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Richard Townsley - Creation Myth
Richard Townsley - Creation Myth
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In the beginning, there was nothing, and everything was engulfed in a bright white light, that is,
The IKEA has always been; it predates time and space, and it is here where we find the origin of
life, as well as incredibly low prices on quality furniture. The store was lined with Totebo light
beige UPPLAND (R) Sofas and NORDLI (R) Queen Beds with headboard and storage.
However, at the center of the IKEA; the most vital substance to the life-force of the universe, were
MM LENS. THE CAMERA REVEALS THE TORSO OF A PERSON STANDING NEXT TO THE
Alas, the camera pans up and it is revealed that the figure is Vincent Vega [John Travolta], and his
partner in crime, Jules Winfield [Samuel L. Jackson]. Vincent is eating the meatballs; Jules doesn't
dig on swine.
As they stand and talk, someone appears at the doors of the IKEA.
WE GET A FRONT-ON SHOT OF THE DOOR. WE CAN ONLY SEE THE SILHOUETTE OF THE
MAN STANDING, AND HIS SHADOW IS CAST ONTO THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF US.
Vincent stops slobbering all over the meatballs, and the guys turn to face the doorway.
THE MAN in the doorway has the whole Wild-West getup - a black hat, a Clint-Eastwood style
poncho, and most importantly, he brandishes a REVOLVER - plated in gold with an ivory handle,
slung on his left thigh such that he can cross-draw it with his right hand.
Vincent and Jules are not impressed; they've seen plenty of cowboy wannabes before. We do not
see his face as the man lights a cigar, just the top of his hat. He turns to look up, and it is revealed
HENRY FONDA
VINCENT VEGA
HENRY FONDA
BANG! BANG!
They were unarmed, and all they wanted was to eat meatballs and sleep on quality furniture.
As their bodies fell, however, the sacred meatballs fell to the ground. Upon impact, they exploded.
The IKEA blew apart, destroying all of the discount furniture. All the matter in the universe was
FADE IN:
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About 10 billion years after the events in Part I, the Earth has been formed from the matter in the
WIDE SHOT OF A VAST DESERT LANDSCAPE, WITH SAND AS FAR AS THE EYE, CAN SEE,
THE CAMERA PANS ACROSS THE DESERT, UNTIL LANDING ON AN EXTREME CLOSE OF
A MANS FACE.
The man is sitting in a rocking chair on his porch, and two men are in the house playing poker
behind him. The man continues rocking in his chair as he stares out into the empty desert. His eyes
The men in the house exchange banter, but we can't understand anything they are saying.
One of the men in the house begins laughing; he has clearly won the game. The man in the house
looks out the doorway and immediately stops laughing. The 3 men focus on something far off in
the distance.
The man on the porch cautiously gets up from his rocking chair and stands there unsure whether or
The man in the distance still approaches the camera and is close enough that the men in the house
(anxiously)
The man on the porch finally decides to run inside, first slowly, then quickly. The WINNER grabs
The men stare out the window as the man gets close enough that they can begin to distinguish his
facial features. The men grow increasingly anxious until the 'winner' cannot handle the tension
anymore, and, gun in hand, runs out onto the porch and aims his rifle at the man. The man is
immediately shot and killed. His brains splatter all over the door frame, and his body falls to the
ground such that the men inside see his dead corpse.
The 2 remaining men in the house are shocked when the LOSER decides to bolt out of the house,
but he doesn't make it far before he is shot down, to bloody resolve. The man from the porch, the
only remaining man, stays in the house fearing that if he leaves he will be shot down. He eagerly
watches as the man on the horse, who has finally reached the shack, dismounts his horse.
The MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN [Henry Fonda] wields a big rifle; made from polished iron
and a wooden stock. It has a tall iron sight and a ridiculously long barrel.
He wears a bright yellow bandanna and still brandishes the golden revolver with which he killed
He slowly walks inside the house as the man from the porch eagerly waits in the corner. The man
with no name turns to face the man in the corner, and they lock eyes. There is a long moment of
silence.
(eagerly)
The man does not reply. He grabs a bottle of booze off of the table and begins to guzzle it. He spills
some of it on himself, and wipes his mouth with his sleeve as the man in the corner watches
anxiously. The man puts down his drink and reaches into his pocket to pull out a piece of paper. It
(nervously)
The two men turn to face the lifeless body of the winner, whose head has been blown clean off.
While his back is turned, however, the man in the corner quickly draws his gun, but not quickly
enough; Golden Gun swiftly draws him and the screen cuts to black as the gunshot is heard.
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RICHARD TOWNSLEY
FADE IN:
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We learn that the events from Part II, the blood of the three slaughtered men, led to the creation of
the oceans, and the flesh of the men decomposed and became the vegetation, the grass, of the
Earth.
Things have changed since then as well - the barren landscape has been conquered, and Golden
Gun now resides in a suburban-type house. He is a mafia boss.
VIBRANT GREEN GRASS AND TWO IDENTICAL LOOKING HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE OF
IT.
A piece of newspaper blows across the sidewalk in front of the house, like a tumbleweed. The
neighborhood is silent, with the exception of a few birds singing in the distance...
WHEN...
The front wheel of a car rolls into FRAME and stops. The car blasts The Beatles “REVOLUTION”.
We can only see the tires and the bottom half of the car. The car is jet black, the rims are golden.
We move up to see more details. On the car door, there is a long, deep SLICE just underneath the
car door handle; it looks as though it was done by a knife. The windows are tinted black. The front
passenger seat window has three bullet holes in it. We stop and observe this window until the driver
Brad Pitt wears a bright red and black racing jacket. The jacket has racing logos patched on the
shoulder, and a giant “43” embroidered on the back and lapel. The man also sports a NASCAR cap
CU: Inside the compartment is a gun, bullets, a silencer, and some cassette tapes. The man pulls out
one of the tapes, labeled "SOUNDS OF THE SIXTIES" He puts the tape into his car radio and old-
timey rock n' roll begins playing. The mysterious man dances and mouthes the words to the song as
he reaches back into his glove compartment to fish out his gun and silencer. As he puts his gun
together he looks out the window.
OTS. The DRIVER looks out his window to observe the house. We do a CRASH ZOOM into the
window of the house as we see a man inside. The man inside the house is wearing a tuxedo, and is
TITLE APPEARS: Leader of local mob; responsible for the deaths of 143 innocent people.
The man in the car finishes screwing on the silencer to his gun, and after shoving the magazine into
the gun, he sticks the gun in the back of his pants and exits the car. He shuts the door and the music
STOPS.
AS PITT WALKS TOWARDS THE HOUSE, WE GET A HIP-LEVEL TRACKING SHOT THAT
Brad Pitt arrives at the door and rings the doorbell. We observe crime boss Fonda as he walks to the
door to answer it. Before he answers it, however, we see him grab his BIG GOLDEN REVOLVER
off of the table. He opens the door while concealing the gun in his hand behind the door-frame.
HENRY FONDA
Brad Pitt does not answer for a couple of seconds, and Fonda grips the BIG GOLDEN REVOLVER
he is hiding, while the driver prepares to draw his pistol. The two stare for a couple of seconds...
...until...
...Golden Gun cannot handle the tension anymore. He attempts to draw and shoot the driver, but
Pitt rams him headfirst into the house, causing him to drop his gun.
The door slams behind them, as the two men struggle on the floor. Pitt has Fonda pinned down, but
when the driver tries to pull out his gun out from the back of his pants, Fonda kicks out his leg from
underneath him.
The two men struggle on the floor until Pitt kicks Fonda across the room. Pitt picks up a bottle of
wine, while Fonda grabs a fire poker. The two dance around the room, separated by a big wooden
COFFEE TABLE in the center of the room. The two men occasionally jab at each other, until Pitt
makes a move.
CU: The driver drops the wine bottle, which crashes onto the hardwood floor and shatters in slow
motion.
Brad Pitt flips the table in the center of the room towards Fonda, confusing him long enough that he
can run and grab his pistol. He shoots through the table into Fonda's head.
The table falls forward, with Fonda's body on top. His body disintegrates into dust, and the dust
blows away into the wind. This dust will soon form the first humans. All that is left is his GOLDEN
The driver breathes a sigh of relief before drawing the blinds on the window. He walks out of the
house and locks the door behind him. As he walks back to his car, he disassembles his gun.
Brad Pitt gets in the car and puts his gun back into the glove compartment, and fishes out another
tape, titled "BEST OF SURF GUITAR. " He puts the tape into the radio and starts his car. Satan's
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