Gone Girl Page #24

BONEY:

Your girlfriend is so cute, Nick.

NICK:

Is that what this is about?

Boney stops short, seething.

BONEY:

I’ve treated you beyond fair

throughout this investigation. I’ve *

given you the benefit of the doubt

over and over. Whenever you said *

something stupid, I thought, Maybe *

he’s just stupid. I was wrong. *

That’s what this is about.

GILPIN:

(holding a club)

These the clubs you don’t play golf

with?

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NICK:

None of this is mine, none of this

was put here by me.

A uniformed officer marches out from the woodshed, holding *

the gift-wrapped BOX with the PUNCH and JUDY puppets. He *

walks past them to POLICE VAN. *

BONEY:

Got the makings of a real man cave.

Everything just waiting for the

wife to go away for good.

But NICK has stopped paying attention because GO is being

helped into a police car.

NICK:

Hey, you can’t do that!

BONEY:

Of course we can.

We hear a strange CLICK and WHIR. Out of the woodshed comes

the ROBOT DOG, a cop piloting the controller. The dog BARKS.

231 INT. LAKEHOUSE - NIGHT 231

Desi very deliberately turns off the Sharon Schieber show.

Amy gets up to turn on the laptop. DESI takes it away.

DES I:

Amy, it’s time to move on. What can

I do to help?

AMY:

I need some time to think. *

DES I:

That’s the last thing you need.

AMY:

Desi— *

DES I:

For 20 years now, you’ve kept me *

dangling. Finally, last night you *

came to me, and you chose me.

Follow that instinct. Don’t trust *

the instinct that left you beaten *

and homeless, sleeping in your car, *

fearing for your life. *

AMY looks truly panicked.

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DESI (CONT’D)

I’m not going to force myself on

you.

He goes into the kitchen, begins taking away anything

decadent. Cheese, chips, etc all go into a bag.

AMY:

I understand what you’re saying,

Desi, I do. I’ve just been so

mistreated, for so long, I’ve

forgotten how to behave.

DES I:

I’ll move in here tomorrow. We’ll

work on it. Until we get it right.

I just want you to be y~ again.

He runs his hand through the hair that should be blonde.

232 INT. POLICE STATION HALLWAY - NIGHT 232

Nick and Tanner conferring as they head to interrogation.

TANNER:

They only took Go to f*** with you.

NICK:

She is not spending another second

here. We tell Boney everything.

TANNER:

We tell Boney as little as *

possible. Without a body, without a *

murder weapon, they’ll be desperate *

for a confession. So let them talk.

We can jumpstart your defense.

NICK:

My defense is the truth.

Tanner tries not to roll his eyes at the naivety. But can’t. *

233 INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT 233 *

BONEY is getting settled: tape recorder coffee, pens, legal

pad. NICK studies her. Tries to break the ice.

NICK:

You got kids, Rhonda?

She looks startled. Holds up one finger.

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BONEY *

Daughter. *

NICK *

What’s her name? *

BONEY *

Let’s start. *

BONEY sets PUNCH and JUDY in their box on the table. *

BONEY (CONT’D) *

Recognize these? *

NICK *

Amy’s anniversary present to me. *

BONEY *

Is this how she told you she was *

pregnant? Mommy, Daddy, Baby? That *

make you mad? *

BONEY gives him a stony look. Sets the diary on the table. *

It’s singed on the sides but fine inside. *

BONEY (CONT’D)

Recognize this?

NICK:

I’ve never seen it in my life.

BONEY:

Amy’s diary. We found it at your

father’s house.

Nick and Tanner exchange a look: Ohhh this is bad.

BONEY (CONT’D) *

This your wife’s handwriting? *

Nick reaches for the diary, BONEY pulls it back. *

NICK *

I think so. *

BONEY *

So does our expert. Want to play a *

little true or false? *

She takes out a stack of Xeroxed papers, each flagged with a *

color code stickie. She presents him the first sheet: *

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BONEY (CONT’D) *

(reading) *

And then he brushes the sugar off *

my lips so he can taste me. *

NICK *

(moved) *

Yeah, that’s true. *

Next sheet is slapped down. *

BONEY *

You thought quinoa was a fish? *

NICK *

(sudden laugh) *

I still don’t know what it is. *

She slaps down another sheet. *

BONEY *

She wanted to get pregnant—you *

attacked her. *

NICK *

I hit her? Never. *

BONEY *

She says pushed. You pushed her. *

NICK *

Did not happen. *

Slaps down another sheet. *

BONEY *

She tried to buy a gun. *

NICK has no idea what to say. Boney slaps down another. *

BONEY (CONT’D)

Shall I read you the last entry?

This man might kill me. In her own

words:
This man might kill me.

NICK:

Convenient end note. *

GILPIN enters the room, motions to BONEY. They stand in the *

doorway, joined by DONNELLY, who hands BONEY a bag. They *

confer intensely in low voices. BONEY returns holding an *

evidence BAG containing a burnt CLUB. She holds it up to the *

JUDY puppet so NICK can see it’s the missing handle. *

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BONEY:

The missing handle. Big as a 2 by

4, right? Big as a club. We found

this Day One. In the fireplace.

Your office. Didn’t know what the *

hell it was but, fire in July? We

bagged it.

NICK:

I have never seen that. I have

never—

BONEY:

We just tested it. Fire doesn’t

erase blood, Nick. So. Finally: *

Nick Dunne, you are under arrest

for the murder of your wife, Amy

Elliott Dunne.

234 OMIT - INT. POLICE STATION - MORNING 234

235 OMIT - INT. POLICE STATION - LATER 235

236 INT. JAIL - MORNING 236

Nick is asleep against the cinderbiock wall.

GUARD:

Dunne? You got a hell of a lawyer.

TITLE:

July 14, 2012

NINE DAYS GONE:

237 EXT. JAIL - MORNING 237

A football field’s worth of cameras. Tanner runs Nick into a

car, where Go awaits. NEWSVANS and reporters from all over

the nation—and the BBC—are running amok.

NICK:

(to Go)

You’re ok?

Go waves him off.

NICK (CONT’D)

(to Tanner)

What’s this mean?

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TANNER:

You’re out on bond. You can relax

at home while we prep for trial. *

NICK:

Take a bubble bath.

GO *

Tanner, is there any f***ing lead *

on Amy? *

TANNER *

I’ve had my two best guys looking. *

Nick looks up:
Yes?

TANNER (CONT’D)

She’s air.

Hands beat against the car window. Yells. PROTESTERS hold *

posters. NO TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN! and MURDERER! and WHAT *

DO YOU KNOW, GO? *

NICK *

Come home, Amy. I dare you. *

FADE OUT:
*

238 OMIT - EXT. DUNNE HOUSE - DAY 238 *

239 INT. LAKEHOUSE - DAY 239

AMY (V.0.)

More coffee?

FADE IN:

A bountiful breakfast is on a perfect table. Orange juice in

crystal, silver shining. DESI is smiling benevolently.

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