The Fault in Our Stars Page #3

Synopsis: Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley), a 16-year-old cancer patient, meets and falls in love with Gus Waters (Ansel Elgort), a similarly afflicted teen from her cancer support group. Hazel feels that Gus really understands her. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially Grace's touchstone, "An Imperial Affliction" by Peter Van Houten. When Gus scores an invitation to meet the reclusive author, he and Hazel embark on the adventure of their brief lives.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Production: 20th Century Fox
  21 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
PG-13
Year:
2014
126 min
Website
17,913 Views


HAZEL (V.O.)

I'll spare you the gory details of

Patrick's ball cancer. Basically,

they found it in his nuts, cut most

of it out, he almost died, but he

didn't die, and now here he is -

divorced, friendless, addicted to

video games, exploiting his

cancertastic past in the heart of

Jesus - "literally" - to show us

that one day - if we're lucky - we

could be just like him.

They all say:

ALL IN UNISON:

"We're here for you Patrick."

Hazel says it the least enthusiastically. She locks eyes with

her only friend in Support Group, a blonde kid with an eye

patch, ISAAC. He's also shaking his head.

PATRICK:

Who else would like to share?

(NO RESPONSE)

Hazel?

Oh no. Patrick gestures for her to speak. Reluctantly she

stands, sighs...

HAZEL:

I'm, uh, Hazel. 16.

(BEAT)

Thyroid originally but with quite

the impressive satellite colony in

my lungs.

Not much more to say, Hazel is about to sit down.

PATRICK:

And how are you doing Hazel?

Hazel has no idea how to answer that.

HAZEL (V.O.)

You mean besides the terminal

cancer?

6.

But that's not what she says. She says:

HAZEL:

Alright? I guess...?

Isaac tries not to laugh at this. Hazel sits back down.

ALL IN UNISON:

"We're here for you Hazel."

Hazel exhales. This is not at all helpful. A few more beats.

PATRICK:

Maybe now I'll play a song...

EXT CHURCH - LATER

Frannie sits in the car in the parking lot, reading from a

book, waiting for Group to be over. She sees the church door

open and puts the book away. Hazel comes out. Frannie looks

at her like "well, was it great?" Hazel just exhales and gets

in the car. CUT TO:

INT HAZEL'S LIVING ROOM - ANOTHER DAY

"America's Next Top Model" is on the TV. Hazel sits on one

side of the L-shaped couch, flipping through her novel.

Frannie and Hazel's dad MICHAEL (40s, kind, doing his best to

stay positive) sit on the other side, watching her - but

trying not to make it seem that way. After a few beats:

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Scott Neustadter

Scott Eric Neustadter is an American screenwriter and producer. He often works with his writing partner, Michael H. Weber. The two writers wrote the original screenplays for Days of Summer and The Pink Panther 2. Days of Summer is based on two real relationships Neustadter had. more…

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