Asylum Page #14

CHRIS:

(to Doug)

Afternoon!

Doug looks up and sees Chris, some students in the auditorium look at

Doug's battered face. Doug turns and makes his way up to the balcony.

Work on spotlight continues. ANGLE Doug coming over to Chris on the

balcony area, Chris looks and realises Doug's condition.

CHRIS:

My God! What happened?

DOUG:

I fell in love.

CHRIS:

And a tram hit you?

DOUG:

No, the boyfriend.

CHRIS:

What happened to Katka?

DOUG:

Didn't I tell you, she dumped me

Monday night.

CHRIS:

You Romeo's sure pay a high price

sometimes - anyone I know?

DOUG:

Holly!

CHRIS:

Couldn't keep your hands off the hired

help, huh?

DOUG:

It just happened.

CHRIS:

She's as American as apple pie too.

Have you figured out exactly what it is

you despise about them?

DOUG:

She's cool.

CHRIS:

A fine specimen for conversion.

DOUG:

What are you on about?

CHRIS:

Well, I take it you're going to drag her

down to your minimal existence and adjust

her mindset.

Doug moves to check out one of the spotlights.

CHRIS:

Don't tell me you really are in love?

DOUG:

Yeah and I got the bruises to prove it.

So what?

CHRIS:

Nothing, it's just that's when things

usually start to go wrong.

Doug flicks on the spotlight and rotates the filter selector. ANGLE

to spot on auditorium floor and PAN with it, to some STUDENTS working

on the side curtains.

INT - ASYLUM FOYER - DOUG/CHRIS/HOLLY - DAY

Doug enters foyer area carrying armful of rope, he looks into the

anteroom and notices Chris and Holly sat down talking. Doug goes in.

INT - ASYLUM ANTEROOM - DOUG/CHRIS/HOLLY - DAY

ANGLE Doug's entry and PAN as he comes to Holly's side. Doug kisses

Holly's head and she puts and an arm around his waist.

CHRIS:

So this is what true-love looks like?

Doug tosses rope onto Chris.

DOUG:

We've got to rope off the performance

area. Go string it tight between the

pillars.

Chris rises, takes rope and goes to exit but turns back to look.

Holly gets up to embrace Doug.

CHRIS:

What a picture!

Doug and Holly continue passionate embrace, Chris exits.

DOUG:

Did you take your things over to my

place?

HOLLY:

Uh-huh!

DOUG:

Run into Josh?

HOLLY:

Yeah, but it was okay.

DOUG:

How did he look?

Holly strokes Doug's face.

HOLLY:

Better than you.

DOUG:

Hmm, I still owe him.

HOLLY:

Why don't we both forget about him?

DOUG:

Alright!

They kiss passionately, Holly backs up onto a table and puts her legs

around Doug.

INT - ASYLUM FOYER - DOUG/HOLLY/CHRIS/JAHN/STUDENTS - DAY

Doug carries the heavy pay-phone into the foyer and puts it on the

workbench that has been tidied up and moved to the front of the foyer.

The pay-phone is now painted red and has been drilled in the top to

make a slot. Doug goes down towards the auditorium where everyone

else is.

INT - ASYLUM AUDITORIUM - DOUG/CHRIS/HOLLY/JAHN/STUDENTS - DAY

Chris and Holly tie off the rope which cordons off a performance area

in the centre. The curtains to the left and right at the rear are up

and Jahn is fiddling with a small stereo unit set-up by one of the

curtains. The working students have gone and now there are SIX

performing arts Students with Jahn. The Students converse in Czech

and duck in and out of the curtains where they've put their things.

Doug checks rope and goes over to Jahn.

DOUG:

Everything okay.

JAHN:

Yes, it's looks good.....We will use

this for the soundtrack and we will

have two guys up there with the spotlights.

The others will just be house lights.

DOUG:

Great....How long will it go for?

JAHN:

About forty minutes.

DOUG:

Cool....So, if we say eight o'clock.

Jahn nods.

DOUG:

Let me know if you need anything.

Doug slaps Jahn on the back and goes over to Chris and Holly. Chris

is tossing his baseball.

DOUG:

Chris, can you do me a favour?

CHRIS:

What?

DOUG:

Take the drill back to Honza at the

office, I promised to get it back for

the weekend and I don't want to show

my face there.

CHRIS:

You might make Henry happy......Sure,

I'll do it.

DOUG:

Good, and then type up a notice on your

computer for tonight's thing, photocopy

it and put it up in all the faculty

buildings and a couple of the pubs.

It'll start at eight o'clock and the bar

will be open from seven. Holly and I'll

go and get some beer and wine.

(Turning to Holly)

Can you bankroll the bar for tonight?

HOLLY:

Yeah, no problem.

CHRIS:

We ain't going to give it away this

time, are we?

DOUG:

Sh*t no, it'll be twice cost.

CHRIS:

You capitalist pig!

DOUG:

The performance is free what more

do you want....I've set that old phone

up as a donation box and I'll get Jahn to

write out a sign....Okay, let's get going.

Doug kisses Holly on the cheek and they move off.

CHRIS:

Does Jahn's thing have a name?

DOUG:

Hey Jahn.....You got a name for

this thing?

JAHN:

Stvorhene!

Doug looks at Chris, Holly at Chris and then Doug.

DOUG:

Head the flyers up with Asylum and then

put Debut of....Psychosis, Theatre

experimental. That'll cover us if it

flops. On the bottom put seek Asylum

where the stars shine on Betlemska.

HOLLY:

Cool!

CHRIS:

Right on Bro' !

Holly kisses Doug and Chris takes off, Jahn starts playing some new-

age music and begins rehearsal with the other Students.

INT - ASYLUM ANTEROOM - DOUG/HOLLY - DAY

Doug slides in the last crate of beers behind bar area and Holly opens

the plastic caps of some wine bottles with a pen-knife.

HOLLY:

Weren't you going to get some glasses?

DOUG:

Oh sh*t, yeah. Can you lend some more

money?

Holly digs in her pockets and gets out last notes.

DOUG:

I hope people turn up tonight.

Holly gives Doug money.

DOUG:

Thanks, I'll be right back, fancy some

pizza?

HOLLY:

Yeah, I'm starved.

Doug exits, Show bar set-up, rough but functional. Holly rips off

another bottle-top. Show an eerie-looking painting near Holly.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT - BETLEMSKA STREET - PEOPLE - NIGHT

Show Asylum front entrance with it's sign-writing and the adjacent

side-door open and many people filing in. The street is pretty calm

otherwise. Show a man looking out of a nearby apartment with

interest.

INT - ASYLUM FOYER - PEOPLE - NIGHT

Show entrance into corridor and through to anteroom via hole in the

wall. Foyer area is roped off and a STUDENT(3) stands by it l.

People are streaming into the anteroom (cafe) which is jamming.

INT - ASYLUM ANTEROOM - DOUG/CHRIS/HOLLY/LAWRENCE - NIGHT

Doug is in conversation with a Czech GUY. Chris and Holly are working

the bar. There is a blackboard up on the wall - PIVO/BEER 14Kc VINO

16Kc. The occupants of the room are 70/30 Czech/Western, some of the

Westerners were there at the pre-opening party. Classic sixties rock

music is coming out of the ghettoblaster. Lawrence walks over to Doug.

LAWWRENCE:

Dude, you really got something

happening here......You want to

talk about a slot now?

DOUG:

I'm re-thinking the Western side,

I'll give you a call.

LAWRENCE:

Turned Czech huh?

DOUG:

Yeah, maybe.

Doug goes back to a conversation with a guy, Lawrence wanders off to

talk with Chris. Show some guys smoking a joint and drinking beer.

Lawrence is talking to Chris who isn't interested whilst serving

drinks with Holly. STUDENT(3) from the foyer, comes over to Doug and

points at his watch. Doug goes to ghettoblaster and switches it off.

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