1955ADOLESCENCE
USES A CAR-BUMPING INCIDENT & THE MAULING OF THE DRIVER BY A TEENAGE GANG TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. JIMMY LEAVES THE GANG WHEN HE FINDS OUT THAT IT WAS HIS FATHER WHO WAS ATTACKED. IN SPITE OF THREATS BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GANG, HE JOINS OTHER STUDENTS WHO GO TO THE CITY HALL TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED TEENAGE CURFEW WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. ASKS HOW TEENAGE VANDALISM COULD BE STOPPED.
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EXTERIOR, NIGHT. THREE TEENS STAND WAITING ON STREET CORNER. DRESSED IN THE SAME JACKETS. 1950s.
HOODS. CU EMBLEM ON JACKET. LIGHTNING BOLT EMBLEM. |
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CAR PULLS UP TO CURB, TEENS JUMP INTO CONVERTIBLE.
CAR PULLS AWAY FROM CURB, SPEEDS OFF |
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1950s CAR TAIL-GATED BY CONVERTIBLE. AGGRESSIVE DRIVING TAILGATER. AGGRESSIVE TEENS BUMP BACK BUMPER OF MAN'S CAR. BALD MAN. LOOKS BEHIND HIM.
ANGRY. PEER PRESSURE. "WHAT'S THE MATTER, YOU CHICKEN OR SOMETHING?". CU CAR FRONT BUMPER HITS BACK BUMPER OF CAR. PUNK STANDS UP IN CONVERTIBLE SHOUTS "COME ON MOVE IT" |
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BALD MAN GETS OUT OF CAR, CONFRONTS PUNKS. HANDS IN OVERCOAT. FOUR GREASER BOYS IN LEATHER JACKETS SURROUND BALD MAN. CU MAN'S FRIGHTENED EYES. FEAR.
FADES OUT AS PUNKS DRAG MAN AWAY CRIME. ASSAULT. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. |
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CU PHOTOGRAPH OF BALD MAN. 1950s HOUSEWIFE DUSTS THE HOUSE. DOMESTIC CHORES. CLEANS HUSBAND'S PICTURE. DUSTING THE DESK
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TEEN SLEEPS ON THE COUCH AS HIS MOTHER CLEANS AROUND HIM.
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TEEN JUMPS UP AT THE SOUND OF CAR HORN. TEEN WON'T TELL MOTHER WHERE HE'S GOING. CONCERNED MOTHER
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WOMAN PARTS CURTAINS, LOOKS OUT WINDOW. SON LEAVING IN CAR WITH FRIENDS.
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CAR PULLS UP TO SODA SHOP.
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TEENS GOING INTO LOCAL 1950s SODA SHOP. WEARING THE SAME JACKETS. GANG GROUP JACKETS SIT AT BOOTH IN SODA SHOP. LUNCHEONETTE. ROUND TABLE. TEEN SHOWS STOLEN FANCY PENCIL TEENS TELL FRIEND ABOUT BEATING UP OLDER MAN. REALIZES THEY BEAT UP HIS FATHER.
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ANGRY TEEN JUMPS UP, TEARS OFF GANG EMBLEM PATCH FROM HIS JACKET, THROWS PATCH ON TABLE. QUITS GANG GROUP. TEEN HOLDS TEEN BACK. CU PATCH
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WIFE CLEANS HUSBAND'S WOUNDS. SON COMES HOME.
BRUISED AND BEATEN MAN SLEEPS ON THE COUCH. RESTING AFTER BEING ASSAULTED. CU WOUND ON BALD MAN'S HEAD. |
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WOUNDED MAN WAKES UP. TALKS TO HIS SON. WIFE HOLDS HIS HAND. WIFE COMFORTS HUSBAND.
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WOUNDED MAN SEES THREADS ON JACKET WHERE PATCH WAS TORN FROM RECOGNITION SON'S JACKET FROM GANG WHO BEAT HIM. SITS UP. BOY GOES UPSTAIRS TO BED. SAYS HE'S SORRY. CLICHE: "I'M SORRY DAD"
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WIFE THROWS HERSELF INTO HUSBAND'S LAP, CRYING.
SON GONE BAD |
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TEENS WALKING IN HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY CONFRONTED BY GANG MEMBERS. BOYS GOES TO HIS LOCKER CONFRONTED BY GANG TO REJOIN GANG. TRY TO HAND HIM HIS GANG EMBLEM PATCH
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| 01:06:09 369 |
TEENS RUN DOWN HALLWAY WITH NEWS. TEEN ISSUES.
LET'S GET INVOLVED. CU 1950s JOCK SCHOOL ATHLETE. ANGRY TEEN. BOY PRESSURED BY TWO GROUPS. SURROUNDED ON BOTH SIDES. CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS. PEER PRESSURE |
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OLD BIDDIE TEACHER GIVES TEENS CHANCE TO RUN. OLD LADY TEENS RUN DOWN SCHOOL CORRIDOR HALLWAY
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GANG RUNS AFTER TEENS.
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TEENS RUN OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL INTO CAR GETTING AWAY FROM GANG. JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. KIDS ESCAPE FROM GANG IN CAR.
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CAR PULLS UP TO CURB, KIDS GO INTO CITY HALL JUST AS GANG CAR ARRIVES.
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HEATED CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON CRIMINAL ACTS OF VIOLENCE ANGRY MAN YELLS AT COMMUNITY MEETING. MAN BANGS FIST TO TABLE. TEENS INTERRUPT MEETING.
TEENS GET INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY ISSUES. CU HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. PRINCIPAL STANDS TO ADDRESS METING. 1950s CIVIC DUTY. "WHAT CAN YOU DO?" |
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