怦然心动.英文剧本.Script-of-FLIPPED.docx

SCRIPT OF FLIPPEDBRYCE: All I ever wanted was for Juli Baker to leave me alone.It all began in the summer of 1957, before the start of second grade. STEVEN: Here we are.PATSY: Ha, ha.-What do you guys think?LYNETTA: I like this place.BRYCE: It's cool.LYNETTA: Uh, what color is my room? Just you wait.BRYCE: Lefs see whafs inside. STEVEN: Hey, come on, buddy Bryce. Why don't, uh, you and I go help unload the van… •.•and the womenfolk herecan get in the kitchen and start setting up. Okay, Dad.BRYCE: For me, it was the beginning of what would be......more than half a decade of strategic avoidance and social discomfort. -Hi, I'm Juli Baker.■ Hey, hey, what are you doing?Don't you want some help?No. There's some valuable things in there.■ How about this one?-No, no, no.Run home. Your mother's probably wondering where you are. Oh, no, my mom knows where I am. She said it's fine.BRYCE: It didn't take long to realize this girl could not take a hint.■ It's crowded in here with three people.-1 don't mind.BRYCE: Of any kind.■ You wanna push this one together? Bryce, isn't it time for youto go help your mother?Huh?Oh, yeah.BRYCE:I mean, nothing would stop her.I was about to tell her to get lost when the weirdest thing happened.I couldn*t believe it.There I was holding hands with this strange girl.-How did I get into this mess?PATSY: Well, hello.-1 see you've met my son.・ Uh-huh.BRYCE: Finally, I did the only manly thing available when you're 7 years old. [BELL RINGING]However, my troubles were far from over. The minute I walkedinto Miss Yelson*s classroom...Bryce? You*re here.BRYCE:•.•it was clear:School would not be a sanctuary. [CHILDREN LAUGHING]Hey, Bryce, wherefs your girlfriend? BRYCE:I was branded for life.Hey, Bryce,why don't you ask her to marry you? GIRLS [SINGING]:Bryce and Juli sitting in a treeK.1.S・S・1・N・GBRYCE:My first year in town was a disaster.GIRL:Look at them.BRYCE:And the next three weren't much better. But finally, in the sixth grade,I took action.I hatched the plan.Sherry.Sherry^ wait up.Hi, Bryce. Heh.BRYCE:I asked out Sherry Stalls.I was wondering if you wanted to go… BRYCE: To full appreciate the brilliance of this plan… •.•you have to understandto the Loskis…•.•I realized Bryce was waiting for me. Waiting to pull open the door and say, "Thanks, Juli. See you at school.” And in return,I got a few moments alone…•.•with the world's most dazzling eyes. Thanks, Juli. See you at school.JUL1:It was a bargain.Until the day it wasn't.It was two weeks after the sycamore tree was cut down…•.•and I was just starting to feel normal again.Hey, Juli. Right on schedule.Yeah, well, neither rain nor sleet.-Huh?■ You know, the mailman thing?Oh. RightSo, um, will you start riding the bus again?I don't know.I haven't been up there since... It doesn't look so bad anymore.Ifs all cleared away.Well, um, I better get ready for school. Guess Ill see you there.See you.JULI:Maybe Bryce was right.Maybe it was timeI started riding the bus again.After all, didn't he just tell mehe wanted me to?Could it be that Bryce Loskiactually misses me?[DOOR OPENS]Juli? What are you still doing here?I was just thinking.It's pickup day. The cans are in front.I know. You need some help?No. Maybe I'll do it later.Are those my eggs?Yeah. Yeah, I dropped them.They're not broken.Why are you throwing them away? Don't you want them?It wasn't me.My dad didn't think it was worth the risk. Risk? What risk?Salmonella.What? He's afraid of being poisoned?Well, Juli, I mean, look at your back yard. It's a complete mess.It's, like, covered in turds.That's not true.I clean up after my girls every day. We just didn't wanna hurt your feelings. Have you always thrown them away?You know, Mrs. Steuby and Mrs. Helms pay me for my eggs.■ They do?■ They pay me 60 cents a dozen.I didn't know.How could you?I'm sorry.No, you're not.BRYCE:It didn't take me long to realize......that I'd traded in my old problems with Juli Baker...•.•for a whole set of new ones.It was actually worse having her mad at me than having her annoy me.The way she ignored me was a constant reminder...•.•that I'd been a jerk.Then one day I was coming home from playing basketball with Garrett... •.•and things got weird.CHET: Don't be so timid.Come on, you won't hurt them.JULI: Like this?CHET: Yeah, thafs it.BRYCE:My grandfather.All I ever saw him wear was slippers.Now, where did he get those work boots?I couldn't stop looking over there.And the more I looked, the madder I got.My grandfather had already said more to Juli in one hour...•.•than he'd said to me in the whole time he'd been living with us.I was pretty sureI'd never seen him laugh.And what was his deal with Juli Baker?[KNOCKING ON DOOR]Hi, Grandpa.Juli 。