FOX IN SHOCK

Written by

Stephen Page

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FADE IN:

EXT. TOKYO

The camera pans across the skyline, making its way down to
street level. Various buildings with Japanese advertisements
are shown, allowing us to infer our current location. As we
move among pedestrians, we come to the stop outside of a
STARBUCKS.

INT. STARBUCKS

Inside the coffee shop, we see MICHAEL J. FOX, 29, a young

looking film and TV actor, ordering a COFFEE from the
BARISTA. He’s wearing shades and a large inconspicuous jacket
to keep his identity secret from other customers.

Micheal takes a seat and waits for his pseudonym to be called

for his order. He pulls out a large stack of paper stapled
together, a SCRIPT that he was given for his role in an
upcoming film that would be shot at a nearby location in the
coming days.

MICHAEL
(to himself)
Let’s see what they want from me
this time around...

BARISTA (O.S.)
McFly! Coffee for McFly!

Micheal puts away the script and stands to walk towards--

THE SALES COUNTER

MICHAEL
Oh, that would be me. Thanks.

He pulls out exact change for his drink and hands it to the
barista. As he takes hold of the coffee, he becomes startled
by the sound of rumbling cabinets behind the counter. The
entire room begins to shake with booming roar.

MICHAEL (CONT'D)
Woah, what the hell!?

Micheal makes his way to the door of the establishment,

struggling to keep his balance.
 2.

EXT. OUTSIDE STARBUCKS

We see people running for safety as parts of buildings are

falling to the roadside. Micheal starts following the crowd,
trying to keep his COFFEE from spilling.

MICHAEL
(to himself)
This is crazy, man!

As he struggles to keep moving, he hears a vehicle pull up

beside him. It was a 1981 DELOREAN, designed to look exactly
like the one from one of his former films. The gull-wing door
on the passenger side opens, revealing that the driver is
CHRISTOPHER LLYOD, 52, an old but clever man, and one of
Michael’s old co-stars.

CHRISTOPHER
Mikey! Get in the car, quickly!

MICHAEL
Doc-wait, Mr. Lloyd? What are you
doing here? And why are you driving
that old thing around?

CHRISTOPHER
There’s no time to explain! We need
to get you out of here!

Confused about the situation, Micheal nonetheless enters the

vehicle and closes the door, careful not to spill his COFFEE.
Christopher quickly shifts into gear and drives along the
road, carefully dodging any broken pavement.

MICHAEL
Why is all this happening? What’s
going on?

CHRISTOPHER
It’s ok, Mikey! You simple weren’t
supposed to be here and the
universe is trying to fix that. But
don’t worry, if we remove you from
this point in time, it’d be like
this never happened!

MICHAEL
Mr. Lloyd, you aren’t making any se-

Before Michael can finish his sentence, the DeLorean reaches

88 MPH. The vehicle begins glowing as lightning jumps from
protruding metal parts. In an instant, the entire machine
vanishes, leaving behind flaming skid marks.
 3.

INT. DELOREAN

The DeLorean enters a blue vortex area, with bright lightning

flashing all around, but with no sound. Ice grows and covers
the windshield and windows. Christopher turns to Michael and
gives him a look over.

CHRISTOPHER
There we go! And look at that, not
a scratch on you. I sure am glad I
made it in time.

MICHAEL
Mr. Lloyd, I have so many question!
What are you doing here? What was
all that? How is this car actually
traveling through time?

CHRISTOPHER
Well, as it happens, you ended up
in a situation that was never
supposed to happen. The universe
didn’t want to change course, of
course, so it decided to eliminate
the center of the change, and that
was you, Mikey my boy!

MICHAEL
Me? What did I do to cause the
universe to want to see me dead?

CHRISTOPHER
If I were to guess, it was signing
on to do that movie that you were
on location for.

MICHAEL
Seriously? You think acting in a
movie would cause the universe to
want to delete my existence?

CHRISTOPHER
Mikey, remember our time filming
that time travelling trilogy? Even
the smallest change can greatly
shift the course of history!

MICHAEL
Right...about those movies, you
still didn’t answer how-

CHRISTOPHER
No time for that now! We’re here.
 4.

The DeLorean exits the time stream and comes to a stop as the
ice slowly melts away from its exterior. Michael opens the
door, coffee still in hand, to find himself in an alley next
to his own apartment building.

MICHAEL
Mr. Lloyd, why are we here?

CHRISTOPHER
We have to prevent your past self
from taking that job! This is the
turning point of your future.

Christopher reaches beneath the passenger seat and pulls out

a DISGUISE.

CHRISTOPHER (CONT'D)
Quickly, put this on! You can’t let
your past self know it’s you.

MICHAEL
Uh...right, sure.

Michael puts on the disguise while Christopher keeps a look

out. Not too long later, a slightly YOUNGER MICHAEL leaves
the building, carrying a stack of papers.

MICHAEL (CONT'D)
Hey, I remember this...that’s the
contract I signed to join on to the
movie. I was on my way to the
studio to turn it in. If I had been
any later, I wouldn’t have landed
the job...

CHRISTOPHER
That’s right, and you need to put a
stop to it!

Christopher pushes Michael out into the opening, with Young

Michael walking on the sidewalk towards him, oblivious to the
new obstacle.

MICHAEL
Wait, what am I supposed to do?

CHRISTOPHER
Anything! Just stop him from
delivering that contract!

Michael looks back at his past self, still paying him no

mind. He glances into his right hand and sees his Starbucks
Coffee, still pipping hot. In a panic, he tosses his coffee
at himself, ruining the papers and his clothes.
 5.

YOUNG MICHAEL
WOAH, WHAT THE HELL!? That’s hot!

MICHAEL
(In a fake accent)
Oh, I’m so sorry, sir! I wasn’t
watching where I was going. My
fault entirely.

YOUNG MICHAEL
Ah, jeez...the contract is all
ruined...so much for my next pay
day...

Young Michael turns back around and sulks back into the
building. Michael returns to Christopher.

CHRISTOPHER
That was brilliant, Mikey! Now the
universe is set back on the right
track!

MICHAEL
Ah, thanks, Mr. Lloyd. So, what
happens now?

CHRISTOPHER
Well, now that the origin of the
problem has been dealt with, the
time stream will quickly repair
itself, thereby undoing the
terrible future.

MICHAEL
...Wait, if we’re from the terrible
future, what happens to us?

CHRISTOPHER
That...well...huh. I didn’t think
this through very well.

MICHAEL
...wait, wha-

At that very moment, the time stream corrects itself, and

Christopher and Michael, and the DeLorean pop out of
existence.

Young Michael returns and glances into the alley way,

believing to have heard some noise. Finding nothing, he turns
back around and goes on his way to find a new job.