The Savages

WRITTEN BY TAMARA JENKINS ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © COPYRIGHT 2006. WILLOW & OAK, INC. NO PORTION OF THIS SCRIPT MAY BE PERFORMED, PUBLISHED, REPRODUCED, SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED BY ANY MEANS, OR QUOTED OR PUBLISHED IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING ANY WEB SITE, WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION. DISPOSAL OF THIS SCRIPT COPY DOES NOT ALTER ANY OF THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH ABOVE. THE SAVAGES by Tamara Jenkins WHITE SHOOTING SCRIPT - March 17, 2006 BLUE REVISION - April 6, 2006 PINK REVISION - April 10, 2006 1. 1 EXT. DESERT SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT - DAY 1 In dreamy SLOW MOTION, we TRACK down ominously unpeopled streets: ONE-STORY HOUSES in matching pastels float by, ECCENTRIC CACTI shoot up out of GRAVEL LAWNS. TOPIARY GARDENS enhance the unrealness of this place, as do lollipop trees and circular hedges. Finally, a sign of life as A WOMAN IN A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR appears, cheerfully navigating her way along one of the spotless sidewalks. SUPERTITLE: SUN CITY, ARIZONA We are floating through America’s premiere master-planned retirement community -- a geriatric Eden. As this living brochure continues, we catch glimpses of: 2 -- THE GOLF COURSE 2 where a FEMALE SENIOR tees off as TWO GOLFERS stand by. THWACK! 3 -- THE FIRING RANGE 3 OLD MEN hold rifles and shoot at targets. 4 -- THE POOL 4 A GROUP OF ELDERLY WOMEN in bathing caps rehearse a SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING ROUTINE a la Esther Williams.