Dallas Buyers Club Page #4

Ron takes a step towards Clint, T.J. gets up and stands

between them.

T.J.

C’mon Ron, we don’t want no trouble.

Ron puts a fake, friendly hand on T.J.’s shoulder who backs

off immediately. Ron moves closer, plays with T.J. and the

others. They’re all scared of being touched.

Dallas Buyers Club / Green Revision / Dec 2, 2012 / P. 18

RON:

(sarcastic)

Where you goin', bud? I thought

you're my friend.

Ron looks at him, grabs T.J.'S BEER from his hands and downs

it, then fakes as if he's going to hit T.J. with it. T.J.

flinches, then Ron SLAMS it on the table. Gives one last look

to all of them.

RON:

F*** all ya'll.

And as Ron exits, we PRE-LAP...

RICK FERRIS (V.O.)

As I stand here tonight, clinical trials

are underway with an eye toward fast-

tracking AZT and making it available

for the public as soon as possible.

23 INT. DRADDY AUDITORIUM - DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL - NIGHT 23

Rick Ferris from Barrow Wilkem stands at the podium before the

packed room.

RICK FERRIS:

In short, I'm happy to say that help may

finally be on the way.

That is Ron's POV as he listens to Ferris, looking around at

the crowd, who are almost exclusively gay MEN. Ron wanders

toward a table lined with LITERATURE. An EFFEMINATE MAN

approaches him with a pamphlet. Ron stares at him blankly.

The man opens his arms to give him a hug.

EFFEMINATE MAN:

It’s okay brother. We’re all getting -

RON:

Tooth fairy, if we weren’t in a public

place right now, your teeth would be so

far down your throat you’d be usin’ your

ass to chew food.

The Man’s eyes go wide as he backs off. Ron turns back to the

table, takes a few pamphlets. Titles include: "POPPERS STUDY:

POSSIBLE CAUSE OF AIDS"; "AZT SHOWS SIGNS OF PROMISE". Ron

drifts toward the front, where the CROWD is getting hostile.

AUDIENCE MEMBER #1 (O.C.)

How long before AZT is approved?

Dallas Buyers Club / Green Revision / Dec 2, 2012 / P. 19

RICK FERRIS:

The FDA standard procedure to approve a

new drug is eight to twelve years -

AUDIENCE MEMBER #2 (O.C.)

(cutting him off)

We're dying here!

RICK FERRIS:

We are looking to fast track -

AUDIENCE MEMBER #1 (O.C.)

(cutting him off)

We need it now!

RICK FERRIS:

We're working closely with the FDA to

make sure every effort is made-

AUDIENCE MEMBER #2 (O.C.)

The hell, if it works even a little,

we'll take the chance!

General shouts of agreement from the CROWD.

RICK FERRIS:

It's both our job and the FDA's to make

sure the drug is safe -

EFFEMINATE MAN:

Is it true you can get it in Mexico?!

AUDIENCE MEMBER #2 (O.C.)

What about dextran sulfate?!

As the chaos and shouting continues, Ron walks out in

frustration and we're suddenly-

24 INT. STRIP CLUB - NIGHT 24

CLOSE ON -- a line of flickering CANDLES.

That's Ron's POV as he grimaces, despair in his eyes. He

doesn't look at the moving, out-of-focus SILHOUETTES in front

of him.

RON:

(mumbles to himself)

I need to slow it down a second, catch my

breath. I'm not ready to crawl into a

corner. You hear that? I'm not f***ing

ready. Man, if you're up there you

better be listening.

(MORE)

Dallas Buyers Club / Green Revision / Dec 2, 2012 / P. 19A

RON (CONT'D)

And if there's a chance, if I got one

f***ing chance, send me a sign.

Dallas Buyers Club / Green Revision / Dec 2, 2012 / P. 20

Ron downs a shooter and grimaces again. He slams the glassdown on a table among empty glasses and looks up at thecandles on a stage in front of a STRIPPER, lost in histhoughts. Then he looks up and sees something across theroom, past the stripper. She tries to get his attention.

STRIPPER:

If you're not gonna look or buy a dance,

you could at least tip me.

Ron stands and throws some bills on the stage.

RON:

I'll take a dance, but not fer me.

Just shake it, he'll see you.

Ron looks heavenward.

Thanks.

RON:

And he walks off towards a man at the end of the bar: the

Hispanic Orderly from the hospital.

25 EXT. DALLAS MERCY HOSPITAL - REAR - NIGHT 25

Cowboy boots nervously play with a McDonald’s Bag on the

ground next to a garbage dumpster. They stop when theHispanic Orderly walks out of the hospital. He gets to thedumpster, throws a BROWN PAPER BAG in it, picks up theMcDonald's bag, looks inside and leaves without a word.

26 INT. RON’S TRAILER - NIGHT 26

Ron sits at the table, removes a box of pills from the baglabeled AZT, FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY.

Dallas Buyers Club / Green Revision / Dec 2, 2012 / P. 21

Ron removes a pill, decides two is better, washes them down

with a beer, and sniffs a line of coke. Looks at his

reflection in the turned-off T.V.

27 EXT. OIL FIELD - DAY 27

As Ron pulls up to his jobs site in his battered '73 Lincoln,

he spots T.J., Clint and a half dozen other WORKERS through

the windshield, all staring at him menacingly. Before Ron

gets out, the Foreman emerges through the crowd. Without a

word, the guy just slowly shakes his head. Ron gives him the

finger and drives off, popping a few more AZT pills.

A27 EXT. DALLAS MERCY HOSPITAL - REAR - NIGHT A27

The Hispanic Orderly throws a BROWN PAPER BAG in the dumpster,

picks up a fast food bag, and leaves.

28 EXT. RODEO STADIUM - BLEACHERS - DAY 28

Empty; closed for the day. Ron sits in the empty bleachers,

sweaty and shivering; he looks horrible, maybe disoriented.

He pops a pill of AZT and drinks from a bottle of Tequila.

29 EXT. TRAILER PARK - NIGHT 29

A labyrinth of identical trailers. Ron wanders, searching for

his own. Confused, he changes direction and continues to make

his way down the different rows.

He stops in front of one and stares at the door where two

YOUNG BOYS are seated on the steps, staring back at him.

RON:

The hell you doin’ here?

He waves them aside. As he walks up the steps, his neighbor

BUCKY and his WIFE stare at him blankly.

RON:

F*** you doin' in my house?

Ron doesn't realize that he's not at his place.

30 INT. DALLAS MERCY HOSPITAL - DR. EVE SAKS' OFFICE - DAY 30

Sitting on an examining table, meet RAYON, a cross-dresser in

his early 30s, in long eyelashes, earrings, painted nails with

a pink scarf tied around a full brown curly wig.

Dallas Buyers Club / Green Revision / Dec 2, 2012 / P. 21A

EVE:

(reviewing a chart)

You missed your last trial appointment.

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RAYON:

Do you like this blouse? Cause I think

the neckline's too low.

Eve leans against the sink, annoyed. She pulls her mask down.

EVE:

Rayon, the whole point of this study is

to determine whether AZT is helping

people.

RAYON:

Come on, Evie, you know there ain't no

helpin' me.

EVE:

That doesn't mean I'm going to stop

trying.

RAYON:

Why you so good to me?

Rayon watches Eve for a while, with affection. He grabs her

and holds on to her. These two seem to have a history.

31 EXT. DALLAS MERCY HOSPITAL - REAR - DAY 31

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