Lost in America Page #13

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DAVID:

Bullshit. They had a huge nest

egg. They sold cocaine. They

didn't get on their motorcycles

till their nest egg was giant,

fifty times the size of ours.

NANCY:

That's not true.

DAVID:

Oh, look. I'm not going to stand

here, in front of one of the seven

wonders of the world and argue about

an old movie. I'm going to go now

and get back in the motor home and

maybe you can wander around out here

and figure out something to do. We

have eight hundred dollars left and

an entire lifetime. See what you

can come up with.

David starts to walk away.

NANCY:

We could sell cocaine.

DAVID:

(stops and turns

around)

Well, my God. Why didn't I think

of that? Great idea. As a matter-

of-fact, I remember after seeing

"Midnight Express" I went out of

the theater saying to myself, "That's

for me. Sex with hundreds of

Turkish men."

David turns around and walks towards the motor home.

DAVID:

(continuing)

Come on. Let's go.

Nancy doesn't go with him.

NANCY:

No. Forget it.

DAVID:

Forget what?

NANCY:

Forget everything.

DAVID:

What are you talking about?

NANCY:

You know, I'll tell you one good

thing that came out of all of this.

We forgot to get remarried. That

was one good thing that happened

and no one has mentioned that yet.

DAVID:

What are you saying?

NANCY:

I'm saying that if we got remarried

it would be much more difficult to

get divorced. Now it's easy. It's

over. I'll just stay in Nevada for

six weeks and then we'll be legally

through. This is how it should

have happened anyway, David. We

were stupid to think it could have

happened any other way.

DAVID:

Do you really believe that?

NANCY:

You bet your life I do. I realize

now, you're never going to let me

forget this. For the rest of our

lives, you'll blame me and I won't

take it. So, goodbye. I'm sorry.

It didn't work out.

35EXT. SIDE OF ROAD

Nancy walks to the side of the road and sticks out her

thumb. David walks after her.

DAVID:

What do you expect to do? Where

do you think you're going?

NANCY:

I still have my dreams. I'll have

to find somebody else who understands

them a little bit better and then

I'll start over.

DAVID:

Okay. Enough is enough. I

understand your dreams. You said,

"Explode." I exploded. It's done.

Now, come on. Let's not act stupid.

I'm over it.

NANCY:

(crying)

You'll never be over it. I know

you. You're right. I'm stupid.

You don't want to be with a

stupid person so leave me alone.

DAVID:

What are you doing?

NANCY:

None of your business. Now get

out of here, please.

DAVID:

You told me to be angry. You said

it was unhealthy not to be angry.

You'd be angry, too. God knows

you'd be angry.

We see a car approaching in the distance.

DAVID:

(continuing)

Nancy, there's a car coming and

there's a man in there who looks

like an animal. Now if you don't

put your thumb back, he's going

to pick you up and if he picks

you up, you're going to be in

his car. I don t know him. You

don't know him. We don't know

where we are, so why don't we

stop acting like this?!

NANCY:

Goodbye.

DAVID:

(yelling)

What is happening? You said it

fifteen hundred times, "Get

angry." I got angry. I thought

I got angry well. I'm over it.

NANCY:

Sure you're over it. You're

still yelling.

DAVID:

I'm yelling because you're about

to get in someone else's car!

An old Chevy pulls over. A guy in his late thirties,

large, ugly, RED-NECK-looking fellow says to Nancy:

RED-NECK

Where ya headin'?

NANCY:

With you.

RED-NECK

Alright. You got it. Come on.

Nancy gets in the car. David starts to run after them.

DAVID:

(yelling)

This has gotten out of hand. Look

around you, Nancy, you're in another

car! That man is not me! Nancy!

I apologize! I'm sorry!

David stops yelling. He just stands there for a minute.

DAVID:

(continuing; to

himself)

Listen to what I'm saying. I was

sleeping and I'm yelling I'm sorry.

What's going on? Jesus Christ!

She's going to get killed!

36EXT. ROAD TO HOOVER - HELICOPTER SHOT - DAY

David runs back to the motor home. He starts the

engine. David tries to catch up to the Chevy. The

Chevy's gotten a large lead. He goes faster but it

doesn't help. He loses the car.

CUT TO:

37 INT. MOTOR HOME

DAVID:

(mumbling)

I've lost my wife in the desert.

This is just silly. You lose

your wallet or your keys but I've

lost a whole woman.

David continues to drive. After a short while, he spots

a road stop, a gas-food-rest stop.

There's a small restaurant. He spots the Chevy. He

pulls in. David gets out of the motor home. Through

the window, he can see this Red-Neck and Nancy sitting

at a table.

CUT TO:

38 INT. ROADSIDE RESTAURANT

David walks in. He approaches the table where Nancy

and the Red-Neck are sitting.

DAVID:

Nancy, I think we should go.

RED-NECK

I don't think she wants to speak

to you, buddy.

DAVID:

I've known her for a long time.

I think I would rather have direct

communication with her. Nancy,

come on.

RED-NECK

I said she don't want to talk to

you.

DAVID:

We're leaving now, okay, honey?

RED-NECK

You're not listenin', are you?

DAVID:

I'm listening. This is my wife.

It's between her and me. Nancy?

We're going to work things out

now. Thank this gentleman for

the ride and let's go.

Nancy says nothing. The Red-Neck stands up. He is huge.

RED-NECK

Mister, I'm gonna count to three

and I want you out of here. One...

DAVID:

Nancy, this man's counting. Who

is he?

RED-NECK

Two.

DAVID:

Honey, there's one number left.

RED-NECK

Three.

The Red-Neck takes David by the shoulder and starts to

lead him outside.

RED-NECK

(continuing)

Let's go. You and I, we have

some fighting to do.

David is being shoved outside. He looks back at Nancy.

DAVID:

Is this what you want? Is this

what was supposed to happen? I'm

now going to be killed by a gorilla?

David and the Red-Neck are outside. Nancy realizes

David is probably right. He will be killed. She gets

up. She runs after them.

39EXT. ROADSIDE RESTAURANT

By the time she gets outside, David is already being

punched in the stomach and then in the face. In be-

tween punches, David is yelling to Nancy:

DAVID:

Call him off! He'll obey you!

Tell him it's alright!

The Red-Neck is now really angry.

RED-NECK

I hate you. I'm going to kill you.

NANCY:

It's okay. Stop. Please? Thank

you for the ride but we can handle it.

RED-NECK

You're out of this now. This is

between him and me.

I haven't hated somebody so much

in a long time. He reminds me

of everything I hate.

David is on the ground. The Red-Neck picks him up.

RED-NECK

Come on. Come on. Let's really

go at it.

DAVID:

This is going to disappoint you

but I have really gone at it.

I haven't had a fight since I

was in the third grade. I'm just

not used to it. Nancy, tell him.

NANCY:

Please! It's okay. My husband

and I had a fight but we can handle

it.

RED-NECK

I said get out, lady. I'm on a

mission now.

Nancy, realizing that she can't stop the fight, begins to

scream:

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