Father of the Bride Page #5

NINA:

Proper? Not you in a chef's hat, right George?

GEORGE:

Who said anything about a chef's hat? When did this come up?

NINA:

Yeah, but I know you. I'm close. Oh look, I just really saw this

whole thing differently. I wanted to call a wedding coordinator to

make the whole thing really, really beautiful and you want to call Gabe

at The Steak Pit!

GEORGE:

Wait a minute. A wedding coordinator? What's a wedding coordinator?

NINA:

A person who coordinates weddings.

GEORGE:

What's to coordinate?

NINA:

Well, there's the invitations, and the flowers, the food, the band, the

photographer, George, why are you giving me that look again? A lot of

people hire wedding coordinators.

GEORGE:

Nina, you and I run two successful businesses. We can certainly pull

together one smallish wedding. Now we don't need some fancy wedding

coordinator.

NINA:

Okay, George. Let's just forget it, okay? Because I just really can't

take this. I'm not used to all this arguing.

GEORGE:

I'm not arguing.

NINA:

So just...do me a favor, okay George? Just go on upstairs and I'll

finish up down here.

GEORGE:

All right. Fine. Fine. I'll go upstairs. However, I would like to

remind you what happened to what's his name down the street. His

daughter got married and the thing practically broke him. Remember?

NINA:

I remember.

GEORGE:

You and I could end up shuffling along the sidewalk in our

bathrobes...That was a joke.

NINA:

Hilarious!

GEORGE:

Oh, all right. I'll go. I'll meet the wedding coordinator. You know

I don't want to, but I'll go. If you still want me to go, all right?

NINA:

Mm hm.

GEORGE:

Okay?

NINA:

Okay.

SCENE 16

GEORGE:

Now let me do the talking, girls, okay?

ANNIE:

Huh?

GEORGE:

Well, I negotiate better than you. Now what's this guy's name?

NINA:

Franck.

GEORGE:

Frank.

ANNIE:

Franck.

GEORGE:

Franck?

ANNIE:

Franck. Oh, this is it.

NINA:

Okay. Here we go.

ANNIE:

Mom!

NINA:

Oh! This is just amazing. Oh my, Annie. Look. Look at this trim.

Isn't this beautiful? Pearls.

ANNIE:

Oh, Mom. Look at this one.

NINA:

Annie?

ANNIE:

Yeah?

NINA:

Do you like this plate set?

ANNIE:

Oh, it's beautiful.

HOWARD:

That china also comes in a wonderful Sarah Lee!

NINA:

Hi. You must be Franck?

HOWARD:

I wish. I'm Franck's assistant. Howard Weinstein.

NINA:

Well, I'm Nina Banks and this is Annie.

ANNIE:

Hi.

NINA:

The bride. And George, my husband.

GEORGE:

How do you do?

HOWARD:

May I offer anyone any refreshments? Pelagrino? Expresso? Champagne?

NINA:

Oh, uh....

GEORGE:

No.

NINA:

No.

HOWARD:

I'll alert the boss that you're here. Look around. Have fun.

NINA:

Oh! Oh, this is so great! Annie?

ANNIE:

Yeah.

NINA:

Wouldn't this be perfect for you?

ANNIE:

Oh, it's gorgeous. Look how it goes with the crystal.

FRANCK:

Mr. and Mrs. Banks and the lovely bride! Hello! Hello! It's a

pleasure to meet you. Howard has offered you something to drink, I

hope?

NINA &

ANNIE:

Oh yeah.

FRANCK:

Oh! The bride! The bride! The bride!

GEORGE:

(VO)

Right away I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.

This guy was going to coordinate our wedding? How? With subtitles?

FRANCK:

Oh, please. Come with me and we'll talk about your big day! The big

day for the bride! Papa-la, come on! Oh, sit down...on my own design.

I designed that, it's very nice, I think. Now, so you have not made up

your list yet, but you know that you want the wedding at home on

January 6th, right?

ANNIE:

Uh-huh.

NINA:

Yes.

GEORGE:

Excuse me?

NINA:

Yes. We would. We'd like a wedding at home on January the 6th.

FRANCK:

Mm. I love the weddings at the homes. They're very personable. Very

warm and very comfortable. So, January 6th, give us seven months. Oh-

oh, hello! That's five months! Five months not much, but...that don't

bother me so much because it's a little bit tight but we can do it and

it will be spectacular! So now, let's see. This is what I suggest. I

suggest that we select a cake first.

NINA:

Okay.

FRANCK:

Because the cake more often determines what kind of wedding that you

end up having. So let's just choose a cake, okay?

NINA:

Okay.

GEORGE:

Choose...Choose...Choose the what?

ANNIE:

The cake, Dad.

FRANCK:

Thank you dear assistant. This one. So this is a very popular cake

with many of the fashionable weddings, you know? And this...I just

don't do anymore. And this is fabulous.

NINA:

Oh. Oh, that is incredible! Annie, that's just like the one we saw in

the magazine.

ANNIE:

Do you like it Dad?

GEORGE:

Well, what is that? Is that dollars? $1,200?

FRANCK:

Well, Mr. Banks. This is a very reasonable price for a cake of this

magnitude.

GEORGE:

A cake, Franck, is made of flour and water. My first car didn't cost

$1,200.

FRANCK:

Well, welcome to the nineties, Mr. Banks!

GEORGE:

(VO)

Not only did I not understand a syllable this guy was saying, now I had

the feeling he was putting me down.

NINA:

Excuse me, but um...Franck, could we please have a second?

FRANCK:

Of course. Take some seconds. Howard, let's return calls.

SCENE 17

NINA:

All right, George. What's the problem? Do you want to leave?

GEORGE:

Do you?

NINA:

No, I like him. I think he's going to make this a beautiful wedding.

ANNIE:

Don't look at me. You guys decide.

NINA:

Give the man a chance, George. Please? Annie, do you like this cake?

ANNIE:

It is incredible, Dad.

GEORGE:

Well, all right. But let's just...

NINA:

We're going to, George. We're going to hold things down.

ANNIE:

We just...We won't go nuts.

GEORGE:

Thank you. Franck?

FRANCK:

Coming!

GEORGE:

We'll take the cake.

FRANCK:

Oh, good. Good. Don't worry, Mr. Banks. I'm going to bring the crew

over to the house and give it every thing that we have in the once over

department and in the end you'll be very, very happy. Trust me. You

just smile away. Now, interesting idea.

NINA:

Yes?

FRANCK:

We've got to determine the theme and color of the wedding. This is how

I see it. I think we go very elegant inside the church, you know?

GEORGE:

(VO)

With one swift move, I'd been cut out of the deal. Annie, Nina, and

Franck were in charge now.

FRANCK:

And beautiful china...Spode! And crystal to drop over dead for!

GEORGE:

(VO)

Old Dad was history.

SCENE 18

GEORGE:

(VO)

A few days later I was at work, relieved for once not to be talking

about the wedding.

GEORGE:

I wore those 750 trainers over the weekend.

DAVID:

Are they still stiff?

GEORGE:

Uh, I think they need a softer midsole.

SALESMAN:

Just back from the Orient, ladies, and I've got a new shipment,

beautiful merchandise. Gucci, Cartier, Louis Vuitton.

WOMAN:

I've never heard of Louis Vuitton.

SALESMAN:

He's big, darling, believe me...or they wouldn't be knocking 'em off.

Don't worry, Mr. Banks. They're on a break.

OLIVIA:

George? It's Franck's office. Line two.

GEORGE:

Uh, maybe I could see those mock ups by Friday, David? Thanks.

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