Groundhog Day Page #11

PSYCHOLOGIST:

Sort of, I guess. Abnormal

Psychology.

PHIL:

So based on that what would you

say?

PSYCHOLOGIST:

(HESITANT)

I ' d say that maybe you're -- I

don't know -- a little delusional.

PHIL:

You're saying this thing is not

really happening to me?

PSYCHOLOGIST:

Uh-huh.

PHIL:

Then how do I know this

conversation is really happening?

PSYCHOLOGIST:

I guess you don't.

PHIL:

Then forget about me paying you.

A discreet little alarm sounds.

PSYCHOLOGIST:

(RELIEVED)

I'm afraid that's all the time we

have, Mr. Connors.

PHIL:

Wait! Are you saying I'm crazy?

-43-

PSYCHOLOGIST:

(humoring him)

Not necessarily. If it concerns

you we should schedule our next

session as soon as possible.

How's tomorrow for you?

Phil glowers at him.

CUT TO:

INSERT - A MODEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

A SCIENTIST in a white lab coat is holding up the model. Phil

looks on with interest.

SCIENTIST:

(AUTHORITATIVELY)

Now if the moon exerts a

gravitational pull strong enough

to cause the tides, .then it may

be theoretically possible for a

Black Hole or a Singularity of

sufficient magnitude to actually

bend time enough to cause it to

fold back ,on itself.

PHIL:

You think that's a realistic

possibility?

A paper airplane sails past his head, accompanied by a noisy

outburst of juvenile laughter. We pull back to REVEAL:

INT. CLASSROOM - DAY

Twenty-five eighth-graders running amok.

SCIENTIST:

(STERNLY)

All right! I think someone may

just need a little visit to the

Assistant Principal's office!

Get back in your seats. The bell

has not rung yet.

The kids sit back down, but keep up their noisy chatter.

SCIENTIST:

(to Phil)

Well, I ' m speaking purely

hypothetically.

CUT TO:

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INT. SCHOOL CORRIDOR - LATER

Phil is walking toward the exit when he passes a first grade

classroom. The door is open and the TEACHER is discussing a

story with the class.

TEACH ER:

So the princess picked up the

frog and kissed him.

Phil stops outside the door to listen.

INT. CLASSROOM - CONTINUOUS

TEACHER:

Now who can tell me what happened

when the princess kissed the

frog.

LITTLE BOY:

Her lips got slimed!

The whole class erupts in giggles and shrieks.

T EACHER:

Okay, come on now. What happened

when she kissed the frog?

LITTLE GIRL:

The princess kissed the frog and

the spell got broke and he turned

into a handsome prince and they

got married and lived happily

ever after.

TEACHER:

That's right.

INT. THE CORRIDOR - SAME TIME

Phil is leaning against the wall listening. There is something

very arresting about the fairy tale, but finally he just shakes

his head and exits.

CUT TO:

INT. DEW DROP INN - LATER THAT NIGHT

Phil is at a bar getting drunk with two local blue-collar

workers, GUS and PHIL.

PHIL:

Gus, what would you do if there

was no tomorrow?

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GUS:

You mean like if the world was

gonna end?

PHIL:

No, I mean like if it was never

going to end. If everyday was

the same and you were stuck here

and you couldn't get out and

nothing you did mattered?

GUS:

You're right. Everyday is the

same, I can't get out of here and

nothin' I do matters.

V RALPH:

No, he's askin1 you a question,

ya idiot.

GUS:

What was the question?

RALPH:

What if nothing mattered?! Jeez,

I know what I'd do. I ' d j ust

spend all my time drivin' fast,

gettin1 loaded and gettin' laid.

That's it.

PHIL:

That's it. It just doesn't get

any better than this, does it?

Good friends, good conversation

and quality brew. Drink up,

boys.

They salute each other and drink.

CUT TO:

EXT. THE STREET - LATER

Phil, Gus and Ralph approach Ralph's big, black, old Buick

convertible parked outside the bar. They are even drunker than

they were before.

RALPH:

(fumbling with his

CARKEYS)

Where you stayin', Phil? We'll

drop you off.

PHIL:

Hey, friends don't let friends

drive drunk. Give me your keys.

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He's as wasted as they are, but Ralph hands over his keys

without a fight.

RALPH:

Thanks , man .

PHIL:

It's nothing. Get in.

They all pile into the front seat with Phil at the wheel.

PHIL:

(starting the ear)

Seatbelts.

Ralph and Gus give him the thumbs up sign and start digging

around in the seat cracks for their seatbelts. Suddenly, Phil

floors the accelerator and peels away, sideswiping a parked car

as he screeches around the corner.

INT. THE BUICK - CONTINUOUS

Phil is having a great time. Gus and Ralph are whooping it up

like kids on a roller coaster.

PHIL:

This is great, Ralph!

RALPH:

Oh, hey, take a left!

Phil passes the intersection.

RALPH:

You missed it!

PHIL:

No problem --

EXT . MAIN STREET - CONTINUOUS

Phil throws the car into a high-speed, skidding U-turn, goes up

on the curb, across a couple of lawns, takes out a mailbox and

a STOP sign and bounces back onto the street.

A POLICE CAR parked in front of the hardware store pulls out

and takes off after him.

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