Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Angel Dust: This is an unstaged, unrehearsed, documentary that takes a hard look at the harsh realities surrounding P.C.P abuse.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Exterior 6725 Sunset Center building on Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, pan to a jeep pulls away from curb, pan to man fetching keys out of his coat pocket as he walks. MS man getting into car parked at the curb. MCU profile man driving. Narration is by a man named Jack, talking about his job as an Ad man, says that he should be able to spend his money anyway he wants to.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MS apartment interior as men walks in, first he turns on a lamp, then the TV. Narration is by a man named Jack, saying that the government should realize that we are entitled to do whatever we want as long as we don t hurt anyone.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
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Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MS apartment interior as men removes his coat, he walks into the kitchen, opens the refrigerator and takes a small plastic baggie out of the freezer, pan as he walks into the living room and takes a seat in chair. CU as PCP or Angle Dust is sprinkled from baggie into bowl of glass smoking pipe with a decorative rose painted on it. Narration is by a man named Jack, talks about how he likes to smoke Angle Dust to relax.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
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Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Black and White scenes from the scare them all drug classic Reefer Madness: man and woman becoming fiendish as they puff on their marijuana cigarettes, showing man beating another man with a stick.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MSs Dr. Forest Tennant (UCLA School of Public Health) talking about the silliness of the film Reefer Madness, it is one of his fears is that people will downplay the real effects of PCP due to unrealistic scare tactics used in exagerated films. He goes on to say that PCP is a powerful drug that can kill people. He begins to list ways people die from the drug, first being by accident. Cut to CU of African American man saying that he killed an elderly couple while high on PCP. MCU Dr. Forest Tennant talking about the effects of PCP, saying that people are killing themselves due to the fact that they lose inhibition and act on violent tendencies. Cut to Caucasian man telling the story of how powerful he felt while high on PCP, saying that he felt like Jesus. MCU Dr. Forest Tennant talking about the effects of PCP, saying that the drug has properties that make the people under the influence think that they are functioning well those that is not the case.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
CU small dropper bottles, labeled like a prescription. CU pan from microscope to bottle and box labeled Sernylan. Voiceover by Dr. Forest Tennant telling the history PCP saying that it was commercially developed as an anesthetic, it was very unstable in clinical trials and deemed unsafe for humans. CU Dr. Forest Tennant (UCLA School of Public Health) saying that the one can take the drug a hundred times with no problems but the next time may cause serious difficulties.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MCU Caucasian man seated in his living room watching TV, he is high on PCP and rambles about the trip, talking about the colors. MS man seated in his living room. CU profile man smoking PCP from glass pipe. CU hand holding glass pipe as smoke rises from the bowl. CU man saying that everything looks great.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
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Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Exterior CU sign reading Metropolitan State Hospital . Interior POV walking hospital hallway, camera stops to look into room, through the window in the door you see a young male patient sitting a bed. MCU the young man talking about the mental anguish he suffers. MS man lying in his room as his voiceover narration talks about depression and suppressing it by getting high on PCP.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Montage of images simulating smoking PCP: CU medicine cabinet. CU open medicine cabinet with razors on the bottom shelf, pan up as hand reaches in and grabs a small plastic baggie of PCP from the top shelf. CU lighting a stick match and fingers holding it with lit flame. CU burning end of hand rolled cigarette as smoke lingers. Voiceover narration talks about depression and suppressing that feeling by getting high on PCP.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
CU young Caucasian man lying on bed inside his room at mental hospital. High angle GV young man lying on bed in street clothes. CU profile the young man. Patient s voiceover narration talks about loneliness.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MSs African American man seated on bed in hospital room talking about the uncontrollable anger he had while smoking PCP.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
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Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MS young man and woman sitting on bed, zoom in on man as he smokes a cigarillo. MSs young sober woman seated in living room, talking about smoking Angel Dust with her boyfriend and how it ruined their relationship, she kicked the habit but he could not. CUs man talking about his addition to PCP, he seems high and his thoughts scattered.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Night POVs driving, cars crusiing, stopping to buy drugs, dealers leaning into cars to make sale. MS Sherriff car patrolling the street. POV driving at night, no traffic.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MCU profile of J.Rayond Wells (Criminalist) driving while talking about shooting PCP. MS table lined with drug paraphernalia as J. Rayond Wells voiceover explains how the drug is sold on the street, zoom to CU spice bottles as he explains that it is common for the drug to be sold in liquid form, pan to heap of PCP in white crystal form, then pan to cigarettes dipped in liquid PCP or Sherm, pan to flakey form of the drug in tin foil next to rolled marijuana joints. CUs dish of crystal PCP compared to dish of cocaine. CUs joints laced with PCP.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Night GV cars passing camera. TLS highway with cars driving toward camera. GV traffic in rewind mode as voiceover tells of an experience high on PCP where cars seemed to be moving backwards.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
GV two police cars driving through urban intersection past camera. MCU profile of J.Rayond Wells (Criminalist) driving while talking about the distinct smell of PCP.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
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Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Night GV Sheriff car on patrol. Tracking shot driving through residential neighborhood.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MS Caucasian man seated in his living room as he is interviewed by someone off-camera, he is asked if he is afraid of the dangers of PCP, man says he doesn t think about it, he just likes it.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MSs Larry Laveman talking about money and drugs.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
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Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MSs Larry Laveman talking about addiiction.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
CU man answering questions from off-camera interviewer, he is asked about being alone while getting high, man says that getting high makes him content and doesn t need anyone else. Voiceover narration calls this denial. CUs woman and men smoking PCP joints, taking deep drags.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
CU feet dancing in ballet shoes. CU hands playing piano. MSs female artist in studio painting. Voiceovers talk about replaying fear and anxiety with art or sports rather than drugs. CUs sculptures and paintings. MS woman painting in studio.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MSs African American man playing saxophone in home recording studio. Voiceover talks about replacing depression with music.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
GV young man walking down street toward camera. CU feet dancing in ballet shoes. MS man and two women dancing in studio. CU feet dancing. CUs dancers striking poses during rehearsal. Voiceover talks about choose to do positive things in your life.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MCUs couple seated on couch talking about addiction and kicking the habit. MCUs couple playing with their young child, tickling and laughing. They choose love over getting high.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MCU man in his apartment, acting very strangely with phone receiver in one hand and glass pipe in the other. MS same man now in a film editing room, watching the film of himself smoking PCP. MCU man in his apartment again puffing off a glass bowl. MCUs man being interviewed by someone off-screen, man being interviewed is high as a kite, not really able to follow the conversation, repeating that he feels fine. MCU man now in the edit room watching footage of himself while he was high, he says it s embarrassing, when he was loaded to thought he was alert, man is surprised by how he was acting. CU Sony TV with static on the screen, TV turns off.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
MCU man in his apartment, high as a kite from smoking PCP, acting very strangely as he is interviewed by someone off-screen. Cut to the same man now sober watching footage of himself film editing room. Several cuts back and forth as man watching himself high.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
CU young man talking to camera saying don t give up. MS woman painting in art studio. MCU man playing saxophone. MCUs ballet dancers rehearsing in studio. MCU young woman talking about beating addition. CU couple holding hands. GV couple strolling through park. MS young folks hanging out in park. MS family hugging. MS dancers in studio.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Credits
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
CU man high on PCP talking very slowly. Elevated GV man seated in apartment living room.
Angel Dust - A Documentary about PCP Abuse
Title card: A Chuck Wintner production