The commune

Fed up by the grind of a greedy and selfish society. Martin leaves it all to live in the woods. He is soon joined by others and a commune forms.


Commune



Martin:

Laying in bed with headphone on, alarm sound comes out muffled from the headphone, his eyes open and he slides delicately out of bed, very slowly, gently tiptoes across the room, stopping with any squeak of the floorboard, looking back at the bed in nervousness, he arrives at a closed door and turns the handle slowly, after a few inches the door squeaks and he stops, looking back over his shoulder, he opens it a little more and it squeaks again, with only a small opening he tries to squeeze through, a painstaking effort, another small squeak comes out when he is finally through.
Turns shower on slowly, when the jet is too strong he turns it down, a nervous look is on his face
with barely a trickle of water he completes his 30 second shower, puts on a robe
squeezes back out the door, tiptoes across the room and opens a closet door gingerly, the closet is messy and full, he fumbles around and then slowly flicks on a light switch

Sandy: (Sitting up abruptly in bed wearing a sleep mask and , speaks sternly) What the fuck is all of the commotion?
Martin : (whispering) I am sorry, I can't see in my closet to get my clothes
Sandy: What the fuck do you need to see, use your hands, if it feels fat around the waist it is your pants, if it has a fat head hole it is a shirt
now turn the light off and shut up.
Martin : ( whispering)I can't see what I am doing
Sandy: Did you just raise your tone with me?
Martin : no, I'm sorry Ill be done in a second
Sandy: I didn't hear that light switch go off
(shuts light off , grabs some clothes and tiptoes across the room
Sandy: And take my dog out too

Typical suburban house, well kept lawn

Standing outside a pink door with a gold doggie door on the bottom. Brittany written in sparkles above the flap
Martin: ( whispering) Brittany, Brittany, come on, outside..........tinkletime....brittany....
Opens door, fluffy small dog in elaborately decorated room stares at him....
Martin: (whispering) Come on girl, please....tinkle time

Standing out front in bathrobe, bedhead, unshaven, holding 50 foot dog leash, dozes off,
Wakes to leash being pulled and finds Brittany being humped by an ugly black dog
No No No he yells as he pull son the retractable leash that doesn't retract, rushing over he pulls the dog off Brittany
holding her out in front of his body he brings her back inside

He looks at the clock and panics, grabs the clothes and looks at what he grabbed shakes his head, gingerly but quickly he heads back upstairs and finds the bedroom door has been locked. Shakes his head and says " not again"

The Garage door opens and an SUV backs out
Gas station: Martin pulls to a pump and gets out wearing a sneakers, green pants and a flowered shirt.
he walks inside the store and pays for 40$ in gas, walks back out and sees Jimmy on the opposite side of his pump
Martin: Hi Jimmy, how are you doing? ( starts pumping)
Jimmy slides card in pump : Hey Martin, You ah celebrating earth day today ( looks at his clothes up and down)
Martin: Yeah well...never too late to save a squirrel, ( gas pump hits $39.00 and slows down)
In the distance a man walks out with a pole to change the gas prices
Jimmy: So Martin how is business,
Martin: We are still trucking along...haha..these gas prices are killing us though.
Behind them the man finishes the price change and on his way back his phone rings, he goes back to the sign and changes it again
Martin looks down and sees the pump is only on $39.54 and slowly going up
Martin: How about the diner Jimmy, you still packing them in for breakfast?
Jimmy: Yeah things are steady, it is harder to compete with some of the chains but thank God people gotta eat and nobody knows how to cook anymore
Sign change again Martins pump finishes
Martin: You have a good day Jimmy
Jimmy: You too Martin


Global Transport office

Martin behind a desk, in walks in Boss/Owner
Martin: Good Morning Steve
Steve: Hello Martin, pauses, Martin things aren't looking to good
Martin: What do you mean Steve
Steve: Well Martin fuel costs, healthcare, regulations, insurance...it is just killing us, the only thing I got left is this property and the taxes are skyrocketing
Martin looks puzzled
Steve: I am trying everything I can to turn us around. I just wanted you to know.
Martin: well okay Steve...keep me posted
Martin goes back to work

Back at the house
Sandy bangs on the kids door
Sandy: get up, you're late for school
Boy: Mom its July, and besides that you're a little late, it is 11:00 ( boy is on the computer )
Girl: Mom are we going to Dads this weekend? ( girl on computer)
Sandy: Yes but don't talk about it in front of Martin
Kids both : alright




Martin pulls a bunch of bills from his drawer
He starts going through them, shaking his head, punching numbers on a calculator with increasing anger
He gets up grabs the bills and leaves
Martin: I am going to lunch
Secretary: Okay


Phone company counter
Martin : Yes, one of your people called me and offered me a bundle package
Rep: Yes that is the all in one, call for fun, get it done package
Martin: Yeah..well uhhhh my bill is double now
Rep: Yes but you get it all in one bill
Martin: yeah but it costs me double
Rep: But you can call for fun
Martin: I don't call for fun, I want my old plan back
Rep: I am sorry sir, you'll have to call customer service for that.

Martin in the car:
Dialing phone , gets voice prompt thank you for calling Vistastar Phone, your approximate wait time is 5 minutes

Martin at Bank desk, phone to ear
Bank Rep: Martin I am sorry, nobody knew the rates were going to jump like this
Martin: You told me my payment would go up a hundred dollars a month....does this look like a hundred dollars? thrust bill forward
Bank Rep: Martin you are behind on your payments, I can't help that or the rates.
Martin: You can't help?...you told me to take out this lone...you told me I was stupid if I didn't....you...
Voice through his cell phone, Martin signals bank rep to wait
Voice in Indian accent" Hello, thank you for calling Vistastar phone, I see the number you are calling from is 610-976-1212 is this the number you are calling about?
Martin: Yes, well sort of, I have the package deal with...
Voice oh the all in one, call for fun, get it done package
Martin: Yes that one, I don't understand why my bill is so much higher
Voice: Sir, before I can assist you further I will need your name and address
Martin gives them
Voice: And your password
Martin leans to side after looking at bank rep and whispers Jenna James
Voice: I am sorry sir I couldn't hear you
Martin: Jenna James
Voice: Thank you sir, hold on one minute while I transfer you
Bank Rep: Look Martin, the best advice I can give you is to sell the house
Martin: Sell the house! nobody is buying houses now
Bank Rep: That is all I can tell you Martin
Bank rep stands and extends hand, martin shakes it while fumbling with phone under his shoulder


Martin Back in car

Car on seat next to him on speaker phone, Indian music playing
Voice in Indian accent" Hello, thank you for calling Vistastar phone, I see the number you are calling from is 610-976-1212 is this the number you are calling about?
Martin: Yes, I have been waiting to talk to someone about my bill,
Voice oh the all in one, call for fun, get it done package
Martin: Yes that one,I want my old plan, this package whatever is killing me
Voice: Sir, before I can assist you further I will need your name and address
Martin Come one, I just gave that
Voice: Sir it is a security measure
Martin Gives it
Voice: And your password
Martin whispers Jenna James
Voice: I am sorry sir I couldn't hear you
Martin: Jenna James ok the porn star Jenna James
Voice: thank you sir please give me a minute to review the account



Martin in doctors office waiting room
Sitting in a chair between two people, both overweight
Martin looks uncomfortable wedged in between the two
Patient 1: I can't believe we are still sitting here after 45 minutes
Patient 2: I'm telling you, I am waiting 5 more minutes and then I'm going down to the Er
Patient 1: All this to go through cause of a TB test came back positive , I aint never even been to Mexico
Martin cover face and gets up, tells desk girl he will be outside
Breathing fresh air in, a plume of smoke covers him, he turns to see a man with an oxygen tank smoking
Martin: Maybe you should lay off the cigarettes with that thing?
Man looks down at tank
Man: Maybe you should lay off the cock....starts to walk away and flicks cigarette hitting martin on forehead

Martin on exam table phone open on speaker playing Indian music
Doctor in front of him with reflective light on head
Dr: Well Martin the lab tests came back and your cholesterol seems to be stabilized
Martin: Oh , well good, does that mean I can stop taking the pills? I have been working out, drinking water and watching what I eat
Dr: Well that is all fun and well Martin, but you should stay on the medication
Dr sees burn mark on forehead
Dr: What happened here?
Martin: I told that guy he should stop smoking
Dr taking off reflector revealing 2 burn marks
Dr: Yeah , I tired that too