ADAM THE AMAZING MAN
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
EXT. SCHOOL – AFTERNOON
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
INT. SCHOOL CLASS ROOM – AFTERNOON
[ELEVEN SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE SAT IN A SMALL ROOM]
TARA
Where’s Adam?
JAMIE
Maybe after school media has been cancelled today.
LOUISE
You say that every week, it’s never going to happen!
[EVERYONE LAUGHS]
CUT TO:
INT. SCHOOL CORRIDOR – AFTERNOON
[ADAM WALKS ALONG TOWARDS THE CLASSROOM, WHISTLING MERRILY. HE IS TWIRLING
KEYS AROUND HIS FINGER. THE CORRIDOR HE IS IN HAS VERY LOW LIGHT AND THERE ARE
SHADOWS EVERYWHERE. A QUIET MURMERING SOUND BEGINS.]
ADAM
I can’t wait to teach this lesson!
[BEAT]
They’re the best bunch of kids!
[BEAT]
What the hell is that noise?
(CONTINUED)
[A MAN JUMPS OUT OF THE SHADOWS]
Crikey!
MAN
Have you ever been bitten by a man?
ADAM
Erm... No?
[MAN LAUGHS AND BITES ADAM ON THE ARM]
CUT TO:
INT. CLASS ROOM - AFTERNOON
[ADAM RUNS PAST THE CLASS ROOM SCREAMING]
TARA
There he is!
CUT TO:
INT. STAFF ROOM – AFTERNOON
[ADAM HOLDS HIS ARM UNDER A COLD TAP, WEEPING.]
ADAM
Oh, bugger!
[ADAM FAINTS]
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
INT. STAFF ROOM – EVENING.
[ADAM WAKES UP]
ADAM
Ow! That was more painful than the time I was at that Motorhead show and … Huh?
[HE LOOKS DOWN AT HIS CLOTHES]
Jeans and shirt from GAP?
(CONTINUED)
[HE TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT, REVEALING ANOTHER IDENTICAL SHIRT UNDERNEATH]
ADAM
What the?
[HE TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT, REVEALING ANOTHER IDENTICAL SHIRT UNDERNEATH]
ADAM
Aaah!
[ENTER CORINNE AND JAMIE]
CORINNE
What are you doing?
ADAM
[SOBBING]
So many GAP shirts!
JAMIE
I didn’t realise you were the sort to buy shirts from Gap!
[ADAM SCREAMS AND RUNS OUT OF THE ROOM]
CUT TO:
INT. SCHOOL CORRIDOR – EVENING.
[MAN STEPS OUT OF THE SHADOWS AS ADAM SCREECHES TO A HALT]
ADAM
You! You bit me! You prat!
MAN
[LAUGHS]
Haha! I am Radioactive Man!
ADAM
Stop stealing characters from The Simpsons!
(CONTINUED)
MAN
Oh, sorry! Anyway! Haha! I am a man that is radioactive! Now that you have been infected with
my radioactive-ness, you too will have all the super powers of a man!
ADAM
NOOOO- Wait? The super powers of a man?
MAN
[NODS]
That’s right.
ADAM
An average, normal man?
MAN
Exactly! Hahaha!
[A LOUD BANG AND A PUFF OF SMOKE ALLOWS THE MAN TO ESCAPE]
ADAM
[BEAT]
Prat.
FADE OUT.