Page One: “Team America: World Police” (2004)

Written by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Pam Brady

The movie version of the opening:

Such a fun movie. I think my favorite bit is this:

Here are the lyrics.

The hours approaching, just give it your best
 You’ve got to reach your prime.
 That’s when you need to put yourself to the test,
 And show us a passage of time,
 We’re gonna need a montage (montage)
 Oh it takes a montage (montage)
 
 Show a lot of things happing at once,
 Remind everyone of what’s going on (what’s going on?)
 And with every shot you show a little improvement
 To show it all would take to long
 That’s called a montage (montage)

Oh we want montage (montage)
 
 And anything that we want to go from just a beginner to a pro,
 You need a montage (montage)
 Even Rocky had a montage (montage)
 
 (Montage,montage)
 
 Anything that we want to go from just a beginner to a pro,
 You need a montage (montage)
 Oh it takes a montage (montage)
 
 Always fade out in a montage,
 If you fade out, it seem like more time
 Has passed in a montage,
 Montage

An inside screenwriting joke!

You may download the screenplay here.

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