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	FADE IN- EXT. STADIUM TICKET OFFICE - MORNING SUPERTITLE: 1999 10-15 teenage girls are crying, some rolling on the ground bawling uncontrollably. A death or something equally horrific has occurred. DAVID O'BRIAN, a reporter who attempts to explain the girl's behavior. DAVID Good morning from the Macaulay Memorial Stadium where these young ladies have just heard the news that pop group Dreamz 4 U have broken up and it appears there will be no concert tonight..or possibly ever... DAVID walks to one of the anguished teens. Her name is GLORIA. Her face is buried in her arms as she leans on the ticket office. She is wearing a Dreamz 4 U shirt. DAVID Excuse me... David O'Brian, may I have a a few words with you? Gloria looks up and sees the camera GLORIA (wiping her eyes) Are you with MTV? DAVID No.... GLORIA Good Morning Detroit? DAVID No..we are filming a documentary about Dreamz 4 U and we want your reaction to the stunning news.. GLORIA OK. She wipes her nose on her shirt sleeve DAVID What is your name? GLORIA Gloria. DAVID What do you think of Dreamz 4 U breaking up? GLORIA It just sucks. I just can't believe it, after all they've been through. DAVID What made them special to you Gloria? GLORIA Everything. But especially their songs. They made me feel good, like when I didn't do good on a test, or when my mom takes away my phone, they make me feel like it's going to be OK. I even liked their rap CD. A girl, MAGGIE, goes running behind them, screaming hysterically. MAGGIE crashes into the ticket booth and falls to the ground. There is a stunned silence. GLORIA (looking at MAGGIE) I think someone's going to have to call Maggie's mom again. DAVID Has Maggie done this type of thing before? GLORIA One time, one of Dreamz signed her arm. She spent two days trying to find someone to tattoo the autograph so he would be a part of her. DAVID Did she find someone? GLORIA No, after two days, she got a knife and tried to hold a tattoo guy hostage. The dude took her knife away and called the cops. It was a bummer because when they took her to the hospital, they washed the autograph right off her arm when they were putting the I.V.'s in. Can you believe that? DAVID Thank you Gloria DAVID moves toward MAGGIE DAVID Lets see if we can get a word with Maggie... MAGGIE is face down on the ground. He bends down, places the microphone near her ear. The only sounds are muffled breathing. DAVID (Softly) Maggie? Can you talk with us? MAGGIE (unmoving) Yes... DAVID Are you OK? MAGGIE turns her head, its covered with grass and blood from her nose. MAGGIE I don't think so... DAVID Can you tell us what your feeling right now? MAGGIE I'm hurt.. DAVID I think we are all a little shocked. MAGGIE No, I think my nose is broke.. DAVID What about Dreamz 4 U's breakup? MAGGIE They have no right, they belong to us, all of us. She breaks down crying again. DAVID (V.O.) Across America and all over the world, fans are mourning the breakup of one of the late 90's biggest pop groups, Dreamz 4 U .. Montages of the biggest stars and bands ever...Elvis...The Beatles, The Stones, Michael Jackson, Madonna, then finally Dreamz 4 U ..... INT. MEETING ROOM - MORNING SUPERTITLE: 1995 A group of record marketing men and women are gathered in a room to hear a pitch. A heavy man is preaching to them... DAVID (V.O.) Dreamz 4 U were the brainchild of marketing guru Stan Rogers. STAN ..and our marketing says that pre teen and teenage girls want a group to call their own. They don't like rap or heavy metal, they want the Osmonds with catchier songs and a dance beat. WOMAN How can you be sure they will like and buy the music? STAN Saturation. We will license it to commercials, play malls, anything... MAN Do you have the songs? STAN I have a couple of Grammy winning song writers writing songs as we speak... The group murmurs approvals. STAN ..but there's a catch...they don't want their real names used. DAVID (V.O.) We now know that these songwriters are the husband and wife team of Raza and Kerr. INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 A very nicely furnished home. Gold records are on the walls. A man, Ken Raza, and woman, Kristen Kerr, sit on a couch, holding hands. DAVID Why did you agree to write songs for Dreamz? KRISTEN This was around 1991, we were approached by Stan Rogers... KEN Stan knew people in the industry and knew we needed cash... KRISTEN It wasn't uncommon then, you know, bad business deals... Ken had a little trouble and we had to get some money fast. KEN When the opportunity to make some fast money, tax free, we jumped at it... DAVID Why didn't you want your names used? KRISTEN Well, after winning the Grammys, we thought writing formulaistic pop tunes was beneath us. KEN But when you need money...... INT. OLD THEATER - AFTERNOON SUPERTITLE: 1995 Inside an old theatre, auditions are being held. Hundreds of young boys from 9 to 18 are lined up for an audition. Stan and his assistant/choreographer, Ralph, are watching the young boys sing and dance. They jot down notes on each one. A nervous young boy wearing a tag with the number #249 comes on stage from the wings. GARY Hi.... I'm Gary Richards. STAN Hi, Gary, don't be nervous, please. How old are you, Gary? GARY I'm 13, 14 next month. RALPH Do you have dance or singing experience? GARY Yes, I have been taking tap and jazz for four years and singing lessons for three years. STAN That's great, go ahead when you're ready. Music starts and the boy sings and dances very well. RALPH (whispering to Stan) He dances and sings very well, cute too... STAN Yes, he's perfect... GARY ends his song and dance. He is very relieved. STAN Do you have a parent or guardian with you Gary? An obnoxious,obese woman rushes in from the wing. She is GLENNA RICHARDS, GARY'S mother. GLENNA (in a booming, irritating voice) Yes, I'm Gary's mother, and best friend.... GARY looks like he's going to die...... GLENNA (almost hyperventilating) Did he make it? When do we go on the road? We can share a room.... Stan crosses number #249 off his list. STAN Thank you very much Gary, we'll be in touch.... GARY runs offstage, his mother following after him.... RALPH Next please.... An older looking boy comes on stage, #250. He is wearing tights and a prominent bulge in his pants. T.R. T.R. Allen, 18 years old. STAN Any dance or singing experience? T.R. Some singing, little dance.... STAN Ok, go ahead, please T.R. dances very well, maybe a little risque, with thrusting hips. STAN (whispering to Ralph) He's going scare the those little girls to death. STAN He's good but we can't use him, he's too old and too big. RALPH He would attract a certain segment.. STAN I can't have him swinging that Louisville in front of a bunch of young girls. They will never want to have sex. T.R. finishes his routine. STAN Very good, thank you Mr. Allen, we will be in touch. Ralph runs after him.... RALPH Wait.....wait.. INT. OLD THEATER - LATER A clearly tired Stan is sitting at a table looking at the head shots of the final ten boys. From these, he must pick the five that will form Dreamz. STAN Corey Masters... Corey walks up to the table and sits. STAN Hi, Corey, I'm Stan Rogers, this is Ralph. He will be Dreamz 4 U's choreographer. RALPH Hi Corey STAN Don't worry, there are no right or wrong answers to these, we just would like to know a little more about you. COREY OK, sure STAN Any trouble with the law? Felonies? COREY No, no problems.. STAN Good. How are you in school? Good grades? COREY B's and C's mostly. STAN Very good.. Corey gets up and leaves. Stan looks down at the list. STAN Kevin Hodge..... A young man walks up and takes a seat across from Stan and Ralph. STAN Kevin, why do you want to be in the group? KEVIN (looking at the desk) Well.... I don't know...... STAN Why are you here.... KEVIN (still looking down) I'm not sure Stan and Ralph sigh. STAN Ok Kevin, thank you very much. Kevin gets up and leaves the table. RALPH (sarcastically) He will be great on MTV.. STAN We can have someone work with him, he can sing and dance. Stan picks up the next head shot. STAN Bobby Franklin. Another young man strides confidently to the table. He shakes both Stan's and Ralph's hands. STAN Why do you want to be a part of the group? BOBBY To make people happy.. RALPH Which people? BOBBY Anyone I can make smile with my music.. STAN Do you have any problem with being on the road for an extended tour? BOBBY No, not at all. STAN Ok, thank you Alex. Bobby walks away. STAN He's smooth, articulate.. RALPH He can be the nice one.. STAN Yes, you're right... Stan picks up the next sheet STAN Alex Driscoll.. Alex, a blond 16-year-old walks up and sits down. STAN Why do you want to be a part of the group? ALEX In order of importance? RALPH Yes ALEX Girls and money STAN Those are the only reasons? ALEX Yes STAN Do you have any problem going out on tour for an extended period? ALEX The longer the better. STAN Ok, well, welcome to Dreamz. If you make the girls scream, I'll make sure you get the money. Deal? ALEX (smiling) Deal. Alex get up shakes hands. Stan calls the next one. INT. SMALL APARTMENT - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 An older ALEX is sitting in a chair. He is much older, dirty, unkept. David is interviewing him. DAVID What did you first think of Stan Rogers? ALEX My first thought was: Hey this guy really knows what's going on. He knew what the girls wanted. I didn't realize he was going to use us to make himself rich. DAVID Why did you want to join Dreamz? ALEX To get rich and famous. DAVID Did Stan say he would do it for you? ALEX Yea, he did. DAVID And he did, right? ALEX It was us, not Stan. We sang. We danced. It was our money. He took it. INT. OLD THEATER - LATER SUPERTITLE: 1995 STAN is interviewing JOEY. STAN How are you in school? JOEY Not very good, C and D's. STAN That's ok, you'll have the finest tutors money can buy. JOEY Great. STAN Why do you want to be in the band? JOEY I've always wanted to be a star, to be famous. STAN Thanks Joey. INT. THEATRE - MORNING SUPERTITLE: 1995 In the theatre, Stan has gathered the boys he has chosen to form Dreamz 4 U . STAN You boys have been chosen to be a part of this group. You all have the talent to help us succeed. If we work hard, make smart decisions, we will all have lots of fun and make some money along the way. Does anyone want to have fun and make some money? The boys all smile. STAN (CONT'D) I thought so. We have contracts here to sign. They are standard industry contracts, you will be paid fairly, but there are rules you all will have to abide by. There will be no drug use. Period. Any drug use will be dealt with swiftly and with finality. You will be kicked out of the group, and one of the other hundreds will take your place. We will start rehearsals next week and record a CD in a month. INT. LUXURIOUS LIVING ROOM - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing BOBBY, who looks great. DAVID What did you first think of Stan? BOBBY I liked Stan. I still like Stan. DAVID I know some of your former bandmates are a little bitter at him. They feel he took money that was rightfully theirs. BOBBY He took a large share, but he took the risk. I don't think he took anything other than what the contracts specified. DAVID Have you talked to any of Dreamz recently? BOBBY Actually, before my tour, I called them about going on the road. DAVID A reunion tour? BOBBY No, I needed people to help out on the tour, you know, roadies. INT. TV STUDIO - DAY SUPERTITLE: 1995 In a bright television studio, Dreamz are being interviewed, their first as a group. The interviewer is Sarah Lusirt, a cute, girl next door type. SARAH Ok, let's start with your names and ages, first from the left. JOEY I'm Joey DiMarco, 15 SARAH Hi Joey ALEX Alex Driscoll, 16 BOBBY Bobby Franklin, 17 COREY Corey Masters, 16, hi mom JEFF (very nervous) Jeff Sellers,.....17 year.. Before Jeff can fully answer, he pukes on Sarah's lap. She is freaking out, screaming, gaging, almost puking herself. SARAH Goddamn...why the fuck.. She dry heaves..almost pukes. SARAH Get me a fucking towel and some new pants.. Jeff is crying. Stan is yelling, the rest of the boys are laughing hysterically. SARAH (SCREAMING AT THE BOYS) IT'S NOT FuNNY, YOu LITTLE BASTARDS!!!! INT. TV STUDIO - DAY Another try with the interview. This time Jeff is far away from Sarah, who is wearing a new outfit. SARAH Let's start with your names and ages, first from the right. JOEY I'm Joey DiMarco, 15 SARAH Hi Joey ALEX Alex Driscoll, 16 BOBBY Bobby Franklin, 17 COREY Corey Masters, 16 SARAH And way down there on the end is Jeff Sellers.. JEFF waves to the camera. INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY The boys are learning a new song, attempting harmony. They are really bad. A voice coach is working with them. Inside the engineers booth, Stan is talking with KEN and KRISTEN. STAN I do have a problem with a few of the lyrics. In "Flower Love" he wants them to sing "your love nectar is sweeter than any pedals I've licked before". I'm just not sure it's appropriate for young girls. KRISTEN They're just metaphors for oral sex. You think we're the first to write about it? STAN No, but I do think there will be problems from it. I wanted bubblegum love, puppy love, dry humping, not oral sex. KRISTEN Kids are more sophisticated now, they don't want puppy love, they want oral sex. KEN You know, oral sex and chewing bubblegum are similar... STAN Please, please... I need something softer, something lighter. KRISTEN I'm not sure we can compromise our artistic integrity. STAN Artistic integrity? You use a thesaurus and a rhyming dictionary for Gods sake. Pause. KRISTEN (defensively) I hate working with people who do not understand the creative process INT. MALL - DAY SUPERTITLE: FIRST CONCERT 1996 The boys are in a mall bathroom. STAN and RALPH are trying to settle the boys done. There is retching coming from a stall. STAN Jeff? Are you ok? JEFF (from the stall) Yea... I think so.. STAN There are hundreds of screaming girls waiting...go out and make them love you.. ALEX They aren't screaming for us, they want the pop princess... INT. MALL MANAGER'S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER A pretty young girl is stomping around the office. This is SuZI SIMPKINS, self proclaimed "Pop Princess". In the office with her are her mother, SALLY, and her manager BRuCE. SUZI (yelling) I can't believe this is the only room they have for me. And there's not even a mirror. SALLY Honey, please, it's all they have available. The only other place would be a rest room. SUZI (sarcastically) Why not share it with those Knots of whatever.. BRUCE Dreamz 4 U SUZI Whoever.... (beat) You know I saw one of them trying to look up my dress... INT. MALL - LATER A small makeshift stage is set up in the middle of the mall. There are maybe a hundred girls, very few boys gathered to see SuZI. They are excited when STAN steps up to the microphone. STAN Ladies and gentlemen, boys and especially you girls, here... For the very first time... Dreamz 4 U .. A smattering of applause from the audience. The guys run out and pose on the stage, awaiting the music. They wait and wait and wait. Finally, after what seems like hours, the music starts. They sing and dance, not without a few missteps, and a lack of harmony, but the girls react very well to them. The song ends there are screams and applause. The guys all smile and are amazed by the feeling. They sing a second song and it's better than the first. The guys run offstage and back to the bathroom. STAN comes on stage. STAN Dreamz will be at the front entrance signing autographs and selling their new CD, and will be back tonight for another show. INT. MALL ENTRANCE - LATER Dreamz are sitting at tables signing pictures. CD sales are brisk, everyone is happy. Some of the boys get phone numbers. STAN is beaming like a new father. INT. PARK BENCH - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 STAN is sitting on a park bench. He looks much older. He is being interviewed by DAVID. DAVID (O.C.) Stan, did the first tour give you any indication that Dreamz were going to be as big as they eventually became? STAN Yes, from the first concert, the girls reacted like we hoped. They guys fed off of their reactions. DAVID (O.C.) The first few mall shows you opened for Suzi Simpkins, who we all know now, attempted to commit suicide later that year. STAN Yes, we all knew and loved Suzi... INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - NIGHT SUPERTITLE: 1996 The guys are walking to their rooms. SuZI is walking the other way, obviously pissed. She starts in at them. SUZI (YELLING) WHICH ONE OF YOu IDIOTS HAS THE GLAND PROBLEM? She is glaring at them as they pass in the hall. SUZI (CONT'D) I ALMOST SLIPPED IN THAT PuDDLE OF SWEAT AND HuRT MYSELF!! SALLY Please honey... SUZI I can't believe I have to stay in the same hotel as them. The guys stop and look at her ass as she walks away. Her hand slips behind her to give them the finger. INT. MALL - DAY The guys are on stage singing and dancing. DAVID (V.O.) Dreamz continue to win fans over with their infectious melodies. INT. MALL - DAY The guys are on stage singing and dancing at a different mall. DAVID (V.O.) Their first single "Kisses for You" enjoys modest success on Top 40 stations. INT. VIDEO STUDIO - DAY Inside a small television studio Dreamz sit, ready to be interviewed by the "Request Hour" video music show host Adam Adams. They are nervous, but excited. The director gives the signal and they are on. ADAM Goooooood Afternoon from the L.A. Studios of "Request Hour" The mostly girl audience cheers wildly. ADAM I'm Adam Adams and we are here with the newest singing sensations Dreamz 4 U . Hi guys. DREAMZ Hey. Hi, Whats up.... The girls cheer wildly. The guys wave to them eliciting more cheers. ADAM Your self titled debut is doing well, you just finished up your first tour, what's next? ALEX We are going to take a little break, then record our second CD ADAM Can we expect anything different? BOBBY We are going to branch out a little, write some of our own songs.. INT. RECORDING STUDIO - NIGHT SUPERTITLE: 1996 Dreamz are trying to compose some songs for their new CD. Stan and the engineer are sitting near, bored. Joey has gotten much taller. INT. RECORDING STUDIO - MORNING They are still trying to write. No success. INT. LIVING ROOM - MORNING STAN is in KEN and KRISTEN'S home. STAN Just let them pretend they are collaborating, let them fill in a word or two. KEN It'll cost you, especially if any of the songs are a hit. STAN Don't give them any good songs, put two or three throwaway songs on it, just to keep them happy. INT. STUDIO - EVENING Dreamz and Ken and Kristen are sitting around a large table, writing a song. KEN Ok, now we need the hook.. "You come down, like an angel from above..I turned around and..." (beat) Ok, I'm stuck, any ideas? COREY How about "I turned around and saw you there"? KRISTEN Could be ok, anybody else? The boys are thinking. JOEY "I turned around and found you there"? KEN and KRISTEN are flustered. The obvious answer is out there, the guys just don't see it. Ken tries to get the obvious answer out of them. KEN "like an angel from above...I turned around and..." ok, lets see, above, glove, .... BOBBY (excited) Love. "I turned around and fell in love" Dreamz all agree on that obvious line. KEN and KRISTEN are relieved. ALEX This writing song stuff isn't so hard. INT. STUDIO - MORNING Long shot. Dreamz are rehearsing dance steps. JOEY, now a good foot taller than the others cannot dance. He constantly falls over his own feet. STAN and RALPH look on, shaking their heads. STAN He can't go on tour. RALPH I know..what about his contract? STAN We do have clauses... INT. LAWYERS OFFICE - MORNING STAN and a LAWYER are sitting at a table. LAWYER You want to kick him out because he's clumsy? I don't think so.. He'll have a good basis for a lawsuit.. STAN What about the unable to perform clause? LAWYER He can still perform. He's just not very good. STAN I'm actually worried about him. I'm afraid he will trip and fall off stage. What happens if he hurts himself? I'll get sued anyway.. INT. AMBULANCE - EVENING JOEY is writhing in pain in the back of the ambulance. STAN is there with him. The medics work on his leg. JOEY (crying) My leg..my leg.... MEDIC Take it easy, you'll be back on the basketball court in no time.... JOEY (crying) But I'm not a basketball player....I'm a dancer...... MEDIC Oh, I'm sorry.... JOEY ..a dancer.....a dancer.. EXT. JOEY'S HOUSE- DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 JOEY being interviewed by DAVID. DAVID After your unfortunate accident, you were told you would never be able to dance again. How did you feel? JOEY Devastated. I couldn't imagine a life without dancing. I had been dancing since I was five years old. DAVID Was it hard to let go? JOEY Of course, but I know I wouldn't have been a dancer after my growth spurt. Who want's a seven foot dancer? DAVID You have started an acting career. JOEY Yes, I have appeared in two movies and I am currently in an off broadway play. DAVID Not dancing, I hope. JOEY No, I'm playing a tree. EXT. PARK - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 STAN being interviewed by DAVID. DAVID That's when you were forced to replace Joey with Mark. STAN Yes, Mark was one of the last cuts from the tryouts. We thought he should be called when Joey went down. DAVID The group dynamic changed when Mark came aboard, didn't it? STAN Yes, he added a certain something... EXT. REHEARSAL HALL - NIGHT Dreamz have finished rehearsal. They are getting ready to leave. MARK You guys want to go for a couple beers? COREY We're not suppose to drink. Stan will kick you out of the band. MARK Kick us out for drinking a beer? C'mon, that's bullshit... BOBBY We're a group here, we don't need anybody causing trouble. JEFF Stan runs the group, they are his rules. MARK Wow, that's a problem. You guys busted your ass to get fans and he gets most of the money and gets to make the rules? ALEX That's what we agreed to.. BOBBY We signed the contracts. We aren't unhappy with how things are run. COREY I don't like our songs being played on tampon commercials. JEFF It would be nice to have more say in what happens, it is our music. ALEX Stan will fire us. MARK No way. He is making too much money from us. BOBBY Nobody is making much money yet. MARK Really? How many CD's did you sell? ALEX Over a million.... MARK What did you guys get? COREY Just the $500 a week our contract says we get. MARK Well, someone is making lots of money.... INT. LIMO - AFTERNOON The guys are all inside a limo on their way to their concert. They have been thinking about what Mark said. STAN just sits and looks out the windows. He doesn't know what is happening. STAN Right after the show, you will be meeting the contest winners from the local radio shows. Dreamz just sit and ignore him. STAN It's part of the job, you know, publicity. ALEX I thought this was suppose to be fun, it's beginning to feel like a job. STAN Being a star is a job, it's hard work. INT - CONCERT HALL - NIGHT A small concert hall is filled with screaming girls. Dreamz are on stage singing. DAVID (V.O.) Their second tour is very well received. CD and merchandise sales are going through the roof. INT - DRESSING ROOM - AFTER A CONCERT Dreamz are relaxing after their concert. Stan comes in the dressing room. STAN OK guys, the radio contest winners are right outside and they are expecting to meet all of you. JEFF God, I hate meeting those squealing girls. ALEX Especially the ones who have all that time to sit home and call radio stations. MARK The ugly ones who can't get dates. EXT. STAN IN PARK - DAY STAN being interviewed by DAVID. DAVID Could you feel Dreamz breaking away? Rebelling? STAN Yea, I could, but you have to realize, they were at the age when they break away from their parents, so I understood. INT. DRESSING ROOM - LATER Dreamz greet their fans, they are a little more nice, but they are getting jaded. COREY (to a heavy young girl) Yes, we love to meet all our fans BOBBY with young fans BOBBY (to a couple of young girls) None of us really has time to date... JEFF (dry heaving) Please, excuse me.. They look adoringly at him even thought he may puke on them. MARK (whispering to a pretty young girl) We're staying at the Hyatt, I'm in room 515. He hands her a piece of paper. MARK (looking at her breasts) You are eighteen, right? GIRL (lying) um.... yes, I am. MARK Good. Very good... INT - TOY STORE - MORNING SUPERTITLE: PETE'S TOY EMPORIuM The guys are all standing on a small stage. They are all wearing fake smiles, holding action figures that are suppose look like them. Dreamz are extremely embarrassed. STORE MANAGER Let's give a nice big Peoria welcome to Dreamz 4 U , who were nice enough to come here today to show their new line of dolls...action figures. The girls all cheer. Stan comes on stage to thank the crowd. STAN Thank you very much. I know Dreamz are happy to be here to see you all today. Thanks for coming to see Dreamz 4 U action figures. Collect all five today. INT. LIMO - MOMENTS LATER The silence is deafening. Everyone is pissed about the "action figures". ALEX Why didn't you tell us about the dolls? STAN I thought I did. MARK How much are we getting from these "action figures"? STAN It's not the money, it's the publicity. ALEX Great, now millions of girls will have a dickless version of me. MARK I've seen you, it's anatomically correct. The guys laugh. ALEX gives MARK the finger. COREY (holding his action figure) I really like me. I always wanted a little brother. Stan, can I get some more? The boys look at him bewildered. STAN Sure Corey, we can get all you like. COREY I can have a little army of Coreys.. EXT. ALEX'S HOUSE - DAY ALEX being interviewed by DAVID. DAVID Could you guys see Corey changing? ALEX I guess, but nobody paid very much attention, we were too concerned with everything else. DAVID What was he doing? ALEX He'd come back from a concert and just go sit in his room. Then he'd order the entire room service menu. DAVID Was he that hungry? ALEX I guess. DAVID Did he eat it all? ALEX He would take all of it off the plates and pile it in his bed. DAVID Then he would eat it? ALEX Nobody knows, we all left when he started taking off his clothes. INT. DRESSING ROOM - EVENING Inside the dressing room, COREY is sitting in the corner by himself, while the other Dreamz get ready for the show. The stage manager comes to the room. STAGE MANAGER They are warm and ready guys, lets do it!! The guys file out, COREY lagging behind. INT. THE STAGE - MOMENTS LATER Dreamz come out singing, dancing, doing their opening number. COREY isn't singing or following the dance steps. They finish the song in the dark. A lone spotlight shines on BOBBY. CROWD BOBBY!!!!! The spotlight shines on ALEX. CROWD ALEX!!!!! The spotlight shines on JEFF. CROWD JEFF!!!!! The spotlight shines on MARK. CROWD MARK!!!!! The spotlight shines on COREY'S face. CROWD COR.. A stunned silence. The audience can't get the rest of his name out of their mouths. The rest of Dreamz hold their poses, wondering what the hell is happening. The camera pans down to COREY'S wet crotch. A soft voice comes from the audience. VOICE Hey, he peed his pants. INT. MAKESHIFT PODIUM - NIGHT About 6 or 7 reporters are gathered for an impromptu news conference. They are waiting for STAN and some word about what happened at the concert. STAN walks up to the podium. STAN Thanks for coming. Tonight, there was an unfortunate accident on stage. Corey Masters has been ill, and shouldn't have been anywhere near that stage. He is resting comfortably at this time. REPORTER What does he have? STAN We are not sure, the doctors are seeing him as we speak. ANOTHER REPORTER Witnesses say he appeared dazed during the show. Was it drugs? STAN There are no answers at this time. ANOTHER REPORTER Will he be able to finish the tour? STAN We don't know. We have shows planned for the next two months and Dreamz do not want to disappoint their fans. INT. MENTAL HOSPITAL - DAY Inside a white room COREY is sitting on a couch. He is wearing a robe, clutching an action figure of his likeness. There are other people walking around. This is a mental institution. STAN comes to visit and see how Corey is doing. STAN Corey? COREY doesn't look at him. STAN (CONT'D) Corey? COREY looks at him. COREY Yes? STAN How are you, Corey? COREY I'm good, we had red jello. STAN That's good, Corey. Do you remember me, Stan? Do you remember Dreamz? COREY Oh, I like it at night very much..they give me a little pill and then it's morning. STAN Dreamz 4 U , do you remember them? COREY Yes, they gave me this doll. I like it very much too. COREY gets up from the couch and walks over toward the window. He starts touching a hanging plant, then eating it. A nurse comes up to COREY and takes his hand and leads him away. INT. JEFF'S HOUSE - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID interviewing JEFF DAVID Who made the decision not to replace Corey? JEFF It was all of us. We didn't want to bring someone new in who would have to learn all the dance moves, the songs. INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT The guys are there with some girls playing Playstation. There is a knock on the door. Stan is there. He walks in to the room. STAN I'd like to talk with the guys alone, please. The girls leave. STAN (CONT'D) Next week the tour ends. ALEX Thank God MARK No, shit. STAN How would you like to spend a month in Europe and get paid for it? JEFF Another tour? STAN No, a movie. A Hollywood studio wants you to be in a movie. It's perfect, a musical medieval tale about Dreamz! EXT. MOVIE SET - MORNING An open field is filled with a movie crew. A low-budget movie is being shot starring Dreamz. It is a medieval musical featuring Dreamz and fair ladies. Dreamz are all dressed in body armor. A stunt man is trying to teach them how to joust. Jeff is on the horse, galloping toward his rival. He loses his balance and falls off. He tries again. Same result. Again. Same result. A stunt man is shooting the scene with the mask down to conceal his identity. INT. MOVIE SET - MORNING An old pub is the setting for a big musical number. In the movie, Dreamz (as Dreamz) sit around enjoying a few victory pints. DIRECTOR Action KNIGHT ALEX (in a bad English accent) A job well done today mates!! Tonight we will have wine, women and song!! DREAMZ A song? We love songs... They break into a bad song about damsels, fighting evil and the love of a good horse. The song is so bad it's funny. EXT. JEFF'S HOUSE - DAY JEFF being interviewed by DAVID. DAVID Didn't anyone realize that the movie wasn't very good? JEFF How could we know? The studio people didn't know. DAVID They said the script was good, they just made a mistake by casting people with no acting experience. EXT - HOLLYWOOD THEATRE - NIGHT Opening night of Dreamz movie. Limos pull up, dropping off stars. DAVID (V.O.) The first week, the "Knightly Duty" was third in box office recipts. INT. TV STUDIO - EVENING Two men, one heavy and one thin, are sitting in matching recliners holding boxes of popcorn. They are movie critics. A good review from them can boost a movie's gross, but a pan can send it straight to video. THIN CRITIC Welcome to tonight's show. The first movie we will review tonight is called "Knightly Duty", starring the pop group Dreamz 4 U . FAT CRITIC How many bad things can we say about this movie? THIN CRITIC We only have a half hour, so let's limit the criticism to the script, the acting and the music. FAT CRITIC This film is so bad, it makes that remake of Sgt. Pepper actually look like a masterpiece, Howard the Duck was Citizen Kane. THIN CRITIC I have to confess, that after 42 years, and thousands of movies, good and bad, I actually walked out of this movie. FAT CRITIC I wanted to walk out, but the line for the exit was too long. THIN CRITIC Our usual way of rating a movie is by using popcorn. FAT CRITIC Five pieces of popcorn is great, one piece is horrible. This movie has altered our rating system. THIN CRITIC You know that piece of popcorn kernel that gets caught between your tooth and gum line? FAT CRITIC Yeaa..and you can't get it out with a toothpick, or even floss. This movie is that little irritating piece of popcorn shell. THIN CRITIC Can we say anything good? Sure, the good thing is: There will not be any sequels. INT. STANS OFFICE - MORNING Dreamz are all gathered around in Stan's office. STAN How is the movie my fault? BOBBY You should have read it first. STAN I did read it, it wasn't bad. MARK Even our fans are walking out. STAN I'm being blamed for a lousy movie. I didn't make the movie, I didn't act in the movie, I didn't sing in the movie. Quiet. Dreamz look at each other. ALEX We have hired another manager. Stan is shocked. He has formed and nurtured them from nothing into a sensation. Now they fire him. EXT. PARK - MORNING SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID's interview of STAN continues. DAVID Was it a shock when they fired you? STAN A shock, yes, quite. But I own fifty percent of the merchandising rights whether or not I managed them anyway. DAVID They were prepared to bring suit to switch management if you had resisted. STAN After that dreadful movie, I realized that they were damaged goods and let them go without fighting. DAVID Had you known Phil Cunnard before he became their new manager? STAN I had heard his name mentioned, but did not know him personally. DAVID You knew nothing of his criminal past? STAN Just rumors and innuendo, that sort of thing. INT - PHIL CUNNARD'S OFFICE - DAY PHIL CUNNARD is sitting in his extravagant office surrounded by Dreamz. He is short, slim, 40ish, wears glasses that make his eyes look the size of half dollars. His head is covered by an obvious toupee. PHIL You boys ready to go into the studio? BOBBY We don't have any songs. PHIL Why not? Haven't you been writing? ALEX No, we don't write very well. PHIL Who wrote all your other songs? BOBBY Ken Raza and Kristen Kerr wrote most of them. But we want to do our own songs. PHIL Can't any of you write a catchy pop song? ALEX We are sick of pop songs, we want to change, we want to rock. PHIL Nobody wants you to rock, young girls don't rock, they listen to love songs and dream about you boys putting your hands on their tender little... Phil drifts off into fantasy. MARK We want to play our own instruments and sing our own songs. ALEX We want to be a real band. We are a joke. Serious musicians laugh at us. PHIL They may laugh, but you're the ones selling millions of CDs. INT - STUDIO - EVENING SUPERTITLE: SIX MONTHS LATER Dreamz are practicing. They are terrible. A group of onlookers sits in the other room. These are a group of musicians that were hired to teach Dreamz to play their instruments. MUSICIAN 1 I can't believe that after six months, they are still this bad. MUSICIAN 2 They'll never be able to tour. MUSICIAN 1 (to Dreamz) Let's take a break guys Dreamz file out of the room, tires, dejected. They join the musicians. MARK God, we suck. BOBBY You're right, we aren't very good. MUSICIAN 1 Don't be so hard, you guys are doing good, it takes years of hard work to play well. You guys have only been doing it for six months.. EXT. ALEX'S HOUSE - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 ALEX being interviewed by DAVID. DAVID Who's idea was it to play your own instruments? ALEX Everyone's idea. We were sick of that teenybopper shit. We wanted to rock. DAVID Most musicians play for years before they get good enough to record. ALEX We realized that, but we had the time and the best teachers. INT. STUDIO - EVENING SUPERTITLE: SIX MORE MONTHS LATER Dreamz are trying to record their songs. They are still terrible. PHIL is in with the musicians. They all look tired. Dreamz look bad, unkempt, fat. Their hair is long, dirty. PHIL (talking into the studio) Guys, I've made a decision, come in here please. Dreamz file into the booth. PHIL These guys are going to play the new tracks. You'll sing, but they're going to play. MARK No. It's not going to happen. We are going to play our songs. PHIL I think that financially, it would be better to let them record the CD. Studio musicians play on lots of famous artists records. You can practice until the tour. ALEX It won't be us, our vision, our sweat.. PHIL You think now is a good time to do this? Your fans are expecting the old Dreamz, especially after that movie, and you guys want to be a fucking garage band. It takes years of busting your ass to be a rock band. You think you can take a few lessons and then you're the next Pearl Jam or U2? You guys can't even write a decent song. JEFF We don't want to sing and dance, we want to be taken seriously as musicians. PHIL So did Greg Brady, and he lost his record deal. Do what you want, I don't think your base fans are going to like your new image. INT. RADIO STATION - MORNING Dreamz are in being interviewed by a morning radio host. They still have long hair and too much around the middle. JAMMIN' JAKE Welcome back to Pop 106, it's 8:04 and we are here with Dreamz 4 U with their long-awaited third CD, Rockin' Dreamz. How are you guys? ALL DREAMZ Good, cool, morning, hi JAMMIN' JAKE The new CD is a departure from your previous CD's. It's a little harder, little edgier. Do you think your fans will like it? BOBBY It's a change, but we are changing Jay. ALEX We have been fans of all music and this was our time to explore the rock side. JAMMIN' JAKE It's 8:05 here at Pop 106, and we are here with Dreamz 4 U who are here with their just-released CD. Let's play a tune. Any preference guys? MARK Play the third song, Jake JAKE looks at the CD jacket. JAMMIN' JAKE Sounds good, here for the first time on the radio Dreamz 4 U and their song "Troubled". The song starts and JAKE turns off the microphones. JAMMIN' JAY (CONT'D) You guys want to take some calls after the show? ALL DREAMZ Sure, yea, good, idea... INT. RADIO STATION - LATER The song has ended and Jake begins to take calls. JAMMIN' JAKE Pop 106, it's 8:10 and I'm here with Dreamz 4 U . Let's take a few calls guys. ALL DREAMZ Sure JAMMIN' JAKE Pop 106, who's this? DENISE (O.S.) This is Denise, from Farmington.. JAMMIN' JAKE Go ahead Denise, you're on the air with Dreamz.. DENISE Was that a joke? I love Dreamz and I think it's terrible to play that song and say it's them. JAMMIN' JAKE It really is them, Denise BOBBY Hi, Denise MARK Hi Denise, it's Mark DENISE I know it's just your interns pretending to be Dreamz. She hangs up. Jake takes another call. JAMMIN' JAKE Pop 106, who's this? RON Hey, Ron on a cell phone.. JAMMIN' JAKE Hey Ron, what's up? RON Not much, man, that was really funny though. JAMMIN' JAKE What's funny? RON That song, dude, it sucked. The guys are bummed. Jake hangs up on him, and looks to his producer who holds up three fingers. Jake gets line three, a friendly call. JAMMIN' JAKE Pop 106, who's this? CINDY Hi Jake, this is Cindy, God, I'm so nervous.. JAMMIN' JAKE Say hi to Dreamz, Cindy CINDY (very excited) Oh wow, I love you guys so much, I have every CD, and posters, wow ALEX Thanks Cindy, we appreciate that.. CINDY It doesn't matter to me if this one isn't good, I'll still love you all. INT. MOBILE HOME - AFTERNOON SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is in MARKS mobile home. It is a complete mess. MARK is much heavier, tattoos all over. DAVID After Rockin' Dreamz was released, you immediately went on tour. Was your fan's reaction fair? MARK I don't think they ever gave us a chance, ya know.. I mean we got no radio airplay, MTV wouldn't broadcast the video. DAVID (interrupting) Because of the graphic sexuality and violence. MARK Even all that publicity from the protesters didn't help. NEWS FOOTAGE A group of females are picketing in front of the record company to protest Dreamz new video. PICKETORS 1..2..3..4.. Dreamz treat their woman like a whore!! 5..6..7..8.. Dreamz treat women with lots of hate!! INT. PHIL CUNNARD'S OFFICE - MORNING Dreamz are gathered in Phil's office. He has the news on, they are reporting on the protestors. PHIL This is great!! BOBBY How is this great? They are trying to ruin us. PHIL They work for me. I sent them down there. For publicity. MARK That's fuckin' genius PHIL See that dark hair one.. THE TELEVISION - CLOSE UP A dark haired young lady is shouting and carrying a sign. PHIL PHIL She was in the video. Dreamz look at the screen. ALEX Hey..she's the one I kill with my guitar. JEFF And nice tits too... THE VIDEO "TROUBLED" A dark street...Dreamz approach in black leather..they walk into a topless bar..a fight breaks out..the guys break bottles and stab their enemies, as partially nude women run around screaming. Their enemies perish and blood is everywhere. Dreamz grab the instruments from the frightened bar band and play. During the song, some of the strippers try to harm them, only to be done in with a guitar, drumstick or microphone stand. I'm troubled.. Since the day I was born Troubled.. I'm ragged and torn I'm troubled.. And I can't take it no more.. INT. PHIL'S OFFICE - DAY PHIL is attempting to persuade them to play their old songs during the concerts. PHIL But everyone wants to hear the old songs. JEFF We're sick of that shit, Phil. PHIL You're sick of money and screaming girls? ALEX No, we just hate that old shit. PHIL Do you think you are going to fill those places by playing your new stuff? BOBBY I think they will come to at least hear us. PHIL What about after MTV or Spin magazine tells your fans that you aren't playing any old stuff? MARK So what? We got lots of new fans, hard core rockin' fans.. PHIL Yes, you're all the way up to 168 on the Billboard chart. Dreamz are silent. PHIL has a point. BOBBY What if we play our old stuff for the first part, then our new stuff after? PHIL Ok, if you play an hour of your old stuff, after intermission you can play anything you want, rock, rap, country, hell, you can play with yourselves. INT. STADUIM - EVENING SUPERTITLE: ROCKIN" DREAMZ TOUR - FIRST NIGHT A sold out arena of screaming girls is waiting for their Dreamz. The arena darkens, the crowd is hushed....the stage explodes and Dreamz run on stage. The look a little older, heavier, wearing bandanas and hats to cover their long hair. They start with their first hit from years ago, Kisses for You. The fans go crazy. INT. DRESSING ROOM - LATER SUPERTITLE: INTERMISSION Dreamz are laid out, exhausted from the first half of the show. Some have I.V.s, replenishing lost fluids. STAN comes into the room. PHIL You guys looked and sounded great!! Dreamz can only moan and groan. INT. BOBBYS HOUSE - DAY DAVID interviewing BOBBY. DAVID And the decision was made to play your own songs. BOBBY Yes, we decided as a group that we would record and play our own music, so we did. DAVID Was that what you wanted? BOBBY It was a group decision. DAVID You're avoiding the question. Bobby smiles. BOBBY I wanted to stick with our old stuff. INT. STADIUM - LATER SUPERTITLE: AFTER INTERMISSION The lights dim and the stadium is quiet. A slow drumbeat steadily increases. The curtain slowly raises.....suddenly a spotlight appears on the drummer. On a video screen behind the band one word appears, "JEFF". The audience screams out "JEFF". A solo bass riff is played. A spotlight is on the bass player. The video screen says "MARK". The audience screams out "MARK". A lead guitar plays a solo. The spotlight shines on the guitarist. The video screen says "ALEX". The audience screams out "ALEX". The singer steps up to the microphone. The spotlight is on him. BOBBY I'm Bobby... The audience screams out "BOBBY". BOBBY .....and we are Dreamz 4 U . The audience cheers. The band breaks into "Troubled" INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY DAVID is interviewing ALEX in his living room. DAVID Did it bother any of you when half of your audience walked out during your second set? ALEX It hurt, but they paid for a ticket for the whole show. I still got paid. DAVID Did you think you could convert your old fans? ALEX We thought they'd at least listen. INT. STADIUM - NIGHT Dreamz finish the concert to a quarter full audience. Dreamz run off-stage and wait for an encore. The cheering has died to nothing. They wait. And wait. Finally they decide to go back for an encore. The audience has left. The Nights stand there watching the last of the audience leave. INT. HOTEL BAR - LATE NIGHT Dreamz are in a hotel bar after a concert drinking with groupies. A swarm of people surround four leather-clad rockers. They are the infamous heavy metal band "Baby Soup", known for their disgusting lyrics and outrageous stage shows. They saunter into the bar, groupies in tow. Dreamz groupies look at "Baby Soup" with disdain. Baby Soup notices Dreamz and laugh at them. BOBBY C'mon, let's go guys The guys get up and start to leave. BABY SOUP GROUPIE Look, it's past their bedtime, they have to go get tucked in.. The Baby Soup group all laughs. BABY SOUP MEMBER (to the Dreamz groupies) Hey, you ladies can stay, experience some real men.. DREAMZ GROUPIE Sorry, we don't fuck guys that are old enough to be our fathers.. It's Dreamz group turn to laugh, but it's nervous laughter. Baby Soup stand up. They are big, nasty, imposing. BABY SOUP MEMBER You boys better teach your little whores to keep their mouths shut.. Dreamz can't reach the bar's exit before Baby Soup's groupies get them and beat them all. Baby Soup all laugh as their groupies kick the Dreamz 4 U's collective ass. INT. HOTEL LOBBY - LATER The police and reporters are milling around, trying to figure out what has happened. Dreamz are sitting on a couch, bruised and bleeding. PHIL walks in to find them. PHIL What the hell happened? I heard you guys got into a fight with Baby Soup. It'll be fantastic publicity, the new bad boys of rock fighting the nastiest metal rockers. ALEX It wasn't Baby Soup.. PHIL Their roadies did that to you? I'll sue them all. BOBBY It wasn't their roadies, Phil.. Dreamz are all too embarrassed to tell them. PHIL Who did this to you? A policeman comes up to Dreamz. POLICEMAN Do you want to press charges against them? He points to the Baby Soup groupies. POLICEMAN The hotel is offering to drop the matter if the damages are paid for. PHIL (CONT'D) Their groupies beat you up? Dreamz look away. PHIL (CONT'D) (rushing off) Shit, I have to get this covered up. INT. JEFF'S HOUSE - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID continues his interview with JEFF DAVID Word soon got out about the fight with Baby Soup's groupies. JEFF (defensively) They were their security force, not groupies. Those woman were trained bodyguards. DAVID I see. Still, you got some bad publicity about it after. JEFF I don't know if it was bad, but we got noticed. INT. STADIUM - NIGHT SUPERTITLE: LAS VEGAS - END OF TOUR The last concert of the tour ends like all of the others, most of the audience leaving after intermission. The guys watch from the wings as the last of the crown leaves. No encore tonight either. INT. HOTEL BAR - LATE NIGHT Phil is in the hotel bar getting a little drunk. He eyes a couple young girls waiting in the lobby. He grabs his drink and walks to them. PHIL Hi..are you waiting for someone? GIRL 1 (not sure about him) Yes...we want to see the Dreamz 4 U. We hear they're staying at this hotel. PHIL Yes, they are.. Would you like to meet them? GIRL 2 You know them? PHIL Yes, I know them very well, and you can know one of them too, if you want to.. GIRL 2 Ohhhhh..... I'd do anything to meet them.. PHIL'S eyes light up. PHIL Anything? INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER Phil is walking down the hall with his arm around GIRL 2. PHIL One of Dreamz saw you in the lobby, he wanted me to come get you. GIRL 2 Really? Me? He knocks on a door. ALEX opens it. ALEX (sleepy) Hey Phil GIRL 2 OHMYGOD!! YOu'RE ALEX!! ALEX Yes, I know... PHIL Al, this is.. He doesn't know her name. He looks at her, she only sees ALEX. PHIL (CONT'D) Honey, what's your name? MARCY (in love) Marcy PHIL Marcy ALEX shakes her hand. Phil pulls her away. She is still looking at him as he closes the door. PHIL Marcy, would you like to go to bed with one of Dreamz? MARCY Yes, I would love it, who? PHIL Well, I can't tell you because of security and possible lawsuits..you understand, don't you? She doesn't understand. MARCY Yes, I understand. He leads her into his room. PHIL There are a few rules. First, the lights will be out and you will have to wear a sleeping mask. Second, he demands no talking, he has to protect his voice, you know. MARCY Oh, yes, I understand PHIL Go into the bathroom and put the hotel robe on. I'll turn off the lights and send your Dream in. MARCY goes into the bathroom and puts on the robe. Phil opens and the door. PHIL (loudly) Yes, she's in there...OK..have fun.. MARCY is in the bathroom, wearing the sleeping mask, giddy with excitement. PHIL turns off the lights and takes off his clothes and hops into bed. MARCY comes out of the bathroom and feels her way over to the bed. PHIL guides her to the bed. She lays down as he opens her robe and starts kissing her shoulder. His glasses touch her cheek as he touches her breast. She freezes. Something is wrong. She lifts her mask and sees PHIL. He just shrugs and smiles at her. She grabs her robe and runs out of the room. INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER MARCY is running down the hall screaming. MARCY HE TOUCHED MY BOOB!!!!! HE TRIED TO RAPE ME!!!!! PLEASE SOMEONE.. INT. POLICE STATION - LATER Phil is being brought in and photographed. The policeofficer is heckling him. POLICEMAN So, you like little girls, do ya? We have a good place for you. These guys love pedophiles. INT. JAIL - DAY PHIL is in a sitting in a corner. Beat up. INT. MARCUS J'S OFFICE - AFTERNOON Dreamz have decided on a new manager, rap manager and producer, Marcus Johnson. He has a huge office, gold CD's on the wall and a huge gold sign that says "Marcus J." Sitting on his desk. MARCUS J. Marcus J. has nurtured and produce some of the biggest performers in the business. Dreamz 4 U will be very happy with Marcus J. BOBBY What do you think we should do? Obviously our old fans aren't happy with our style of rock. ALEX And the rock fans aren't happy with us. MARCUS J. Except Baby Soup, I hear they love you. Marcus J. laughs loud and long. Dreamz aren't happy with that comment. MARCUS J. Marcus J. is only kidding, fellas. Let me give it to you straight, Rock is dead. You can go back to that sissy shit you started with.. They all shake their heads no. MARCUS J. OK, you have two options then: Country or Rap. JEFF What do you suggest? MARCUS J. (walking around) Well...all the current country stars are women, and the market is tough right now. Since I have a stable of award winning rap songwriters and ongoing tours, I'd say we record a CD and put you out on tour. BOBBY I think we should go back to what we started with, I'm not sure our fans will appreciate rap. MARCUS J. Your audience is gone. They have matured, they need more. BOBBY Not all of them, we still have some. MARCUS J. Some won't pay for the cost of recording a CD. Some won't sell enough concert tickets to pay for the gas for the bus. INT. STUDIO - LATE NIGHT Dreamz are trying to record a rap album. They are going over the lyrics written for them, with Marcus. ALEX I'm Big A, and hear what I say, JEFF J. Sell here, now bring me a beer BOBBY I'm Dr. B, the girls want me MARK Dark Mark, Dark Mark, I drive a skylark ALL DREAMZ Like a phoenix from the fire, Girl, feel the desire Get down on my knob, girl Suck it real good Now bend on over... BOBBY (interrupting) Marcus, I don't think our fans will appreciate is singing about forcing oral and anal sex MARCUS J. Bobby, your fans are gone, they are older, wiser and you should be too. INT. DRESSING ROOM - EVENING Dreamz are getting dressed for their first concert. They are all wearing S&M outfits, complete with masks. Marcus J. comes in the dressing room. MARCUS J. Big crowd boys, they're ready for you. Are you ready to give them a show they'll never forget? BOBBY These costumes are horrible.. JEFF I hope my mother doesn't see pictures of these.. MARK My mom has one of these.... ALEX Let's just go and get it over. Dreamz walk out, like four men going to the gas chamber. Dreamz walk back in the same way. BOBBY That was the worst twenty minutes of my life. ALEX They were laughing the whole time. JEFF is trying to unstick his mouth zipper. JEFF (muffled) Can someone help me? My zipper is stuck and I feel like puking. MARK My zipper is chafing my lips. ALEX We'll get better. BOBBY We won't. I'm out. I hate this. I hate what we've become. We use to sing nice songs and people liked us. Now they just laugh. MONTAGE OF THE BAND RADIO ANNOUNCER ...and sad news from the music industry, Dreamz 4 U has officially broken up citing creative differences. Now to traffic... INT. KEN AND KRISTENS HOME - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing KEN and KRISTEN DAVID What, in your opinion, went wrong with Dreamz 4 U ? KEN David, they lost their base when they left Stan. KRISTEN He knew their fans, what they wanted. DAVID Thank you for your time. Best of luck. KEN Thank you. KRISTEN Thank you, David. INT. JAIL - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing PHIL in jail. DAVID What, in your opinion, went wrong with Dreamz 4 U ? PHIL I don't know that anything went wrong. They just did what they wanted. Is that really wrong? DAVID Good luck with your parole. PHIL Thank you. INT. MARCUS' HOME - DAY DAVID is interviewing MARCUS J. DAVID Marcus, what happened to Dreamz 4 U? MARCUS J. My own opinion? They did what they had to do. They didn't want to be teen idols, they wanted to be themselves. DAVID You're not angry about the cancelled tour? MARCUS J. I was, but them breaking up probably saved me money DAVID Thank you Marcus J. INT. ALEX'S HOME - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing ALEX in a booth. DAVID What went wrong with Dreamz 4 U? ALEX We were five guys who were made to perform like seals at Sea World. That's all we were trained seals. DAVID You didn't enjoy the time and money you made and continue to make? ALEX I would have made it anyway. I can sing, I can dance. Now I'm damaged goods and nobody will hire me. DAVID Bobby's career seems to be doing well in spite of the break-up. ALEX He's a sell-out. He's doing the same shit we did before, just alone. INT. MARK'S HOME - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing MARK. DAVID Mark, what did you learn about life from being in Dreamz 4 U ? MARK I guess I learned famous people get things that regular people don't get. DAVID You didn't know that before? MARK No, I was never famous before. How could I know? DAVID That's true, I guess. Thank you Mark. MARK No, problem. Can I get paid now? INT. JOEY'S HOME - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing JOEY. DAVID Joey, what did you enjoy most about being in Dreamz 4 U ? JOEY Hearing the screaming girls call my name. DAVID That must be a nice feeling. JOEY It is, especially being a shy young man. It was quite an ego boost. And I go laid alot. I mean alot. DAVID Thank you Joey. EXT. PARK - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing STAN DAVID Stan, what went wrong? STAN I don't know, lots of things. DAVID Like what? STAN Too much fame too quickly. DAVID What else? STAN They wanted everything without working for it. You hear about poor people who win the lottery? They end up poor again nine times out of ten, because they can't handle it. INT. MCDONALDS - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing JEFF in a booth at a fast food restaurant. DAVID What went wrong with Dreamz 4 U ? JEFF Losing Stan did us in. He was our rudder, he kept us straight. We thought we knew better, but we didn't. He did. VOICE (O.S.) Jeff! Your break is over. JEFF I better go. JEFF stands up and is wearing a McDonalds uniform. INT. BOBBY'S HOME - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing BOBBY DAVID Bobby, what was the downfall for Dreamz 4 U? BOBBY We changed. Our music changed. Our fans told us not to change, but we didn't listen. DAVID Your solo career is taking off and your new CD is doing well. BOBBY Yes, it's doing well, thank you. DAVID Thanks Bobby. INT. COREY IN MENTAL HOSPITAL - DAY SUPERTITLE: 2001 DAVID is interviewing COREY. DAVID Corey, do you remember Dreamz 4 U? COREY Yes, of course, I was an original member. DAVID Yes you were. Have you heard they have broken up? COREY Yes, I heard, tragic. Just tragic. DAVID What do you think happened? COREY I suppose the ego's of all involved stifled any creative growth. Musically they were being pulled in all directions, be it from management to their own misguided hearts. David is shocked by this astute observation. DAVID That is astonishing. COREY Yes it is. DAVID Would you like to say anything to your fans? COREY Yes, I'm almost better and.. COREY holds up his action figures and looks into the camera. COREY We'll be coming to a town near you.. FADE OUT -