Kate and Leopold Page #7

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COUNTER MAN:

Not in my store you're not.

He comes out from behind the counter. He's big.

LEOPOLD:

(very superior)

Do you intend to physically escort

me out...?

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Leopold is thrown out of the store and on to the street.

LEOPOLD:

Did you see what he did? Did you see

that?

No one responds. Leopold is left sprawled on the street.

Thunder is heard.

EXT. N.Y.C. - NIGHT

Gargoyles at New York City Library, The Dakota, the Bowery,

Alphabet City.

EXT. CLAIRMOUNT STABLES - 4 A.M.

Pouring rain. Leopold stands in front of the stables beaten

and drenched. A car drives by, screeches to a stop, and

hastily backs up along side Leopold.

KATE:

Leopold! Leopold, get in.

Leopold stares at the car. Kate runs out, opens the door and

helps him in. She dashes back into the drivers seat.

INT. CAR - 4 A.M.

KATE:

(nearly in tears,

trying to dry him

off)

Leopold! Oh, Leopold thank God you're

all right. I didn't think I'd ever

find you. You had us all so worried.

Oh, Leopold!

She hits him hard.

KATE:

Don't you ever go out again without

my permission, do you hear me? I was

frantic. You could have been killed

a hundred times over. I never would

have known.

She rests her head on the steering wheel, exhausted. She

pulls herself together and looks at him.

KATE:

Leopold, are you all right?

LEOPOLD:

(looking deep into

her eyes for the

first time)

I wish to go home.

KATE:

Okay. I'll get you home in a jiffy.

LEOPOLD:

(badly shaken)

No... I wish to go home.

Kate gently observes Leopold who stares rigidly straight

ahead.

INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

CHARLIE:

(on the phone)

I don't know. It's just Leopold.

Like Cher. Or Goofy.

Kate and Leopold walk in wet and exhausted.

CHARLIE:

Never mind they just walked in. Jesus.

You look horrible.

KATE:

Charlie, don't start. I haven't been

this angry at you since you got me

into that pyramid thing last year.

If you make a wisecrack I'm going to

burst into flame.

CHARLIE:

It wasn't a wisecrack. You do look

horrible.

KATE:

I'm too tired for this now. I'll

just save it up and kill you tomorrow.

Help Leopold out of his things and

lets get him to bed.

LEOPOLD:

I've something to say. To the both

of you. I... Nothing is what it seems.

After witnessing mere weeks of this

age it is painfully apparent I am

outside of my acquaintance... I don't

know how to proceed. I frankly... am

in need of assistance. I'm sorry.

I'm not very good at this. In the

event you have missed it, I am

apologizing.

There is a long pause.

CHARLIE:

About time.

(he shakes Leopold's

hand reluctantly)

Welcome back.

(he leaves)

KATE:

Don't mind him. His heart would be

in the right place if he had a heart.

Surliness runs in my family.

LEOPOLD:

I understand. It practically races

through mine.

KATE:

(shocked)

Leopold, you made a joke. I mean one

that's not at my expense. That's

good.

They look at each other just a second too long.

LEOPOLD:

We'd better get to bed... That is...

KATE:

Yes... I start work...

(she looks at her

watch)

in three and a half hours.

LEOPOLD:

Oh, dear.

They self-consciously head to their respective rooms.

KATE:

It's fine. I'm used to it.

LEOPOLD:

You mustn't get too used to it. You'll

find life passes you by awfully

quickly.

Kate is struck by his vulnerability for the first time and

is moved. She catches herself quickly however.

LEOPOLD:

Thank you for...

KATE:

(waving it away)

Oh!

They stand at their bedroom doors.

LEOPOLD:

Well, goodnight then.

KATE:

Leopold?... I don't have a clear

handle on this. Perhaps I was wrong

keeping you confined to the apartment

all this time. I don't know when

you'll be able return home... Tomorrow

I'll start preparing you for the

outside world. And... We'll find

your way back. I promise.

Leopold smiles, still shaken. A beat. They slowly close the

doors to their respective rooms.

INT. HALLWAY - BRIGHT SUNNY MORNING

Leopold, dressed for an outing knocks on Kate's bedroom door.

KATE (V.O.)

Yes?

Leopold enters. Kate stands in a slip calmly looking at

Leopold. Leopold immediately turns, facing the door.

LEOPOLD:

Oh! I beg your pardon. I, I, I, was

merely... I didn't...

KATE:

Is there something you want, Leopold?

LEOPOLD:

I merely wanted to see... that is,

inquire, on your availability, for

an outing... My assimilation and so

forth.

KATE:

Yes, we have a lot of work ahead of

us. I'll be out in a minute.

LEOPOLD:

Yes, of course. Splendid.

He reaches around behind his back and fumbles for the knob.

He finally finds it and goes out.

Kate smiles.

CUT TO:

EXT. N.Y.C. - DAY

the Brooklyn Bridge, the Chrysler Building, Rockefeller

Center, 5th Avenue.

EXT. 5TH AVENUE - DAY

Kate and Leopold exit The Gap. Leopold awkwardly wears hip

Gap casual clothes, a baseball cap on his head.

LEOPOLD:

Are you certain this is correct?

Kate places the cap backwards on his head. She nods

approvingly.

KATE:

Certainly I'm certain.

Leopold watches himself in store windows. He CAN'T comprehend

it. Kate leads him into Barney's.

INT. BARNEY'S - DAY

Leopold stands before the mirror wearing a classic dark suit.

He looks FANTASTIC. A fact that is not lost on Kate.

LEOPOLD:

Now really. Isn't this better?

Kate nods back begrudgingly, her breath taken away.

EXT. N.Y.C. - DAY

Lincoln Center, Columbus Circle, Gristedes.

INT. GRISTEDES MARKET - DAY

Kate selects a shopping cart, begins to push it.

LEOPOLD:

Allow me.

Kate walks ahead. Leopold, maneuvering a cart with a broken

wheel, hasn't the knack and bangs into everyone and everything

in the aisle.

LEOPOLD:

Sorry. Oops! Careful there. So sorry.

CUT TO:

CLOSE UPS:
Leopold scrutinizing vegetables in cans, cereals

for kids, bottled water, instant soup, feminine hygiene

supplies.

CUT TO:

The check out line. As their groceries are being rung up,

Leopold spots The Sun, a newspaper with the headline: Woman

Sees Satan in her Microwave Oven. Leopold eagerly shows Kate.

LEOPOLD:

Have you seen today's paper?

KATE:

Put it back.

LEOPOLD:

But...

KATE:

Back!

Leopold reads the paper totally enthralled.

EXT. STREET - DAY

Kate and Leopold walk down the street, a bag in each arm.

Leopold eyes Kate suspiciously.

LEOPOLD:

Dr. Coles, why is it you are not

married?

KATE:

Women are longer defined by the men

they're married to, Leopold. I have

a career. I haven't found a man who

fits in with that yet.

LEOPOLD:

Yet people still marry?

KATE:

(defensively)

I've heard of cases.

They continue to walk, Leopold noticeably studies Kate.

Finally:

LEOPOLD:

I suspect there is something wrong

with you.

KATE:

There's nothing wrong with me!

LEOPOLD:

Perhaps it is the way you present

yourself.

KATE:

I don't know what you're talking

about.

LEOPOLD:

There is some sort of problem when a

woman reaches thirty and insists on

remaining single.

KATE:

You think I'm THIRTY?!

LEOPOLD:

What?

KATE:

Do I look THIRTY to you?

LEOPOLD:

It was an arbitrary number.

KATE:

You chose it specifically opposed to

a lower number.

LEOPOLD:

I didn't mean it.

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