gardenman
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               OPENING CREDITS

                                   JAMIE (V.O.)
                         I often say to myself - Has it
                         ended, or has it just begun?

               FADE IN



               EXT. BUSH - AFTERNOON

               A group of boys are doing a walk through the bush.

                                   JAMIE (V.O.)
                         Who would ever believe if such a
                         story were to be true, and if so
                         if it were to exist on the world
                         known to man today. Yet fate has
                         brought us here, to experience
                         the unimaginable.

               One of the boys near the back of the line begins to get
               exhausted and sighs. Noticing this, two boys next to him
               give him a friendly push. 

                                   BOY 1
                         Tag. You're it!

               He runs off. The three boys run around a tree. One of the
               boys, JAMIE, notices a shimmer in the distance, and stops
               to take a look.

                                   JAMIE
                         Hold up guys...what's that?

               The other two boys stop running to see what he's looking
               at. JAMIE reaches into the bush and grabs a broken piece of
               what seem's to be a part of a medallion.

               JAMIE examines the bush, and pulls out two more golden
               pieces. He pulls the three pieces together. It forms a
               Magnificent golden Medallion.

               One of the boys notices a marking around the edge. It is in
               a foriegn alphabet.

                                   BOY 1
                         What's does it say?

                                                       FADE TO BLACK.



               EXT. OUTSIDE JAMIE'S HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON

               JAMIE drags his shoes along the driveway, having just
               walked home from school. He spots JOHN, the gardener
               working away raking some leaves.

                                   JAMIE (V.O.)
                         John was our family's gardener.
                         Both my parents worked late
                         hours, so they hired him to do
                         some work around the house. 

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               EXT. THE DRIVEWAY - MORNING

               JOHN is taking a wheelbarrow up the driveway towards the
               house.

                                   JAMIE (CONT'D)
                         Every morning I would see him
                         doing his work from outside my
                         window.

               JOHN notices JAMIE looking at him from the window and
               waves.

                                   JAMIE (CONT'D)
                         He seemed like a nice man. Though
                         he hardly said a word to anyone.

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               INT. THE GARAGE - AFTERNOON

               JAMIE carefully places the Medallion piece away in an old
               cardboard box on the garage shelf.

                                   JOHN
                         What's that you've got there?

                                   JAMIE
                         (he turns) Oh. Nothing. Just
                         looking for a tennis ball.

                                   JOHN
                         Right. Well if you need me, you
                         know where to look. I'll be here
                         until late again, your parents
                         got invited to dinner at Rose's
                         again.

                                   JAMIE
                         OK. Thanks.

                                                            FADE OUT.



               INT. THE GARAGE - NIGHT

               The Gardener is packing up for the night. He walks into the
               garage, hanging up a boom on the old crooked hooks on the
               side of the wall.

                He notices something glowing in one of the boxes on the
               shelf and walks towards it.

               Opening the box, he discovers the piece of the Medallion.

                                   EERIE VOICE (V.O.)
                         (whisper) John. 

                                                              CUT TO:



               EXT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

               JAMES, one of the other boys is sitting in his bed starring
               at his piece of the Medallion as it begins to glow. He
               watches in fascination.

                                                              CUT TO:



               INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

               DAN, another one of the boys is sleeping. On the shelf next
               to his bed, his piece of the Medallion begins to glow.

                                                            FADE OUT.



               INT. JAMIE'S BEDROOM - THE NEXT DAY

               It is a cold Saturday morning. Outside there is a build up
               of fog, and it has become very windy. 

               JAMIE's bedside alarm clock reads 09:05. He stares out his
               window.

               He hears a noise coming from the attic. 

               Still looking at the window, a hand approaches and touches
               JAMIE's shoulder. He jumps in shock.

                                   JAMIE'S DAD
                         Hey, it's only me son! 

                                   JAMIE
                         Where's John?

                                   JAMIE'S DAD
                         He's probably decided to take the
                         day off. After all his hard work
                         I'm not surprised.

               (pause)

                                   JAMIE'S DAD
                         Anyway your mother and I have to
                         meet with the board again today.
                         We'll be home before dinner.
                         There's some leftovers in the
                         microwave.

                                   JAMIE
                         OK. See you. 

               He sighs.

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               INT. THE GARAGE - MORNING

               JAMIE bolts down the stairs once his parents have left and
               enters the garage. He pulls down the box he stored his
               Medallion piece in, only to find it is empty.

               He stares in confusion.

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               INT. THE ATTIC - MORNING

               JAMIE climbs up into the attic with a small red torch in
               his mouth. 

               He opens the hatch.

               

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