Apocalypse Now Redux Page #23

TERRI:

I used to be the bird girl at Busch

Gardens.

CHEF:

Busch Gardens?

TERRI:

Yeah, I used to train birds there.

He reacts as he rises, struggling to get off his rain pants.

CHEF:

You are Miss December, aren't you?

TERRI:

Miss May.

EXT. HOSPITAL UNIT - RAIN - DAY

Lance and Carrie are inside one of the hospital musk units.

She is lying back on one of the beds, and Lance is trying

to pull her boots off. Carrie's portfolio and pictures

are spread around the bed with some of her fan mail.

CARRIE:

Is it coming?

BACK TO CHEF AND CARRIE

CHEF:

Miss December has black hair.

TERRI:

It's over there.

She points to the back-seat of the Huey, to a black wig on

a stand. Chef reacts as he looks at it. She is still

preoccupied with the bird.

TERRI:

He's not one of my regular birds.

(to bird)

Come on, baby. Snatch your cracker.

Come here.

BACK TO LANCE AND CARRIE

Lance is kneeling next to Carrie, starting to make his

move. He opens her blouse, exposing her breasts.

CARRIE:

Being Playmate of the Year is the

loneliest experience I can imagine.

It's like you try to express your

feelings to someone, and show them

your heart...

BACK TO CHEF AND TERRI

CHEF:

Yeah, I'd love to see your bird

act, but would you mind just putting

this-would you just mind putting

this wig on for me, please?

He picks up the wig from the stand. Terri turns and moves

back to the rear seat.

BACK TO LANCE AND CARRIE

He moves to her makeup case.

CARRIE:

...and there's this glass wall

between you, this invisible glass,

and they can see your mouth moving.

BACK TO CHEF AND TERRI

She is seated next to him in the back-seat of the

helicopter. He puts the black wig on her.

TERRI:

I used to train birds for at least

two years at Busch Gardens.

CHEF:

This was cascading over your

shoulder.

(her blouse)

This was open here.

BACK TO LANCE AND CARRIE

Lance is putting barrettes in her hair.

CARRIE:

...but they can't hear what you're

saying.

BACK TO TERRI AND CHEF

He has opened her blouse and is trying to position her.

TERRI:

...I used to train then to stand

on their head, fly upside down,

and ride little bicycles...

CHEF:

Your right hand was over there...

Suddenly Clean appears at the back window of the helicopter,

carrying an open black umbrella to shield himself from the

rain. He bangs on the window.

CLEAN:

Hey, Chef!

CHEF:

Get out of there, man!

Clean continues to pound on the side of the helicopter.

Chef reacts on the inside.

CHEF:

Later! Later! Give me fifteen

minutes.

BACK TO LANCE AND CARRIE

Lance puts some of the green makeup on Carrie.

CARRIE:

You can never really make them

hear what you're trying to say...

BACK TO CHEF AND TERRI

Trying to position her.

CHEF:

You were kind of bending. Yeah,

your ass was just kind of...

By this time Clean has climbed up on the roof of the

helicopter, he leans over and looks in at Chef and Terri

through the front window, banging on it with his umbrella.

CHEF:

Hey man, f*** off! Fifteen minutes!

BACK TO LANCE AND CARRIE

He is lying her back on the bed.

CARRIE:

That's why I tried so desperately

to show somebody that I had some

talent.

BACK TO CHEF AND TERRI

Chef fixes her shirt.

TERRI:

Little baby Macaws. Have you ever

seen a baby Macaw? They're

beautiful.

Clean is now looking in through the window of the door.

They react to him.

CHEF:

(to Clean)

Come on, man, take off!

CLEAN:

I got my rights, man!

BACK TO LANCE AND CARRIE

He puts more makeup on her, as she continues to talk.

CARRIE:

They make you do things that you

don't want to do. Like this picture

here.

She opens the portfolio that she has been hanging on to.

We SEE a picture of her in the nude. Lance looks at it

and reacts. Then she resumes talking.

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