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THE COIN

EXT.ALLEYWAY.NIGHT
A HOODED FIGURE WALKS DOWN A SIDEWALK AND INTO AN ALLEYWAY. WE SEE CUTS OF THEIR WORN-OUT AND RAGGED SHOES WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK.
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A WOMAN’S ELEGANT SHOES WALKING HASTILY DOWN A SIMILAR SIDEWALK, WE HEAR THE WOMAN’S BREATHE CATCHING. THE HOODED FIGURE’S GATE QUICKENS. WE SEE THE BACK OF THE WOMAN’S HEAD AS SHE TURNS A CORNER INTO AN ALLEY. THE HOODED FIGURE FOLLOWS. THE ALLEY DARK AND BARREN. WE SEE THE WOMAN LOOK BACK AND THEN START TO RUN INTO THE BACK OF THE ALLEY. THE HOODED FIGURES RUNS AFTER HER. THE ALLEY IS A DEAD END AND THE WOMAN TURNS AROUND IN FEAR. WE SEE A GLIMPSE BEFORE ANOTHER PERSON RUNS UP TO THE FIGURE FROM BEHIND, TACKLING THEM.
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INT.CAFETERIA.DAY
A HUGE CAFETERIA IS EXTREMELY BUSY WITH MANY PEOPLE COMING AND GOING WITH FOOD, MANY OF THE TABLES ARE PACKED WITH STUDENTS CONVERSING. THE CAMERA PANS DOWNWARD FROM AN OVERHEAD SHOT. PEOPLE ARE EMERGING FROM THE LUNCH LANE WITH FOOD. WE TRACK A PERSON EMERGING FROM THE LINE UNTIL WE SETTLE ON A SOLITARY PERSON SITTING AT A TABLE. THEY ARE PLAYING A NINTENDO DS AND HAVE AN OPEN BOOK IN FRONT OF THEM.
CHARLIE CHARLIE LOOKS OVER TO OTHER TABLES DESPAIRINGLY.
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NUMEROUS TABLES FILLED WITH FRIENDS AND COUPLES, CONVERSING AND LAUGHING.
CUT BACK TO: OVER THE SHOULDER OF CHARLIE LOOKING AT THE OTHER TABLES.
CHARLIE GETS UP AND LEAVES THE FRAME.
CUT TO: WIDE SHOT OF CAFETERIA, CHARLIE LEAVING FROM SIDE ENTRANCE.
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CHARLIE WALKING UP TO VENDING MACHINE FROM SIDE SHE GETS OUT A FEW QUARTERS AND ENTERS THE FIRST INTO THE MACHINE. HER HAND MOVES TO PICK HER SELECTION-
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THE MACHINE’S RED LIGHTS SHOWING THAT NO MONEY HAS BEEN ENTERED, WE HEAR A COIN SLIDE DOWN IT’S METAL SHOOT. CLOSE UP OF THE QUARTER LYING IN THE COIN RETURN.
CHARLIE (SHOWS A PERPLEXED EXPRESSION)
CHARLIE ENTERS THE QUARTER AGAIN, ONLY TO THE SAME EFFECT. SHE PUTS THE OTHER QUARTERS THAT LAY IN HER HAND INTO THE VENDING MACHINE, WHICH ENTER THE VENDING MACHINE AND ARE ACCEPTED.
CHARLIE TAKES THE QUARTER AND LOOKS AT IN HER HAND, WHEN SHE TRIES TO PUT IT INTO THE MACHINE A THIRD TIME, IT FALLS AND STARTS TO ROLL. IT TURNS A CORNER.
CHARLIE (SHOWS AN EVEN MORE PERPLEXED EXPRESSION)
INT.HALLWAY.DAY CHARLIE STARTS FOLLOWING THE QUARTER.
THE QUARTER ROLLS DOWN THE HALLWAY WITH EASE AND UNITL WE SEE A SHOE LIGHTLY STEP ON IT AT THE END.
CUT TO: CHARLIE RUNNING UP TO THE GUIDE. THE GUIDE IS A MIDDLE-AGED
GENTLEMAN
IN NEUTRAL COLORS, MORGAN FREEMAN TYPE.
CHARLIE HEY, THAT’S MY QUARTER.
THE GUIDE THIS QUARTER?
YES.
CHARLIE
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3.
THE GUIDE HERE YOU GO.
THE GUIDE PRECEDES TO PUT QUARTER IN BETWEEN THUMB AND POINTER FINGER AND EXTENDS IT TO CHARLIE. CHARLIE GRASPS IT WITH THUMB AND POINTER FINGER AS WELL. A SUPERNATURAL REACTION OCCURS AND THE QUARTER BEGINS TO GLOW.
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CHARLIE EXCLAIMS IN ASTONISHMENT.
PARK. DAY.
AFTER BEING TELEPORTED AND LOOKS AROUND HER CHARLIE AND THE GUIDE ARE SITTING SIDE BY
SIDE ON A
BENCH.
CHARLIE WHAT THE- WHAT THE FUCK? JUST-? DID
YOU-?(SAID IN A VERY STRAINED AND CONFUSED TONE.
THE GUIDE CHARLIE, HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT
THINGS TOOK A WRONG TURN IN YOUR LIFE? HAVE YOU EVER REGRETTED SOMETHING YOU SHOULD OF DONE OR SHOULDN’T OF, FOR THAT MATTER?
I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING, IMPOSSIBLE RIGHT? IT’S NOT.
CHARLIE WHERE THE FUCK AM I? WHAT? WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?
THE GUIDE HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT HOPELESS
FEELING OF WANTING THE CHANGE THE PAST OR THE PRESENT- BUT YOU COULDN’T?
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO PRESS AN UNDO BUTTON ON REALITY?
CHARLIE ...(LOOKS AT THE THE GUIDE
QUIZZICALLY)
THE GUIDE THERE EXISTS AN ANOMALY THAT
HAPPENS ONCE A MILLENNIAL TO A SINGLE PERSON AND A SINGLE OBJECT THAT OCCUR IN WHAT YOU MAY CALL "REALITY."
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4.
PAUSE FOR
THE UNIVERSE, WHICH NORMALLY WOULD SKIM OVER SUCH AN ANOMALY SOMETIMES GIVES A PERSON THE CHANCE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THEIR ACTIONS
TODAY, THAT PERSON IS YOU CHARLIE. CHARLIE
...ME?
A FEW BEATS ARE YOU SERIOUS? WHY ME?
IS THIS WHERE I GET TO CHOOSE THE BLUE PILL OR THE RED PILL?
THE GUIDE THE CHOICE HAS ALREADY BEEN
DECIDED. IF YOU DON’T CHOOSE TO TAKE THIS CHANCE IT WILL IMPACT MORE THAN YOU KNOW. A WORLD WAR, A PANDEMIC, THIS SMALL DECISION IN YOUR LIFE COUNTERS THINGS THAT ARE BIGGER THAN JUST ONE PERSON, AS WE ARE ALL CONNECTED.
CHARLIE THAT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE MUCH OF A
CHOICE. NO IT DOESN’T. (THE GUIDE SAYS
AMUSINGLY
WHAT DO I
THE GUIDE ACCOMPANIED WITH A SMILE)
CHARLIE HAVE TO UNDO?
THE GUIDE YOU DID OR DIDN’T DO
SOMETHING BETWEEN YESTERDAY MORNING AND YESTERDAY EVENING.
CHARLIE ...(CHARLIE LOOKS AT THE GUIDE
SKEPTICALLY) SO YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT?
THE GUIDE
NO.
CHARLIE NOTHING AT ALL? IT COULD BE
ANYTHING. IT COULD BE WHAT I CHOSE (MORE)
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CHARLIE (cont’d) TO ATE FOR BREAKFAST- OR WHAT I
WENT TO DO THAT DAY- AND YOU KNOW NOTHING!?
THE GUIDE ONLY YOU KNOW, CHARLIE.
CHARLIE THAT’S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I MIGHT
HAVE TO UNDO THOUGH- THAT COULD BE ANYTHING!
THE GUIDE THAT’S THE WAY IT GOES. THAT COIN
YOU HAVE THERE-
THE COIN IN CHARLIE’S HAND. THE GUIDE GETS UP. IS THE ONLY CLUE THAT YOU HAVE TO
GUIDE YOU. AT ONE POINT WHEN YOU WERE TOUCHING IT- SOMETHING THAT WAS MEANT TO HAPPEN, DIDN’T. AND SOMETHING ELSE DID. IT’S ALL UP TO
YOU NOW. WILL GET LIFE AND
EXT.ALLEYWAY.NIGHT
JUST FLIP THE COIN AND YOU THE CHANCE TO CHANGE YOUR THE UNIVERSE FOREVER.
CHARLIE IS TACKLING A MAN FROM BEHIND AND A STRUGGLE ENSUES. HE TAKES A SHOT BUT IT DOESN’T LAND. THE HOODED FIGURE TAKES SOMETHING FROM HIS POCKET. CHARLIE QUICKLY GETS OFF OF THE FIGURE AND SCURRIES ON THE GROUND BACKWARDS. THE HOODED FIGURE STANDS UP AND OVER CHARLIE MENACINGLY. THE KNIFE GLEAMS IN THE STREETLIGHTS. THE FIGURE PULLS HIS HAND BACK ABOUT TO STAB.
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EXT. OUTSIDE ALLEYWAY.NIGHT
THE GUIDE IS LOOKING AT CHARLIE’S BODY LAYING IN THE ALLEY WITH THE WOMAN HURDLED OVER IT. SHE IS FRANTIC AND CALLING 911. CHARLIE’S ABDOMEN APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN STABBED. THE GUIDE DOES A TIMELAPSE OF WHAT ORIGINALLY HAPPENED. CHARLIE WALKS BY THE ALLEY PLAYING HIS DS AND CLUTCHING A PLASTIC BAG. SEEMINGLY NOT SEEING THE WOMEN IN THE BACK OF THE ALLEY AND THE HOODED FIGURE FOLLOWING HER.