Screenplay

Well, regardless of popular opinion, I do more with my writing than just blabber about things. This a screenplay Im working on. The story is mainly true, but somethings will be changed an added to add depth to the story. This short part ends aburptly, but if anyone cares to see the rest as it progresses I will be happy to update it as it is written. The story is about the rise and fall of small town football dynsty.



The following events are based on a true story. Some names have been changed, and events added to promote to the story line, and some are my own analogies that are not proven true.

-Shot of players practicing, Coach Gillispie standing to the side with a clip board, watching, and pointing and yelling-

Narrator: Football. A sport to millions, a way of life to thousands of kids in small town America.

-Shot of football players entering the gym during a pep rally-

Narrator: I guess that’s what turned me away from it. I loved the attention.

-Shot of the narrator entering the gym with the rest of the football players-

Narrator: But I was young, and I made some mistakes.

-Shot of narrator in the coaches office-

Narrator: Im not going to play anymore Coach, football isn’t for me.

-Shot of the Coach with a saddened look on his face. Shot changes to the narrator standing on the track at sun set, still in his pads after his last practice, a few minutes after telling his coach he was quitting. Another larger coach walks up behind him-

Other Coach: Son I know how you feel. It’s a lot of work and a lot of stress, but its worth it.

Narrator: It isn’t what I want Coach Corkren.

Corkren: Your gonna regret this for the rest of your life. . . What grade are you in son?

Narrator: 9th.

Corkren: If you stayed in the weight room you could make it. You’ve got the talent.

-The narrator looks at the coach for moment before walking away. Shot changes to a party the following Saturday. The narrator in the middle of it.-

Narrator: In our small town we had never had a successful football program. . . until G came.

-Shot goes back to the practice. G slapping kids on the helmet, hollering and encouraging them.-

Narrator: Coach G came to Lawrence county when I was in 7th grade, and he turned our football program around. We was a 4A school, and we hadn’t beaten or small 1A county rivals
Hatton in 10 years.

Shot goes to the Hatton and Lawrence County football game. Coach G and Coach Corkren standing on the sidelines with head sets on, running up and down the sidelines. The camera focuses on the field. The quarter back taking the snap and rolling around, completing a long touch down pass. The shot goes back to Coach G jumping up and down, and then having the water cooler dumped on him. Shot goes to the score board. Home(LC) 35, Away(Hatton) 0.-

Narrator: Everyone was behind him. The booster club build him a house, and his son fitted in at school. He took us to a 8-2 season, the first winning season we has seen in nearly 18 years. I was playing Junior Varsity at the time. But when it came time for me to make my decision to play varsity my heart wasn’t in it.

Shot changes to the Narrator after his last practice, wearing shorts and a cut off t-shirt. A teenager walks up to him.-

Teenager: Ben, you quit?

Narrator(Ben): Yeah. I thought you said you were going to?

Teenager: Man. . . my parents said I need to keep playing. They said I wouldn’t have to work as long as I was playing.

-Ben shakes his head and opens his car door and pulls off. The other teen watches him go, shaking his head.-