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DAYS OF SUMMER 
Written by
 
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber 
 
First Draft
 SIMPLE BLACK ON WHITE CREDITS ROLL TO BIG STAR'S "I'M IN LOVE
WITH A GIRL." When all is said and done, up comes a singlenumber in parenthesis, like so:
 (478)EXT. PARK - DAY 
For a few seconds we watch A MAN (20s) and a WOMAN (20s) on apark bench. Their names are TOM and SUMMER. Neither one saysa word.
 
CLOSE ON her HAND, covering his. Notice the wedding ring. Nowords are spoken. Tom looks at her the way every woman wantsto be looked at.
 
A DISTINGUISHED VOICE begins to speak to us.
 NARRATOR
This is a story of boy meets girl.
 CUT TO: (1)INT CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 
The boy is TOM HANSEN. He sits at a very long rectangular conference table. The walls are lined with framed blow-upsized greeting cards. Tom, dark hair and blue eyes, wears a t-shirt under his sports coat and Adidas tennis shoes tobalance out the corporate dress code. He looks pretty bored.
 NARRATOR
The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, NewJersey, grew up believing that he'dnever truly be happy until the dayhe met his... "soulmate."
 
 
CUT TO: INT LIVING ROOM - 1989 
PRE-TEEN TOM sits alone on his bed engrossed in a movie. Hiswalls are covered in posters of obscure bands. From the TV,we hear: "Elaine! Elaine!"
 4. NARRATOR
This belief stemmed from earlyexposure to sad British pop musicand a total misreading of themovie, "The Graduate."
 CUT TO: INT OFFICE CUBICLE - PRESENT DAY 
The girl is SUMMER FINN. She files folders and answers phonesin a plain white office. She has cropped blonde hair almostlike a boy's but her face is feminine and pretty enough toget away with it.
 NARRATOR
The girl, Summer Finn of Shinnecock, Michigan, did not sharethis belief.
 CUT TO: INT BATHROOM - 1994 
Teenage Summer stares at herself in the mirror. Her hair extends down to her lower back.
 NARRATOR
Since the disintegration of her parents' marriage, she'd only lovedtwo things. The first was her longblonde hair.
 
She picks up scissors from the counter and begins to slice.
 NARRATOR
The second was how easily she couldcut it off... And feel nothing.
 CUT TO: 
 
 SPLITSCREEN. INT BOARDROOM/ INT CUBICLE - SAME 
On the right side of the screen, Tom continues to listen tosome boring presentation. On the left, Summer answers a call,takes a message, and walks out of her cubicle down a longnarrow hallway.
 5. NARRATOR
Tom meets Summer on January 8th ina San Francisco office building. Inan instant, he will know she's theone he's been looking for.
 
CU Summer opening the door to the boardroom, about to comeface to face with Tom for the first time.
 NARRATOR
This is a story of boy meets girl.
 
But before they do,
 CUT TO: BLACK. NARRATOR
You should know up front, this isnot a love story.
 (240)EXT STREETS OF SAN FRAN - NIGHT 
A 12 year old GIRL rides her bicycle down the block. Shearrives at an apartment complex, jumps off the bike and racesup the front stairs. She rings the doorbell.
 INT TOM'S PLACE - LATER 
PAUL and MCKENZIE open the door. These are Tom's best friendssince birth. Paul is a doctor and wears hospital scrubs.McKenzie works in the cubicle next to Tom.
 PAUL
I didn't know who else to call.
 
The Girl removes her bike helmet.
 GIRL
You did the right thing. Where is
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