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Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): John Krasinski
Production: Paramount Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
PG-13
Year:
2018
90 min
Website
3,003 Views


Will sits into a small ROW-BOAT with no paddles. He hides his

trembling hands. Doesn’t want his father to know he’s scared.

John sits behind him and gazes at the placid water.

A layer of RED ALGAE covers the entire basin. It is thick and

milky along the shore, where the SKELETONS of cows, horses,

and fish waste away.

7.

There’s a long ROPE that extends from one side of the lake to

the other. It’s been secured to a post on each end and pulled

taught, hanging no more than a few inches above the surface.

The men begin pulling themselves along the rope, slowly at

first; careful not to disrupt or splash the water in any way.

Their boat glides across the calm lake, gaining momentum,

heading to a SMALL GROVE OF TREES on the other side.

EXT. WELL - MORNING

Under the trees rests a WATER WELL made of laid stones.

John shines a MINI-FLASHLIGHT into the well. The beam fades

into darkness, unable to reach the bottom.

John begins pulling a bungee cable that’s looped through a

pulley system.

Sixty feet below, a LEATHER BUCKET envelopes a gallon of

water, and as the bungee is pulled, the leathercinches

itself closed, trapping any leaking water.

Will opens the duffle and removes four COLLAPSIBLE WATER

CONTAINERS.

They begin the process of painstakingly filling each of the

containers with water from the well.

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY

April is lying outside the farmhouse writing in her DIARY.

Her HEARING AID is removed.

She flips the page and stifles a scream. Inside is a DRAWING.

A DARK RED CREATURE SCRIBBLED IN CRAYON. ANIMAL, YET

OTHERWORLDLY. BLOOD POOLED AROUND ITS LEGS.

Her brother smirks as he hauls two WATER CONTAINERS across

the yard. April is not amused by Will’s prank. She plugs her

HEARING AID back into her ear.

INT. FARMHOUSE, DEN - DAY

Mia crosses off another day on her CALENDAR. We see that

she’s still several weeks out from her DUE DATE.

She glances outside the window - sees the boys heading toward

the SHED with the WELL WATER.

8.

EXT. PORCH - DAY

Mia wanders outside to the back porch. Her eyes narrow.

THE DOG IS GONE. THE END OF THE LEASH FRAYED, AS IF TORN.

INT. FARMHOUSE - DAY

Mia searches everywhere for the dog. An impossible task when

you can’t hear your pet, and your pet can’t hear you.

INT. FARMHOUSE, UPSTAIRS - DAY

Mia stops at the top of the stairs. She cringes, feels a

small pang in her stomach. It passes.

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY

Outside, April crumples up the drawing. Her eyes trained on

the SHED as its doors sway in the wind. She approaches.

INT. SHED - DAY

April’s tiny hands open the large shed doors and we see

inside for the first time:

In the center is a CRIB with a MOBILE hanging over it. The

surrounding walls are built like a bomb shelter of sorts -

heavily reinforced with sound dampening materials. Much like

the farmhouse, but more extreme.

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Bryan Woods

Bryan Woods (born September 14, 1984) is an American film director and screenwriter from Davenport, Iowa. He co-writes and co-directs with filmmaking partner Scott Beck. In 2001, Woods and Beck formed Bluebox Films. Together they co-wrote and executive produced A Quiet Place for Paramount Pictures, in addition to writing and directing Spread, a scripted pilot for MTV, and Nightlight, a supernatural thriller for Lionsgate and Herrick Entertainment.In 2016, Woods and Beck sold their original screenplay for A Quiet Place to Paramount Pictures. The film, executive produced by Woods, Beck, Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes, stars Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, the latter of who also directed and re-wrote the script. Paramount subsequently signed Woods and Beck to a blind script deal for a second project they will write and direct. A Quiet Place was released in April 2018 to critical acclaim with an approval rating of 95% and became a major box office hit, grossing over $330 million worldwide.The duo also wrote and directed the thriller Haunt, produced by Eli Roth and Sierra/Affinity. In June 2018, Woods and Beck signed on to adapt and executive produce Stephen King's short story The Boogeyman for 20th Century Fox and 21 Laps Entertainment. In the television world, Woods and Beck developed the series Zeroes for Sony Pictures Television and Davis Entertainment, based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti. more…

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