Blue Velvet Page #5

SANDY:

(nodding toward building)

That's the building. She lives on the

Seventh Floor. Don't stop to look long

. the police are watching.

JEFFREY:

Where are they?

SANDY:

I don't know. you're not supposed to see

them. They're supposed to see you.

They begin walking slowly back to Sandy's house.

JEFFREY:

Did they find out anything when they

questioned her?

SANDY:

I don't know. like I said, she's not my

father's case.

JEFFREY:

Oh yeah. What about those other people?

. Anything?

SANDY:

My father is watching the businessman.

The businessman had a partner who

disappeared. left his whole business and

family, his wife and two kids. They think

he's been murdered.

JEFFREY:

You really do hear a lot, don't you?

SANDY:

Yeah, I guess so.

(they continue walking)

What are you going to do now that you're

home?

JEFFREY:

I have to help out in my father's hardware

store. they're giving me sort of my own

hours for a while. which is nice.

SANDY:

Still, it must be kinda rough.

JEFFREY:

It's not bad. but it's bad enough.

it's a lot worse for my father.

(Jeffrey points to a house)

I used to know a kid who lived there and who

had the biggest tongue in the world.

Jeffrey and Sandy both laugh.

SANDY:

What happened to him?

JEFFREY:

I don't know. he moved away.

CUT TO:

56. EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET - NIGHT

A LONG SHOT:

Jeffrey and Sandy walking and talking, sometimes laughing in the distance,

while the MUSIC theme, haunting yet warm, plays over.

57. EXT. WILLIAMS HOME - NIGHT

They arrive back at Sandy's home.

CLOSER ON JEFFREY AND SANDY

in front of Sandy's home.

SANDY:

I've gotta go in.

JEFFREY:

Thanks for the tour. It was nice talking

to you.

Sandy just looks at him shyly before she turns to go up the front walk.

JEFFREY:

(continuing)

I guess I'll see you sometime.

SANDY:

I guess so. Like you said. It's a

strange world.

JEFFREY:

(smiles)

Yeah. Good bye.

Jeffrey watches as Sandy goes inside her house. He watches her house for

a moment and sees her cross the living room. He turns and walks away.

Again, the MYSTERIOUS CHORDS OF MUSIC swell up as Jeffrey walks through

the night.

CUT TO:

58. INT. BEAUMONT'S HARDWARE STORE - DAY

Jeffrey is poking around in the back room. He picks up some bug spraying

devices. He yells out to an old black man who works in the store.

JEFFREY:

Hey, Ed, okay if I borrow these bug spraying

rigs later on?

Ed peers into the back room. Spots Jeffrey.

ED:

Listen Bud. If you need to spray for bugs

they're yours. It causes me no pain.

JEFFREY:

Okidoke Ed. Thanks.

CUT TO:

59. EXT. BEAUMONT'S HARDWARE STORE - DAY

Jeffrey puts the stuff in the trunk of the car. There are several "Awake"

magazines there too. He gets in the front seat and drives off.

CUT TO:

60. INT. BEAUMONTS' CAR - DAY

Jeffrey driving. He looks at his watch. It is 3:30.

61. EXT. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL - DAY

Jeffrey is parked across the street from the school. High school kids

are pouring out the front door. In a moment he sees Sandy come out with

two or three other girls. They walk down the sidewalk away from Jeffrey.

He starts the car and slowly follows them to the corner, where he pulls

up alongside of them. very close. Sandy suddenly recognizes him.

JEFFREY:

You hungry or thirsty, or both?

SANDY:

(taken back)

I don't know.

JEFFREY:

I'd like to talk to you about something.

SANDY:

Just a minute. pull over and wait a

minute.

Sandy pulls her girlfriends away from Jeffrey's car and says something to

them. There is some whispering and giggling and then,

SANDY:

(to the girls)

Please, don't say anything to Mike.

promise?

The girls promise. Sandy goes around and gets in the car.

JEFFREY:

I don't want to cause any trouble.

SANDY:

I'm here, aren't I?

JEFFREY:

(smiling as though he knew)

I guess Mike's got some sort of sports

practice in the afternoon.

SANDY:

Ooooo, you are smart. Just don't get too

smart.

CUT TO:

62. INT. DINER - DAY

Jeffrey and Sandy are sitting in a booth. Jeffrey's grilled cheese on

white bread and a coke have just arrived along with Sandy's coke.

SANDY:

Alright, now tell me. What is it?

JEFFREY:

There are opportunities in life for gaining

knowledge and experience. sometimes, in

some cases. it's necessary to take a risk.

I got to thinking. I'll bet a person could

learn a lot by getting into that woman's

apartment. you know. sneak in and hide

and observe.

SANDY:

You said it was a strange world.

and you're the strangest part of it. Are

you crazy.she is possibly involved in

murder. This gives me the creeps.

JEFFREY:

Settle down. I have a plan which I think

will work. There is very little for you

to do, but I do need your help.

.Aren't you curious about my plan?

SANDY:

(thinking and intrigued, plus she

is beginning to like Jeffrey)

It wouldn't hurt to hear the plan, I guess.

JEFFREY:

(getting excited)

Alright. the first thing is to get into her

apartment and open a window that I could

crawl into later.

SANDY:

Now, how are you going to do that?

JEFFREY:

Right out in the car I happen to have some

old overalls and a bug spraying rig. I will

go to her apartment and be the pest control

man. I will spray her apartment. After a

few minutes you will knock on her door,

drawing her attention away from me and I

will then jimmy a window.

SANDY:

What will I say when she comes to the door?

JEFFREY:

You will be a Jehovah's Witness. I have a

few "Awake" magazines for you. You don't

have to keep her very long. a few seconds

is all I'll need. Whatiya think?

SANDY:

I don't know. it sounds like a good

daydream, . but actually doing it is too

weird. too dangerous.

JEFFREY:

Let's just try the first part. If that

goes well, we'll see about the rest. No one

will suspect us, because no one would

believe two people like us would be crazy

enough to do something like this.

SANDY:

You've got a point there.

CUT TO:

63. INT. BEAUMONTS' CAR/LINCOLN STREET-DAY

Jeffrey and Sandy are in the car. Jeffrey is struggling to put on the old overalls.

JEFFREY:

Now. we'll walk over so there's no license

plates and you give me at least three

minutes. I can stall if it's more, but I

need time to find a good window .alright?

SANDY:

Alright.

JEFFREY:

Let's go.

64. EXT. LINCOLN STREET - DAY

They get out of the car. Sandy has the "Awake" magazines.

JEFFREY:

Okay, I'm going ahead. Wait a minute,

what's her name?

SANDY:

Oh bother. Dorothy Vallens, Seventh

Floor. Look on the mailbox for her number,

bright boy.

JEFFREY:

Thanks. Dorothy Vallens. Okay. good

luck . three minutes, no sooner.

SANDY:

Alright. Good luck, yourself.

Jeffrey takes off in the direction of the apartment building.

CUT TO:

65. EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY

Jeffrey walks up the front steps and goes in the double outer doors.

66. INT. LOBBY - APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY

He looks up and down the mailboxes and finally finds "D. Vallens,

Apartment Number 710."

Jeffrey goes into the lobby.

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