Flesh and Bone
- R
- Year:
- 1993
- 126 min
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Clem?
Turn down that thing, will ya?
You're gonna wake Scotty.
- What's that?
- The RCA.
- Scotty's got school tomorrow.
- All right.
Say, you haven't
seen my glasses, have you?
On the table next to the clock.
Yes, you're such a pretty girl,
aren't you?
- No, they're not here.
- Try the washroom.
What's gotten into Jack?
Anderson's b*tch
must be in heat again.
I'll go run her up the road.
What is it, Jack?
That old b*tch doggin' you again?
Lulu, is that you out there?
You go on home, now, you hear?
Go on. Get.
What the devil?
Still dead?
I don't understand it.
County ran a new wire
just last month.
You can drive him into town
in the mornin'.
a good night's rest anyway.
You get anything more
out of him?
No. He just
keeps saying he's lost.
Scotty, what are you doing
down here?
You don't know this here boy,
do you, son?
- Hush.
- I'll put him in the barn. Come on.
Come on.
You get out.
Why don't we go upstairs
and run you a bath?
Didn't your mama think
to give you a haircut?
Now, what is this?
My God.
Who'd do such a thing to a boy?
They're supposed to be asleep.
You always know
they're supposed to be asleep.
Somebody else in this house
beside that baby?
Somebody else in this house?
Boy, I am your father...
and you answer your father.
in this house?
Is this one as smart
as the other one?
Afraid so.
How come they're all
named Betty?
Well, now,
that is a good question.
Maybe they're not as smart
as we think.
Here.
Stick with the jukebox.
My bird's fryin' her ass
out there in the hot sun, Theodore.
Yeah, well, County Health's gonna
fry my ass if I put her back inside.
- I serve food here, Arlis.
- So to speak.
And by the way,
some 14-year-old kid...
bought a pack of cigarettes
out of your machine there...
and his parents
are threatening to sue me.
- You want me to take it out?
- Hell, no.
I'm just tellin' you
what I'm up against.
Your mangy chicken's the least
of my problems.
You should have heard the stink
over the rubbers last week.
Do we have to have a prophylactic
machine in the ladies' toilet?
We are doing 2-to-1
compared to the men's room.
I know, Arlis,
but this ain't Abilene.
We're a small town.
We got small-town values.
- Am I right, Cindy?
- Amen.
Like I said,
you just missed him.
We were preparing
to close the casket.
Well, it's probably best.
I was sort of the black sheep
of the family.
Well, as they say,
"In death, all is forgiven."
That's a nice sentiment.
I'll have to remember that.
Exactly what relation are you?
It's complicated.
Would you mind
giving us a moment alone?
Of course.
The book is here
if you care to sign.
Thank you.
God bless, whoever you are.
You know, my face breaks out
about two days after you leave town.
Every time,
like some goddamn teenaged girl.
- It's the chocolate.
- I know. I just can't help myself.
How come you don't have those cheese
and peanut butter crackers anymore?
They pick up pinworms
in the heat.
Pinworms? Jesus.
Too bad.
My kids love those things.
You want a carton of Kools
for Nathan?
No. He's quit. Again.
Jesus. I never get used
to these chickens.
- About twenty-five.
- Twenty... Twenty-five late?
Lay it down.
You heard about Lou Jamison?
to unload his machines.
Was. Pudge Riley
got to her Friday last.
He get the Remingtons?
Two dozen electro-slots.
Says he's got a buyer
for 'em in Oklahoma.
All I know is
Lou Jamison's widow is sittin'...
on all the Texaco stations
in Benson County...
and most of the Dairy Queens,
with no machines.
I don't want Benson County.
But Arlis, I had to drive
through Benson to get here.
- Why not expand a little?
- I'm big enough.
- I don't need Benson.
- But Arlis...
Just make a note
about the machines, Elliot.
Say, Arlis, I almost forgot.
There was a fella askin'
about you over in Woodlake.
- Denny Harris?
- No. Just some fella.
Said he knew you from way back.
I figured he must've
worked for you sometime.
- Why is that?
- He had one of our dimes.
You know, the blue juke dimes?
- You get a name?
- He didn't offer. I didn't ask.
Said he wanted to look you up.
Anyway, I stayed vague.
You did right.
I'll see you on the 7th.
Looks like I'm gonna
be stretchin' felt in the mornin'.
You're gonna be stretchin' your luck
if you're thinkin' about take-out...
anytime soon.
It is a slight feverish tonight.
Just wait till that damn cake
pops its lid.
Unless that little pastry inside
comes with a bicycle pump...
and two sisters, there ain't gonna
be a farm animal safe tonight.
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Three, two, one!
Christ Almighty.
Just put her in my pickup.
- Lookin' good.
- Here's to ya, honey!
Feel like knockin' a few sins
off your ledger, Arlis?
You want me to find out
if she's got a home.
And take her there.
What's the damage?
Well, put it this way.
Feed this girl a cucumber,
it'd come out pickles.
Jesus.
I figure the bed's one
of those vibratin' numbers...
so that explains the quarters.
Nobody could possibly
fancy pretzel twists that much...
so I figured you won some kind
of weird contest.
As for the condoms, well,
either you got a yen...
for cheerleading squads,
or we had the night of all nights.
Whatever.
There's an explanation.
As for the blue chicken,
I need a little help with that one.
- You passed out.
- Who wouldn't?
The coins just need
to be papered for the bank.
The condoms and the twists
are inventory.
The chicken's Brainy Betty.
I take it Betty's one
of the exotics?
She plays tic-tac-toe.
What makes her so brainy?
She wins nine times out of ten.
You want some coffee?
You got a machine for that too?
Half a dozen
in the next three counties.
But given the circumstances
of your immediate past...
I would suggest the real bean.
You wouldn't happen to have a pair
of chinos and a belt, would ya?
"Boo-boo"?
Story of my life.
Wait. Don't forget Lorraine.
Peek's Beauty Academy,
right outside Red Grove...
near Green Gene's Pickle Factory.
Buy a burger around here, chances
are it's Green Gene's under the bun.
Anyway...
seein' as the beauty academy was
next door to the pickle factory...
we always had plenty of people
to practice on.
So one day I'm doin'
this tint job on this lady...
and my instructor comes over
and is giving me...
The collar picked up
a little perfume...
so if you got a suspicious wife,
I'd run some soap through it.
I don't need to worry about that.
Headin' home?
I don't think so.
I got a girlfriend up in Bayview.
That oughta be enough for now.
- You got a coat?
- Yeah.
- Money?
- Sure.
Well, thanks for the eggs.
Everything.
Thanks for the company.
It must get lonely
on the road sometimes.
Like anything else,
you're born to it.
Well, you're a born listener,
that's for sure.
Depends on who's talkin'.
- What's your name?
- Kay.
All right, Kay.
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