Life Of Pi Page #4

ADULT PI (V.O.)

Then Geography...

15 EXT. GEOGRAPHY CLASS, 1973 - DAY 15

Class is held out of doors in a courtyard. Pi, at a portable

chalkboard, writes and says: 3.14159265358979323846.

PI (12)

These are the first twenty decimal

places of Pi.

ADULT PI (V.O.)

My last class of the day was

Mathematics....

16 INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY, 1973 - DAY 16

A LIBRARIAN runs down the hall, a huge book tucked under his

arm, followed by dozens of students. He reaches Pi's class,

pushes his way through the crowd.

LIBRARIAN:

Slowly, Slowly! Slowly, Slowly!

17 INT. MATH CLASS, 1973 - CONTINUOUS 17

Close on Pi writing digits. Pull back - the entire chalkboard

is filled with numbers. All watching are stunned. The

librarian compares Pi's writing to the math book.

LIBRARIAN:

It is right... He's really doing

this!

Students clap and cheer - even the bullies. Several chant

along with him as he writes:

ALL:

1! 4! 9! 3! 1! PI! PI! PI!

8.

ADULT PI (VO)

By the end of that day, I was Pi

Patel, school legend.

18 INT. PI'S KITCHEN - DAY 18

The writer laughs, then ventures onto a new topic.

WRITER:

Mamaji tells me you're a legend

among sailors, too. Out there all

alone -

ADULT PI:

I don't even know how to sail. And

I wasn't alone out there. Richard

Parker was with me.

WRITER:

Richard Parker...? Mamaji didn't

tell me everything. He just said I

should look you up when I got back

to Montreal.

ADULT PI:

So what were you doing in

Pondicherry?

WRITER:

Writing a novel.

ADULT PI:

By the way, I enjoyed your first

book. The new one, is it set in

India?

WRITER:

No, Portugal, actually. But it's

cheaper living in India.

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