[Movie Script]Mud

                                      MUD


Written by
Jeff Nichols
Shooting Script

September 16, 2011
          1 INT. ELLIS' ROOM - PREDAWN 1



ELLIS(14) sits fully-clothed on top of his made bed. He is a

wiry young man with a few blonde hairs on his upper lip

struggling desperately to be a mustache.

His room, cluttered with junk, is dark, quiet and tiny. A

backpack and an oversized Walkie-Talkie sit next to him.

The silence is cut by a SQUAWK from the Walkie. Ellis

quickly grabs it.
                          ELLIS

           I'm comin' out now.
He crams the Walkie into his backpack and slings it over his

shoulder. On his feet, he slides open a window at the foot

of his bed. He's out in one motion.
          2 EXT. HOUSEBOAT - PREDAWN 2


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