Leaving Las Vegas Page #2

YURI:

(seductive)

These are pretty.

Sera watches in the mirror as he pulls her panties to reveal

her buttocks. He strokes her there gently with his other

hand. We see that there are two fine scars there. He speaks

gently, like a father to a daughter.

YURI(cont�d)

Is this how you would repay

me for coming all this way to

find you again? Driving

through the desert to protect

my little Sera.

CUT TO:

FLASHBACK-SILENT-GRAINY BLACK AND WHITE

8 INT. ROOM - NIGHT

Yuri and Sera - different time, different place. Sera looking

frightened, backing away from Yuri, who pulls a switchblade

from his jacket and opens it.

CUT BACK TO:

9 INT. PENTHOUSE - NIGHT

Yuri enters from the bedroom. The weird woman is doing a line

of coke.

YURI:

(cheerful)

Sera wanted me to ask if she

might undress at once for

you. She has a very beautiful

undergarment witch she would

like you to see.

ANGLE ON BEDROOM DOOR

Sera comes into the room. She smiles and begins unbuttoning

her jacket.

She takes it off and drops it on the floor, and then unzips

her skirt and steps out of it. Sera is now in control and

playing the room. In the background. Yuri leaves the room.

WEIRD WOMAN:

(strange voice)

Come here.

Sera walks over and something strange takes place between

them.

CUT TO:

10 INT. BEN�S BAR. LA - MORNING

The bar is dark but through a small window we see that it is

a very bright sunny day outside. The bartender reads the Los

Angeles Times. The bar surface is red vinyl. There are five

customers, all single men. One of them is Ben and he is

sitting at the bar watching TV. A game show is in progress

and the TV sound is loud. Ben finishes his drink and grimaces

before indicating to the barman that he�d like a repeat.

Barman pours him a whiskey - Cranberry - and the camera moves

in closer to Ben, ending in a close-up. Ben takes a big hit

from the drink and concentrates on the TV. We hear from the

TV sound that it is a word game with a big prize. Ben smiles

to himself.

BEN�S POV OF TV

The talk show hostess, an American TV beauty, is showing the

audience the prizes available in today�s game show.

ANGLE ON BEN:

As he finishes that drink and asks for another. The camera

moves in close on his eyes.

BEN�S POV OF TV

She turns from the prizes and looks straight into the TV

camera, which starts zooming into her. At first, what she is

saying makes complete sense, but then things change�

HOSTESS:

(smoky, sexy voice)

Just look at this studio,

Ben, filled with glamorous

merchandise, including an

extra special prize chosen

just for You! A big, bad, BMW

motorcycle, complete with

saddle bags stuffed with

thousands of US dollars.

�There are oohs� from the audience.

HOSTESS:

So, Ben,

(tosses her hair)

let�s find a bar, get drunk

and go for a ride.

The studio lights dim.

HOSTESS:

Then we can get a suite

somewhere and order up a case

of champagne while we f***

ourselves silly.

Close-up on males in the audience doing the grunt.

HOSTESS:

This is it, just for You,

Ben.

She unbuttons her top, licks her fingers and makes her

nipples hard.

HOSTESS:

Because You�ve been so

patient, and because I want

to f*** you, take care of

You, and because there�s

nothing else in the world

worth doing.

Section of the audience clapping - some women dabbing their

eyes.

HOSTESS:

Tell you what, Ben, let�s go

to Las Vegas. The bars stay

open twenty four hours night

and day. Just you, just me,

Ben, think about it, all

right?

ANGLE ON BEN:

Lost in his fantasy

BEN:

I�ll think about it.

He looks back at the screen, but the show has returned to

what is known as �normal�. He finishes his drink and then an

attack of nausea hit him. He takes a deep breath and rolls

his neck and his head. The barman puts down a fresh drink.

Ben looks at his own hands�which are steady.

BARMAN:

You should go on that show.

CUT TO:

11 INT. SMART BUSINESS SPACE - MORNING

Ben sitting at a desk with a phone wedged on his ear, a cup

of black coffee on the desk. The walls are covered with

framed film posters and one complete wall has shelves jammed

with scripts. He nods from time to time and sometimes says

�yes� or �OK�, but it becomes clear that there is no one on

the other end. He drinks from the coffee cup. A woman comes

up to his desk, a business colleague. She puts a wad of

messages down on the desk.

BEN:

Yeah, but what�s the back end

like? By the time we�re

through with P and A, the

above-the line is going to

take it to about fifteen and

with something like this... I

don�t know if Disney will go

for it... can I call you back

on this? OK... chow for now.

(to the woman)

Good morning.

WOMAN:

(cautious)

Ben... Mr. Simpson was looking

for you. I said that you had

a doctor�s appointment. He

said for you to go in as soon

as... are you OK?

BEN:

(pulling himself together)

I�m fantastic, but I gotta go

out now... very important

meeting, could make a coupla

million for the company.

Ben gets up and as he passes her he grabs her and dances a

few steps. It is clear that she likes Ben, but when his face

gets close to hers she smells the alcohol on his breath and

she turns away. Ben stops dancing and smiles sadly.

WOMAN:

(tender)

Ben?

BEN:

What?

WOMAN:

You should go now.

She leaves the room and Ben goes through some routine at the

desk. He opens a drawer of a filing cabinet and puts in his

whole arm, looking for something at the very back. He pulls

out a small vodka bottle and opens it and then pours the

contents into his coffee cup. With cup in hand he leaves the

room.

CUT TO:

12 INT. SMART OFFICE - DAY

Ben is sitting opposite his boss, Mr. Simpson, who is very

upset. He hands Ben an envelope. Ben opens it and pulls out a

check. He looks at the amount.

BEN:

(genuinely moved)

This is to generous Peter.

SIMPSON:

(close to tears)

Well... we liked having you

around, Ben, but you know how

it is.

BEN:

(ashamed)

Sure thing... and I�m sorry.

Ben takes a swig from his coffee cup.

SIMPSON:

(trying to cheer things along)

Well... what are you going to

do now?

BEN:

I thought I might move out to

Las Vegas.

Simpson looks puzzled.

BEN:

The bars never close.

CUT TO:

13 INT. BEN�S BMW � DAY

Ben drives though Beverly Hills. He pours the content of a

small bottle of vodka into an empty Coke can, puts the empty

bottle under the seat and then drinks from the can.

He slips a tape into the player and we hear �Lonely

Teardrops�, by Michael McDonald, one of Ben�s favorite songs.

At a traffic light a cop on a bike pulls up next to him and

Ben takes a pull from the Coke can and smiles, mouths the

word �hot�. The cop nods back at him, the light changes and

they both pull away.

CUT TO:

14 EXT. SANTA MONICA STREET � DAY

Ben carries a brown paper bag which clinks. Camera follows

him as he walks down the street. He looks at...

BEN�S POV

A girl walking ahead of him in the same direction. She is

walking her dog. She is attractive from behind. We hear Ben�s

thoughts.

BEN:

(voice-over)

Beautiful, not just the shape

which is nice, but the whole

walk, the feeling, the

movement. This girl is

pleased with herself. Maybe

this is the only art I can

appreciate... I don�t know if

this is good or bad, but

right now she is really

beautiful. When I was a boy

it would have been really

important that she have a

pretty face, to go with this

body, I mean. I still would

like to see her face, but her

beauty is not dependent on her

face.

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