Dawn of the Dead Marvins
A Movie Marvin Sketch
by Timothy Meinke
Movie Marvin D. Usher
Marvin is a nerdish man of indeterminate age with an overactive imagination. His trademarks are a tuxedo, red bowtie and red Converse high-tops. He is employed at a movie theatre as an usher. The skits featuring Marvin will be mostly daydreams taking place inside his head. Ideally, every Movie Marvin skit will begin with Marvin at work seeing or hearing something that draws him into his fantasy world. The fantasy scenes would end as a film jamming, burning and then breaking when an outside factor intrudes on his dream world. No matter where or what his imagination takes him, he will always be wearing the red bowtie. His presence at a movie theatre opens up a world of possibilities for movie spoofs.
The screenwriter has connections to three Twin Cities movie theatres.
Cast
Marvin.................
The Usher .
Betty........................ .
Veronica......................
Snooty Popcorn Girls .
Theatre Patron .
Ticket receipt box . Marvin leans against the box with head in hands staring wistfully off-screen. Cut to concession stand. Betty and Veronica are chatting animatedly to each other. They look towards camera and see Marvin. They scoff and resume chatting. Cut to Marvin He stands and turns his back to the camera. Cut to the girls. They look back at Marvin with puzzled looks, then dread. Cut to Marvin. He slowly turns towards camera with deaths head make-up and an evil grin. The lights dim and Marvin raises a flashlight to under his chin. Psycho style music starts playing. Cut to girls. They scream and turn to run. They bump into Marvin still grinning manically and holding flashlight under his chin. They scream and turn to run. Camera chases them as they run throughout the theatre. Everywhere they go, there is Marvin standing there with his grin and flashlight. Marvin finally corners them in the in the lobby and stands over them with his grin and flashlight. They scream hysterically.
Patron
(Off-screen. Thunderous, booming & echoing voice.) EXCUSE ME!
Scene ends as a film jamming, burning and breaking. Cut to Marvin at the receipt box snapping out of his reverie. Patron stands next to him holding out a movie ticket.
Patron
Excuse me. My ticket?
Marvin tears the ticket in half and hands the stub back. He looks back to the girls. Cut to them still chatting and casting disparagingly looks at him. Cut back to Marvin. He sighs and rests his head in his hand. Fade out.
The End
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