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Beetlejuice Page #23
- PG
- Year:
- 1988
- 92 min
- 10,391 Views
CATHY rides up to the house on her bicycle. She weaves her way
with difficulty through the workmen. She takes the pack off her
back, and removes the mail that she's brought from the post
office.
INT:
LIVING ROOM AND FOYER -- DAYCATHY comes in the front door. Just as much pandeominum inside.
Caterers, people rearranging the furniture, DELIA is there with a
torch and mask, putting final touches on her water clock.
CATHY:
I brought the mail.
DELIA:
Have you put out the
guest towels yet?
CATHY:
I was going to do it
right now.
DELIA is looking through the mail as CATHY starts up the stairs.
DELIA:
Remember, folded in quarters,
creases to the left.
DELIA comes across a letter that puts the fear of God in her.
DELIA:
CHARLES!
CHARLES is at that moment coming out of the kitchen, through the
dining room.
DELIA hands the letter to him.
DELIA:
It's from the IRS.
Without a word, CHARLES tears into the letter.
DELIA:
It's an audit, isn't it?
CHARLES:
Yes.
DELIA:
Call the accountant on
Monday. He'll take care
of it.
DELIA leaves.
CHARLES:
(To himself) No. I'll call
him right now. This is --
An insinuating voice sounds behind CHARLES.
BEETLE JUICE / IRS
It's a little late for
that, Mr. Deetz.
BEETLE JUICE is standing there, in the guise of the IRS man we
saw in the steam room.
CHARLES:
Who are you?
BEETLE JUICE / IRS
My name is Irving Roger Smith.
He points the monogram on his briefcase: IRS.
CHARLES:
(With misgiving) But what
are you doing here?
BEETLE JUICE / IRS
Look at your notice, Mr.
Deetz. Our appointment is
for today.
CHARLES:
But you have to give warning
for an audit.
BEETLE JUICE / IRS
Look at the envelope. That
notice was mailed four weeks
ago. Because we didn't hear
from you, we concluded that
the appointment was confirmed.
CHARLES:
But I just got the notice
today.
BEETLE JUICE / IRS
That's between you and the USPS,
Mr. Deetz.
CHARLES:
In case you haven't noticed,
tonight, Mr. Smith.
BEETLE JUICE / IRS
deposit receipt for the past
three years.
INT:
CATHY'S ROOM -- DAYCATHY and BARBARA are folding towels.
BARBARA:
This is going to be some
party isn't it? Is it going
to be a cookout?
CATHY:
No, but there's going to
be twenty-seven different
kinds of raw fish.
(Diffidently) Have you
decided what you're going to
do tonight? Mom wants you to
make sure it's something
really special.
BARBARA:
(Uncomfortable) Adam and
I have figured out a few
things.
CATHY:
I'm really glad you're doing
this. I think it will help.
Also, it'll be nice to have
some of my friends at the
party.
BARBARA:
(Too quickly) Why don't stay
upstairs with us tonight? We'll
have our own little party.
CATHY:
I can't really. Besides,
you guys --
interrupts their conversation. BARBARA and CATHY exchange
glances and go to the window.
THEIR POV --
WORKMEN are hewing down ADAM's orchard in order to erect a
massive striped tent.
CHARLES is leading BEETLE JUICE / IRS down the hill, towards his
study. CHARLES moves like a convict going to execution.
CATHY hurtles out of her room and throws herself on CHARLES.
CATHY:
Daddy! Daddy! They're
cutting down the orchard.
CHARLES:
Not now, Cathy.
CATHY:
It has to be now. They're --
CHARLES:
NOT NOW!
He and BEETLE JUICE / IRS move on. At the door of the study
BEETLE JUICE / IRS turns and smiles at CATHY.
INT:
ATTIC -- DAYADAM is lying on the floor, looking out a window. He is weeping
at the loss of his orchard.
He gets up, looks at BARBARA.
ADAM:
I don't care what he
does to those people
tonight.
CATHY and DELIA are in the middle of a heated argument.
DELIA:
Cathy, we've got a
hundred and thirty-five
people coming to this
house in a matter of
hours. Don't come at
me with this bullshit
about trees.
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