Asylum Page #8

DOUG:

No, I love you, really.

KATKA:

Then tell me, what will happen?

Tell me!

DOUG:

Look, I love you Katka but I'm twelve

years older, I could never marry you,

it'd be stupid, you know that!

KATKA:

See! You think I'm stupid, You just

use me and you will never love me....

I hate you!

Katka throws her drink in Doug's face and storms off, knocking Doug's

beer into his lap accidentally with her handbag. ANGLE Barman heading

over. Doug puts back his glass on the table and gets up to shake off

the drink and gets out a handkerchief to wipe his face. The Barman

looks in disgust at Doug and wipes down table. Doug looks at the

Barman apologetically. When the table is straight Doug sits back down

and finishing the drop of beer left in his glass, looks up at the

Barman who is standing over Doug.

DOUG:

Bill please.

Barman scribbles on a chit and drops it on the table.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT - ASYLUM FOYER - CHRIS - DAY

Show Chris entering into foyer and turning to look into the corridor

where some new rubble has spilled out of.

INT - ASYLUM CORRIDOR - DOUG - DAY

Show a walkway sized hole in the wall with Doug sitting on a cardboard

file box in the centre of the room, there are other boxes around him.

Doug looks grubby and is reading a file, a couple of photos drop out.

A small hammer lies on the floor.

INT - ASYLUM ANTEROOM - CHRIS/DOUG - DAY

ANGLE Chris in the "entrance" to this new area.

CHRIS:

Couldn't wait huh? Well, you sure

done it now.

ON DOUG:

DOUG:

Welcome to the "Hole in the wall Cafe."

Chris walks into the room.

ON DOUG/CHRIS

CHRIS:

What's in the those?

DOUG:

Just crap I think, we can whiz it.

Doug empties a box of thirty 3.5" floppy disks onto the floor.

DOUG:

Need any disks?

CHRIS:

Yeah, I'll take some.

Doug hands Chris a bunch of eight disks.

CHRIS:

I'm on my way to class, I'll stop

by later.

Chris turns to leave.

DOUG:

Do you know the art teacher at your

school?

CHRIS:

Yeah, her name's Kavlova, why?

DOUG:

See if she can donate some paintings

or something to hang on these walls,

give it a bit of atmosphere.

CHRIS:

You'd be better off with tables and chairs.

Doug stands up.

DOUG:

Well, you could try her, but I was

thinking of stopping by a second-hand

place for those.

Chris exits.

INT - LA BOHEME CAFE - DOUG/HOLLY/LAWRENCE - DAY

Show a trendy cafe where people are having light lunches. Lawrence is

sitting with Holly, they are in conversation, near them is a notice-

board. Doug enters cafe approaches Lawrence.

DOUG:

Hey, Lawrence how are you doing mate?

LAWRENCE:

Doug, haven't seen you for a while.

DOUG:

I've been around.

LAWRENCE:

Have you met Holly? Josh's friend.

DOUG:

No! Look Lawrence, I've taken over the

lease on a theatre downtown and I'm throwing

a party tomorrow night to show it off.

It's going to be for alternative arts,

but I need some help to finish it off,

can you put the word out?

LAWRENCE:

Sure. Excellent.

DOUG:

Here's the details.

Doug hands Lawrence a piece of paper

DOUG:

I'll put one on the notice-board too.

HOLLY:

Am I invited?

DOUG:

Sure as long as you don't bring

that prick Josh. Thanks Lawrence.

Doug moves off.

ON HOLLY/LAWRENCE

HOLLY:

Nice guy, what's he got against Josh?

LAWRENCE:

He just despises success and society

generally, it's not personal.

ANGLE Doug moving to the notice-board and pins up a piece of paper.

He turns, checks out the cafe occupants and exits.

HOLLY:

Is he an actor?

LAWRENCE:

No, I don't think so.

HOLLY:

What's he doing with a theatre then?

LAWRENCE:

Probably won it in a poker game!

INT - ASYLUM - DOUG/CHRIS - DAY

Doug is working on the pipe, wrapping bandage soaked in plaster around

the cracked section. Half a sandwich lies nearby. Chris enters foyer

area and looks for Doug.

CHRIS:

Moved on to plumbing huh?

DOUG:

We got a party tomorrow night.

Can't have the place smelling

like sh*t.

Chris walks towards the foyer steps. Following Chris are a half dozen

year ten students carrying paintings.

CHRIS:

Guess what? We got last semester's art

collection.

Doug looks up.

DOUG:

Great....Ask them to put them in

the cafe, we'll hang them later.

Chris and kids move towards cafe as Doug finishes off the pipe.

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

Doug enters, kids are laying out paintings and putting framed ones in

the corner. There are now some tables and chairs and a sideboard set

up as a bar.

CHRIS:

It's really coming together!

Doug checks out some pieces and Chris ushers kids out.

DOUG:

Thanks kids they're great, stop by

for a beer anytime!

Kids and Chris exit, Doug holds a piece up to a wall.

INT - ASYLUM FOYER - DOUG/CHRIS - DAY

Doug and Chris are in the foyer. The file boxes are stacked in a

corner.

CHRIS:

I thought you were gonna throw these?

DOUG:

I had a better idea, we'll burn them.

There's a drum across the road; I was

just waiting for the workers to go home.

CHRIS:

Destroy the evidence huh.

DOUG:

Have you ever stolen anything?

CHRIS:

Nope.

DOUG:

Could you handle it if it was

in a good cause?

CHRIS:

Like helping a sick kid?

DOUG:

No, for the Asylum.

CHRIS:

Close!

DOUG:

Just aiding and abetting if it

makes you feel better.

CHRIS:

What's that, five instead of ten

years jail.

DOUG:

They'll never get us.

EXT - BETLEMSKA STREET - DOUG/CHRIS - DAY

It's early evening and Chris carries out a file box out of the Asylum

over to Doug who is poking the fire in the drum.

CHRIS:

Last one!

They empty contents carefully into the fiery drum and tear up the

file-box and put that in too. Doug then tips in the remaing floppy

disks.

DOUG:

Okay, lets get some gear now.

Doug leads Chris behind a fenced off area of building site and points

to wooden boards and some two by two and four by four beams.

DOUG:

Perfect!

CHRIS:

It looks new, they might miss one

or two.

DOUG:

We're going to need it all.

CHRIS:

Jesus Doug, they'll execute us!

DOUG:

Stealing's stealing, we might as well

get what we need. This'll do for the

floor and the walkway too.

Doug starts lifting the end of a large board.

CHRIS:

Oh sh*t.

Chris helps lift the board and they carry it over to the Asylum, Chris

is looking around all the time.

INT - ASYLUM FOYER - DOUG/CHRIS - NIGHT

Show Doug and Chris putting the first board down in the foyer and

exiting for more.

EXT - BETLEMSKA STREET - DOUG/CHRIS - NIGHT

Doug and Chris make one more trip with some beams. An old LADY is

walking small DOG along the street, Doug and Chris duck back into the

building site until she passes. A car drives by.

INT - ASYLUM FOYER - DOUG/CHRIS - NIGHT

Doug and Chris bring in the final beams and the stack is complete.

CHRIS:

Let's split.

DOUG:

Not yet, we need a few lengths

of scaffold.

CHRIS:

Why don't we just take the whole

damn building, brick by brick Doug.

DOUG:

Look at it this way, it's their

contribution. If we'd explained

it to them, they'd probably have

given it to us anyway.

CHRIS:

So why didn't we?

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