1st Draft Of "The Fast And The Furious" Script Is An Interesting Read.

I came across this while looking for some dialogue quotes for a thing I’m working on, and ended reading the whole damn script because I have a black belt in procrastination.

It gets interesting because some of the movies dialogue is a actually better in the first draft. For example, when Dom beats Brian in a much different race the term “granny shifting” isn’t used.

Wait. Thinking about it I’m not so sure “over clutching, watching the shiftlight, not double footing like you should” is much of a thing either.

Also in this script Dominic Turetto’s car is a Buick Regal rather than a Dodge Charger, VInce loses his arm in the last heist and Jesse is kidnapped at the end instead of assassinated.

Finally, for the drag race finally Brian is driving a Nissan 240SX and it ends on a cliffhanger rather than a spectacular crash and dialogue smothered in macho cheese.

The first movie has become car cultures equivalent of The Rocky Horror Picture show in it’s flamboyancy and way over the top quotability factor, so reading through the original draft is quite the curiosity if you’re a fan.

You can find the whole script here to read.

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