TITLE: “Strip”

ACT I

PG1 - MOOD, TONE, SETTING:

Sexy. VIP lounge. !!!!!

Cut to:

Slow motion: Image of a hand slowly massaging a lower back right above a beautiful black ass. The hands move up the woman’s shoulders and continue to massage up to her neck and upper back. Cut to her beautiful face eyes closed enjoying the back rub.

Cut to:

The mood of the film is one of desperation, darkness and despair. Winter in Chicago is the setting – cold, wet, dark, slushy. We are introduced to the manager driving to work in an early 90’s Cadillac Deville or STS (Black).

Night in Chicago on I294 driving South leaving the city skyline and going towards the suburb of Harvey, IL. The manager turns on the radio to hear a sexy hip hop song (i.e. Chingy – Right Thuur) Its very dark in his car – there is a slight blue glow coming from the dash board and a little more light hanging from his lip in the form a cigarette. The windshield wipers are on not because it is raining or snowing, but because there is so much sleet being thrown from the cars and trucks that it is hard to see. An 18 wheeler drives past the Caddy

Cut to (same music in the background but better not coming from a radio):

(Slow motion)

Breast being brought up to a man’s lips. Brushing against but the man not kissing or sucking the nipple. You can not see the man, but he looks as if he could be the manager. The woman moves her torso up and against the mans face . Again there is very little reaction from the man.

Cut to:

From behind the manager (we still haven’t seen his face) as he pulls up to a toll booth with an attendant. The attendant knows the manager and he gives him (could be a woman) a cigarette.

Manager: I thought you were going to quit?

Attendant: I though you were too.

Manager: Not tonight

Attendant: Me neither

Cut to:

(Slow motion)

Same beautiful woman whispers something in the mans ear. Then she acts as if she is going down. The man is sitting in a lounge chair that could be in someone’s living room. Overhead light casts an extreme shadow so you can’t see the man. We go from an extreme long shot of the shadowed man with a woman between his legs they are both naked and we speed up the slow motion all the way to the couple zooming into her ass up her back, up his chest to the shadowed face and freeze. Music suddenly quiets and we hear the announcer.

Announcer: Sparkle to the champagne…Destiny to the center.

Sparkle to the champagne…Destiny to the center.

Woman asks the man in the chair if he wants another dance. He adjusts in his chair and hands her $40.00. She finishes dressing and walks him out of the VIP into a huge strip club (the music is much louder and the bass is deeper) lights, waitresses customers everywhere.

Follow girl backstage.

Backstage. Cold lights. Ugly.

Guy comes in back door.

VO starts. Follow him around club to VIP room.

Lust and Money. Decadence. Dark. Red. Nice but seedy. Lonely. Club O.

“I see all kinds of guys. Montage of all genres strip club customers: from the family guy, to the psycho, right down cutesy coed girl who thinks she so hip for going to strip club.”

Explains the craziness of the lap dance experience.

Then Legend revealed. Montage of orygies.

Cut to:

Strip Joint. 1960s. Soulful music. A pregnant waitress gives birth to a boy in strip club.

His inability to have orgasm revealed.

Big Fight breaks out.

He jumps in and takes punch.

Always diffusing. Bruised (life beating him down). Rough life in Harvey, IL. But damn good money for strip clubs. It’s what keeping him in the club life.

PG3 - CENTRAL QUESTION TO BE EXPLORED:

Dawn breaks. Riding through Chi Town.

Cut to:

Smoking cigarette watching car getting washed.

Cut to:

Diner early morning. Coming there for long time. Watching Girl - girl introduced. Moment of love. Girl is yelled at the manager.

Is what you do consume your life – are you what you do?

MC introduced. Manager has chat and pumps him up with encouragement.

PG 10 - WHAT THE HERO'S STORY IS:

Looking for true love.

Cut to:

Sexy lap dance at Arnies.

Old School. Girls Nice. People Nice. Family biz. Tease guy about selling out.

PG 30 - HERO IS CHALLENGED IN NEW TERRITORY; REACTS TO THE EVENT:

Diner – Girl gone. Fired. Genuinely misses her. Realizes he’s falling for this girl.

Tells bouncer to lay off relationship with stripper.

MC creeping girls out. Manager has chat with.

Imbezzling caught. Security team meeting. Life always on the brink.

ACT II

PG 45 - INITIAL GROWTH OF CHARACTER - WHERE HE IS GOING FROM HERE:

To find love. Tells her his dream. Innocent love touched.

Foreshadowing. Illusion to impending death.

PG 60 - HERO IN BIG TROUBLE; DEEPER COMMITTMENT MADE:

Losing control of club. Stripper giving blowjob for extra cash. Threat of being busted for prostitution. Bouncers girlfriend is the once blowing guys. Security tense.

Gang bangers.

Sleep deprived.

Fighting in parking lot.

Bus boy asks for Mc chance - bad timing. Manager snaps… “Get back to busboying.”

Buys into a new club idea.

PG 75 - HERO ABOUT TO GIVE UP; SOMETHING HE NEEDS REALIZED:

Sees girl giving lap dance at amateur night and is embarrassed.

Feels jealous for first time.

Tries to talk to her out of it. She gets pissed – “you don’t know me”!

Needs love. Needs to leave to find it.

ACT III

PG 90 - RESOLUTION TO HERO'S GOAL BEGINS:

Love scene. Is it true that you’re the guy who was born in strip club”? Massage. Girl explains what it is to have an orgasm. Crack his back. All stress leaved body. He finally sleeps. Finally.

Cut to:

Flash to Nirvana. Wake up from deep sleep.

Next morning. Sun is shining. Girl gone. Finds item. Hair. Smells it. Smiles. He’s happy. Invigorated.

PG 120 - AUDIENCE SATISFIED THAT HERO'S STORY IS COMPLETE:

Bus Boy snaps. Massacre in club. Girl shot in back. Hot fake tittied bitch shot in each balloon tit. Manager makes it down to floor.

Manager is shot before killing Busboy. Crawls to girl. Grabs her hand. Is she dead? No. She is going on stretcher. He’s going to heaven.