[Movie Script]Badlands

BADLANDS

by Terence Malick
Final Version

Dialogue and Continuity
FADE IN


INT. BEDROOM



The time is 1959. HOLLY SARGIS, the 15-year-old heroine, sits on

her bed, petting her dog. The CAMERA DOLLIES BACK as she talks on

VOICE OVER.



HOLLY (v.o.)

My mother died of pneumonia when I was just a kid. My father had

kept their wedding cake in the freezer for ten whole years. After

the funeral he gave it to the yardman... He tried to act

cheerful, but he could never be consoled by the little stranger

he found in his house. Then, one day, hoping to begin a new life

away from the scene of all his memories, he moved us from Texas

to Ft. Dupree, South Dakota.
HOLD on FULL SHOT of bedroom.
DISSOLVE TO


EXT. ALLEYS AND STREETS - SERIES OF ANGLES - DAWN



The streets and alleys of Ft. Dupree at dawn. On sound we hear

the clucking of DOVES. A garbage truck appears. Details of the

mechanisms at the back of the truck.
NEW ANGLE


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