REBEL WITHOUT A BOSS
NICHOLAS CIALDINI
Jimbo: Mysterious new kid with a troubled past
Judy: Popular girl with issues
Buzz: Leader of the Dawson High motorcycle gang
Erasmus: Jimbo's strange sidekick
[Jimbo encounters Judy as he's walking back from school.]
JIMBO
Hey, I've seen you around... which is weird since I've only
been living here for one day.
JUDY
You can carry my books. Hopefully my boyfriend will see us
and provoke you for no reason.
JIMBO
You know, that outfit doesn't look too good in Technicolor.
JUDY
It was cuter in black and white. But life here in Middleton
can get pretty confusing.
JIMBO
I'm already confused. This is my fourth high school in three
years. And I'm twenty-seven.
JUDY
Who are you?
JIMBO
Stark. Jimbo Stark. I'm just a lonesome newcomer searching
for redemption in a little town.
JUDY
I must admit that I find myself attracted to your cool detachment.
JIMBO
I'll occasionally say something deep. It's part of my mystique.
JUDY
Here comes Buzz.
JIMBO
Who's Buzz?
JUDY
Buzz is my boyfriend. I have low self esteem so I probably
won't be satisfied until one of you dies.
[Buzz approaches angrily]
BUZZ
Hey, Pal. Did I say you could talk to my girlfriend?
JIMBO
It's a free country.
BUZZ
Not for chickens like you.
JIMBO
What did you call me?
BUZZ
Chicken. You look like a chicken.
JIMBO
You shouldn't call me that.
BUZZ
Why not? What's the chicken going to do?
[Buzz gets out a switchblade knife.]
JIMBO
This is only my first day. I was sort of hoping to avoid a
switchblade fight.
BUZZ
Oh! The poultry department is hoping to avoid a switchblade
fight. Well, this is how we do things in Middleton.
JIMBO
(pulls out a comb)
But all I have is this comb.
BUZZ
Is it a switchcomb?
JIMBO
No. Just a regular one.
ERASMUS
(shouting)
Jimbo! Look out!
[Jimbo and Buzz scuffle briefly over the knife]
JIMBO
Ow! You scratched me.
BUZZ
Yeah. These knife fights always seem to end with only minor,
superficial injuries.
JIMBO
Good thing my dad is a nurse.
BUZZ
Let's settle this tonight at the Bluff. Unless of course...
you're chicken.
ERASMUS
No, Jimbo! It's too dangerous.
JIMBO
No one calls me chicken. You can call me loser, wanker, numb
nuts, tea bag artist, blithering ass face, but nobody AND I
MEAN NOBODY calls me chicken.
BUZZ
Then we'll have a chickie race tonight at the bluff. Winner
gets the girl. The loser is a cockadoodling free range chicken.
JIMBO
You're on.
LATER THAT NIGHT AT THE BLUFF
BUZZ
Have you ever done a chicken race before?
JIMBO
It's all I ever do.
BUZZ
Look, we tried to get some stolen cars but all the good ones
were locked... So we'll just run full speed toward the cliff.
The first one to stop is a chicken.
JIMBO
Let's do this. I'm going to season you with rosemary.
JUDY
(sigh)
I wish I were something more than a bargaining chip in a game
of chicken. Oh Well. On your mark, get set.
[Jimbo and Buzz get ready to race.]
JUDY (CONT'D)
GO!
[Jimbo and Buzz race toward the edge of the cliff. Jimbo stops first, Buzz
screams as he plummets over the cliff.]
JIMBO
What happened? Where's Buzz?
ERASMUS
(looking over the cliff)
He's down there. Thank God you survived. You're my only friend.
JUDY
Oh My God! My seventeen year-old boyfriend just plunged to a
horrible, watery grave just two days before homecoming. My
corsage is down there somewhere.
JIMBO
I'll get you a new one. I just won you, remember?
JUDY
But wait. If you stopped first, it means you're the chicken.
ERASMUS
No way. Buzz forfeited by dying and getting us all in trouble.
JIMBO
He's right. I get you on a technicality.
JUDY
I think I'm in love with you. What did you say your name was again?
JIMBO
Stark. Jimbo Stark. I'm just a soul-searching new kid with a troubled past.
[runs comb through hair]
JUDY
Maybe dating you will make my dad pay attention to me. Let's
run away together.
JIMBO
You don't want to get mixed up with a guy like me. I'm a
rebel. A rebel without a boss.
[Scene] |
