Soul Page #2

Synopsis: In this animated comedy-drama, a jazz pianist and music teacher gets hired for his dream gig at a New York club. Before he can play, an accident separates his body and soul, trapping him in a strange in-between world.
Year:
2020
5,864 Views


...but instead closes his mouth.

JOE:

Yeah. Definitely.

LIBBA:

Good.

BZZZ! Joe’s phone rings. He fishes it out and answers.

JOE:

Hello?

CURLEY (O.S.)

How you been, Mr. G? Uh, It’s

Curley. Lamont, Lamont Baker.

Joe turns away from Libba as she tends to the customer.

JOE:

Hey! Curley! Hey, good to hear your

voice, man. Uh listen, you can call

me Joe now, Curley. I’m not your

teacher anymore.

CURLEY (O.S.)

Okay Mr. Gardner. Hey, look, I’m

the new drummer in the Dorothea

Williams Quartet and we’re kicking

off our tour with a show at The

Half Note tonight.

JOE:

Dorothea Williams?! Are you kidding

me? Congratulations, man! Wow, I

would die a happy man if I could

perform with Dorothea Williams.

CURLEY (O.S.)

Well, this could be your lucky day!

EXT. NEW YORK STREET. DAY.

Joe SPRINTS DOWN THE STREET, weaving between NEW YORKERS. He

comes up to a brick building --the renowned HALF NOTE jazz

club.

©2020 DISNEY•PIXAR -

--PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL

7/17/2020 Soul Academy Draft 7.

INT. HALF NOTE --ENTRY HALL.

Joe catches his breath as he walks down the stairs. Photos of

jazz greats line the wall. He gazes at them, taking off his

hat in reverence.

Deep in the club we hear a jazz band WARMING UP.

CURLEY BAKER, a burley drummer in his 20s, meets Joe.

CURLEY:

Woo, there he is!

JOE:

Hey, Curley.

CURLEY:

Leon skipping town really put us in

a bind, man.

JOE:

I’ll bet.

CURLEY:

I’m glad you made it. My boy Bishop

said he sat in on with you on a set

last year in Brooklyn. Said you

were great.

JOE:

Well... you know, for a coffee

shop.

They enter the small club --a low-lit New York treasure

filled with mood and history.

Warming up on stage with her sax is DOROTHEA WILLIAMS, the

regal, no-nonsense leader of the Dorothea Williams Quartet.

Joe looks on in amazement as she plays. It’s effortless and

tight. They respectfully wait for an opening.

CURLEY:

Hey Dorothea, this is the cat I was

telling you about. My old middle

school band teacher, Mr. Gardner!

JOE:

Call me Joe, Dorothea. I mean,

um... Ms. Williams. It’s a

pleasure. Wow. This is amazing.

She’s not impressed.

©2020 DISNEY•PIXAR -

--PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL

7/17/2020 Soul Academy Draft 8.

CURLEY:

Joe is Ray Gardner’s son.

Still not impressed.

DOROTHEA:

So we’re down to middle school band

teachers now.

Joe doesn’t know what to say. Finally, Dorothea rises from

her chair.

DOROTHEA (CONT’D)

Get on up here, Teach. We ain’t got

all day.

Joe barely sits down at the piano when Dorothea starts

playing.

The bassist, MIHO AKAGI, and drummer (Curley) join without

missing a beat.

JOE:

(confused)

What...what are we playing--?

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