The man with only one wish
by Jason Lesko
12/31/2009
Summary:
A man is diagnosed with a terminal illness, possibly cancer, and sets about finding meaning in his life. He gets some of his life in order, pays off his debts, and does some of the things that he had always wanted to do. Since he spent the majority of his life in a successful professional career he failed to meet and marry a woman let alone have a child. This, he proposes is his last wish, the one wish he wants fulfilled before he leaves this world.
He begins enlisting his friends to help him, and while canvassing the area one suggest that he post a want ad in Craigslist. Desperate, he thinks this is a good idea. He meets a few potential women and one sticks out as the potential candidate. She’s friendly and obliging throughout. She appears genuine in her interest and intent. After all, she confided in him that she wants a baby more than anything else and has been looking for the right man to father her child. He thinks he has met the perfect mother for his child, so he prepares for the child’s future as they work at having a kid. Success.
The man hires a lawyer and gets his will in order. He entrusts the woman with his savings and with an antique watch that has been in the family for generations. He wants the woman to give his child the watch. She agrees and he prepares for his departure. His illness gets progressively worse and he passes on.
EXTERIOR: PAWN SHOP
A car pulls up. The woman and expectant mother exits the vehicle. She enters the shop.
The crying and struggling of the baby are, we find out a language, and so the crying and gesticulations of the fetus are given subtitles.
An auctioneer has set up and is preparing to convene an estate sale. People begin bidding on the man’s items.
CONCURRENT SCENE: SHOPPING
The woman, dressed elegantly, is shopping. Happy music (“Walking on Sunshine”) plays over a montage of the woman shopping while the estate sale of the man's items occurs. The woman tries on clothes. Buyers are active in bidding on items.
EXTERIOR: HOUSE, DAYTIME
The final scene is the exterior of a home. It is day. The woman’s car pulls up and she exits carrying with her several bags. The final shot is of woman’s car seat. A small pool of blood has formed where she sat. A disembodied cry of a child is heard.
A brief exchange occurs where the pawnshop clerk consults some manuals and appraises the value of the watch. He hands her cash, and she leaves the shop.
EXTERIOR: MEDICAL BUILDING
The woman’s car pulls up. She exits and greets a man in a suit, her lawyer. The brief exchange between the two indicate that he has found a loophole in the will. If a doctor can find medical grounds on which to abort the fetus then, legally, she is granted the right to do so. This particular doctor is prepared to go through with the procedure. She hands her lawyer the cash, and he goes inside to broker a deal with the doctor.
INTERIOR OF DOCTOR'S OFFICE
The doctor is visibly intoxicated and quiet rough for his age. He is willing to perform any number of operations given the right price. He agrees to perform the operation as well as forge the medical documents to deem the fetus ‘non-viable.’
INTERIOR: OPERATING ROOM
The scene is the operating room. The woman is in stirrups, prepped for her abortion. The doctor walks in and prepares for the procedure. The viewer is entreated to the sonogram view of the abortion as the doctor inserts his instruments into the woman to extract the fetus. Something occurs which causes the instruments to shut down. He goes for other instruments and has the woman help him push out the fetus that he has grabbed with forceps. After a few moments the extraction is successful. The doctor takes a look at what he has extracted and is horrified to see a fully formed and fighting small baby. The baby begins to cry.
The crying and struggling of the baby are, we find out a language, and so the crying and gesticulations of the fetus are given subtitles.
BABY
“Stop it! I’m alive damn you!”
“Stop it! I’m alive damn you!”
“Get it away from me. I want to live!”
“I want to live!”
“I want to live!”
The doctor cuts the child’s throat and blood slowly pours from the wound and its mouth. He turns to his assistant.
DOCTOR
“Speak of this to no one, EVER!”
In the distance a devil man peers in the window approvingly, laughing a menacing laugh.
EXTERIOR: HOUSE, DAYTIME
An auctioneer has set up and is preparing to convene an estate sale. People begin bidding on the man’s items.
CONCURRENT SCENE: SHOPPING
The woman, dressed elegantly, is shopping. Happy music (“Walking on Sunshine”) plays over a montage of the woman shopping while the estate sale of the man's items occurs. The woman tries on clothes. Buyers are active in bidding on items.
EXTERIOR: HOUSE, DAYTIME
The final scene is the exterior of a home. It is day. The woman’s car pulls up and she exits carrying with her several bags. The final shot is of woman’s car seat. A small pool of blood has formed where she sat. A disembodied cry of a child is heard.
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