The Peculiar Disappearance of Doot Greenwood (film)/Script

This page contains an adapted version of the original script for The Peculiar Disappearance of Doot Greenwood. (NOTE: All dialogue in French will be translated to English in italics.

Script
''*Doorbell rings. Doot answers the door.*''

Doot: Bonjour! Viennent, viennent! (Hello! Come in, come in!)

* Diana, Rick, and Chad enter*

Rick: Merci pour nous inviter. Vous avez une belle maison! (Thank you for inviting us. You have a beautiful house!)

Chloe: C’est pas grave! C’est fantastique pour finalement vous rencontrer! Je m’appelle Chloe. Je suis la femme de Doot. (It's no problem. It's great to finally meet you! My name is Chloe. I'm Doot's wife.)

Diana: D’accord! Bonjour! je m’appelle Diana. (Ok! Hi, I'm Diana.)

Chad: Je m’appelle Chad Johnson. Rick et moi travaille avec Doot. (Hey, I'm Chad Johnson. Rick and I work with Doot.)

*Chad shakes Chloe's hands, Trump power handshake style*

Chad: Hey Doot, ca va bien? (Hey Doot, how's it going?)

Doot: Le dîner va être prêt en environ un heure, maintenant on peut aller dans la salon. (Dinner is going to be ready in about an hour. For now we can just go to the living room.)

Chloe:  Je vais aller faire du thé. Vous pouvez faire ce que vous voulez. (I'm going to go make some tea. You can do what you want.)

Diana: Je peux t’aider. (I can help you!)

Chloe: D'accord, merci! (Okay, thanks!)

*Chloe and Diana exit*

Rick: Alors qui d’autre va nous joiner? (So, who else will be joining us?)

Doot:  J’ai envoyé les invitations à tout le village, mais vous êtes les seules trois qui ont répondu. (I sent an invitation to the whole town but you 3 were the only ones that responded.)

Chloe: La thé est prêt. (The tea is ready.)

Rick: (Whispering to Chad) Uhh, la thé de Chloe est pas tres bien. Je me tiendrais si j'étais toi. (Uhh, Chloe's tea isn't that good. I'd hold off if I were you.)

*We see Doot taking a sip of the tea*

Doot: Très bien, ma belle! (Very good honey!)

*We see Diana, avoiding eye contact with Doot*

*Doot rubs his stomach*

Doot: Je ne me sens pas bien. Je va revient dans une minute. (I don't feel so good. I'll be back in a minute.)

Chloe: Aller vite! (Be quick!)

Chad: Alors, Diana, tu es un docteur? (So, Diana, you're a doctor?)

Diana: Oui, j’ai un doctorat dans la chimiste, et j'ai un doctorat en la chimie à l'université de Int (Yes, I'm a chemist, and I have a doctorate in chemistry at the university of Int)

*loud thud*

Chloe: Oh! J'espère que ce n'était pas Doot. Je vais lui chercher. (Oh! I hope that wasn't Doot. I'll go check on him.)

*Chloe exits*

*Chloe screams*

*Everyone else exits quickly*

*Everyone enters other room and finds Doot dead on the ground*

Diana: (Gasps, being overly dramatic to compensate) Mais non! (Oh no!)

Rick: Qu'est qui ce passe!? (What happened?!)

Chloe: Tous les portes et les fenêtres sont fermées alors les personnes peuvent pas entrer! (All the doors and windows are locked, so no one could have come in!)

Chad: Je vais aller prendre quelque chose pour lui couvrir. (I'll go grab something to cover him with.)

Rick: je vais aller appeler la police. (I'm calling the police.)

*Rick and Chad exit*

*Rick stops Chad in the hallway*

Rick: Attends. Quelqu’un dans cette maison a lui tué. On ne peut pas laisser personne partir avant que la police arrive. (Wait. Someone in this house killed him. We can't let anyone leave until the police get here.)

Chad: Tu es correcte. Tu n’as pas fait, oui? (You're right. You didn't do it, right?)

Rick: Absolument pas! Tu as fait, Chad? (Of course not! Did you, Chad?)

Chad: Non! (No!)

Rick: D’accord, bon. Alors, tu pense qui a fait alors? (Okay, good. So, who do you think did it?)

Chad: J’ai rien d'idée! (I have no idea!)

*New scene, Rick and Chad are sitting together in the parlor*

Rick: Je ne pense pas que Diana a lui tué parce qu’elle a juste lui rencontrer. Le seule motif ici est de Chloe. (I don't think Diana killed him since they just met. The only motive here is from Chloe.)

Chad: Chloe!? Pourquoi est-ce que tu pense qu’elle a fait! Ils ont marié! (Chloe?! Why do you think she did it? They're married!)

Rick: Ils ont mariée juste après Doot a reçu une grande promotion alors peut être elle a seulement lui marie pour l’argent. (They got married right after Doot got that big promotion, so maybe she only married him for the money.)

Chad: Et s’il est mort, elle ne va pas seulement gagner la garantie, mais aussi la maison, l’argent, et tout ses autres propriétés. (And if Doot died, not only would she get the inheritance, but the house, money and all his other assets.)

Rick: Elle va devenir plus riche que Doot! Mais non… *looks very scared* (She'd become richer than Doot himself! Oh no...)

Chad: Quoi? (What?)

Rick: On a laissé Diana avec Chloe. (We left Diana with Chloe.)

Chad: Aller aider Diana! Je vais appeler la police. (Go help Diana! I'll call the police.)

*Rick and Chad quickly exit in different directions*

*Rick runs into room with Chloe and Diana*

*Rick pushes Chloe (very roughly) into closet*

Chloe: Ah? Es tu malade?! (Ah! Are you crazy?!)

Rick: Tu es OK Diana? (Are you okay Diana?)

Diana: (Annoyed) Bien sure, pourquoi pas? Et pourquoi est-ce que tu as poussé Chloe dans la coffre?! (Yes, why? And why did you shove Chloe into the closet?!)

*Diana about to open the door but Rick stops her*

Rick: Diana… Chloé est la meurtrière. (Diana... Chloe is the murderer.)

Diana: Quoi?! (What?!)

Rick: Nous pensons qu'elle a mariée pour l'argent et qu'elle est après l'héritage. (We think she married for the money and the inheritance.)

Diana: Mon dieux. Je ne pensais pas qu'elle était capable de quelque chose d'aussi cruel. (My god. I didn't think she was capable of something that cruel.)

Rick: Moi non plus, moi non plus… (Me neither, me neither...)

*Chad walks into the room*

Chad: La police sont en route, mais il va être beaucoup du temps. (The police are on their way, but it'll be a while.)

Rick: Ok. Viens avec moi pour parler à Chloé. (Okay. Come with me to talk to Chloe.)

''*They both enter the closet. Chloe slaps Rick and Chad across the face.*''

Chloe: Quoi est la problème?! (What's your issue?!)

Chad: On veut un réponse! Chloe, comment avez-vous pu faire cela? (We want an answer! Chloe, how could you do this?)

Chloe: Je ne sais pas de quoi tu parles! (I have no idea what you're talking about!)

Rick: Écoute. On sait que tu as tué Doot. Tu étais le seul là-bas et tu es le seul avec un motif. (Listen. We know you killed Doot. You were the only one there and you're the only one with a motive.)

Chad: Tu veux l'argent de l'héritage. (You want money and the inheritance.)

Chloe: (Crying) J'ai adoré Doot! J'ai tout aimé de lui! Je me souviens de notre nuit de noces comme si c'était hier. Il avait l'air si beau… Je ne peux pas croire que tu m'accuses de ça! (I loved Doot! I loved everything about him! I remember our wedding night like it was yesterday. It was so beautiful... I can't believe you're accusing me of this!)

''*Rick looks concerned, as if he is not quite sure. He shakes his head and then looks stern.*''

Rick: Elle essaie de nous culpabiliser. Nous ne pouvons pas la laisser nous manipuler comme ça! (She's trying to make us feel guilty. We can't let her manipulate us like this!)

Chad: Sortons d'ici. (Let's go.)

*They leave the closet without Chloe.*

Chad: Attendons la police en haut. (Let's wait for the police upstairs.)

*They go upstairs to Doot’s office, where they find his computer open to a work-in-progress article about ‘Joker Venom’.

Rick: Qu'est-ce que c'est? Joker Venom? (What is this? Joker Venom?)

Chad: (Reading the article) Mon dieux… (My god...)

Rick: (Shocked) Tu ne penses pas… (You don't think...)

''*Chad gasps. The camera pans and we see Diana in the doorway, holding a container of ‘Joker Venom’.*''

Diana: Ah, vous m'avez découvert. (So, you found out.)

Chad: Diana! Rest-la! (Diana! Stay where you are!)

Rick: Est-ce que c’est vrai? (Is this true?)

Diana: Laisse-moi expliquer. Doot et moi nous connaissons depuis pour une longue temps. Il m'a fait une entrevue et il y a quelque temps, quand j'étais un scientifique prometteur. Il a compris que je travaille secrètement sur un super-virus pour tuer le monde. Je l'ai appelé 'Joker Venom'. Lorsque j'ai découvert que Doot était en train d'écrire un article sur l'exposition, eh bien, je ne pouvais pas laisser cela voir le jour. J'ai donc mis le Joker Venom dans le verre de Doot. Je l'ai tué. (Let me explain. Doot and I have known each other for a long time. He interviewed me a while ago when I was an up-and-coming scientist. Then he found out I was working on a super-virus to end the world. I called it 'Joker Venom'. When I discovered that Doot was writing an exposé on my plans, obviously I couldn't let it see the light of day. So, I put the Joker Venom in Doot's mug. I killed him.)

Chad: Merde! Comment pourrions-nous être aussi conte? (Damn! How could we be so oblivious?)

Rick: Alors qu'est-ce que tu vas faire maintenant? (So what are you going to do now?)

Diana: Et maintenant que tu sais, la police sont en train d’arriver, il y a rien que je peux faire. (Well, now that you know, and the police are on their way, there's nothing else I can do.)

*Diana pulls out her container of Joker Venom.*

Chad: Non! (No!)

Diana: Je vais vous tuer, et moi aussi, vous êtes des snitch. (I'm going to kill you, and myself, you snitches.)

*Diana laughs and drops the Joker Venom; they all die.*

THE END

Text at the end:

La police sont arrivés à la scène des minutes avant et ils ont nettoyé la crime.

Chloe a été capturé par la police and they didn’t believe her story. She is still serving a life sentence in Women’s Federal Corrections Centre in Kingston, Ontario.

Chad recovered from the Joker Venom poisoning but now suffers from Cerebral Palsy and severe erectile dysfunction. He never had the same manliness again and regrets blaming Sophie for the murder.

Diana and Rick died on the scene due to the Joker Venom. Diana’s secret work was never discovered and her reputation remains unharmed to this day. Rick was remembered as the hero who tried to save the day.

Notable Differences from Final Film

 * Several scenes have lines that were shortened, altered, or cut entirely from the final film. Some additional lines were also added during filming.
 * The scene in which Rick traps Chloe was heavily altered. In the script, Rick runs into a room where both Diana and Chloe are together, and traps Chloe in a closet. Diana is confused and attempts to free Chloe before Rick informs her that Chloe is the murderer. In the final film, Rick runs to a hallway where Chloe is alone, and traps her in the basement, wedging the door shut with a golf club. Diana then enters the room and is informed that Chloe is the murderer. As a consequence, the following scene takes place in the basement and not in a closet.
 * The original epilogue text states that as a result of the Joker Venom poisoning, Chad suffers from Cerebral Palsy and severe erectile dysfunction. This is still visible in the final film. However, the English captions state that Chad suffers from Cerebral Palsy, blindness and deafness. This detail was changed to cover the plot hole of Chad surviving the attack while Diana's reputation remains unharmed.