Happy Campers

HAPPY CAMPERS A SCREENPLAY (?) BY DANIEL WATERS (!) THIRD DRAFT OCTOBER 1998 NOTE FROM THE PERSON WHO'S PUTTING THIS ONLINE: HERE IS AN EARLY DRAFT OF THE SCREENPLAY. IT FEATURES A HIKE INSTEAD OF A HURRICANE AND A SINGLE GOD-LIKE NARRATOR INSTEAD OF A SERIES OF SUBJECTIVE, IN-CHARACTER NARRATORS.THERE'S A LOT MORE PETER STORMARE (OBERON) IN THIS. FOR THE ONLINE TEXT VERSION OF THIS EARLY DRAFT, ALL "DELETED SCENES" AND "DELETED DIALOGUE" WILL BE MARKED WITH RIGHT- MARGIN BRACKETS: ---->] DIFFERENCES IN DIALOGUE (REWRITES, ETC), SLIGHT CHANGES TO ACTION, LOCATIONS, AND ANY RE-ORDERING OR "CHOPPING UP" OF SCENES ARE NOT MARKED AT ALL. ALL THAT'S MARKED IS WHAT'S MISSING FROM THE FILM AS RELEASED... EXT.THE LAKE OF THE CAMP--DAY] ] A brief, majestic trek across a placid lake to...discarded] life jackets on a barren pier...canoes capsized next to] abandoned sand castles.] INT.EMPTY CABIN--DAY] ] An unsettling glide through a cabin packed with overflowing] trunks and torn apart bunks...empty of children.] INT.CAFETERIA--DAY] ] A cafeteria looming like a ghost ship, bereft of people,] but decked out in the gooey remains of a food fight.] EXT.A PATCH IN THE FOREST--DAY A tangled weave through a neglected gallery of trees, each carved with a heart, + sign, lovers' initials, and an apostrophied year. EXT.