Gone Girl Page #18

They drink. *

NICK (CONT’D) *

Walk me through what happened. *

TOMMY:

I meet Amy at this party-2004. We *

CLICK. She’s perfect. Like, if I

could make up a girl, this would be

the f***ing girl.

He pulls out a photo of Tommy and AMY, in full Indie Rock

Dream Girl mode—unlike any other Amy we’ve seen.

TOMMY (CONT’D)

I think:
what’s the catch? Few

months and it hits me: She was just *

playing at being Indie Rock Dream *

Girl.

NICK:

And now she’s done playing.

TOMMY:

Apply yourself! Hustle for those

gigs! Play this venue and meet that

executive. She bought me ties. *

Nick and Tommy’s next round arrives.

TOMMY (CONT’D) *

I mean, girls like a fixer—upper, *

but. . .She invaded me. She made me *

her business. And she wanted me to *

do the same for her. It was too *

much. I wasn’t even sure I wanted *

to be the guy she wanted me to be. *

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TOMMY (CONT’D)

So I break—up with her, back away, *

whatever. . . It was no big deal. Or *

so I think.

(pause for drink)

Then Amy shows up one night. She’s *

got a bottle of bourbon and this *

bootleg of a band I love, and—f***

she’s all over me—and when this

girl gets all over you—sorry, she’s

your wife. But pretty soon-

NICK:

You had sex.

TOMMY:

Consensual! Nothing funky. Next

thing I know, the cops are at my

door. Amy has wounds that are

“consistent with rape.” Marks on

her wrists as if I tied her up. Me.

I tied her to my bed and raped her.

Nick slugs his bourbon.

TOMMY (CONT’D)

(whispering)

And guess what they find? Headboard

of my bed, one on each side.

NICK:

She framed you with the ties you

wouldn’t wear.

TOMMY:

You know your wife. *

NICK *

All this because- *

TOMMY *

You date, you get your heart *

broken, you date someone new. *

Circle of life, right? Wrong. I *

don’t think she’d ever been *

rejected. Like, ever. Can you *

imagine being almost 30 years old *

and never having had anything go *

wrong for you? *

NICK:

Did you ever see her again?

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TOMMY:

On TV, last week! I thought,

there’s our 2~iny, she’s graduated

from rape to murder.

NICK:

I may have to depose you. *

TOMMY *

I may have to relocate to *

Kazakhstan. I’m serious, man, I *

will not say a word against that *

girl. She f***ed me up. And I just *

dated her a few months. I can’t

imagine what she’s got in store for

~QU.

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178 INT. CABIN - NIGHT 178 *

AMY is in Greta’s cabin. They’re sitting on the BED. GRETA is *

munching chips and bean dip and a bottle of Mountain Dew. *

GRETA is flipping, flipping. Ah! ELLEN ABBOTT, growling about

AMY. AMY stops her.

GRETA:

You been watching this too? We just

found out—

ELLEN:

-last night’s bombshell: Amy

Elliott Dunne was indeed pregnant

when she went missing.

Amy settles in, RAPT.

ON TV:
Pop ups to two other “experts”.

ELLEN (CONT’D)

Kelly Capitono:
This makes me want

to throw up. What is it about a

pregnant woman—a woman carrying

life inside her-that makes men turn *

into animals?

KELLY:

(Behavioral Psychologist)

Ellen, the third leading cause of *

death for a pregnant woman is

homicide—committed by a boyfriend *

or husband. *

ELLEN:

Let’s not forget about the wife. *

Ever. Tonight we welcome Amy’s best

friend, Noelle Hawthorne.

NOELLE, clearly enjoying her day in the sun, appears.

NOELLE:

Thank you so much, Ellen, and let

me say this:
Amy would have loved

you, and all you do for women.

ELLEN:

Tell us about your friend. *

NOELLE:

Amy was so nurturing. So maternal.

She was just an angel.

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GRETA:

I’d love if just once someone was

like:
“She was a real rag.”

Amy moves herself in front of the TV, blocking off Greta. *

NOELLE:

She was what every woman wants to

be:
beautiful and smart and kind.

Photos of Amy float on screen: prep school, Harvard, black—

ties etc. The image of the Good Life. Amy, watching, GLOWS.

GRETA:

She seems like a rich b*tch to me.

Greta gets up to pee but doesn’t close the door so she can *

keep talking to Amy—even if she can’t see her. *

ELLEN *

You two were neighbors— *

AMY:

What do you mean? People love her! *

NOELLE *

—who became friends. Before I was a *

mom, I was a teacher, so Amy and I *

had the same interests in education *

and whatnot. *

GRETA (O.S.) *

Seems uppity. Spoiled rich girl,

married a cheating a**hole. Paid

the ultimate price.

NOELLE *

We had no secrets. The only secret *

was her husband. We never met Nick. *

He never introduced himself. *

She SPITS in Greta’s BEAN DIP and Mountain Dew. *

ELLEN *

Why was that, Noelle? *

NOELLE *

I think we know why. Because he has *

a violent temper. He was not a nice *

man. He knew I’d see right through *

him. *

AMY:

That’s harsh. *

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ELLEN *

What is your last memory of your *

friend, Noelle? *

GRETA (O.S.) *

That’s life, baby. *

NOELLE *

I was giving her advice about being *

a mom. I was trying to support her, *

because she was so alone, so *

innocent. *

FLUSH. Amy sits back down. Picture of INNOCENCE.

GRETA:

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not OK he

killed her. I’m just saying there

are consequences.

179 INT. GO’S - NIGHT 179

Go is watching Ellen Abbott while on the phone with Nick.

GO:

You landed Tanner Bolt.

ELLEN:

And while his wife is missing, Nick

Dunne’s playing with his robot dog.

Yeah, did ya hear this? Nick Dunne

has credit—card debt of $100,000

dollars, including a thousand

dollar robot dog. What kind of man

buys that, Lauren Nevens?

180 INT. AIRPORT - NIGHT 180

Nick waits to board. Baseball cap very low. ELLEN ABBOTT is

on every TV.

NICK:

Tanner Bolt landed me. I’m going to

see Desi Collings on the way home.

ONTV:

LAUREN:

(Behavioral Psychologist)

Ellen, Nick Dunne is not a man,

psychologically.

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NICK:

Go? Tanner’s retainer is $100,000

dollars. That’s just the retainer.

181 INT. GO’S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 181

ON TV:
A flickering video image of Nick’s DAD being led

inside the interior of Comfort Hill. He looks HARMLESS.

GO:

I’ve got $47,000 in savings and I’m

approved for a second mortgage on

the house. We’ll go from there.

ELLEN:

Nick keeps his father.. .who has

Alzheimer’s. . .in this home. Number

of times he visited last year: Q~.

182 INT. AIRPORT - NIGHT 182 *

NICK:

Go, thank you.

ON TV:
Go is outside Nick’s house; flips of f a cameraman—the *

shot we saw the night of the vigil. *

ELLEN:

His twin sister, Margo, is a peach.

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