Gone Girl Page #20

NICK:

Andie wouldn’t-

TANNER:

Andie will. They always do. Don’t

take it personally.

Pause while he lets this sink in.

TANNER (CONT’D)

Amy has us in an interesting bind.

We need to tell the cops about

Andie—they have to find out from *

us. But right now, Andie just gives *

you another motive. We need to tell

the cops about the woodshed—we have *

to be on the front end of that. But *

let me tell you what will happen if *

we do:
they will go after Go. *

NICK *

Go has nothing to do- *

TANNER *

Her property. Go was your *

accomplice, she helped you hide the *

stuff, in all likelihood she knows *

you killed Amy. *

NICK *

So what do we do?

TANNER:

We find Amy. Any other strategy is *

missing the point. I’ve got two *

guys—ex secret service—I’ll get *

them on it. So where do they start, *

Nick? Where would Amy go? *

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193 EXT. MINIGOLF COURSE - NIGHT 193

A red golf ball rolls into a hungry CROCODILE’S mouth. AMY,

GRETA and JEFF are putting through a vacant, decrepit mini

golf course. They hold plastic cups of beer.

AMY:

Shouldn’t we keep score?

No one listens. GRETA putts wildly, her ball bouncing over an

alligator’s mouth into the slimy water--two holes over. GRETA

swats JEFF’S butt as he goes to retrieve her ball. He swats

hers back and goes to fetch the ball. GRETA smiles after him.

AMY (CONT’D)

I thought we were steering clear of

men for a while.

GRETA:

He’s nice.

AMY:

Because he wants to f*** you. *

AMY is sulking:
She’s used to being the courtee. JEFF

returns, drying the ball on his shirt before presenting it.

JEFF:

(to Greta)

She still moping about her ex?

AMY snaps to, frowns at GRETA: You told him?

GRETA:

He got cheated on too.

JEFF:

We three here are the saddest sacks

in the Ozarks.

They move on to a decaying Statue of Liberty.

AMY:

I’m not sad. I’m angry.

GRETA:

There you go!

JEFF:

I almost drank myself to death when

my wife left me.

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AMY:

I was going to kill myself. Can you

believe that?

JEFF:

Don’t give him the pleasure.

AMY:

I was going to drown myself in the

Gulf of Mexico, let myself be

dinner for great whites-

GRETA:

Gulf is bull sharks, Miss Nawlins. *

AMY:

Why should I die? I’m not the

a**hole.

JEFF:

Put that on a T-shirt.

Amy putts beautifully: hole on in onel JEFF bear-hugs her. He *

feels the money belt beneath her shirt and squeezes it. *

JEFF (CONT’D) *

What’s up, Chubs? *

With a flick, he lifts up her shirt to look at it. *

GRETA *

Moneybags~ Thought you said you *

were broke. *

Amy is flustered, yanks her shirt down. *

GRETA (CONT’D)

That’s a pretty fat wad.

AMY:

Mostly singles.

GRETA:

Singles? You a stripper?

Greta and Jeff laugh at the very idea.

JEFF:

Treasure Chest or Lake Gurlz?

Amy is visibly annoyed.

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GRETA:

Ah, come on, we’re just teasing.

Don’t people tease in NOLA? *

194 INT. CABIN NIGHT 194

Ellen Abbott on TV as AMY watches. On the calendar next to

her crossed out KILL SELF is now: FIND JOB?

ELLEN:

Expect Nick Dunne’s arrest any day

now. We’ve got blood in the house,

huge debt, an unwanted pregnancy,

and we have Amy Elliott Dunne,

missing now for five days, crying

out for justice.

AMY counts out her CASH. Not liking the result. She counts

again. Same. She is counting again when the door rattles.

ANY:

Hello?

The door stops rattling. Amy opens it. No one is outside.

195 OMIT - INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 195 *

196 OMIT - EXT. BACKYARD - NIGHT 196 *

197 OMIT - EXT. THE BAR - NIGHT 197 *

198 OMIT - EXT. COLLEGE BAR - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT 198 *

199 OMIT - INT. COLLEGE BAR - NIGHT 199 *

200 OMIT - INT. THE BAR - LATER 200 *

201 OMIT - EXT. CABINS - MORNING 201 *

202 OMIT - INT. LOBBY BUSINESS CENTER - DAY 202 *

203 OMIT - EXT. CABIN - DAY 203 *

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204 OMIT - INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM DAY 204

205 INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - DAY 205

Nick stands behind the door as he opens for GO and TANNER.

We hear DOZENS of reporters: TANNERI CAN WE GET A STATEMENT?

GO and TANNER enter. GO hands NICK a bag of groceries.

NICK:

Never thought I’d be a guy who

couldn’t get a pizza delivered.

TITLE CARD:

JULY 11, 2012

SIX DAYS GONE:

GO:

Milk, peanut butter, bread, *

bourbon. Tanner’s got a bad idea *

he’s going to pitch you.

TANNER:

Sharon Schieber is going to

interview you tomorrow. St. Louis.

GO:

It could go so wrong.

TANNER:

And you are going to tell her about

Andie.

GO:

No~

NICK:

Tanner that sounds-

TANNER:

Nick, you haven’t heard from her in

three days. It’s a ticking time

bomb. You gotta throw yourself on

it.

NICK:

People will hate me.

TANNER:

And then they’ll forgive you. A guy

admitting he’s a giant a**hole?

People love that stuff.

NICK:

Why not just release a statement?

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TANNER *

Sharon’s specials get 10 million *

viewers. Sharon’s a crusader. If *

she takes you on as a cause- *

GO *

She’s going to ask hard questions. *

TANNER *

I’ll drill Nick as if this were a *

deposition. How to talk, how to *

act. *

GO *

A trained monkey. *

TANNER *

A trained monkey who doesn’t get *

lethal injection, yes. Look, this *

case hangs on what people think of *

Nick. They need to like him. *

A pause. *

TANNER (CONT’D) *

You’ll reach millions of people. *

NICK *

I just need to reach one person. *

*

A206 EXT. CABIN PATH - WATER TOWER - AFTERNOON A206 *

Amy is hustling down the path with a plastic bag full of *

cleaning supplies. *

JEFF *

Yoo—hoo! *

Amy looks around, mystified, then looks up at JEFF and GRETA, *

hanging out, sharing a joint. *

GRETA *

Climb on up! *

AMY *

I’ve got laundry. *

GRETA *

Bumper boats later? *

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AMY *

Yeah, sure. Sounds good. *

206 INT. CABIN - AFTERNOON 206 *

Amy is PACKING. In latex gloves, she wipes everything down.

Pulls the sink trap, tugs out the clogged HAIR. A KNOCK at

the door. She pauses. Another KNOCK. She yanks off the *

gloves, tightens her MONEYBELT. Yanks the CALENDAR off the *

wall and into her bag. She opens the door. GRETA spots a *

packed duffel bag behind her. *

GRETA:

You’re leaving? *

Amy remains non—cormnmital. *

GRETA (CONT’D) *

Well, let us say goodbye. *

ANY *

I’ll come by before— *

Jeff inserts his cast in the door so it can’t shut. *

JEFF:

Let us in, little girl.

She lets them in. Greta closes the door behind her, BLOCKING *

IT. Jeff begins opening cabinets and drawers. *

JEFF (CONT’D) *

You got to clear everything out.

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