Magnolia Page #17

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INT. GAME SHOW SET - THAT MOMENT.

CAMERA pushes in on Jimmy Gator. A BELL is ringing.

JIMMY GATOR:

End of Round One! Excellent work ladies

and germs, let's see the scores on the boards:

Kids up a leg with 2025, Adults down a bit

with 1200. We'll be back for Round Two

and a Ring-Dang-Do --

A sudden and LOUD WISHTLE sounds.

JIMMY GATOR:

HELLO! Musical Bonus Question before we

go to break and the lucky team is --

Jimmy opens an ENVELOPE and reads:

JIMMY GATOR:

Kids in the lead and they get a chance

to pull further and farther ahead -- with

the following secret bonus musical question:

I will read you a line from an opera

and you are to give me the same line

in the language in which the opera

was originaly written and for a bonus

25 you can sing it. Here's the line:

"Love is a rebellious bird that nobody

can tame, and it's all in vain to call it,

if it chooses to refuse."

CAMERA PANS and DOLLIES over to the KIDS and moves in close on Stanley;

STANELY:

Well that was..uh..in French...and that

was in the opera, "Carmen." And that

goes...um...

(sings)

L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Que nul ne peut apprivoiser,

Et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle,

S'il lui convient de refuser.

The AUDIENCE applauds and the "Carmen," que carries over the

following scene;

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INT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT Sequence E

Jim Kurring and Clauida continued. He walks into the KITCHEN area

and sees a pot of coffee.

JIM KURRING:

got some coffee brewing, huh?

CLAUDIA:

Yeah...it's not...it's been on for a bit --

JIM KURRING:

I like iced coffee, generally, but a day

like this, rain and what not, I enjoy a warm cup --

CLAUDIA:

-- do you wanna cup?

JIM KURRING:

That's great, thank you.

She starts heating/preparing him some coffee.

CLAUDIA:

I don't know how fresh it's gonna be --

JIM KURRING:

Oh, it'll be fine, I'm sure, Claudia.

CLAUDIA:

You take cream or sugar?

JIM KURRING:

That'd be fine. So, Claudia, lemme just say,

so I can get my role of LAPD officer

out of the way before we enjoy our

coffee (I never like to talk shop over coffee)

I'm not gonna write you up or anything,

I'm not gonna give you a citation here --

but the real problem we have is that there

are people around here, people that

work from their homes, people tryin' to get

some work done, and if you're listenin' to

your music that loud: They're incovenienced

by that. If you had a job you'd probably

understand, but I see you like listenin'

to your music and that's fine, you're just

gonna wanna keep it down at a certain volume,

maybe memorize what number you see on the

dial and just always put it to that --

If it's the middle of the day -- that's

what I do -- just put it on two and a half

and that's a good listening level, alright?

I see you like listenin' to your music loud,

but, hey, forget about the neighbors, you

end up damaging your own ears ok?

CLAUDIA:

Yeah.

JIM KURRING:

Arlight, then. Cheers.

They clink coffee cups. He makes a sour face at the taste;

JIM KURRING:

Is this boyfriend bothering you?

CLAUDIA:

I don't have a boyfriend.

JIM KURRING:

The gentleman who came to the door --

CLAUDIA:

-- is not my boyfriend.

JIM KURRING:

Many times, in damestic abuse situations

the young lady is afraid to speak,

but I have to tell you that, being

a police officer, I've seen it happen:

Young woman afraid to speak, next thing

you know, I'm gettin' a call on the radio,

I got a 422 --

CLAUDIA:

It's not -- what's a 422?

JIM KURRING:

It's where situations like these

lead, Claudia, unless you do something

about it early, if and when the police

call and come for help. Now there

are certain measures you can take --

CLAUDIA:

It's not my boyfriend -- and it's

not anything -- it's over. Really.

It's not. He won't came back.

JIM KURRING:

I don't wanna have to come back here

in an hour and find that there's

been another disturbance.

CLAUDIA:

You won't. You won't have to.

JIM KURRING:

But I wouldn't mind comin' back in

an hour just to see your pretty face!

They laugh.

CLAUDIA:

I'm gonna run to the bathroom real quick.

JIM KURRING:

Okey-doke.

She exits. HOLD A BEAT with him.

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INT. CLAUDIA'S BEDROOM - MOMENT LATER

She enters, gets the coke from the laundry basket -- and sets

some up, snorts it back --

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INT. CLAUDIA'S KITCHEN NOOK - THAT MOMENT

Jim Kurring looks over his shoulder and sees that she's gone.

He quickly moves to the kitchen and dumps the coffee in the sink

and then quickly sits back down. End Carmen Que.

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INT. GAME SHOW SET - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA on Jimmy, behind the curtain, during the Commercial Break.

He takes a shot of Jack Daniels that Mary has brought out for him.

JIMMY:

I can't f***in' do this.

MARY:

Are you alright?

JIMMY:

F***. I think I'm gonna throw up, I think.

(beat)

I haven't thrown up since I was

twenty years old.

Jimmy stumbles over to a corner a bit;

ANGLE, GAME SHOW SET.

Stanley is trying to flag down Cynthia, who stands off in the

wings, she finally comes over;

CYNTHIA:

Stanley, what's the problem?

STANLEY:

I have to go to the bathroom, Cynthia.

CYNTHIA:

Jesus Christ, Stanley, you can't

go to the bathroom now. You have

exactly one minute before we're back

on the air, this is NOT the time to go

to the bathroom.

STANLEY:

I'm, I need to go, I'm gonna --

RICHARD:

Why does this kinda sh*t always happen, Stanley?

The Adult Challengers look over at the Kids section;

LUIS:

What's the problem over there?

RICHARD:

Mind yer bussiness --

MIM:

Watch your mouth, little man.

JULIA:

Why don't you mind your own bussiness?

CYNTHIA:

Alright, stop it, cool down, cool it. Please.

Now:
Stanley, you wait until the next commercial break

and you can go then -- Just Hold It.

(to Adults)

Don't taunt the kids --

LUIS:

I just asked what was going on --

CYNTHIA:

Don't start trouble, Luis.

ANGLE, BACKSTAGE.

CAMERA pushes in on Jimmy from behind as he throws up in a corner.

Mary pets his back. He throws up a lot of BLOOD. She snaps fingers

to a stage hand to bring some towles and a glass of water --

OC VOICE:

Two minutes, everyone, we're back in two!

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EXT. LAW OFFICE BUILDING/PARKING STRUCTURE - THAT MOMENT

Linda's Mercedes pulls out of the rain and to a parking

structure. CAMERA PUSHES IN real fast, she takes a ticket.

CU'S (Director's note -three ecu's ticket take green button)

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