Some Swanky Soiree An Original Screenplay

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Copyright 2012 Antonio "Tone" Stone A.M.H

SOME SWANKY SOIREE

Logline:

After a natural-born jerk experiences an occurrence of luck that makes him super rich, he takes his one-and-only friend along for a world tour, and learns a lesson about life - that it’s no fun when there’s nobody to enjoy it with.

Synopsis:

Dante N’ferno is an asshole. Anybody who knows him knows

this. Everybody that has to deal with him dreads it. Even

his housemate, “Hachoo” Jefferson, is just barely able

to bear being around him. Then one night, Dante crosses

paths with a “special” man. This man, named Paul, gives

Dante a ticket to excessive wealth, which doesn’t seem

to change Dante, but only magnifies his rudeness. After

confirming his financial windfall, Dante goes into a state

of disregard for reason and suckers Hachoo into the ride.

He makes promises to Hachoo of world travels. But first, he

just has to throw a “got rich” celebration wholly for the

purpose of boasting and gloating. During the party Dante

has an unpleasant exchange with the next-door neighbor when

she comes to comment about the disturbance. This prompts

Dante, who is feeling like king almighty, to resort to

nasty tactics. And that motivates him to suggest to Hachoo

that they get their jet-setting started immediately.

Dante and Hachoo start their travels off “light”,

staying in the U.S., going to California then Miami. Dante,

with all the riches in the world, still cannot manage to

be pleasant. And Hachoo is hardly able to enjoy himself at

all in the presence of Dante. Upon returning home, Dante is

summoned to speak with a detective concerning the vandalism

of the next-door neighbor’s property. Dante puts on his

best act. But he doesn’t fool the seasoned investigator.

What he does do - is betray his only friend. After leaving

the interrogation Dante rushes to find Hachoo so that he

can persuade him to drop everything that he has going on

and pick up where they left off, globetrotting. They travel

to South Africa. They travel to Egypt. They travel to

Dubai. But wherever they go it’s the same story, Dante is

much too arrogant to tolerate and never fails to ruin the

day, and Hachoo always seems to be trying to clean up the

mess. In Dubai, when Dante causes a scene at an otherwise

wondrous dinner, their relationship implodes because of the

dissent. Planning on parting ways for good, Dante abandons

Hachoo in Dubai and heads back home.

While packing his things to move, Dante happens across

an old newspaper that Hachoo left sitting around. And in

that paper is an article regarding the “special” man,

Paul, that is responsible for all of Dante’s fortunes. He

discovers that Paul was a mentally impaired person who had

been missing from his supervised-care facility, and that

he had been found dead. This, something, finally touches

Dante. He is moved to make a change.

In the meanwhile, Hachoo makes it back home to find out

how Dante has gotten his name mixed up in that senseless

police investigation. He is furious. When he goes to meet

with the detective Dante is there. Dante asks for a moment

to speak with his buddy, and asks his forgiveness. The

two make amends. But there is still the criminal matter

to address. Dante, in his “changed state”, confesses,

and suggests not only a way to repair that situation,

but also make up for all, or, hopefully, most of his past

transgressions. A rather wholesome conclusion to an

outrageous experience.

Antonio “Tone” Stone

(415) 305-9983

hmasstone@live.com

For actual script please contact Antonio "Tone" Stone to discuss confidentiality agreement.