The Florida Project Page #4

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all keep it down OR... you can get

a lady a beer.

Gloria sits down and joins the crowd and pops open a beer

which spills all over her.

ASHLEY:

I’m off tomorrow. Want me to take

Moonee?

10.

HALLEY:

No, it’s cool, we got our

appointment tomorrow. Now, what

would happen if we smoke the

fattest of blunts right now?

We hear Bobby off-screen.

BOBBY (O.S.)

Ladies and gentlemen, let’s wrap it

up. We have over twenty guests this

weekend and we’re already having

noise complaints.

A few residents can be heard protesting off-screen.

INT. SOCIAL SERVICES - DAY

HALLEY is seated with a CASE WORKER (female, 30’s). Moonee is

messing around with another LITTLE KID (4) while the adults

talk.

HALLEY:

Most of those rachet-ass b*tches

were doing extras... ya know, in

the back room.

(gives a handjob gesture)

I'm not doin’ extras. I'm f***in’

dancing for tips. That’s what I do.

I said no... two days later with no

warning Hector fires me... after

not letting me up on stage all

f***ing night. F***in’ bullshit.

CASE WORKER:

Okay, well... this will affect your

TANF.

HALLEY:

No sh*t. That’s why I’m here.

CASE WORKER:

Okay, you need to make a concerted

effort to find at least thirty

hours.

HALLEY:

(frustrated)

Yeah, well you find me thirty

hours! I have applications in at

every shithole up and down Irlo

Bronson and the parks ain’t going

to hire me.

11.

CASE WORKER:

You can cover those up, Halley.

Halley is thrown off for a second. She then realizes the case

worker is referring to her tattoos.

HALLEY:

No, my record. And now that it’s

summer and I got her during the

day... C’mon.

CASE WORKER:

I get it. But you’ve got to give

benefits three job contacts a week

or you’ll be considered noncompliant.

(reading file)

And no child support.

Halley just shakes her head.

CASE WORKER (CONT’D)

When is he getting out?

Halley shakes her head again.

EXT. WAFFLE HOME / ORANGE WORLD - DAY

Moonee and Scooty sit in front of a “Welcome to Florida”

mural. They are nodding off. An off-screen WHISTLE wakes them

up.

Scooty’s mom Ashley stands in the front entrance of the fast

food waffle joint next door. She motions for them to go in

back.

As they run to the back, reveal that the two kids were

sitting on the side of the huge ORANGE WORLD dome right next

door.

EXT. WAFFLE HOME - BACK AREA - DAY

Scooty and Moonee wait out back. Ashley comes out with a

doggy bag.

MOONEE:

Thanks, Miss Ashley. My mom wants

to know if you want to go to O.B.T.

tonight.

ASHLEY:

It’s Saturday night, isn’t it?

12.

MOONEE:

(to Scooty)

What was yesterday?

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