Gone Girl Page #26

(whispering to Nick)

For now:
“I’m just happy my wife is

safe.”

The doctor blocks Amy’s room just as the SUITS arrive.

DOCTOR:

She’s on fairly heavy painkillers.

GG — Yellow Revisions 9/27/13 146A.

AMY:

(from inside)

It’s OK. I want to help.

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249 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM — AFTERNOON 249

BONEY worms her way in. The suits barely make room for her.

ANY looks vulnerable in her gown.

FBI:

Ms. Dunne, I know what you’ve been

through so we’ll keep it very

brief. Can you walk us through what

happened?

AMY:

That morning, the doorbell rang. So

normal. I opened the door. Desi. So

strange. Since high school. . .he

won’t ever go away. I always try to *

be nice to him. Answer his letters.

Keep him calm. God, I encouraged *

him-

She begins tearing up. An FBI agent hands her a TISSUE.

FBI:

(firmly)

Don’t blame yourself.

AMY:

He pushed inside. Grabbed me. I got *

away. Ran to the kitchen. He

clubbed me. I collapsed.

BONEY:

That club, it’s actually the handle *

to the Punch and Judy puppets-

AMY:

That’s right. Treasure hunt. That’s

what he hit me with. I’d hidden the

puppets at Go’s...

BONEY:

Then how did Desi have the handle?

AMY:

I’d just found it. It must have

fallen off. I was holding it when

Desi pushed in. He got it from me.

BONEY:

About the woodshed

AMY:

(ignoring her)

I woke up in the trunk of his car.

GG - Pink Revised 9/15/13 148.

BONEY:

You must have bled quite a bit

there.

AMY:

You’ll find blood.. .He took me to

his lakehouse. Tied me to his bed.

BONEY:

Back to the woodshed real quick.

When you went to place the puppets

there, did you notice it was packed-

AMY:

Lots of stuff.

BONEY:

Corresponding to purchases made on

credit cards in Nick’s name.

AMY begins coughing, which turns into a pitiful RETCH. An FBI

guy hands her a glass of WATER.

AMY:

Nick and credit cards. He buys, I

nag. I’m sure he hid it all at

Go’s. They are very close.

(pause)

May I go back to where I was being

held prisoner by a man with a

history of mental problems?

FBI:

Please continue, Ms. Dunne.

AMY pulls her gown around her. A suit passes her a BLANKET.

AMY:

Desi raped me that night. Every

night. He’d tie me up like a dog.

Punish me. Starve me. Shave me.

Sodomize me. Cameras everywhere.

You’ve got to find the tapes.

AMY and BONEY exchange a glance: I’m sure we will.

250 INT. HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM - AFTERNOON 250

NICK is pacing past GILPIN and a COP. *

GILPIN:

She slit his throat. Box cutter toGG

— Yellow Revisions 9/27/13 149.

NICK:

How’d she get the box cutter if she

was always tied up?

GILPIN:

Just be happy your wife is safe.

251 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - AFTERNOON 251

BONEY:

We found your diary, Amy. It

contains a lot of concerning

allegations. Mental and physical

abuse.

AMY:

The ugly truth-Nick didn’t want a

baby. He had money problems. He has

a temper. But I love him.

BONEY:

You tried to buy a gun.

AMY:

(weak voice)

I feel myself fading

BONEY:

I just need to clarify-

AMY:

Let me clarify for you: If this

case had been left in your deeply

incompetent hands, Nick would be a

dead man walking and I’d be tied

spread eagle on a bed, raped every

day from now until I died.

FBI:

Ms. Dunne, you’ve been very brave.

We’re finished. Now: Do you feel *

safe going home with your husband?

252 INT. HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM - AFTERNOON 252

An FBI agent wheels AMY out. All eyes are on her. She holds

out a HAND to NICK. NICK flinches. Looks to TANNER. A few

people are already popping out their camera phones to record

the happy event. TANNER addresses the crowd—-mainly Nick.

GG - Blue Draft - 8/29/13 150.

TANNER:

We prayed to God and God answered

our prayers. Amy Dunne is home. *

*

I know there are many questions and

concerns to be addressed—but for

tonight let’s just sit tight and be

grateful and thankful for this

Miracle on the Mississippi.

253 EXT. DUNNE HOUSE - EARLY EVENING 253

NICK and AMY are silent in the back of a squad car as they

approach. HUNDREDS of people on the street. Newsvans from all

over the world. Well-wishers bearing homemade POSTERS with

Amy’s name in HEARTS. NICK helps AMY exit the car. The CROWD

reacts as if they are a beloved Hollywood couple. AMY strikes

the right pose:
abused—but resilient.

254 INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM - EARLY EVENING 254

NICK shuts the door firmly. The camera lights outside give

them a romantic glow. AMY goes to put her arms around him.

NICK:

Stop pretending. *

AMY:

I’m not pretending. You were *

perfect. The Nick I saw on TV is *

the Nick I fell in love with. *

NICK:

I just said what you wanted to

hear.

AMY:

That’s how well you know me~ You *

know me in your marrow. *

He turns his back on her. RETHINKS. Turns back around.

NICK:

Amy, I need to know everything.

AMY:

Take off your clothes.

GG - Blue Draft - 8/29/13 151.

255 INT. BATHROOM - EARLY EVENING 255

NICK drops his clothes to the floor. AMY drops her clothes,

runs her hands over him, tries to arouse him.

AMY:

Need to make sure you’re not

wearing a wire.

She womanhandles him more. Nothing. She turns on the shower.

AMY (CONT’D)

Get in.

She motions him into the shower’. Might as well be wielding a

GUN. Inside the SHOWER the water SPRAYS against them as they

stand face to face. Trickles of pink—Desi’s dried BLOOD—flow *

from her hair down her neck. She tries to get closer to him. *

He backs away. *

NICK:

You’re a murderer, Amy. *

AMY:

I’m a fighter. I fought my way back *

to you. *

NICK:

You slit Desi’s throat. With a box *

cutter. *

AMY:

You begged for me to save your life *

on national TV. And I obliged. But *

I want that Nick. *

NICK *

I’m leaving. *

AMY *

You really think that’s smart? *

Wounded, raped wife battles her way *

back to her husband—and he deserts *

her? The media will destroy you. *

Your neighbors will shun you. And I *

will make sure no one forgets the *

pain you caused me. *

NICK debates the truth of this. *

*

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NICK *

I don’t want to deal with your

groupies outside. But as soon as *

they go, I go.

AMY:

Give it the night. Sleep on it. *

256 INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT 256

AMY, dressed for bed, slips under the covers and pats the

spot beside her. NICK pulls the covers over her.

NICK *

Was there ever a baby? *

AMY *

There can be. *

Nick turns to leave. The room is day-bright from the CAMERAS *

outside. Amy smiles at the GLOW.

257 INT. GUEST ROOM - NIGHT 257

Nick enters the pristine, over-pillowed room. LOCKS the door.

258 INT. DUNNE FRONT YARD - MORNING 258 *

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