Midnight Madness Script Changes
Two two feet walk along the floor and stop at the base of some kind of machine. Camera tilts up the machine to reveal that it is a coin-operated video game. Two hands open a black briefcase and remove a complicated lookig circuit board and a screwdriver. The hands pry open a panel of the side of the video machine, remove its circuit board, and replace it with the one from the briefcase.
The two feet, wearing only socks which need mending, are crossed beneath a desk. We tilt up to see two hands working at the dimly lit desk, which is littered with computer read-out sheets, rulers, maps, etc. The hands busily rearrange the tiles from a Scrabble game, scrambling the same set of tiles to form different words. One hand accidentally spills a cup of coffee all over the desk and then wipes the mess up with its sleeve.
The feet walk down a corridor and then stop in front of a row of lockers. Camera tilts up and two hands open a locker with a key. They place a colorfully-wrapped box inside.
The feet stand on a metal platform. We tild up to see a hand pushing buttons on a calculator. The hand moves to adjust a dial on a huge telescope. The camera trucks in to the telescope until we are looking through the lens. Through the panning telescope we see the various buildings and landmarks of Los Angeles at night.
When Leon is explaining the game to the 5 team captains the following was added
LEON: Each team may bring along reference books, calculators, maps, etc. --anything you feel may help. The only boundaries of the game are those of the city of Los Angeles.
When Harold's Dad is telling him he's joining the Great All-Nighter....
HAROLD'S FATHER: Now, you're entering that Treasure Hunt, and that's final!
Harold's dad storms out of the room. Harold looks through the window and sees that his friends are still watching. He pretends that his father is still in the room.
HAROLD: Oh yeah?! Well, let me tell you a couple of things....
Harold's friends watch through the window in astonishment. Harold is apparently "balling his dad out," yelling like a madmad and flinging his father's trophies onto the floor. But then Harold's dad comes around the front of the house. The gang sees him and realizes what Harold is doing. Melio laughs hysterically. harold, about to fling down the largest trophy, glances out the window, sees that his father is with his friends, and then timidly begins polishing the trophy with his shirt.
When Flynch tells Adam about his date....
ADAM: No kidding, Don Juan! You got a date all by yourself?
FLYNCH: Well, not exactly. My mother helped. Zelda is the daughter of a friend of Mother's.
