Gone Girl Page #25

TITLE CARD:

AUGUST 4, 2012

THIRTY DAYS GONE

And we see AMY. WOW. She’s Almost Amy: weight lost, hair

blonde in a pretty pixie. Tan faded. The two look posh. If

Amy and Nick once were an ad for sex, Amy and Desi are an ad

for never having sex—because they’d muss these great clothes.

DES I:

Love it.

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She pours for him. Adds a cube of sugar.

AMY:

Remember that time we skipped

school and drove to the Cape?

DES I:

Lobster right from the ocean.

AMY:

This reminds me of that. Never—

ending holiday.

DES I:

You’re not bored?

AMY:

Desi, you can discuss 18th century

symphonies, 19th century

Impressionists, quote Proust—in

French. Nick’s idea of culture was

a reality TV marathon with one hand

down his boxers and his other *

around a family-sized block of *

Velveeta. *

Desi laughs, finishes his coffee, gets up. She rumples his

hair. Then she KISSES him, BITES his lower lip. He rears

back, surprised. She walks him just to the edge of the

entryway. Yanks out his shirt teasingly.

AMY (CONT’D)

That’s how the kids wear it.

240 EXT. LAKEHOUSE - DAY 240

On the black and white of a video camera, we see Desi leaving

his house, straightening his hair, and tucking in his shirt.

He puts his fingers gingerly to his lip: OUCH.

241 INT. LAKEHOUSE DINING AREA - DAY 241

A new camera shoots from PATIO through the glass into the

DINING AREA. Amy stumbles into frame past a new Stairmaster

and Bowflex. She’s in a ripped T-shirt and panties. A length

of BINDING trails from one arm and leg: she’s been TETHERED

to something off camera, unable to reach the door. She looks

at the camera and screams silently. Pounds on the glass.

Tumbles to the floor, crying.

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242 INT. LAXEHOUSE BATHROOM - DAY 242

In the mirror above the sink, Amy examines her weight,

tanline. Pale, thin, beautiful. Aside from the shorter hair,

she is back to being AMY. She pulls off some DUCT TAPE, cuts *

it with a BOX CUTTER. Tests the tape. Then she picks up a *

BOTTLE of WINE. She uncorks it, pours it out in the sink, *

peels away the foil. In the mirror we see her lower it *

and.. .reach beneath her skirt with it.

TITLE:

August 13, 2012

THIRTY—NINE DAYS GONE

243 INT. LAKEHOUSE LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 243

Amy waits on the sofa, looking ready for a Big Date.

DESI (O.S.)

Mr. Collings is home!

AMY:

Hello Mr. Collings. I missed you!

She hugs him, lingers, tilts her head up to him. Kisses him.

AMY (CONT’D)

Stay with me. I don’t want you to

be away. When things die down,

we’ll go to Greece like you said.

She begins kissing his neck. *

DES I:

Octopus and Scrabble.

Her hands move down his chest to his belt. *

DESI (CONT’D) *

How long do you think it’ll take? *

AMY *

Not long. Six months for the trial. *

Sentencing will be quick. *

Her hands are in his pants. DESI can’t decide if he wants to *

focus on the romance of Greece or the matter at hand. *

DESI *

He’ll appeal. *

AMY *

I can watch the rest overseas. *

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244 INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT 244 *

DESI is trying to slowly, gently undress her. Amy, with a *

flick of two straps is out of her dress. She pulls him on the *

bed. Desi begins delicately, slowly kissing her. Nibbling *

like a FISH. She impatiently yanks his clothes off.

DES I:

Hold on, slowly. *

AMY:

Hard! *

She reaches under her dress, pulls off her undies. They begin

having sex. Slowly. She starts writhing.

DES I:

Amy. Don’t be scared. It’s me.

AMY:

Harder! *

DESI:

Slowly. *

AMY:

Do it!

A few more thrusts and it’s over. AMY keeps her legs CLASPED

around his waist as she grabs the BOX CUTTER from her bedside

table. DESI has enough time to register confusion when:

SLASH. She slices him neatly through the JUGULAR.

The BLOOD pulses out as DESI grabs at his neck, but ANY won’t

let him go. The two roll over, Amy on top, holding him down.

DESI makes one more try for freedom and the two roll back

around, him on top of her again. The BLOOD is everywhere: on

the mattress, on the walls. AMY keeps her legs wrapped around

Desi until he gives one last heave and DIES on top of her.

Amy’s beatific smile certainly indiOates she’s satisfied.

245 INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - LATE MORNING 245

NICK is on the couch asleep. Looking like a complete SHELL of

a man. We can hear PROTESTORS, NEWS REPORTERS outside. A

sudden, strange rush of noise from the CROWD wakes him.

Silence, then sputters of recognition.

TITLE CARD:

August 14, 2012

FORTY DAYS GONE:

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NOISE gets LOUDER. The doorbell rings. Nick opens the door:

246 EXT. DUNNE HOUSE - LATE MORNING 246

AMY, still in her delicate pink dress, the front of which is

covered in dried blood. Her hair is covered in blood. Her

face is swiped with it. She is weeping hysterically. The

media go absolutely APESHIT. AMY AMY AMY! Amy holds out her

arms to Nick. We see the deep twine rings around her wrists.

AMY:

Nick!

A beat. The cameras are capturing everything.

NICK:

Amy!

He hugs her fiercely. Cups her face, whispers in her ear:

NICK (CONT’D)

You f***ing b*tch.

And she faints. Creating: The BEST MEDIA MOMENT OF 2012.

BLACK SCREEN:

DOCTOR (O.S.)

You’re going to feel some pressure.

247 INT. HOSPITAL - AFTERNOON 247

AMY in a gown, in stirrups, undergoing a rape kit, as BONEY

and NICK each hold a hand. AMY has a new persona: SURVIVOR.

DOCTOR:

You’ll have more babies.

Amy smiles at Nick. He tries to hide his horror.

248 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - AFTERNOON 248

The doctor confers with BONEY and NICK.

DOCTOR:

Her wounds are consistent with

rape. There was semen present.

We’ll make sure it’s a match.

BONEY:

It’ll match.

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The doctor leaves and BONEY grabs a crucial moment with NICK.

BONEY (CONT’D)

What do you think?

NICK:

Pals again?

BONEY:

Now that I know you didn’t murder

your wife? Yes. What do you think?

NICK:

Kidnapped? It’s an insane story.

BONEY:

I’ve heard crazier.

RAND and MARYBETH run in. GILPIN arrives. The corridor is

getting progressively packed with cops, reporters, staff.

MARYBETH:

(to Boney)

We told you:
Desi Collings. We told

you over a month ago!

RAND:

(to NICK)

Nick, we owe you an apology. It’s

just that every single sign- *

NICK:

I know. *

MARYBETH *

We’ll leave it to Amy whether she *

can forgive you for the rest. *

An ominous phalanx of SUITS arrives and heads toward Amy’s

room. GO and TANNER arrive just behind them. BONEY heads to

meet the SUITS, past TANNER and GO as they head to NICK.

TANNER:

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