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PAN ABOVE VIEW SMALL TOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT AND MAIN STREET WITH CARS PARKED PARALLEL TO CURB. MS POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING. MS POLICEMEN ENTERING BUILDING. CU WRITING ON OFFICE DOOR, "JUVENILE DEPARTMENT, LT. BENTLY VAN SICLEN, PSYCHIATRIST".
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00:03:00 120 |
LT. VAN SICLEN REMOVES FOLDER FROM JUVENILE FILE CABINET. DISCUSSES FILE WITH MEMBER OF INTER-FAITH RELIGION COUNCIL. TELLS STORY OF CASE.
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00:03:41 161 |
MLS MIDDLE-CLASS SUBURBAN HOME IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, MANICURED LAWN, CIRCA 1949. MS MAN EXITS FRONT DOOR OF HOME, BRIEFCASE IN HAND, EXPRESSES ANNOYANCE AS HE HEARS WIFE'S VOICE CALL HIM BACK IN. "ALL RIGHT, HELEN, WHAT IS IT NOW."
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00:03:54 174 |
MS MAN GIVES WIFE TONGUE LASHING IS EXCEPTIONALLY RESPONSIVE TO YOUNG DAUGHTER, BUT SHOWS NO PATIENCE WITH TEEN AGE SON WHO ASKS HIM ABOUT TEMPORARY DRIVER'S PERMIT, HE GETS ANNOYED GIVES BOY TONGUE LASHING ABOUT MOWING THE LAWN, POLISHING THE CAR. HE LASHES OUT AT WIFE FOR DEFENDING BOY. AGAIN GESTURES WARMLY TO DAUGHTER BEFORE LEAVING.
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00:06:12 312 |
MS MOM WHO WANTS TO TALK TO SON WITHOUT DAUGHTER BEING AROUND, GIVES DAUGHTER MONEY, SENDS HER TO STORE. CU MOM EXPRESSES DEEP THOUGHT BEFORE GOING TO SON, WHO IS SEATED ON LIVING ROOM SOFA, READING. facial expression
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00:06:41 341 |
MS MOM, SON ON SOFA DISCUSS DADS ATTITUDE. BOY TELLS MOM HE IS PROMISED SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS TO WASH NEIGHBOR'S CAR. "BESIDES. SHE PROMISED AN EXTRA "TWO-BITS" (25 CENTS) TO CHANGE THE TIRES.
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00:07:30 390 |
BOY STARTS UP STAIRS TO BED ROOM, STOPS RUNS BACK DOWN TO CALL FRIEND ON FOYER TELEPHONE. CU FINGERS DIALING PHONE (ROTARY DIAL), CIRCA, 1949
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00:07:45 405 |
BOY'S HAND SPINNING FLAT TIRE ON JACKED-UP CAR.
MS TEEN-AGE BOYS SPEAK AS THEY KNEEL TO CHANGE TIRE ON AUTO (CIRCA LATE 1940S), USING TIRE IRON. BOY TIGHTENS BOLTS, PLACES HUB CAP BACK ON WHEEL |
00:09:00 480 |
MS FATHER APPROACHES TEEN BOY WHO IS BUSY TIDYING UP BASEMENT SHELVES, FATHER SCOLDS BOY, PUNISHES BOY FOR DOING NEIGHBOR'S CHORES FIRST, PUNISHES BOY BY NOT ALLOWING HIM USE OF FAMILY CAR. LEAVES.
BOY GETS ANGRY, THROWS SHELF ON FLOOR, SAYS "AW SHUCKS".. |
00:09:31 511 |
CU BANNER ON WALL "SUNDAY SCHOOL JUNIORS", TILT DOWN, BOY IN ROBE, PAJAMAS LAYING ON BED, READING CIRCULAR ABOUT SUNDAY SCHOOL JUNIORS PICNIC. PUTS IT DOWN, BROODS. SAYS, "NO CAR, WHAT A DEAL!"MS BOY TIP TOES OUT OF BEDROOM, MAKES PHONE CALL ON HALLWAY RADIAL DIAL PHONE. TIP TOES BACK INTO ROOM
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00:11:12 612 |
MS TEEN BOY WATCHES AS MOM FIXES SISTER'S DRESS.
AS FAMILY;Y PREPARES TO GO TO PICNIC WITH NEIGHBORS. ALL STANDING AT BASE OF UPSTAIRS BEDROOM STAIRS, HORN RING SIGNALLING THEIR RIDE AWAITS. DAD COMES DOWN STAIRS BROW-BEATS TEEN-AGE BOY WHO IS STAYING HOME, AND MOM. |
00:11:41 641 |
MS DAD TURNS TO BOY BEFORE LEAVING, SAYS, "NOW REMEMBER, NO CAR!" WHEN DAD LEAVES, BOY PICKS UP PHONE, DIALS HIS FRIEND.
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00:12:11 671 |
MS AS LICENSED FRIEND BACKS FAMILY CAR OUT OF GARAGE, BOY SLIDES GARAGE DOOR SHUT, CLIMBS INTO FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. MS AUTO, CIRCA 1949 PULLING UP TO CURB IN WOODED AREA. UN-LICENSED TEEN-AGER TAKES OVER THE DRIVING TO THE OBJECTION, ARGUMENT OF THE OTHER BOY. LS BOYS CHANGING DRIVERS.
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00:13:22 742 |
MLS CAR MAKING BACK TURN BUMPS INTO SIDE OF PARKED CAR, DOING DAMAGE. fender bender, accident, auto crash, hit and run
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00:13:31 751 |
MS UNLICENSED TEEN-AGER STOPS FRIEND FROM GETTING OUT TO SURVEY THE DAMAGE, DRIVES AWAY FROM ACCIDENT. MS OWNER OF DAMAGED CAR RUNS OUT, JOTS DOWN LICENSE OF FLEEING CAR. hit and run
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00:13:50 770 |
MLS TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN STREET, CARS PARKED AT CURBS IN FRONT OF HOMES. CIRCA ;ATE 1940S. CAR DRIVING DOWN STREET TOWARDS CAMERA, STOPS AT CURB. TEEN BOYS IN CAR ARGUING. TEEN DRIVER THREATENS FRIEND, IF HE TELLS ANYONE ABOUT HIT-RUN.. MS BOY GETS OUT, SHAKES HEAD IN DISBELIEF.
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00:14:41 821 |
BOY PILLS INTO GARAGE, EXAMINES BUMPER FOR SIGNS OF ACCIDENT, VIGOROUSLY WIPES BUMPER, CLOSES GARAGE DOOR (SLIDES FROM R TO L).
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00:15:11 851 |
MS DAD, PIPE IN MOUTH, MOM, SISTER RETURN FROM PICNIC, ENTER HOUSE. MS BOY HAMMERING SHELVES IN BASEMENT, FATHER'S VOICE OVER CALLING HIM. FATHER AGAIN BROW BEATS (NAGS) BOY WHO ANGRILY RUNS UPSTAIRS, DAD PUFFING ON PIP[E AND MOM WALK INTO LIVING ROOM. HE TURNS ON HI-FI SET (CONSOLE).
(CIRCA 1940S), AS THEY ARGUE. |
00:16:24 924 |
MS TEEN BOY TWISTING AND TURNING IN BED AS HE DREAMS. VOICE OVER OF NAGGING FATHER IN DREAM OF BACKING INTO PARKED CAR AND RUNNING OFF. CU FRIGHTENED BOY WAKES FROM NIGHTMARE CALLING FOR HIS MOM. MOM WALKS IN, SITS ON EDGE OF BED, CONSOLES SON.
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00:17:40 1000 |
MS DAD, AND MOM SITTING IN LIVING ROOM READING NEWSPAPERS. DOORBELL RINGS, MOM ANSWERS IT.
DETECTIVE AT DOOR (VAN SICLEN) IS LET IN. DAD, PIPE IN MOUTH, GETS OUT OF SEAT TO GREET DETECTIVE. TELLS OF ACCIDENT. CU MOM EXPRESSION OF SUSPICION ON FACE. |
00:18:21 1041 |
BOY COMES DOWN STAIRS IN B/G JUST AS DETECTIVE TELLS DAD ABOUT UNREPORTED CAR ACCIDENT WITH HIS CAR. HE STARTS TO TIP TOE BACK UP STAIRS WHEN DAD CALLS HIM. BOY LIES ABOUT ACCIDENT. CU DETECTIVE ;LISTENS AS DAD BROW BEATS SON.
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00:19:48 1128 |
DETECTIVE SHOWS BOY PAINT ON BUMPER VERIFYING ACCIDENT. BOY ADMITS ACCIDENT BUT LIES AGAIN BY SAYING HE HAD NO LICENSE SO HIS HIS FRIEND DROVE.
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00:20:47 1187 |
MS MOM AND DAD SIT IN SOFA DISCUSSING HOW BADLY DAD TREATED SON. "WHAT A FOOL I'VE BEEN...."
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00:21:28 1228 |
DAD. MOM WALK INTO DETECTIVE'S OFFICE, MS BOY WALKS IN CONFESSES TO ACCIDENT. "GOSH, I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS TELLING ALL THOSE LIES".
DETECTIVE INTRODUCES INTER-FAITH RELIGIOUS COUNSELLOR. LEAVES THE THREE ALONE WITH HIM. |
00:23:16 1336 |
COUNSELOR TELLS BOY HE BROKE COMMANDMENTS BY LYING ABOUT FRIEND, AND BEING UNTRUE TO HIMSELF. "LIES, EVEN LITTLE WHITE LIES, NEVER PAY OFF. HE TELLS BOY TO WAIT OUTSIDE AS HE SPEAKS TO PARENTS.
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00:23:53 1373 |
COUNSELLOR TELLS PARENTS TO CONSIDER A NEWER COMMANDMENT, "HONOR THY CHILDREN" CU COUNSELLOR GOES ON.
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