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Eng 11 script dumps;-)

ACTUAL VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Setting, props, and scene:

“This is a story of a man living in the U.S. in


the 1970s”

“He desperately wants to become an actor”

“But things aren’t going in his way. He is


deadbroke, and can’t pay his bills.”

“And he always get quarrels all the time


because he doesn’t want to take on a normal
job.”

“He knows that once he starts earning a


regular wage, and that he will eventually
forget his dream of being an actor and just
live his own life like an ordinary person.”

“He would rather live on the streets than


become someone else, like a wage-slave.”

“In his last attempt to get luck on the side,


he decides to take his pet, and take a trip to
another city.”

“So that he can try and breathe life into the


acting career.”

“Because eventually, this city is where the


great movie studios are.”

“It made sense to him because he can


audition for several roles in a day, without the
need of a car, because he cannot afford
one.”

“But the new city can’t change his destiny


and still, studios reject him daily.”

“They also don’t want him as an actor.”

“What made it twice as hard for him, is that


he has a serious medical condition, in which
he has slurred speech.”
“He desperately runs out of money, and
spends his afternoons in a library because of
the warmness.”

“He is surrounded with books, and decides


to write screenplays, and goes into a frenzy
of writing plays.”

“Play after play, he submits all of them to the


studios, but again he gets rejected all the
time, for 1000 times.”

“He can’t afford much money for his pet


anymore, so he goes down to a store and
sells his pet to an anonymous person.”

“It is regarded as the lowest point in his life.”

“He felt devastated, and couldn't believe


what he had done.”

“He goes to a bar to drown his sorrows, with


the last money he had in his wallet.”

“While drinking his liquor and stressing


himself too much, he noticed something, a
scene of an Interstellar movie showing on TV,
the motivating song playing in the
background, and a paper containing a
motivating poem.”

“A boxing match was also seen on the other


TV screen, which is Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck
Wepner, the underdog.”

“Ali was regarded once as an influential


boxer, but the fight was memorable. The
underdog backs up when Ali hits him.”

“He also even managed to drop Ali to the


floor, and fought his heart and soul for the
whole 15 rounds.”

“Ali may have won on points, but the


underdog managed a moment of eternity
against the greatest boxer of all time.”
“For the whole 15 rounds, Wepner wasn’t a
loser, but he was regarded by the boxing
community as a “remarkable, brave, and
vicious boxer.””

“So after watching the whole fight, he starts


moving back to his home, and starts writing a
play.”

“The play was set in the city of the 76ers, and


is about a white working class guy who grabs
a shot for the heavyweight title of the world
in boxing.”

“He sends the script to all the studios, but


again, but no one wanted to accept his
play.”

“One day as he was auditioning for a role as


an actor, he was rejected.”

“But as soon as he leaves the audition room,


he stops by and remembers that he has the
script in the bag.”

“He shouts to the producers that he’s got an


amazing story, which they should check out.”

“Reluctantly, they took it and promised him


that they’ll see and read it thoroughly. “

“After 2 days, he receives a call from the


studio, thay they want to make the movie.”

“They offered him a hefty sum of money for


the script. But again, he declined.”

“The reason being so is that the studio won’t


allow him to play the lead role.”

“Hours and hours passed by, the studio and


the person negotiated with peace.”

“He agreed to take a small amount of money


for the script, and not the whole hefty one for
a chance of becoming a famous actor.”

“It may be a huge risk, but he knew that if


the movie becomes successful, without him,
he would regret forever.”
“After sealing the deal with the studio, he
runs back to the liquor store.”

“He stayed there for 2 days until the stranger


walked again with the pet.”

“He told the stranger that he had money,


and wanted his pet back.”

“But the stranger didn’t want to hear any of


it.”

“So, he offered a huge amount of money and


a small role in the movie.”

“His role was to be a referee in a boxing


match.”

“The stranger agreed with him, and decided


to produce the movie together, using the
budget from the studio.”

“He uses his friends and family for bit-part


roles to save money.”

“Most of the shots were made in just a


simple take, with an ordinary camera.”

“He finished editing the movie, and before it


hits the theatres, a director’s guild screening
was done.”

“He brought his mother, and the room was


packed with lots of people, all from the film
industry.”

“It didn’t go out well, no laughing, and the


fight scenes didn’t produce any response to
the viewers.”

“One by one, people start leaving the


cinema, until the stranger and his mother are
the only ones left.”

“The mother told him that he can come back


home, put his life back, to grab a job, and
move on.”
“He guided his mother down the three flights
of stairs to the lobby, and suddenly, the
entire audience was waiting for him.”

“They start applauding loudly.”

“He eventually cried, with tears of joy, and all


his perseverance and hard work paid off.”

“Eventually, the movie received several


Oscar nominations.”

“The movie was made for less than a million


dollars, with ordinary cameras, and gained a
huge amount of box office sales.”

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