A Bigger Splash Page #5

Marianne! Marianne!

Marianne! Marianne! Marianne!

- That was fantastic.

- Oh.

- Oh!

- Good night, girls.

(CROWD CHATTING HORNS TOO IN BACKGROUND)

(HARRY) Mireille! Good night.

(HARRY) I told you I was going

to drive the car. Now I'm going to.

(MIREILLE)

I'll keep my hand on the stick shift!

(MARIANNE BREATHES HEAVILY)

(CAR ENGINE STARTS)

(CAR PULLS AWAY)

(SIGHS)

(PAUL GRUNTS)

Mm. Was it Mireille?

Yeah.

Hold on, give it to me. Let me...

(Yeah, you do it.)

Mm. By the way, what's...

Remember that woman he was with?

Um...

She was teaching at NYU.

What's her name again?

- (Christie.)

- Yeah, Christie.

- They were swinging right?

- (Busty Christie, yeah.)

- What did you say? Dusty Christie?

- Busty Christie.

- Yeah, she had huge melons!

- (BOTH LAUGH)

You remember?

You remember they were swinging, right?

Yeah. Now, what was it?

Groups, men, college...

- (Everybody.)

- Boys, college girls.

(CHUCKLES) What?

He'd f*** everything.

- That's what I'm saying.

- (He doesn't believe in limits.)

Well,

if you're talking about Penelope,

I'll tell you that

whatever's going on there,

it's mutual and it's a great couple.

- Come on, look at them.

- (Dude!)

(CHUCKLES)

Really! Come on.

(I mean, he'd f*** Clara.

He's made that clear.)

Mm-hm.

- (He'd f*** you.)

- Mm-hm.

So, that makes all of us.

(BOTH LAUGH)

(MARIANNE) He must just not know

how it looks with Penelope.

I think I should say something.

(PAUL) Trust me.

She can handle herself just fine.

Which one of these do you prefer?

Me, too.

(PHONE RINGS)

(PAUL) Well, that woman drives

like a lunatic. You know that.

(HARRY) But I was driving

and she, she distracted me.

- Are you hurt?

- (HARRY) No, I'm fine.

Listen, I think if it's both of us,

then we can push it together.

You need a tow truck.

That's what you need.

- Oh, Christ. Will you come or not?

- A tow truck.

(PENELOPE) They both tell me yes,

but I don't think he really is.

I mean, we don't even really look,

or act very much alike at all.

I'm going to ask him to take the test.

There are reasons I'd like to know.

Private reasons.

- What the f*** happened?

- I was going and coming at the same time.

- Where's Mireille?

- She went home to wash her mouth.

How the hell

do you want us to move that?

Oh, well, let's hope

it won't roll forward.

I think, if we release the handbrake,

we can put it back on to the road.

All right, let's push it. (SIGHS)

- Careful.

- Yeah.

(BOTH) One, two, three.

- (GRUNTS)

- All right.

(GRUNTS)

Okay and again.

All right, yeah, let's go.

One, two, three.

(GRUNTS)

(CHUCKLES) F***!

This is not going to work.

Forget about it.

Jesus Christ!

Too hot for white people. F***!

(CHUCKLES)

You're pretty domesticated

for a rock star.

You were with Harry

for what, six years?

And you've been

with Paul for how long?

(GIGGLES) Cool.

I heard that there used to be six songs

on either side of a record album.

You'd hear six and then you'd have

to flip the thing over to hear more.

(Have I done...?)

(Have I done something to upset you?)

You know what?

I bet they put one really good song

on each side,

so you just keep flipping it over.

By the way, have you seen my iPod?

Because that sneaky Harry is

always trying to get into it

to see what I've been listening to.

- (BARKS)

- (HARRY) So you're working again.

- Yeah, I'm shooting for hire nowadays.

- Yeah?

For a Russian master,

Kossakovsky. You know him?

- No.

- Six-country shoot.

- Uh-huh.

- It keeps me busy for a while.

When are you finishing yours?

- Oh, you remember that?

- Yeah of course.

Lost Dog, American Journalism

in the 21st Century.

You showed me

that amazing Cronkite interview.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, what?

You're not giving that up too,

are you?

You shot all that footage. What is it,

just lying in a drawer somewhere?

No, actually it's in a closet.

Five hard drives, but that can wait.

Yeah, well,

adjust your goals, not the world.

Is that the same advice you'd give Pen?

No! She's young. She should change

the world any chance she gets.

I think the women should change things

now anyway. We've had our chance.

(OPERA PLAYS ON CAR RADIO)

(HARRY) Anyway,

you will find your way back to it.

You just got to get your finance,

good editor, some guts.

Just shut the f*** up, all right?

Just stop talking and we'll be fine.

Can you do that?

Thanks a lot.

I thought it was a good observation.

It's the way you give it.

It's not very careful.

Well, it's how I care, isn't it?

Honesty is the greatest fidelity.

Yeah, well, the world is not

ready for your honesty.

I don't believe in half truths.

Oh, you used to.

Yeah, well,

I learned my lesson then, didn't I?

Not in time, but I learned it.

I think going bust with Marianne was the

great dumb tragedy of my great dumb life.

It feels good to say it to you.

You learned your lesson in time,

though, didn't you?

I mean, that's the important thing.

Thank god for emergency rooms, eh?

Hey! How did my beauties sleep?

(CHUCKLES)

- My adorable ones! (WHOOPS)

- (PENELOPE) Did you get the car out?

No, we couldn't move it.

We need Clara to tell us what to do I think.

Whoa! Oh!

(GRUNTS)

Can I borrow the wheels?

I want to see people.

Pen, you want to come?

What? Groceries?

Okay, we'll go together.

I need more treasure.

Throw your watch in.

- I'm reading.

- Well, I need a shipwreck.

Throw in a chair.

I'm not going to throw in a chair.

I'm sorry.

(CHUCKLES)

Mister Paul! I'm finished.

I'm going to the village.

(PAUL) Okay, Clara.

Shouldn't you be going

round the island?

Go check it out.

It's pretty beautiful out here.

I wouldn't know where to go.

There's a lake pretty close by.

A lot of kids come out,

bring guitars, play music.

It's fun. You should check it out.

Show me.

It's half day, market day

and this wind is not sirocco!

Fast first and then slow,

one doesn't understand what it wants.

It's weird... go while it isn't there.

It's two miles from here.

It's not so far.

- Walking?

- Yeah, it's a proper hike.

- You should be up for it.

- (EXHALES)

(SIGHS)

Okay.

You want to see me do a handstand?

- Yeah, go ahead.

- (INHALES)

The Allies bombed

the hell out of this island.

Maybe the market's up here, no?

I think it is.

Bit of a beaten up old town.

(COUPLE ARGUE IN ITALIAN)

I think it's down here. Yeah.

(MARIANNE CROAKS) It can look

a bit full-on, a bit, you know, it could...

In a situation like last night,

it could be misconstrued.

What do you mean?

What do you mean, Marianne?

(How you treat Penelope.)

What sh*t!

I'm too brash. I'm too impulsive.

I'm too a lot of things,

but Christ, I'm sound.

I mean, look, if you asked me,

do I find my daughter sexy?

Have I caught myself

enjoying the sight of her?

Yeah, I have.

I didn't know her until a year ago,

so yeah, it's a little odd.

(CHILDREN LAUGH)

I acknowledge and I deal with

the sh*t that goes on in my head.

Coming from Paul,

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