Blue Jasmine Page #8

Nobody's around.

Not many people.

GINGER:
We gotta make this quick.

I got tinted windows. It's perfect.

What time is it?

Seven thirty.

MATTHEW:
My turn. It's my turn!

God, he told me he'd call me yesterday.

MATTHEW:

I wanna play with it!

JASMINE:
Can't you two stop

fighting for a second?

I've got a throbbing headache.

You gave him both here

and your cell number?

Of course I gave him both numbers.

Unless he's been delayed

in Washington.

Still, he could have phoned.

Don't think he figured you were lying

and bailed out?

Look, could you stop saying I was lying?

God. Okay, I may have dressed up a few

facts, omitted a few unpleasant details,

but in the main, I mean,

my feelings, my ideas, my humor--

I mean, isn't that who I am?

Christ.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

People reinvent themselves, don't they?

Do I have your permission?

GINGER:
You better take more

of those pills. You're shot.

(ROCK MUSIC BLARING OVER SPEAKERS)

Oh, Jesus. Would you please--? Matthew,

turn off that pounding. Please, Matthew.

JASMINE:

Can't stand it.

(POUNDING ON DOOR)

Hey.

Hey.

Were you at a party Sunday afternoon?

Who says?

I got a friend who's a bartender.

He saw you at a party.

So?

So you were dancing with a guy.

GINGER:
So what?

I asked her to come with me, okay?

I was nervous about going to a party

where I didn't know anyone.

Is that so? So the two of you

were in the corner

playing kissy-face.

Give me a break.

We couldn't go to the ballpark

because you weren't feeling good.

Hey, don't treat me like property.

I had a headache when you called.

And then I decided to keep

my sister company at a party.

I don't buy that.

Since when am I taking

orders from you?

JASMINE:
Can you please

not fight in here?

I don't think I can take it. For some

reason, my Xanax isn't kicking in.

Who's this guy

you're fooling around with?

I told you, I didn't like you

rushing me into anything, okay?

Is seeing other guys her idea?

No, it's my idea.

I don't think it is. She thinks I'm a

bum, like your first husband, right?

You told me.

Guys, give me a break.

By all rights, I should be living here.

What do you mean?

Didn't you want a guy here

for the kids?

So they grow up with a father?

I need to clear my head.

We're talking about getting married.

Now she's taking you to parties

and telling you

I'm not good enough for you.

If I catch you

Give her some space.

with somebody else--

Get out!

You keep out of this, okay?

It's got nothing to do with you.

(PHONE RINGING)

You beat it, Chili. You've been drinking.

Hey, maybe that's for you.

Ginger, she's not somebody

you can count on. I am.

Don't pick it up. I don't want him to

think I'm waiting for him to call.

CHILI:
What the hell's going on?

MATTHEW:
It's Al.

Hey, give me that.

That's the guy, Al.

Hi. Yeah, but you're

calling at a-- Get off!

Give me that.

You call here again, I'm gonna

bust you in your fat f***ing face!

Hello. No! No!

Give me that. Give me that.

(CRASH)

Look what you did,

you drunken a**hole!

You were right,

he's no better than Augie!

Don't drag her to parties to meet men.

Get out!

I didn't drag her out to meet men,

but if she has a brain,

she'll dump you in the garbage and

find someone she deserves for once.

When are you moving out?

Get out!

I'm sorry I don't come from Park Avenue,

but I don't steal people's money.

I am not some lying jailbird!

Get out or I'll call the cops, okay?

She doesn't care about you.

She's a phony!

Get out!

She didn't care about you

until she f***ing needed you!

Get out!

(GRUNTING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

That's my cell phone.

Okay.

(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)

Where is it? Oh, God,

the kids were playing with it.

Oh, where is my

goddamned cell phone?

Hello? Dwight?

Yes, can you just hang on a moment?

I'm just in the middle of something.

Hello, how are you?

No, no, no, it's just some business

I had to attend to.

Oh, no, no.

No, that's fine.

I know how hectic things can

get in the nation's capital.

When?

Uh-- Well, I'm actually

meeting a client

for a drink in the Fairmont,

so why don't you pick

me up in the lounge?

Great.

No, no, no, 3 is perfect.

Okay, bye-bye.

(SOBBING)

DWIGHT:
I'd like to make this wall higher.

JASMINE:
Oh, well, it's lovely.

DWIGHT:

I knew you'd like it.

JASMINE:
Oh, and the

garden is so established.

Oh. It's beautiful.

Yeah, it's all right.

The porch is so charming.

I can see why you love it.

I have to get someone to take care of it.

The orchids, oh.

Oh, this...

This is spectacular.

Right?

I think it's incredibly cheerful.

Oh, look at the flow, and the light.

I mean, it--

it goes a ways that way as well.

I have a million ideas immediately.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, the fireplace. Reminds me of

those places in the Hamptons.

So delightful.

You've done work in the Hamptons?

We have friends out there.

Yes.

All right.

Yes, I've done a number of

beach houses.

DWIGHT:

Let me show you the view.

Well, I can see--

Oh, my God, it's enormous.

Right?

I had no I-- You could have

3- or 400 people out here.

DWIGHT:
I don't have that

many friends, but sure.

JASMINE:

The view, it's just breathtaking.

DWIGHT:
Andrea and I used to

do a lot of entertaining.

I bet you did,

living in New York.

JASMINE:
Well, now you're

talking about my specialty.

You know, I gave the best

dinner parties in the city.

Hm.

Come here.

Ooh.

I'm shocked.

Heh, heh, heh.

Oh, yeah?

What's your reaction, really?

Well, my reaction is

you can do it again if you like.

Oh, yeah?

(TRIXIE SMITH'S "MY BABY SENDS ME" AKA

"MY DADDY ROCKS ME (PART 1)" PLAYING)

My man rocks me

With one steady roll

There's no slippin'

When he wants to take hold

I looked at the clock

And the clock struck 1

I said, "Now, daddy

Ain't we got fun?"

He kept rockin' with

one steady roll

I've always wanted

a canopy bed. Look at this.

Oh. Yeah, that looks interesting.

It is, right?

Is that mid-19th century?

I have no idea.

Yeah. Well, no, all the pieces are here.

I do-- I love the posts,

but these beds, they're just--

Well, they're

not very wide.

Oh, yeah? Well, we're not very wide.

Oh, Dwight.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

We could do the top

in a muslin or linen--

Yeah, yeah, whatever you think.

Well, it's not--

You know, last night

when we were making love,

I realized how removed

from the world

I've been since Andrea died.

I know, I know. I...

I think when something's right,

you just...

You know it immediately.

Oh, yeah?

I looked at the clock

And the clock struck 3

I said, "Now, daddy

You're killin' me"

(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

He kept rockin' with

one steady roll

(EASY-LISTENING MUSIC PLAYING

OVER SPEAKERS)

Do you--? Do you hear that?

GINGER:
Wow.

Can you hear the bass, though?

Yeah.

Like, the bass and then

the high-end definition.

I'm definitely

gonna get one. Yup.

I'm giving you this one.

No, you're not.

Yeah, I am.

Oh, my God. Heh, heh, heh.

Come here.

You're so sweet.

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