Dallas Buyers Club Page #10

Ron removes a stack of cash from the safe and hands it to

Rayon.

RON:

(keeps the money)

Jesus! Are you f***in' high?

RAYON:

None of your business.

RON:

Actually, it is if I can't f***in' trust

you.

(yelling)

Denise!

Denise shows up from the other room.

Dallas Buyers Club / Green Revision / Dec 2, 2012 / P. 49A

RON:

You're in charge!

RAYON:

(grabs the money)

No! You can trust me!

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They stare at each other.

RON:

Make sure my new Caddy is at the airportfor when I get back.

Got it.

RAYON:

RON:

Denise, you hearin' this? Now you twomonkeys take care of the zoo.

And as Ron takes his suitcase and exits...

RON:

(to Denise)

Keep an eye on him.

72 EXT. AIRPLANE - STOCK FOOTAGE - DAY 72

A 747 soars across the sky. On screen appears:

Hayashira Chemical Lab - Okayama, Japan

73 INT. HAYASHIRA CHEMICAL LAB - JAPAN - WAITING AREA - DAY 73

Briefcase in hand, cowboy hat on his head, Ron waits alongwith JAPANESE MEN who all stare at him. After a few beats,

MR. YAMATA, the lab's manager approaches.

MR. YAMATA

Mr. Woodroof?

RON:

That's me.

Yamata bows, then:

MR. YAMATA

Regarding your order. I am so sorry, butwe are no longer allowed to exportinterferon to the United States.

RON:

What do you mean?

MR. YAMATA

I am sorry. I know you've come a long

way.

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RON:

Fourteen hours on a plane, but hey, who

gives a sh*t, right?

(off Yamata's look)

(MORE)

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RON (CONT'D)

Look, if it's a matter of money, I can

make it worth your while, I got cash-

MR. YAMATA

(cutting him off)

Please understand. Japanese doctors

will be the only ones who can make the

purchase.

And as Ron's wheels turn...

74 INT. DR. HIROSHI'S OFFICE - OKAYAMA - DAY 74

CLOSE ON -- DR. HIROSHI, 40s, who sits talking on the phone.

DR. HIROSHI

(in Japanese)

...that is correct. Two thousand vials

of alpha interferon.

A REVERSE ANGLE reveals Ron, across from Hiroshi. Over the

above, he slides ten $100 dollar bills across the desk.

DR. HIROSHI

(in Japanese)

That's right. Delivered directly to my

office. Thank you.

(to Ron)

Slow drip. Very strong. Slow drip.

Ron walks to Dr. Hiroshi, thanks him, and looks him over from

head to toe.

75 INT. HOTEL ROOM - OKAYAMA - NIGHT 75

Ron packs his suitcase and puts on a ROLEX and an expensive

ring.

BATHROOM:

Ron looks at his reflection in the mirror.

76 INT. DALLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - CUSTOMS AREA - DAY 76

A CUSTOMS OFFICER looks at Ron dressed with Dr. Hiroshi's lab

coat, and wearing Dr. Sevard's hair style as he talks into a

large first generation cell phone.

RON:

Yeah, I'm coming. Prepare the sedation.

Propofol. 10 milligrams.

(MORE)

Dallas Buyers Club / Green Revision / Dec 2, 2012 / P. 52

RON (CONT'D)

I said I'm coming.

(hangs up, to the officer)

Good morning.

77 INT. DALLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - MEN'S REST ROOM - DAY 77

Ron enters the Men's rest room carrying his suitcase and

briefcase, and disappears in a...

STALL - LATER

Ron injects a needle into his arm.

On the toilet, an empty VIAL from the BRIEFCASE.

Ron takes his lab coat off and stops. A searing pain courses

through his chest. Ron grimaces. The strange ringing again

in his ears. Then another shooting pain...

78 INT. DALLAS MERCY HOSPITAL - RECEPTION AREA - DAY 78

Tucker and a fellow POLICE OFFICER are doing paperwork next to

a MAN covered with BLOOD. Tucker has a double take when he

sees an unconscious Ron being wheeled in on a stretcher by two

PARAMEDICS.

79 INT. DALLAS MERCY HOSPITAL - HALLWAY - DAY 79

Visible through an open door, Ron lies in bed in a hospital

gown, hooked up to an I.V. tube. In the hall, Tucker and Dr.

Sevard are with the FDA’s Richard Barkley.

DR. SEVARD

We don’t know what the drugs are. He's

got HIV.

TUCKER:

Woodroof?

80 INT. DALLAS MERCY HOSPITAL - ROOM - CONTINUOUS 80

Ron hears the voices in the hallway.

RON:

That a party out there?

Dr. Sevard and the others hear Ron, enter his room.

DR. SEVARD

Mr. Woodroof.

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RON:

Doc-tor Sevard! You must be surprised to

see me.

DR. SEVARD

You nearly killed yourself. We need to

know where you acquired those drugs.

RON:

(re:
I.V. tube)

And I need to know what you're

pumpin' into me here.

DR. SEVARD

A combination of AZT...

RON:

What? Get it out!

Ron rips the I.V. out of his arm.

RON:

I’m gonna sue you for attempted murder!

Where’s my stuff?

DR. SEVARD

Your stuff gave you a heart attack.

RON:

Go to hell. I say what goes in my body,

not you. Final. Period. End of story.

DR. SEVARD

That decision, like it or not, is left up

to the people in this hospital.

RON:

This thing’s an epidemic and you’re still

lookin for guinea pigs. Well do I look

like a rodent to you?

RICHARD BARKLEY:

Mr. Woodroof, we tolerate the Buyers

Clubs. Now, every other organization in

the country is dancing with us but for

some reason, either you don't understand

what we're saying or you just don't give

a sh*t.

DR. SEVARD

You’re a fool if you think you’re helping

yourself.

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RON:

That’s right. I fooled you. You told me

I’d be dead in thirty days.

(MORE)

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RON (CONT'D)

Well HOWDYFUCKINDOODY, cuz it's a year

later and look whose still here?

Tucker tries to stifle a laugh.

RON:

Now I’m through with you. You got

anything to say, tell it to my real

doctor, Dr. Saks.

Rayon rushes in carrying Ron's leather jacket.

RAYON:

I was so worried -

RON:

(looks around)

Where’s my suitcase?

SEVARD:

Mr. Woodroof, would you please get back

in bed?

RON:

Nope. And if you're gonna call an

orderly on me, you'd better f***in' do

it, cuz this motherf***er is going home.

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Ron grabs his leather jacket and throws it on. He walks out 81

and we see he's naked under his gown.

82

INT. DALLAS MERCY HOSPITAL - DR. EVE SAKS' OFFICE - DAY 82

Eve sits behind her desk, Dr. Sevard standing across from her.

DR. SEVARD

You're his physician and you can't tell

me what medications he's on?

EVE:

He came in once for advice. I have

no idea what he does outside of this

hospital.

DR. SEVARD

Well the FDA confiscated over two

thousand vials of alpha interferon...

that he was about to sell to AIDS

patients. Our patients!

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EVE:

(testing the waters)

Actually, I've been reading about Buyers

Clubs. They say they found other drugs

that are eliminating symptoms.

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DR. SEVARD

Without controlled trials, we'll never be

able to cure this thing because we'llhave no legitimate data. Tell yourpatients to stay away from him.

With that, Sevard exits. On Eve.

83 INT. DALLAS BUYERS CLUB MOTEL - RAYON'S OFFICE - DAY 83

Lots of activity, many EMPLOYEES on phones, SHIPMENTS comingin, new CLIENTS lined up through the connecting door into...

RON'S OFFICE. Maps of the different locations around thecountry where buyers clubs have shown up, New-York, San-

Francisco, Miami.

RAYON:

(holding a phone)

This guy says the Florida Buyers Club ischeaper.

RON:

Then tell him to move to the f***in'

sunshine state!

A phone cradled in his neck, Ron accepts a shipment of severaldozen boxes from a guy we saw earlier in Mexico.

RON:

(into phone)

What do you mean you can't get it back?!

It was authorized by a doctor!

DAVID WAYNE (O.C.)

The FDA said it was a Japanese doctorwith no legal standing. What can I say,

they make it up as they go.

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RON:

Then check China, Amsterdam and Israel

cause that's where I'm f***in' goin'!

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85 MONTAGE 85

PLANES take off and LAND; we track Ron making his way throughvarious airports and international cities; we see a series ofDeparture Boards - Tel Aviv; Amsterdam; Hong Kong.

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