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Names on the Ground
Published: 2008-07-10 07:15:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 4996; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 504
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Logline: A dramatic comedy about a chance moment between two friends, a mortician and a pair of rivaling teenagers.A short screenplay, 24 pages. You will need Adobe Reader to view this script (click download on the side).
To the real Anthony, may you rest in peace.
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Comments: 35
Good script man, I hope you get a good career out of writing.
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I really like this, a great idea and very moving while entertaining.
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Absolutely wonderful. I really connected with all of the characters, and there's just the right balance between drama and comedy. I love the idea of two teenagers decorating graves for a hobby. 
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I read this for the film contest. Great writing, very moving. I am only confused as to why the mortician owe's the kids. That whole part confused the heck out of me. I re-read it about five times, and still don't get what happened.
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I had that confusion too - the body the kids exposed was of an old white man and the family in mourning were black - the word 'black' is omitted but later she is referred to as the old black woman from the casket incident, or something along those lines...
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Right, so I think they were burying the wrong body... but I'd still be mad at the kid
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ooh, good point. The funeral accident got me wondering why the Mortician didn't kick their asses. But I thought it too hilarious to take out, I couldn't think of a better one up at the moment, and it was the biggest incident that tested his patience with these kids. I also had a page limit at the time I was writing this and could have written down additional adventures why the mortician "owes" or allows these kids to stick around the cemetery (They probably saved the cemetery from bankruptcy at one point). But its a given no matter what mayhem ensues, both the mortician and the kids have gone a long way and are inseparable.
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I just didn't understand what happened. The kids knocked over the casket and a white guy fell out of it.... so how did that save the funeral director?
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I don't want to force an explanation, but probably* the funeral was meant for someone who was mistakenly pronounced dead (who's actually alive) and the wrong body was put in there and all was forgiven (You'll notice at the end some of the people from the funeral). It was a scene that was conjured up during procrastination and caffeine. Even though it didn't make sense, the randomness gave me a good laugh and I figured it kept the rhythm of the story going.
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That is so moving and well-written. I like the way it all builds up to the ending.
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This is honestly one of the most wonderful things I've read on Deviantart for quite some time.
I enjoyed every millisecond of reading your piece.
There was something about it that just... captivated my imagination and inspired me to be a better person. Honestly. I love you? Haha, not honestly, but it's pretty close.
Thanks for being epic.
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lol, you're welcomed. I love you too Β¦3
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now you've had two DD's and I've still had none.
You win.
you win by far.
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Aww. But you've got a pretty big reader/fan base.
Do I win over sushi :< ?
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hey, comic con 09 should involve you, me, and some sushi.
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Thats wonderfull!
I really enjoyed it!
Im not normally a literature reader on DA but this was great!
congrats on the DD!
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I'm so glad I looked at the DDs today 
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That's amazing--wow, it almost made me cry D:
You're an amazing writer. Really.
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Beautiful stories like this are the ones that make me want to buy a bunch of flowers, go to the cemetary, and put one flower at every grave.
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Beautiful and dramatic indeed. Very well written. It probably honors the real Anthony.
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wow, that is so.... beautiful. that's all I can come up with as far as words go, but this, it's just so beautiful.
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This is wonderful, fun to read and serious at the same time. If I could, I would have loved to actually get a bunch of friends together to perform this. It's the kind of story that sticks in your mind!
~*~*~*~*~*~
*insert funny and meaningful signature here*
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I really like this. It'd be interesting to see done.
You seriously don't get the
message, do you? I'm saying is life
is too short. Itβs too short, that
he doesn't even have a future.
Just wondering, should there be "What" before "I'm saying is..."?
Good work, and congrats on the DD. :]
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Yep, it's more grammatically correct to add the "What". But in the case of dialogue, it sounds a lot better (to me) just to drop it; I try to keep dialogue as short and sweet as possible. I think I have a few typos on the script too, but I'd rather leave it as it is now since its available to a public forum now.
Thanks! 
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Fair enough, that makes sense.
I really liked it.
No worries.
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Hello there
Thank you for your submission to the One Act Scriptwriting contest.
This is just a confirmation that your entry has been received and follows the contest rules. Therefore it will be judged after the 4th August 2008 for the competition.
Thank you and good luck!
Becca
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