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Maggie nods. Peter gets into the passenger seat. Cam looks
toward him suspiciously.
CAM:
Who is this wimp?
MAGGIE:
Carol Webber’s cousin. He’s moving
to New York to live with his
mother. I’m lucky he’s splitting
the cost of the truck.
CAM:
He’s making you drive?
Cam seems unconvinced. Maggie hugs Amelia and Faith and
tries to be upbeat.
MAGGIE:
You can call me anytime day or
night. And I’m going to come home
the weekend after next, so don’t be
too sad because you’re going to see
me before you know it.
They nod. Faith wipes away her tears. Amelia is stone-
faced.
MAGGIE:
Amelia, you have to brush your
hair. Faith, will you make sure
33.
Faith nods. Amelia shakes her head.
MAGGIE:
You are going to have a lot of fun
with Daddy.
Peter honks the horn. Cam reacts angrily.
CAM:
Hey!
Maggie stands quickly.
MAGGIE:
Cam -
CAM:
(re:
Peter)daughters! What kind of a coldhearted
S.O.B. honks the horn?
MAGGIE:
Please. I’m about to spend five
hours in very close quarters.
Cam sighs and nods. Then:
MAGGIE:
Cam, thank you. I know this is
big.
CAM:
I just wish I hadn’t dressed like a
big green bug.
Maggie laughs. He wraps her up in a big hug.
honks again.
CAM:
Go. Seriously. Or I’m going to
kick the living sh*t out of this
guy.
Maggie gets into the driver’s seat.
MAGGIE:
I love you. I love you girls!
CAM:
We love you too.
Then the horn
34.
The truck starts up. It pulls out into the street. They all
stand waving.
INT. MOVING TRUCK. MOMENTS LATER
Maggie wipes a tear away. Peter is oblivious.
PETER:
We’ll have to make a lot of stops,
Suddenly Maggie is startled to see Cam running full-speed
alongside the truck.
CAM:
Maggie! Take the Wilbur Cross
Parkway!
Maggie is stuck moving forward in the flow of traffic. She
doesn’t know what to do.
MAGGIE:
The what?
CAM:
Remember, Maggie? We were going to
Tom and Linda’s wedding and we
thought we’d be late but I took the
back roads and we made it in the
nick of time? The Wilbur Cross
Parkway!
She’s looking for a place to pull over. People behind her
are honking now.
MAGGIE:
I don’t know if I remember....
CAM:
(shouting)
At New Haven, shoot across 34 West
to the Wilbur Cross! It becomes
the Merritt Parkway!
EXT. STREET. CONTINUOUS
The truck keeps moving and Cam can’t keep up. He shouts
after them.
CAM:
You can avoid Bridgeport and the
trees are twice as green!
35.
Cam lights a cigarette. He stares after the truck as it
disappears from view.
EXT. PARKING LOT. DAY
Cam walks back to his daughters who are still standing on the
sidewalk where he left them. Faith is crying. Amelia is not
letting herself. He picks Faith up and she puts her head on
his shoulder. As they walk toward the apartment building:
CAM:
Who wants ice cream for lunch?
EXT. PARK. DAY
The girls still look really sad while they eat their ice
cream cones. Cam watches them with concern.
CAM:
Want to see a movie?
CAM:
We could drive out to Plum Island
and look for sea glass?
CAM:
We could go to the Museum of Fine
Arts and look at Great Grandpapa’s
portrait.
AMELIA:
Why is his portrait hanging at the
museum?
CAM:
Because a very important artist
named John Singer Sargent painted
it.
FAITH:
Why?
CAM:
(indignant)
“Why?” Don’t you know who we are?
36.
EXT. BEACON HILL. DAY
Cam and the girls are in his Fiat. The car is filled with
trash:
food wrappers, used napkins, empty containers, orangepeels, mail. They are parked outside a large freestanding
mansion on Beacon Hill.
CAM:
That’s where your great-grandmother
grew up.
FAITH:
In that whole house?
CAM:
The whole thing. It’s the grandest
house on Beacon Hill. Designed by
Bulfinch, a very famous architect.
AMELIA:
How did they get so rich?
CAM:
Railroads. Your great-greatgrandfather
was once the richest
man in Boston.
AMELIA:
So how come we’re so poor?
CAM:
...Well, all that money was put
into a trust which is controlled by
your great-grandmother. And she
decides when to give who what.
And... it’s hard to explain.
The girls stare at the house in awe.
CAM:
You want to see the inside?
They look excited and confused.
FAITH:
Are we allowed?
AMELIA:
You can’t just walk up and knock on
people’s doors.
37.
CAM:
(tickled by her ignorance)
Sweetheart... this is Boston.
They’re practically expecting us.
INT. ENTRY HALL. DAY
The girls look around the grand entry hall, amazed. Cam has
a hand on each of their shoulders. A MAID comes in.
MAID:
Mr. Fabrini will be out in a
minute.
CAM:
(to girls)
On the second floor are the parlors
where they would have huge fancy
dress balls...they would lay thick
canvas down to protect the wooden
floors and it looked like snow...
A man in his mid-40s comes out of a study. This is MR.
FABRINI. He wears a business suit. He seems annoyed.
MR. FABRINI
Can I help you?
CAM:
Hello. My name is Cam Stuart. My
great-grandmother grew up in this
house and I was wondering if I
could show it to my daughters.
It’s an important part of their
family history.
MR. FABRINI
I’m sorry, Mr. Stuart. But this is
my home. I don’t give tours.
The girls are mortified. They both start for the door, but
Cam holds them in place. He is defiant.
CAM:
This house was in my family for
more than five generations. My
great-great grandfather was born in
this house on Boxing Day in 1842.
MR. FABRINI
And would your great-greatgrandfather
give tours to anyone
who came along?
38.
CAM:
Certainly. If they had a personal
connection going back more than
five generations.
MR. FABRINI
Then he’s a better man than me.
CAM:
(pointed)
“Better man than I.”
The girls wince.
INT. FIAT. MOMENTS LATER
Cam drives much too fast down Storrow Drive, weaving in and
out of traffic. Everyone is shouting.
CAM:
We’re going back there again! I’m
going back every day till he shows
you that house!
AMELIA:
Slow down!
CAM:
Our family lived there for more
than a century for chrissake!
FAITH:
But it’s his house now and he
doesn’t want to show it to you!
AMELIA:
That was so embarrassing!
CAM:
You shouldn’t be embarrassed! He
should be embarrassed!
FAITH/AMELIA
No! You should be embarrassed!
Cam reacts as if they are speaking a foreign language.
CAM:
Me? I’m not embarrassed! I’m the
eldest son of the eldest son of the
richest man in the world!
39.
INT. ELEVATOR. NIGHT
The family rides the elevator in silence. All three of them
look furious.
INT. APARTMENT. NIGHT
The apartment is filled with boxes. Amelia is on the kitchen
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