Lost in America Page #14

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NANCY:

Help! Help! Police! Help!

Murder! Help!

People start to come out of the restaurant. This is more

attention than the Red-Neck wanted.

RED-NECK

Well, look at this. A woman has

to help you by yelling for the

police. Well, if I wasn't wanted,

I wouldn't care. I'd stay here

and beat the sh*t out of you, but

right now I can't afford to see

the police. But I'll get you. I

don't know where or when, but I'll

get you, mister.

The Red-Neck starts to walk back to his car.

DAVID:

Yell "Police!" more. Keep yelling.

NANCY:

Police! Police!

We see the Red-Neck hasten a bit. He starts his engine.

DAVID:

More. Yell. Yell. Police!

Help! Help!

The Chevy pulls out. The Red-Neck yells back:

RED-NECK

I'll get you.

David is holding his jaw.

NANCY:

Are you alright?

DAVID:

That man will spend the rest of

his life trying to find me. I'll

be killed, Nancy.

Nancy helps him towards the motor home.

40INT. MOTOR HOME

They get inside. David is holding his jaw.

NANCY:

Are you sure you're okay?

DAVID:

Yeah, I'm okay. Next time, if

you're going to hitch, get a ride

with a small woman, will you?

NANCY:

I'm proud of you.

DAVID:

For what? Getting beat up?

NANCY:

For rescuing me.

DAVID:

Well, I had no choice really. I

thought about just forgetting it

and finding someone new, but I

realized I had nothing to offer

them.

NANCY:

David, listen to me... We're going

to be alright.

DAVID:

I hope so. Maybe we will.

David starts the engine. The home slowly begins to

move.

NANCY:

What do you think we should do

first?

DAVID:

First? First, I think we fill this

thing with gas so we can get as far

away as possible from that mental

patient. Then, I guess we'll head

east. We'll drive until we find a

place we both like and that'll be

our new home. We'll start there

and we'll begin to rebuild.

NANCY:

I swear to God I think this is a

blessing in disguise. The whole

idea of going to Las Vegas was to

get remarried so we could have a

new beginning, right? Well, that

would've just been a ceremony. Now,

we really are starting from the

beginning. I think this way is

much better.

DAVID:

Well, I hope it is. But since we

really will never know the other

way, let's not compare.

NANCY:

But after all, the whole purpose

was to find ourselves and to be

free and now we really are free.

The other way...

DAVID:

(interrupting)

Hold it, honey. Another comparison,

right?

NANCY:

Well, I'm just excited. I think

this is a blessing.

DAVID:

It very well might be. All I'm

saying is let's just let our

original plan rest in peace.

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41AEXT. ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

thru

41C

A) We see the motor home driving along. In the

background there is MUSIC. As they head east,

the sun slowly is setting behind them. After

various SHOTS of David and Nancy moving along

the desert...

B) ... we finally see them pass a sign that says,

"WELCOME TO PRESCOTT, ARIZONA."

C) They drive on further until they pull up to a

trailer park. The sign above the park says,

"PRESCOTT TRAILER PARK." He stops. He pulls

the motor home into this park. He sticks his

head out the window, as if to feel the climate.

It feels right.

CUT TO:

42INT. MOTOR HOME

The sun has set. This is where they've chosen to live.

Nancy is lying on the bed as David is at the kitchen

table, figuring out the money they have left.

DAVID:

Okay, so, gas and the payment

here and the electricity hook-up,

the water hook-up, lunch... Oh my!

NANCY:

What?

DAVID:

Three hundred and twenty dollars.

He takes that amount out of his pocket. He lays it out

in front of then, like a magician doing a card trick.

DAVID:

(continuing)

There it is, sweetheart. That's it.

NANCY:

Okay. Let's call this "emergency"

money. We'll get jobs right away

so we don't have to touch this.

DAVID:

Absolutely. This money we seal away.

NANCY:

We'll both have jobs by tomorrow.

It's going to be good.

DAVID:

We have no choice. We have to

have jobs by tomorrow.

NANCY:

We should celebrate tonight.

DAVID:

Celebrate what?

NANCY:

This! This is the real beginning!

David sits there. He smiles. He's staring at Nancy.

After a while he feels a little uncomfortable.

NANCY:

(continuing)

What's the matter? What are you

staring at?

DAVID:

Your legs. They look different.

NANCY:

Different?

DAVID:

They look longer.

NANCY:

You're joking, right?

DAVID:

No.

NANCY:

I have long legs, remember?

DAVID:

Remember what?

NANCY:

That was the first thing you

ever said to me. You said I

had sexy long legs. That was

before you even asked me my

name.

DAVID:

My God. You're right. We talked

about your legs for a long time

before your name came up. Was I

rude?

NANCY:

You were great.

DAVID:

You didn't think I was so sexy

the first time you saw me, did

you?

NANCY:

Yes I did.

DAVID:

You didn't say anything.

NANCY:

Yes I did.

DAVID:

No you didn't.

NANCY:

Yes. I remember I told you I

thought curly hair was very,

very sexy. I said I liked your

hair.

DAVID:

No, sweetheart, you said curly

hair was sexy and then you asked

me if that was my own hair.

NANCY:

Well, I was shy.

DAVID:

Don't worry. I took it as a

compliment.

Nancy smiles. David walks over and gives her a passionate

kiss, the likes of which we have not yet seen in this film.

They begin to make love. It's the real thing. As they do

we...

CUT TO:

43EXT. MOTOR HOME

We hear MOANING. We see the home rocking gently back

and forth. Older people who live in the trailer park

start to come out and watch this new residence move

from side to side. Some have folding chairs, others

have picnic baskets. This is one trailer park that

hasn't yet put in cable television. So, to these

people, this is entertainment they so badly needed.

We SLOWLY...

DISSOLVE INTO:

44INT. MOTOR HOME - NEXT MORNING

David is still in bed. Nancy is almost dressed. She has

an extraordinary amount of energy.

NANCY:

David, I love you. That was the

best. It was amazing.

David is a bit dazed. Obviously they've had the best sex

of their lives. It's given her energy. It's made him a

little confused.

DAVID:

It never happened like that in

L.A. I wonder why?

NANCY:

We stopped having sex in L.A.

DAVID:

That must be it.

NANCY:

Seriously. What do you really

think happened? What did we do

right?

DAVID:

I don't think it had anything to

do with us.

NANCY:

What was it? The air?

DAVID:

Maybe. My guess is extreme poverty.

NANCY:

Well, then I say we should stay poor.

DAVID:

Look, I was just guessing. I think

we have to make some money, we don't

want to starve to death and then find

out it really was the air. We'll

feel so stupid.

NANCY:

(smiles)

I have so much energy. I can't

wait to get out and just explore

this city. I'm going to get a

great job. I know it.

David gets out of bed. He puts on his robe.

DAVID:

Me, too. Now, I think we should

have some kind of a plan. What do

you say we look for work together?

NANCY:

I don't think so. I think we

should go in separate directions.

DAVID:

Why?

NANCY:

We'll cover more territory.

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