Magnolia Page #12

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INT. EARL'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - MOMENT LATER

Phil enters and picks up the phone. Dials a number. (Director's Note)

INTERCUT:

INT. PINK DOT - THAT MOMENT

A young Mexican GIRL (20's) takes orders for delivery at pink Dot,

sits in front of a little computer.

PINK DOT GIRL:

Pink Dot.

PHIL:

Hi. I'd like to get an order for delivery.

PINK DOT GIRL:

Phone number.

PHIL:

818-753-0088.

PINK DOT GIRL:

Partridge?

PHIL:

Yeah.

PINK DOT GIRL:

What would you like?

PHIL:

I'd like to get an order of...um...peanut butter.

PINK DOT GIRL:

Mmm.Hmmm.

PHIL:

Cigarettes. Camel Lights.

PINK DOT GIRL:

mmm.hmm.

PHIL:

Water.

PINK DOT GIRL:

Bottled Water?

PHIL:

Um, no, y'know what? Forget the water,

just give me a loaf of bread...white

bread.

PINK DOT GIRL:

Ok.

PHIL:

And um....do you have Swank magazine?

PINK DOT GIRL:

Yeah.

PHIL:

Ok. One of those. Do you have Ram Rod?

The magazine, Ram Rod?

PINK DOT GIRL:

Yeah.

PHIL:

Ok. One of those. And...um...Barely Legal?

PINK DOT GIRL:

yeah.

PHIL:

Do you have that?

PINK DOT GIRL:

yeah, I said. Is that it?

PHIL:

That's it.

PINK DOT GIRL:

Do you still want the peanut butter,

bread and cigarettes ?

PHIL:

Yes. What? Yes.

PINK DOT GIRL:

Total is $15.29. Thirty minutes or less.

PHIL:

Thank you.

Phil hangs up, looks to Earl. CU - EARL. He's asleep, uncomfortably.

CAMERA moves inside his chest.

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

INT. EARL'S BODY - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA roams around a bit, watching the CANCER eat away at Earl's lungs.

CAMERA MOVES BACKWARDS, pulling out;

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

INT. HOLIDAY INN/BANQUET ROOM - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pulls back from Frank, who heads offstage. The AUDIENCE is

applauding him. The sidekick, DOC takes the mic and makes an

announcement about the one hour break/snacks served in lobby/etc.

Frank hops offstage, greets Captain Muffy and Gwenovier;

CAPTAIN MUFFY:

Chief, this is Gwenovier from the show,

"Profiles," for the interview --

FRANK:

Hello, hello, I'm a bit out of breath

from all this work --

GWENOVIER:

That's fine. It's nice to meet you.

FRANK:

Are we gonna tape some stuff now?

GWENOVIER:

If you're up to it, I've got us

set up in a suite upstairs --

FRANK:

You got us a room so quick?

Frank and Captain Muffy laugh at the joke.

FRANK:

I'm kidding of course.

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INT. HOTEL SUITE - MOMENTS LATER

Frank is getting his mic put on, Gwenovier has a small VIDEO CREW

with her. They both get touched up for the interview, Frank's

talking away;

FRANK:

I swear to f***ing-god, I do one-a-my

seminars, I'm Superaman! I'm Batman!

I'm like a f***ing action hero the way

I feel afterwards, like I could walk out

this door, down the street, pick up any f***in'

pootie I see that has even one second to stop --

Gwenovier gives a little snap and finger gesture to her CAMERAMAN

to start rolling;

GWENOVIER:

All it takes is one second?

FRANK:

Just one look, one hesitation,

one subtle gesture for me to know --

And Bing-Bam-Boom I'm away on a

tangent -- I get so f***in' amped

at these seminars and lemme tell you

why:
Because I Am What I Believe.

I am what I teach, I do as I say,

I live by these rules as religiously

as I preach them: And you wanna know

what? I'm gettin' p*ssy left, right,

up, down, center and sideways.

GWENOVIER:

I'm gonna start rolling --

FRANK:

-- go, go, go. I'm givin' pearls here.

And I'II tell you samethin' else:

I'm not succeding in the bush because

I'm Frank TJ Mackey. If anything,

there are women out there that want

to destroy me -- it makes it twice as

hard for me, I run into some little

muffin, knows who I am, knows my schemes

and plans -- sh*t, she's gonna wanna

f*** around, prove to her friends, say,

"Yaddda-yadda-yadda, I saw that guy, he

wasn't anything, didn't get me." So me?

I'm runnin' on full throttle the whole

f***in' time. Dodging bullets left and

right from terrorist blonde beauties.

But I'II tell you this: The battle of

the bush is being fought and won by Team

Mackey. Can I have a cigarette?

GWENOVIER:

Ok. So, lemme just ask you a couple

questions to start --

Captain Muffy hands Frank a cigarette, lights it for him.

VIDEO CAMERA'S POV - It's zooms in to close up of Frank. He exhales;

FRANK:

What do you want to know?

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EXT. SMILING PEANUT BAR - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA BOOMS DOWN and PUSHES IN on Donnie Smith's Honda Accord,

with damaged front end, as it pulls into a parking space.

It's POURING RAIN. (dir.note)

CAMERA lands in close. Donnie sits a moment. He plays his tape,

"Dreams," sings along a bit, pep talks himself, does some deep

breathing, says;

DONNIE:

Make it happen, make it happen and go,go,go.

He gets out of the car real quick --

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INT. SMILING PEANUT BAR - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA (STEADICAM) pushes in as Donnie enters this dark little bar.

It's not too crowded. He takes off his wet coat, brushes his hair

back a bit and walks to an empty corner table --

Donnie takes his seat and looks over to the bar -- CAMERA swings a 180,

heads away from him -- it moves to the bar area and into:

A young, handsome BARTENDER BRAD (20s) is pouring drinks.

CAMERA picks up with a COCKTAIL WAITRESS (30s) who walks over and

brings us back to Donnie's booth --

COCKTAIL WAITRESS

Hello. You're back again, huh?

DONNIE:

yeah, yes, hi, hello.

COCKTAIL WAITRESS

-- can I get you?

DONNIE:

Diet Coke.

She exits. Donnie lights a cigarette -- CAMERA blends from 24fps

to 40fps -- he looks across the room -- CAMERA swings 180 back towards

the bar and pushes in towards --

Bartender Brad takes the order from the Cocktail Waitress.

He nods, turns from her and smiles to reveal a full set of BRACES.

ANGLE, DONNIE. CAMERA pushes in slow and he smiles, touches his

hand to his mouth.

DONNIE'S POV - The Bartender pours the coke, turns his attention towards

an old-freaky looking Thurston Howell/Truman Capote/Dorothy Parker

type guy (60s) at the end of the bar, who raises his glass, motions as

if to say, "Another one of these, please," while waving some money

and smiling/flirting with Brad the Bartender.

Donnie's face drops. CAMERA DOLLIES back a little bit and blends from

40fps to 24fps. The Cocktail Waitress arrives back;

COCKTAIL WAITRESS

Diet Coke.

DONNIE:

I want a shot of tequila too.

COCKTAIL WAITRESS

-- what kind?

DONNIE:

It doesn't matter.

Donnie GLARES across the bar at BRAD and THURSTON as they flirt.

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INT. TELEVISION STUDIO/HALLWAYS - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA leads/follows the kids from the show; STANLEY, RICHARD

(overweight, 12) and JULIA (child-star-type 11). They're led by

CYNTHIA, down the corridors towards the main set --

JULIA:

Do you still have to do homework?

RICHARD:

Not as much as I used to. Ever since

we started, I haven't really gone in to

school that much because I've been getting

more and more auditions --

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