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Synopsis: College student Beca (Anna Kendrick) knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Production: Universal Studios
  7 wins & 20 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
PG-13
Year:
2012
112 min
$61,100,000
Website
35,958 Views


greeters. Beca turns to see Jesse singing in the backseat.

They lock eyes. You think he’ll stop singing. He doesn’t.

JESSE (CONT’D)

CARRY ON, YOU WILL ALWAYS

REMEMBER!/CARRY ON, NOTHING...

Beca stares in confused wonderment as Jesse continues to

sing. After a beat, the Prius pulls away. The Greeter’s

voice snaps Beca back to reality.

GREETER:

... And your official BU rape

whistle. Don’t blow it unless it’s

actually happening. Nobody likes

that.

Beca reluctantly takes the whistle as the taxi pulls away.

10 EXT. BAKERS RESIDENCE HALL - MOMENTS LATER 10

On the lawn, FRAT GUYS use numbered paddles to rate the

Freshmen girls as they walk by. A GAY COUPLE helps their SON

unload IKEA-like furniture from a mini-van. Beca takes it all

in, not looking particularly enthused.

A11 OMIT A11

11 INT. DORM ROOM - CONTINUOUS 11

Beca’s shy, KOREAN ROOMMATE is already there. She sits at

the edge of her bed, silent.

BECA:

You must be Kimmy Jin. I’m Beca.

KIMMY JIN just stares back. Awkward.

7.

9 CONTINUED:
9

(CONTINUED)

BECA (CONT’D)

No English? Yes English? Just

tell me where you’re at on English?

12 EXT. KENNEDY HALL - CONTINUOUS 12

Jesse stands outside the Prius with two large duffel bags.

His mom won’t release him from a long embrace.

JESSE:

Okay. Can’t breath.

Mom lets go. Dad hugs him just as hard.

JESSE (CONT’D)

Here we go.

13 INT. BAKER HALL DORM ROOM - CONTINUOUS 13

Kimmy Jin hasn’t moved. Beca nervously talks as she unzips

her suitcase, pulling out a set of turn-tables and assorted

deejay equipment.

BECA:

(re:
equipment)

Well, this is it. My music is

everything to me, Kimmy Jin. So

please don’t touch, cool? Like

ever, okay?

Kimmy Jin just stares. Beca tries to read her for a moment.

BECA (CONT’D)

It is extremely important to me

that you acknowledge this

interaction.

14 EXT. DORM ROOM/INT. DORM ROOM - MOMENTS LATER 14

Jesse opens the door to find BENJI APPLEBAUM hanging a Tie-

Fighter mobile over his bed. Benji’s a benevolent nerd who

makes Jesse look studly by comparison.

BENJI:

There he is. You must be Jesse.

8.

11 CONTINUED:
11

(CONTINUED)

JESSE:

And you must be kidding.

WIDEN TO REVEAL:
A room decorated with huge amounts of sci-fi

memorabilia:
A life-sized Darth Vader, a twenty-sided die

chair, a Battlestar tribute wall, and a big box with swords

sticking through it. A beat, as Jesse and Benji take it in.

BENJI:

Looking at it now, I can see that

it’s a lot. I’ll take it down --

JESSE:

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Kay Cannon

Kay Cannon is an American film and television writer and actress who is best known for her work as an Emmy-nominated writer and producer for the NBC series 30 Rock, and writing the screenplay for the Pitch Perfect films. She is also a co-executive producer and writer on New Girl. more…

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