This video is a Proof of Concept which doesn’t follow the script to a tee. The second half is a much goofier version of the script which plays up the low quality for laughs. Not the original vision but the film had to be finished.

CLOTHESLINE
Revision 1
written by
Chris Miele

February 20, 2019

FADE IN:
INT. ANDY’S HOUSE – DAY
ANDY removes his clean laundry from a dryer in the garage.
Andy folds his clothes on the living room table.

ANDY V.O.

It’s Sunday. That means laundry day.
Andy stands in his bathroom adjusting a tie.

ANDY V.O.

Monday through Friday are work days.

We see the variety of ties that Andy wears through his work
week.
INT. ANDY’S HOUSE – NIGHT
Andy and his two friends BILL and FRED are drinking beer in
the garage.

ANDY V.O.

Saturday is for Rest & Relaxation
which really means getting drunk.
Andy pulls his phone out of his pocket to read a text from
his wife LILY.

ANDY
(drunk, to his friends)
Well, fellas, Lily is on her way home
from work which means we gotta cut
this night short.
BILL
(drunk, annoyed)
Nonono, not again! C’mon gimme that
phone.

Bill grabs Andy’s phone out of his hand. Bill opens the
dryer, tosses Andy’s phone in, and hits the HYPER-DRYVE
BUTTON.

ANDY
(sarcastically)
Great way to break two expensive
things, Bill.

Andy shuts off the Dryer and pulls out his phone. Andy

2.

examines the phone. The Phone has turned into a flip phone.

ANDY
(confused)
My iPhone changed into my old flip
phone! My background is a younger
picture of me!

FRED

Wait a minute, why was your background
a picture of you?
ANDY

I do that with all of my phones. It’s
so if I lose it, people will know that
I’m the phone’s owner.

BILL
(sarcastically)
You truly are a modern man, Andy.

INT. ANDY’S HOUSE – DAY
It’s Sunday. Andy is passed out on the couch. Lily passes him
with a sour face and a filled laundry basket of Andy’s
clothing. In the garage, Lily puts Andy’s dirty clothes in
the washer. Time passes. Lily puts Andy’s clothes in the
dryer and hits Hyper-Dryve. Lily wakes up Andy.

LILY

Your clothes are done.

Andy grunts.

LILY
Go get them.

Andy stumbles into the garage. He opens the dryer. It’s
empty. Andy is shocked.
MEMORY FLASH: ANDY’S PHONE BEING THROWN INTO DRYER. BILL
HITTING THE HYPER-DRYVE BUTTON. ANDY LOOKING AT FLIP PHONE.
Andy’s convinced himself that the dryer is a time machine. He
climbs into the dryer and hits the Hyper-Dryve Button. Andy
disappears but everything remains.
EXT. VALLEY – DAY (A LONG, LONG TIME AGO)
Andy appears in a valley. Nearby, TWO CAVEMEN sit around a
fire made of laundry. They’re wearing Andy’s clothes.

3.

ANDY
(angry)
Hey, you homeless guys get away from
my laundry!

The two cavemen freak out and run away. Andy looks around.

ANDY
(checking pockets)
No wallet. No phone. Bearded guys. I
might as well be in 1965!

Andy finds a clean sheet on the ground and sighs.
EXT. WOODS – DAY
Andy is wearing the white sheet like a toga. He carries a
sharp stick.

ANDY V.O.

Monday through Friday are hunting
days. My weapons are rudimentary. I’m
starving.

We see a variety of sticks that Andy uses. Andy hides and
searches. Andy runs as the two cavemen chase him.

ANDY V.O.

Saturday is for Running & No
Relaxation. Oh my God! Run!!
Andy sits on the floor of the woods and cries.
INT. ANDY’S GARAGE – DAY
Andy appears crying in front of his Dryer. Oblivious to his
change of location.

ANDY V.O.

It’s Sunday. That means Laundry Day.

Lily stares at Andy. Lily steps over Andy and into the Dryer.
Lily disappears.

ANDY
(realizes location, stops crying)
I’m back! Where’s my beautiful wife!?
Lily! You’ll never believe what I just
went through! Yikes, I musta left my
wedding ring in the woods… She
doesn’t have to know about that part.