THE CHRIST PROJECT - SAMPLE OF FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY

THE CHRIST PROJECT

-Marilyn Monroe

INT. MARILYN’S CONDO – DAY

Marilyn is sitting on her sofa looking out the window she is holding a large cushion, her bare feet are up on the couch.  It is raining, she looks and it and begins to pour.  A last bird flies into the tree by her window and hides chirping then is silent.  She stares out at the day and holds her cushion closer.

FADE TO:

INT. THE SHOPPING CENTER - DAY

Marilyn is in a women’s clothing store. Two young women are pulling racy clothing off the rack and talking.

MANDY

This is perfect!

JOAN

Yeah!  I love it!  What do you think of this for the party?

MANDY

The guys will eat it up and you.

JOAN

Which guys?

MANDY

All of them.

The salesclerk takes an out fit from the same rack and hands it to Marilyn.

CLERK

Want to try one? They’re half price.

An orange glow crosses the clerk’s eyes and leaves her.

MARILYN

(Her eyes tear slightly as she looks at the clerk and answer softly holding her gaze) no thanks I have this already.

The clerk snaps back to her body and blinks.

Marilyn clutches her jeans and the clerk takes them to a changing room she follows her.

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EXT. THE STREET – DAY

Marilyn walks down the street and a man sees her, he smiles at her she looks at him and smiles then looks away.  He walks by her and turns his head and she looks back at him.

CHAD

I like your braid.

She smiles and keeps going.

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INT. MARILYN’S CONDO – DAY

Marilyn sits eating on a bar stool some take out food.  She drinks a coke and the phone rings.  She looks at it and picks it up off the sofa and sits down. 

MARILYN

Hello? What?! 

She’s is in shock and lets the phone slide down from her ear. She curls up on the sofa breathing hard closes her eyes. Her face drains of color, her lips thin and she sits up weak.

What is happening?

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Marilyn is sitting in her house coat, She has taken a bath is painting her toe nails with modern, opera like vocals playing through the apartment. There is a ring of her doorbell.

MARILYN

Yes?!!!

There is silence, she gets up and pads to the door looks through the eye look out and opens it a crack.

Yeah? Come in Paul.

She lets Paul into the suite.

PAUL

I had a really good day and heard your music next door. You look very good.

MARILYN

(Smiling) Aha sure.  Want a drink?

PAUL

I’ll have a Frozen Monkey.

MARILYN

How do you make it?

PAUL

Was my day so many people tired to jerk me off you know? And really all I wanted was to do my own thing and I won, I made money.  Vodka, crushed ice, clamato, Oyster mushroom sauce dash, and pepper.

She puts all the ingredients into the blender and makes the drink.  She puts Vodka in a glass with ice and a lime for herself.

Are you alright?

MARILYN

Yes my day…I shopped.

PAUL

What did you buy?

MARILYN

Jeans and a top.

She picks up the top and shows him.  It is black with one tear on it.

PAUL

(Softly) I like your style.

MARILYN

Hands him his drink and clinks glasses. He sits on the sofa.

Cheers.

PAUL

 Cheers.

MARILYN

God this is sour!

She goes to the bar and gets some liqueur adding it.

Much better. 

She goes to the sofa and sits with him.

PAUL

How is your work going?

MARILYN

Fine! I finished a really good film.

PAUL

What about may I ask?

MARILYN

Yeah sure.  Was about appreciation of life and ah well.

She sips her drink looking at him intently.

PAUL

What?

MARILYN

She looks away contemplating.

The phone rings.

She looks at him and the phone.  She turns it off.

PAUL

Thanks! That is so annoying!

MARILYN

Men and women even friends have lost something.

PAUL

Yeah what?

MARILYN

What if you had a partner, and it is not a come on its in my movie, what if everyday you would remember something you did that opened your eyes or inspired you and you would see how it changed you and then at the end of the day you'd share that with your partner and you would say, this happened to me and something moved me inside and I'm a different person then you knew this morning.   You must see this because if you do not you will not relate to me here now you will relate to your memory of me and not see me at all and I’m leaving you behind then and you do not see it.

PAUL

Oh god!  The poor guy?  I mean how is he to know?

MARILYN

Or she?  what do they do then?

PAUL

I have no idea! Can you refill this for me? Really good!

Marilyn looks at him.

Sure.

She takes the glass and moves to the bar gets the blender and refills his drink. She brings it back to him.

PAUL

Thanks. Sounds really good the film I mean!

MARILYN

Well that is what I wrote about something of that nature.

PAUL

Well that’s killer. It will sock them in the face!

MARILYN

(Laughs) oh god!  I hope so! 

PAUL

I mean how would you grow old together?

Marilyn sits looking at him seeing he realizes the implications.

MARILYN

Something happens we don’t know.

PAUL

What is it?

She looks at him for a long time looking at what is siting in front of her as an observer, where he is at.

FADE TO:

INT. MARILYN’S CONDO – DAY

Marilyn is sitting in front of the computer writing she hears noise from next door Pau’s suite. He is having sex with a woman who is panting and moaning. She looks at the wall. She stops writing goes to the kitchen and gets a coke.  She opens it then turns her stereo on loudly.  She sits down looks at the wall again and begins to write having silenced the noise.

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INT. THE ELEVATOR – NIGHT

Marilyn is going out for dinner Paul is in the elevator with her with a woman. He turns to Marilyn and whispers in her ear discreetly.

PAUL

I bought her.

Marilyn opens her mouth surprised and looks at him. She smiles and the elevator door opens she walks out with the woman and he stays in the elevator watching her leave.

Marilyn looks at the woman then leaves the building she waves at Paul.

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Paul is in his suite watching TV and eating dinner the phone rings he picks it up and hears loud sex in the background.

PAUL

Hello? Are you alone? Maybe call me when you’re done buddy. I cant make it I’m sorry.  No you listen and turn that off! Hello?  Hello!  What a jerk! how rude!  Yeah, I really know what he wants me for. I’m not giving him a dime.

He sits eating and watching TV.

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EXT. THE STREET – DAY

Marilyn is standing by her car eating food from a takeout box.  She has five minutes left on the meter.  A meter guard walks by looking at it and her.

MARILYN

I’ll be done in a minute.

He walks by and writes a ticket for the next car over time and looks back at her smiles and leaves.

God!  So little time to do anything anymore!

PHOTOGRAPHER

(Snapping a picture of her) wow!  You’re pretty!  Here’s my card!  I could put you in lingerie! 

He takes another photo.

 Want to get famous?

MARILYN

Lingerie.  I’m not a whack as my life goal. I write.

PHOTOGRAPHER

Are you sure? Makes you money.  Honey, at the end of the day it pays your bills. Now be a good little girl and smile for the camera.

 

MARILYN

You’re not my honey get lost. (Turning her back on him then turning around) How dare you! (Covering her face with her had not to have him take the picture).

PHOTOGRAPHER

I’ll keep these then just you and me.

MARILYN

I don’t think so! Now just wait one minute here!

The photographer smiles and runs away.

Oh my god!

She gets in her car and leaves the area, the car is screeching. She tosses the card out the window.  

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INT. MARILYN’S BUILDING – NIGHT

Marilyn walks through the hallway and reaches her door she unlocks it and enters slamming it.  She takes her coat off throws it on a chair and slumps on the sofa lying there like a teen she looks out the window. The phone rings.  She answers it.

MARILYN

Hello?  Hi Paul. Oh you heard me come in?  Good! I’m here. What happened?  (Siting up) I got discovered and golly gee wow!  It was so fun!  Some pervert who wanted me in lingerie catalogues! No I didn’t go for it then he makes off with the photos, runs down the street. I had my coat on and everything! No I’m no kidding Paul this is how strange this world got. How was the whore, you had a good time?  Yeah at least you paid her this guy ran off.  I know you have to go.  I know. See you sweetie bye.

She sits up.

GOD! Everyone’s so slick! I mean I just feel so out of practice being genuine!

She gets up.

My god!  My god! what is a woman to do?  I just never knew.

Smiling she laughs then giggles. She gets a cookie then sits on the sofa eating it and puts her hand on her head for a minute.

MARILYN

When life becomes a satire.

She sits eating remembering the photographer and giggles.

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INT. THE PSYCHIATRISTS OFFICE – DAY

Nigel is in the psychiatrist’s office he is wearing his trench coat and glasses.  His skin is unusually pale and he is wearing a bald head.

DOCTOR RINES

So when did you begin to have this obsession?

NIGEL

About twenty years ago. Well it began in my childhood My mother would shower then walk around naked and we’d go to the park after and get goodies usually.  After that when I was a man if I saw a woman in the window nude I was transfixed. I had to know this woman I was sure I would have some sort of revelation about her significance to me.

DOCTOR RINES

(Writing this down). And did you get to know them?

NIGEL

Well the first one it was about five years and finally awe bumped into each other.  She smelled really nice, I got close enough to perceive it and I let her walk by, I stood there taking it all in.

DOCTOR RINES

I see.

He clears his throat and sits up.

Did you see her again this way?

NIGEL

I watched her.  It was as if she was nude for me at her window.  I mean full frontal nudity and back a real show she put on.

DOCTOR RINES

(More intently observes him) Did you act on it.

NIGEL

(Looking at the doctor through his glasses) that first time was the most intense experience I ever had for I only watched her for five, long years.

DOCTOR RINES

I see.  Did you two ever actually get together?

NIGEL

Yes we did as a mater of fact it was memorable occasion.

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EXT. A MARKET PLACE – DAY

Nigel is sitting at a table in a marketplace having coffee and some food. The neighbor walks by in a dress and sunglasses.  He sees her nice legs and body and then grabs her had as she passes by him.

MANDY

Yes?  Do I know you?

NIGEL

I live across the way.

MANDY

Oh really? I haven’t seen you before.  I’m Mandy!

NIGEL

Nigel.  Nice to meet you dressed.

She looks at him, backs away and quickly runs away from him to her car in her high heels.

 Nigel sits smugly smiling sipping his coffee.

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INT. THE PSYCHIATRIST’S OFFICE – DAY

Nigel sits facing the doctor in the office.

DR. RINES

Well odd meeting usually people don’t take too kindly to being confronted about things of that nature so likely you killed your chances there for any social time.

NIGEL

I’ve been through this before.  Same situation then we meet and finally date and I tell year I saw her all along nude int eh window another woman believe it or not, not sure if it is a fad now to do this to us men. So she felt stalked. She left never saw her again.

DR. RINES

So where were you at with this situation happening again?

NIGEL

Well I don’t want anyone really, then it's there it is like its handed to me.  That is where. I think I told her to stop it.

DR. RINES

Did it?

NIGEL

No she kept doing it!  Nude again the next day!  I think it was to entice me!

DR. RINES

I think she may have forgotten.

NIGEL

Oh really?

DR. RINES

It is a woman not some Christ hanging on a cross.

NIGEL

No it is not a Christ it is a whoring itself.

DR. RINES

Is it? Or is it innocence?

NIGEL

Innocence.

DR. RINES

Don’t put them on a cross of twisted worship Nigel.

Nigel gets up looks at the doctor.

NIGEL

I think were done for the day thank you doctor.  

He walks out of the office.

The doctor looks after him and rubs his forehead, then writes things down.