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Sweet As

By: Aya Tanimura

Submitted: 2009.12.22
Country: United States

Tags: Aya Bird comedy funny Grannies Humor Japaralian Kia Nanna Nature New Zealand Tanimura young

The Script

EXT. QUEENSTOWN SUBURB - MORNING

A KIA bird flies over rows of houses, finally resting on a street sign “AOTEAROA”. Engines revving and screeching tires are heard, causing the bird to fly off. Two CARS come racing down the street and park in adjacent driveways.

EXT. DRIVEWAYS - MORNING

The door of the red car cracks open a sliver, then slowly opens with a long screech. A WALKING STICK appears followed by a pair of old lady shoes.

The same sequence is repeated with the white car.

GRANNY - Ha ha! I beat you!

Granny peers over her red car.

NANNA - You absolutely did not!

GRANNY - Did too!

The two ladies start bickering as they close their car doors with their walking sticks.

GRANNY (CONT’D) - I beat you, just like I beat you with the roses this year. I got three more buds than you!

NANNA - Ha! Well need I remind YOU of the Rotary Bake Challenge...

Granny gets a look of horror in her eyes.

CUT TO:

INT. COMMUNITY CENTER - DAY

Nanna stands behind her gorgeous PAVLOVA as a man pins a first prize ribbon on her. Down the other end of the long table, Granny looks defeated as her gingerbread house collapses.

CUT TO:

EXT. DRIVEWAYS - MORNING

Nanna grins, knowing that she has “won” this argument.

SEAN (O.C.) - Hi Nanna!

Nanna turns to see her grandson SEAN (18) getting out of his car.

SEAN (CONT’D) - Hello Mrs. Mitchell!

GRANNY - Hello Sean.

NANNA - What have you got there?

SEAN - Oh, this is that world travel album I told you I was making.

Nanna’s eyes light up.

NANNA - Oh my word, how exciting! Lets take a look on the poop deck...

Sean helps Nanna up onto her porch.

NANNA (CONT’D) - Come on over and take a look!

GRANNY - Oh no no! I have a lot to do today...

SEAN - Come on Mrs. Mitchell!

Granny hesitates but gives in. Sean sits sandwiched between the two. He opens the album titled “World Travel”.

SEAN (CONT’D) - This is me surfing in Australia.

Sean points to photos of him from various countries. Nanna counts them as Granny tries to look unimpressed.

NANNA - Six countries! My word!

Granny abruptly gets up and totters back to her place.

EXT. DRIVEWAYS - MORNING

A young man of about 17 is Sitting in his beat up car. He stares at a $50 note in his hands.

CUT TO:

INT. GRANNY’S LIVING ROOM - DAY

Granny glares into the camera, addressing her grandson.

GRANNY - Now go travel the world my dear, and be sure to take lots of photos!
She grins and hands over a $50 note.

CUT TO:

INT. JAMES’ CAR - AFTERNOON

James looks defeated. He turns the radio on and starts to drive along the coast. James looks over at the gorgeous scenery, stops and parks his car. He looks at the surfers and then at his camera on the passenger's seat.

MONTAGE SEQUENCE

As the music from the radio plays, various shots are intercut with James driving along the beautiful and varied landscapes of Queenstown.

James fly fishing
James partaking in a rugby game in a dry field
James snow shoeing
James hiking with a volcano in the background
James singing and drinking in a bar
James trekking through a rainforest

EXT. DRIVEWAYS - LATE AFTERNOON, SEVERAL DAYS LATER

James pulls up to Granny’s house. He grabs the album on his passenger seat and walks towards the house.

EXT. GRANNY AND NANNA’S HOUSES - DUSK

A beautiful light falls on their homes.

NANNA - James?

JAMES - Oh, hello Mrs. Milner!

NANNA - What have you got under your arm, dear?

JAMES - Oh, this? Its just a travel albu...

GRANNY (O.C.) - James! Yoo hoo - come here and give your granny a kiss!

James walks towards Granny and plants a kiss on her head.

GRANNY (CONT’D) - Come and sit down so we can see all the lovely places you have been!

Granny motions to Nanna with a sly grin.

GRANNY (CONT’D) - Will you join us?

NANNA - Oh no no, I was just going to check my mail box...

JAMES - Come on Mrs. Milner. Join us!

Nanna hesitates at first, then walks towards Granny’s porch. James is sitting between the two. He carefully opens a cover that is embossed with the word “Travel”.

GRANNY - Ohh, my word!

James’ photos are almost identical to Sean’s.

NANNA - This must be Australia. Sean has almost exactly the same photo! Gold Coast?

JAMES - Actually Mrs. Milner - this is Neils beach...

Nanna and Granny look surprised.

NANNA - Well I know that this one must be Norway. The only place where you can fly fish in such beautiful surroundings is Norway.

Nanna grins, proud that she knows her geography.

JAMES - Actually Mrs. Milner, this is the Mataura River.

NANNA - Huh...

They continue to go through the photos...

NANNA (CONT’D) - Switzerland?

James shakes his head.

NANNA (CONT’D) - South Africa?

JAMES - Nope...

NANNA - Hawaii?

James shakes his head again. Nanna, taken aback, is clearly impressed.

NANNA (CONT’D) - Who would have thought that our very own backyard had the best of the world!

Nanna struggles to get up off the bench. James comes to her aid and she totters back to her house.

NANNA (CONT’D) - Thank you James - for sharing that with me.

James smiles and sits back down next to his grandmother. Granny places a hand on James’ leg and pats it.

A Kia bird flies onto the railing of Granny’s porch. Granny and James stare at it for a moment before it flaps its wings and flies off into a breathtaking sunset.

Hi! My name is Aya and I am half Australian and half Japanese (Japaralian). I make photocopies and coffee for a living (I am an assistant), you can check out my “impressive” portfolio at www.imdb.com. Your vote could help me graduate from coffee maker to coffee drinker—please help!