Title: THE SILVER SALT CELLAR
Draft Date:
 $D
 $W
Author:
 By
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 Carnaby Fimblethwicke
Contact:
 Copyright (C) 2019,
 The Imaginary Production Company.
 fimblethwicke@nowhere.net
Watermark:
 COPYRIGHT
 (C) 2019,
 THE IMAGINARY
 PRODUCTION
 COMPANY.

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>ACT 1<

INT. DINER.

:MEDIUM SHOT.

Our HERO sits in a red booth and eats a cheeseburger.

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:CLOSE UP - HERO'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS.

He picks up a salt cellar and talks to it.

HERO
(affectionately)
You make lunch worth eating. Where can I find such magnificent food
enhancing magic as you?
(angrily)
I shall _steal_ you.

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:CLOSE UP - HERO'S JACKET.

Our HERO inserts the salt celler into his jacket pocket.

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EXT. DINER - DAY.

A man walks down the sidewalk, passing the diner's windows. We see our HERO
inside talking to the salt cellar. The man observes our HERO pocket the
salt cellar.

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INT. THIS IS A LONG SCENE HEADING THAT WRAPS ONTO MORE THAN ONE LINE.

_Lorem_ _ipsum_ _dolor_ _sit_ _amet_, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quis est
enim, in quo sit cupiditas, quin recte cupidus dici possit? Estne, quaeso,
inquam, sitienti in bibendo voluptas? Quasi ego id curem, quid ille aiat
aut neget. Illi enim inter se dissentiunt. Ne amores quidem sanctos a
sapiente alienos esse arbitrantur. Duo Reges: constructio interrete.

NEMO
Sed quid ages tandem, si utilitas ab amicitia, ut fit saepe, defecerit?
& Beatus sibi videtur esse moriens. Quid enim tanto opus est instrumento in
optimis artibus comparandis? Expressa vero in iis aetatibus, quae iam
confirmatae sunt. & Ergo illi intellegunt quid Epicurus dicat, ego non
intellego? De hominibus dici non necesse est. Quae _si_ _potest_ _singula_
consolando levare, universa quo modo sustinebit?
&
$ Parvi enim primo ortu sic iacent, tamquam omnino sine animo sint. Sit hoc
ultimum bonorum, quod nunc a me defenditur; Nec vero alia sunt quaerenda
contra Carneadeam illam sententiam. Qualem igitur hominem natura inchoavit?
& ~ Parvi enim primo ortu sic iacent, tamquam omnino sine animo sint. ~ Sit
hoc ultimum bonorum, quod nunc a me defenditur; Nec vero alia sunt
quaerenda contra Carneadeam illam sententiam. Qualem igitur hominem natura
inchoavit?

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>ACT 2<

INT. SOMEWHERE ELSE.

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You are impossible.

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@JOHN / JAMES / SUSIE
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I regret ever knowing you.
You have diminished my quality
of life. / |
You're both crazy. / |
You are a selfish bastard
with no concern for anyone but
yourself.

>END of THE SILVER SALT CELLAR<