ZERO DAY (2003) TRANSCRIPT
DISCLAIMER: This is a fictional movie created by Ben and Chris Coccio, and the acting is done by Andre Keuck and Cal Robertson. All rights go to the owners and creators of ZERO DAY (2003). Anything in this document should not be done in real life and is in no way condoning the actions of the two characters or plot.
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The written dialogue is how it’s said in the movie. It’s a transcript. If words are missing or said “wrong,” that’s why. I tried making it word-for-word from the movie itself, since this is NOT a script. There’s stuttering and pauses. If a word doesn’t match up perfectly with what you hear or is said, I apologize. There are a few instances where I couldn’t hear exactly what was said, so I either tried guessing or completely left the word(s) out. I only added actions that I deemed “important” to the dialogue in said scene (such as laughing, coughing, clapping, groaning). There was no point adding every little action somebody did, especially if you’re watching along.
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KEY:
[ … ] in the speech indicates a pause or beat.
[ … ] alone indicates change of setting, mood, or conversation.
Important dates are BOLDED before a scene begins
Locations and (given) times are UNDERNEATH
The names of the victims are on the last page!
MOVIE INTRO
CALVIN’S HOME VIDEO
5-years-old
GROUP OF PEOPLE: Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Calvin, happy birthday to you. (Cal blows out candles)
ANDRE’S HOME VIDEO
12-years-old
ANDRE: Get them!
MAN 1: Look, alright. I’ve taken enough of your lip. You guys --
ANDRE: (Yelling) My robots!
MAN: -- do what you will with him.
MAN 2: They’re all dead, buddy.
ANDRE: (Repressing a laugh) No!
JUNE 23, 2000
OUTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
CAL: (Various sounds)
ANDRE: We should be quick about this.
CAL: Give me the tripod.
ANDRE: It’s in the trunk.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Spread ‘em, boys.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Here, you want me to hold it?
[ … ]
CAL: (Giggle)
[ … ]
CAL: Okay, hold still. Hey --
[ … ]
ANDRE: (Burps)
CAL: Great.
ANDRE: (Burps again)
CAL: Attention!
ANDRE: (Burps again)
CAL: Stop.
ANDRE: (Laughs)
BOTH: One… two… three…
ANDRE: My name is Andre Kriegman.
CAL: And I am Cal Gabriel.
(Short pause)
CAL: (Softly) One --
ANDRE: (Softly) We have “one, two, three, go.”
BOTH: And we are the Army of Two!
CAL: This is our high school located in our town. It is our worst enemy.
ANDRE: It is our nemesis. (Pause) Fuck! What’s next?
[ … ]
ANDRE: Okay.
CAL: There will be a series of missions followed by a final big ass mission.
ANDRE: (Laughs)
CAL: Called --
BOTH: Zero Day!
[ … ]
CAL: That’s it.
ANDRE: Oh, we’re done now, right?
CAL: Yeah.
ANDRE: God, I hate this fucking school.
CAL: You hate it? These are the best years of your life. Great.
ANDRE: (Laughs)
JULY 4, 2000
ANDRE’S ROOM
ANDRE: You recording?
CAL: Yep.
ANDRE: The Army of Two has a myriad of supply depots all over the place. This one’s in my closet.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Probably about two or three meters of underwater burnt -- underwater proof fuse. CO2 canisters for BB guns. Los bulletos de Mexico. [ … ] .22 caliber. These are generally used for rifles and, uh, sometimes pistols. [ … ] Aguilla! Christina Aguilla. [ … ] Shotgun shell. Wanna get a close-up of that?
CAL: 12 gauge.
ANDRE: One of the most fun things we got here. This will make a boom that will blow your socks off. [ … ] Bottle rockets, right here. Gonna have some real fun with these tonight. [ … ] Uh, fake I.D. for if we need to skip the country. Fake passport right here. Fake social security card. [ … ] 20 Peruvian dollars. That’ll probably buy us a stick of gum or something. [ … ] Alright, um… we should probably start -- get going now. Let’s rock n’ roll.
THE KRIEGMAN FAMILY SUMMER HOME
11:28 PM
ANDRE: Why are you even bothering taping? Are you -- you’re not gonna see anything.
CAL: I got night vision.
[ ... ]
CAL: Give me the look on your face. [ … ] Say something official sounding.
ANDRE: We officially declare war.
CAL: Mission one. [ … ] Do we have, like, M80s or something, uh, a little more interesting?
ANDRE: What are we--? Nah, man. This is just like ceremonial. We’ll blow the big shit up -- we’ll blow the big shit up later. [ … ] It’s better to just keep a low profile and you know it.
CAL: You mean you don’t want anger management?
ANDRE: (Chuckle) If I can help it, no.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Check that out. Look at that. Tell me that doesn’t look like you’re a fuckin’ ghost or something. [ … ] One… two… three… let the countdown begin. (Kiss noises)
CAL: I didn’t know what we were gonna say.
BOTH: Let the countdown begin.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Woah… heads up! [ … ] Woohoo. That was good.
CAL: It was alright, yeah.
ANDRE: What do you mean “alright”? What are you talking about? That was great.
JULY 10, 2000
CAL’S ROOM
CAL: So everyone’s asleep at my house now. [ … ] Alright. So this is the first entry in my Zero Day video diary. (Sighs) Everything is planned so methodically. It’s just gonna be… it’s gonna be… unreal. It’s gonna be… it’s gonna be beautiful. [ … ] It’s so weird looking at yourself on video. It’s like this is an eye. It’s weird how it actually looks like a machine’s pupil. [ … ] I’m staring right at you… through the tape… right at you. [ … ] We’re gonna leave you all behind. Just sticks in the mud that Andre and I have made. We’re gonna walk away. [ … ] See, we… we see more than you do… we…
JULY 17, 2000
ANDRE’S HOUSE
ANDRE: Hi guys!
ANDRE’S MOM: (Laughs)
ANDRE’S DAD: Happy birthday, Andre!
ANDRE’S MOM: Happy birthday.
ANDRE’S DAD: I hope that’s what you wanted.
ANDRE: Yeah, exactly. [ … ] Good cake, Dad.
ANDRE’S DAD: Good cake but how about good camera? The guy at the store said that little, uh, what do you call that thing? The little screen on the side there, that, uh, apparently it gives you a better picture.
ANDRE: I don’t think that’s really accurate.
ANDRE’S MOM: Can I get --
ANDRE: No, no that’s not true at all.
ANDRE’S DAD: Yeah, please. [ … ] Well, anyway, are you happy with your camera? You think it’ll do?
ANDRE: No, Dad, I want you to take it back right now! Of course. It’s excellent.
CAL: They don’t do returns.
ANDRE: Well they will when I tell them to. [ … ] Trail? What’s trail?
CAL: Ah, hit the button.
ANDRE: Alright, no, check that out.
CAL: Let me see the camera. [ … ] Ask us what we’re doing tonight, everyone.
ANDRE’S MOM: What are you doing tonight, everyone?
[ … ]
ANDRE’S DAD: No, seriously now. Now that I have you on tape, what are you up to tonight?
ANDRE: Well, you know, I figured, uh, buy some weed and go to a kegger. I don’t know. What do you think?
ANDRE’S DAD: Say that again, please.
CAL: No, not weed. LSD.
ANDRE: Oh, you know --
ANDRE’S MOM: Why don’t you try ecstasy while you’re at it?
ANDRE: Heroin. Oh, ecstasy. Nah, we’re done with that.
ANDRE’S MOM AND CAL: (Laughs)
ANDRE: That’s an introductory drug.
ANDRE’S MOM: No, seriously --
ANDRE’S DAD: Okay, seriously, are you going out or you staying in, or what’s the matter?
ANDRE: We’re just gonna go out. Do stuff, you know… We’re no Brad Huffs here.
CAL: Okay, Brad Huff…
ANDRE’S DAD: Okay.
CAL: He…
ANDRE: Captain of the wrestling team. Everyone thinks he’s --
ANDRE’S MOM: That says it all.
ANDRE: He’s like… Everyone thinks he’s, like, a God.
CAL: This kid, like, drinks and drives. And the cops pull him over all the time but somehow they never take away his license or his stupid Range Rover.
ANDRE: I hate that car.
ANDRE’S DAD: You know, I hate to be the guy to break it to you on your eighteenth birthday of all days…
CAL: (Chuckles)
ANDRE’S DAD: But, uh, life isn’t always fair, you know? Just because he gets away with something and he’s a bad guy… you know, sometimes you do good things and it goes totally unnoticed as well. So…
ANDRE: Gee, that’s a major mood booster right there. Who need Prozac when I got you, Dad?
ANDRE’S MOM AND CAL: (Laughs)
ANDRE’S DAD: What do you want me to say? It’s the truth, Andre. Don’t sit there now and try to figure it out because it’s -- you’re wasting your time. You’re not getting anywhere. [ … ] And I can’t even see you. [ … ] Now I can.
ANDRE: Well, thank you for breaking the news gently.
ANDRE’S DAD: Oh, listen. I waited long enough. Eighteen years.
ANDRE’S MOM: (Laughs)
ANDRE’S DAD: He’s… you know. And then he goes around town telling everybody what a smart guy he is. Nothing could be farther from the truth. [ … ] Thank you.
ANDRE: No problem. [ … ] Now you see what I have to put up with.
CAL: These are the best years of your life.
ANDRE’S MOM: Yeah, those would be the best years of your life.
[ … ]
CAL: I think we better go now.
ANDRE: You think so? [ … ] Mind if we, um, vamos?
ANDRE’S MOM: Vamos.
ANDRE’S DAD: Go ahead, go ahead.
ANDRE: Aight, okay. Thank you guys. Big hug, big hug.
CAL: I wanna see a group hug, come on.
ANDRE’S DAD: Group hug for the camera.
ANDRE’S MOM: Get out of here if you wanna come back.
ANDRE: Alright, let’s get out of here.
CHIRS’S HOUSE PARTY
10:39 PM
CHRIS KRIEGMAN: Ahhh, God! Oh, why? Why?!
[ … ]
ANDRE: This is a pretty lame party.
CAL: I’m just not good at parties. [ … ] So are you happy with the camera?
ANDRE: It’s not the one I wanted. I mean, when they say “What do you want for your birthday?” and you give them a certain model and they just go out and get something else --
CHRIS: Hey!
ANDRE: Hey.
CHRIS: What’s going on here?
ANDRE: What’s up, Chris?
CHRIS: Nothing much. Dude, where’d you get that? Let me see.
ANDRE: Parents got it for me for my birthday.
CHRIS: Ah…
ANDRE: It has pretty cool specs on it.
[ … ]
CHRIS: I’m tripping! [ … ] So what’s up?
ANDRE: Nothing much, what’s up with you? How’s everything?
CHRIS: Nothing much. [ … ] I don’t know how many people your age are going to show up.
ANDRE: Yeah, we probably won’t stick around too much longer. [ … ] Dude, what time is it?
RANDOM WOMAN: Is it okay if I make myself a drink, Chris?
CHRIS: Yeah, you know, there’s White Russians in the freezer.
RANDOM WOMAN: Yeah, I saw that.
[ … ]
CHRIS: So, happy birthday.
ANDRE: Thank you.
RANDOM MAN: Maria’s sister has a lot of really hot friends. None of them wear panties.
CHRIS: (Laughs) Why the hell -- what? How do you know they’re not wearing panties?
RANDOM MAN: Because they have clothing on. They were just so tight and revealing.
RANDOM WOMAN: Thongs.
RANDOM MAN: Well, thongs don’t count as panties.
ANDRE: Alright, we’re gonna head out.
CHRIS: Alright.
ANDRE: Now, so, see you later. Thanks for letting us drive by. Uh, you still shoot?
CHRIS: Not much.
ANDRE: Mind if we, uh, tag along the next time you go?
CHRIS: Yeah!
ANDRE: That would be very cool. We could shoot some stuffed animals.
CHRIS: Yeah, sure, if your parents think it’s alright.
ANDRE: Oh, we’ll convince them.
CHRIS: Yeah, just -- I’m gonna call them.
ANDRE: Yeah, of course you will.
CHRIS: But yeah, absolutely. Next time I go. I wanna go. I haven’t been in, like, a year.
ANDRE: Alright, cool. Alright, great. Well, see you later then.
CHRIS: Hey, hey, oh! Goodbye. I’ll see all you later.
ANDRE: Alright… yeah.
ANDRE’S BASEMENT
11:47 PM
ANDRE: Oh, it stinks. [ … ] Oh, God.
CAL: What?
ANDRE: I can smell it from here already.
CAL: What? I can’t smell it yet.
ANDRE: Ugh.
CAL: Dude, that’s disgusting.
ANDRE: I can’t even get the fucking bag open.
CAL: Damn.
ANDRE: (Groans in disgust) What a sniff?
CAL: No! How long have they been there?
ANDRE: About six weeks. [ … ] Alright, well, I guess I should explain our first act of war. Basically... Brad Huff. The biggest shithead motherfucko the world has ever seen. He’s everything we hate in one trusty handy little form. We’re gonna pelt that ugly, ugly piece of shit Range Rover of his… with some six-week old eggs. Life isn’t fair so we gotta even the score a little.
BRAD HUFF’S NEIGHBORHOOD
CAL: That’s not Brad Huff’s house.
ANDRE: Nope. [ … ] This is gonna be awesome, man.
CAL: It’ll be alright, yeah.
ANDRE: What do you mean “alright”? This is gonna be great.
CAL: It’d be better if we had, uh, shotguns, maybe? [ … ] Ding dong! Hi, Mrs. Huff. Can we speak to, uh, Brad? Is Brad home?
ANDRE: (High-pitched voice) Bradley honey! Some friends of yours are here! [ … ] Then he comes downstairs. [ … ] (Low-pitched voice) What the fuck do you pussies want? [ … ] We want you dead, bitch. Bang! Ch-ch. Bang! [ … ] (Whispers) Get down. [ … ] There it is.
OUTSIDE BRAD HUFF’S HOUSE
CAL: Where’s his Land Rover?
ANDRE: Fuck! It’s not here.
CAL: Want me to break into the garage and see if it’s in there?
ANDRE: And risk getting caught and arrested for breaking and entering and screwing up the whole campaign? No. No. We stick to plan B. That’s we egg the house.
CAL: What if that’s him?
[ … ]
ANDRE: What are you stopping at, motherfucker? The fuck. [ … ] Alright. We got about seven minutes. Until twelve o’clock. We do it exactly at twelve. We stick to the time table. We gotta start learning to stick to the time table. [ … ] Dude, I can smell this shit from outside the bag. Ugh.
CAL: You can smell it walking down the street.
ANDRE: (Coughs) [ … ] We’re gonna have to get new bags after this.
CAL: No, we’ll just…
ANDRE: Or like a gallon of that Febreeze shit.
CAL: Febreeze. (Laughs) That’s what I was going to say.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Now we wait.
[ … ]
ANDRE: What time is it?
CAL: We have ten seconds.
ANDRE: (Picking up eggs) Okay, good, it didn’t break. [ … ] Ready?
CAL: Yeah.
ANDRE: What now, Brad? (Throws eggs with Cal) [ … ] Alright, hurry up.
CAL: Oh, gross. (Throws eggs)
ANDRE: And the wind-up. [ … ] Dude, let’s get the fuck out of here now.
CAL: (Whispers) Come on, come on, come on.
ANDRE: (Laughs) That was so fucking awesome!
CAL: Did we win that?
ANDRE: Yeah, I can honestly say… mission successful! (Laughs) [ … ] Why are we running still?
CAL: I don’t know.
JULY 25, 2000
ANDRE’S CAR
ANDRE: In order to make sure that the covert actions of the Army of Two remain secret, we’re starting up a security protocol that starts now. If you think about it, anybody who’s done anything like this in the past has had a website up or they’ve done something stupid to attract attention to themselves. Most of the time, that’s all they wanted, was attention. We’re not like that. See, these people, they didn’t understand that if you had a hit-list with people’s names on them, that people wouldn’t come down on you like gangrape in a maximum security prison. You gotta take a minute and you gotta think about things. If you’re doing something like this, it’s a military procedure. That’s why we’re the Army of Two, not the group of assholes with guns. These people were so fucking stupid it’s not even funny. I mean, if it were me, I would get them all in a room together and I would just spray them with raid like ants. Except, like, human raid. Okay? Now you might be thinking, “Well, hey, they’re taping this, so of course they want it to be found.” And, you’re right, we do want it to be found.
CAL: Since you’re watching this now.
ANDRE: Exactly. We don’t want it to be found until we’re ready. [ … ] We have decided that we’re gonna set up a safety deposit box. Now, as many of you know, safety deposit boxes cannot be legally opened by anybody except the owner unless the owner dies. When we’re done, we’re going to bequeath all of our information to a third-party source. Probably media.
CAL: What are the top three media people you would enjoy willing this to?
ANDRE: Okay, number one: Peter Jennings. Number two: [ … ] Dan Rather. And number three: Wolf Blitzer. That -- that’s what I say. [ … ] Boop beep boop beep boop beep boop. [ … ] Alright, we’re here. You’re gonna have to turn that off for when we go inside ‘cause they’re not gonna let you have that.
BANK SAFETY DEPOSIT ROOM
ANDRE: We are on location now in the bank security room. Bank privacy room. Security room, privacy room, whatever. [ … ] And we are not going to put in the first set of record tapes to make sure that mummy doesn’t find them under the bed. [ … ] (Phone rings and picks up) Hello? Hi, mom. Um, right now? Well, I’m with Cal. Yeah, I’ll be home for dinner. Mom, I said I was gonna be home for dinner, I’m gonna be home for dinner. Alright, bye.(Hangs up) [ … ] So, that is that on top of that, isn’t it?
CAL: So they really can’t get in there?
ANDRE: They can’t get in -- they can’t touch us now. They have no access to these tapes once they’re sealed back up there. No one can open them except for me.
CAL: (Laughs)
ANDRE: Here, you wanna -- you wanna look inside the box and, like, feel it up?
CAL: You take it, you take it, you take it.
ANDRE: You wanna touch it, Cal? Do you wanna touch it, big boy? Here, touch my… my box.
CAL: Ew.
ANDRE: Come on, touch it. Really, touch it. [ … ] You wanna fuel any questions our viewers may have?
JULY 31, 2000
CAL’S ORTHODONTIST OFFICE
CAMERA MAN: (Giggles) [ … ] Hey, how ya doing?
ORTHODONTIST: Is Steven Spielberg with you, huh?
CAMERA MAN: Yeah, this is just for prosperity here.
ORTHODONTIST: Alright.
CAMERA MAN: Here we go.
ORTHODONTIST: You should’ve come when we did the upper. This is no fun doing the lowers, you know.
CAMERA MAN: Why not? What’s the difference?
ORTHODONTIST: Well, the uppers, then you get them smiling without those braces on and then they come out and they’re all nice and shiny. You should’ve gotten him when we started when his teeth were so messy.
CAMERA MAN: I know, I missed it.
ORTHODONTIST: So long, braces.[ … ] Bye-bye, braces, goodbye. [ … ] Each one of these comes off like this...
CAMERA MAN: That’s incredible.
ORTHODONTIST: Helps the glue right off. And… all I’m doing is squeezing the brace and then we’re gonna rinse out for a few minutes. [ … ] Okay, rinse out Cal. [ … ] We’re gonna give Calvin his own little retainer. [ … ] There you go.
CAL’S MOM: I hope you get a little better at it than that.
CAL’S SISTER: No, not like -- oh my gosh.
CAL’S MOM: Oh my gosh, oh my gosh.
CAL’S SISTER: They’re straight!
CAL’S MOM: I can’t even believe it.
CAL: (Indistinctly mumbles)
CAL’S MOM: (Laughs)
CAL’S SISTER: (Mocks)
CAL’S MOM: Cool. Okay.
CAMERA MAN: Was it worth the many years of --
CAL’S MOM: Years of trips here? Yeah, it was worth it.
AUGUST 2, 2000
ANDRE’S PARENTS’ ROOM
ANDRE: Hello, and welcome to today’s episode of Home Gun Review. Well, today, we’re gonna teach you how to make a big gun small and easier to conceal. Come on in. [ … ] You see, these days any time an eighteen-year-old wants to gear up, you got some sixty-year-old loser sitting in a gun store saying, “Hm… why does this eighteen-year-old want to gear up?” And so, we found a not-so-clever solution to this problem.
CAL: For this age-long dilemma.
ANDRE: You see, there’s so many guns just lying around. Why draw attention to yourself by buying new ones? [ … ] My dad taught me how to hunt when I was a wee young lad. And, uh, he always made me wait downstairs so that I didn’t know where he was getting the guns and where the key was. Truth be told, I knew where the key was since the fifth grade. I was just humoring him. [ … ] Here she is. Ha-ha! [ … ] Alright, let’s check out the others. Here, we have your standard .22 Lever Action. Personally, I’m not a big fan. Next, we have the pride of the Old West here. 20 gauge double barrel shotgun.
CAL: Cool.
ANDRE: [ … ] Now in the time I’ve done that, and closed it up, three football players have tackled me and bashed my head in with a chair. Not good. [ … ] Single Action pistol. It’s alright, I mean, if you wanna rob someone, I guess. [ … ] Your P.O.S .25 caliber bullet pistol. This thing couldn’t kill someone if you shot point-blank range at their eye. [ … ] This. This right here. This is like the Dirty Harry fucking gun right here. Alright?
CAL: I like that.
ANDRE: [ … ] Right there. [ … ] This. This is probably my favorite -- one of my favorite guns. [ … ] I call her Melena.
[ … ]
CAL: Okay, what are you doing?
ANDRE: I am preparing the tools for -- to apply this. [ … ] Come on, Mel. Mel, get out of here, go, come on.
CAL: (Chuckles)
ANDRE: This is what I call the short skirt. For Melena, right here. This is an illegally modified stock.
CAL: Why’s it illegal?
ANDRE: Because it’s illegal to make, uh, a weapon more concealable. ‘Cause you have to have special licenses for concealed weapons. Fortunately, for our intents and purposes, we don’t really need to worry about the legality of anything. [ … ] No one cares when you order a stock. And why do they not care, you ask? Because it’s a piece of wood. That’s it. [ … ] My best time so far is sixty-four seconds. I want to be able to do it at a moment’s notice ‘cause we never know when Zero Day’s coming. [ … ] (Begins fixing the shotgun)
MEL (ANDRE’S CAT): Meow.
ANDRE: Done.
CAL: Fifty-four seconds.
ANDRE: Hell yes! [ … ] It’s gonna stay in my dad’s closet with the long skirt on for as long as it needs to. Indefinitely, if it has to. No one has to know, or no one ever will know, that I made a short skirt unless I tell them. And then, think about it. This sucker goes on, fifty-four seconds. Fifty-four seconds is all it takes for me to be able to hide this sucker and come after you. [ … ] Thank you for visiting us on this edition of Home Gun Review. From Andre and Cal, goodnight.
[ … ]
MEL: Meow, meow.
ANDRE: Hey.
CAL: Don’t tell Dad, okay?
AUGUST 8, 2000
CEMETERY
CAL: Kurmay.
RACHEL: He was a frog. (Laughs)
CAL: (Laughs) No! Not Kermit. [ … ] Feyk! Feyk. [ … ] Ebenezer B. Hannibal. [ … ] It’s like --
RACHEL: You’re walking on someone!
CAL: It’s alright, they’re dead.
RACHEL: Aw… is that a kid?
CAL: Look, it’s Willy. Hi, Willy. [ … ] What are we doing? We’re just making fun of dead people. [ … ] I like that name, Lillian. That’s a cool name. I don’t think I like the last name Tomlinson, though. ‘Cause there was this kid who, um… See, I don’t wanna go telling another story of when Cal got beat up.
RACHEL: By a Lillian. (Laughs)
CAL: No! It wasn’t by a Lillian, it was by a Tomlinson.
RACHEL: So he was a big mean fifth-grader.
CAL: No, no, no. He was, like, in eighth grade. See, where’s the -- where’s the fun in that? I mean, I wouldn’t even have beaten up a fifth-grader if I was in eighth grade.
RACHEL: Yes you would have.
CAL: Andre’s the violent one, not me.
[ … ]
RACHEL: I just heard you say Andre’s violent.
CAL: I didn’t say that. He’s not violent, either.
[ … ]
RACHEL: I don’t know. Sometimes the - the way he talks about people and just interacts with everyone is just a little --
CAL: Like you?
RACHEL: Not me all the time. Just… he’s just a little… offbeat and a little strange.
CAL: What, do you think he’s a bad influence on me? Mom. [ … ] He doesn’t like you either, so it’s okay.
RACHEL: That’s alright, I don’t really… mind that much. It’s just that… I don’t know. You hang out with him a lot and I just don’t want you kind of, um… becoming like him. (Laughs)
CAL: Why? What -- what do you think is him?
RACHEL: He has a lot of… anger.
CAL: Problems? Or just anger in general?
RACHEL: Well, he probably has anger because he has problems that I don’t know about, you know, but…
CAL: Yeah, it isn’t like… his dad doesn’t beat him or anything like that.
RACHEL: I didn’t -- [ … ] Like, I’m your friend and all, and he’s your friend, so he should at least try and be semi-courteous to me? But he’s really not.
CAL: He’s a dick?
RACHEL: Yeah, a lot of the time.
CAL: I guess I just… never conflict with him. Would you -- who would you consider the leader of the Andre-Cal Army of Two? Is it me or Andre?
RACHEL: Andre.
CAL: You think it’s Andre?
RACHEL: I don’t know. When you’re with him, you’re just -- you’re different than you are now.
CAL: How am I now?
RACHEL: And now you’re the Cal that I’ve known for a really long time. And when you’re with Andre, you’re, like, Andre number two. (Laughs)
CAL: Wait, why do you think that, like, I’m not the -- he’s not Cal number two and I’m Cal number one? How do you know that he isn’t copying off of my… my style, yo?
RACHEL: (Laughs) Unless you have some sort of evil locked inside that I’ve never seen before, it’s Andre.
CAL: Oh, I look it inside. Nobody sees it. I keep it from everyone.
RACHEL: Yeah. [ … ] Give me the camera.
CAL: Does he wear boxers or briefs or those brief boxer things that he talks about?
RACHEL: You -- no, no, no. You get up. You get up. And it is now my turn to do this to you.
CAL: Now I have to take the podium.
RACHEL: Can you tell me why you always have to tape everything?
CAL: ‘Cause it’s kinda cool.
RACHEL: And why do you think it’s so cool?
CAL: I guess that -- I don’t know. Why do I tape everything? I have no idea.
RACHEL: Come on, Cal.
CAL: I don’t. I just like it. [ … ] (Groans) No, it’s just that Andre likes me to film, uh, girls asses for him and…
RACHEL: Oh, okay. I don’t think that’s why you like to film things. I think you’re still hiding something, Cal.
CAL: I’m insecure and I need attention.
RACHEL: Are you serious? Is that -- is that why you…?
CAL: Yeah, I seem really insecure, too, don’t I?
RACHEL: Yes, Cal.
CAL: Believe me, I’m… no, I don’t know.
RACHEL: Well, maybe -- maybe there is something that Andre wants you to, uh, videotape for him or something like that. Not necessarily everyone’s ass, but… [ … ] Maybe he’s gay.
CAL: And so I’m videotaping what?
RACHEL: You!
CAL: What does that have to --
RACHEL: For him!
CAL: I want you to get out of the town ‘cause now Andre is going to see you on this tape. Get out of town.
RACHEL: See, I told you. I knew you were gonna show it to him.
CAL: I’m not gonna show it to him.
AUGUST 12, 2000
ANDRE’S ROOM
ANDRE: Pipe bombs make excellent anti-personal weaponry for two reasons. First, they’re cheap and easy to manufacture. Basically, anybody can buy the components. And two, because they’re extremely effective for their size. Baby bomb makes a big boom.
CAL: These parts are just normal galvanized steel. Don’t get plastic pipes because they’ll just end up melting. Don’t get any more expensive metal than galvanized steel because you’re just gonna blow it up.
ANDRE: As with building any weapon, security is key. And so, you should, just, use common sense. Don’t get the pipes at the same place you get the caps. No need to raise any issues or questions. Just go from store to store buying all the different components. They’re all the same. When you’re referring to making your explosives, you probably don’t wanna call them ‘explosives’ because, should someone overhear that conversation, they’ll know what’s going on. Um, you can use a codeword. Really, anything. Sunglasses, wallets, peanuts. You know, it doesn’t matter. You might laugh now and say. “Oh, they’re making peanuts. Ha ha ha. That’s funny.” But, if you think about it, it’s the only way that people aren’t going to realize what’s going on. And it could very well be the difference between success and failure. I like to do everything step-by-step, very orderly and efficiently. So, you take half the caps that you have and you drill holes into them. You put those aside and don’t touch those for a while. You take fuse and you cut specific lengths. You can have a longer fuse if you wanna have lots of fun, or you can have, like, a short little fuse if you wanna just have a little grenade you throw and blow. Once you’re done cutting the fuses, you want to take the caps that you drilled and you want to insert the fuse into the cap. Take the caps that you didn’t drill and fasten them onto the bottom of the pipe. Now, once they’re all fastened, you want to take the powder, take your funnel, and then you want to put the powder in it. There’s basically two types of gunpowder that you can use: smokeless powder and black powder. Smokeless powder burns slower because it’s some chemical thing that involves no smoke, but black powder burns faster and makes a bigger boom. Uh, there’s no need to spend a lot of money on the powder because all you’re getting is a different name on the jar. It’s all the same shit. Whatever blows up faster and is cheaper is the best stuff to go with. Don’t wear a suit and tie when you’re doing this stuff because the powder leaves black marks all over the place, as you can see. Alright... on the gloves. Some -- we had some that got on the -- it leaves it all. Now, you don’t need that on your hands and on your arms and on your clothes or on your floor, because then let’s say your parents or your friends say, “Hey, why do you have all those black marks on your hands and your clothes?” and you’re gonna be hard pressed to make an explanation.
CAL: Shrapnel is important if you want to kill a lot of people, and it’s probably the simplest ingredient because you can use pretty much anything. Uh, we used screws here, but you can use whatever the hell you feel like. Thumbtacks, nails, small caliber bullets, uh…
ANDRE: Paperclips.
CAL: Paperclips.
ANDRE: Now that you have the pipe filled up with shrapnel and powder, you take the cap and just screw it on making sure that the fuse goes into the powder.
CAL: We’ve also experimented with duct taping shrapnel to the outside, and as far as the effectiveness, uh, we can’t say anything because we’re not testing any of them and we won’t be using them until Zero Day. So, if you really wanna know, you might wanna ask a survivor.
AUGUST 18, 2000
CAL’S GARAGE
CAL: We’ve decided where the source of the other guns will be besides Andre’s father, which is going to be Chris. We’re going to take them sometime before Zero Day. I feel… a little bit guilty about taking them from Chris, but you know, we are going to steal them from him. We’re gonna steal them from him, so, like… he won’t get into any sort of trouble because of that, I don’t think. [ … ] I’ve been thinking and it occurs to me that a lot of people are probably gonna wonder, like, how could somebody do something like… Zero Day? Like, what we’re gonna do? Butt I wanna know is… how could somebody just… how could somebody just kill themselves? [ … ] How many kids wanna kill themselves and do? You know, thousands of kids do this. But how many of them realize that the way of the samurai is found in death? I’m not gonna leave cleanly. I’m not just gonna fade out. I’m gonna… I’m gonna… I’m gonna make my mark and then it’ll be my time to die. I mean, it’s a lost cause when you… when you just kill yourself, you know. [ … ] It’s almost a one in a million chance that two kids like me and Andre are, you know, coming together. But, you know, that’s… that’s just this town’s misfortune, I guess. No, fortune. It’s their fortune. It’s your -- it’s -- it’s your fortune because you’re going to be a privileged few who… who get the… the wake up call that we’re delivering to you. You’re gonna get my… my meaning in this really concentrated thick jello-y form poured over your homes and everybody else will just have to see it on the news. And I know you’re all gonna be like, “I had a cousin who was in the school!” and… and good for you. [ … ] Listen to how out of tune this is, everybody. [ … ] And all these little ones down here -- there’s, like, all those… there’s like nineteen strings on here and these down on the bottom are supposed to naturally resonate harmoniously to the -- to the, uh -- to these main strings right here and I even have a broken string on here.
AUGUST 21, 2000
ANDRE’S CAR
(IN FRONT OF CHRIS’S HOUSE)
ANDRE: Alright, so, this is pretty much mission three. It’s like a training simulation, I guess you could call it. Training sim. It’s a weapon’s test. We’re working with my cousin Chris, who’s our unwitting patsy and accomplice. Uh, he’s gonna take us out shooting, and we’re gonna record it. We’re gonna kind of case his place at the same time and, uh, see where he keeps keys and everything. And I wanna make this clear right now. He has no idea what’s going on, he doesn’t know what we’re doing, and he has no knowledge of anything that’s happening.
CAL: He just thinks we’re going out to shoot with him.
ANDRE: And that’s exactly what we’re doing. We’re just going to shoot right now. There’s nothing else going on. Nothing else going on.
[ … ]
CHRIS: Hey, you’re gonna tape this?
CAL: Yeah.
ANDRE: Yeah. That alright?
[ … ]
CHRIS: You’re both dressed for it. [ … ] I brought a bunch of stuff. I brought, like, bowling pins, some cantaloupes.
ANDRE: We brought -- we brought some, uh, a Barney look-alike, a ninja turtle --
CAL: A ninja turtle.
CHRIS: Outstanding.
ANDRE: Alright.
CHRIS: Alright.
[ … ]
CAL: (Sneezes)
SHOOTING RANGE
CHRIS: Well, this is my friend Jamie.
JAMIE: Oh, hi.
CAL: Hello, Jamie.
CHRIS: He just lent us a shotgun. Right now we’re gonna use the .22 first.
[ … ]
CAL: Oh. [ … ] Nice. (Laughs)
CHRIS: Alright, we’re out.
CAL: What are we shooting next?
CHRIS: Hm… ???. [ … ] You put it in like that.
[ … ]
CAL: That’s a cool gun. That’s really cool. It’s loud, though.
CHRIS: Yeah, well, you want to try it, Cal?
[ … ]
CHRIS: He’s a natural.
CAL: Natural selection.
[ … ]
CHRIS: Oh my god.
CAL: Oh my god.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Woah.
CAL: It knocked your glasses down. (Laughs)
[ … ]
CAL: You’re getting a lot more steady with the gun.
[ … ]
CHRIS: Okay, who’d like to try this?
[ … ]
CHRIS: Agh!
[ … ]
CAL: Rapid. Come on.
[ … ]
CAL: That is very different.
[ … ]
CAL: Look at how it grazed it, look at that.
[ … ]
ANDRE: (High-pitched voice) My mommy was killed by a hunter. Now I will be, too. Ha-ha, ha-ha.
[ … ]
JAMIE AND ANDRE: (Laughs)
[ … ]
CHRIS: Pull the slide forward and it’s ready to go. And make sure you point it right at it.
[ … ]
ANDRE: That’s the best gun. That’s my favorite. [ … ] It’s got a lot of power and a little recoil. Perfect.
CHRIS: Do that radio.
[ … ]
CAL: Now let me shoot her in the head.
[ … ]
ANDRE: (Laughs)
[ … ]
ANDRE: It’s like a --
CAL: Is that how somebody’s head would look?
[ … ]
EVERYONE: (Laughs)
CHRIS: And get a picture of it. Damn, G!
CHRIS’S HOUSE
CHRIS: Wanna help me out with the stuff?
RANDOM KID: Man, move out the way.
CHRIS: I know how much you hate to carry junk.
RANDOM KID: Why you filming me, yo?
CHRIS: Nobody’s filming you. Why are you looking at us?
[ … ]
ANDRE: Do you ever take them out like that? Like, all at once?
CHRIS: Yeah, sometimes.
ANDRE: Have all your neighbors looking. [ … ] Well, where do you get them all?
CHRIS: Oh, I bought them at, you know, the store. [ … ] I bought them at gun stores. [ … ] Oh, I need this. I tell you, I’m so freaking tired it’s not even funny.
CAL: Which gun do you think would be the best to actually kill somebody with?
CHRIS: I don’t know, they’d all pretty much kill somebody.
AUGUST 25, 2000
CAL’S FAMILY CAMPING TRIP
CAL’S SISTER: The 8-ball is supposed to be the last colorful ball with a number on it.
CAL’S DAD: Maddie, black is not colorful.
CAL’S SISTER: Okay, nevermind.
CAL’S MOM: It is, though, the presence of all color.
CAL’S DAD: That’s the absence of all color.
[ … ]
CAL’S MOM: You’re having a bad idea. [ … ] (Laughs)
CAL’S DAD: No, no. Do it this way.
CAL: Oh, that is cool.
CAL’S BROTHER: (Laughs)
CAL’S MOM: That worked so well.
[ … ]
CAL’S SISTER: La-la-la-la.
CAL’S BROTHER: Do the Jamaican dance.
[ … ]
CAL: Alright Eric, come here. Why do old people carry canes?
CAL’S BROTHER: To komomo you.
CAL: And what’s ‘komomo’ mean?
CAL’S BROTHER: It means they whack you with their canes.
CAL: What if all of the old people of the world united and they all took over the world with their canes?
CAL’S BROTHER: Oh, that’s scary.
CAL: What if they whacked you and, like, cracked your skull? Now, they wouldn’t get that much power --
CAL’S MOM: Yeah, they wouldn’t.
CAL: -- there’d have to be a lot of old people, like, whacking you and giving you bruises.
CAL’S MOM: Kind of like the birds. [ … ] And you’d have little dibbits. [ … ] Okay, go get dressed, I’m ready for some coffee.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2000
ANDRE’S ROOM
CAL: Read it outloud, too.
ANDRE: The Zero Day invasion plan. Presented by the Army of Two. Reall, one question you guys might’ve had… is, “Why do they call it Zero Day?” [ … ] The people who have done this in the past have always had a predetermined date to do it on. May 27, or whatever. [ … ] That’s kind of sloppy, ‘cause if you have all these plans lying around saying “May 27, May 27, May 27,” all circled in big red ink, people are gonna say, “Well what the hell’s going on on May 27?” [ … ] So we’ve decided that the easiest way to do it would be for us to coordinate everything so that we’re ready at a moment’s notice and then do the attack on the first day of the year that’s zero degrees. [ … ] We set it up so that we wake up, every day, at the exact same time, to the exact same radio station. Monday through Friday, we wake -- and not including Jewish holidays, of course. [ … ] When we wake up in the morning, we hear the weather report first thing. Three degrees, four degrees, below seven. Doesn’t work. (Coughs) The first day we hear -- excuse me. The first day we hear the guy say “zero degrees,” we get up, get our shit, and blow some people away. [ … ] Now, the first day of school is tomorrow, and, uh, so now it can basically come at any time. So we figured now’s the best time to go over the invasion plan and basically go through the guidelines and through the outline that we’ve produced so that you, the viewer, can go ahead and do such a thing on your own. [ … ] The school resource officer is basically your main preliminary target to be considered. In order to maximize the effects of your attack, you should be sure to eliminate any opposition as soon as possible.
CAL: Confinement of the enemy’s paramount in light of the fact that any who manages to escape can end your fun prematurely by using a cell phone or other unforeseen means of communication to alert the outside world before it is convenient.
ANDRE: Keeping to this logic, it is important that, when conducting a room-by-room assault, each room’s population is thoroughly and completely reduced. [ … ] The Army of Two has deemed it wise to have a secondary escape plan, should your plans go unforeseeably awry. However, it is not only unwise, but counterproductive to rely too heavily on said plan, in light of the fact that you may become too comfortable with its implementation. [ … ] The proceeding has been a basic, yet detailed, outline for our mission’s ideals and objectives. [ … ] In conclusion. Live fast, live hard, and die by any combination of those two.
CAL: Cool.
ANDRE: The end.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2000
OUTSIDE CAL’S HOUSE
CAL: Okay. I’ve… you know, I’m ready for Zero Day now. I’m ready for… for it to happen whenever it happens. I’m standing where I need to be standing and I’m just trying to save this… this spot that I’m at for when it actually happens because, you know, now that I’m inspired. So... [ … ] It’s like I’ve been planning this forever. And when… and when Andre and I came together, it was like that whole time before I had, you know, built up my part and he had built up his, and we came together, and made this, like, point. And from there, it all just… you know what I mean? [ … ] We never said, you know, “Let’s go shoot the school. Let’s go do this.” Because we didn’t need to. It was already there. [ … ] So, I’m -- I’m ready. You ready?
SEPTEMBER 28, 2000
ANDRE’S CAR
ANDRE: What the fuck.
CAL: What?
ANDRE: Why are you dressed like that?
CAL: It’s a mission. Why aren’t you dressed?
ANDRE: ‘Cause you didn’t tell me what the mission was. [ … ] If we’re gonna be going out somewhere I don’t know, I don’t wanna be caught off guard. [ … ] So, you wanna tell me what this secret mission is?
CAL: Uh, no, actually.
[ … ]
ANDRE: So, what are we doing here now?
POETRY READING
POET MAN #1: The poem from Raleigh. Raleigh is a hard-working man. He turned her electricity’s crank. He takes care of our children, like a modern-day Anne Frank. So, if you get tired of life, if you feel you’re getting bored, the church is Christ’s wife. The house of our Lord. Thank you.
AUDIENCE: (Claps) Yay, Joe.
[ … ]
ANDRE: What are… what are you doing?
CAL: Just a poem.
[ … ]
CAL: “The gun may be the perfect weapon,” he said, standing between a rock and a hard place. “But a gun is nothing without a bullet,” I replied. I am my bullet. I live my life along the perfect parabolic arch of purpose, meaning… and then there was that time you stepped on a land mine and I never forgave you. And you could feel the entire rise and fall of the Third Reich at your feet. It’s a wasted life. [ … ] Thank you.
AUDIENCE: (Claps slowly)
[ … ]
ANDRE: Do you wanna tell me what the fuck that was?
CAL: (Muffled) It was a poem.
ANDRE: Yeah, I know what it was, but can you tell me why you did it? What were you thinking? What the fuck.
CAL: It’s just a poem, man.
[ … ]
POET GUY #2: In the morning --
CAL: It’s really deep.
POET GUY #2: -- and flowers...
POET GUY #3: Bloom.
CAL: Wait, is this a comedy act?
POET GUY #2: Gosh, come on, man. Look at you guys. There’s like five other people in here. You guys make up fifty-percent of the ice. Can you just --
ANDRE: Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Go ahead, go ahead.
POET GUY #2: Alright.
CAL: Wait, wait, wait. [ … ] No, start again.
POET GUY #2: Seriously? Dude, we paid attention when you were up here reading yours. Why can’t you just listen to us?
CAL: Just point to me when I’m supposed to laugh, that’s all.
ANDRE: Right, we’re getting out of here. Sorry about this, guys. [ … ] We’re leaving. Right now. Let’s go.
OUTSIDE POETRY READING
ANDRE: What the fuck?
CAL: What?
ANDRE: You take the camera, I don’t even wanna hold it anymore.
CAL: No, you take it. [ … ] It’s your camera, man.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Dude! Jesus.
POET GUY #3: Woah.
[ … ]
POET GUY #2: Watch your back.
ANDRE: Bring it.
POET GUY #2: Fuck you!
[ … ]
ANDRE: Take this, I gotta drive.
CAL: No. No.
ANDRE: No, yes. Take it.
CAL: Dude, it was awesome.
ANDRE: How many times do I have to explain this shit to you before you fucking understand?
CAL: I’m sorry lieutenant!
ANDRE’S CAR
ANDRE: Quit rolling the seat forward when you get out of the fucking car.
[ … ]
CAL: Forgive me for speaking so bluntly, sir.
ANDRE: And stop talking like you’re in the fucking military. [ … ] What happens if they go home and tell their parents, “Hey, guess what happened. Some kid in an Army shirt --” and then they’re like, “Oh, do they go to your school?” “Why yes they do.” “Well, I’m gonna call the principal and get on the phone with him right away.” They call the principal, you get called down to the office, you get sent to counseling or something… your parents tighten down on you, they call my parents, my parents tighten down on me… fuck! [ … ] Now what? Where do you wanna go? What do you wanna do?
CAL: We’re done.
ANDRE: So… so, we’re done here or we’re done... we’re done, we’re done.
CAL: Here, okay, start the -- start the -- start the car. Pull up to the exit. [ … ] Okay, ready? I want you to… close your eyes.
ANDRE: Okay.
CAL: And drive. Go.
ANDRE: You’re just gonna tell me where to go.
CAL: Yeah, do it. Go. Close your eyes. Uh, turn. Right, right, right, right… come on, keep them closed. Right, right... okay, straight… straight… straight. Are they really closed? Come on, close them.
ANDRE: Which way?
CAL: Uh, left. [ … ] Okay, now turn sharp left. Ready -- straight. Okay.
ANDRE: (Laughs) This is so fucking crazy.
NEW YEARS EVE
CAL: This is what my dad and I used to do. We used to go -- (Hand movement) -- we used to go like this and then just miss and go “ooh.”
CAL’S DAD: Like this.
RANDOM BOY: Oh, I remember this.
CAL: No, wait.
RANDOM BOY: I remember that, I remember that.
CAL AND HIS DAD: (Hand movement)
RANDOM BOY: I do remember that, I do remember that.
[ … ]
CROWD: Woo!
CAL’S SISTER: Agh! It doesn’t work. It doesn’t work! (Laughs) Mom, it doesn’t work.
CROWD: Woo!
[ … ]
CAL’S SISTER: I do.
CAL: Did you push the red button? Or did you press the little blue button? It’s what shuts it off.
JANUARY 10, 2001
CAL’S LIVING ROOM
CAL: The -- our original plan was that Zero Day would be on zero degrees, but [ … ] it only happened once because it was so… warm this winter. And that was the day that Andre had diarrhea. [ … ] So, we, uh, set a date, yeah. May 1st. It was kind of interesting how we thought, like, you know, fate was gonna decide when this happened, but… you know, in a way May 1st is fate, too. I mean… [ … ] When we -- when we started, you know, Andre and I had this plan that we were gonna do this to our school and jump in the getaway car and go from state to state and do the same thing. And, uh… you know, Andre may not realize this but… yeah, that’s not gonna happen at all. Uh… I’m coming out in a black plastic bag. [ … ] Yep, that’s it.
APRIL 2, 2001
BANK SAFETY DEPOSIT ROOM
CAL: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty hours. That’s more than an entire day’s worth.
ANDRE: Yep. Someone’s gotta sit and sit through all that.
[ … ]
CAL: Okay, I just have a question. I was just wondering if you’re, uh, actually sure that they’re gonna wonder if we have a safety deposit box and look at it or are we gonna make a statement somewhere so that they’ll -- in a place that they’re sure to find it? I mean, why would they check if it’s in a safety deposit box?
ANDRE: Well, the way I figured it, the day before... we do it… we could, uh -- or sometime ahead of time, before we do it, we can do a, uh --
CAL: (Clears throat)
ANDRE: -- kind of, uh, a last will and testament kind of tape. And saying, you know, “By the way, we’ve left these tapes in a safety deposit box in my name.” And just be like, “Yeah, and if --”
CAL: Leave it somewhere.
ANDRE: Yeah, we’ll leave it in the car. When we go in.
CAL: (Whisper) Oh, yeah.
ANDRE: And we’ll just have just, like, a -- the last shot will be us walking in. And they won’t see anything else after that.
CAL: And they’re gonna, like, actually watch them, though, hm?
ANDRE: Wouldn’t you watch them? [ … ] I mean, think about it. Everything we ever did, everything we ever owned, everything we own right now is gonna be scrutinized under, like, the biggest microscope the world can produce.
CAL: (Sighs) I don’t like that idea.
ANDRE: Well, get used to it. Every CD you have, every -- every video game they’re gonna go through and say, “Oh, Mortal Kombat, it was because of that.”
CAL: Yeah, but it wasn’t even because of any of that. They would be giving a false --
ANDRE: It wasn’t. But that’s -- that’s just how stupid people are.
CAL: I don’t know, just get rid of all your stuff. Because… that’s like, um, body cavity searching. Searching through my stuff. I don’t want people looking up my ass and I don’t want people looking at… all my stuff. (Clears throat)
ANDRE: That’s a good point.
CAL: You know, we should just burn it or something.
APRIL 25, 2001
FIRE PIT
ANDRE: I just had that in my hand.
[ … ]
CAL: Is this gonna burn?
ANDRE: Oh yes.
[ … ]
ANDRE: What did you contribute to our little bonfire-o-fun here tonight?
CAL: We’ve got video games. [ … ] PlayStation games. We’ve got DVDs. [ … ] Lots of CDs. [ … ] Lots more CDs. [ … ] We’ve got assault weapons. [ … ] Uh, we’ve got Lord of the Flies. I had to read that for a book report in eighth grade.
ANDRE: What’d you think?
CAL: I thought it kicked ass, actually. [ … ] My… trusty old Sunday school Bible. And I got this nice little snake sticker for memorizing the books of the New Testament. [ … ] Matthew, Mark… Luke, uh, John. Acts. Romans. Uh… first Corinthians… second Corinthians… [ … ] We didn’t get it from any video games, books, movies, CDs. This was our idea and.. Nobody else’s.
[ … ]
CAL: What is that?
ANDRE: This is a note I got from a girl in, like, the eighth grade.
CAL: Aw.
ANDRE: And, uh…
CAL: Let me read it.
ANDRE: Nah, nah. Forget about it. Come on, man.
CAL: “Andre...”
ANDRE: Stop. Come on.
CAL: “I really enjoyed being in Mr. Ackerman’s class with you this year. Mr. Ackerman is --”
ANDRE: Come on, come on.
CAL: No, come on, no, wait, wait.
ANDRE: No, come on, no. No, that’s enough now.
CAL: “-- is dumb but --”
ANDRE: Come on.
CAL: Come on.
ANDRE: No.
CAL: “-- but you always made me laugh with the jokes that you made about him, except for the time that he heard you and you got kicked out of class.” Frowny face.
ANDRE: Alright, enough now. I don’t want you saying her name, alright. That’s enough.
[ … ]
CAL: So, how much stuff have we burned?
ANDRE: Um… [ … ] I’d probably say, like, two and a half, three thousand dollars?
CAL: Yeah, I can go with that.
ANDRE: Shit. (Laughs) We gotta do it now.
CAL: Yeah, I think we just burned all of our worldly possessions.
ANDRE: Everything.
[ … ]
ANDRE: So, what’s going on with you and the prom? Are you still going with that chick?
CAL: What chick?
ANDRE: That -- that Rachel bitch.
CAL: Yeah.
ANDRE: Why?
CAL: Why not?
ANDRE: I don’t know. She’s just kind of weird. I don’t like her. She’s, like -- she -- she thinks I’m some kind of fucking psycho. She’s always afraid of me.
CAL: (Laughs) You are a fucking psycho!
ANDRE: Yeah, but so are you!
CAL: Yeah, you’re right.
ANDRE: She doesn’t even realize -- oh it must be your pretty boy blond good looks and --
CAL: What do you mean?
ANDRE: “Oh, I’m gonna play with my hair now. Oh.”
CAL: (Laughs) Shut up!
[ … ]
ANDRE: When did she ask you? [ … ] “Like, last week! Just after my acne cleared up! I don’t know what’s going on.”
CAL: Hey. Who’s -- who’s the acne one here?
ANDRE: Yo, shut up, alright? (Chuckles) Shut up.
CAL: Right. Don’t…
[ … ]
ANDRE: I can’t believe you got asked.
CAL: No, you’re not going with anybody, are you?
ANDRE: No.
CAL: No.
ANDRE: But who says I didn’t get asked? I just didn’t wanna go.
CAL: You didn’t get asked. That’s a pile of shit.
ANDRE: So?
[ … ]
ANDRE: They’re gonna say one of us was the leader. I mean, I really don’t -- I mean, we joke, but I really don’t think any one of us is more of a leader than the other.
CAL: Why don’t we -- why don’t we split the press releases? Alright?
ANDRE: Alright.
CAL: I could be leader for half, you could be leader for half.
ANDRE: Sounds good.
[ … ]
CAL: Look at it dying out. That is so cool.
ANDRE: It’s like every time the wind blows, it just goes out a little more.
CAL: The way we’ve talked about Zero Day, it’s almost like -- that this fire is supposed to burn a thousand feet tall. And -- and, uh… never burn out. [ … ] But look at it, it’s just like black crap now.
APRIL 29, 2001
BEFORE PROM (LIMO)
7:33 PM
JOSH: We got a good shot of Greg here.
GREG: Hello.
JOSH: Baby playing with the lights.
[ … ]
SERA: I’ve had enough of you.
JOSH: What if I was in love with the whip?
BRIAN: She’s had enough of me, Josh! She’s had enough of me.
JOSH: You know…
BRIAN: She’s had enough of me, man.
[ … ]
SERA: Brian!
BRIAN: Hey, hey!
[ … ]
JOSH: Oh, hey, hey, hey. Woah. Quiet, quiet. Guys, guys, guys.
SERA: Sh!
JOSH: Can you let him in?
[ … ]
SERA: What does he have with him?
JOSH: Hi, Cal. Nice to meet you.
SERA: Hi, Cal. I’m Sera.
JOSH: I mean, we haven’t really formally met. I’m Josh. How ya doing? Come on in, close the door, we gotta get going.
[ … ]
JOSH: And that wouldn’t matter.
SERA: Cal, say hi!
CAL: Hi.
JOSH: (Chuckles)
[ … ]
SERA: Cal, how come you don’t talk?
CAL: I talk.
SERA: Greg.
GREG: Yes?
SERA: So, what’s up?
JOSH: Seeing if it works.
GREG: Not much.
SERA: Talk to me, Greg.
GREG: Uh, I’m going stag to the prom.
SERA: Woo, baby!
GREG: Yeah!
BRIAN AND GREG: Yeah! We’re going stag!
[ … ]
JOSH: You guys gotta sit back -- you gotta make room for her. I don’t know where she’s gonna sit.
[ … ]
BRIAN: Come on! The prom!
GREG: Come on, let’s go!
RACHEL: (Giggles) Okay, let’s go.
CAL: Get back in the car.
JOSH: I’m getting -- I’m coming, I’m coming.
[ … ]
SERA: Brian!
JOSH: This is gonna be a good time, guys.
BRIAN: I tell you --
SERA: (Giggles)
JOSH: Picture these years.
GREG: Guys, this is gonna rock the ass.
JOSH: It is.
BRIAN: Rock the ass.
JOSH: Okay, wait -- wait a second. What -- what?
SERA: Rock the ass.
GREG: It’s gonna rock the ass.
JOSH: Rocking the ass.
GREG: You are gay!
BRIAN: Rock the ass.
GREG: You are gay!
[ … ]
LIMO DRIVER: Well, what’s up?
SERA: (Gasps)
JOSH: Hey.
SERA: Hey.
CAL: Hi.
RACHEL: (Giggles) Hi.
JOSH: How you doing? We’re a party, it’s a prom, baby.
BRIAN: Prom stands for promenade. I don’t think he speaks English very well.
[ … ]
JOSH: We’re famous!
BRIAN: Would you stop fucking saying that?!
RACHEL AND JOSH: (Laughs)
BRIAN: Jesus! You’re gay! Shut up!
[ … ]
BRIAN: Girls don’t say what they mean, right? They --
JOSH: You’re right, you’re right.
RACHEL: What?
BRIAN: You must agree with me now.
JOSH: They say something and mean another, right.
BRIAN: Yeah, exactly.
SERA: Yeah -- no.
BRIAN: I would like it if you would give me a blowjob right now and you say it and that’s what you mean and it’s like --
GREG: Yes!
BRIAN: I’m upset means I’m upset, it doesn’t mean I was happy and now I’m upset and I don’t know what the hell is wrong.
GREG: “And now I’m hungry...”
SERA: What the hell are you talking about?
BRIAN: I don’t know.
[ … ]
SERA: Oh, people are waving at us.
BRIAN: Oh my gosh, there are people here.
RACHEL: Hi!
EVERYONE: Hey!
[ … ]
BRIAN: Alright, let’s get a last shot of everybody. Last shot of everybody.
JOSH: Last shot! Run through. [ … ] Hey, I don’t get a last shot. Alright, fine, whatever.
RACHEL: Having fun! Come on, Cal! Yay!
SERA: Come on, let’s go.
JOSH: You are gonna love this.
SARAH: I’m so excited, let’s go.
GREG: No, I gotta go first.
BRIAN: I gotta go first.
SERA: You guys!
GREG: You demon!
ANDRE’S WORK
9:33 PM
ANDRE’S DAD: Hey, Andre!
ANDRE: What are you doing with the camera?
ANDRE’S DAD: Well, I just thought I’d come by and tape a little footage for the family archives as it is, you know? Maybe, who knows, maybe I’ll send it to your grandma in Montreal.
[ … ]
ANDRE’S DAD: So, that is your fabulous job now.
ANDRE: Oh, yeah.
ANDRE’S DAD: How long until you’re done?
ANDRE: Now.
[ … ]
ANDRE: I’m pretty much all set if you wanted to get out of here.
OUTSIDE ANDRE’S WORK
ANDRE’S DAD: Hey, Andre. Hast du deine Autoschlüssel?
ANDRE: Ja. Immer.
ANDRE’S DAD: Ich dachte, ich könnte dir geben... maybe a little driving lessons on the way home?
ANDRE: Sounds good.
[ … ]
ANDRE’S DAD: Watch the cars.
ANDRE: Really? I’m not supposed to jump in front of them?
ANDRE’S DAD: Not just yet.
ANDRE’S CAR
ANDRE’S DAD: Okay, was it busy tonight?
ANDRE: It was alright. I mean, you know… [ … ] Yeah, I get to wipe down a table at the end of the night. Woohoo.
ANDRE’S DAD: Hey, listen, somebody has to do it. We all started it. You know how I started.
ANDRE: Yeah.
ANDRE’S DAD: We all did this. [ … ] You cannot start up on the top as the head chef -- the head pizza man.
ANDRE: That’s true, but luckily I have absolutely no desire to be head pizza man, so…
ANDRE’S DAD: Yeah, good. Don’t -- don’t become the head pizza man, either.
ANDRE: Yeah. Don’t I know it.
ANDRE’S DAD: There are better and bigger things out there for you.
ANDRE: Yeah. [ … ] Like you wouldn’t believe.
ANDRE’S DAD: Oh, I do believe. [ … ] Woah.
ANDRE: (Chuckles)
ANDRE’S DAD: Take that curve a little bit slower next time, please.
ANDRE: You didn’t like that?
ANDRE’S DAD: Remember, this is a driving lesson. This is not *leimones.
[ … ]
ANDRE’S DAD: I realize it’s only... a pizza job, and, uh, you don’t seem to be doing that important a thing there, but it’s amazing how much it made you grow up in the last few months. Maybe even a year already, by now. If you keep this up, you’re gonna -- you’re gonna have that car paid in no time.
ANDRE: Hopefully. You know --
ANDRE’S DAD: I never thought that -- no, wait a minute, I’m not finished with my speech yet. But, uh…
ANDRE: (Chuckles)
ANDRE’S DAD: You know how difficult this is for me. I never thought I was gonna say this, but… I’m proud of you. You did good.
ANDRE: You never thought you were gonna say it?
ANDRE’S DAD: Well… not that I don’t always mean it. But, you know me. I’m having a problem with saying these things.
ANDRE: Absolutely.
ANDRE’S DAD: It’s not necessary the macho thing to say.
ANDRE: Yeah. [ … ] I guess you could --
ANDRE’S DAD: So, keep doing what you’re doing… and you’ll do just fine. Like I said, that car will be paid for in no time. And who knows, your mom and I will maybe even help you out a little bit.
ANDRE: Sounds good.
AFTER PROM (LIMO)
10:53 PM
SERA: Wow! Woah! Group hug, group hug.
BRIAN: Yeah, baby!
GREG: Yeah!
JOSH: Guys.
GREG: Yeah!
BRIAN: Prom rocked the ass! Yeah! Prom rocked the ass!
[ … ]
LIMO DRIVER: Quiet, please.
BRIAN: Yeah, I might be quiet. I might be quiet.
SERA: Shut the fuck up.
BRIAN: Yeah! I’ll show you quiet, fucker!
[ … ]
JOSH: And while you’re down there, you wanna…
SERA: Shut up.
JOSH: Oh!
SERA: Brian!
JOSH: Brian, you’re horrible.
GREG: Brian’s a dick.
[ … ]
SERA: Yes!
BRIAN: So, Rachel, how you been?
SERA: There’s nothing wrong with being a little whipped.
BRIAN: How long have we known each other?
RACHEL: A long time.
BRIAN: Yeah…
GREG: How long --
RACHEL: Mmhm.
GREG: How long have you known he’s gay?
BRIAN: Too long.
RACHEL AND SERA: A long time!
BRIAN: Ha-ha-ha! Hardy-har-har!
GREG: It’s funny.
BRIAN: So, how do you -- how do you feel about me?
[ … ]
CAL: Take me to Andre’s, please.
JOSH: Oh, Andre.
RACHEL: And he knows where --
JOSH: Like everybody knows where Andre’s is. Oh, Andre. I know where Andre is.
CAL: Do you know where Andre’s is?
BRIAN: Who’s Andre?
JOSH: No, actually I don’t.
RACHEL: Maybe -- maybe we just not go to Andre’s. And you could stay with us.
BRIAN: Yeah, how about you just chill with us?
SERA: Yeah.
RACHEL: Since he doesn’t know who Andre is. And he doesn’t know how to get there.
[ … ]
CAL: Uh, can you take me to a -- a specific place?
LIMO DRIVER: Okay. Where?
BRIAN: Do you really have to go?
CAL: Uh, what? Yeah. I have to go.
BRIAN: So, you wouldn’t mind if I --
GREG: Come on…
JOSH: Why are you going?
BRIAN: Can I escort Rachel to the remainder of the festivities?
CAL: Of course you can escort Rachel.
BRIAN: Rachel?
SERA: Bye, Josh.
JOSH: Yo, yo.
GREG: I’ll escort Rachel.
BRIAN: You’re out of this, get the hell off.
[ … ]
CAL: Uh, not this one right here, but --
BRIAN: Now this Andre. Gay? Is gay associated with him and Andre?
CAL: Right here, yeah.
RACHEL: No.
BRIAN: No?
RACHEL: No.
BRIAN: No? What’s the matter? What’s the matter?
RACHEL: Nothing. Nothing…
CAL: Now you’re gonna take a quick left…
SERA: Rach. What’s wrong?
CAL: Right after --
BRIAN: You alright?
RACHEL: Nothing! We’re having fun.
CAL: -- this turn to the corner.
[ … ]
BRIAN: Rachel’s fine. We’re all having fun.
CAL: Yeah, Wheeler, I think is the name.
BRIAN: Wow.
RACHEL: Is he gonna come out and say hello to everyone?
JOSH: I’m really --
BRIAN: Is he gonna come out and greet the party?
CAL: You want him to?
RACHEL: (Laughs)
CAL: I know you love seeing his face, right?
RACHEL: I know I do.
[ … ]
CAL: Uh, that one right there. Stop, like, right here.
LIMO DRIVER: Right here?
CAL: Yeah. I’ll -- I’ll be right back.
RACHEL: Yeah.
[ … ]
CAL: I’ll be right back.
RACHEL: Put this little up there.
JOSH: Where’s he going?
RACHEL: He’s going to see Andre!
SERA: Okay, what’s the matter? Why don’t you like this guy Andre?
RACHEL: What’s the matter with Andre? There’s a lot the matter with Andre.
SERA: Like what?
RACHEL: I don’t know.
JOSH: Is he anything like Cal?
RACHEL: No.
GREG: What’s that supposed to mean?
SERA: Cal’s sweet. He is, but he’s just a little…
JOSH: Cal’s just --
GREG: He’s just quiet.
RACHEL: Oh, hi, Cal.
BRIAN: Cal!
SERA: What’s up!
GREG: Cal’s back!
CAL: So, um, Andre’s naked and --
JOSH: That’s great.
CAL: -- won’t be joining us. So, I’m gonna go meet him.
BRIAN: I’m the gay one.
JOSH: Naked.
CAL: Yeah, I’ll be naked with him.
BRIAN: Let him go. Just let him go.
RACHEL: Have fun.
JOSH: Yeah, okay…
SERA: Bye, Cal. It was nice meeting you.
RACHEL: Thanks for coming for a little while.
SERA: I’ll see you in bye --
GREG: Yes.
SERA: -- oh.
GREG: Nice meeting you, Cal.
BRIAN: Bye-oh!
SERA AND BRIAN: (Laughs)
CAL: What did you day?
BRIAN: She’d see you in bye… oh. (Laughs)
SERA: I’ll see you in bye. (Laughs)
CAL: Oh, I get it. Yeah, that’s funny.
SERA: Bye, Cal.
JOSH: See you later, man. Nice meeting ya.
GREG: Bye.
BRIAN: I had a good time.
SERA: Bye, Cal!
BRIAN: You rock ass!
GREG: You rock the ass!
RACHEL: Bye, goodnight.
SERA: [ … ] Okay, I don’t like him.
GREG: (Laughs)
BRIAN: You bitch!
ANDRE’S BASEMENT
11:40 PM
ANDRE: (Grunts) [ … ] Alright, go.
[ … ]
CAL: Okay, some things, then. We acted alone. We obtained the weapons alone. And nobody knew that we were going to do this. Our -- our -- our parents had nothing to do with this. And, so everybody knows, they didn’t… know anything about it.
[ … ]
ANDRE: I mean when our parents find these tapes… I mean, what are they gonna think? “Oh my god, I was asleep upstairs while they were in the basement recording this. We could’ve known, we could’ve stopped them.”
CAL: No. No.
ANDRE: That -- that’s bullshit, mom. Don’t worry about that.
[ … ]
CAL: Alright, so you found us and you think, “Jesus, I’m sending them to counseling. We have to stop this.” We’d go through counseling… you know, we’d wait a period, and then --
ANDRE: We’d just come out and do it anyway.
CAL: Exactly. [ … ] You know, you could think that you cured us and we’ll make you believe that, but… you can’t cure somebody who has nothing wrong with them. [ … ] Don’t feel guilty about this.
ANDRE: I mean, it’s not your fault. We love you. [ … ] I mean, we weren’t... morons like every other loser that’s done this. I mean, we weren’t a bunch of fuckos or retards who were just starving for attention. [ … ] We fooled everybody. I mean, even if we hadn’t, could you blame them for not noticing? I mean, who wants to think that their son, their student, their classmate, their peer, their employee… is gonna do something like that? There are no reasons and you’re all gonna look for them but you’re not gonna find them. So, fuck you. Fuck that. Fuck the reasons. There are none.
[ … ]
CAL: This isn’t… our fault. I mean, you made us -- made me what I am.
[ … ]
ANDRE: For years, I’ve been tormented by all of you assholes. Okay? I was called a faggot for walking down the hall in school in a shirt that came from fucking JCPenney. It’s a fucking shirt, who the fuck cares?
[ … ]
CAL: In Europe, in the Medieval Times, if somebody insulted somebody… you know, you -- you whipped out your fucking sword and you duelled them and you killed them. And...
ANDRE: Make no mistake, we’ve been insulted. Now it’s time for the duel.
[ … ]
CAL: I know this will be my -- my last day. It’s Zero Day. It’s my last day, but that one day I’m gonna live more fully than anyone has lived in their entire lives. [ … ] We will be more… powerful than God.
ANDRE: We’re gonna be God. No -- no mistake about that. We’ll be fucking God. [ … ] I mean, we decide who lives and who dies. Anybody who manages to get out, years from now, they’re puny life is gonna have meaning and they’re gonna thank us. ‘Cause they’re gonna think that God spared their lives.
[ … ]
CAL: It’s too bad that this is what we have to do, but… we’re doing it, so… [ … ] And don’t waste this opportunity. Don’t just say that these people’s lives were lost for nothing. Because… it’s just stupid. Just wake up.
ANDRE: We’re not trying to waste anybody’s life. We’re trying to show people what they should value. Respect and love your fellow man. I mean, it might seem like we’re hypocrites for saying these kinds of things, because we’re not -- or at least you don’t think we’re doing that. But we’re doing the most respectful, most loving thing we can do right now.
[ … ]
CAL: We’re all animals.
ANDRE: And eventually we’ll all die out. So… enjoy it while you can. [ … ] One more thing. I have a safety deposit box at the First National Bank. I hereby bequeath it to CNN and Wolf Blitzer. Or anybody -- any media people who want it. [ … ] I think that’s it.
CAL: Yep.
OUTSIDE CHRIS’S HOUSE
1:02 AM
CAL: I don’t wanna, like, trash his computer or anything.
ANDRE: Alright, we’ll leave his computer alone, but we gotta make it look like we broke in.
CAL: There’s a -- there’s a -- there’s a party across the street. I mean, it makes it a little different. We’re not egging Brad Huff’s house. [ … ] There’s still people sitting on the porch, so... I don’t --
ANDRE: That won’t be a problem. We’ll -- we’ll try to go around back.
[ … ]
CAL: God.
ANDRE: Sh.
[ … ]
CAL: Dude, camouflage really works.
ANDRE: I know.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Got it.
CAL: It worked? No shit.
[ … ]
CAL: Alright, just -- I’ll be -- meet me at the front door.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Hurry up, hurry up.
CAL: Gonna have to go break through the window.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Was that the one you want? [ … ] Why don’t we set the bag out on the bed. We’ll take everything out. Here, just do it.
[ … ]
CAL: Clips.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Oh, shit, okay good they --
CAL: No, they didn’t fall out.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Backup shotgun just in case.
[ … ]
CAL: Put the safety on and just take it. We don’t need to mess with it right -- just --
ANDRE: Wait, I wanna see which side -- he -- he took the- the indicator thing off. Alright, I’m gonna put it back.
CAL: Let’s just get out of here.
ANDRE: I don’t wanna get my brains blown out before Zero Day.
CAL: Okay. Can we -- can we leave now?
[ … ]
ANDRE: Well, we’ll do this --
CAL: Wait, wait, just -- just do --
ANDRE: Relax. Hold on, hold on. Take a breath. Relax. We’re okay. No problems here.
[ … ]
ANDRE: We got everything we came for.
CAL: Yeah.
ANDRE: You know what, as for everything else, it’ll take them a while --
CAL: I’m writing Chris a note.
ANDRE: Why?
CAL: I --
ANDRE: No, you’re gonna fuck everything up! Don’t leave a note. What if he finds it before it’s time?
[ … ]
CAL: A pen.
ANDRE: Index card okay? Or… envelope?
CAL: Yeah --
ANDRE: Oh, shit, right here.
CAL: Just something that’s --
ANDRE: Right here.
[ … ]
CAL: Chris… (Giggles) What am I gonna say?
ANDRE: Uh, sorry we stole your guns. Needed --
CAL: Sorry --
ANDRE: -- it for our secret plan --
CAL: -- we stole your guns, we need it for a movie.
ANDRE: (Laughs) Yeah.
[ … ]
CAL: Hope you had fun at yo --
ANDRE: -- yo mama’s --
CAL: -- mama’s.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Stay here. When I pull up, bring the stuff out. I’ll be back in two minutes.
OUTSIDE CHRIS’S HOUSE
CAL: That would not be him.
[ … ]
WOMAN PASSERBY: Hi.
CAL: Hi.
WOMAN PASSERBY: What y’all doing?
CAL: Oh, just making a little video.
WOMAN PASSERBY: Of the neighbors?
CAL: Yeah.
WOMAN PASSERBY: (Laughs)
[ … ]
CAL: Oh, God.
ANDRE’S CAR
ANDRE: Give me the camera.
CAL: Oh my god.
ANDRE: Pick it up. Hurry up. We don’t have time for this, let’s go! [ … ] Take it.
[ … ]
CAL AND ANDRE: (Laughs)
CAL: Oh my god. Did we just --
MAY 1, 2001
ANDRE’S CAR
(IN FRONT OF HIGH SCHOOL)
8:41 AM
CAL: Okay…
ANDRE: Alright.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Alright. (Sighs)
[ … ]
ANDRE: I’m nervous as all fuck today. [ ... ] I just wanna make sure we have everything. [ … ] Alright.
CAL: I don’t think I can tell you… how nervous I am.
ANDRE: That’s you. Be careful with that.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Here are the… .45 and the, uh, Carbine.
CAL: Yeah.
ANDRE: Who takes the Glock? I take the Glock.
CAL: Take the Glock.
ANDRE: Do you want it?
CAL: No, you can have it.
[ … ]
ANDRE: It’s not gonna start taping again, it’s not gonna tape over what we did, it’s not gonna erase anything?
CAL: No.
ANDRE: You sure?
[ … ]
ANDRE: You started a fresh spot?
CAL: Fresh spot, yeah.
ANDRE: Alright, good…
[ … ]
ANDRE: What are you doing?
CAL: One of the bullets...
ANDRE: Dude, I want you to know, like, I couldn’t have done this with anyone else. Like… I don’t know what would’ve happened to me if -- if we hadn’t been friends.
[ … ]
CAL: I don’t… think that, uh… I could’ve done this -- [ … ] without anybody... else, either.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Ready?
CAL: Aim.
ANDRE: Let’s get this shit done. [ … ] Let’s kick the tires and light the fires.
INSIDE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY
10:02 AM
911 OPERATOR: 911, what’s your emergency?
STUDENT #1: Yeah, uh, I think there’s a shooting at my school.
911 OPERATOR: We have units on the way. Can you find -- can you see any perpetrators? The men with the guns?
STUDENT #1: No. Not really, like --
STUDENTS: (Screams)
STUDENT #1: -- there’s like a lot of people. Huh?
911 OPERATOR: Can you tell me where you are?
STUDENT #1: Um --
911 OPERATOR: How many people? Can you see the perpetrators? Can you see the guys with the gun?
STUDENTS: (Screams)
STUDENT #1: I don’t --
911 OPERATOR: Are you inside or outside?
ANDRE: Fuckers!
ANDRE AND CAL: (Gunshots)
911 OPERATOR: Shots fired. Hello?
ANDRE: (Laughs)
911 OPERATOR: Shots fired. Hello?
[ … ]
911 OPERATOR: Hello? Hello? Can you pick up? Hello?
ANDRE: Hello?
911 OPERATOR: Can you tell me where you are?
ANDRE: Hello?
911 OPERATOR: Can you tell me where you are?
ANDRE: Oh! Oh! Oh! They’re shooting in the school!
911 OPERATOR: Where are you at?
ANDRE: Help me! Help me! I’m the fucking shooter, tell the fucking cops!
911 OPERATOR: Perpetrator has the phone. [ … ] Perpetrator’s on the phone.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Did you see her fall? (High-pitched voice) “Ah, ah… I’ve fallen, oh no.”
[ … ]
CAL: Do you think they’re dead?
ANDRE: Doesn’t really matter now. They’re gonna die.
911 OPERATOR: There’s two people. [ … ] Male.
ANDRE: They’re gonna fucking bleed to death.
911 OPERATOR: There’s two shooters. --
ANDRE: And we’re gonna watch.
911 OPERATOR: -- Male.
CAL: We’re such mean people.
ANDRE: Yeah.
911 OPERATOR: Hello? Can you pick up?
ANDRE: It’s our little buddy. How you doing, little buddy?
CAL: Come on, let’s go.
ANDRE: No, hold up, hold up. You got a phone call here.
CAL: Andre.
ANDRE: Hold on. Any last words? Come on.
CAL: Andre!
911 OPERATOR: Perpetrator’s name is Andre.
[ … ]
911 OPERATOR: Andre? Andre? Can you pick up?
CAL: Hey, everybody!
STUDENT #2: (Crying)
ANDRE: Hi.
STUDENT #2: No!
911 OPERATOR: Several people in the room.
ANDRE: That’s funny.
911 OPERATOR: He’s got them held hostage. Two perpetrators and a woman in the room.
STUDENT#2: (Screams)
ANDRE: How are you? That’s cool. (Gunshots)
911 OPERATOR: Shots fired. Several gunshots fired.
CAL: (Gunshots)
911 OPERATOR: Rapid fire.
ANDRE: (Laughs)
STUDENT #2: (Screams)
ANDRE: Shut up!
STUDENTS: (Groans)
[ … ]
STUDENT #3: Help me!
ANDRE AND CAL: (Gunshots)
911 OPERATOR: Shots fired.
ANDRE AND CAL: (Gunshots)
911 OPERATOR: Shots fired.
[ … ]
STUDENT #4: Garret, what are you doing?
STUDENT #2: No!
STUDENT #4: No!
STUDENT #2: (Screams) No!
ANDRE AND CAL: (Gunshots)
STUDENT #4: (Cries)
911 OPERATOR: Reloading.
STUDENTS: (Moans)
911 OPERATOR: Can you hear me? Andre? [ … ] Andre, can you pick up?
STUDENT #2: No! Go away!
ANDRE: Hi, how are you?
STUDENT #2: Oh my god.
ANDRE: (High-pitched voice) “Oh my god, oh my god.” Don’t say my name, I’m right here.
911 OPERATOR: Perpetrator’s talking.
STUDENT #2: Go away!
ANDRE: Oh, go away? (Laughs)
STUDENT #2: No! Leave me alone! Now!
911 OPERATOR: Andre?
STUDENTS: (Screams)
911 OPERATOR: Can you pick up?
STUDENT #2: No!
CAL: Look at the blood. Jesus.
[ … ]
911 OPERATOR: Several victims will be injured.
[ … ]
CAL: Is the gun pointed at you?
STUDENT #2: No! What is he doing?
CAL: Shut up.
STUDENT #2: (Screams)
CAL: What?
STUDENT #2: (Whimpers)
CAL: What? Are you dead yet?!
STUDENT #2: (Cries) Leave us alone.
CAL: No, you’re still alive, aren’t you?
911 OPERATOR: Perpetrator’s interacting with the victims.
STUDENT #2: (Screams)
CAL: Shut up! Shut up!
911 OPERATOR: Perpetrator is yelling at threatening victim.
STUDENT #2: (Whimpers)
911 OPERATOR: Andre? Can you pick up?
STUDENT #4: Cal… Cal… Don’t shoot. Don’t shoot.
911 OPERATOR: One of the victims is talking to a perpetrator.
STUDENT #4: Everyone’s dead, man.
911 OPERATOR: He’s trying to reason with him.
CAL: What?
STUDENT #4: Everyone’s dead.
STUDENT #2: (Whimpers)
STUDENT #4: There’s no one else left, man. Stop.
CAL: You’re still alive.
911 OPERATOR: One of the victims is trying to reason with him.
STUDENT #4: Stop.
CAL: Stop?
911 OPERATOR: Asking him to stop.
CAL: You want me to stop? You want me to stop right now?
STUDENT #4: (Cries) Yeah.
CAL: Shut up! [ … ] Look at -- look at her right there. [ … ] Shut up! (Gunshots)
911 OPERATOR: Rapid fire. Rapid fire. Rapid fire.
STUDENT #4: God… God…
[ … ]
CAL: Is it time for the pistol?
911 OPERATOR: The perpetrators indicate a pistol.
ANDRE: Right. All mine.
911 OPERATOR: There’s more than one weapon. There’s more than one weapon per perp.
ANDRE: Cal, look. It’s Greg!
911 OPERATOR: Victim’s name is Greg.
ANDRE: Greg. Greg, sit down, man. Sit down, relax.
GREG: Please, sir. Please don’t -- please don’t hurt me.
ANDRE AND CAL: Sir? (Laughs)
ANDRE: I like that.
CAL: He called you sir. (Laughs)
GREG: Please don’t shoot, don’t --
ANDRE: I can’t kill you, you’re too pathetic. You’re gonna live today, man. You’re gonna live.
CAL: (Gunshots)
911 OPERATOR: Several shots. Rapid fire.
CAL: This gun sucks.
ANDRE: Looks fine to me. Did the job. [ … ] Hey! Hey, look. It’s another guy behind the couch!
911 OPERATOR: There’s a victim behind the couch.
ANDRE: You’re not gonna say anything? Nothing? Not even a (high-pitched voice) “Oh, please, help me!”? (Gunshots)
911 OPERATOR: Shots fired.
ANDRE: Hey.
STUDENT #5: (Grabs backpack and runs away)
ANDRE: Stop!
STUDENT #5: Fuck you!
ANDRE: “Fuck you.”
CAL: (Laughs)
ANDRE: (Laughs) He came back for his backpack.
911 OPERATOR: One of the victims escaped.
ANDRE: He totally went back for his fucking bag.
911 OPERATOR: One of the victims has escaped.
ANDRE: Probably had weed or something.
911 OPERATOR: Male victim has left the room.
ANDRE: Figured if he gets out, he’s not getting in trouble.
911 OPERATOR: He may be coming out. He should be coming out.
[ … ]
ANDRE: Oh, look. He fell. (Giggles) [ … ] How you doing, buddy?
911 OPERATOR: Andre? Can you pick up? Andre? [ … ] Hello, can you pick up?
[ … ]
911 OPERATOR: Weapons loaded. [ … ] Andre? Can you pick up?
CAL: There’s absolutely nobody left in here.
911 OPERATOR: Perpetrators may now be alone in the room.
[ … ]
CAL: Anybody else alive in here?
ANDRE: Just us.
911 OPERATOR: Perpetrators indicating no one in the room.
CAL: Now we’re dead.
911 OPERATOR: Perpetrators indicate no one in the room alive. [ … ] Hello, can you pick up? Andre? Can you pick up? Andre? [ … ] Weapon empty. [ … ] Andre? Can you pick up?
CAL: I can see my reflection… in the blood.
ANDRE: Look out there. That is a lot of fucking cops.
911 OPERATOR: They see units.
ANDRE: Come on, let’s go get a couple.
CAL: No.
911 OPERATOR: They’re talking about shooting --
ANDRE: What do you mean “no”?
911 OPERATOR: -- at responding units.
CAL: No.
ANDRE: Come on, let’s go.
911 OPERATOR: One perpetrator’s apprehensive.
CAL: I’m done.
ANDRE: What do you -- what -- how are you done?
CAL: Andre, you’re done.
ANDRE: I’m not -- I don’t -- I’m not done. No.
CAL: What the fuck... it’s alright. We’ll just… would you rather get shot by cops or… by yourself?
ANDRE: I guess you’re right.
911 OPERATOR: We may have an attempted suicide.
CAL: You guess or you know?
ANDRE: I know.
911 OPERATOR: Talking about suicide.
ANDRE: You’re right.
911 OPERATOR: Talking about suicide.
CAL: Yeah.
911 OPERATOR: Andre. Andre?
CAL: I’m out of bullets.
911 OPERATOR: Andre, can you pick up the phone?
[ … ]
911 OPERATOR: Weapons loaded. Andre. We can work this out. Can you pick up the line?
[ … ]
CAL: Alright.
911 OPERATOR: Andre, can you answer? Hey, Andre, where are you? Andre, where are you?
CAL: One…
911 OPERATOR: I think they’re gonna do it.
CAL: Two…
ANDRE: Wait.
CAL: What?
ANDRE: I can’t do it.
911 OPERATOR: Perpetrator Andre is apprehensive.
ANDRE: I -- I just can’t do it.
911 OPERATOR: One perpetrator’s apprehensive.
CAL: Andre.
ANDRE: I can’t.
911 OPERATOR: Andre, we can get you out of this. Andre. Andre, I can get you out of this. Just pick up the phone. Andre.
CAL: What’s the problem?
ANDRE: I just can’t do it.
911 OPERATOR: Andre, we’ll get you out.
CAL: You don’t have to think about it.
911 OPERATOR: It doesn’t have to be this way.
CAL: Andre!
911 OPERATOR: Andre, we can get you out of here.
ANDRE: Alright.
911 OPERATOR: Andre, can you answer?
CAL: Give me a yes.
ANDRE: Yes.
911 OPERATOR: Andre, we can get you out of this.
CAL: One… two…
ANDRE: Wait.
911 OPERATOR: Suicide.
ANDRE: One, two, three, go? Or one, two… go?
911 OPERATOR: Deciding how many numbers until they shoot.
ANDRE: Like, one, two, three… go?
CAL: Do we shoot on four or do we shoot on three?
911 OPERATOR: I can get you out of this, just pick up the phone.
ANDRE: I’m thinking four.
CAL: Everybody shoots on four, you know.
ANDRE: So, it’s like… one, two, three, shoot.
CAL: Right.
911 OPERATOR: They’re agreeing on the numbers.
CAL: So, it’s one, two, three… bang.
911 OPERATOR: One, two, three… bang?
ANDRE: Not one, two, bang. Okay, gotcha.
911 OPERATOR: Andre?
CAL: One…
911 OPERATOR: Andre?
CAL: Two…
911 OPERATOR: We can get you out of this. Why don’t you just pick up?
CAL: Three…
ANDRE AND CAL: (Shoots themselves)
911 OPERATOR: (Groans) Shots fired. [ … ] Perpetrators may be down.
MAY 10, 2001
IN A CAR
CAR GUY #1: Open your window, open your window.
[ … ]
CAR GUY #2: Fucking media.
CAR GUY #3: Look at this. They’re staked out all over the place.
CAR GUY #1: You know, we’re gonna be on the other side, guys. It’s not even, like -- those guys can’t even see anything where we’re going.
CAR GUY #4: Alright.
CAR GUY #1: They’re just gonna hear about it in the morning.
CAR GUY #4: Take a right?
CAR GUY #2: Take a right, yeah.
[ … ]
CAR GUY #1: Is that them? Can you see -- wait, where?
CAR GUY #4: Right there, right there.
CAR GUY #3: All to the left.
CAR GUY #4: See over there? Right there.
CAR GUY #2: See those crosses?
CAR GUY #3: All fourteen of them.
OUTSIDE CAR
CAR GUY #4: You guys got everything?
CAR GUY #3: Just drop everything. There’s the first one.
CAR GUY #4: Yeah, they all go to school here and I don’t know who all of them are. I don’t know, I’d have to see the names.
CAR GUY #1: Who’s that?
CAR GUY #4: Right here. That’s... Jason.
CAR GUY #1: No, that’s not -- I don’t know.
CAR GUY #3: Guys, let’s be a little more respectful, alright? We don’t know who they are.
[ ... ]
CAR GUY #4: Omar. [ … ] No.
[ … ]
CAR GUY #2: Guys, what’s that noise? It’s getting louder.
[ … ]
CAR GUY #3: It’s just your light off.
CAR GUY #4: What’s the kid’s name again?
CAR GUY #2: Somebody’s probably over there.
CAR GUY #4: Calvin what?
[ … ]
CAR GUY #1: Woah, this one’s --
CAR GUY #4: What is this?
[ … ]
CAR GUY #1: What, what, what?
CAR GUY #3: It’s just a refrigerator --
CAR GUY #2: It’s one of those refrigerator --
CAR GUY #3: -- it’s okay, don’t worry.
CAR GUY #2: -- truck --
CAR GUY #4: Did you see anybody there?
CAR GUY #2: No, nobody. There’s nobody there.
CAR GUY #4: You sure?
[ … ]
CAR GUY #2: Did you guys find them?
CAR GUY #4: There right here, man.
CAR GUY #1: There they are.
CAR GUY #2: Which one? These?
CAR GUY #1: Look people --
CAR GUY #4: That’s the one right there.
CAR GUY #1: -- people wrote shit all over it.
[ … ]
CAR GUY #1: “We love you, Andre,” “We are praying for you.” What’s this bullshit?
CAR GUY #2: Go douse that one.
CAR GUY #4: Hold on.
CAR GUY #2: Go fucking douse that.
CAR GUY #4: Hold on.
[ … ]
CAR GUY #1: Soak it. Soak it good.
[ … ]
CAR GUY #1: This fucker’s gonna burn.
CAR GUY #4: You’re damn right he’s gonna fucking burn. They’re gonna fucking burn good.
[ … ]
CAR GUY #1: One… two… three. Get them up -- okay. [ … ] Aw, yeah.
CAR GUY #2: Burn, you bastards.
CAR GUY #4: Burn in Hell, motherfuckers.
CAR GUY #3: Burn!
[ … ]
CAR GUY #1: Come on, let’s go, let’s go. Let’s go, let’s go. Let’s get the hell out of here.
IN A CAR
CAR GUY #3: Get this shit.
CAR GUY #2: Look at that shit fucking burn.
CAR GUY #4: Burn, baby, burn.
CAR GUY #1: Nice. Nice… okay, go, go. I got it.
CAR GUY #2: I can’t fucking get that.
CAR GUY #4: You see this?
CAR GUY #3: Oh, yeah. That’s their soul.
CAR GUY #4: Oh, that -- that’s their souls on fire, man.
VICTIMS
(10 + 2 SHOOTERS)
Melissa Banks
Chelsea Cipolla
Carmine DiBenedetto
Victoria Everman
David Futernick
Derrick Karg
Megan Maxwell
Sarah Pilla
Chris Thompson
Michael Omar Walters
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Calvin Gabriel
Andre Kriegman