Lost in America Page #7

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Everyone raises their glasses.

DAVID:

(continuing)

To you, our loyal friends, we will

miss you. To my lovely new bride,

I want to know you all over again...

And to America, get ready. Here

we come!

Everybody drinks. As they do we...

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17EXT. SAN BERNARDINO FREEWAY - NEXT DAY

We hear MUSIC (possibly the song from "Easy Rider" when

Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda left L.A. on their motor-

cycles). This is the first time we see the motor home.

No expense was spared on this. It's seventy feet long.

From the outside, you can see a roof that doubles as a

little patio where you can sun yourself. The windows

are huge. It looks luxurious, even from a distance.

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18INT. MOTOR HOME

David is driving. Nancy is in the back in the kitchen

area.

DAVID:

Honey, we're two minutes from

crossing the city limits. Come

up front. This is historic.

NANCY:

(from the rear

of the trailer)

Just a second! This microwave

oven browns, did you know that?

The one in our new house couldn't

even do that.

DAVID:

Our new house? No, some poor

sucker's new house. This is our

new house and I love it.

Nancy walks up towards the front with two melted cheese

sandwiches. No matter how horrible the sandwiches looked

or tasted, to David, it would be great. That's his new

attitude.

DAVID:

(continuing)

Boy, does this smell good. How

long did it take to melt this?

NANCY:

Twenty seconds.

DAVID:

Can you believe it? Boy! I

never really tasted melted cheese

on toast before. I must have

eaten it a million times, but

this is the first time I've really

tasted it. It's good and I bet

it gets better the further we

get from L.A.

NANCY:

We'll actually be breathing clean

air. We haven't done that for --

how many years?

DAVID:

Forever. I hope we can recognize

it.

Nancy smiles. This is certainly the best mood she's

been in for a long time.

NANCY:

Last night was so nice, don't you

think? Those are good people.

We had good friends there.

DAVID:

I know. It's just that we weren't

good friends there.

NANCY:

Every once in a while I can't

believe what we're doing. Are

you scared? Be honest.

DAVID:

No, not at all. Well, let's say

I'm scared in the same way

Columbus was scared.

NANCY:

Columbus must have really been

scared, huh? That took a lot

of guts, didn't it? What if

the world was flat? They really

didn't know anything.

DAVID:

Well, I think he covered himself.

NANCY:

How?

DAVID:

Oh, let's say there was the Pinta,

the Nina and the Santa Maria. I'd

bet everything I have that Columbus

was in the Santa Maria. If the

world was flat, I think he'd watch

the Pinta and the Nina go. Then

he'd tell the Santa Maria to turn

around. He'd probably just go back

and have sex with the Queen again.

I don't think he was a complete

schmuck.

NANCY:

So, actually, we're braver than

Columbus. We don't have two motor

homes in front of us.

DAVID:

That's right. However, we should

keep our eye on that Buick ahead.

If it falls off the earth, it

would be wise to pull over and re-

evaluate.

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19EXT. LAS VEGAS - NIGHT TIME

The town is all lit up. The motor home pulls up in

front of a 24-hour wedding chapel. David stops. He

stares at the chapel through the window.

20INT. MOTOR HOME - NIGHT

DAVID:

Doesn't it look beautiful? I'm

excited.

(opens the door

and starts to get out)

Let me find out what we do. I'll

get all the information.

NANCY:

Wait a second.

DAVID:

What?

NANCY:

Aren't you tired?

DAVID:

I'm excited.

NANCY:

You know what we should do? We

should get married tomorrow.

DAVID:

Why? We should get married now

and then drive out to the Grand

Canyon and have our second

honeymoon under the stars. What

could be better than that?

NANCY:

Well, here's what I'd like to do.

I'd like to get married in the

morning. We're trying to start

a new life. We should do it at

the beginning of a new day. We'll

both be fresh. We'll be up. We

can get married at the crack of

dawn.

DAVID:

That sounds nice. Alright. We'll

camp out some place tonight and

then come back before dawn. As

a matter-of-fact, these places will

be less crowded then. Good idea.

Nancy, you're a genius.

He starts the engine.

NANCY:

Are we sure we want to camp out

tonight?

DAVID:

What?

NANCY:

Why don't we make tonight a real

old-fashioned honeymoon? Let's

go to the best hotel and get

the honeymoon suite and celebrate

our heads off.

DAVID:

Sweetheart, we don't want to stay

in a Vegas hotel. This is what

we've left, this money-grabbing,

horrible society.

NANCY:

I agree, but one night? We'll

have room service and make love

in a big bed and watch porno

movies. I think it'll be fun.

DAVID:

We want to touch Indians.

NANCY:

We will. Just tonight and then

that's it.

Don't you want to take a bath

together in one of those big

tubs?

DAVID:

Well, okay.

NANCY:

If you really don't want to, we

don't have to. We can camp out.

DAVID:

No, it's okay. As a matter-of-fact,

it might be very exciting. We

haven't been in a bath together

for a long time.

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21EXT. DESERT INN - NIGHT

David pulls the motor home into the parking lot and

turns over the keys to the young parking attendant.

22INT. LOBBY OF DESERT INN

David and Nancy are coming through the main doors.

We can see the motor home being driven out of the drive-

way by one of the valet parking attendants. David

looks behind him and watches the home drive off. He's

nervous.

DAVID:

I don't think they know how to

drive those things. He could

ruin it.

NANCY:

(all excited)

Oh, don't worry. They can drive

anything. Look. Isn't this

wonderful? It's so romantic.

God, I used to come here a lot.

I kind of miss it.

DAVID:

You never told me you came here.

When?

NANCY:

Before we were married. I'll

tell you about it later. Come

on.

They approach the front desk. A CLERK is working at

one of the reservation computers.

CLERK:

Excuse me?

DAVID:

My wife and I have dropped out of

society and we're making this

statement, but we want to spend

one last night here. We're

planning to get up at the crack

of dawn and get remarried and...

NANCY:

(interrupting David,

she whispers to him)

Just ask him for the room.

DAVID:

(whispering back)

I'm getting to it. I know what

I'm doing.

(to the Clerk)

Anyway, we're going to get up

very early and get remarried

so we want something very special

because we're doing something

special. My point is, we'd

like your finest bridal suite.

CLERK:

Do you have a reservation?

DAVID:

No, I told you, we just dropped

out. We don't do reservation

things anymore. We're living

spontaneously.

CLERK:

Well, we're not. We thrive on

reservations and I'm sorry but

the bridal suite is occupied.

DAVID:

What other rooms do you have?

NANCY:

(to the Clerk)

Just a minute, please?

(she pulls David

aside, whispering)

The bridal suite isn't occupied.

DAVID:

What?

NANCY:

It's not occupied. I can see it

in his face.

DAVID:

What do you mean?

NANCY:

Give him money.

DAVID:

What?

NANCY:

Give him fifty bucks.

DAVID:

Why?

NANCY:

We'll get the bridal suite.

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