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ACT ONE FADE IN: Montage of boxing matches with main character knocking out opponent after opponent. Ref announces Marita Martez winner time after time. Ringside at each match is a prominent cross dressing fan. FADE IN: INT. BOXING TRAINER'S ROOM - NIGHT MARITA MARTEZ, 28, sits on table after fight. ANTOINE STALLION, 32, her trainer, stands in front of her and takes off her gloves. MARITA ANTOINE MARITA ANTOINE Quick knock on the door and then it opens. ROCKO, Antoine's assistant, sticks his head in the door. ROCKO ANTOINE Antoine turns attention back to Marita, walks around behind her, and starts massaging her shoulders. ANTOINE MARITA ANTOINE MARITA (voice heightened) Antoine starts unwrapping Marita's hands which are still taped from the fight. ANTOINE Knock on the door again. Rocko sticks his head in and asks if they're ready yet. Marita hops off the table and says yeah, I'm ready. She signs then takes a deep breath and heads toward the door. Antoine puts his hand on her shoulder and tells to relax and be patient. INT. MAIN LOCKER ROOM LOCATED RIGHT OUTSIDE TRAINER'S ROOM. -- NIGHT A film crew and reporter from Channel 5 is set up and waiting. They are speaking with a male boxer about the impact female boxing has made on the sport but quickly cut to Marita when she appears. DAN DUNN, 40, MARITA DAN At this point a boxer walking in the background in his underwear grabs his crotch and seductively runs his tongue around the outside of his mouth toward Marita. She does not see this but keeps talking. MARITA Antoine has emerged from the trainer's room and is standing off to the side. His face registers shock and disbelief at her announcement. Antoine's POV. Male boxers wandering around in the background stop what they are doing and listen dumb struck. DAN (facing his camera) Turns back to Marita. DAN Antoine shoves in between them and grabs Marita by the elbow.Dan shoves the microphone in his face. DAN ANTOINE Antoine grabs Marita by the elbow and leads her back into the training room. He grabs his head with both hands. He balls his fist like he wants to hit something and then lets it drop to his side. ANTOINE Marita gets pleading look in her eyes and reaches out to Antoine. MARITA ANTOINE Marita goes over to Antoine and grips him on each side of his arms. MARITA Antoine shrugs off her hands on his arms and gestures emphatically with his arms and hands. ANTOINE MARITA Antoine goes very tense and balls hand in fists. You tell he is restraining himself when he next speaks. ANTOINE Marita goes to wall and points to poster with a picture of her in a boxing pose announcing one of her fights. MARITA Antoine lunges toward her and rips poster off of the wall. He angrily starts screaming and losing control. ANTOINE Marita's face registers shock and hurt. MARITA Antoine stands rigid with legs slightly apart and arms crossed in front of chest. He has a hard glint in eye and does not respond.Marita takes a deep breath and gets a determined edge to her voice. MARITA She hangs her head and turns to leave the room but stops in her tracks when Antoine speaks behind her. ANTOINE Marita is visibly shaken as she walks out of the room, through the open locker room, and through a door to a small dressing room with a single shower. She is seen in the shower with her head down and crying. FADE IN: EXT. BOXING ARENA - NIGHT. Marita is seen dressed in a pair of jeans and a worn leather jacket exiting the building. She carries a gym bag with her and throws her head back, exhaling slowly. Wendy, the cross dresser seen ringside during the montages, is leaning against the outside of the building watching Marita exit and start walking away. WENDY Marita looks startled and glances back to see Wendy. She mumbles a reply. MARITA WENDY Marita shrugs and puts head back down. She shifts gym bag to other hand. MARITA Wendy ignores this, wanders over and starts walking with Marita anyway. WENDY MARITA Wendy stops in front of a red Mazaratti. WENDY Marita looks at car and whistles. She looks through the passenger side window at the leather interior. Her voice registers disbelief. MARITA WENDY Marita sighs but looks wary. WENDY MARITA WENDY Marita and Wendy are seen getting in car and Wendy puts in loud Dave Brubeck CD. She speeds through the streets of Chicago and they remain silent. Marita leans her head back and closes her eyes. The car is seen arriving at a large four story warehouse on the edge of the city near the waterfront. It looks unassuming from the the outside but a large garage door seems to magically open as they approach. Wendy drives the car through and the door starts sliding back into place. INT. GARAGE - NIGHT MARITA WENDY Wendy gets out of car and slams door shut. MARITA WENDY Marita sighs again and rolls her eyes. MARITA Wendy looks amused and indicates with her head for Marita to follow her. They enter an elevator flush against one wall. Wendy pushes the 4th floor button. The elevator opens to an expensive, tastefully decorated loft apartment. One wall is flush with windows which overlook the water. Lights sparkle in the distance. Marita looks around and whistles. Her mouth drops open and walks to the middle of the room to survey the apartment. Marita's POV. A state of the art chrome kitchen is in one corner of the large loft. To the left is a brass bar with an impressive selection of drinks and glasses. In front of the bar is a contemporary setting of furniture. A spiral staircase leads to an open 2nd floor sleeping loft that can be seen when Wendy looks up. In the background Wendy can be seen in the kitchen area preparing something. She comes over and hands Marita a large steaming cup. INT. WENDY'S APARTMENT - NIGHT MARITA WENDY Wendy continues over to the bar and mixes herself a drink. She hits a button and more jazz fills the air. She strolls over to a Herman Miller leather couch and pats the seat. WENDY Wendy throws back her head and laughs. WENDY MARITA WENDY Marita sips her tea and sighs again. MARITA WENDY MARITA Wendy gets up and walks over to window and looks out. She turns and twirls the ice in her drink slowly nodding her head in agreement. WENDY TINY, a black midget body builder, enters the room. TINY WENDY Wendy and Tiny walk over to where Marita is seated. WENDY TINY He goes to the bar, pulls out a blender and starts making a protein drink. TINY He pours the protein drink into two glasses, walks over and hand Marita one. TINY MARITA TINY Tiny gestures to Wendy when he states the latter. MARITA TINY Marita starts shaking her head. TINY MARITA WENDY The Mazaratti is seen winding through the streets of Chicago and pulls up in front of a brownstone building with window shutters. FADE IN: INT. MARITA'S BEDROOM-MORNING Marita is seen waking up and jumping out of bed wearing a pair of gym shorts and a tee shirt. She pads through a sparsely furnished apartment with hardwood floors and boxing posters on the wall. She goes to the kitchen and turns on a small TV on the counter while she starts making coffee. Her attention rivets on the TV when she sees her trainer being interviewed on the Good Morning show. He states that Marita is not going to fight a man and that her ego in the way of reason. He says she'll be taking a long vacation if she sets her sights on fighting a man. Her manager then comes on the air and states that he would never support a match between the sexes. "It ain't ethical. Men and women are just made different." Marita is furious. She goes back to her bedroom and fumble for her blue jeans on the floor. She pulls out a piece of paper from the pocket and looks at a phone number. She goes to the kitchen phone on the wall and calls Wendy. She shouts into the phone that she will take Wendy and Tiny up on their offer and wants to know when they can start. ACT TWO FADE IN: INT. BOXING MANAGER'S OFFICE-DAY GEORGE, Marita's boxing manager, beefy,50, is seated behind a massive oak desk. A view of the city can be seen in the windows behind him. ANTOINE, Marita's coach, is standing in front of the desk. GEORGE ANTOINE Surprised, George looks questioningly at Antoine. He picks up a massage ball and starts squeezing it in his hand. GEORGE Antoine starts pacing the room and running his hand through his hair. ANTOINE George rises to his feet and angrily pushes his chair out behind him. GEORGE Antoine approaches the desk and lays his hands on top of it. ANTOINE George's voice raises and he starts pounding his desk. GEORGE ANTOINE George walks around the corner of the desk and stands in from of Antoine threateningly. GEORGE Antoine squirms in his chair in an agitated manner but looks up at George defiantly. ANTOINE George starts shouting and walking around in circles while he calculates a plan. GEORGE Antoine stands up and gesticulates with his hands. ANTOINE George stops walking around in circles and starts to look panicky. GEORGE A buzzer rings on the desk and a voice comes on announcing that Marita is in the waiting room and wants to come in. GEORGE ANTOINE George presses intercom and tells voice to hold Marita for a few minutes. GEORGE ANTOINE George goes and stands with his back to Antoine as he gazes out the window. He sees an airplane go by with a banner reading "Match of the Century: Open call for male opponent to fight Marita Martez. George turns to face Antoine with mouth agape. GEORGE ANTOINE George points out window and motions for Antoine to come over. Antoine reaches window and looks out astounded. George starts talking really fast. GEORGE ANTOINE GEORGE ANTOINE George runs over to file cabinet and starts rummaging through a drawer. GEORGE ANTOINE George starts waving file over his head and talking excitedly. GEORGE Antoine grabs his chin and starts rubbing it. He nods slowly and speaks deliberately. ANTOINE GEORGE George walks over to the intercom and presses it down. Sarah, send in Marita. We're ready for her. The door opens and Marita slowly walks into the room. She looks angry. MARITA George pushes contract at Marita and stabs finger at page. GEORGE Marita pushes contract out of her way. MARITA GEORGE MARITA Antoine comes over and gently tries to put his arm around her. ANTOINE Marita pushes out of Antoine's way. MARITA She storms out of the office and is seen out on street hailing a taxi. FADE IN: INT. WENDY'S APARTMENT - DAY Wendy is jumping rope with full make-up but no wig. She is wearing skin tight bike shorts and a tight fitting workout tank. An intercom comes on and Marita announces herself. Wendy picks up a remote and turns on a screen showing Marita standing at the door. She hits a button on the remote and the doors to the garage open. Marita walks through and is seen riding up elevator. The elevator doors open and Wendy is standing waiting for her. WENDY Marita looks taken aback at Wendy's state of dress. MARITA Wendy throws her head back and to one side. WENDY Wendy starts jumping rope again. MARITA WENDY MARITA Wendy stops jumping rope. WENDY MARITA WENDY Marita looks relieved, starts smiling and looks at her in wonder. MARITA Wendy goes over to kitchen area and starts squeezing fresh oranges for juice. WENDY Wendy pours juice into two glasses and hands one to Marita. WENDY MARITA WENDY Wendy takes the juice empty juice glasses and rinses them out. She hangs the jump rope on a hook near the door and then turns to Marita. WENDY Wendy hits the button on the elevator and the doors open. They enter the elevator and take it down to the 3rd floor. The doors open on a fully equipped gym with gleaming equipment and polished silver weights. Four people are working out. One person spots another bench pressing and three others are working out with free weights. Rock music plays in the background. Wendy walks with Marita over to the bench pressing station. A medium built smooth muscled body builder with a well trimmed beard looks up from the bench. INT. WENDY'S 3RD FLOOR GYM - MORNING WENDY Marita's mouth drops open as the gazes at the body builder who looks every bit the male until he answers in a high pitched voice. JOE MARITA A man stands behind the bench press spotting Joe. He is well muscled and good looking but his features are soft like a woman's. Wendy beams up at him with her next introduction. WENDY Devon smiles and answers in a soft but serious voice. DEVON Wendy reaches over and puts her hand affectionately on Devon's shoulder. WENDY Wendy and Marita then walked over to a tall, slender person with a buzz cut doing curls in front of a mirrored wall. WENDY Mark nods in Marita's direction but does not stop doing curls. WENDY Mark finishes her set and turns toward them. MARK Wendy puts her arm around Mark and gives her a half hug. WENDY Behind Mary Tiny can be seen running on a treadmill. He is wearing head phones and watching a movie on a screen in front of him. Wendy and Marita turn and walk back toward the elevator.They enter the elevator and go down to the 2nd floor. The doors open on a floor with a boxing ring, punching bags and a virtual reality training center with a boxer fighting an imaginary opponent. They exit the elevator and Marita looks around in stunned amazement. MARITA WENDY They walk over to the virtual reality training center. A boxer is wearing a virtual reality head mount and tight black gloves with wires coming out the back. WENDY Marita walks around the trainer and whistles. MARITA WENDY They then walk over to the boxing ring where two boxers are sparing. A trainer is at the ring shouting instructions. MARITA WENDY They head back to the elevator and go down to the first floor. Marita exits as the garage door is lifted. She is seen walking away and through the neighborhood through warehouses and gradually toward the docks on the edge of Chicago. FADE IN: INT. WENDY'S HIGH TECH BOXING GYM ON 2ND FLOOR OF WAREHOUSE - DAY We see Marita wearing the virtual reality headset and boxing gloves with wires attached to them. Tiny is standing in front of her. We see from her POV as a virtual opponent throws a punch right at her. She puts her arm up to block and wobbles backwards. TINY Marita's POV - We see the virtual boxer coming at her slower and Marita makes a punch that seems to connect. This time the virtual boxer staggers backwards. Tiny can see what she is seeing from her POV from a small hand held screen. He sees her make contact with the virtual opponent. TINY Marita starts getting into the workout and throwing her punches faster.The camera zeros in on her foot work. We then see her body moving from side to side. She starts breathing harder and working up a sweat before she stops. Tiny reaches over and helps her off with the headset. MARITA TINY We then see a montage of Marita working out with Tiny in the weight room, jumping rope, doing sit-ups, etc. FADE IN: INT. WHIRLPOOL BATH - DAY We see Marita sinking into a whirlpool bath with a two piece athletic looking bathing suit on. Plants surround the bath and soothing music is playing in the background. She gets in lays her head back just as another enters the whirlpool. It is one of the boxers she saw working out in the ring earlier. EARL - well built, sun tanned, and buff. Late 20's. EARL MARITA EARL MARITA EARL MARITA EARL MARITA EARL Marita tenses up in the whirlpool and leans forward. MARITA Earl stands up in whirlpool and walks back and forth. EARL MARITA Earl stops pacing and sits back down right beside Marita. EARL MARITA EARL Marita puts her head in her hands and looks shocked. She slowly stands up and gets out of the whirlpool. She is working herself into a rage. MARITA Marita rushes from the room and we see her quick changing into street clothes. She then runs to the elevator and out of the door on the first floor. We see her running a few blocks and then hailing a cab. The cab pulls up in front of a boxing gym. We see her pay the cabbie and bolt up the steps of an older building. She enters a workout area with punching bags and a boxing ring. There is a stark difference between this and Wendy's layout. We see Antoine working with a boxer and Wendy stalks angrily toward him. She starts pounding him with her fists and screaming. INT. BOXING GYM WHERE MARITA USED TO TRAIN - DAY MARITA Everyone head turns and all workouts stop as people in the gym turn and stare. Antoine restrains her by holding her by both shoulders. ANTOINE MARITA Marita turns on her heel and runs from the room. We see in the headlines of a newspaper that Nightingale Sports is sponsoring first ever male/female match between Marita Martez and an unknown challenger. We then see a shot of all the male boxers sitting in Marita's old locker room listening to the radio when an announcer comes on and declares a $100,000.000 purse to the winner of the match. A call for challengers is made for welterweight boxers in Marita's weight class. We then see a shot of a long line of guys outside of Wendy's warehouse waiting to go in. Guys are heard saying they can beat a broad easy. Earning this money should be a piece of cake. Etc. FADE IN: INT.BOXING RING IN WENDY'S WAREHOUSE - DAY Marita is in ring with sloppy fighter. He is swinging wildly and charging her in the ring. Wendy rings the bell to stop the round. We then see a montage of opponents and all of them perform poorly in the ring. An outside shot shows the line dwindling. A shot of Marita in the ring with another opponent shows her getting knocked down and the opponent standing over her saying "Come on baby. Is that all you've got. Wendy intervenes and addresses opponent. WENDY Wendy then addresses Marita. WENDY FADE IN: INT. WENDY'S APARTMENT - NIGHT Wendy and Marita are sitting at the table eating take-out Chinese food. Wendy is wearing a peignoir set and maribou feather high heeled bedroom shoes. Marita is bruised and mused looking. Jazz is playing softly in the background. WENDY MARITA WENDY Wendy gets up and goes to the refrigerator. She gets out two bottles of Perrier, puts ice in glasses, cuts up a lemon and brings them to the table. MARITA Wendy gets a look on her face like a light bulb has just went off. WENDY MARITA WENDY FADE IN: INT. WENDY'S BOXING RING AT WAREHOUSE - MORNING We see Marita dressed out to box waiting by the ring. She looks at a large clock on the wall and starts stretching. A boxer enters the room. He is a handsome man with soulful eyes. He looks familiar to Marita but it takes her a few minutes to realize it is Wendy without all the makeup. Marita's face registers surprise. MARITA WENDY MARITA WENDALL MARITA Marita goes over to a bench against the wall and puts her head in her hands. She looks up and gazes open mouthed at Wendall. WENDALL |