I. (1-7) Answer the following questions on Little Miss Sunshine.
1. When Dwayne has his breakdown, he screams at his family that he hates them and gives them three reasons why. What is NOT one of the reasons?
(1) bankruptcy (2) divorce (3) drugs (4) suicide
2. Sheryl's brother, Frank, comes to live with the Hoovers during the opening sequence. Why has he been hospitalized?
(1) He overdose
STEPMOM
Ronald Bass
Second Revised Draft
Previous Drafts by:
Gigi Levangie
Elizabeth Chandler
Jessie Nelson &
Steven Rogers
INT. RACHELS BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING
A billowy white screen. An alarm clock BLARES. As MAIN TITLES
BEGIN, the lovely sleeping face of RACHEL KELLY rolls into frame.
Then out of it. Alarm keeps BLASTING. Back she comes, pulling the
sheets OVER her head. Motionless now, as we
lots of blood. Theres very little here.
What about these?
-Piquerism. -Pre or postmortem?
Post, no blood.
Not bad, vice.
Probably aced your detectives exam.
The wind is picking up, well lose evidence.
Hold on to everything we find.
-Any idea who she is? -No. No car, no l.D.
Jane Doe.
Hey, Bonaparte.
Whats the matter?
Miss Mills?
Times up. Put your pens down.
Exchange your test with a neighbor.
THE WILLIAM MUNNY KILLINGS
INT. ALICES ROOM - NIGHT
NIGHT IN ALICES ROOM. A little bit of moonlight coming in
through the tiny window might make a highlight here and
there but thats about all. Words begin to crawl across the
screen:
WRITTEN WORDS (crawl)
Of good family, albeit one of
modest means, she was a comely
young woman and not without
prospects. Therefore it was at
once heartbreaking and a
CHANDLER turns from the tray before her
toward her incoming comrades. She is dressed stylishly and
expensively but not trendily; her hair, dramatically tied
back.
VERONICA
(submissively)
Hello, Heather.
Pulling out a crumpled piece of yellow paper, HEATHER
CHANDLER smiles. The content of what Heather says is
consistently offensive but the tone in which she speaks
is sexy, dangerous, and mysteriou