Blue Velvet Page #3

35. EXT. VACANT FIELD - DAY

Jeffrey is walking down a dirt road on his way home. He kicks up little

clouds of dust as he walks. He has some time to think about things. He

sees a green bottle in the distance. He gathers up a few more rocks and

pitches them one by one at the bottle. He misses.

He looks for a few more good rocks to throw and while looking through some

tall grass and weeds, he sees something strange.

He looks closer. It is a HUMAN EAR, covered with crawling ants.

Jeffrey immediately stands up and looks around. All he sees are houses

- some laundry drying - a very peaceful scene. No one seems to be around -

No one seems to be watching him.

He looks again at the ear.

We are so close we can hear ants racing frantically around the ear into it.

There is dried blood on part of it.

Jeffrey finds a brown paper bad and using a twig, he pushes the ear onto

it. Again, he stands up and looks around.

IN THE DISTANCE, a MAN goes into the back door of a house. Nothing more.

Jeffery hurries off, carrying the bag with the ear in it.

CUT TO:

36. EXT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY

Jeffrey goes up the front steps...

37. INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY

... and to the Reception Desk. A POLICE OFFICER is standing behind the

counter.

JEFFREY:

Hello. could you tell me if Detective

Williams is still working here?

POLICE OFFICER:

He's up in Room 221. Right up the stairs.

CUT TO:

38. INT. ROOM 221 - POLICE STATION - DAY

Jeffrey enters Room 221 and sees the desk marked, "DETECTIVE J.D.

WILLIAMS," however, the desk is empty. TWO MEN are talking at the end

of the room; one of them comes toward Jeffrey.

JEFFREY:

Are you Detective Williams?

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

Yes.

JEFFREY:

My name is Jeffrey Beaumont - I live near

you. I believe you know my father, Tom

Beaumont - Beaumont's Hardware Store?

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

Sure I do. I understand he's in the

hospital. How is he?

JEFFREY:

He's alright, I guess. I hope. They're

doing tests, that's why I'm home from

school. I was over at the hospital this

morning and I was going home and in the

field behind our neighborhood. there

behind Vista, I found an ear.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

(matter of factly)

You did? A human ear?

JEFFREY:

Yeah. I've got it here in this bag. I

thought I should bring it to you.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

Yep, that's right. Let's take a look at it.

Jeffrey opens the bag and lets Detective Williams look inside.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

(continuing)

That sure looks like a human ear, doesn't

it?. Let's run it down to the Coroner's

Office and see what they make of it. Then,

I want you to show me exactly where you

found it.

CUT TO:

39. INT. CORONER'S OFFICE - DAY

Jeffrey, Detective Williams, and an OLD CORONER'S OFFICER are looking at

the ear, which is sitting in a medical dish on a table.

CORONER'S OFFICER

The tests will take awhile. Meanwhile,

we'll check the morgue records. I don't

recall anything coming in minus an ear.

The Coroner's Officer turns to Jeffrey.

CORONER'S OFFICER

(continuing)

Now if you'd found a jaw or let's say, a

heart, or even an arm, we would assume

that there was a corpse, however, a finger

or an ear. the person may very well be

alive somewhere.

JEFFREY:

What can you tell about the person from the

ear?

CORONER'S OFFICER

Well. when the tests are done, quite a lot

. Sex, blood type, whether or not the ear

came off a dead person. Right now, I know

what you know. It's a real human ear. The

human was, or is, Caucasian.

. also. It looks like the ear was cut off

with scissors.

40. EXT. VACANT FIELD - DAY

Jeffrey is out with Detective Williams and a CREW OF OFFICERS who have

roped off the area and are doing a grid search.

A POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER is also there taking flash pictures all around the

field, especially where Jeffrey has told them he found the ear.

Detective Williams takes Jeffrey aside.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

By the way, Jeffrey, this story isn't going

to the press and I'm going to ask you to

consider all you've heard strictly

confidential. Do not discuss this business

with anyone, but me, or other police

personnel. Got it?

JEFFREY:

Got it. Thanks for letting me in on as much

as you did.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

Come on. I'll drive you home. It's on my way.

CUT TO:

41. INT. BEAUMONTS' KITCHEN - NIGHT

Mrs. Beaumont and Aunt Barbara are doing the dishes. The news is on a

small portable television. There is a broadcast on the mounting crime

wave.

INSERT T.V. SCREEN

A series of murders are being discussed and a police drawing mug shot is

shown on the screen of the suspect who is at large.

CUT TO:

42. INT. JEFFREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Jeffrey is sitting at his desk daydreaming. He suddenly picks up the

phone, hesitates, then dials.

JEFFREY:

Hello?. LOUISE WERTHAM please. Louise?

. is she there?. Louise?

(very happy)

Yeah! How are you? He's okay. in the

hospital for tests.

(very serious)

I miss you so much.

(smiling now)

What have you been up to?. Louise, I don't

know. I've got to see how my father is

. It costs a fortune in that hospital.

When did he ask you to that?. Look. I

can't stop you. Go ahead. Just go ahead

. I may never be back, go. ahead. Look

Louise, stop trying to explain everything.

Just do it. let's talk again in a couple

of days or somethin', okay?. Yeah, I still

love you. Goodbye Louise. Goodbye.

Jeffrey sits alone in his room, thinking things over.

SLOW DISSOLVE TO:

43. INT. CORONER'S OFFICE - NIGHT

CLOSE UP - EAR IN MORTICIAN'S DISH

VERY SLOWLY, we MOVE very close to the ear, gliding slowly around the

crevices approaching the dark hole. A huge, low rushing of air SOUND,

THEN DARKNESS.

SLOW DISSOLVE TO:

44. INT. BEAUMONTS' LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Low light. Jeffrey enters the room. Aunt Barbara and Mrs. Beaumont are

watching television. Aunt Barbara is knitting.

JEFFREY:

I'm going out for awhile.

MRS. BEAUMONT

(looks at her watch)

Do you want the car?

JEFFREY:

No, I'm just gonna walk around.

MRS. BEAUMONT

Alright.

AUNT BARBARA:

Jeffrey. you're not going down by Lincoln,

are you?

JEFFREY:

(yelling back)

No. I'm just going to walk around the

neighborhood. Don't worry.

Aunt Barbara and Mrs. Beaumont continue watching the television.

INSERT T.V. SCREEN

On T.V. we see a man's shoes. He is sneaking slowly up some stairs.

CUT TO:

45. EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET - NIGHT

Jeffrey walks along the dark streets. The same sombre MUSIC plays low

and slow.

Some of the houses have a few lights on, some are dark. Some windows have

a slow uneven blue flashing light, indicating the television is on inside.

Jeffrey continues walking through the night. In the trees, the shadows

continuously re-arrange themselves in mysterious, sometimes frightening

patterns.

46. EXT. WILLIAMS HOME - NIGHT

Jeffrey finally comes to the house he's been looking for.

He goes up the front walk. Now, at the last minute, he feels a little

foolish and has second thoughts about knocking on the door.

He looks in a window. Inside, he sees a nicely-lit living room.

He goes ahead and knocks. A very pleasant-looking middle class WOMAN

answers the door.

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