EXT. PREP SCHOOL

               The facade of the stately academy

               TITLE CARD: BARGER ROTHERY ACADEMY



               INT. PREP SCHOOL HALLWAY - DAY

               TITLE CARD: HENRY STOWECROFT -

               Colin dressed in a prep school uniform - saunters down the
               hall in slow motion. Drums kick in: he is joined and flanked
               by flunkies dressed in the same blazer. Outside large double
               doors they stop. In CU they all pin American Flag pins to
               their lapels.



               INT. PREP SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - DAY

               Students seated at tables across the breadth of the gymnasium
               floor (which in reality is only like 16 tables), each one
               with a miniature flag on the corner of their desk
               representing a country.

               TITLE CARD: THE MODEL UNITED NATIONS

               Henry strides in, nodding to himself. 

               TITLE CARD: REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES

               One of his friends pulls his seat out for him as he is seated
               at a desk in front of all the others, with a large American
               flag on the corner of the desk. Henry sits and looks at
               papers nonchalantly. His friends stand at attention next to
               him. One pours a glass of water for him. He steels himself
               and looks out at all the other model nations with squinted
               eyes. Smaller flags for other countries flank the American
               flag. Henry calls the session to order with a bash of the
               gavel and singing:

               At: Cause America can and America can't say no...



               INT. FANCY ASS CAR DEALERSHIP - OMIT



               EXT. PREP SCHOOL - BEHIND SHED

               Tracking back behind the shed where Henry's goons all sit on
               BMX bikes. They play cards and one runs a switchblade comb
               through his hair.

               TITLE CARD:

               HENRY'S COALITION REPRESENTED

               CU on a squinty tough guy kid.

               MAURITIUS

               CU on an Asian guy with slicked back hair.

               KOREA

               CU on an guy with a ruddy face and freckles, rolling dice.

               AND POLAND.



               INT. MODEL UN GYMNASIUM

               Pushing in on a desk where NATE sits with a slight grin on
               his face, French flag on the corner of his desk, beautiful
               girl sitting next to him. He is nonchalant and smug.

               TITLE CARD:

               REPRESENTING FRANCE

               HENRY'S ACADEMIC RIVAL, JUDE



               EXT. FIELD

               Jude jogs by as girls cheer him on.



               INT. CLASSROOM - MAY OMIT

               Jude and Henry raise hands to answer a question a teacher
               asks. The teacher picks Jude.



               INT. HALLWAY

               Jude bumps into Henry and sends his books flying to the
               floor. Jude turns around, hands in pockets, giggles, and
               carries on.



               INT. MODEL UN GYMNASIUM

               Jenny sits doe eyed and dreamy, looking at Henry. She has the
               flag for Ireland on her desk.

               TITLE CARD: REPRESENTING THE NEUTRAL COUNTRY OF IRELAND

               MOLLY CURTAIN



               EXT. FIELD

               As Jude jogs by Molly cheers him on, appropriately enough
               dressed as a cheerleader. Several attractive girls in
               tracksuits jog with Jude and they all ignore her.

               TITLE CARD: MOLLY COMPRISED THE ENTIRETY OF THE CHEER SQUAD
               AT THE ELITE SCHOOL



               INT. BAND PRACTICE ROOM

               Molly sits at an organ and hammers away in reverie, fingers
               in time to the song.

               TITLE CARD: IN HER SPARE TIME SHE WROTE PROTEST SONGS ON THE
               ORGAN



               INT. MODEL UN GYMNASIUM

               Molly sits staring dreamily at Henry.

               TITLE CARD: AND SHE HARBORED A SECRET CRUSH ON HENRY.

               Tracking to the side now... And further back... In the
               deepest corner of the room. A very nerdy Funk in an ill
               fitting uniform. He has the flag for Luxembourg on his desk.

               TITLE CARD: REPRESENTING LUXEMBOURG

               CARL WIEDERMAN



               EXT. SCHOOL GROUNDS

               Carl stares dreamily at a tree.

               TITLE CARD: NOBODY KNEW MUCH ABOUT CARL



               INT. AV CLUB ROOM

               A room full of archaic video equipment. At a very chintzy
               desk sits JOHN dressed as stereotypical reporter - i.e. his
               school uniform with a trenchcoat on and a fedora with a tag
               that says PRESS on it. For some reason he has a moustache. A
               very weedy kid counts down from 3 and points at him.

               TITLE CARD: JACK WANTED TO BE A REPORTER.

               VERY BADLY.

               A cheesy video superimposition as Jack is on the school TV
               station, with a graphic saying "IMPORTANT MODEL UN
               DECLARATION TODAY!" behind him.



               INT. MODEL UN GYMNASIUM

               Jack stands in the corner with a microphone. The weedy kid
               points a video camera at him and Jack begins to rattle off.

               Henry's goon pulls the chair from behind him. He stands. The
               little American flag on his desk ripples in a nonexistent
               wind.

               Henry squints again at Jude. Stares right him. Starts
               delivering a speech.

               All the kids put on headphones. An interpeter stands at
               Henry's side and whispers into a microphone.

               Cutting across the kids faces as Henry speaks. A drape comes
               down from the chalkboard behind him, upon which is a generic
               graph showing reasons for declaring war. Henry gestures
               towards it.

               Subtitles:

               America has been betrayed by France one too many times. They
               have attacked us, pilloried our good character, spread rumors
               about us. We have no further choice. We declare war.

               THE WORDS WAR FILL THE SCREEN 

               WAR

               And Henry points as we smash zoom into him.

               And whip pan over to Carl, very surprised by all this
               attention. Reverse angle on the entire room looking at Carl.

               Subtitle as Henry speaks: ON LUXEMBOURG!

               Henry's goons pull riot shield and batons from under the
               table and charge Carl.

               Henry starts singing in time:

               At: Cause American can and American can't say no.

               Jude looks puzzled. Molly looks aghast. Jack steps in front
               of Henry and starts gesticulating wildly, the story of his
               career. Henry starts slapping him upside the head. Jack just
               brushes it off annoyed.

               Jude walks up to Henry and gives him a "what gives?" look.
               Henry looks scared and scurries off.

               Carl runs for the doors of the gymnasium as Henry's goons
               hound him.



               INT. HALLWAY

               Carl peers around a corner.

               Henry's goons stand by Henry's side as Henry forces open his
               locker and they search it.

               Henry obviously plants a slingshot on top of some books. 

               Jump cut as an adult figure opens the locker and finds the
               slingshot.

               TITLE CARD: WEAPONS WERE FOUND



               INT. HALLWAY 

               Kids rushing to class, ducking into doors. Carl looks around
               for the coast to be clear and heads for his class. Henry's
               goons step out with their riot shields and block him from
               coming in.



               INT. CAFETERIA

               Carl tries to get lunch. The lunch lady refuses to serve him.

               TITLE CARD: SANCTIONS HAD BEEN IMPOSED



               INT. GYMNASIUM

               Carl comes into the latest model UN meeting. Someone is
               sitting in his chair, wearing an American flag lapel.

               TITLE CARD: A NEW DEMOCRATIC LEADER FOR MODEL LUXEMBOURG WAS
               INSTALLED



               EXT. SCHOOL GROUNDS

               Henry's goons, with gadgets and hardhats, sweep the field.

               TITLE CARD: HENRY OPENED THE SCHOOL FIELDS TO OIL PROSPECTING



               EXT. SCHOOL ROOFTOP

               Henry and his goons up on top. Carl walks out of the school.
               Down rain water balloons.

               TITLE CARD: A BOMBING CAMPAIGN PREVENTED INSURGENCY



               EXT. SCHOOL GROUNDS - NIGHT

               Kids sneak into the gymnasium in the dead of night for an
               emergency Model UN meeting about America. Chaos reigns and
               nothing is resolved. Molly shakes her head and walks out of
               the meeting.



               INT. GYMNASIUM

               The reporter again, mouthing along to...

               La da da da da da da da. 

               Molly in the hallway, mouthing along...

               La da da da da da da da.



               INT. BAND PRACTICE ROOM

               Carl looks around and sneaks into the room. He picks up a
               guitar and puts on a Fleetwood Mac album and JAMS in time to
               the guitar.

               The door cracks and Molly peeks in.

               TITLE CARD: MOLLY HAD DISCOVERED CARL'S SECRET

               HIS WANTON LOVE FOR THE ROCK GUITAR



               EXT. SCHOOL GROUNDS

               Carl stares at the tree again, this time visibly upset. Molly
               approaches him.



               INT. HALLWAY

               Henry prowls the halls with his goons. Everyone is scared of
               him. Even Jude walks away briskly as he approaches. Teachers
               applaud Henry in slow motion.

               TITLE CARD: HENRY BASKED IN HIS NEWFOUND RESPECT



               INT. BAND ROOM

               Molly furiously writes and writes musical notes on paper
               while touching keys on a small keyboard.

               TITLE CARD: MOLLY WROTE A NEW SONG WITH CARL'S HELP

               Panning over to Carl, trying to keep pace with his guitar.



               INT. GYMNASIUM

               The Model UN convenes again.

               Henry does a song and dance as he motions to graphs behind
               him showing the superiority of American votes in the Model
               UN, now comprising 89% of all decision making power, all the
               while singing...

               Cause America can and America can't say no... And America
               does if America says it's so... It's so!

               Carl is standing in the middle of the floor directly in front
               of the American table. Immediately all the other students
               stand up.

               Push in on Carl: La da da da da

               Push in on Molly: La da da da da

               Push in on the reporter: La da da da da da

               Push in on a shocked looking Henry.

               Someone throws Carl a guitar -

               Molly whips out a keyboard from under her desk.

               The reporter pulls a snare drum from within his trenchcoat.
               Jude whips out a bass and lays it down... Other students in
               sync pull out horns.

               And they assault Henry and his goons at their place at the
               head of the UN with sound as the song crescendoes. The other
               students throw wads of paper at an indignant Henry. The wads
               of paper are relentless and push Henry and his friends back.
               Henry's friends flee in terror. Henry gets buried in an
               avalanche of paper.

               As the song ends, Henry sits with only his head exposed, the
               rest of his body buried in paper, as one by one kids leave
               the room, dropping their flags on him. 

               Cut to wide, the entire gym empty, the song over. Henry digs
               himself out of the paper.