam McTuff Stuff stain remover?
DICK
They’d sold out, I guess it’s pretty popular.
JULIE
Oh that’s a shame.
DICK
But I did get the Shiny-As-You-Like toothpaste.
JULIE
Brilliant.
Julie smiles and we see a starlit glint from her teeth. She then walks over to the kitchen and picks up the Miracle Foam McTuff Stuff stain remover.
JULIE
Juanita is going to love this. Juanita.
JUANITA, (mid-twenties) comes in from another room carrying the baby who is dressed in designer clothes. Dick takes the baby from her.
JULIE
Did you have a chance to clean the bathroom today?
JUANITA
Yes but there are some nasty stains around the plug hole in the bath that I just can’t seem to shift.
JULIE
Well try this, they say there’s nothing it can’t beat!
JUANITA
It’s just what I’ve been looking for, thank you.
Juanita takes the cleaning product, turns and walks away, shaking her head and rolling her eyes as she does so.