Magnolia Page #11

RICK (OC)

You ready to keep winning?

STANLEY:

Sure.

STANLEY is driven away, OUT OF FRAME.

CUT TO:

EXT. SKY - DAY

CAMERA looking straight up. It starts POURING RAIN real hard

right INTO CAMERA....SLOW ZOOM IN....hold until it's just a

WASH OF WATER.

Title Card reads: Temperature/Percipitation reading/

wind direction/weather info/humidity/etc

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

EXT./INT. TELEVISION STUDIO - SECUIRTY ENTRANCE - MOMENTS LATER

CAMERA (STEADICAM) follows behind Stanley and Rick as they run

in from the rain, through some sliding glass doors, past a SECURITY

GAURD who buzzes them into another set of doors --

They enter a hallway with a bunch of production offices, walking

swiftly, shaking their wet clothes....the contestant coordinator

comes walking towards them: CYNTHIA (30s)

CYNTHIA:

There you are, there you are.

RICK:

Sorry we're late, Cynthia.

CYNTHIA:

Nothin' to it, no problem.

How you doin' Stanley?

STANLEY:

I'm fine. Yes. I'm fine.

CYNTHIA:

Ready to go,go,go?

STANLEY:

Where's Richard and Julia?

CYNTHIA:

They're here, they're fine.

In the dressing room.

(to Rick)

See you later --

Rick gives Stanley a pat on the head;

RICK:

Go to it, handsome.

STANLEY:

See you.

CAMERA holds with Rick, does a 180 around him, he turns his

back to us now, walks a bit, enters a door, into --

THE PARENTS GREEN ROOM

Rick greets the other two kids parents: RICHARD'S MOM (overhweiqht, 50s)

and RICHARD DAD (same) JULIA'S DAD and JULIA'S MOM (50s)

RICK:

Who's ready to beat the record?

RICHARD'S MOM

Jesus you scared us!

JULIA'S DAD

That was close.

RICK:

It's f***in cats and dogs out there --

JULIA'S DAD

Cats and Dogs, indeed.

CAMERA picks up with a young PRODUCTION KID who drops some coffee

off for JULIA'S MOM...follow him back out into the hallway -- CAMERA

branches off from him -- moves down another corridor and picks back

up with STANLEY and CYNTHIA as they walk and talk;

STANLEY:

Where's the news department at this studio?

CYNTHIA:

It's upstairs.

STANLEY:

Have you ever been there?

CYNTHIA:

Sure, why?

STANLEY:

I'm wondering about the weather

department. I'm wonderin' wether

or not the weather people use outside

meteorlogical services or if they

have in-house instruments?

CYNTHIA:

I can check on that for you, maybe

we can take a tour --

STANLEY:

Ok.

They pass CAMERA which picks up now with a woman MARY (40s)

This is Jimmy Gator's assistant...she walks to his dressing

room door and knocks --

JIMMY (OC)

Come in.

Mary enters the room. Jimmy is getting dressed in his outfit

for the show* and starting to take shots of Jack Daniel's.

MARY:

Rose is on the phone and here's

the cards for today --

JIMMY:

Fifteen minutes ago, where were

those cards?

MARY:

I'm sorry.

JIMMY:

I need you to get me Paula --

MARY:

You want her right now?

JIMMY:

Yes. Now. Find her. She's somewhere

in the building --

MARY:

We're on the air in twenty minutes, Jimmy.

JIMMY:

Find her, get her and tell her I want

to talk to her, Mary. F***ing hell.

He picks up the phone.

JIMMY:

Hello?

INTERCUT:

INT. JIMMY'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA PUSHES in on ROSE (Jimmy's wife) as she sits in the kitchen

on the phone to him. A MAID does some work in the b.g.

ROSE:

How you doing?

JIMMY:

I'm drinking.

ROSE:

Slowly or quickly?

JIMMY:

As fast as I can.

ROSE:

Come home soon after the show.

JIMMY:

I went to see her -- some f***in'

a**hole answers the door in his

underwear, he's fifty years old,

there's coke and sh*t laid out

on the table --

ROSE:

-- did she talk to you?

JIMMY:

She went crazy. She went crazy, Rose.

ROSE:

Did you tell her?

JIMMY:

I don't know. I have to go, I don't

have time and I have more drinking

to do before I go march --

ROSE:

I love you.

JIMMY:

Love you too..

ROSE:

Bye.

HOLD with Rose.

CUT TO:

EXT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA holds a moment on the building. JIM KURRING pulls his squad

car INTO FRAME, looks at the building.

CUT TO:

INT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA dollies in quick on Claudia as she snorts a line of coke.

She has some music BLASTING.

CUT TO:

EXT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA (STEADICAM) follows behind Jim Kurring as he heads up the

pathway, up the stairs and lands at her door. He knocks.

CUT TO:

INT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

Claudia jumps -- turns her head to the door. She sniffs a bit,

yells over the blasting music;

CLAUDIA:

...Hello...?

JIM KURRING (OC)

LAPD. Open the door.

She looks through her peep-hole, sees Jim Kurring. She turns looks

at her coffee table: It's full of coke, pills and pot, etc.

CLAUDIA:

uh...uh...What is it?

JIM KURRING:

It's the LAPD, can you open the door, please?

Claudia rushes over to the table of drugs and starts to scoop

things up in her arms --

CLAUDIA:

Just a minute just a...I have

to get dressed -- (f***,f***,f***)

CUT TO:

EXT. MEDICAL BUILDING/SHERMAN OAKS - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in on LINDA'S MERCEDES as it pulls into a parking

structure. The RAIN is pouring down. She steps out of the car --

CUT TO:

INT. MEDICAL BUILDING - MOMENTS LATER

CAMERA pulls back as Linda exits some elevators, heads down a hall --

CUT TO:

INT. OFFICE/WAITING ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

She enters a psychologist's waiting room. Three or four chairs

and a LIGHT SWITCH that has a doctors name next to it.

ECU - She flips the switch and a red light goes on.

JUMP CUT TO:

INT. PSYCHOLOGIST'S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER

A small, comfortable office space. Linda is crying, talking,

pacing. The psychologist is a middle aged woman, DR. DIANE.

As they talk, Dr. Diane writes a perscription;

LINDA:

I hate doing this, coming here

and not being able to talk --

DR. DIANE

I understand, it's fine --

I wish the circumstance was better.

LINDA:

I don't know what's gonna happen,

I really don't -- I'm so f***ing,

I feel so over the top with everything.

DR. DIANE

Mmm..Hmm. Running out of your

medication at all, let alone at

a time like this could be drastic,

I'm glad you came in to see me,

as short as this has been --

She hands over the perscriptions (x2) and is about to say another

word -- but Linda SNATCHES the two small pieces of paper from

her hand and heads for the door --

LINDA:

Thank you Doctor Diane --

SHRINK:

Good luck with everything.

ECU - Door slammed.

CUT TO:

INT. EARL'S HOUSE - DEN - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA holds on PHIL. SLOW ZOOM IN as he stands in front of

the television, flipping stations.

ANGLE, THE TELEVISION.

It's plays all sorts of various things. Phil stops a few beats

on each thing that looks vaguely like an infomercial.

He puts the remote down, exits the room. CAMERA stays a moment,

catches a glimpse of a promo for, "What Do Kids Know?"

It's VARIOUS IMAGES of Stanley and the other kids answering

questions, with a calendar showing they've been at it for over

seven weeks and total winnings moving towards $450,000.00

PROMO ANNOUNCER:

Can they do it? Tune in live at three

o'clock and see if Stanley Spector and

his brilliant friends Richard and Julia

can defeat todays adult challengers Mim,

Luis and Todd -- they're moving towards

A Half A Million Dollar Team Total and

a "What Do Kids Know?" record --

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