Scene 6.02 - Movie Open
EST: EXT: The Universe
ELS: THE UNIVERSE
MUSIC: A descending, synthesized note that levels-off around middle C.
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CU: INDICA'S EYES
ZOOM OUTCU: INDICA'S FACE
(INDICA addresses the camera directly. Her ebony skin is shiny with pearl dust, her hair is adorned with golden lace. She is radiantly-beautiful in a princess gown and stands-out against a backdrop of a celestial panorama that dwarfs the imagination. There is a pause as we relish her beauty. This is as hot as it gets...)
INDICA
A beginning is a very delicate time. Know then, that it is the year 99-69. The Known Universe is led by House Purrina, which is ruled by the Jerr-i-tol Emperor Sh-Boom The Fourth, my father. In this time, the most precious substance known is Simoleon Spice, a melange of herbs that once smoked, allows one to extend life, to expand consciousness -- it is vital to space travel. The Spaced-Out Guild and its navigators, who the spice has mutated over-four-thousand years, use the green spice gas; which gives them the ability to fold space -- that is, travel to any part of The Universe without moving. (Pause.) Oh yes, one other thing; The Simoleon Leaf exists on only one planet in The Entire Universe; the planet Topiary IV, also named Darukkus -- for all the chaos that exists there. It's a wet, musty planet with vast forests and a dark, jungle continent. Hidden away in the heart of the Southern, jungle islands are a people known as the Brew-men, who have long held a prophecy that a man would come. A messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
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INT. DARRUKUS - A SCENE FROM SPACE
(Also known as DANK, home of the Brew-men, former Been-looney wanderers.)
INT. LEAF LEDGE - TREE SABRE - NIGHT
BLACK
CU: The red eyes of the mysterious face of the REVEREND MOTHER PALIN VON ROLLO, who sits against smooth, green leaf. Her eyes are deep red-within-red and her skin is a haunting, translucent "Coppertone-tan" copper. Her voice echoes as if in a great cavern, or a great hockey rink, doncha'-know.
REVEREND MOTHER PALIN VON ROLLO
(A la Alaskan:) Alrightyden, we air the secret of da Universe, doncha'-know.
RESPONSE OF FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY VOICES
(A la Canadian:) Okey-dokey!
REVEREND MOTHER PALIN VON ROLLO
(A la Minnesotan:) We air the secret of Da Universe, ya. We know of spice, doncha'-know. ...the spice called Symolea...the greatest treasure in the Universe, U-betcha. It exists on only one planet - ours; Derrukus, Denk. We know of spice and the Been Lez-ah-bit sisterhood's selective breeding plen of sixty-nine generations to produce the Nick-Kneck-Peddy-Weck -- the one the spice will awaken, eh?
RESPONSE OF FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY VOICES
(A la Wisconsinite:) Uff-da!
REVEREND MOTHER PALIN VON ROLLO
(A la Michiganite:) And now, the prophecy, doncha'-know...
(Silence...then a loud sound of a master bong getting toked, resounding in the cavernous space.)
REVEREND MOTHER PALIN VON ROLLO (Cont'd)
(A la North Dakotan:) He will come...the voice from the outer world, bringing the holy wear, the Gee-head, which will cleanse the Universe and brehng us out of darkness, eh? He will heve been born of a Been Lez-eh-bit mother, U-betcha!
(The Reverend Mother continues speaking of the Prophecy, but nobody hears it. Everyone's too busy toking-it-up. The bong sound continues, as it begins fogging the area, obscuring a voice that most from Montana would understand perfectly.)
DISSOLVE TO: Leaves swaying across a verdant, jungle expanse.
INDICA V.O.
The planet is Darukkus, also known as Dank.
MUSIC UP
(Theme: Dum-Dum’-Dah”-Dum, Dum-Dum’-Dah”-Dum, Dee”-Duh-Dee-Duh’, Dee”-Duh-Dee-Duh’! Then, a la Carlos Mencia: Dee’-dee-dee!)
CG: D A N K
LOSE CG - after 5 seconds -- during the crescendo.
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