PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE by Paul Thomas Anderson
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE
by
Paul Thomas Anderson
LOGO
Presentation cards with white, red, blue, blue-green
backgrounds, then:
CUT TO:
INT. WAREHOUSE - EARLY MORNING
CAMERA (STEADICAM) holds on a man in a suit, sitting behind
a desk, on the phone: BARRY EGAN (Adam Sandler)
BARRY
...yes I'm still on hold...
OPERATOR
And what was this?
BARRY
I'm looking at your advertisement
for the airline promotion and
giveaway?
OPERATOR
This is "Fly With Us?"
BARRY
It's hard to understand because it
says in addition to but I can't
exactly understand in addition to
what because there's actually
nothing to add it too...
OPERATOR
I think that's a type-o then, that
would be a mistake.
BARRY
So, just to clarify, I'm sorry: Ten
purchases of any of your Healthy
Choice products equals five hundred
miles and then with the coupon the
same purchases would value one
thousand miles --
OPERATOR
That's it.
BARRY
Do you realize that the monetary
value of this promotion and the
prize is potentially worth more
than the purchases?
OPERATOR
I don't know...I mean: I don't know.
OC DISTANT SOUND OF A CAR SKIDDING TO A STOP, SOME VAGUE,
DISTANT SCREAMING IS HEARD...THEN SILENCE. Barry hears this,
gets distracted, then back to the phone call;
BARRY
Can I call you back if I have any
further questions...? Can I get
your extension?
OPERATOR
It's extension 215 if you want to
try me back.
BARRY
Ok. Thank you.
He hangs up the phone and walks through his warehouse. It's
fairly non-descript place, boxing materials, etc. Products
seem to be mainly silly novelties (pens that light up, key
chains, novelty toilet plungers, etc)
He lifts a LOADING DOOR and LIGHT POURS INSIDE, WASHES OUT
THE FRAME....he's silhouette....CAMERA follows him
out...stays overexposed and over his shoulder as he looks
down towards the street.....
...his business is situated at the end of a common driveway,
shared with a few other nondescript places and an Auto
mechanic....distant SOUND of a car SPEEDING and SKIDDING....
....hold, then:
....a JEEP CHEROKEE comes FLIPPING into FRAME, far off at
the mouth of the alley, on the street. The JEEP ends up
landing RIGHT SIDE UP....HOLD....
.....Barry flinches a little, stares.....the JEEP sits idle
for a moment....then it drives off....then:
A speeding, small TOYOTA comes into view at the mouth of the
alley, screeching to a halt. The passenger side door opens
and a small, wooden HARMONIUM (like a portable organ) is
placed on the ground. The TOYOTA speeds away.....
....a moment or two later another NON-DESCRIPT CAR flies
past very fast....
BEAT. Barry squints, looks at the small HARMONIUM sitting
alone in the middle of the street.
He hesitates, looks around, holds, then walks back inside
his warehouse.
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S WAREHOUSE - THAT MOMENT
Barry on the phone again;
BARRY
....I'm not exactly sure what that
means...
VOICE
If they break or something. What is
it, plastic?
BARRY
It's a plastic, yeah.
VOICE
Right. Alright, lemme call you
first thing tomorrow, I'm gonna run
the numbers, see what's what and
I'll give you a call back --
BARRY
Did you have my home phone number?
VOICE
For what?
BARRY
If you wanted to call me back I
could...
VOICE
I'm fine, I have your work number.
BARRY
Ok...because of the time difference
if you needed to call me early?
VOICE
It's fine. I can just get you at
your office.
BARRY
Ok.
VOICE
Ok, bye, bye.
BARRY
Bye.
He hangs up the phone and walks outside, CAMERA follows him
again, out to the alley, over his shoulder......he looks
down the length of the alley at the Harmonium. HOLD, THEN:
A small FORD ESCORT pulls into the driveway, around the
Harmonium, parks......a young woman named LENA LEONARD
(Emily Watson) exits the car and starts to walk down the
length of the alley towards him.....CAMERA stays over his
shoulder and turns into a profile 2-shot;
LENA
Hi. Do you work at the mechanic?
BARRY
No.
LENA
They're not open yet?
BARRY
They don't get opened until eight.
BEAT. Barry gently steps back and out of the FRAME.
LENA
Is it ok if I leave my car you think?
BARRY
I don't know.
LENA
I thought they opened at seven.
(beat)
If I left my car would it be ok?
BARRY
I don't know.
LENA
Do you know them.
BARRY
Not very well.
LENA
Can I ask you, can I trust to leave
my keys with you and give them to
you so that when they get here you
could give them to them?
BARRY
Ok.
LENA
You think it's ok where I left it,
right there?
BARRY
I think that'll be fine.
Lena hands him her keys, he steps back into FRAME, THEN:
LENA
There's a piano in the street.
BARRY
Yeah.
BEAT.
LENA
Ok. Maybe I'll see you later. Thank
you for your help.
BARRY
Thank you.
LENA
Maybe I'll see you later, when I
pick up my car?
BARRY
Ok.
She walks away....he starts back inside the warehouse,
hesitates, watches her go.....right before she reaches the
end of the alley, she glances back quickly, over her
shoulder....he dodges inside real quick.....
HOLD THE EMPTY FRAME......then he steps back out.....looks
off at the Harmonium.....and the empty street.....he looks
around some more....then he makes the long walk down the
street.
ON THE STREET.
Barry stares at the Harmonium a little bit, looks around,
both ways, then casually picks it up and walks back towards
his business.....
He brings it into his office and places it on his desk. He
tries a few keys....pressing down...there's no sound.
He presses his hand on the foot pedal and presses a key and
a small note is made.....BEAT....he does it again....and
holds the note.....
CUT TO BLACK.
INT. WAREHOUSE - OFFICE - EARLY MORNING
Barry enters the warehouse with harmonium and runs into his
office. He places it on the desk and hits a key: no sound.
Barry goes to his knees and unlatched the bellows. He pumps
the bellow, reaches up, presses a note, and another...then
stands up into CU. and presses the 5 note
melody......SUDDENLY: THE SOUND OF THE POD BAY DOOR SLIDING....
....Barry spins around, scared shitless, sees: LANCE, who
enters the warehouse, Barry rushes out to greet him;
LANCE
Hey, good morning, Barry.
BARRY
Hey...Lance....can I.....
LANCE
You ok?
BARRY
Yes I'm fine.
LANCE
Why you wearin' a suit?
BARRY
Um....I bought one. I thought maybe
it would be nice to get dressed for
work, can I show you something?
LANCE
Yeah.....you got here early huh?
BARRY
....yes.....
They enter into the office, Lance sees the harmonium;
LANCE
What is this?
BARRY
I don't know. I think it's a
piano....a small piano.
LANCE
That's not a piano.....I have a
piano at home.....where'd you get it?
Lance walks around behind the harmonium....leaving Barry
alone....towards the warehouse......he starts to back up a
little.....
BARRY
Well.....it was dropped on the
street.....
Sal, Ernesto and Rico all start to come into work behind
Barry.....he sees them: CAMERA pushes in on Barry....
LANCE (OC)
Why is it here? Barry....Barry?
BARRY
...it just....I don't know....I
don't know.
LAND IN CU. ON BARRY. CUT TO BLACK.
TITLE CARD Punch-drunk Love Movie
(maybe color blooms/overture here)
INT. WAREHOUSE/MAIN AREA - DAY
CAMERA pushes in slow as Barry and Lance talk to TWO
CUSTOMERS about the plungers which are on display in front
of them. They speak all over each other doing shop talk, etc;
CUSTOMER
You do guaranteed sale? etc.
BARRY
We back our plungers 100% and we do
ask for a 30 to 60 day display on
the floor.....
In the b.g., RICO over the laud speaker says:
RICO
Barry, your sister's on line one.
Barry doesn't move....
BARRY
Yes.....we do ask for....30 to 60
days....
CUSTOMER
I think you have a call?
Rico turns around, without loudspeaker;
RICO
Barry, your sister is on line one.
They look at him a moment....
BARRY
I'm just gonna grab this call real
quick?
ANGLE, REVERSE. Barry turns and heads for the phone nearby
at Rico's station;
BARRY
(into phone)
.....This is Barry.
RHONDA
Hey it's me, it's Rhonda. Are you
coming to the party tonight?
BARRY
Hi, Rhonda, yes I am.
RHONDA
Bye.
She hangs up.
BARRY
Ok. Yes I'll see you tonight.
Barry takes a few steps back to the Customers:
BARRY
Sorry about that: One thing I
wanted to point out, Dave, is that
we've just received a large order
from the Rio Hotel and Casino in
Las Vegas where we're going to be
supplying their hotel rooms with
the dice and money plunger, so
these babies are really moving well
right now...
RICO
(over loudspeaker)
Barry, your sister's on line two.
Barry, your sister's on line two.
Barry tries again to ignore it....
BARRY
With the Aqua Blast Whales and
Speed Boats we're gonna ask for a
display at eye level for the little
kids.....
RICO
Barry --
BARRY
-- excuse me.
Barry walks back to the phone;
BARRY
This is Barry.
KAREN
Hey it's me, what are you doing?
BARRY
Hello, Karen. I'm just working.
KAREN
Yeah but what are you doing?
BARRY
I'm just working....I have some
customers here.....
KAREN
So you can't talk to me?
BARRY
I have a few people here, I can't
really chat right now.
KAREN
"chat?" Did you just say "chat?"
BARRY
Well, I can't talk though --
KAREN
You just fucking said "chat," that
is so -- what are you now? "chat."
I'm just calling to make sure you
show up at this party tonight.
BARRY
Yes, I'll be there.
KAREN
Fine. You get back to chatting with
your precious customers.
BARRY
Ok, bye-bye.
Barry snaps out of this, turns, claps his hands in confidence
and walks back to the customers and says:
BARRY
Sorry about that.
CUSTOMER
I didn't know you had a sister?
BARRY
.....Well yes I do....
(beat)
But one more thing I wanted to tell
you guys about the new plungers is
that we're making the handles now
in a non-breakable material
called.....
He takes one of the plungers and to demonstrate smacks it on
the table....it SMASHES and rice falls out everywhere....
BARRY
Ok...this is one of the old ones, I
think. Lance do we have any new
plungers around?
Lance moves to get a new plunger....
BARRY
That was a little embarrassing and
that was one of the old handles so
let me get a new one to show you --
RICO
(loudspeaker)
Barry, your sister is on line one.
Barry holds, then;
CUSTOMER
How many sisters do you have?
BARRY
....I have seven.
CUSTOMER #2
Holy shit. You have seven sisters?
BARRY
They're calling because we're
having a party tonight for my
sister and the they're just
calling....can you hang on for just
two more minutes....?
Barry walks this time into his office......CAMERA tracks
with Barry to his office, seeing him try and shake this
off.....He EXITS FRAME.
CUT TO:
INT. WAREHOUSE - OFFICE - THAT MOMENT
Barry enters, takes a quick moment to size up the
harmonium.....He picks up the phone and through the
conversation gently moves the harmonium to a different spot
on the desk;
BARRY
This is Barry.
KATHLEEN
What are you doing?
BARRY
Hi, Kathleen, I'm just working.
KATHLEEN
Are you going to the party tonight?
BARRY
Yes I am.
KATHLEEN
What are you doing?
BARRY
Nothing.
KATHLEEN
Right now, you're doing nothing?
BARRY
I'm just talking on the phone to
you and standing.
KATHLEEN
What time are you gonna be there?
BARRY
Seven o'clock.
KATHLEEN
You can't be late.
BARRY
I won't.
KATHLEEN
I'm serious.
BARRY
I know.
KATHLEEN
Seriously.
BARRY
Ok.
KATHLEEN
You can't be late though.
BARRY
I know.
KATHLEEN
You can't just not show up like you
do, you have to go.
BARRY
I know.
KATHLEEN
Seriously.
BARRY
I know.
KATHLEEN
You can't just stay in your house.
BARRY
I know.
KATHLEEN
Yeah but I'm serious.
BARRY
Ok.
KATHLEEN
I'll see you there.
BARRY
I'll see you there.
KATHLEEN
Don't puss out.
BARRY
I won't.
Barry plays the 5 note melody on the Harmonium (carries over
into next scene....)
CUT TO:
INT./EXT. WAREHOUSE - LATER (BRIDGE/BREAK MUSIC WISE)
Barry and his workers are having lunch. A LUNCH TRUCK is
parked by the driveway. Barry sees the CAR that Lena brought
by at the start of the movie....OC CALL from one of the
workers;
WORKER
Telephone Barry on line one.
A mechanic passes by at this moment, keeps walking past;
BARRY
What's wrong with her car?
MECHANIC
Wha?
BARRY
Is that car gonna be ok?
MECHANIC
It's fine.
The mechanic keeps walking....Barry enters.
CUT TO:
INT. WAREHOUSE/NEAR LANCE'S DESK - LATE AFTERNOON
Barry and the boys are prepping some boxes for shipping.
Ernesto walks over, says;
ERNESTO
Barry, your sister's here.
Barry stands up fast, stumbles back a bit over some boxes,
recovers, ELIZABETH enters:
ELIZABETH
Hey, how are you?
BARRY
I'm fine, hi, how are you?
ELIZABETH
I'm just stopping by to say hello.
BARRY
Hello.
ELIZABETH
So you're coming tonight, right?
BARRY
Yes, indeed, yes I am.
ELIZABETH
There's this girl, this friend of
mine from work that I think is
really cute and really cool and I
want you to meet her so I was
thinking about bringing her to the
party tonight.
BARRY
Oh yeah no I don't want to do that.
ELIZABETH
Why?
BARRY
Well I don't want to do something
like that.
ELIZABETH
She's my friend and you should meet
her. You'd like her.
BARRY
Yeah, but please don't do that.
ELIZABETH
I'm not really asking you, I'm
telling you.
BARRY
Yeah but please don't do that:
everyone would be looking at me.
ELIZABETH
It's a free country, we can look at
you if we want to.
BARRY
Yes but I get tense and I feel like
I can't be myself if that happens.
ELIZABETH
That's your fault not mine.
BARRY
I don't think I'm going to the party.
ELIZABETH
So it's ok if I bring her.
BARRY
Please don't.
ELIZABETH
She's really cute and she's really
nice.
BARRY
...please, I just don't want it....
ELIZABETH
....wait a minute: why is this
about you now? Why is it always
about you?
BARRY
Yeah, no, it's not, it's just --
ELIZABETH
I'm trying to be your friend.
BARRY
I know.
ELIZABETH
I'm trying to get you a girlfriend.
BARRY
Well, yeah, thank you, but --
ELIZABETH
-- but since you're not going I
guess none of this matters and I'll
bring her anyway.
BEAT. HOLD. She stares him down.
ELIZABETH
All I'm trying to do is be your
friend.
She leaves. HOLD ON BARRY. He air punches/twitch.
CUT TO:
INT. WAREHOUSE - LATER/BLUE HOUR - NIGHT
Barry is alone, closing up. He takes a look at the Harmonium
and presses it, makes a sound....a little bit more....makes
a few notes. END SCORE QUE as it blends and fades into the
notes that Barry plays.
BEAT. He closes its small cover, does something on his desk
and then:
His face gets bright red, he holds back tears, opens his
mouth and has a serious but small burst of overwhelming
emotion and then it's over.
INT. SUPERMARKET - NIGHT
CU. BIRTHDAY CARD.
Barry's hands reaches in and picks a birthday card.
ANGLE, WIDER, THAT MOMENT.
Barry grabs the card and starts to push his cart....but he
pushes it straight into a SIX YEAR OLD KID who's pushing a
cart around....they slam into each other....
Barry apologizes....the KID just takes off....Barry's cart
now has a slightly damaged wheel that wobbles like crazy....
ANGLE, FROZEN FOOD AISLE.
CAMERA tracks left to right with Barry as he heads for the
Healthy Choice Frozen Dinner. He grabs one.
CU. BARRY. LOW ANGLE.
He looks at box.
BARRY'S POV - THE BOX
Slow zoom in. The sticker reads: "Fly Away With Us! The More
You Buy The More You Earn."
ANGLE, SOUP SECTION.
CAMERA tracks along right to left with Barry as he moves
towards some SOUP. He grabs one, inspects it.....then puts
it back.
CU. SOUP CAN.
It's put back on the shelf: TILT down to price: 79 cents.
Barry turns his cart around and SMACKS right into someone
else again, screwing up another wheel on his cart.
ANGLE, BARRY.
CAMERA, tracks alongside him, left to right as he comes
across: PUDDING. The price: 4/$1.00.
MED. BARRY in the middle of the aisle.
He reacts......smiles...holds....thinks....looks around,
then starts to load up on the pudding.
ANGLE, BARRY.
He pushes TWO SHOPPING CARTS FULL OF PUDDING over to the
STORE MANAGER who's on his knees, stacking milk.....Barry
kneels down, CAMERA PUSHES INTO A CU. as he speaks sotto;
MANAGER
Hello.
BARRY
Hello, sir. My name is Barry Egan
and I'd like to ask if you have any
more Healthy Choice pudding in the
back?
CUT TO:
INT. SUSAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT
The door opens slowly and Barry peers his head around and
into the house very cautiously, CAMERA PUSHES IN and PANS
slightly LEFT to reveal: THE KITCHEN.
Barry's SEVEN SISTERS are all there, preparing dinner and
talking away....they turn and see him;
SUSAN
There he is! Do you remember when
we used to call you gay and you'd
get all mad?
KATHLEEN
-- we were calling you gay and you
got so mad that you threw a hammer
through the sliding glass door --
do you remember?
BARRY
I don't really remember that.
KATHLEEN
Yes you do. We were calling you Gay
Boy and you got so mad....
BARRY
Yes, yes, right.
SUSAN
We're trying to remember why you
had the hammer in the first place?
BARRY
...um.....
KATHLEEN
The hammer that you threw....why
did you have it?
SUSAN
You don't remember -- you had the
hammer and you threw it -- ?
BARRY
I remember, yes.....
SUSAN
Why did you have it?
Another sister, RHONDA, enters from behind, Barry jumps, says:
RHONDA
He was building a ramp for the dog.
KATHLEEN
He was making a ramp for the dog!
That's right!
SUSAN
That's right....ramp for the
dog..... And you just threw the
hammer.
BARRY
(to Rhonda)
Happy Birthday, Rhonda.
RHONDA
Thank you. Thank you so much, Barry.
She gives him a very quick hug and kiss and sets the cake
next to a bigger, cooler looking cake.
Mia approaches holding a baby.....Barry tries to say hello
to the baby, but Mia slowly turns the baby out of Barry's
grasp....making herself the center of his attention;
KITCHEN/DINING ROOM, THAT MOMENT
Barry gets slightly turned around trying to reach the
baby...and ends up in a doorway that leads to the dining
room, revealing himself to: ELIZABETH, KAREN, NICOLE AND
ANNA. There are also: THREE BROTHER IN LAW'S (WALTER, LARRY
AND STEVE)
ELIZABETH
Hey....I was just telling everyone
about how I was gonna bring this
girl for you but you wouldn't let
me do it.
BARRY
Hello everyone.
KAREN steps up and greets him;
KAREN
Did you think that we'd all be
looking at you?
BARRY
No, no, no.
KAREN
Well it's just not true. We
wouldn't be looking at you -- why
are you wearing this suit? Did you
say hello to your brother in law's?
STEVE/LARRY
Hi, Barry. How ya doin? Good, good.
KAREN
Say hello to them, that's right,
good, good. Ok. Come on, we're
gonna eat now.....let's go.....
Barry shakes hands and hello's with the brother in law's.
He's left alone for a moment with Walter and Elizabeth;
WALTER
How you doin' Barry?
BARRY
Hi Walter.
WALTER
How's business?
BARRY
Business is very food, thanks.
ELIZABETH
What's very food?
BARRY
What?
ELIZABETH
You just said very food.
BARRY
Did I say that?
WALTER
Yeah.
BARRY
That was weird. I meant good.
WALTER
Maybe you said that because you're
hungry.....
Walter moves to help everyone...they're moving to set the
table......
CAMERA CLOSES IN ON BARRY AND ELIZABETH alone for a beat:
ELIZABETH
You're lucky. She couldn't come
anyway --
BARRY
Well I'm glad you didn't, thank you.
ELIZABETH
She couldn't come I said. Are you
nervous?
BARRY
No.
ELIZABETH
You look nervous.
BARRY
I'm not, I'm very happy.
RHONDA passes;
RHONDA
Come on homo-boy, we're eating now.
Elizabeth leaves, HOLD ON BARRY.
CAMERA PUSHES IN TOWARDS EVERYONE SETTING THE
TABLE.....CAMERA ROTATES AROUND.....everyone is still
chatting a bit about "Barry gay boy," and "the girl that was
gonna be here that Barry wouldn't allow."
ANGLE, REVERSE. Barry is standing in front of the floor to
ceiling sliding glass doors.....in an INSTANT, he TURNS AND
THROWS HIS FIST STRAIGHT THROUGH THREE OF THEM, THEY
SHATTER....he turns back, they are all staring straight at
him in silence. HOLD, THEN:
In unison they all go ape shit:
GROUP
WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM.
GODDAMNIT BARRY. YOU FUCKIN' MANIAC.
ETC. ETC.
CUT TO:
INT. SUSAN'S HOUSE - HALLWAY - LATER
It's later and WALTER and BARRY walk down a small hall and
into a kids room. They're OC for a few moments as the CAMERA
slowly pushes in and towards the room. Following sotto;
WALTER
What's up?
BARRY
Well I'm sorry. Before...
WALTER
Mhm.
BARRY
And I'm sorry that I did that.
WALTER
It's alright.
BARRY
I wanted to ask you because you're
a doctor, right?
WALTER
Yeah.
BARRY
I don't like the way I am sometimes.
(beat)
Can you help me?
WALTER
Barry, I'm a dentist, what kind of
help do you think I can give you?
BARRY
I know that. Maybe you know other
doctors?
WALTER
Like a psychiatrist?
BARRY
I don't have anyone to talk to
things about and I understand it's
confidential with a doctor - I'm
embarrassed about that and I don't
want my sisters to know?
WALTER
You want a number for a
psychiatrist, I can get you one,
that's not a problem. but what
exactly is wrong?
BARRY
I don't know if there's anything
wrong with me because I don't know
how other people are.....Sometimes
I cry a lot.....for no reason.
Barry starts to cry. Walter just stares at his. HOLD.
Barry stops, recuperates, then leaves.....as he does;
BARRY
Please don't tell my sisters.
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT - LATER
CU. HEALTHY CHOICE COUPON.
Barry's scissors cut out a coupon and reveal an image
beneath in another section of the newspaper...it's the sexy
LEG of a woman....
BARRY very casually pushes some papers aside and looks at
the ad...
HOLD ON HIS FACE. He looks....then:
MOMENTS LATER, BARRY ON THE PHONE.
He listens;
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
Hi, this is Janice The Operator,
who's this?
BARRY
Hello, how are you?
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
Hi, is this your first time calling?
BARRY
Yes it is.
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
Can I have your credit card number,
followed by the expiration date?
BARRY
Can I ask how much is this?
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
-- it's $2.99 per minute for the
first half hour and $1.99 per
minute after that.
BARRY
......and this is confidential?
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
What do you mean?
BARRY
It's....confidential, the call, my
information is private.
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
Of course. Would you like to talk
to a girl? I can connect you with a
beautiful girl if I can just get
your credit card number followed by
the expiration date?
BARRY
...3407 2627 3444 8095 expiration
05/04.
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
And your billing address and the
name as it appears on the card?
BARRY
.....1274 Moorpark. Sherman Oaks,
California. #4. 91403.
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
And your name?
BARRY
Barry Egan.
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
And your Social Security number.
BARRY
What's that for?
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
It's just for verification through
the credit card company.
BARRY
-- and this is confidential?
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
Of course, it's just for us to
verify your credit card information.
It's completely confidential and it
appears on your credit card billing
statement as D&D Mattress Man.
BARRY
337.....I'm sorry....
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
It's ok, take your time.
BARRY
337-09-9876. But I don't want
anyone to know my name.
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
No one will know your name.
BARRY
Can you say that my name is Jack?
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
You want her to call you Jack?
BARRY
I just don't want anyone to know
it's me.
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
That's fine. Can I have a telephone
number, area code first on where we
can call you back?
BARRY
No I just....I don't want to, I
just want to be connected to talk
to a girl.
OPERATOR GIRL (OC)
It's a call back service -- a girl
will call you back.
BARRY
I thought I was just gonna be
connected to talk to a girl -
that's fine, ok, I'm sorry, it's,
um.....818....
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER
Barry waiting at his dining room table. HOLD. The PHONE
RINGS. He picks it up;
BARRY
Hello, this is Back.
SEXY VOICE
Hi, is this Jack?
BARRY
Yes.
SEXY VOICE
This is Georgia.
BARRY
Hi. This is Jack.
SEXY VOICE
So what are you doing tonight, Jack?
BARRY
Nothing.
SEXY VOICE
Nothing, huh, do you know what I'm
doing?
BARRY
No.
SEXY VOICE
I'm just laying on my bed.
BARRY
Where are you?
SEXY VOICE
I'm in my bedroom.
BARRY
No, I mean, what city, what state
are you in?
SEXY VOICE
Are you watching a porno movie?
BARRY
No.
SEXY VOICE
Do you like porno movies?
BARRY
Sure.
SEXY VOICE
Yeah....? So...Jack...are you
stroking that big fat fucking cock
of yours?
He walks into something.
BARRY
....no....
SEXY VOICE
Yeah? So what are you doing, then?
BARRY
...just talking to you....
SEXY VOICE
Are your pants off?
BARRY
No.
SEXY VOICE
I'm wearing a t-shirt and panties.
BARRY
Really?
SEXY VOICE
Yeah. And looking at myself in the
mirror. Do you wanna know what I
look like?
BARRY
It doesn't matter.
SEXY VOICE
What do you mean it doesn't matter?
BARRY
Well. I have no way of knowing. So
it doesn't matter.
SEXY VOICE
I don't lie, Jack. I'm about 5'8,
blonde 34,28,34. Pretty thin, I
work out. My pussy's shaved. My
friends say I'm pretty cute, so....
BARRY
Really?
SEXY VOICE
What do you mean, "really?" Yeah.
Really. What about you?
BARRY
It doesn't matter.
SEXY VOICE
Yeah....you're married aren't you,
Jack?
BARRY
No.
SEXY VOICE
You have a girlfriend?
BARRY
...yes...
SEXY VOICE
Where is she?
BARRY
She's...not here...she went out.
She went out of town, she travels a
lot.
Barry holds his head in his hands for minute, then stands
out of it --
INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER
SEXY VOICE
I'm horny, Jack, what about you?
BARRY
...yeah.....
SEXY VOICE
Does Jack like to Jack Off?
BARRY
Sometimes when I'm lonely.
SEXY VOICE
...yeah....well you have me now.
BARRY
You sound very cute, very nice.
SEXY VOICE
Thank you. What do you do, Barry?
BARRY
I have my own business....I work. I
work hard at doing my business.
SEXY VOICE
Yeah....do you do well, do you make
alotta money?
BARRY
I do pretty good, I think. I wish I
was making more, doing a little bit
better. I can,t get over a certain
hump. I will...I will crack
something soon I think and really
do better...I'd like to
diversify...but I'm doing great, I
think, as a start.
SEXY VOICE
So.....are you stroking it, yet,
honey?
BARRY
No.
SEXY VOICE
Well why don't you take your pants
off and stroke it for me?
BARRY
Ok.
SEXY VOICE
Yeah...that's it...God I Am So
Horny...I wish I was there to help
you.....I wish I was there for you,
Barry.
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S BATHROOM/BEDROOM - LATER
It's a little bit later and Barry stands in his bathroom,
washes his face....HOLD....then he dries his face, walks
into his bedroom, gets into bed wearing T-shirt and
underwear.....he crawls in, curls up in fetal position....
JUMP CUT TO:
INT. SAME EXACT ANGLE - MORNING
Sun comes in now. Barry is somehow dressed in a FULL ADIDAS
SWEAT SUIT complete with SNEAKERS. He wakes up, looks down
and sees this, confused;
BARRY
Whassis?
CUT TO:
INT. KITCHEN - MOMENTS LATER
Barry is dressed for work in another suit now. He grabs some
stuff and heads for the door when the phone rings;
BARRY
Hello?
SEXY VOICE
Hey. What are you doing? How are you?
BARRY
I'm fine. Who is this?
SEXY VOICE
Georgia.
BEAT.
BARRY
Hi....what....what's up....?
SEXY VOICE
It's ok that I'm calling, right, I
mean? It's ok.
BARRY
Yeah. No. It's ok. What's goin' on?
SEXY VOICE
I just wanted to call and talk to
you, thank you for last night, try
and get you before you went to work
and say, "hey."
BEAT.
BARRY
I'm going to work.
SEXY VOICE
Uhhh...I am sooo tired...I stayed
up too late last night, what about
you, when did you go to sleep?
BARRY
Not very late.
SEXY VOICE
You're going to work now?
BARRY
Yes.
SEXY VOICE
Can I ask you a question?
BARRY
Uh-huh.
SEXY VOICE
Remember last night I was talking
to you and I was telling you about
my apartment, my rent -- ?
(beat)
Do you remember?
BARRY
Yes.
SEXY VOICE
This is really weird and really
embarrassing for me but....uh....
(beat)
I was wondering if you could help
me out with a little bit of money.
BARRY
Me?
SEXY VOICE
Yeah.
BARRY
I can't really. Yeah, no. I mean. I
can't afford it.
SEXY VOICE
You don't even know how much it is.
BARRY
I know but I....how much is it?
SEXY VOICE
Like seven-fifty. Seven hundred fifty?
BARRY
Yes, no, yes. I can't. I can't
afford that. I'm sorry. Sorry.
SEXY VOICE
Really? Please?
BARRY
You have trouble, financial trouble?
SEXY VOICE
Yeah. It's so hard these days and I
really need it.
BARRY
Yes I can't....I don't make enough
money to be able to do that.
SEXY VOICE
I thought you had your own business.
You said you were gonna diversify
and all that stuff....
BEAT. Barry steps back a little....
SEXY VOICE
So you think you can?
BARRY
No. I'm sorry.
SEXY VOICE
Should I call back and talk to your
girlfriend?
BARRY
....what....?
SEXY VOICE
I was wondering if it's better to
ask your girlfriend for the money?
It could be really easy. I mean, I
have all your information, credit
card information and billing stuff --
Barry hangs up the phone real fast. HOLD. He doesn't move.
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S WORK/WAREHOUSE - MORNING/LATER
CAMERA (HAND HELD) behind Barry, as he walks through the
warehouse, greets the boys, says hello to Lance, etc. Lance,
taking his cue from Barry, is a bit more dressed up today....
LANCE
Good morning, Barry....
BARRY
Hi, Lance.
LANCE
What's with all this pudding, what
is this?
CAMERA sees that all the pudding Barry bought has been
stacked neatly in a corner. Barry stops dead in his tracks
to explain;
BARRY
That's part of a very interesting
airline promotion giveaway that's
really tremendous. I'm going to
start a collection of pudding and
coupons that can be redeemed for
frequent flyer miles through
Healthy Choice and American
Airlines --
LANCE
You're goin' on a trip?
BARRY
No.........but airline miles are
just like a currency these days.
LANCE
You should go on a trip.
BARRY
No thanks.
LANCE
So what should I do with the pudding?
BARRY
Let's just leave it there for now.
Barry goes into his office and looks at the Harmonium. BEAT.
He presses some keys, makes a little more noise with it. (a
quarter of some sort of melody starts here...)
ANGLE, MOMENTS LATER.
Barry is cutting up his CREDIT CARD with some scissors. He
throws it away.
ANGLE, MOMENTS LATER.
Barry paces around a little bit.....CAMERA stays inside and
watches him as he walks outside for a moment, looks
around....he sees something outside, hesitates, then dodges
back inside the warehouse --
-- once inside, he takes a horrendous, hurtful fall over
something....He stands up quick;
BARRY
This is not supposed to be here.
Seriously. Carlos, Carlos, this is
really not supposed to be here. I
don't mean to be a dick; but that's
gonna hurt someone. It already did
hurt someone: It hurt me, so please
let's move that.
He backs away, then steps OUT OF FRAME...a moment later
ELIZABETH (his sister) and LENA (from the opening) enter the
warehouse, walking towards Barry;
ELIZABETH
(to Lena)
He's wearing a suit again, I don't
know why he's wearing a suit, he
doesn't usually dress like that --
LENA
It's fine.
CAMERA pushes in towards LENA and blends to 30fps...she
smiles, looks ahead, CAMERA slowly pans a 180 around to
become her POV.
Barry is standing near the harmonium, fiddling around. He
looks up, sees Elizabeth and Lena walking towards him and
tenses....they meet in the middle of the warehouse;
ELIZABETH
Hey, what are you doing? Why are
you wearing a suit again?
BARRY
I don't know.
LENA
Hi.
BARRY
Hi.
LENA
Do you remember me, I left my car,
yesterday.
BARRY
Yes I do.
ELIZABETH
This is Lena, she's a good friend
of mine from work. We were in the
neighborhood and she had to pick up
her car and we're getting breakfast
before we go in, so did you want to
go? We're gonna go and eat, let's go.
BARRY
Yeah I can't.
ELIZABETH
Why?
BARRY
I have work, I can't leave.
ELIZABETH
Seriously, though: We're going to
eat, I said.
BARRY
I'm sorry.
LENA
It's ok. That's alright.
ELIZABETH
Are you learning how to play the
piano? What is that?
BARRY
It's not a piano. LANCE! LANCE!
MAKE SURE THAT YOU CALL THAT GUY IN
TOLEDO.
LANCE (OC)
WHICH?
BARRY
...I'll tell you later.
ELIZABETH
You don't wanna come to eat with us?
WORKER VOICE
TELEPHONE BARRY ON LINE TWO!
ELIZABETH
What's all this pudding?
BARRY
I don't know. Can you hang on a
second?
CAMERA follows Barry as he walks back to his little office,
picks up the phone;
BARRY
Hello?
SEXY VOICE
We got disconnected before....
BARRY
No. No. We got disconnect --
why?.....you're calling me at
work....how did you get this
number -- ?
SEXY VOICE
See the thing is I could make it
really easy on you -- I already
have your credit card number, your
information, address and stuff.
This is so awkward asking like
this, I'm sorry --
BARRY
This makes me very uncomfortable.
SEXY VOICE
I need help.
BEAT.
SEXY VOICE
Should I just ask your girlfriend?
(beat)
Maybe I should call back and talk
to your girlfriend?
BARRY
I don't have a girlfriend --
SEXY VOICE
-- you said you did.
BARRY
I know I did. But I don't.
SEXY VOICE
You lied to me?
BARRY
I didn't lie.
SEXY VOICE
Why did you tell me you did, then?
BARRY
This is....illegal....I'll call the
police.
SEXY VOICE
No you won't.
ANGLE, ELIZABETH AND LENA
LENA
I'll go pay for my car.
ELIZABETH
Are you sure?
LENA
Yeah.
ELIZABETH
He's being weird, I'm sorry. I have
no idea why he's being weird and
dressed in a suit --
LENA
It's not bad, it's ok.
ELIZABETH
-- he's so strange I don't know if
you really even would want to go
out with him, someone like him, I
said I'd try, but it's just --
LENA
It's ok, it's alright. I'll come
right back, I'll just go pay for my
car.
ELIZABETH
Sorry.
She leaves. Elizabeth heads for Barry's office;
ANGLE, BARRY on the phone
SEXY VOICE
Come on, I thought we had fun, rich
boy --
BARRY
This is not cool.
SEXY VOICE
It was cool last night.
BARRY
I have to go.
SEXY VOICE
Are you telling me no?
BARRY
No I'm sorry, now I have to get off
the phone....
SEXY VOICE
....this is your mistake....
Elizabeth comes walking into his office, starts whispering
to him as he's on the phone;
ELIZABETH
Hey, hey, you should ask her out --
what do you think, she's cute, right?
BARRY
(into phone)
I'm gonna call you back.
He starts to hang up the phone, turns to Elizabeth as we hear;
SEXY VOICE
(trailing off)
...MOTHERFUCKER, NO....
BARRY
She is. I think, why did you come
here like this?
ELIZABETH
It's not cool?
BARRY
It's fine, but --
ELIZABETH
-- do you think you'll ask her out?
BARRY
I feel really on the spot now.
ELIZABETH
Are you gonna do it?
BARRY
I don't do that. I don't - things
like that.
ELIZABETH
You don't do anything, why are you
being scared?
BARRY
I'm not being scared, you're just
going to rag me if I do this --
ELIZABETH
I'm not gonna rag you. Why would I
do this just to rag you?
BARRY
I don't know.
ELIZABETH
I'll leave then, I'll go to get
something from my car, go away so
you don't feel pressure. Can I ask
you a serious question:
BARRY
What?
ELIZABETH
Did you ask Walter to get you a
shrink?
(beat)
Barry, did you ask Walter to get
you a shrink? What's wrong with you?
Are you ok?
BARRY
I didn't ask him that. He's lying.
ELIZABETH
You're being weird again, see. Come
on. Please don't be weird.
ANGLE, BARRY AND ELIZABETH, MOMENTS LATER
They walk out and as they do, Lena comes back in with her
keys in her hand, Elizabeth keeps walking past;
ELIZABETH
I gotta grab something from my car....
LENA
We should be going --
ELIZABETH
(over her shoulder)
Yeah, no, I have to get something
from my car, I said.
Barry and Lena about to be alone as Lance walks up;
LANCE
Which guy in Toledo are you talking
about?
BARRY
I'll tell you...the
guy...with...just talk to me later
about it, ok?
LANCE
You talkin' to me about Ramada Inn?
BARRY
I have to talk to you in a second
about that, Lance, ok?
He walks away, Lena turns to him;
LENA
I'm sorry I couldn't come to your
sister's birthday party last night,
Elizabeth had invited me and I
couldn't make it --
BARRY
It's fine. It was fun, though.
LENA
It must be weird for you to have so
many sisters?
BARRY
No. Not at all. It's nice.
WORKER (OC)
Telephone, Barry Line One!
Barry turns instantly and walks away....he turns back as he
walks....TWO SHOT - track left with him....
BARRY
(turns back)
One second, sorry.
IN THE OFFICE, THAT MOMENT
He picks up the phone.
BARRY
Hello?
SEXY VOICE
Hang up again and see the trouble
it's gonna make.
Barry instantly hangs up the phone, turns around and walks
back to Lena;
LENA
Business is good, you're busy?
BARRY
Yeah, not really.
LENA
I saw a picture of you.
BARRY
Yes.
LENA
Elizabeth has a picture of you
guys -- your sisters and you, it's
a lot of family, it must be nice.
BARRY
Do you have brothers or sisters?
LENA
No. I'm the exact opposite --
BARRY
That must be nice. That must be
really, really, really great.
LENA
It's terrible, no.
No response from Barry. (cut to reverse 2-shot as they look)
LENA
What do you do with all this pudding?
BARRY
That's not mine it's one of the
guys that works here. That
pudding's not mine.
BEAT. In the b.g., two WORKERS are dealing with getting a
large crate on top of a large stack of crates, they're using
a fork lift....in an instant the large CRATE tumbles to the
ground and SMASHES....Barry attempts to not notice this;
LENA
Oh My God.
BARRY
It's ok. That's ok. How long have
you worked with Elizabeth?
The workers start calling out and apologizing for this to
Barry, who keeps looking straight ahead to Lena;
LENA
Six months, maybe five, five or six
months...do you wanna check that?
BARRY
(to the guys)
Are you guys hurt?
WORKERS/LANCE
No, no, we're ok....Barry, sorry --
BARRY
(back to Lena)
So you do what she does, the same
work, the same job?
LENA
I do, but I do field consultations
mainly too which is cool because I
get to travel. I travel. A lot of
the time. I'm going to Hawaii on
Friday.
BARRY
That's great -- Hawaii. I was
thinking about going there.
LENA
Really?
BARRY
I was, yeah, I was thinking about
going there for business --
LENA
-- well, if you're gonna go --
BARRY
-- I'm probably not gonna go though.
LENA
-- oh that's too bad, it's so great
over there and if you were there we
could say hello to each other or
something --
BARRY
-- yeah that would be great, if I
was gonna go but I'm not exactly
sure, I have so much goin on
here -- A lot depends on this thing
I might do here and if that happens
I can't go and if it doesn't happen
then I probably will, but I doubt it.
There's another LOUD CRASH as they try to reposition the box
that's fallen, giving way to something else that FALLS. In
other words, to correct the mistake they've already made,
they have to sacrifice another CRATE that CRASHES. She
looks, Barry just flinches, tries to stay looking straight
ahead; CAMERA (HAND HELD) with Elizabeth, comes walking back
in.....says to Barry:
ELIZABETH
I can't find that thing in my car,
I can't find it so I'll just get it
and give it to you later. So?
LENA
(to Elizabeth)
You ready?
ELIZABETH
Are you coming to eat with us?
BARRY
Yeah I can't.
ELIZABETH
(at the crates)
OH MY GOD. Look at that.
LENA
(to Barry)
It was great to meet you again. To
see you again, thanks for helping
me yesterday --
BARRY
Ok.
ELIZABETH
(to Barry)
What's all this pudding?
BARRY
It's not mine.
ELIZABETH
Why's it here?
BARRY
I have no idea.
LENA
(to Elizabeth)
Are you ready?
ELIZABETH
(to Barry)
Will you call me later to talk
about asking Walter for the shrink?
And we can talk about - he said you
have this crying problem or something?
LENA
Bye, Barry.
BARRY
Goodbye.
ELIZABETH
Call me later.
Lena and Elizabeth leave. CAMERA leads them as they walk;
Sound starts to drop out, we see Barry and the boys cleaning
up the boxes in the back....move into a CU on Lena....Music
Cue. Score. treated piano, small rhythm/melodic(notes of
harmonium so far)/gentle.
ELIZABETH
So I'll meet you at the restaraunt?
LENA
Ok.
Lena gets into her car. Elizabeth keeps walking. She waits
until Elizabeth is out of sight at the mouth of the driveway
and then she gets back out of her car and walks straight
back into the warehouse.
CUT TO:
INT. WAREHOUSE - THAT MOMENT
She comes walking in and over to Barry;
LENA
I'm going to go and eat tomorrow
night do you want to go with me?
BARRY
Sure.
LENA
Do you want to pick me up?
BARRY
Sure.
LENA
Can I write down my address and
phone number for you?
BARRY
Sure.
They do a small search for a piece of paper, get it all
written down and sorted out and then -- as they do this
there is even more CRASHING AND SMASHING in the b.g., by the
boys -- Barry and Lena settle up and say so long.
BARRY
This is funny.
LENA
Yeah.
BARRY
I didn't ask anyone for a shrink,
that was someone else. Also: This
pudding is not mine. Also: I'm
wearing a suit because I had a very
important business meeting this
morning and I don't have a crying
problem.
LENA
Ok.
BARRY
Alright?
LENA
....Hi.....
BARRY
....Hi.....
She walks off. CAMERA leads her out, holds a CU. as she
smiles to herself -- lead her a bit more until she's
outside, and she gets in her car --
CU. BARRY. He smiles, looks around, holds back his emotion
so it looks like he'll explode....tenses, smiles, tears,
looks around....HOLD. End Music Que.
LANCE (OC)
Barry, Line One, Telephone!
Barry walks in. HOLD. He picks up the phone.
BARRY
Hello?
SEXY VOICE
You've just made a war that you
cannot afford.
She hangs up real quick. HOLD. Barry and his harmonium.
CUT TO BLACK.
Title Card: Provo, Utah
FADE IN:
INT. STEVENS BROTHERS HOUSE - DAY
CAMERA behind a BLONDE GIRLS HEAD (LATISHA). She speaks to
two blonde brothers, DAVID and JIM. In the b.g., walking
around holding a BABY is NATE. (Maybe a girlfriend or wife
or two).
DAVID
I'll do it.
JIM
I'll do it too.
DAVID
But it's gotta wait until my knee
is better. I can't risk it.
LATISHA
You have to do it now.
JIM
If we drive there it's a problem.
LATISHA
Dean will loan you one of his cars.
JIM
Which one?
LATISHA
You have to talk to him --
DAVID
How do you know he's rich?
LATISHA
Because I know, I just know. I
mean, I talked to him, I know.
Nate emerges a bit from the b.g.
NATE
Where are you guys going?
DAVID
California. Los Angeles.
NATE
When are you leaving?
DAVID
Right now.
LATISHA
Let's go talk to Dean.
CUT TO:
INT. LOCAL BAR/PROVO - LATER
LATISHA, DAVID, JIM and NATE enter and meet DEAN TRUMBELL,
listening to AFTER EDEN play onstage, standing in the middle
of the room.
DEAN
Hey guys.
DAVID/JIM/NATE
Hey, Dean.
LATISHA
So they'll go.
DEAN
I'm only paying two of you guys.
DAVID
That's cool.
DEAN
When can you leave?
DAVID
As soon as you want.
DEAN
I want you to go right away, I
think that's best. I also need you
to check out a car for me down
there that this guy is selling.
They walk towards a back room, as they do they pass a
REGULAR JOE who bumps into Dean accidentally, Dean explodes;
DEAN
You wanna fuck around, asshole? You
wanna get tough, wanna see me kick
some motherfuck around here?
REGULAR JOE
Take it easy, man, relax. Don't --
DEAN
I'll relax your fucking head --
this is my personal space, man,
this is my personal fucking space,
you don't violate that, you don't
do that.
REGULAR JOE
I've got a glass in my hand why
don't you chill out?
DEAN
You've got a glass?
Dean takes a BEER BOTTLE and SMASHES it in half on the bar,
holds it up to the guy --
DEAN
YEAH. YOU'VE GOT A GLASS, NOW I'VE
GOT A GLASS. I'VE GOT A GLASS TOO
MOTHERFUCK.
JUMP CUT TO:
INT. LOCAL BAR/PROVO - MOMENTS LATER
They're all walking towards a back room of the bar, they
walk past a COUPLE that is fighting. The WOMAN is screaming
at the top of her lungs at the MAN;
WOMAN
I WILL CRUSH YOU. I WILL FUCKING
CRUSH YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS.
Dean gets in the middle of it;
DEAN
Take it easy, take it easy you guys
in here, I need to talk to you
later, Tommy -- I wanna know if you
wanna book the boys --
He motions over his shoulder to Ashes to Ashes.
MAN
I'll talk to you later.
WOMAN
YOU WON'T FUCKIN' TALK TO HIM
LATER, I WILL CRUSH YOU. I WILL
CRUSH YOU, ASSHOLE.
CUT TO:
INT. DEAN'S OFFICE/UPSTAIRS/BACKROOM - MOMENTS LATER
They enter into an upstairs office area. It has a couple
desks and off to the side, in a small, partitioned off room
is The Phone Sex Area; a GIRL on the phone. (We hear bits of
her call, e.g. "Me? I'm in Florida. Laying on my bed.")
There are posters for Ashes to Ashes, filing cabinets,
posters of CARS, lots of various small business items like
order forms and pamphlets, etc. Dean collects a piece of
paper and hands it to David/Nate/Jim;
DEAN
Your expenses are your own.
DAVID
I thought Latisha said you would --
DEAN
-- she didn't know what she was
talking about --
DAVID
It's....whatever....that's not cool.
DEAN
David, Don't. Just. Seriously. It
doesn't make sense if you think
about it in a fair deal like sense.
Ok? It's business. Seriously. One
hundred dollars for two days work
is a lot more than your family is
making sitting around your house.
I'm serious now. Ok. Please. Now.
Just stop.
He hands him a set of KEYS and goes through the info;
DEAN
...keys for the track. You have to
gas it up and save the receipts on
that. His address. We have a
business address too if you need
that -- but hit him at his house
first, see what this little bad boy
is all about and shake him up --
give him a little doe-see-doe --
LATISHA
Uch. Shut up, Dean.
DEAN
What's the problem?
LATISHA
You don't need to talk all macho,
"shake him out, little bad boy."
Whatever -- you're not an action
hero, tough guy, you're not a
gangster --
He makes a very SUDDEN AND QUICK MOVE towards her and she
FLINCHES.
DEAN
Flinchy. That's what I thought.
Shut up.
(to Greg)
Call me when you see this guy --
check him out see what's what. She
asked him for seven fifty when she
was on the phone with him, so --
just call me when you get there.
He hands him another piece of paper and a photo;
DEAN
This is this place called Ace
Vintage, you gotta find it, I don't
know exactly where this is and I
don't understand these maps so just
go there and check it out. It's a
'61 AC Cobra that this old guy says
is fine, but I need to figure out
why he's only asking 23 for it. So
take a look, the whole thing, call
me about that, if it seems alright
then I'll head down there and check
it out.
DAVID
Ok.
DEAN
That's it.
DAVID
Can we maybe ask for more money on
this?
LATISHA
Why?
DAVID
...because it's California? I mean
it's like a nine or ten hour drive.
It's not like going to Salt Lake
and getting the Mormon's, it's
different...
After a long, long staring contest with David, Dean SUDDENLY
AND VERY VIOLENTLY PUTS HIS FIST THROUGH THE WALL....then
turns to David......Latisha rolls her eyes. David, Nate and
Jim leave.
CUT TO:
EXT. UTAH STREET/TRUCK/MOVING - DAY/MAGIC HOUR
CAMERA behind the heads of Nate, Jim, Dave as they drive
down the street.....they call their brother "Mike D" on the
phone and say, "what's up, we're goin' to Los Angeles, you
wanna go?"
JUMP CUT TO:
EXT. UTAH STREET/TRUCK/MOVING - MOMENTS LATER
CAMERA PANS left and picks up the fourth brother MIKE D as
he walks from work and gets in the car.....CAMERA HOLDS
behind the heads of the four blonde brothers as they drive off.
LONG DISSOLVE TO:
EXT/INT. LENA'S APARTMENT COMPLEX - EVENING
This is a SPLIT SCREEN SEQUENCE shot with TWO CAMERAS.
THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN holds Lena. She waits in her
small, nondescript apartment doing the things you do while
waiting for someone else. She sits, stands, sits, stands....
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE THE SCREEN travels (STEADICAM) with
Barry as he walks into the RECEPTION AREA. There is a
SECURITY GUARD (black, female) who asks him his name, where
he's going and to sign in. The Security Guard calls up to
Lena's place....
....and we watch Lena answer the phone....
...The Security Guard gives Barry some very complicated
directions....we follow/lead Barry as he makes his way
through the maze/up elevators/down corridors looking for
Lena's apartment.....Finally, he arrives, knocks;
LENA
Who is it?
BARRY
It's Barry.
As she opens the door, THE SPLIT SCREEN SLIDES AWAY AND THE
IMAGES GIVE WAY TO THE ONE OF LENA standing;
LENA
Hi.
CUT TO:
INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT
Lena and Barry at a table. They talk (see notes.)
LENA
So I want to tell you something, I
gotta tell you: I saw a picture of
you guys, your sisters and you and
I saw your picture and I really
wanted to meet you.
(beat)
I came to drop my car off there on
purpose, to try and meet you.
Barry leans a little bit out of FRAME.
BARRY
...really? That's nice...are you
lying?
LENA
...I thought I should tell you. I
didn't want to get too far along on
going out and be hiding something --
BEAT. He leans slightly back in FRAME.
BARRY
That's very nice. Thank you. Thank
you for saying that.
(beat)
You're friends with my sister?
LENA
Yeah.
BARRY
How long have you known her?
LENA
About six months.
BARRY
You like her?
LENA
Yeah. Yeah we get along well.
(beat)
You didn't get along with her very
well?
BARRY
Did you really come to meet me on
purpose or are you lying about that?
LENA
No, no. I did.
BARRY
That's nice. It's nice.
(beat)
I've been looking around a lot
lately at promotional giveaways,
cross promotional work by some
companies. Do you remember all that
pudding?
LENA
Yeah.
BARRY
So that pudding was bought, I
bought that pudding because of a
pretty interesting promotion that's
sponsored by Healthy Choice and
American Airlines. It's designed to
encourage airline travel and
obviously designed to encourage
buying Healthy Choice products.
They make frozen meals, deli meats,
pasta sauce, breads, soups and ice
creams, this sort of thing.....
LENA
Yeah?
BARRY
....I'm sorry....I lost my
thoughts, what I was saying....
LENA
You were talking about the
promotion --
BARRY
-- the promotion says: buy any 10
Healthy Choice products and get 500
miles of airline travel or 1,000
for purchases made with a special
coupon. So in the supermarket, you
notice their products, first you
notice they have a Teriyaki Chicken
Dinner at $1.79 - that's a pretty
good deal....but then I noticed
they had soup at 89 cents a
can.....and you start to do the
math and you start to notice that
it's a really amazing deal because
I stumbled across the pudding at 25
cents a cup. Now the crucial thing
is the bar codes on the label.
That's those little bar codes, you
know? The universal product codes?
LENA
Yeah.
BARRY
That's what's used to redeem the
mileage, so in noticing the
pudding, each cup had an individual
bar code -- in other words: Two
dollars and fifty cents for ten
cups of pudding is 500 miles. Add
in the coupon: it's one thousand.
You see?
LENA
Yeah.
BARRY
You see?
LENA
Yeah, no, I see --
BARRY
You see if you spent $3,000 dollars
on pudding you could earn over one
million frequent flyer miles.
LENA
That's insane. That is really,
really crazy. That's just crazy if
you spend three thousand dollars on
pudding.
BARRY
....yeah....
LENA
So that was your pudding?
BARRY
....No....
LENA
I'm sorry. I thought you said --
BARRY
No I didn't say that.
LENA
I thought you said you bought all
that pudding --
BARRY
My friend Carlos is doing it who
works with me. It's his. It's his
pudding, he's doing it. It's not
mine. He's crazy. I told him not to
do it. He's the one who's insane.
He only spent about one hundred
dollars so far though --
LENA
Your sister was telling me a pretty
funny story about you, when you
guys were kids and you were
building a ramp for your dog and
you threw a hammer through a window?
Is that right? You threw a hammer
through a sliding glass door?
Barry starts to WELL WITH TEARS, which he hides very
quickly, holds a hand up to his face as if he's touching his
nose, and then he smiles;
BARRY
I don't remember that, she might be
lying. I have to go the bathroom.
He gets up and goes.
CUT TO:
INT. BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER
Barry walks in and goes a little crazy. He's mad at himself
and he HITS a stall....it seems loose already and falls
straight to the floor.
This makes him go crazier and he continues to BEAT and KICK
the shit out of the bathroom/stall.
HOLD. He collects himself and then he hesitates, looks
around, tries to collect the bathroom but it's in ruins, he
exits....
CUT TO:
INT. RESTARAUNT - MOMENTS LATER
Barry comes back and sits down, seems a little better. Tries
to be a little flirtatious for half a moment before: the
MANAGER comes over, leans in carefully;
MANAGER
Hello.
LENA & BARRY
Hi.
MANAGER
Sir, can I talk to you?
BARRY
Why?
MANAGER
Just have you for one second, please.
He looks to Lena, excuses himself.
ANGLE, OFF TO THE SIDE.
The Manager and Barry step away, in a quiet section of the
restaraunt, 2-shot, profile, in sotto; SLOW ZOOM IN.
MANAGER
Sir, the bathroom was just torn apart.
BARRY
Yeah.
MANAGER
Did you do it?
BARRY
No.
MANAGER
You didn't just smash up the bathroom?
BARRY
No.
MANAGER
Well who did?
BARRY
I don't know.
MANAGER
You're hand is bleeding.
BARRY
I cut myself.
MANAGER
How?
BARRY
On my knife.
MANAGER
Sir, a young man saw you coming out
of the bathroom.
BARRY
I didn't do that.
BEAT.
BARRY
Why? ...what?
MANAGER
Your hand is bleeding.
BARRY
I know.
MANAGER
I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.
BARRY
Why?
MANAGER
Sir, I have no way of proving that
you demolished the bathroom --
BARRY
I didn't do it.
MANAGER
Alright, well you're gonna have to
leave. You're gonna have to go.
BARRY
Yeah, but I didn't do anything.
MANAGER
I'm gonna call the police then, sir.
BARRY
Please don't do this to me.
MANAGER
The police are on their way.
BARRY
Sorry.
He starts to move back....
BARRY
Can I pay you here? Can I pay you
for our drinks and salad?
MANAGER
That's fine.
Barry takes out some money and hands it over.
BARRY
Keep the change, please.
ANGLE, BACK AT THE TABLE.
They walk back to the table and Barry whispers down to her,
very close, STEADICAM (leads them out - continuous)
BARRY
We should go I think, I don't like
it here.
LENA
Ok.
They head out of the restaraunt.
LENA
Is everything ok?
BARRY
Yes.
LENA
What happened?
BARRY
Nothing.
LENA
What did he want?
BARRY
Nothing.
They walk a bit.
BARRY
I have a better idea of where we
can go.
LENA
Ok.
They walk some more.
BARRY
There's a better place for us to eat.
LENA
Did something happen; are you alright?
BARRY
Yes I'm fine. Everything is ok.
It's fine. Everything is fine.
They walk some more and get in the car.
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S CAR - DRIVING - NIGHT
75mm OVER ONTO BARRY. 75mm OVER ONTO LENA. Rear process or
poor man's process.
LENA
So....how is your harmonium doing?
Barry looks at her......
LENA
Your portable reed organ....the piano.
BARRY
Well, it's fine. Thank you.
LENA
Did you pick it up from the street?
BARRY
What?
LENA
Did you take it from the street in
front of your work?
BARRY
...yes I did...?
LENA
Are you learning how to play it?
BARRY
Yes? I'm trying.
LENA
Oh that's great.
BEAT.
LENA
So you must travel a lot with all
that pudding you bought?
BARRY
Yes no not really.
INT. LENA'S APARTMENT - LATER
Lena and Barry finishing up the date;
BARRY
Ok....well...I'm gonna go.
LENA
...yeah...
BARRY
It was nice to see you again, to
see your face again, to go out with
you --
LENA
I'll be around and back in town in
a few days --
BARRY
Yeah.
LENA
If you come to Hawaii --
BARRY
Yeah, I don't know, we'll see about
that.
LENA
You don't think you'll go --
BARRY
I don't know.
LENA
Ok. Well call me when you get back,
I mean, I'll call you when I get
back. I'll be back for three weeks
and then I go away for a month
after that. So maybe in that time....
BARRY
Ok. Have a good trip.
They do a shake hands/kiss on cheek goodbye.
CAMERA IN THE HALLWAY with Barry as he walks away .....
CAMERA follows him as he swiftly walks away.
CUT TO:
INT. RECEPTION AREA/LENA'S BUILDING
Barry steps out of the elevator and walks to the exit,
passing a RECEPTION DESK WOMAN.....we hear the PHONE
RINGING......she calls out;
RECEPTION WOMAN
Are you Barry?
BARRY
Yes.
RECEPTION WOMAN
It's for you.
Barry walks towards the phone;
BARRY
This is Barry.
LENA (OC)
This is Lena.
BARRY
Hi.
LENA (OC)
I just wanted you to know, wherever
you're going or whatever you're
doing right now I want you to know
that I wanted to kiss you just then.
BARRY
Really?
LENA
Yeah.
BARRY
So what do I do then?
INT. MAZE OF CORRIDORS - MOMENTS LATER
Barry is walking up and around, looking for the spot. Two or
three shots of various, him getting a little/slightly
lost.....running/walking....
CUT TO:
INT. HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT
CAMERA pushes down towards him as he walks towards the door.
He knocks, she opens up, CAMERA SLIDES right in and lands as
they KISS and then the kiss turns into a small hug and then
they talk, real close. HOLD.
BARRY
That was good.
LENA
Yeah.
BARRY
I'll see you later.
LENA
Ok.
BARRY
I don't freak out very often.
LENA
What do you mean?
BARRY
I don't, no matter what my sisters
say, ok?
LENA
...I don't know what you mean....
BARRY
I don't freak out.
LENA
Ok.
BARRY
Have a good trip.
LENA
Thank you.
CAMERA behind Barry as he walks away...HOLD BEHIND HIM FOR A
BIT LONGER THEN EXPECTED;
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT/GARAGE
CAMERA inside the garage. Barry pulls inside and parks his car.
ANGLE, BEHIND THE CAR. Brake lights turned off, Barry steps
out.
INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT/KITCHEN - THAT MOMENT
CAMERA on Barry's trash can, the kitchen light comes
on....SLOW PUSH IN....He enters FRAME and lifts the trash
bag out.
EXT. BARRY'S APARTMENT - LATER
CAMERA is behind Barry now in a new location....he's walking
from his garage where he's just parked his car over to his
garbage area as he throws something out...
....he looks up and sees... Jim and Nate driving the Toyota
Pick Up Truck...he cruises past slowly....keeps going....then
makes a u-turn...Barry turns around and DAVID and MIKE D are
right there...
DAVID
Hey.
BARRY
Hi.
DAVID
I need to talk to you for a second.
BARRY
What?
DAVID
You gotta give me some money.
Barry starts to walk away....David walks alongside him,
casually.....Barry looks over and sees the car has pulled
up....
DAVID
You made a phone call and you said
you'd help a girl out and then you
didn't....I'm here to get the money.
BARRY
Wait a minute --
DAVID
No, no, no, no c'mon man, don't
make it a thing --
BARRY
Please don't do this.
DAVID
It's just you need to give me the
money...do you have it right now?
MIKE D violently PUSHES BARRY STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND.
BARRY
Whoa...whoa...wait, wait -- don't
please....
DAVID
How much money do you have in your
pockets?
BARRY
Just take it, take the money in my
pockets, take it, it's fine --
They grab the money from his pockets as they hold him down
on the ground;
BARRY
It's three hundred and twenty
dollars, just take it.
DAVID
What do you have in the house?
BARRY
Nothing....I mean, really...change,
nothing....that's the cash I have....
DAVID
You have an ATM?
BARRY
Yes.
DAVID
Is this where you live?
BARRY
Yes.
DAVID
You have another house somewhere or
something?
BARRY
No.
MIKE D
This is three hundred and twenty.
Let's just go to your ATM and
that'll be it --
BARRY
I didn't promise her money. She
said that it was confidential, this
isn't fair --
Mike D pushes Barry's face.
MIKE D
Shut up, be quiet. Be quiet.
BARRY
-- don't --
DAVID
HEY. You made a fucking sex call
and now you're gonna pay. It's not
a big thing -- just give us some
money and then it's over -- we'll
just walk down to the ATM and get
your money out --
BARRY
Alright, alright.
They pick him up and then;
BARRY
How do you want to do this?
MIKE D
Let's just go to the corner, we saw
a place on the corner, you'll just
get your max out and that's it --
you get out what you can and that's
it --
CUT TO:
EXT. GROCERY STORE/BANK PARKING LOT - NIGHT
CU. BARRY at the ATM. Various CU's as he puts his card in,
presses his info, etc. He looks over his shoulder;
ANGLE, THE BROTHERS.
CAMERA SLOWLY PUSHES IN on the three of them watching Barry.
CU.'s MONEY comes out of ATM. Card comes out. Receipt comes
out. Barry grabs the money.
DAVID
Ok. This is what you get when
you're a pervert -- you said you'd
help someone out and you didn't so
we're just getting some money for
her and that's that.
BARRY
You know, please, I just wanna say
that I didn't say I would help her
out; I was very clear about it....I
don't think that this is
fair.....wait, wait, wait, ouch,
ouch.....
MIKE D walks up out of nowhere and straight towards Barry -
throws a PUNCH straight to his FACE.....Barry stumbles a
bit, goes down to the ground.....he NOTICES IN A QUICK
FLASH: Their UTAH license plate......
MIKE D
You don't challenge what my
brother's saying, you don't say
that --
....Barry makes a mad run for it.....
EXT. STREETS & ALLEYS - NIGHT
ANGLE, BARRY. - VARIOUS ALLEY WAY/STREET SHOTS.
He turns some corners.....makes his way down a side street
and through an alley or two....and then he's running like a
mad man as fast as he can down the street......
EXT. STREET NEAR ATM - NIGHT
CAMERA tracks profile with him.....
......The Boys pull up along side him slowly.....Barry looks
over.....Mike D calls out from the passenger window;
MIKE D
Where the fuck are you going?
Barry starts to slow down. CAMERA behind....as he slows, we
push in....land....he turns into CU. and walks back the
opposite direction......
INT. BARRY'S BEDROOM - NEXT MORNING
CAMERA holds on Barry as he wakes up. He's dressed in a FULL
BASKETBALL OUTFIT. Lakers shirt, shorts, high tops, etc.
Small bandage over his ARM. He looks down at the outfit;
BARRY
...what the hell?
CUT TO:
INT. WAREHOUSE/BARRY'S OFFICE - MORNING
CAMERA DOLLIES/ZOOM in real quick to Barry at the Harmonium.
A few more notes are played, something starting to sort of
sound like a melody......but still a little broken....HOLD.
SCORE begins here (ref.notes)
INT. WAREHOUSE/BARRY'S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER
Barry brings Lance in and closes the door, speaks sotto, then;
LANCE
What's up?
BARRY
I think I got in trouble. A little
bit of trouble....
LANCE
What happened?
BARRY
....I made a call.....
(beat)
....and, uh....
BEAT. Barry looks over Lance's shoulder and sees THE PUDDING
stacked up. He stares for a moment;
BARRY
...ok.....ok......I gotta get some
pudding to go somewhere....
One of the WORKER'S pops his head in, says;
WORKER
Telephone on Line One, Barry.
He picks up the phone;
BARRY
Hello?
RHONDA (OC)
I need to talk to you about your
behavior the other night --
Barry hands up the phone real fast.
BARRY
(to Lance)
Ok. Well. I'm gonna go out of town.
I'm going to go out of town just
for two days...
LANCE
Where you goin?
BARRY
I'm going to go to Hawaii but you
can't tell my sisters that.
LANCE
Wow, you're goin' to Hawaii, that's
great -- you're goin -- ?
BARRY
Yeah but you can't tell my sisters
that.
LANCE
Ok.
BARRY
Alright: And I have to go and buy
some more pudding for this trip to
Hawaii and as I just said that out
loud I'm realizing it sounds a
little strange but it's not. So can
you come and help me out?
LANCE
Ok.
CUT TO:
EXT. WAREHOUSE - MOMENTS LATER
Barry and Lance exit the warehouse and get into Barry's car --
CUT TO:
INT. SMART AND FINAL - DAY
Barry and Lance are filling up an EXTRA LARGE SHOPPING CART
with PUDDING as Barry explains, CAMERA pushes in;
BARRY
I saw the Teriyaki Chicken first
and that was $1.79 and then the
Soup which made a real deal but
then to come across the
pudding...it's just tremendous when
you think about how most people
just don't look...they
don't....they're not looking at the
fine print, Lance.
CUT TO:
INT. SMART AND FINAL/CHECK OUT - MOMENTS LATER
They're unloading the pudding which comes in packets of
three, but Barry and Lance are taking them out of those
packets and handing them to the CHECK OUT GIRL one by one.....
BARRY
(to Girl)
They need to be scanned individually.
They each have a bar code, so I
need it scanned individually so
that each and every cup appears on
the receipt...
CHECK OUT GIRL
What is this, man?
BARRY
I'm sorry.
CHECK OUT GIRL
Are you serious with this?
BARRY
Yes. Sorry.
CHECK OUT GIRL
Well....what do you want, then?
BARRY
Each pudding cup has to be scanned
individually so that...it's for a
giveaway...a product giveaway by
this company...
CHECK OUT GIRL
This is a bunch of bullshit.
BARRY
I'm sorry, I know. I know that
it's....
BEAT. She scans them over and over and over....then:
BARRY
I'm sorry, I'm really sorry.
She scans and scans and scans and scans....
BARRY
Sorry. I'm sorry, ma'am.
CUT TO:
EXT. SMART AND FINAL - DAY
Barry and Lance pushing the shopping carts....Barry looks
across the parking lot and sees:
A TOYOTA PICK UP coming slowly towards him and Lance...
...Barry starts to move steady/swiftly towards his
car...Lance tries to keep up....Barry gets nervous, looks
left and right...
....The Toyota passes and it's nothing.....Barry and Lance
load the pudding in his car as Barry acts as if nothing
happened. He turns and sees a BABY in a shopping cart and he
reacts;
BARRY
God Damn They're So Beautiful.
CUT TO:
INT. SUPERMARKET - DAY
Barry and Lance stack pudding in, Barry says;
BARRY
You know you can get places in the
world with pudding. That's funny.
LANCE
Yeah.
BARRY
That's funny.
CUT TO:
EXT. PARKING LOT/ANOTHER SMART AND FINAL.
Barry and Lance walk together towards another Smart and
Final....they walk towards the SLIDING DOORS.....that do not
slide open...Barry walks face first into the doors and
quickly turns around and heads back to the car...
BARRY
I guess they're not open today.
CAMERA holds the long walk back to the car....Barry glances
both directions.....cautious and careful......sees nothing...
BARRY
That's fine. I think I have enough.
He walks a little faster and gets in the car.....HOLD....SLOW
ZOOM IN....SOUND DROPS out.....he just sits, then, to Lance;
BARRY
I get really sick of myself sometimes.
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S WAREHOUSE - DAY
CAMERA pushes in quick, Barry on the phone;
BARRY
No, no, no, no, no. What do you
mean? It doesn't state anywhere
about six to eight weeks.
OPERATOR VOICE
It takes that much time to process
the order and make sure it's valid --
BARRY
I had this whole thing in my head,
I was gonna be able to get this to
you today -- I have to leave today --
OPERATOR VOICE
I'm sorry.
BARRY
How am I supposed to know what to
do if you don't say it -- if it's
not in your rules and regulations
in your fine print how am I
supposed to know how to be with
this --
OPERATOR VOICE
It takes time to process --
BARRY
No, no, no, no, nO, NO, NO!
Barry drops the phone to the ground, spins around and PUTS
HIS FIST THROUGH THE WALL.....then drops down, lower his
head. CAMERA HOLD CU. as he stops himself, tries to breath;
BARRY
Don't do that. Don't do that.
That's not right. Calm down now,
please. Please. Ok. Ok. Calm down
now please.
HOLD. "He Needs Me," starts. He closes his eyes.
JUMP CUT TO MOMENTS LATER:
INT. WAREHOUSE AREA - MOMENTS LATER
Barry walks over to Lance;
BARRY
Ok: the pudding is gonna take six
to eight weeks to process so that
isn't gonna work for today, I'll
just take a bath on that today. Ok.
But here's the thing I gotta tell
you:
BEAT. He looks around at the pudding.
BARRY
....now: this pudding?
LANCE
Yeah.
BARRY
Let's just figure that out later --
(beat)
Ok. I gotta go. I'm just gonna go
now and I'll call you from there,
you're in charge 'till I get back.
And don't tell my sisters anything?
He exits.
CUT TO:
INT. LOADING AREA/PLANE - DAY
CAMERA (STEADICAM) follows him from the ticket handoff down
the corridor onto the plane.
CUT TO:
INT. PLANE - DAY
CAMERA holds 2-shot on Barry and a BUSINESS GUY sitting
together, just before take off.....HOLD, THEN:
BARRY
I've never been on a plane before.
BEAT. There's the SOUND of the plane starting to move.
BARRY
What's that sound?
CUT TO:
INT. PLANE - IN FLIGHT - LATER
Barry sits. BEAT. HOLD. We hear the sound of a BABY CRYING.
He looks across the aisle and sees:
A small, THREE YEAR OLD CHILD crying, behind held by its
FATHER. The baby stops crying for a moment, calming down,
breathing heavy, looks around with wide eyes.
CU. BARRY.
HE WELLS WITH TEARS AND A SMILE, CRINGES IN HIS FACE AND WE
SEE THE BUILD UP OF EMOTION, HIS VEINS POP FROM HIS FACE AND
THEN HE SMILES LIKE CRAZY, SMILING AND SMILING AND SMILING,
BRIGHT RED AND PAINFUL.
CUT TO:
INT. HAWAII AIRPORT - LATE AFTERNOON
He walks along the airport, looking out onto planes and palm
trees and people, etc.
CUT TO:
EXT. AIRPORT/CURB - TAXI AREA - THAT MOMENT
Barry hops into a TAXI. The CAB DRIVER asks:
CAB DRIVER
Where?
Barry HOLDS a moment, then realizes he doesn't know, SNAPS
INTO A CONTORTION, STARTS TO TEAR and almost SNAP and then
nothing......
CUT TO:
INT. WAKIKI STREET/PHONE BOOTH - LATER
Barry on the phone amid a crowd of people passing;
ELIZABETH
Hey. What are you doing?
BARRY
Nothing. I'm just at work and I'm
wondering, you know your friend Lena?
INTERCUT:
INT. ELIZABETH'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT
CAMERA with Elizabeth;
ELIZABETH
What about her? You didn't ask her
out, you're such a pussy --
BARRY
....she didn't, I didn't ask her out?
ELIZABETH
You're so scared.
BARRY
Do you know where she's staying in
Hawaii?
ELIZABETH
Oh My God, yeah, I know exactly
where she is, why?
BARRY
......she forgot her purse at my
work and I wanted to get it back to
her.
ELIZABETH
No she didn't; that's a lie.
BARRY
I....please don't do this.
ELIZABETH
What? Tell me why you wanna know --
BARRY
I just want to know where she's
staying.
ELIZABETH
Tell me why.
BEAT. HOLD ON BARRY.
BARRY
There is no reason for you to treat
me like you do -- you're killing
me, you are killing me with the way
that you are towards me --
ELIZABETH
-- what are you talking about, come
on --
BARRY
-- all I want is the number of
where she's staying and that should
be god damn good enough, now stop
treating me this way, please --
Just Give Me The Number Elizabeth
Please Now I think I will kill you
if you don't.
JUMP CUT TO:
INT. WAKIKI STREET/PHONE BOOTH - MOMENTS LATER
Barry on the phone;
HOTEL OPERATOR
Sheraton Wakiki, how may I direct
your call?
BARRY
Lena Leonard's room please.
HOTEL OPERATOR
I'll connect you.
BEAT. A MAN answers the phone;
MAN'S VOICE
Hello?
BARRY
Hello. Is Lena there?
MAN'S VOICE
You have the wrong room.
He hangs up. Barry dials the number again.
HOTEL OPERATOR
Sheraton Wakiki, how may I direct
your call?
BARRY
I just called, I got connected to
the wrong room. I'm looking for
Lena Leonard and there shouldn't be
a man in the room I'm calling.
BEAT. He's put on hold a moment, then it rings, then:
LENA
Hello?
BARRY
Lena?
LENA
Yeah?
BARRY
It's Barry.
LENA
HI. WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU HERE?
BARRY
Yes.
LENA
OH WOW. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. YOU
CAME, YOU CAME. What are you doing?
BARRY
I'm calling you, I'm standing in my
hotel room, I came because I have
my business trip --
LENA
Well let's do something do you want
to do something, can you meet me?
BARRY
You don't have a boyfriend or
anything do you?
LENA
No. What do you mean?
BARRY
I just wanted to know. When was the
last time you had a boyfriend?
LENA
About six months ago. Why?
BARRY
I just wanted to make sure.
LENA
When was the last time you had a
girlfriend?
BARRY
Where you married?
LENA
yeah.
BARRY
Ok. So you were married for how long?
LENA
Do you want to meet me and talk
about this stuff?
BARRY
Ok. Where are you from originally?
CUT TO:
INT. ROYAL HAWAIIAN/LOBBY - LATER
Barry is standing, waiting....HOLD....he looks across the
lobby and sees: Lena....she's walking towards him with a
smile on her face....
...Barry smiles and walks towards her....
...she walks towards him....
...he extends his arm out for a handshake as they get
closer.....
....she opens her arms for a hug as they get closer....
...They shake/hug/kiss on the cheek.....then on the mouth.
They start making out in the lobby of the hotel.
CUT TO:
EXT. ROYAL HAWAIIAN - PATIO/BAR AREA - MAGIC HOUR
CAMERA roams through the Mai Tai bar on the beach and finds
them; (Ladies K playing here.)
LENA
You got me out of my hotel room.
You came and got me out of my room.
BARRY
Yeah......yeah.....
LENA
It's so nice.
BARRY
This really looks like Hawaii here.
They look at each other. HOLD, THEN:
ANGLE, MOMENTS LATER.
They walk back towards the hotel. CAMERA (STEADICAM) behind
them as they move --
CUT TO:
INT. ROYAL HAWAIIAN/HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER
CAMERA follows behind them as they walk......IRIS into their
hands.....she reaches over and holds his hand.....
CUT TO:
INT. ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
They're in bed making out with their clothes on and a light
on....they hold a second....
BARRY
Do you wanna have sex?
LENA
Yeah.
They take their shirts off.
LENA
Press together. It feels good.
She cups his face with her hands and tenses;
LENA
Oh my god, you are so adorable. I
just....god dammit.
BARRY
What's that? What is that that
you're doing?
LENA
I just...your face is so adorable
and your cheek and your skin, I
wanna bite it....I wanna bite your
cheek and chew on it....god damn
cute....fuck....
BARRY
I know what you mean, I know what
you mean, I get this feeling --
LENA
...what...?
BARRY
IIIIIIIIIII don't want to hurt
anything ever, but what I'm talking
about is -- have you ever held a
little puppy or a little kitten and
it's just the cutest, softest, most
precious thing in the world and out
of the blue you get this feeling in
your gut and all you wanna do is
squeeze it. Just fuckin squeeze the
shit out of it. To take a little
puppy and smash its skull...just so
precious, so beautiful. Just so god
damn wonderful and cute you wanna
smack it and kick it and love it.
Fuck. I don't know. I don't know.
And you, you.....I'm looking at you
and I just....your face is so
beautiful I just wanna smash it,
just smash it with a sledgehammer
and squeeze it...you're so pretty.
They kiss and kiss and kiss;
LENA
I know. I know. I know. I just
wanna chew your face and scoop out
your beautiful, beautiful eyes with
an ice cream scooper and eat 'em
and chew 'em and suck on 'em. Fuck.
BARRY
This is funny.
LENA
Yeah.
BARRY
This is nice.
They kiss and make out some more, then: DRUM ROLL into SNARE
HIT THAT LANDS ON THE FOLLOWING SCENE:
CUT TO:
INT. TOYOTA - MOVING - DAWN
CAMERA on Mike D and Nate driving. HOLD. Martin rumbles out
of a half sleep and says;
NATE
That guy had more money to give up.
JIM and DAVE wake up a bit in the back seat and listen;
NATE
Long way to drive just for seven
hundred something bucks. Dean
doesn't have to know.
HOLD. SILENCE for a moment.
MIKE D
We're not that far....I mean, if
we're going to, we're not that far....
CUT TO:
EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT (BLUE SKY - CRACK OF DAWN DEAL)
The Toyota exits the freeway -- CAMERA TRACKS right with it
as it makes a turn at the base of the off ramp...
....goes under a bridge and then makes a turn getting back
onto the freeway heading in the opposite direction.
CUT TO:
INT. HAWAIIAN HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT/NEAR DAWN - LATER
It's dark and Barry and Lena are asleep in bed together.
Barry gets up, in a haze....Lena moves and opens her
eyes....She watches him as he gets up and casually goes to
the corner of the room and starts talking gently to the
wall....
BARRY
(sotto, calm)
You know you're not supposed to do
that. Because I told you. Seriously.
Please. Not that day. Ok.
LENA
Barry?
He doesn't respond. He's asleep. He moves to the closet and
gets one of the HOTEL ROBES and puts it on and then he looks
right at her and says:
BARRY
I was talkin' to you last Thursday
about that.
He gets the robe tied tight around his waste and then gets
the COMPLIMENTARY SLIPPERS and puts them on. Then he gets
back into the bed and closes his eyes.
CUT TO:
INT. KAHALA HOTEL - MORNING
CAMERA pushes in slow towards Lena as she's on the
phone....CAMERA pushes in on Barry as he sits across the
room, listening in his robe....They stare at each other the
whole time.....
ELIZABETH (OC)
They need to see the new 484's to
make sure it works with their OC....
LENA
Ok. What should I do about Eric?
ELIZABETH (OC)
Just tell him to call me.
LENA
Ok.
ELIZABETH (OC)
So...did my brother call you?
LENA
No.
ELIZABETH (OC)
I have no idea what he's doing then.
I'm sorry that didn't work out.
LENA
It's fine.
ELIZABETH (OC)
You wouldn't want to go out with
him anyway, honestly, he's such a
freak sometimes.
LENA
He did seem a little strange.
ELIZABETH (OC)
Well...he's not that strange, don't
say that.
LENA
I'm sorry. You're right.
ELIZABETH (OC)
I think he's weird, but that's me.
LENA
Should I call you later?
ELIZABETH (OC)
I'll just see you when you get back
here.
LENA
Ok.
They hang up and Lena looks to Barry and smiles.
LENA
Where do you have to go?
BARRY
For what?
LENA
For work.....
BARRY
I don't have any business here. I
came here for you, I didn't have
any business.
CUT TO:
EXT. TOYOTA - DRIVING - DAY (MELODY/SLIGHT)
CAMERA follows behind The Stevens Brothers car, then gets up
along side them as they drive back.......
CUT TO:
INT. KAHALA LOBBY - DAY (SCORE BACK TO RHYTHMIC)
Barry and Lena walk out to the valet, leaving the
hotel...(STEADICAM) behind them......
CUT TO:
INT. HONOLULU AIRPORT/SECURITY - DAY (CONTD. UNTIL NOTED)
Lena and Barry go through the x-ray thing. STEADICAM.
CUT TO:
INT. AIRPORT/HONOLULU - AT THE GATE/WAITING AREA
Side by side on the return flight sit Lena and Barry.
BARRY
How many times have you been on an
airplane?
LENA
I think maybe over a hundred.
BARRY
That's right you travel so much.
LENA
Yeah.
BEAT. The plane starts to move.
BARRY
How much do you travel? You travel
all the time?
She nods her head, looks at him. BEAT. HOLD.
BARRY
I forgot about that.
LENA
Can I come home with you when we
get there?
BARRY
Yeah.
LENA
It's ok to ask that.
BARRY
I thought that you were anyway.
CU. BARRY'S FACE. He looks to Lena. DRUM HIT LOUD. THEN
AGAIN....THEN AGAIN....and we're in the score cue for....
CUT TO BLACK.
It's BLACK FOR A FEW MOMENTS.
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S GARAGE - NIGHT
It's dark. The garage door opens and we see Barry and Lena
in his car.....they're about to pull in....
...THE TOYOTA PICK UP carrying The Stevens Brothers pulls in
real fast behind them and rear-ends them....
...CAMERA pushes in real fast....
Barry turns and sees Lena's head has been injured.....he
looks behind and sees TWO OF THE BROTHERS EMERGING FROM THE
CAR.....
.....he gets out quick, heads right for them....
MIKE D
Get on the ground, man -- get on
the fucking --
Barry goes absolutely APE SHIT on MIKE D and NATE.....
....it's a mess of VIOLENCE and BRAWLING and Barry seems to
get the best of both NATE and MIKE D......the two other
brothers half get involved/stay in the car.....
.....CAMERA pushes in on LENA (30fps) as she notices Barry
going pretty fucking crazy......
ANGLE. BARRY. As he walks and gets back in the car. CAMERA
is attached to the open door and closes as Barry closes the
door.
BARRY
Are you ok?
LENA
I'm fine are you ok?
BARRY
Yes I'm sorry.
LENA
What is this?
BARRY
Let's go to the hospital.
They drive off.
INT. HOSPITAL - LATER
Lena is getting a bandage applied to her head by an intern.
It's very calm and she's very matter-of-fact as it happens.
Barry stands nearby.....and OFFICER is asking her a few
questions;
LENA
...people are just crazy in this
world, I think....
POLICE
...and he came up on the driver
side...
LENA
The first man came on the driver
side....
POLICE
...right...the blonde one?
LENA
They were all blonde.
CAMERA moves over with Barry as he starts to back away from
the scene.....CAMERA watches him as he walks off and away,
down the hall.....out of the hospital......
HOLD on the back of Lena's head as she gets bandaged and
questioned.....
CUT TO:
INT. BARRY'S WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
CAMERA pushes in from outside, to inside...he's opened up
and is using the phone....
SEXY VOICE RECORDING
-- some of the horniest girls
around -- stay on the line and an
operator will be right with
you....remember, have your credit
card ready and know that Mastercard
is my favorite credit card.
LATISHA picks up doing a fake voice as an "Operator."
LATISHA (OC)
This is Janice the operator, who's
this?
BARRY
My name is Barry Egan and I spoke
to you....you called me, you remember?
INTERCUT:
INT. PROVO - BAR - BACK ROOM AREA - THAT MOMENT
CAMERA pushes in on Latisha as she looks for what to say:
LATISHA
...no....I don't....I don't
remember you. Who's this?
BARRY
That's not true. That's not true at
all. You said that your name was
Georgia and you said our
conversation was confidential and I
trusted you and you kept calling
and asking me for money, c'mon now
I want to talk to your owner, your
supervisor, whoever runs this, you
understand. Please connect me now.
LATISHA
Can you hang on a second?
She puts him on hold and dials another number, she's real
nervous, holding it in --
INTERCUT:
INT. DEAN'S MATTRESS/FURNITURE STORE - THAT MOMENT
Dean also seems to own a mattress/furniture store in Provo.
Somebody walks towards him, says:
WORKER
Dean, line one....
Dean walks back to the phone and picks it up;
DEAN
Hello?
LATISHA
Hey, it's me. This guy from L.A.,
Barry Egan is calling on the other
line and saying all this stuff, he
wants to talk to a supervisor or
whatever --
DEAN
What did you say?
LATISHA
Nothing.
DEAN
Put him through.
LATISHA
No, no. This is bad, something
might have happened, we should
just --
DEAN
Shut up, just put him on the phone,
it doesn't matter, just shut up --
INTERCUT NOW WITH BARRY/LATISHA/DEAN; She clicks over to him;
LATISHA
Ok, sir....I'm gonna put you
through to my supervisor.
BARRY
Fine, thank you.
LATISHA
Ok. You're connected.
DEAN
Who is this?
BARRY
Hello, my name is Barry Egan and I
called your service --
DEAN
Why don't you shut the fuck up?
BARRY
What?
DEAN
I said calm down and shut the fuck
up. What's your problem?
BARRY
I haven't even told you what's
happened. Your girl that you have
that works there for you threatened
me and two men just chased me --
extorted money --
DEAN
Go fuck yourself that shit doesn't
have anything to do with me - this
is a legitimate bossiness.
BARRY
YOU GO FUCK YOURSELF. YOU GO FUCK
YOURSELF. YOU GO FUCK YOURSELF. MY
LOVE WAS HURT, SHE GOT HURT. I AM
IN LOVE WITH HER AND YOU HURT YOU
AND YOU ARE GONNA FUCKING GET HURT.
YOU DON'T TOUCH HER, I LOVE HER.
DEAN
CALM DOWN SHUT THE FUCK UP AND CALM
DOWN SHUT SHUT SHUT UP SHUT UP --
They stop screaming. Then:
DEAN
Now are you threatening me, dick?
BARRY
You are bad. You are a bad person.
you are a bad person and you have
no right to take people's confidence
in your service --
DEAN
You better watch your mouth, cunt,
you're gonna get hurt.
BARRY
NO. NO. DON'T YOU SAY THAT.
DEAN
I'll say whatever I want --
BARRY
YOU FUCK OFF. YOU FUCK OFF AND DIE
I WILL HURT YOU FOR HURTING HER.
YOU HURT HER.
DEAN
You just told me to fuck off. That
wasn't good. You're dead.
Dean hangs up the phone.
ANGLE, BARRY. He turns away and walks quickly out of his
office with the phone receiver to his ear.....the base of
the phone slides off the desk.....and then the receiver RIPS
from the base and he starts to run....
EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
Barry runs down the alley way, much the same he ran down
with the harmonium at the beginning of the movie...this time
he has the phone in his hand.....he runs......
CUT TO:
INT. HOSPITAL/RECEPTION AREA - NIGHT
Barry returns looking for Lena. She's not there.
He looks around....does some math in his head.....then:
CUT TO:
INT. HOSPITAL/PAY PHONE
CAMERA rounds a corner and discovers Barry on a pay
phone...the other end is ringing.....(Sound/Prop Dept.Note:
This must be a working phone to call 801-555-1212)
OPERATOR
What city?
BARRY
Somewhere in Utah.
OPERATOR
What's the listing?
BARRY
D&D Mattress Man.
CUT TO:
EXT. STREET/MATTRESS STORE - DAY
CU. on Barry....(UTAH CAB behind him) pan him around to
reveal; Dean's furniture store.
CUT TO:
INT. MATTRESS STORE - DAY
He enters....and EMPLOYEE approaches;
EMPLOYEE
May I help you?
BARRY
I'm looking for the Mattress Man.
EMPLOYEE
Who?
BARRY
Whoever owns this.
EMPLOYEE
In the back.....
Barry walks towards the back.....he rounds a corner....to
reveal:
DEAN is in a back room, he's getting his hair cut by
LATISHA.....he turns and looks at Barry, who stands there
with the phone in his hand.
They stare at each other.
BARRY
I'm a nice and reasonable man. I
didn't do anything wrong. Please
don't make me hurt you. And I'm
telling you: that if you ever hurt
me or if you hurt someone that I
love.....I will hurt you many,
many, many times over.....because
it's not right to take people's trust.
DEAN
You came all the way from Los
Angeles to tell me that?
BARRY
Yes I did.
Dean doesn't respond.
BARRY
Can we agree that that is that?
DEAN
That's that.
BARRY
Thank you.
Barry hands him the phone.
Barry exits.....as he's about to go out the doors, Dean
screams;
DEAN
NOW GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE MAN.
CAMERA, PUSHES IN VERY SLIGHTLY ON Barry as he exits the
doors (30fps)
CUT TO:
INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY
Barry comes running into the warehouse....Lance and all the
workers are there.....he runs past them...
LANCE/WORKERS
....are you ok? What's goin' on?
Barry? Barry?
BARRY
I'm fine....I'm fine...yes I'm
fine....
LANCE
Where you been?
BARRY
Well I had to go to Utah...but now
I'm here and I'll be right back.
CUT TO:
INT. LENA'S APARTMENT - CORRIDOR/VARIOUS
Various: Barry gets out of the elevators carrying the
harmonium....he makes the left turn this time.....Barry runs
down the hallway with the harmonium.....(long lens,
steadicam from behind, in front, etc.)
CUT TO:
INT. LENA'S APARTMENT/HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT
He bursts through the door. He places the harmonium down on
the ground.....He rings the bell.....
...she answers....he says:
BARRY
Lena I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry
that I left you at the hospital.....
I called a phone sex line.
I called a phone sex line before I
met you and then these four blond
brothers came after me and you got
hurt and I'm sorry -- and I had to
leave because I don't want you to
get hurt again and now I'm here and
I'm back and I have a lot of
pudding that I can redeem in six to
eight weeks and if you give me that
much time I can get enough miles to
fly with you wherever you have to
go if you have to travel for your
job because I don't want to be
anywhere without you.....can you
please let me redeem the mileage?
LENA
You left me at the hospital.
BARRY
I'm sorry.
LENA
You can't do that.
BARRY
Ok.
BEAT.
BARRY
If you give me six to eight weeks I
can redeem the mileage and then I
can with you wherever you have to
travel......
LENA
So here we go.
CAMERA PUSHES IN AS MY KISS.
REVERSE, BARRY.
CAMERA slowly pushes in as he hugs Lena. LAND IN CU.
FADE OUT...
