Donnie Darko Page #2

Despite his brave efforts to hold back laughter, Eddie Darko

lets out a slight guffaw.

INT. ELIZABETH'S ROOM - EVENING (SATURDAY NIGHT, 9 P.M.)

Elizabeth talks on the phone, getting ready for her Saturday

night. Rose knocks and then enters.

ELIZABETH:

(into the phone)

No. I took a year off to be with

you.

(beat)

Of course I care. Don't get angry.

(covering the phone)

What?

ROSE:

How did you know --

ELIZABETH:

(cutting her off)

I didn't realise it was such a big

deal.

ROSE:

It is a big deal.

ELIZABETH:

I caught him flushing pills down the

toilet. He knows you check the

container.

INT. DONNIE'S ROOM - NEXT

Donnie lies on his bed, reading "Collected Short Stories" by

Graham Greene. His room is an organised wreck.

Rose enters and begins to pick things up of the floor.

DONNIE:

Get out of my room.

Rose bitterly turns to leave, but stops at the door.

ROSE:

I wish I knew where you went at night.

(beat)

Did you toilet paper the Johnson's

house?

DONNIE:

(still reading)

I stopped rolling houses in the sixth

grade, Mom.

(beat)

Get out of my room.

ROSE:

You know... it would be nice to look

at you some time... and see my son.

I don't recognise this person today.

DONNIE:

Then why don't you start taking the

goddamn pills?

Donnie leans over and turns off his lamp. Rose turns and

leaves her son alone in the dark, closing the door behind

her.

DONNIE:

B*tch.

INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - NEXT

Rose stops in her tracks, hearing this. She then walks into

her bedroom and closes the door.

INT. MASTER BEDROOM - NEXT

Rose goes into bed with Eddie, who is reading a hardback

copy of Stephen King's "The Tommyknockers".

ROSE:

Our son just called me a b*tch.

EDDIE:

(beat)

You're not a b*tch.

INT. UPSTAIRS BATHROOM - NEXT

Donnie removes his pills from the medicine cabinet. We see

insert that reads: L. THURMAN M.D.

He looks at the bottle for a moment, and then takes three

pills and swallows them... staring at his reflection in the

mirror.

INT. MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT (12 A.M.)

Eddie sits up in bed, unable to sleep.

INT. FAMILY ROOM - NEXT

The TV pops on. Eddie drops into the La-Z Boy.

They are replaying a Bush/Dukakis debate. Eddie laughs.

INT. FOYER - NEXT

We pull back and pan over to a grandfather clock... as the

hand reaches midnight.

TITLE CARD:

OCTOBER 2 1988

INT. DONNIE'S ROOM - NIGHT (EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, 1 A.M.)

VOICE:

(whisper)

Wake... up... Donnie.

Donnie jerks upright in his bed, awakened from a bad dream.

He looks over at his alarm clock: 12:50 a.m. His expression

is distant... confused.

INT. FOYER - NEXT

Donnie walks downstairs.

INT. FAMILY ROOM - NEXT

Donnie stares at Eddie, asleep in the La-Z Boy.

INT. KITCHEN - NEXT

Donnie walks into the kitchen, removes the magic marker from

the refrigerator message board.

INT. FOYER - NEXT

Donnie walks to the front and exits the house.

EXT. DARKO HOUSE, FRONT YARD - NEXT

Donnie walks down the front walk to the street.

EXT. NEIGHBOURHOOD STREET - NEXT

Donnie walks down the street.

EXT. SEVENTH HOLE - NIGHT (1:30 A.M.)

Donnie arrives next to the pin and stares off into the

distance.

VOICE:

Helluva night for a walk... huh,

Donnie?

Donnie stares off into the distance.

VOICE:

Tonight is very special, Donnie.

DONNIE:

What?

VOICE:

I've been watching you.

(beat)

Do you believe in God, Donnie?

Donnie doesn't answer. He holds his stomach, taking deep

breaths.

VOICE:

God loves his children, Donnie. God

loves you.

There... standing on the seventh hole is a six-foot-tall

figure dressed in a grotesque bunny suit.

Donnie stares at the Bunny nervously as a wave of nausea

overcomes him.

BUNNY:

My name is Frank.

(beat)

I want you to follow me.

DONNIE:

Why?

FRANK:

I'm here to save you.

(beat)

The world is coming to an end, Donnie.

Donnie doesn't answer.

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