People Are Gonna Die

Ext. Train Platform-Day

Narrator: They were supposed to die…

Michael, early twenties, is standing on a train platform surrounded by twelve other would be passengers. All stare forward, shocked by seeing a plane nose dive into their train just hundreds of feet away.

Narrator: And they will!

O Fortuna begins.

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Int. Doctor’s office- day

A doctor looks at a torso X-ray while a survivor sits on an examination table.

Doctor: It’s terminal.

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Int. Convenience Store- Day

A red faced survivor is crawling toward the counter on their knees. They hold up a scone.

Customer: Are there nuts in this?!

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Ext. House- Day

A survivor is cleaning the gutters when the ladder slips out from under him.

Survivor 1: Whoa!

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INT. Pharmacy- Day

A pharmacist speaks to a teary eyed customer.

Pharmacist: Death is a fairly common reaction to mixing medication and alcohol.

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int. house- day

A survivor, grasping at their throat, reaches for an inhaler but knocks it behind a dresser.

Survivor 2: Whoops.

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int. bathroom- day

A cop talks to an elderly woman in a robe.

Woman: I guess he just slid into the bath.

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int. home- day

An elderly survivor falls down the stairs.

Narrator: This summer.

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EXT- DRIVEWAY- Day

A survivor has a heart attack while shoveling snow.

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INT. nursing home- day

O Fortuna climaxes as a doctor pulls the sheets over an elderly Micheal’s face. Micheal’s wife and two kids observe.

Doctor: He was just old.

Narrator: People Are Gonna Die.

An orderly comes in and begins to disconnect the monitors. The doctor talks to the family.

Narrator: Well, not just this summer. All the time, really. It’s inevitable. And not always in weird ways too. Cardiac arrest, cancer, pneumonia, malnutrition, diarrhea. Don’t laugh at that! That’s serious- like three million people a year; most of them kids! In Africa. Shiiiit. Africa.

The doctor takes a knee with the kids.

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Close up of the children.

Narrator: Oh, that’s a bummer.

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Movie Credits.

Narrator: People Are Gonna Die-coming soon to a theater near you. Maybe even in the theater, you know? Shit. I gotta call my mom.

BLACK OUT