Script Outline
So I decided to enter into the ‘Cannibal Love’ Anthology being put together by Tintin Pantoja. I gave the script [formatted with pencil thumbs] over to the artist yesterday, and it’s a go!
I wanted to share the outline here at my blog; it took me a whole hour to write this [YES I KNOW IT SHOWS] but I truly love the way it came out.
+Devin Levitz is an OB/GYN - she’s about 39, tall - she looks like she could kick your ass.
+Kyle Manry is a chef - he’s about 26, short/frail. You could probably kick his ass.
- DO NOT READ IF EASILY OFFENDED -
PAGE 1
Outside Devin Levitz’s condo in San Francisco, she unlocks the front door and in the foyer passes her older neighbor Ms. Paxton.
NEIGHBOR [TIRED]: Hello Dr. Levitz.
DEVIN [SMILES]: Hey Ms. Paxton, how’re you today?
NEIGHBOR: Much better since I let you take my plumbing.
On the stairs, she says–over her shoulder:
DEVIN: Take it easy now.
PAGE 2
Devin unlocks her door, and finds the chain pulled on the inside.
Kyle Manry appears in the crack of the door.
KYLE: It’s about time you got home!
She walks in, and closes the door behind her saying,
DEVIN: I never thought I’d see you again.
PAGE 3
Devin puts her things in the fridge as Kyle stands with his back to her, glaring out the window.
KYLE: Oh please, it’s only been a year-
DEVIN: -Little over a year, since you stormed out of here threatening to call the police.
Kyle looks remorseful as he forms his finger and thumb up into an inch measurement
KYLE: I won’t deny that I’m still a tad freaked out.
Devin walks to him, looks down into his eyes.
DEVIN: So why are back in my life?
Kyle walks away from her.
PAGE 4
Kyle glares out of the window,
KYLE: You won’t believe what she did to me.
Devin sits down on her couch, Kyle plants his face in his palm as Devin says,
DEVIN: This girl you started fucking after you left me?
As Devin speaks she makes quotes with her fingers.
DEVIN: The girl who made you ‘happier then you could possibly explain’?
KYLE: You know I was just talking shit, right?
DEVIN [SMILES]: Yeah I know, but your shit was always worth listening to.
PAGE 5
Kyle turns to Devin, she’s back again from the kitchen. Smiling he says,
KYLE: Even though I know what a retched ghoul you really are, it doesn’t stop me from wanting to make out with you. It’s your charm, you know?
Devin gestures an offer for a beer,
DEVIN: My charm, or my strap-on?
Kyle sighs, takes the beer
KYLE: I didn’t come here to flirt and fuck, ok?
PAGE 6
Devin says,
DEVIN: Why are you here, certainly not because you’re hungry?
Kyle cringes, staring at her refridgerator; he then waves off the comment,
KYLE [ANNOYED]: Can we not go there please…
DEVIN [SMILES]: Sure. What’s wrong?
KYLE: She dumped me, six months ago.
DEVIN: What happened?
Kyle sits down at the table, as Devin leaves the kitchen,
KYLE: I told her that I wanted someone willing to invest in a future.
PAGE 7
Devin on the couch, hands behind her head, relaxing,
DEVIN [LAUGHS]: You wanted kids?
KYLE [UPSET]: I’m twenty-six and ready, yes. I want children. She starts crying and says that kids aren’t part of her life plan at the moment.
Kyle joins her on the couch, pouting.
DEVIN: So she dumped you?
KYLE: Just like that. Didn’t see her again, until today.
PAGE 8
DEVIN: So, it’s visit the ex-lovers who piss me off day? Is that why you’re here?
Kyle turns around, and scowls
KYLE: No you ghoul.
Kyle leans over seductively close to Devin, but Devin is immune.
KYLE: For the record you never pissed me off. I loved you. I think a part of me still does.
DEVIN: Is that why you’re here? To convince the other part of you to like me more?
PAGE 9
Kyle stands, looking down at her
KYLE: No. The other part of me is too human to ever accept what you’re all about.
DEVIN: So why not let me play with the part of you that likes me?
Kyle goes to the kitchen, says over his shoulder,
KYLE: You want another one?
Devin stares at Kyle’s hips and ass, then only at his his ass when bends over to get a beer from the fridge.
DEVIN: No, I still got this one.
Kyle comes back with a new beer, he sits down.
KYLE: I saw her today, you know what wanted from me?
KYLE [SOMBER]: Your card. She’s expecting in seven months and heard you were the best.
Devin stares over at him. [WHOA!] Devin says,
DEVIN: I guess her life plan changed.
PAGE 10
KYLE [ABOUT TO CRY]: That bitch—
Kyle gets up; face in hands, Devin sits up:
KYLE: oh God I hate that word, I can’t believe I just said it!
DEVIN [SMILES]: You’re angry, I think you’re entitled.
Kyle straddles her, clutches her arms dramatically,
KYLE: I came here on my high horse, acting as if I still find you and…what you do…repugnant…but there’s something I want from you that makes me ten-times more evil then I ever accused you of being.
PAGE 11
Devin takes his wrists in her hands, and speaks to him-
DEVIN: If you want me to refuse being her OB, I will.
KYLE: No, I don’t want you to refuse. On the contrary, I want you to be her doctor.
Kyle stares at her, she stares back at him.
DEVIN: Are you asking me to-
KYLE: Don’t make me ask out loud.
Devin turns her attention away from him,
DEVIN: That’s an extremely tall order Kyle.
KYLE: It’s not like you haven’t done it in the past, without the mothers knowing…
PAGE 12
Devin gets up, hands on her hips—she’s thinking about it as Kyle looks on, hands in his lap.
KYLE: I can’t get over how angry I am. I never knew I was capable of such thoughts-
Devin doesn’t turn all the way to face him,
DEVIN: But here you are, demanding your favorite ghoul to do what she does best.
Kyle looks down, embarrassed,
KYLE: If you want me to say it, I will. Despite your…nutritional habit…I love you, I always will.
Devin gets in his face, [not angry]
DEVIN: You love IT, not me.
Kyle looks insulted,
KYLE: I didn’t just enjoy being your bend-over-boyfriend Devin!
Devin smiles as he goes on,
KYLE: I mean it, I loved you. You understood me. You still do.
PAGE 13
Devin thinks a moment, then gives her answer:
DEVIN: I’ll do this for you…
She cups his face, forcing him to look at her,
DEVIN: I’ll do this because, when you were mine we were something. But it’s going to cost you.
KYLE: You want me again, I’m yours, forever.
Kyle stands, stepping close to her, whispering on her lips.
KYLE: I’d never ask you for something like this, if I wasn’t willing to pay the ultimate price.
PAGE 14
She steps back,
DEVIN: Are you promising matrimony and monogamy? Those are just words.
Kyle looks at her, as she points to him and smiles,
DEVIN: I want something that makes your gratitude, tangible.
Kyle looks away,
KYLE: I know what you want…
Devin stands face to face with him, Kyle looks up at her.
DEVIN: Tonight. Come on, you’re San Francisco’s top chef, you can prepare it.
KYLE: Tonight only. After that, don’t ask me to do it again.
PAGE 15
Devin pulls Kyle to her,
DEVIN: Deal.
KYLE: I’ll cook whatever you got thawed out in your fridge of horrors, let’s get this over with.
Devin warns him,
DEVIN: You won’t stop you know, once you start.
Kyle removes his shirt,
KYLE: Whatever. I need more beer, lots more.
Devin smiles,
DEVIN: I got poppers too, if you want take your gratitude to the bedroom later.
PAGE 16
From the POV of the fridge, we see Kyle looking in, and Devin right there, arms around him, kissing his neck.
PAGE 17
[Two months later]
Nighttime, outside Pam Gant’s row house, there’s a light on in the window
KYLE: [OP] I just can’t get over this happening Pammy, I’m so sorry-
PAM: [OP] It’s fine, and I appreciate you coming over.
Kyle and Pam sit at her kitchen table [she’s in a bathrobe—she looks bad.]
KYLE: I know things will work out for you two, they’ll be other chances.
PAM: [sobs] Dr, Levitz said lots of women my age often lose it in the second month, without ever knowing they were pregnant. She chalked it up to me being diagnosed too early, and was sorry that my hopes got worked up.
KYLE: I thought your last doctor said you were over three months?
PAM: He did, but I think he’s an idiot. Dr. Levitz is the best in the city, I trust her completely.
PAGE 18
Kyle grins, puts his hand on hers,
KYLE: I brought you something to make you feel better.
He pulls two wrapped sandwiches from a bag,
KYLE: Barbeque was always your favorite, and I added something special just for you.
PAM: Oh Kyle, you didn’t have to do this-
KYLE: It was no trouble at all.
PAGE 19
Pam bites into is, Kyle watches. She then grabs her drink.
KYLE: Something wrong?
PAM: No-I’m just not hungry…
Kyle smiles at her,
KYLE: It’s a new recipe, if it sucks I need to know before unleashing it at the restaurant.
Pam smiles back,
PAM: I don’t want to be rude, I’m just not hungry-
Kyle takes it from her,
KYLE: You took a bite and washed it down, that’s good enough for me.
PAGE 20
Sitting in the driver’s seat outside, Devin waits. Into the car bounces Kyle. They look at one another,
DEVIN: Did she leave any?
KYLE: She took one bite, and swallowed. I’m satisfied.
Devin grabs a sandwich from the bag,
DEVIN: Well, I’m hungry.
She starts eating, then says,
DEVIN: You going to have one?
Kyle narrows his eyes, but is jovial,
KYLE: I told you before, no more for me thanks.
Their car drives off into the night,
DEVIN [OP]: So I’m facing a lifetime of eating alone?
KYLE[OP]: You’re not alone, you’ll always be my ghoul. We’ll just be keeping separate menus.
