Gone Girl Page #14

keep goodies for anniversary five

So open the door—and look alive.

116 INT. SOMEWHERE - SOMETIME 116

A pen—OBGYN with a stork—cursives across the DIARY. July 5,

2012. We see the words as we hear:

AMY (V.0.)

I’m not going to be scared anymore.

117 INT. DUNNE KITCHEN - DAY 117

She is looking through cabinets, finds a jar marked with her

writing:
EAT YOUR BEANS! She pulls out a lentil.

AMY (V.0.)

I thought our marriage was dead and

then—the most wonderful thing. Our *

baby is six weeks in my belly

today. The size of a lentil.

(tucks lentil in pocket)

So for the baby’s sake, I’m going *

to be positive from now on. Sane.

Happy.

118 INT. AMY’S OFFICE - DAY 118

We FINALLY pull up and see AMY. Holding the STORK PEN.

AMY (V.0.)

I will practice believing my *

husband loves me and will love this

baby. That this child really might *

save our marriage. *

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She looks out the window and sees NICK as we first saw him,

standing in the yard, watching the SUNRISE. He turns and

heads toward the house with those purposeful strides.

AMY (V.0.)

But I could be wrong. *

119 INT. NICK’S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 119

NICK is frantically scribbling. Copying words from the note:

Wood. Oak, Maple. Cradle? Where store wood? PUNISH? He rises.

His face is TWISTED.

AMY (V.0.)

Because sometimes, the way he looks

at me?

120 INT. BILL DUNNE’S HOUSE - BASEMENT - NIGHT 120

Boney, on her hands and knees, looks up and sees the FLAME of

the furnace light, the door AJAR.

AMY (V.0.)

I think:
Man of my dreams—

121 EXT. DUNNE HOUSE - NIGHT 121

NICK hustles to the treeline, begins RUNNING.

AMY (V.0.)

-father of my child:

122 INT. SOMEWHERE - SOMETIME 122

We see Amy close the diary, see the cover finally.

AMY (V.0.)

This man of mine may kill me. *

123 INT. BILL DUNNE’S HOUSE - BASEMENT - NIGHT 123

BONEY frowns into the furnace. She pulls out the DIARY.

124 EXT. GO’S HOUSE - NIGHT 124

NICK runs behind the house, toward a decrepit old WOODSHED.

DOOR opens onto NICK’s face.

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AMY (V.0.)

He may truly kill me.

A sick realization dawns on NICK.

OH man oh god oh man oh god oh man oh god oh man

BLACK SCREEN:

AMY (V.0.)

I’m so much happier now that I’m

dead.

FADE IN TO:

125 INT. AMY’S FESTIVA - DAY 125

AMY is breezing down the highway, picture of freedom, hair

flowing in the wind. On the seat next to her, all the PENS

from her DIARY entries wobble. Amy grabs the pen from the

first DIARY entry—PINK, feathered, silly—and snaps it in two.

AMY (V.0.)

Technically, missing. Soon to be

presumed dead.

126 EXT. HIGHWAY - DAY 126

The Festiva zips past a sign: LEAVING NORTH CARTHAGE: Ya’ll

Come Back Now! The broken PINK pen hits it like gunshot.

AMY:

Gone.

TITLE CARD:

JULY 5, 2012

11:
17 A.m.

THE MORNING OF:

127 INT. AMY’S FESTIVA - DAY 127

Amy’s FOREARM is bandaged like a blood donor’s.

AMY *

I am gone and my lazy, lying, *

cheating, oblivious husband will go *

to prison for my murder. *

A CLOSEUP of a To Do List; F*** NICK DUNNE. Next to each item

is a checkbox. We scan down to ITEM 133: GET RID OF PENS. Amy

looks into her rearview as North Carthage fades away.

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AMY (V.0.)

Nick Dunne took my pride and my

dignity and my hope and my money.

Amy grabs the AMAZING AMY WEDDING pen and snaps it.

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He took and took from me until I no *

longer existed. That’s murder. Let *

the punishment fit the crime. *

A scroll down Amy’s to-do list, which is aged: wrinkles,

coffee splotches, a single drop of blood. It is in three

columns, 154 items long, in chronological order. On July, 5,

2012, in the largest block letters it reads: KILL AMY.

128 INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - DAY 128

Amy surrounded by true-crime books, watching ELLEN ABBOTT.

AMY (V.0.)

To fake a convincing murder you

have to have discipline.

A129 EXT. FOREST GLEN - DAY A129 *

AMY is talking to an outraged, attentive NOELLE as they walk. *

AMY (V.0.) *

You befriend an idiot and cram her *

with stories about your husband’s *

temper. *

129 INT. DUNNE BEDROOM - NIGHT 129

We see Amy on her laptop, a scattering of credit cards—all in

Nick’s name nearby. On the website of an UPSCALE GADGET

store:
ROBOT DOG is featured. She clicks: ADD TO CART.

AMY (V.0.)

You create some money troubles.

130 INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - DAY 130

Nick’s watching TV; Amy has him sign papers. He barely looks.

AMY (V.0.)

You bump up your life insurance.

131 EXT. RIVERWALK - DAY 131 *

Amy is joining a VISIBLY PREGNANT NOELLE on a powerwaddles. *

They run into another PREGNANT woman; NOELLE and the woman

compare bellies.

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AMY (V.0.)

And then you realize the piece de

resistance your story was missing. *

A third woman smiles approvingly as she passes. Amy is

assessing the situation with her expert eye.

AMY:

America loves pregnant women. As if *

it’s so hard to spread your legs. *

You know what hard? Faking a

pregnancy.

132 INT. AMY OFFICE - DAY 132

Amy is following the steps on youtube: HOW to DRAIN a TOILET.

AMY (V.0.)

First drain your toilet.

133 OMIT - EXT. DUNNE HOUSE - DAY 133 *

134 OMIT - INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - DAY 134 *

135 INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - DAY 135 *

A pitcher of LEMONADE with two large glasses sits on the *

table. NOELLE, embarrassed, is peering out of bathroom. *

AMY *

Invite pregnant idiot for lemonade. *

136 INT. DUNNE DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM - NIGHT 136 *

Amy, hands in dish gloves, dips a LADLE into the toilet. *

AMY (V.0.)

Steal pregnant idiot’s urine.

137 INT. DOC OFFICE BATHROOM - DAY 137

Amy pours URINE from the jar into SPECIMEN cup.

AMY (V.0.)

Voila. A pregnancy is now part of

your legal medical record.

She looks in the mirror and practices receiving the GOOD

news. Then she STEALS a handful of NEEDLE CATHETERS.

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138 EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT 138

AMY swaps cash-for-keys with a couple, the wife holds a baby.

AMY (V.0.)

Buy getaway car. *

139 OMIT - INT. DUNNE BEDROOM - NIGHT 139 *

140 INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - DAY 140

Amy watches Nick drive away. As soon as he hits the corner,

She starts staging her murder scene: tossing tables,

upturning the ottoman. Throwing herself around violently.

AMY (V.0.)

Stage crime scene. *

She examines the room’s disarray. Good. As she leaves, she

notices the picture FRAMES face down and rights them.

141 INT. KITCHEN - DAY 141

AMY sits on the floor with a stolen MEDICAL NEEDLE in her *

vein. Her BLOOD is POOLING steadily onto the floor. *

AMY (V.0.)

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