[Movie Script]Fault in Our Stars, The

                            THE FAULT IN OUR STARS


Written by
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Based on the novel by
John Green
May 1, 2012
                                                          FIRST DRAFT


HAZEL GRACE LANCASTER (16) lies in the grass, staring up at

the stars. We're CLOSE ON her FACE and we hear:
           HAZEL (V.O.)

           You have a choice in this world, I

believe, about how to tell sad

stories.
CUT TO a SERIES OF QUICK IMAGES:

- Hazel and the BOY we will come to know as AUGUSTUS "GUS"

WATERS (17) at an outdoor restaurant in some magical place.

[They look very much like the perfect Hollywood couple.]
           HAZEL (V.O.)

           On the one hand, you can sugar coat

- the way they do in movies and

romance novels.
- "Perfect" Hazel and "Perfect" Gus sit on a BENCH

overlooking an incredible seascape in some foreign country.

She rests her head on his shoulder.
           HAZEL (V.O.)


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