Groundhog Day Page #21

RITA:

How are you doing this?

PHIL:

I told you! I wake up every day

right here, right in

Punxsutawney, and it's always

February second and I can't turn

it off. If you still don't

bel iev e me, listen--

RITA:

B u t , Phil--

-89-

PHIL:

Listen! In ten seconds Larry is

going to walk through that door

and take you away from me.

RITA:

Larry?

PHIL:

But you can't let him. Please

believe me. You've got to

believe me.

RITA:

I don't --

Larry pokes his head in the doorway, looks around and spots

Rita.

PHIL:

Look.

As Rita turns around to see Larry, Phil grabs a pen and pad

from a passing waitress and quickly writes something down as

Larry makes his way to their table. Phil finishes writing.

LARRY:

(to Rita)

You ready? We better get going

if we're going to stay ahead of

the weather.

Phil hands the paper to Rita. She reads it.

RITA:

(READING)

" . . . stay ahead of the weather. "

Larry looks at the paper.

LARRY:

What ' s that?

Rita looks at Phil with new understanding and empathy.

CUT TO:

EXT. PUNXSUTAWNEY - DAY

Phil and Rita are walking down the sidewalk.

PHIL:

Afer I got over the shock, it was

kind of fun for the first year or

two. I had anything I wanted.

Except you, of course.

-90-

Phil abruptly pulls Rita aside. A big pile of snow slides off

a roof and onto the sidewalk where they would have walked.

Phil doesn't even look up. Rita looks, as if she's seeing a

miracle.

RITA:

How did this start?

PHIL:

I don't know. I just woke up.

Just like always.

NED RY-ERSON approaches.

NED:

Hey, Phil! Phil Connors 1

PHIL:

Rita, this is Ned Ryerson. He's

an a**hole.

NED:

He remembers me!

Phil and Rita keep walking. Rita looks back at Ned, perplexed

PHIL:

Trust me on that one.

CUT TO:

EXT. FUDGE SHOP - DAY

Phil and Rita come out of the shop, sharing pieces of fudge.

RITA:

This is great.

PHIL:

No, it isn't. You hate fudge.

. RITA

Just how well do we know each

other?

PHIL:

I told you. I know everybody.

Rita stops walking.

RITA:

Did we ever...you know?

PHIL:

(TEASING)

Did we ever! You were an animal.

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RITA:

Come on.

PHIL:

You're European trained, aren't

you.

Phil continues walking.

RITA:

(BLUSHING)

Phil! It's not funny.

She catches up to him. Phil turns to her.

PHIL:

You weren't interested.

RITA:

(RELIEVED)

Okay.

She begins walking again.

RITA:

Not that it would've been so

awful.

PHIL:

I understand.

RITA:

I just had to know whether to

smack you or not.

PHIL:

You did.

RITA:

Good.

CUT TO:

EXT. PARK - DAY

Phil and Rita are sitting on a park bench.

PHIL:

So do you believe any of this?

RITA:

I don't know. I don't know how

else you could know so much.

Maybe it is really happening.

-92-

PHIL:

I used to try to stay up all

night sometimes. I thought if I

could stay conscious I could

figure out what was going on, or

at least hang onto something from

the day before. But I gave up on

that a long time ago.

Rita looks at him with compassion.

RITA:

It sounds so-- lonely.

PHIL:

(trying to shrug it

OFF)

It's not that bad. You get used

to it.

Rita comes to a decision.

RITA:

Maybe I should spend the rest of

the day with you-- as an

objective witness. Just to see

what happens. Okay?

PHIL:

Yeah, sure. That'd be okay.

CUT TO:

INT. PHIL'S ROOM - NIGHT

A hat is lying on Phil's bed. A playing card flies past. A

second playing card sails right into the hat. Another playing

card sails past, missing. Another playing card sails right in

Phil and Rita are tossing cards. Rita is missing. Phil is

hitting.

PHIL:

It's not in the wrist so much as

the fingers. Be the hat.

RITA:

It would take me a year to get

good at this.

PHIL:

Uh-uh. Six months. Four, five

hours a day.

RITA:

Is this what you do with

eternity?

-93-

PHIL:

Now you know. It's like waiting

for a bus that never comes . You

should see me play pool -- and

bowling, juggling, hacky sack.

I can ride a unicycle.

There ' s a knock on the door .

PHIL:

I'll get it!

Phil jumps for the door and opens it. The PIZZA GUY is there.

PHIL:

Hi, Marty. $11.75 including the

delivery charge, right?

PIZZA GUY:

U h hh h --

Phil pays him, takes the pizza and closes the door.

RITA:

(opening the pizza box)

MMMM. Pepperoni and olives. My

favorite .

PHIL:

Of course. I told you, I know

everything .

RITA:

(taking a bite of

PIZZA)

I don ' t think I ' d want to know

everything that ' s going to

happen. I like to be surprised.

PHIL:

That's not the worst part.

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