Bull Durham Page #16

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CRASH:

You want me to call you a

cocksucker?!

UMPIRE:

Try it! Go ahead. Call me a

cocksucker!

CRASH:

Beg me!

UMPIRE:

Call me a cocksucker and you're

outta here!

CRASH:

Beg me again!

UMPIRE:

Call me a cocksucker and you're

outta here!

CRASH:

You're a cocksucker!

UMPIRE:

You're outta here!

THE UMP THEATRICALLY THROWS CRASH out of the game.

CUT TO:

INT. ANNIE'S HOUSE -- SIMULTANEOUS

ANNIE AND MILLIE STARE at the radio.

TEDDY ON THE RADIO

...I've never seen Crash so angry

and frankly, Bull fans, he used a

certain word that's a "no-no"

with umpires...

MILLIE:

Crash musta called the guy a

cocksucker

ANNIE:

God, he's so romantic...

CUT TO:

INT. THE SHOWERS NIGHT

CRASH STANDS AGAINST the water, letting it stream across

him. He raises a can of beer to his lips, drinks it slowly

in the shower.

As the water runs over Crash...

ANNIE (VOICE OVER)

When Crash got throwed out, the

game got out of hand...

(beat)

...Jose made three errors with

his cursed mitt...

JOSE BOOTS A GROUND BALL -- A runner scores.

ANNIE (VOICE OVER)

Nuke never quite got in the groove

though he didn't pitch bad...

NUKE JUST MISSES WITH A PITCH -- Ball four.

ANNIE (VOICE OVER)

...and the winning streak came to

an end with a 3-2 loss...

(beat)

The good news was that a man was

about to come calling...the bad

news was--it was the wrong guy.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. ANNIE'S LIVING ROOM NIGHT

AS PIAF PLAYS on the stereo--A knock at the door.

ANNIE GOES TO THE DOOR -- Then refuses to answer it at first.

She hides in a corner. Bites her fist.

NUKE'S VOICE

Annie! You gotta be in there--I

can hear that crazy Mexican singer!

Annie smiles slightly, and opens the door.

NUKE:

We lost.

ANNIE:

it's okay..

She opens the door fully. Nuke's father stands there.

NUKE:

I'd like you to meet my father.

ANNIE:

(surprised)

Oh--won't YOU come in?

CUT TO:

INT. ANNIE'S HOUSE

AS THEY ENTER -- She leads them into the kitchen.

NUKE'S FATHER

Ebby's told me a lot about you.

ANNIE:

Uh oh...

(beat)

Can I offer you some coffee?

THE KITCHEN -- CONTINUOUS -- NIGHT

She puts a pot of water with a swirl of graciousness.

NUKE'S FATHER

Yeah...Ebby tells me you're a

very spiritual woman. He tells

me you've taught him a lot about

discipline and self-control.

Annie and Nuke exchange glances. Nuke smiles.

ANNIE:

He's a good student.

NUKE'S FATHER

We were worried that Ebby might

get involved with the wrong crowd

in professional baseball--we're

so pleased, he met a Christian

woman.

ANNIE:

Praise the Lord, eh?

The Piaf record begins skipping in the next room.

ANNIE:

Oh my--I better fix that. Ebby

will you help me? I'm no good

with mechanical things

Nuke picks up his cue and follows her to:

THE LIVING ROOM -- CONTINUOUS--- NIGHT

Annie fixes the record.

NUKE:

I couldn't dump my old man but

maybe later I can sneak away from

him...

ANNIE:

You don't have to...

NUKE:

I'm starting to understand what

you're teaching me. I mean the

panties and the nostrils and all

that sh*t...I mean I'm getting it--

ANNIE:

So am I. Nuke, honey, we need to

talk--

Nuke gets very aggressive and playful, pinning her.

NUKE:

Aw hell, let's have a quickie

right here--

ANNIE:

--but you're father's in there!

NUKE:

Crash says I gotta quit worrying

about him--c'mon, honey, we got a

lotta catching up to do--

He pins her to the wall, she squirms away.

ANNIE:

Nuke--we do need to talk!

CUT TO:

BACK IN THE KITCHEN

Nuke's father is studying pictures on Annie's wall.

CLOSE ON A HELMUT NEWTON PHOTO -- A nude woman, two afghans,

and a toilet.

CLOSE ON A PHOTO OF SWAMI PRABHAVANANDA YOGANDA

CLOSE ON A POSTER OF A MARIJUANA LEAF with the inscription

"Better Living Through Mexican Agriculture".

Nuke's father is a bit unsettled by all this, when:

The phone rings.

ANNIE SWEEPS BACK into the kitchen--saved by the bell--to

answer the phone. Nuke trails.

ANNIE:

(on phone)

Hello? Skip? Yeah, as a matter

of fact, he is here.

She hands the phone to Nuke.

ANNIE:

It's Skip, for you.

NUKE (ON PHONE)

Yeah, Skip, it's me.

(several beats)

Jeez...Jeez...God...Jeez...

Nuke hangs up the phone. Looks at Annie and his father.

NUKE:

I'm going to the Show.

(beat)

They're sending me up to finish

out the season with the Big Club.

I'm going to the Show!

NUKE'S FATHER LEAPS TO HIS FEET and embraces his son.

NUKE'S FATHER

Let's have a quick word of prayer,

right here, to thank the Lord for

all this--

ANNIE:

Oh let's not...

NUKE:

I gotta leave first thing in the

morning.

ANNIE:

That's great!

NUKE:

How can I possibly thank you?

He embraces her rather formally.

ANNIE:

Just pitch well and do good.

Nuke hustles his father out of the house.

NUKE:

I will, I will--C'mon, Dad, I'll

dump you off. I gotta find Crash.

As they exit, Nuke's father turns to Annie:

NUKE'S FATHER

God bless you.

ANNIE:

(to herself)

She will, Mr. LaLoosh, she will

...

ANNIE SITS DOWN in a kitchen chair. An enormous sigh.

CUT TO:

EXT. THE DOWNTOWNER MOTEL -- NIGHT

Nuke knocks on Crash's door. Nobody home. Tony is arriving

with his GROUPIE GIRLFRIEND to the next room.

TONY:

Crash ain't there. He never gets

back till four or five--

NUKE:

Where does he go?

TONY:

Well, I'd rather not say.

NUKE:

They called me up to the Show and

I wanta tell Crash goodbye.

TONY COMES OVER AND GIVES NUKE a heartfelt "five".

TONY:

Goddamn, that's great! Jesus!

(beat)

Listen, Crash don't like anybody

to know it but--

(beat)

Most nights he goes down to, you

know, down to Niggertown. To

Sandy's... the whorehouse.

NUKE:

He goes to a whorehouse every

night?

TONY:

Don't tell him I told you--he'd

break my neck.

CLOSE ON NUKE -- Disturbed.

CUT TO:

EXT. THE BLACK SECTION OF DURHAM -- NIGHT

A CAB MOVES SLOWLY through a poor neighborhood. Stops at:

AN OLD HOUSE -- Decades of ad hoc add-ons.

BLACK CABBIE:

That's Sandy's. Keep your extra

cash In your shoes.

NUKE GETS OUT and goes to the door.

CUT TO:

EXT. SANDY'S WHOREHOUSE -- NIGHT

NUKE KNOCKS AT THE DOOR -- A small barred window opens.

A face appears--a TOUGH BLACK, SANDY, 50.

SANDY:

What'you want, kid?

NUKE:

Jim looking for somebody.

SANDY:

Who ain't?

NUKE:

Looking for Crash Davis.

SANDY:

Ain't here.

NUKE:

I'm Nuke LaLoosh. With the Bulls.

SANDY:

(studying him)

Your breaking ball's getting better

but ya need a change up.

The door opens. Nuke enters.

CUT TO:

INT. SANDY'S WHOREHOUSE -- NIGHT

NUKE ENTERS TENTATIVELY -- Another world. Grim. Sleazy.

The Doorman leads him down a hallway full of doors. A BLACK

PROSTITUTE enters a room with a HUGE REDNECK. As they go

down the hallway, and as they do:

We begin hearing singing--raucous, soulful, drunk.

NUKE STOPS IN A DOORWAY -- Looks into the "waiting room".

--P.O.V. SEVERAL HOOKERS in various stages of undress, sit

on couches and chairs. Bored, smoking, ancient. The ONE

WHITE HOOKER, a skinny 25 year old, accompanies on a guitar,

struggling to keep up. And a couple HOOKERS are hanging

around a piano that--

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