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My life, and me. The Autobiography of Rogue Spear

Rogue Spear
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Joined: March 20, 2002
Posts: 848
From: Texas

Posted: 2007-08-23 23:57

"Rogue Spear "

EXT. A SAVANNAH STREET - DAY (1981)

A feather floats through the air. The falling feather.

A city, Savannah, is revealed in the background. The feather
floats down toward the city below. The feather drops down
toward the street below, as people walk past and cars drive
by, and nearly lands on a man's shoulder.

He walks across the street, causing the feather to be whisked
back on its journey. The feather floats above a stopped car.
The car drives off right as the feather floats down toward
the street.

The feather floats under a passing car, then is sent flying
back up in the air. A MAN sits on a bus bench. The feather
floats above the ground and finally lands on the man's
mudsoaked shoe.

The man reached down and picks up the feather. His name is
Rogue Spear. He looks at the feather oddly, moves aside a
box of chocolates from an old suitcase, then opens the case.

Inside the old suitcase are an assortment of clothes, a
pingpong paddle, toothpaste and other personal items.

Rogue Spear pulls out a book titled "Curious George," then places
the feather inside the book. Rogue Spear closes the suitcase.

Something in his eyes reveals that Rogue Spear may not be all
there.

Rogue Spear looks right as the sound of an arriving bus is heard.

A bus pulls up. Rogue Spear remains on the bus bench as the bus
continues on.

A BLACK WOMAN in a nurse's outfit steps up and sits down at
the bus bench next to Rogue Spear. The nurse begins to read a
magazine as Rogue Spear looks at her.

Rogue Spear
Hello. My name's Rogue Spear.

He opens a box of chocolates and holds it out for the nurse.

Rogue Spear
You want a chocolate?

The nurse shakes her head, a bit apprehensive about this
strange man next to her.

Rogue Spear
I could eat about a million and a
half of these. My momma always said,
"Life was like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're gonna
get."

Rogue Spear eats a chocolate as he looks down at the nurse's
shoes.

Rogue Spear
Those must be comfortable shoes.
I'll bet you could walk all day in
shoes like that and not feel a thing.
I wish I had shoes like that.

BLACK WOMAN
My feet hurt.

Rogue Spear
Momma always says there's an awful
lot you could tell about a person by
their shoes. Where they're going.
Where they've been.

The black woman stares at Rogue Spear as he looks down at his
own shoes.

Rogue Spear
I've worn lots of shoes. I bet if I
think about it real hard I could
remember my first pair of shoes.

Rogue Spear closes his eyes tightly.

Rogue Spear
Momma said they'd take my anywhere.

INT. COUNTRY DOCTOR'S OFFICE - GREENBOW, ALABAMA - DAY
(1951)

A little boy closes his eyes tightly. It is young Rogue Spear as
he sits in a doctor's office.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
She said they was my magic shoes.

Rogue Spear has been fitted with orthopedic shoes and metal leg
braces.

DOCTOR
All right, Rogue Spear, you can open
your eyes now. Let's take a little
walk around.

The doctor sets Rogue Spear down on its feet. Rogue Spear walks around
stiffly. Rogue Spear's mother, MRS. Spear, watches him as he clanks
around the room awkwardly.

DOCTOR
How do those feel? His legs are
strong, Mrs. Spear. As strong as I've
ever seen. But his back is as crooked
as a politician.

Rogue Spear walks foreground past the doctor and Mrs. Spear.

DOCTOR
But we're gonna straighten him right
up now, won't we, Rogue Spear?

A loud thud is heard as, outside, Rogue Spear falls.

MRS. Spear
Rogue Spear!

EXT. GREENBOW, ALABAMA

Mrs. Spear and young Rogue Spear walk across the street. Rogue Spear
walks stiffly next to his mother.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Now, when I was a baby, Momma named
me after the great Civil War hero,
General Nathan Bedford Rogue Spear...

EXT. RURAL ALABAMA

A black and white photo of General Nathan Bedford Rogue Spear.

The photo turns into live action as the General dons a hooded
sheet over his head.

The General is in full Ku Klux Klan garb, including his horse.

The General rides off, followed by a large group of Klan
members dressed in full uniform.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
She said we was related to him in
some way. And, what he did was, he
started up this club called the Ku
Klux Klan. They'd all dress up in
their robes and their bedsheets and
act like a bunch of ghosts or spooks
or something. They'd even put
bedsheets on their horses and ride
around. And anyway, that's how I got
my name. Rogue Spear Spear.

EXT. GREENBOW

Mrs. Spear and Rogue Spear walk across the street.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Momma said that the Rogue Spear part was
to remind me that sometimes we all
do things that, well, just don't
make no sense.

Rogue Spear stops suddenly as his brace gets stuck. Rogue Spear's
brace is caught in a gutter grate. Mrs. Spear bends down and
tries to free Rogue Spear. Two old cronies sit in front of a
barber shop and watch.

MRS. Spear
Just wait, let me get it.

Mrs. Spear struggles to pull the stuck brace from the grate.

MRS. Spear
Let me get it. Wait, get it this
way. Hold on.

Rogue Spear pulls his foot out of the grate.

MRS. Spear
All right.

Mrs. Spear helps Rogue Spear up onto the sidewalk. She looks up
and notices the two old man.

MRS. Spear
Oooh. All right. What are you all
staring at? Haven't you ever seen a
little boy with braces on his legs
before?

Mrs. Spear and Rogue Spear walk along the sidewalk past the two
old men. Mrs. Spear holds tightly onto Rogue Spear's hand.

MRS. Spear
Don't ever let anybody tell you
they're better than you, Rogue Spear. If
God intended everybody to be the
same, he'd have given us all braces
on our legs.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Momma always had a way of explaining
things so I could understand them.

EXT. OAK ALLEY/THE Spear BOARDING HOUSE

Mrs. Spear and Rogue Spear walk along a dirt road. A row of
mailboxes stands left.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
We lived about a quarter mile of
Route 17, about a half mile from the
town of Greenbow, Alabama. That's in
the county of Greenbow. Our house
had been in Momma's family since her
grandpa's grandpa's grandpa had come
across the ocean about a thousand
years ago. Something like that.

Mrs. Spear and Rogue Spear walk along the Spear Boarding House
driveway.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Since it was just me and Momma and
we had all these empty rooms, Momma
decided to let those rooms out. Mostly
to people passing through. Like from,
oh, Mobile, Montgomery, place like
that. That's how me and Mommy got
money. Mommy was a real smart lady.

MRS. Spear
Remember what I told you, Rogue Spear.
You're no different than anybody
else is.

Mrs. Spear heads Rogue Spear to the porch. She bends down to look
Rogue Spear in the eye.

MRS. Spear
Did you hear what I said, Rogue Spear?
You're the same as everybody else.
You are no different.

INT. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE - DAY

PRINCIPAL
Your boy's... different, Mrs. Spear.
Now, his I.Q. is seventy-five.

MRS. Spear
Well, we're all different, Mr.
Hancock.

The principal sighs, then stands up.

INT. HALLWAY

Rogue Spear sits outside the principal's office and waits.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
She wanted me to have the finest
education, so she took me to the
Greenbow County Central School. I
met the principal and all.

The principal stands in front of Mrs. Spear. Rogue Spear, sitting
left, listens.

PRINCIPAL
I want to show you something, Mrs.
Spear. Now, this is normal.

The principal holds up a chart with a designations according
to I.Q. and points to the center of the graph, labeled
"Normal." A red line below the normal area is labeled "State
Acceptance." The principal points to the section below the
acceptance line labeled "Below."

PRINCIPAL
Rogue Spear is right here. The state
requires a minimum I.Q. of eighty to
attend public school, Mrs. Spear.
He's gonna have to go to a special
school. Now, he'll be just fine.

MRS. Spear
What does normal mean, anyway? He
might be a bit on the slow side, but
my boy Rogue Spear is going to get the
same opportunities as everyone else.
He's not going to some special school
to learn to how to re-tread tires.
We're talking about five little points
here. There must be something can be
done.

INT. HALLWAY

Rogue Spear sits outside the principal's office.

PRINCIPAL
We're a progressive school system.
We don't want to see anybody left
behind.

INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE

PRINCIPAL
Is there a Mr. Spear, Mrs. Spear?

MRS. Spear
He's on vacation.

EXT. Spear BOARDING HOUSE - NIGHT

Rogue Spear sits on a swing outside the house. Loud organic male
grunts are heard coming from inside the house. Rogue Spear sits
on the swing as the grunts continue. The principal steps out
of the Spear House and wipes the sweat from his face.

Rogue Spear is sitting on the porch.

PRINCIPAL
Well, your momma sure does care about
your schooling, son. Mm-mm-mm.

The principal wipes the sweat from his neck, then looks back
at Rogue Spear.

PRINCIPAL
You don't say much, do you?

Rogue Spear grunts, imitating him. The principal, embarrassed,
turns and walks away.

INT. Spear BOARDING HOUSE/Rogue Spear'S BEDROOM

Mrs. Spear reads from the book "Curious George" as Rogue Spear
sits on the bed and listens.

MRS. Spear
Finally, he had to try it. It looked
easy, but, oh, what happened. First
there...

Rogue Spear
Momma, what's vacation mean?

MRS. Spear
Vacation?

Rogue Spear
Where Daddy went?

MRS. Spear
Vacation's when you go somewhere,
and you don't ever come back.

Rogue Spear lies down on his bed and looks up.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Anyway, I guess you could say me and
Momma was on our own.

EXT. Spear BOARDING HOUSE - DAY

A cab driver closes the trunk of the car as two women walk
toward the house. A milkman steps down from the porch.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
But we didn't mind. Our house was
never empty. There was always folks
comin' and goin'.

MRS. Spear (V.O.)
Suppa.

INT. Spear BOARDING HOUSE

Mrs. Spear steps forward and speaks to all the boarders.

MRS. Spear
It's suppa, everyone. Rogue Spear...

A MAN WITH A CANE steps left across the hall.

MAN WITH CANE
My, my. That sure looks special.

Mrs. Spear looks into a sitting room and informs the boarders
about dinner.

MRS. Spear
Gentlemen, would you care to join us
for supper? Hurry up and get it before
the flies do. I prefer you don't
smoke that cigar so close to mealtime.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Sometimes we had so many people
stayin' with us that every room was
filled with travelers. You know,
folks livin' out of their suitcases,
and hat cases, and sample cases.

MRS. Spear
Well, you go ahead and start. I can't
find Rogue Spear.

Mrs. Spear walks up the stairs.

MRS. Spear
Rogue Spear... Rogue Spear...

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
One time a young man was staying
with us, and he had him a guitar
case.

Mrs. Spear looks into Rogue Spear's room. She hears singing coming
from another room and walks over to a closed door. Mrs. Spear
opens the door, revealing a young man with long sideburns as
he plays the guitar and sings. Rogue Spear holds onto a broom
and dances oddly. The young man is ELVIS PRESLEY.

ELVIS PRESLEY
(sings)
"Well, you ain't never caught a
rabbit, and you ain't no friend of
mine."

Rogue Spear's legs rock back and forth to the guitar.

MRS. Spear
Rogue Spear! I told you not to bother
this nice young man.

ELVIS
Oh, no, that's all right, ma'am. I
was just showin' him a thing or two
on the guitar here.

MRS. Spear
All right, but your supper's ready
if y'all want to eat.

ELVIS
Yeah, that sounds good. Thank you,
ma'am.

Mrs. Spear leaves and closes the door. Elvis sits back down.

Rogue Spear stands left, and looks himself in a mirror.

ELVIS
Say, man, show me that crazy little
walk you just did there. Slow it
down some.

Rogue Spear begins to dance again as Elvis plays the guitar and
sings.

ELVIS
(sings)
"You ain't nothin' but a hound, hound
dog..."

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
I liked that guitar.

Rogue Spear dances as he watches himself in the mirror.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
It sounded good.

ELVIS
(sings)
"...cryin' all the time"

Rogue Spear rocks up and down on his braced legs, then begins to
step.

ELVIS
(sings)
"You ain't nothin' but a hound dog..."

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
I started moving around to the music,
swinging my hips. This one night me
and Momma...

EXT. GREENBOW - NIGHT

Mrs. Spear and Rogue Spear walk along a sidewalk. A television
inside a store window reveals Elvis Presley as he performs
"Houng Dog" on a stage.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
...was out shoppin', and we walked
right by Benson's Furniture and
Appliance store, and guess what.

The television reveals Elvis as he thrusts his hips and sings.

ELVIS
(sings)
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog...

Mrs. Spear and Rogue Spear watch the television. Elvis dances
around in the same manner Rogue Spear did. A woman in the audience
screaming and applauding.

ELVIS
(sings)
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog...

MRS. Spear
This is not children's eyes.

Mrs. Spear walks away, pulling Rogue Spear with her. Rogue Spear stops
and takes one last look. Elvis continues to perform over the
television.

ELVIS
(sings)
"Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
and you ain't no friend of mine."

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Some years later, that handsome young
man who they called "The King," well,
he sung too many songs, had himself
a heart attack or something.

EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY

Rogue Spear is still sitting on the bus bench. The black nurse
looks at him.

Rogue Spear
Must be hard being a king. You know,
it's funny how you remember some
things, but some things you can't.

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD/ALABAMA - MORNING (1954)

Mrs. Spear and Rogue Spear wait for the school bus. The bus pulls
up as Mrs. Spear prepares Rogue Spear for his first day of school.

MRS. Spear
You do your very best now, Rogue Spear.

Rogue Spear
I sure will, Momma.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
I remember the bus ride on the first
day of school very well.

The bus driver opens the door and looks down. Rogue Spear walks
to the steps of the bus and looks at the bus driver. She is
smoking a cigarette.

BUS DRIVER
Are you comin' along?

Rogue Spear
Momma said not to be taking rides
from strangers.

BUS DRIVER
This is the bus to school.

Rogue Spear
I'm Rogue Spear Spear.

BUS DRIVER
I'm Dorothy Harris.

Rogue Spear
Well, now we ain't strangers anymore.

The bus driver smiles as Rogue Spear steps up into the bus.

INT. BUS

Rogue Spear steps up onto the bus. Mrs. Spear waves to Rogue Spear as
the bus drives away. Rogue Spear begins to walk down the aisle.

TWO YOUNG BOYS look up from the seat.

BOY #1
This seat's taken.

BOY #2
It's taken!

Rogue Spear looks around. A larger girl slides over so Rogue Spear
can't sit next to her. She shakes her head. Rogue Spear looks to
the other side where a boy sits alone on a larger seat. They
boy glares up at Rogue Spear.

BOY #3
You can't sit here.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
You know, it's funny what a young
man recollects. 'Cause I don't
remember being born.

EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY

Rogue Spear continues talking as he sits on the bus bench.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
I, I... don't recall what I got for
my first Christmas and I don't know
when I went on my first outdoor
picnic. But, I do remember the first
time I heard the sweetiest voice...

INT. BUS - MORNING (1954)

Young Rogue Spear is still standing in the aisle on the bus.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
...in the wide world.

GIRL
You can sit here if you want.

Rogue Spear looks back at JENNY CURRAN, a young girl about
Rogue Spear's age.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
I had never seen anything so beautiful
in my life. She was like an angel.

JENNY
Well, are you gonna sit down, or
aren't ya?

Rogue Spear sits down next to Jenny.

JENNY
What's wrong with your legs?

Rogue Spear
Um, nothing at all, thank you. My
legs are just fine and dandy.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
I just sat next to her on that bus
and had conversation all the way to
school.

JENNY
Then why do you have those shoes on?

Rogue Spear
My momma said my back's crooked like
a question mark. These are going to
make me as straight as an arrow.
They're my magic shoes.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
And next to Momma, no one ever talked
to me or asked me questions.

JENNY
Are you stupid or something.

Rogue Spear
Mommy says stupid is as stupid does.

Jenny puts her hand out toward Rogue Spear. Rogue Spear reaches over
and shakes her hand.

JENNY
I'm Jenny.

Rogue Spear
I'm Rogue Spear Spear. Rogue Spear Spear.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
From that day on, we was always
together. Jenny and me was like peas
and carrots.

EXT. OAK TREE - DAY

Young Jenny and Rogue Spear run toward a large oak tree.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
She taught me how to climb...

Jenny sits on a large branch and calls down to Rogue Spear.

JENNY
Come on, Rogue Spear, you can do it.

Rogue Spear dangles from the branch.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
...I showed her how to dangle.

Jenny and Rogue Spear sit on a tree branch and read.

Rogue Spear
"...a good little monkey and..."

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
She helped me to learn how to read.

Rogue Spear hangs upside down from a branch and swings back and
forth. Rogue Spear's braces are wedged in the tree.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
And I showed her to swing.

EXT. OAK TREE - NIGHT

The silhouete of the oak tree, Jenny and Rogue Spear as they sit
on a branch.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Sometimes we'd just sit out and wait
for the stars.

Rogue Spear
Momma's gonna worry about me.

Jenny puts her hand on Rogue Spear's hand.

JENNY
Just stay a little longer.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
For some reason, Jenny didn't never
want to go home.

Rogue Spear
Okay, Jenny. I'll stay.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
She was my most special friend.

INT. SAVANNAH/BUS STOP - DAY

Rogue Spear nods as he remembers.

Rogue Spear
My only friend.

Rogue Spear continues talking to the black woman. She doesn't
seem to be listening as she reads her magazine. She looks up
from her magazine.

Rogue Spear
Now, my Momma always told me that
miracles happen every day. Some people
don't think so, but they do.

EXT. OAK ALLEY - ANOTHER DAY (1954)

Jenny and Rogue Spear walk. A dirt clod hits Rogue Spear in the back
of the head. Jenny looks as Rogue Spear rubs his head. THREE
YOUNG BOYS get off their bikes and pick up more rocks.

BOY #1
Hey... dummy!

Rogue Spear is hit in the eye with another dirt clod. Rogue Spear
falls backward onto the ground as the boys glare at him.

BOY #2
Are you retarded, or just plain
stupid?

BOY #3
Look, I'm Rogue Spear Spear.

Jenny helps Rogue Spear back up. Boy #1 and Boy #2 throw more
dirt clods at Rogue Spear.

JENNY
Just run away, Rogue Spear.

Another dirt clod hits Rogue Spear in the arm.

JENNY
Run, Rogue Spear!

Rogue Spear tries to run along the road, but his braces makes it
impossible. He hobbles along as Jenny yells after him.

JENNY
Run away! Hurry!

Boy #1 and Boy #2 turn back toward the bikes.

BOY #2
Get the bikes!

BOY #3
Hurry up!

The boys pick up their bikes and ride after Rogue Spear.

BOY #3
Let's get him! Come on!

BOY #2
Look out, dummy, here we come!

The boys ride after Rogue Spear. Jenny stands and watches.

BOY #2
We're gonna get you!

JENNY
Run, Rogue Spear! Run!

Rogue Spear hobbles along the dirt road.

JENNY
Run, Rogue Spear!

Rogue Spear looks over his shoulder. The three boys race on their
bikes.

BOY #1
Come back here, you!

Rogue Spear begins to run faster with his braces on. Rogue Spear
continues running as the boys chase him. Blood drips down
from a cut on his head. The boys on the bikes are gaining on
Rogue Spear. Rogue Spear hobbles along. He begins to gain speed.

JENNY
Run, Rogue Spear! Run!

SLOW MOTION --

Rogue Spear runs from the chasing room. He looks over his shoulder
in fear.

The boys on the bikes peddle faster as they gain on Rogue Spear,
running.

Rogue Spear tries to run even faster to get away. Suddenly his
braces shatter, sending steel and plastic flying into the
air.

Rogue Spear runs and look down at his legs in surprise.

Rogue Spear continues to run faster as the metal braces and straps
fly off his legs.

Rogue Spear runs free of his braces and begins to pick up speed.

The chasing boys ride over the remains of Rogue Spear's braces.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Now, you wouldn't believe it if I
told you.

EXT. SAVANNAH/ BUS BENCH - DAY

Rogue Spear
But I can run like the wind blows.

The black woman continues to read her magazine. Rogue Spear smiles
as he remembers.

Rogue Spear
From that day on, if I was going
somewhere, I was running!

EXT. OAK ALLEY - DAY (1954)

Rogue Spear sprints away from the boys. The boys stop the chase
and watch in disbelief. Rogue Spear is already at the far end of
the road, clear of the chasing boys.

BOY #2
He's gettin' away! Stop him!

Boy #1 throws his bike down in frustration. Rogue Spear runs
across a field.

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD

Rogue Spear runs past a chain gang in their prison uniforms.

They are cutting at the weeds on the side of the road.

EXT. GREENBOW

Rogue Spear runs across the street. THE TWO OLD MEN sit in front
of the barber shop.

OLD CRONY
That boy sure is a running fool.

EXT. JENNY'S HOUSE

Rogue Spear runs down a driveway toward Jenny's small house.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Now remember how I told you that
Jenny never seemed to want to go
home? Well, she lived in a house
that was as old as Alabama. Her Momma
had gone up to heaven when she was
five and her daddy was some kind of
a farmer.

Rogue Spear knocks on Jenny's door.

Rogue Spear
Jenny? Jenny?

Rogue Spear look around the field at the left. He notices Jenny
and runs toward her.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
He was a very lovin' man. He was
always kissing and touchin' her and
her sisters. And then this one time,
Jenny wasn't on the bus to go to
school.

Rogue Spear runs to Jenny.

Rogue Spear
Jenny, why didn't you come to school
today?

JENNY
Hsh! Daddy's takin' a nap.

Jenny grabs Rogue Spear's hand and runs into the field. Jenny's
DAD drunk, steps out onto the porch and shouts.

JENNY'S DAD
Jenny!

JENNY
Come on!

JENNY'S DAD
Jenny, where'd you run to? You'd
better come back here, girl!

Jenny's dad steps out toward the field. Jenny leads Rogue Spear
into the thick tobacco field. Jenny's dad runs through the
field searching for Jenny with a liquor bottle in his hand.

JENNY'S DAD
Where you at?

Jenny and Rogue Spear run into a corn field as Jenny's dad tries
to chase her.

JENNY'S DAD
Jenny! Jenny! Where you at? Jenny!

Jenny drops to her knees and pulls Rogue Spear down with her.

JENNY
Pray with me, Rogue Spear. Pray with me.

JENNY'S DAD
Jenny!

JENNY
Dear God, make me a bird so I can
fly far, far, far away from here.
Dear God, make me a bird so I can
fly far, far, far away from here.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Momma always said that God is
mysterious.

JENNY'S DAD
Jenny! Get back here!

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
He didn't turn Jenny into a bird
that day. Instead...

EXT. TRAILER PARK/ALABAMA - DAY (1955)

A police officer escorts Jenny to her grandmother's trailer.

Jenny's grandmother meets Jenny outside and leads her toward
the trailer.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
...he had the police say Jenny didn't
have to stay in that house no more.
She went to live with her grandma
just over on Creekmore Avenue, which
made me happy 'cause she was so close.

EXT. Spear HOUSE - NIGHT (1955)

Jenny climbs over a second-floor railing and enters the house.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Some nights, Jenny'd sneak out and
come over to my house, just 'cause
she said she was scared. Scared of
what, I don't know...

INT. Spear HOUSE/Rogue Spear'S BEDROOM

Jenny lies in bed next to young Rogue Spear. She hugs him.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
...but I think it was her grandma's
dog. He was a mean dog. Anyway, Jenny
and me was best friends...

EXT. GREENBOW/OAK ALLEY - DAY (1961)

Rogue Spear and Jenny are teenagers now. They walk along an
oaklined road.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
...all the way to high school.

Suddenly Rogue Spear is hit in the back with a rock. Rogue Spear and
Jenny turn around.

OLDER BOY #1
Hey, stupid!

JENNY
Quit it!

A teenage boy throws another rock as a pickup truck pulls up
behind him. Jenny turns and looks at Rogue Spear.

JENNY
Run, Rogue Spear, run!

OLDER BOY #1
Hey. Did you hear me, stupid?

JENNY
Run, Rogue Spear!

Rogue Spear drops his books and runs down the road. The teenage
boy jumps into the back of the pickup truck with another boy
as the truck speeds after Rogue Spear. Jenny steps left and gets
out of the way.

OLDER BOY #2
Come on, he's getting away! Move it!

JENNY
Run, Rogue Spear! Run!

OLDER BOY #1
You better be runnin', stupid.

Rogue Spear runs along the road. The truck speeds after him.

OLDER BOY #2
Come on, dummy!

OLDER BOY #1
Haul ass, dummy!

Older Boy throws rocks at Rogue Spear.

OLDER BOY #1
Yeah, you better be runnin'!

INT. TRUCK

BOY
Ya-hoo!

EXT. OAK ALLEY

The boys in the back of the truck throw rocks at Rogue Spear as
they drive up to him.

OLDER BOY #1
Move it, jack rabbit!

The truck follows right on Rogue Spear's heels. A rebel flag
license plate adorns the truck's grill.

OLDER BOY #1
Come on!

Rogue Spear runs along the road as the truck chases him. The
boys in the back of the truck pound on the roof as the truck
turns right, after Rogue Spear. The truck drives into a field.

Rogue Spear runs toward a fence.

BOY
Run! Faster! Yeah! Go! Go! Come on,
Rogue Spear! Yeah!

JENNY
Run, Rogue Spear!

Rogue Spear leaps over a five-foot fence as the boys try to catch
him.

EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY (1981)

Rogue Spear looks left as he continues telling his life story.

Rogue Spear
Now, it used to be, I ran to get
where I was goin'. I never thought
it would take me anywhere.

EXT. HIGH SCHOOL/ROAD - DAY (1961)

Rogue Spear runs along the road in front of the high school. The
truck continues to chase him as the boys pound on the roof.

OLDER BOY
Come on. Whoo-hoo!

The truck speeds past Rogue Spear as he turns from the road and
runs onto the high school football field. Rogue Spear runs across
the field during a football scrimmage.

In the stands watching the scrimmage is the legendary
University of Alabama football coach BEAR BRYANT, wearing
his trademark plaid hat.

A group of assistant coaches sit around him, as well as the
high school football coach. The quarterback throws the ball
into the air.

Rogue Spear runs past the quarterback. The receiver catches the
ball. Rogue Spear runs past the receiver as an opposing player
tackles the stunned receiver.

The football coach stands, followed by the assistant coaches.

FOOTBALL COACH
Who in the hell is that?

HIGH SCHOOL COACH
That there is Rogue Spear Spear. Coach.
Just a local idiot.

Rogue Spear runs under the field goal post and through the end
zone.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
And can you believe it? I got to go
to college, too.

EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA STADIUM - DAY (1962)

The crowd roars with excitement as a football is kicked off.

The football players run around on the field. The crowd of
cheering fans create a huge sign that reads: "GO."

Rogue Spear is in a University of Alabama football uniform. He
looks up into the cheering crowd as his teammate fields the
kickoff. The teammate runs over to Rogue Spear and hands him the
ball.

FOOTBALL COACH
Okay! Run!

The football coach, the assistants, and Alabama players cheer
for Rogue Spear.

FOOTBALL COACH
Run, you stupid son-of-a-bitch! Run!

Rogue Spear runs across the field. He speeds past the defending
players. Rogue Spear runs past the opposite players. The crowd
cheers wildly, holding up cards, making a large sign that
reads: "Go."

They turn the cards over, creating the word: "ALABAMA." The
football coach runs along the sidelines as he yells.

FOOTBALL COACH
You stupid son-of-a-bitch! Run! Go!
Run!

Rogue Spear cuts and runs toward the sidelines. Two opposing
players collide. The football coach, the assistants and the
players all motion for Rogue Spear to run toward the end zone.

FOOTBALL COACH
Run! Turn! Go!

Rogue Spear turns up the sidelines and runs toward the end zone.

Some opposing players fall down. Rogue Spear runs along the
sidelines. The opposing players try to catch him.

Rogue Spear runs into the end zone as an opposing player dives
at his feet. The referee holds up his arm, signaling a touch
down. The crowd cheers wildly.

Rogue Spear continues to run, smashing through the band members,
then all the way toward the team tunnel. The football coach
looks at an assistant coach.

FOOTBALL COACH
He must be the stupidest son-of-a-
bitch alive. But he sure is fast!

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
Now, maybe it was just me but college
was very confusing times.

INT. GREENBOW/BARBER SHOT - BLACK & WHITE TELEVISION (JUNE
11, 1963)

An anchorman named CHET HUNTLEY appears over the television.

CHET HUNTLEY
(on TV)
Federal troops enforcing a court
order integrated the University of
Alabama today.

EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - DAY

Rogue Spear walks through a crowd of people.

CHET HUNTLEY
Governor George Wallace had carried
out his symbolic threat to stand in
the schoolhouse door.

GOVERNOR WALLACE
We hereby denounce and forbid this
illegal and unwarranted action by
the central government.

INT. GREENBOW/BARBER SHOP

A black & white television reveals George Wallace as he stands
in the doorway of the schoolhouse.

KATZENBACH
(on TV)
Governor Wallace, I take it from
that, uh...

EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Rogue Spear steps over to a young man as the crowd looks at the
demonstration.

KATZENBACH
...statement that you are going to
stand in that door, and that you are
not going to carry out the orders of
this court, and that you are going
to resist us from doing so. I would
ask you once again to responsibility
step aside and if you do not, I'm
going to assure you...

Rogue Spear
Earl, what's going on?

EARL
Coons are tryin' to get into school.

Rogue Spear
Coons? When raccoons try to get on
our back porch, Momma just chase 'em
off with a broom.

EARL
Not raccoons, you idiot, niggas. And
they want to go to school with us.

Rogue Spear
With us? They do?

Rogue Spear walks toward the schoolhouse.

INT. COACHES' OFFICE

A football coach looks at a black and white television as a
newsman outside the schoolhouse speaks to the camera.

NEWSMAN
(on TV)
...block the doorway, President
Kennedy ordered the Secretary of
Defense then to use the military
force.

BLACK AND WHITE FOOTAGE

The footage cuts to Governor Wallace as he speaks to General
Graham.

NEWSMAN
Here by videotape is the encounter
by General Graham, Commander of the
National Guard, and Governor Wallace.

Rogue Spear stands next to George Wallace and listens.

GOVERNOR WALLACE
We must have no violence today, or
any other day, because these National
Guardsmen are here today as Federal
Soldiers for Alabamans. And they
live within our borders and they are
all our brothers. We are winning in
this fight because we are awakening
the American people to the dangers
that we have spoken about so many
times, just so evident today, the
trend toward military dictatorship
in this country.

EXT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Some of the Alabama policeman and citizens clap their hands
as the National Guardsmen stand at attention with their
weapons in front of them. Rogue Spear walks through the crowd.

Two black students were being led toward the schoolhouse.

NEWSMAN
And so at day's end the University
of Alabama in Tuscaloosa had been
desegregated and students Jimmy Hood
and Vivian Malone had been signed up
for summer classes.

The young black girl drops one of her books. Rogue Spear notices
and steps past the policeman toward the book on the ground.

Rogue Spear steps out from the crowd and picks up the book. He
brings it up to the girl.

Rogue Spear
Ma'am, you dropped your book. Ma'am.

INT. COACHES' OFFICE - NIGHT (1963)

A coach looks at the television. The television reveals
Rogue Spear as he stands at the schoolhouse door. He looks around,
then waves.

CHET HUNTLEY
(on TV)
Governor Wallace did what he promised
to do. By being on the Tuscaloosa
campus, he kept the mob from gathering
and prevented violence.

An assistant coach looks at the television, then at the other
coaches.

ASSISTANT COACH
Say, wasn't that Spear?

The football coach and two assistant coaches look. Rogue Spear
dries himself off with a towel as he steps from the showers.

CHET HUNTLEY
(on TV)
NBC News will present a special
program on the Alabama integration
story at 7:30 p.m. tonight...

ASSISTANT COACH
Naw, that couldn't be.

FOOTBALL COACH
It sure as hell was.

CHET HUNTLEY
...standard Eastern Daylight Time.
Now a word from Anacin.

Rogue Spear steps up to the coaches' area and grabs a clean towel.

The coaches turn and stare at Rogue Spear. Rogue Spear gives them
one of his silly waves, then walks away.

COLOR FOOTAGE - Governor Wallace waves to the crowd as he
stands behind a podium with his wife.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
A few years later, that angry little
man at the schoolhouse door thought
it would be a good idea, and ran for
President.

COLOR FOOTAGE - Governor Wallace mingles in a crowd. Gunshots
are fired, wounding him. Some men wrestle the shooter. Wallace
lies wounded on the ground.

Rogue Spear (V.O.)
But, somebody thought that it wasn't.

EXT. SAVANNAH/BUS BENCH - DAY (1981)

Rogue Spear sits on the bench as the black woman looks at him. A
WHITE WOMAN with a bay sits left.

Rogue Spear
But he didn't die.

A bus pulls up to the bus stop. The BLACK WOMAN looks down
at her watch.

BLACK WOMAN
My bus is here.

Rogue Spear
Is it the number 9?

BLACK WOMAN
No, it's the number 4.

The Black Woman gets up and steps over to the bus.

Rogue Spear
It was nice talkin' to you.

The white woman sits closer to Rogue Spear.

WHITE WOMAN
I remember when that happened, when
Wallace got shot. I was in college.

Rogue Spear
Did you go to a girls' college, or
to a girls' and boys' together
college?

WHITE WOMAN
It was co-ed.

Rogue Spear
'Cause Jenny went to a college I
couldn't go to. It was a college
just for girls.

EXT, GIRLS' COLLEGE/JENNY'S DORM - NIGHT (1963)

Rogue Spear sits outside Jenny's dorm in the rain.

End of Chapter 1

[ This Message was edited by: Rogue Spear on 2007-08-24 00:00 ]
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Posted: 2007-08-24 00:02

jesus that was fast

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Posted: 2007-08-24 00:26

oh my god ! whos going to read all that jeez
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Posted: 2007-08-24 00:40

Why read it, when you can just watch the movie?

Forest Gump
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Posted: 2007-08-24 01:17

Took me awhile to catch that... still pretty good
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Posted: 2007-08-24 01:25

Rogue get a life.
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Posted: 2007-08-24 02:46

Quote:

On 2007-08-24 01:17, Sardaukar wrote:
Took me awhile to catch that... still pretty good

i dont think i catched it...
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Posted: 2007-08-24 02:47

I thought it was brilliant Rogue.

MOAR PLZ

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Posted: 2007-08-24 10:14

Doran had posted a pic with choice wording! *GASP*
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Posted: 2007-08-24 10:27

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Posted: 2007-08-24 12:17

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Posted: 2007-08-24 12:55

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Posted: 2007-08-24 13:54

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omg rogue i think blueprint will be changing his name
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Posted: 2007-08-24 15:23

nice copypasta you should try some

but realy ive seen the movie and about reading the third line i knew it was forest gump >_>, be more original next time <_<
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Posted: 2007-08-25 23:18

http://www.weeklyscript.com/Forrest%20Gump.txt

Pwned

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