Edward Scissorhands Page #5

JIM:

The bastard had it wired separately. Come on.

KIM:

No, Jim. We can't just leave him here.

POLICEMAN:

We know you're in there.

OFFICER ALLEN:

We're in the process of deactivating the system

so that you can come out.

KIM:

Denny, turn around!

JIM:

No way!

KIM:

Jim, it's your house. They can't arrest you for

setting off your own alarm. We'll just tell

them we were breaking in.

JIM:

I'm not going back there. Okay?

KIM:

We have to go back.

JIM:

No, because my father will prosecute.

KIM:

His own son?

JIM:

Especially his own son. If Edward tells, I'll

kill him.

KIM:

Denny, turn around.

JIM:

No.

KIM:

Turn around. We have to.

OFFICER ALLEN:

Put your hands high in the air so we can see

them. Put your hands up!

POLICEMAN:

(to Allen)

He's got something in his hands. Looks like

knives.

OFFICER ALLEN:

Drop your weapon I repeat. Drop your weapon.

I'll ask you one more time and this is your

last warning. Drop your weapon. If you fail to

do so, we'll have to open fire. Don't make us

do that, please. Drop your weapons. Drop them.

Now. Looks like we got a psycho. Prepare to

fire.

(Neighbors gather and ask not to

fire.)

A WOMAN:

Please. We know him.

OFFICER ALLEN:

Alright, cuff him.

(At police station)

PEG:

But can we see him now?

POLICEMAN:

We'll have to hold him overnight for

observation.

PEG:

He has to stay in prison all night?

POLICEMAN:

Pick him up in the morning.

(criminal investigation section in

police station)

PEG:

Oh, Edward. Hello Edward, dear. I blame myself.

BILL:

(to Edward)

What in god's name was going through your mind,

son?

PEG:

Why don't I set a better example? You saw how I

envied Jim's parents, their money.

BILL:

What were you going to do with that stuff?

PEG:

Oh, I blithely say, "We'll get money for the

salon somehow." But I never meant stealing.

Stealing's not the way to get it. Stealing's

not the way to get anything.

BILL:

Except trouble. And you're in a heap of that.

PEG:

Why ever did you do this?

OFFICER ALLEN:

Will he be okay, Doc?

PSYCHOLOGIST:

The years in spent isolation have not equipped

him with the tools necessary to judge right

from wrong. He's had no context. He's been

completely without guidance. Furthermore his

work, the garden sculptures, hair styles, and

so forth. Indicate that he's a highly

imaginative.

OFFICER ALLEN:

Character.

PSYCHOLOGIST:

It seems clear that his awareness of what we

call reality is radically underdeveloped.

OFFICER ALLEN:

But will he be all right out there?

PSYCHOLOGIST:

Oh, yeah. He'll be fine.

OFFICER ALLEN:

(to Edward)

Listen. It could keep me up all night worrying

about you. Watch yourself.

(roadside)

MARGIE:

I heard this noise and ran out in my bathrobe.

JOYCE:

All along I felt in my gut. There was something

wrong with him.

MARGIE:

It could have been my house.

HELEN:

It could have been any of our houses.

ESMERALDA:

I warned you, didn't I? I saw the sign of satan

on him. You didn't heed my warning. but now

you will because now you see it too.

(Reporters approach Edward and

Peg.)

PEG:

Edward. You stay here.

REPORTER:

What do you say in your defense?

EDWARD:

Nothing.

PEG:

He didn't want to talk.

REPORTER:

You have to say something.

PEG:

He can't talk right now.

REPORTER:

No comments? No remarks?

REPORTER:

(to Edward)

So were you set up? What was going through your

mind? One comment.

PEG:

We have to get in the house. We don't want to

talk to you. We'll talk to you later.

REPORTER:

One comment.

PEG:

Well, for goodness sakes, Lois, I'll see you at

our Christmas party. Before I get you here for

your haircut. Of course, we'll have it this

year. Why wouldn't we have it this year? Well,

you may think that, but you're wrong.

KIM:

You're here. They didn't hurt you, did they?

Were you scared? I tried to make Jim go back,

but you can't make Jim do anything. Thank you

for not telling them about me.

EDWARD:

You are welcome.

KIM:

It must have been awful when they told you

whose house it was.

EDWARD:

I know it was Jim's house.

KIM:

You did?

EDWARD:

Yes.

KIM:

Well, then why did you do it?

EDWARD:

Because you asked me to.

(Jim called out for Kim.)

KIM:

Don't.

JIM:

What's the matter with you? When you are going

to stop? I did what I could. My old man think

he's retarded, otherwise he'd still be in jail.

What more do you want from me?

KIM:

You could tell the truth.

JIM:

So could do. You were there, too.

KIM:

It wasn't my idea. You know I didn't want to do

it.

JIM:

But you did do it. I don't get why you give

such a sh*t anyway.

BILL:

Well, we are going to try to help you find a

way to replace the drapes and the towels, but

our confidence in you, Edward, is not going to

be so easy to replace.

KIM:

Dad!

BILL:

Okay, a little ethics. You are walking down the

street. You find a suitcase full of money.

There's nobody around. No human person is in

evidence. What do you do? A

You keep the money. B

You use it to buy gifts for your friends and

your loved ones. C

You give it to the poor. D

You turn it into the police.

KIM:

That is really stupid.

PEG:

Kim!

KEVIN:

I keep the money.

PEG:

Simmer down.

BILL:

Edward?

KIM:

Hey, how about after dinner we go down to the

bowling alley? That will be fun.

PEG:

You are not seeing Jim tonight?

KIM:

No.

KEVIN:

You know we had a cool show-and-tell today.

This kid brought in a box of baby possums, 10.

maybe 12. Totally naked. No hair at all.

PEG:

Honey, this is fascinating. but I don't think

your father's finished yet.

BILL:

Thank you, dear. Edward, we are waiting.

EDWARD:

Give it to my loved ones?

PEG:

Oh, Edward, it does seem that that's what you

should do, bit it's not.

KEVIN:

You dope, everybody knows he's supposed to give

it to the police.

BILL:

Good thinking, Kevin.

KIM:

Well, think about it, you guys, I mean, that's

the nicer thing to do. That's what I would do.

BILL:

We're trying to make things easier for him, so

let's cut the comedy for a little while.

KIM:

I am being serious. It's a nicer thing to do.

BILL:

We're not talking nice. We're talking right and

wrong.

KIM:

Shut up.

PEG:

Oh, goodness sake, no wonder poor Edward can't

learn right from wrong living in his family.

(Margie and women on the phone.)

WOMAN 1

Did you hear what he did to Peg's curtains?

MARGIE:

It is unbelievable that they're having their

Christmas party anyway. Are you going?

WOMAN 1

Oh, I don't think so.

MARGIE:

He practically raped Joyce, you know

threatening her with those knives? It's a

miracle she escaped.

HELEN:

I don't have anything against Bill and Peg,

but...

JOYCE:

I know, I know. They've got that teenage

daughter in the house. Oh, those poor things

after what happened to me can you imagine?

HELEN:

What do you say to Peg about the Christmas

party?

MARGIE:

I said I hoped. We'd make it.

HELEN:

I lied, too.

(Peg's living room)

PEG:

Edward, do you want to give me that new

haircut?

EDWARD:

Again?

PEG:

yes, sure.

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