Gone Girl Page #5

DAD out and inside. Returns to car in seconds: Fastest dropoff

ever.

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37 INT. SOMEWHERE - SOMETIME 37

We see a souvenir BIG APPLE pen writing across the DIARY—date

at the top:
July 5, 2009. We see the words as we hear:

AMY (V.0.)

Everyone told us—and told us and

told us—marriage is hard work.

38 EXT. NEW YORK BOOKSTORE - ESTABLISHING - DAY 38

39 INT. NEW YORK BOOKSTORE - STACKS - DAY 39

Nick is wearing a backpack, holding an Amy-blue CLUE as he

makes his way; Amy follows, all grins.

AMY (V.0.)

And compromise.. .and more work.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter.

Nick is going past Z, past T, past 0, past H.

AMY (V.0.)

Well it’s not true. Not for me and

Nick. With us, two years—it’s just

good.

NICK:

I’m not crazy:
“When young Amy’s

hope did wane, she wandered here in

search of Jane.” Austen right?

They arrive at the A’s.

NICK (CONT’D)

You were an alienated teen. . . and *

only Elizabeth Bennet understood

you.

He pulls out Pride and Prejudice. A BLUE ENVELOPE inside. She

kisses him. He reads the next clue. *

NICK (CONT’D)

You naughty minx.

She kisses him again, deeply. Looks around. Stacks are empty.

AMY:

Technically we’re supposed to f***

at the next stop.

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NICK:

In keeping with tradition. *

She’s already undoing his belt. Hand inside his jeans.

AMY:

We’ve never f***ed in a bookstore. *

NICK:

God bless Jane Austen.

40 INT. BOOKSTORE - STACKS - DAY 40

A bookshelf:
Packed with books. One tumbles to the floor.

Another. Another. Three at once as a hand busts through: Amy

trying to get a grip. Through the fallen books we can see

Nick and Amy in patchwork: They look like an AD for SEX.

41 INT. BAR - AFTERNOON 41

Nick and Amy, post-glow, clink glasses and swallow.

NICK:

I haven’t been here since...

AMY:

I dragged you into the ladies’ room

on our second date.

NICK:

Why did we end up here?

AMY:

It was January. We were cold. The

light was on.

They both sip.

NICK:

Books, sex, bourbon. Life is good.

Nick scans under the bar. Finds a blue ENVELOPE. Nick reads

the CLUE.

NICK (CONT’D)

And just got better.

42 EXT. DIM SUM RESTAURANT - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT 42

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43 INT. DIM SUM RESTAURANT - NIGHT 43

The table is strewn with dishes, desserts, drinks. A FEAST.

The waiter approaches with a gift box, sets it on the table.

AMY:

Year Two, cotton.

Nick opens the top, peers in. A strange look on his face.

AMY (CONT’D)

Because, we had that joke, that our

sex was too good for mere—

He pulls out luxurious deep blue sheets. They’re out of the

wrapping, folded like a newspaper with a bow.

AMY (CONT’D)

So these are 2,000 thread count— *

Nick hands her his BACKPACK, grinning. Amy opens it, pulls

out a gift bag—and identical sheets. Nick kisses her.

AMY (CONT’D)

Sometimes I want to punch us in the

face we’re so cute.

They kiss again. Stay close.

NICK:

(whispering)

That’s crazy though, isn’t it?

44 EXT. GO’S HOUSE - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT 44

45 INT. GO’S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 45

Go is shaking out SHEETS—200 count—while Nick paces.

GO:

Did they ask if you wanted a

lawyer?

She tucks the sheets into the couch.

NICK:

I don’t need a lawyer.

GO:

Did they ask you personal stuff?

About Amy?

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NICK:

They asked why she has no friends

here.

GO:

What’d you say?

NICK:

I just said she was complicated.

GO:

Nick, everyone knows “complicated” *

is code for b*tch.

Nick’s phone BUZZES in his pocket. Go is getting bourbon. He *

hits OFF. She returns with two glasses and a bottle.

GO (CONT’D)

I feel sick. It’s so bizarre. It *

just seems like the kind of thing

that would happen to ?~rny. She *

always attracts- *

NICK:

Drama. You’re with me, Go. You can

say it.

GO:

Just because I don’t love Amy

doesn’t mean I don’t care about

her. I’m really scared.

Go tosses a pillow at Nick, waits for a reaction. Nothing.

46 EXT. DUNNE HOUSE - NIGHT 46

BONEY is drinking a huge COFFEE as she and GILPIN walk toward

the house. We can see a half block away, NOELLE HAWTHORNE,

PREGNANT, towing identically dressed toddler TRIPLETS.

NOELLE:

Detective, detective

Noelle catches up. An air of annoying self-importance. In the

background, we can see cops scouring the neighborhood.

NOELLE (CONT’D)

I’m Noelle Hawthorne. I’m Amy’s

best friend.

Boney and Gilpin exchange a look: A friend?!

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BONEY:

Wow, great. Where do you live,

Noelle?

NOELLE:

Five doors down, 1022.

BONEY:

Wonderful. I’d love to talk with

you, thank you. Can I come by in

half an hour?

NOELLE:

Do you know anything yet?

BONEY:

I’m so sorry, I got guys on the

clock. Give me 30 minutes?

NOELLE:

That’s usually bathtime.

BONEY:

We’ll talk between shampoos.

47 INT. DUNNE LIVING ROOM — NIGHT 47

A half dozen officers are on scene: photos, fingerprints.

OFFICERS ARE BAGGING ALL THE TRASH. BONEY, GILPIN and *

DONNELLY, forensics, hit the stairs.

BONEY:

So where are we?

DONNELLY:

That is definitely blood spatter

you saw in the kitchen. Normally,

kitchen; knives; food prep; not

that weird. But the positioning is

awfully strange. I’ll order a *

Luminol sweep.

48 INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT 48

As they reach the bedroom, we can see an officer next door in

Nick’s OFFICE, SIFTING through the contents of the FIREPLACE

and BAGGING. A uniformed officer awaits them in the BEDROOM. *

GILPIN:

House is rented, in her name. Car

is in her name.

(MORE)

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GILPIN (CONT’D)

Phones, credit cards, utilities all

in her name. Even his bar is in her

name.

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BONEY:

I don’t know that’s so surprising.

GILPIN:

No, but it is humiliating. *

OFFICER:

(motioning to closet)

It’s way in the back there.

BONEY heads into the walk-in, dresses and shirts swaying as

she passes. At the far back is Amy’s dresser. A drawer is

open. Inside is a BLUE ENVELOPE marked CLUE ONE. BONEY exits

the closet displaying it for GILPIN.

BONEY:

We have our First Clue!

She rips open the envelope.

49 INT. GO’S LIVING ROOM - MORNING 49

NICK is asleep on the couch, an empty bottle of bourbon next

to him. GO nudges him awake, proffering a Coke and Advil.

Nick takes them silently, guzzles the Coke, checks his watch.

TITLE CARD:

July 6, 2012

ONE DAY GONE:

NICK:

I should shower.

GO:

Go just like that. You’ve been up *

all night. You want to look like *

you’ve been up all night. *

(pause)

Be careful today, OK?

NICK:

That’s a weird thing to say.

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