12 and holding Page #2

Synopsis: After his twin brother is accidentally killed by vengeful bullies, a 12-year old boy and his friends face the harsh realities of death, teenage hormones, and family dysfunction.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Michael Cuesta
Production: IFC Films
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
R
Year:
2005
94 min
Website
382 Views


MALEE (O.S.)

You did what?

Rudy and Jacob turn to find Malee and Leonard, entering the

tree house.

RUDY:

Jeff and Kenny were here. I dumped

the piss I’ve been saving on their

heads.

LEONARD:

Why were you saving piss?

RUDY:

Just incase. Pretty smart, huh?

JACOB:

No, it’s stupid cause now they’re

gonna come back here and kick all

our asses.

RUDY:

Don’t be such a p*ssy.

LEONARD:

Yeah, I could probably take them

both myself.

RUDY:

What are you gonna do, Leonard, eat

them?

JACOB:

All I’m saying is, who cares if

they tear it down.

(CONTINUED)

6.

CONTINUED:
(2)

RUDY:

This is OUR place. We’ve been

coming here since we were seven.

JACOB:

Nothing lasts forever.

RUDY:

You’re such a butt-munch.

Rudy pushes Jacob. Jacob pushes back. The two start

fighting.

MALEE:

You guys, it’s your birthday.

Could you try and get along?

Off the boy’s fighting

INT. YACCO’S OFFICE - LATER THAT AFTERNOON

Yacco sits across from DEBBIE POOLE (42), housewife,

conservatively dressed.

DEBBIE:

I don’t think therapy is helping.

YACCO:

Why do you say that? Are you still

“cutting”?

Embarrassed, Maggie lifts up her shirt sleeve. We see that

her arm is covered with cuts. Dried blood is everywhere.

Yacco is horrified by the sight.

YACCO (cont’d)

Oh, Debbie.

DEBBIE:

It feels much better than it looks.

Really.

Suddenly, Malee bursts into her mother’s office.

MALEE:

Ma, I... Oops.

YACCO:

Malee, out. Now.

MALEE:

I’m sorry.

(CONTINUED)

7.

CONTINUED:

Malee quickly exits the office.

YACCO:

Excuse me for a moment.

INT. YACCO’S OFFICE - RECEPTION AREA - CONTINUOUS

Yacco enters the reception area. She is obviously angry.

YACCO:

I told you a 100 times to knock.

MALEE:

I said, I was sorry.

YACCO:

Why aren’t you with the boys?

MALEE:

Rudy and Jacob went for pizza with

their parents.

Yacco crosses to a desk and removes a FLUTE from a drawer.

YACCO:

I found this in the backseat of my

car this morning. Do you know how

much flutes cost? Go outside, sit

on the front steps and practice.

MALEE:

But, mom.

YACCO:

Now!

Angered, Malee grabs the flute and exits.

EXT. FRONT OF YACCO’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

Malee drops on the stoop like a ton of bricks. After a beat,

she reluctantly begins playing her flute.

A few pedestrians stop to listen.

MALEE:

Keep it moving. This ain’t a show.

INT. TWIN’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Rudy and Jacob stare into the camera with big grins.

(CONTINUED)

8.

CONTINUED:

RUDY/JACOB

Cheese!

VFX:
CAMERA FLASH

The boys relax their poses as ASHLEY and JIM CARGES (30’s),

enter the shot. Ashley puts her camera down on the table and

picks up a large PRESENT.

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Anthony Cipriano

Anthony S. Cipriano is an American-born writer and producer, currently based in Los Angeles. He is best known for creating the A&E drama-thriller series Bates Motel. more…

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