Blue Jasmine Page #7

Well, you know what I say to Chili.

It's hard to meet a man you can trust.

NAT:

Hal.

Hey, Nat.

What are you doing out here?

I was having lunch in Southampton

and I wanted you to meet Amy Moore.

Oh, hi. Hal Francis.

This is my wife. Honey?

Jasmine.

Hello.

Amy will be handling your contracts for

Empire Solutions and Global Innovations.

She's brilliant. We couldn't

have done any better.

We should get together

on that Empire Solutions thing.

Free on Tuesday?

I'll make sure I am.

That's great.

Are you having an affair

with Amy?

Amy, my lawyer?

Don't give me that. She's very pretty.

HAL:
Of course not. What

makes you think that?

Someone made a remark.

What remark?

They saw you having lunch with her.

Taking her hand.

Oh, what crap. Who told you that?

I know who.

That vacuous troublemaker Lydia, right?

Were you?

I had a business lunch with Amy

at the Four Seasons.

Lydia was there.

Did you take her hand?

You think if I was having an affair,

I'd be crazy enough to have it in public?

Well, I don't know.

Sometimes you drink at lunch.

Maybe you were high.

It's obvious she's got crush on you.

You're building a case.

If you were having an affair,

I would be pretty upset.

Well, I'm not,

so don't get your temper up.

I'm just jealous because I love you.

You should be flattered.

You know, I understand

other women have a--

Find you attractive,

but it's their hard luck. I have you.

Yes, you do.

No.

So you're not?

No, I'm not.

Good.

Let's make love.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

(CHATTERING)

You know, if you were having

an affair, I'd be pretty upset.

Pretty darn angry. I don't wanna be

made a fool of, you know?

You hear me, Hal?

Excuse me. Are you talking to me?

Hey, Jasmine.

What?

Hi.

Oh.

How are you? I'm so glad you came.

You must be Tony.

Yes, this is Tony.

A pleasure to meet you.

What do you think? Nice party, right?

Beautiful.

It's kind of a mixed bag.

Did you bring your sister?

Oh, yes, she's dancing.

(SOFT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

Hey, my name's Al, incidentally.

Oh. Ginger.

Ginger?

Yeah.

Ginger, you dance great.

Oh.

I never get a chance to, and I love it.

Yeah?

I do, yeah.

You know Sally, the host?

No, my sister brought me.

Yeah?

Wherever the hell she is. I don't--

I don't know where she is.

AL:

But you're from San Francisco?

Yeah? Yeah.

What about you?

Marin.

Okay. Great.

Yeah.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

What do you do, Al?

I'm a sound engineer. I put in

people's systems, you know?

I did Mr. Lockman's.

Okay.

He's the husband of the host,

in case you were wondering.

I do concerts and private, uh...

Great.

I like slow dancing better, don't you?

Yeah.

It's more romantic, right?

It is, yeah.

Yeah.

It is.

Hey, you're really pretty.

Oh.

Yeah, you are. You are.

Really? Really?

(LATIN MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

MAN:

I'd rather be someplace else too.

JASMINE:

Oh.

Do I look that uncomfortable?

Almost.

I'm Dwight Westlake.

Jasmine French.

Jasmine French,

that's a very exotic name.

Well, my parents named me

after my mother's favorite flower.

Night-blooming jasmine.

Hm.

Come to life after it gets dark.

That's the best offer I've had today.

I didn't say

it was an offer.

I saw you in the other room before,

I was hoping I'd get to meet you.

Well, hope I don't shatter

your illusion.

You have great style.

Do I?

Chanel belt, Herms bag

and Vivier shoes.

Vivier-- Oh, my goodness.

Do you work in the fashion industry?

No, but my former wife was.

She worked at a fashion magazine.

Right.

She passed away last year.

Oh. Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm so-- And what do you do?

Nothing as glamorous as fashion.

I work in the State Department.

Well, no, that's glamorous.

In the diplomatic corps.

Don't tell me you're an ambassador.

No, hardly.

But I wouldn't turn it down.

We knew the ambassador

to Mexico.

My husband did.

Your husband?

You have a husband?

No, no. Sadly, like your wife,

he passed away.

But, you know, we stayed overnight

in the embassy in Mexico once.

I work in Europe. Vienna.

Really?

Oh, I love Vienna.

Oh, yeah?

We were there once,

Hal and I.

I remember it as being two weeks

of young wine and chocolate cake.

Lovely. My ambition is to come back

after a few years and enter politics.

I'd like to run for office in California.

Oh, how exciting.

Yeah, it might just be an inflated ego,

but I think I'd make a good congressman.

I grew up in San Francisco.

I know California. I like challenges.

You from out here?

New York. Park Avenue.

You know, when my husband

passed away,

I mean, naturally

I was very upset,

so I decided to come out here

and start a new life for myself.

What did he do?

He was a surgeon.

Hm. God, that must be

incredibly stressful.

No, I mean, he had a heart attack.

I'm sure that's what gave it to him.

You have children?

No, no.

No, there really wasn't time.

And what about you? Hm? What do you do?

I guessed you were in the arts.

Am I right?

Well, you're close.

I am an interior designer.

I really have hit the jackpot.

Really?

I meet this exotic creature,

not only is she charming

and elegant and single,

but I just bought a new house.

Really?

One I've been looking at.

It's in Marin.

Overlooking the Bay. My dream house.

Beautiful.

I meet this woman, and she turns

out to be an interior designer.

Written in the stars.

You have to look at it.

I would love to.

Maybe you can help me with it.

Absolutely.

GINGER:
I never slept with anyone

the first night before, you know?

Yeah, that--

But dancing with you

got me all hot and bothered,

so, you know...

AL:

Well, you were so sexy.

I mean, I knew right away

that you were gonna be good in bed.

I knew it.

Did you?

I said to myself, you know...

Heh.

You know, I thought for sure

we were gonna get caught.

I didn't care. I mean, I--

I couldn't wait. There's no way I was--

I had to have you right then and there.

You know...

You know what clinched it for me?

What?

Because you were so smooth.

Really?

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Well, that's-- I just--

But, you know, I--

I don't want you to think I'm

just easy, because I'm not.

No, I-- You know what I think?

You're a fun-loving person.

I am.

That's-- Yeah.

Yeah.

And that's what I am.

I can see that.

That's--

I'm easygoing by nature.

Yeah.

That's what I--

I bring music to people's lives.

You're very sweet,

you know?

I never had

a sweet guy before.

I hope I--

Never.

I hope I didn't get you in trouble

with your boyfriend.

No. You know, it's not like

we're engaged, so...

You know, I'm free. I'm free.

I'm glad to hear that.

Oh, God,

I'd better get back.

My lunch hour's

almost over.

But we-- You know what?

We have time, though.

For what?

Let's go in the back seat.

Again?

Yeah, come on.

Jesus, what are you?

It's just...

Are you one of those sex addicts?

I am for you. Come on.

Ha, ha. Are you? I thought so.

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