The Devil's Smelly Brother



				THE DEVIL'S SMELLY BROTHER By Jonathan Vankin Adapted from the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
		1.1 Double Panel In the forest, a man in a disheveled, well-worn military uniform has obviously been walking for a long time. He's a good-looking guy under the three-day growth, the mussed hair and the beat-up uniform. But he's definitely low in spirits. He carris a knapsack over one shoulder (that'll be mportant later). He meets a little man, not a dwarf or a midget, just a short, old man with a long beard. We don't know it yet, but the little man is the Devil. TITLE:THE DEVIL'S SMELLY BROTHER CAPTION A soldier was discharged from the service and he had no savings or pension. So he went walking in the forest where he came across an odd little man.
			DEVIL Hello, Friend! Why so glum? SOLDIER I have no money and nothing to eat!
		1.2 Close on the face of the little man. He smiles a scary smile. We can see into his eyes and in his pupils -- hellfire flames. The rest of his eyes are frighteningly bloodshot. When we see him from this close, he's unmistakably Satanic. He is looking upward, at the soldier, so our angle on him is looking down somewhat. CAPTION The soldier didn't know that this man was really -- THE DEVIL!
			DEVIL Why not come work for me! I'll see that you're taken care of for the rest of your life!



		1.3 The two men walk off -- we see them from behind, walking away from us. The Devil puts a paternal arm on the soldier's back (though he can't reach very high up on his back), looking up at him as he speaks.
			DEVIL All I ask is seven years. Oh, and during that time you may not wash, shave, comb your hair, cut your nails or rub your eyes. SOLDIER Well, all right.
		1.4 Double Panel A wide shot of Hell. This depiction of hell is not especially unconventional. It's a dark, gloomy cavelike place with lots of flames. The main thing is, there are dozens of large kettles, each with a heavy lid and each boiling over a raging fire. Some ofthe kettles are nearly boiling over with water bubbling from under the lids. In a couple of kettles, in the background so they're too prominent, human arms and legs are visible sticking out from under the lids. The Devil and the soldier stand there at frame right. The Devil is very matter- of-fact, explaining the working conditions. The soldier seems unmoved by this spectacle. CAPTION The Devil led the soldier down.
			DEVIL Your job is to stoke the fires underneath my kettles, because that's where I boil the damned souls. Also, sweep the floor. It can use it. Frankly, this place looks like Hell.
					SOLDIER
			No sweat.		SOLDIER
		1.5 They stand next toone of the bubbling kettles. The soldier has a long rod in his hand to stoke the flames. but he listens as the devil, pointing a threatening finger, delivers a stern warning.
			DEVIL Just one thing. Neverlook inside these kettles! Otherwise... well, use your imagination!



		1.6 A bit later. The soldier, who is just starting to let his beard grow and looks in general very filthy -- is letting curiosity get the better of him. He looks around as if checking to see if anyone's watching as he cautiously lifts one of the lids. CAPTION But after some time passed...
			SOLDIER Just one little peek couldn't hurt...
		1.7 Looking down intothekettle from just above the soldier, who peers down with astonishment. Inside the kettle, looking up in an expression that's amask of tortured agony, a man in a military unifirm. We can see sergeant's stripes on the sleeves. CAPTION In the first kettle -- the soldier's old sergeant!
			SOLDIER HA! You piece of...! You used to push me around but look at you now! I'll teach you!
		2.1 With the lid half off, the sergeant pokes his head and hand up out of the water -- screaming in incredible agony. The reason: the soldier, with revenge-driven glee, shovels more coals onto the fire beneath the pot. The flames lick up around the outside of the kettle, growing higher as the soldier shovels. CAPTION He shoveled more coals onto the fire.
			SOLDIER Now it's MYturn!
		SOUND EFFECTS:KRAKL! SHPLT! CCRRRKK!



		2.2 He's pulling back the lid in another pot. In this one, a sophisticated looking man -- or at least he would have been sophisticated if her were still alive -- with a mustache and a lieutenant's uniform. Of course, he's suffering the tortures of the damned as well. The soldier is, once again, delighted to see him. CAPTION In the next kettle...
			SOLDIER Lieutenant! Why you dirty son of a...! I'm not suprised to see youhere!
		2.3 Another scene of the soldier shoveling more coals on to the flames under the lieutenant.
			SOLDIER I'm beginning to enjoythis job!
		2.4 Double Panel Seven years later, The little old man -- the Devil -- has returned to hell. By this time, the soldier is a horrifying sight. His hair and beard and nails and long and gnarly. He is covered with dirt. His eyes are toally bloodshot. He stinks (a we can see by the smell-lines that emanate from his filthy body). He stands in the extreme foreground, to the left of the panel. The Devil is a few yards behind him, to his left (panel right). The hellfires burn around the endless array of kettles. CAPTION The seven years passed quickly. The soldier never washed or groomed in any way. Finally, the Devil returned.
			DEVIL You've done well these past seven years! Except for one thing. I'll even forgine that you looked in the kettles! SOLDIER Oh. Uh, I can explain...
		2.5 Closer on the Devil.
			DEVIL (balloon 1) No need. Because you restoked the fires, I'm willing to spare your life. (balloon 2) Now, would you like your reward?



		2.6 With a sour expression on his dirty, hairy, bleary-eyed face, the soldier trudges back through the same forest where we first met him. The Devil's voice is the narration, and we see his little head in the upper left hand corner of the panel, to show that he's the one talking. The soldier carries a knapsack over his shoulder. CAPTION "You must go forth exactly as you are, without cleaning yourself up..."
			SOLDIER Hmmph! Some reward!
		2.7 The soldier has spilled the dirt out of his knapsack. He's amazed. It glitters. Because it's gold. CAPTION "When you look in your knapsack, filled with dirt, you may be surprised to find, instead..."
						SOLDIER
			GOLD!!			SOLDIER
		2.8 The soldier -- horrifying sight that he is -- comes to an inn in a city. Outside the inn, the innkeeper recoils from him in revulsion. Not only is he a horrifying sight, but he stinks. CAPTION "Whenever someone asks you where you're from, you must say..."
						SOLDIER
			FROM HELL!!			SOLDIER
		3.1 Close, head-on shot of the soldier in all his stinking, scary glory. he defintely has a youch of the demoniacal about him. But who wouldn't after seven years in hell? CAPTION "And when they ask you who yo are, you say..."
			SOLDIER I am the Devil's smelly brother-- and he is my king!



		3.2 Double Panel In a hotel room inside the inn. The soldier sleeps on a realtively luxurious bed. The room is dim. The knapsack full of god is on the floor. The innkeeper sneaks in, crouching and reaching, to steal it. CAPTION 1 But when the soldier showed the innkeeper his gold, he got a room... CAPTION 2 ...only to have the innkeeper break in and steal the gold during the night! 3.3 Back in hell, the soldier sits in a chair, arms folded, disgruntled. The devil snips away at his long hair with a scissors. The soldier is beginning to look more clean cut. CAPTION The soldier went back to Hell complaining that his gold was stolen.
			DEVIL First, I'll clean you up. Then you go back and tell that innkeeper to give you back the gold...
		3.4 Close on the devil's face as he cuts and cleans. He's got that same Satanic look that we saw in panel 1.2.
			DEVIL ...or else he'll have to deal with ME!!
		3.5 Back at the inn. The soldier is all cleaned up now, but he definitely has a somewhat psychotic, evil glare. He stares down the innkeper as the innkeeper hands him back his knapsack, cowering in fear. CAPTION That worked.
			INNKEEPER H -- he -- here is your gold! Take it! Please! SOLDIER You're making the right decision, believe me!



		3.6 The soldier looks a lot better now. He's no longer wearing his uniform. Instead, he wears a clean pair of overalls. And he plays a flute and dances a little jig. He's out in a field, but observing him is a king in a royal carriage. The king is amazed and delighted. Musical notes float through the air, from the flute. CAPTION 1 A rich man, the soldier wanderedthe countryside playing a flute -- a skill he'd learned from the Devil in Hell.
							KING
			Marvelous!				KING
		CAPTION 2 One day, he came across a king. 3.7 Double Panel A royal wedding. The soldier, still in his overalls and holding his flute in one hand, marries a princess as a crowd of well-heeled onlookers look on. Standing in the front row, just off to the side, applauding mightily, the king. CAPTION 1 The soldier's music entranced the king so completely that he offered his daughter's hand in marriage. Finally, the Devil's original promise to the soldier was fulfilled. CAPTION 2 And that's how the Devil's smelly brother came to inherit a kingdom of his own and live happily for the rest of his life.
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