Magnolia Page #18

CUT TO:

INT. LINDA'S MERCEDES - MOMENTS LATER

CU's on Linda. She pops three or four more DEXADRINE.

CUT TO:

INT. LAW OFFICE BUILDING/HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT

Linda off the elevators...CAMERA pushes in with her....

CUT TO:

INT. LAWYER'S OFFICE - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA whips around, RECEPTIONIST --

LINDA:

I'm Linda Partridge to see Alan Kligman.

CUT TO:

INT. SEDUCE AND DESTROY CONDO - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in quick on a young girl named JANET. (This is the GIRL

from Frank's flashback's.) She answers the phone in this converted

condo into office headquarters for "Seduce and Destroy." Frank TJ Mackey

paraphenallia, propoganda and literature allover the place;

JANET:

"Seduce and Destroy," thisz Janet.

INTERCUT:

INT. VAN NUYS OFFICE SPACE - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in on Chad, on the phone;

CHAD:

Hey, Janet, it's Chad.

JANET:

What's wrong?

CHAD:

Nothing's wrong, I just got some

guy on the phone on my other line,

he's says he works for this guy,

this guy who's Frank's father --

JANET:

-- no,no,no what is this? who?

What's this guy's name?

CUT TO:

INT. EARL'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA (HAND HELD) with Phil, phone to his ear, on hold (we can

hear Frank's commercial playing on the receiver, ref. notes.)

Earl is MOANING in pain, the DOGS are barking at the noise.

Earl continues to hallucinate and remains in major pain, but at

the same time he's very, very weak. There are moments of strength

that pop and push into him and he's very angry with Phil, continues

to scream for someone named, "Lily," and generally treats Phil like

an enemy.

EARL:

LILY. F***. LIL, PLEASE. LILY.

Phil moves into the kitchen and gets the bottle of MORPHINE PILLS.

He drops them, the crash on the floor, picks them all up, except one...

...which one of the Mutt Dogs walks over to and eats. Earl SCREAMS.

CUT TO:

INT. SEDUCE AND DESTROY CONDO - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA on Janet on the phone, listens, says:

JANET:

...mmm.hmmm. mmm..hmm. Alright.

Put him through and lemme see

what's goin' on --

CUT TO:

INT. VAN NUYS OFFICE SPACE - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA on Chad. He puts Janet on hold and clicks over to Phil:

CHAD:

Phil, you there?

INTERCUT:

INT. EARL'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA on Phil, tending to Earl, who moans away. (Bit less pain now.)

The Mutt/Morphine Dog is starting to get a bit wobbly.

PHIL:

Yeah, hey. Chad.

CHAD:

Alright, so I'm gonna transfer

you over to Frank's assitant, Janet

she's gonna see what she can do --

PHIL:

Thank you, Chad, and good luck

to you and your mother --

CHAD:

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Chad clicks a line and confrences Janet and Phil.

JANET:

Hello?

CHAD:

Ok. Janet you have Phil Parma --

JANET:

Hello, Phil.

PHIL:

Hi, hi, thank you for taking my call --

CAMERA holds with EARL for a quick BEAT, THEN:

CUT TO:

INT. GAME SHOW - BACKSTAGE - THAT MOMENT

Jimmy finishes cleaning himself up and he looks to Mary:

JIMMY GATOR:

I have Cancer, Mary.

She doesn't know what to say.

JIMMY GATOR:

I have about two months, I have no time.

It's in my bones and I don't have a chance.

And I'm f***ed. I had a stroke last week --

MARY:

...Jimmy...

The OC call from FLOOR DIRECTOR.

FLOQR DIRECTOR:

Ten Seconds.

Jimmy walks from behind the curtain to the "Adult" contestants,

takes his mark and waits for the countdown -- CAMERA moves over

to Stanley who watches Jimmy closely and sees him stumble a bit,

recognizes that something is wrong. Floor Director counts, 3-2-1 --

CUT TO:

INT. SMILING PEANUT BAR - THAT MOMENT Sequence F

CAMERA pulls back from the TELEVISION above the bar, playing

the show. We see Jimmy start to chat w/and do intro's for the adults.

(Director's Note: This runs through scene and a complete script

is avail/will be shot.)

Donnie and Thurston and the Patrons continued;

DONNIE:

....do you know who I am?

THURSTON:

You're a friend of the family I presume?

DONNIE:

What? What does that mean?

THURSTON:

Nothing special, just a spoke in the wheel.

DONNIE:

You talk in rhymes and riddles and

ra...rub-adub --- but that doesn't mean

anything to me, see....see...see I used

to be smart....I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith.

I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith from the tv --

THURSTON:

Might of been before my time.

PATRON #1

I remember you. I remember. In the 60's right?

DONNIE:

I'm Quiz Kid Donnie Smith.

THURSTON:

...like you said...

PATRON #1

Smart Kid! F***, yeah, he-he. You got

hit by lightning that one time, right?

DONNIE:

So what?

PATRON #1

I heard about that.

PATRON #2

Did it hurt?

DONNIE:

Yes.

THURSTON:

But you're alright now, so what's the what?

DONNIE:

What?

THURSTON:

That's right.

DONNIE:

I used to be smart but now I'm just stupid.

THURSTON:

Brad, dear?

Brad turns and looks:

THURSTON:

Who was it that said: "A man of genius

has seldom been ruined but by himself."

DONNIE:

(to himself)

-- Samuel Johnson.

BRAD:

I don't know.

Donnie looks up at Brad. Brad smiles with his braces, Donnie looks

away quick --

THURSTON:

It was the lovely Samuel Johnson who

also spoke of a fella "Who was not only

dull but a cause of dullness in others."

DONNIE:

"The" cause of dullness in others --

THURSTON:

Picky, picky.

DONNIE:

-- and lemme tell you this: Samuel Johnson

never had his life sh*t on and taken from

him and his money stolen -- who took his

life and his money? His parents?

His mommy and daddy? Make him live this life

like this -- "A man of genius" gets sh*t on

as a child and that scars and it hurts and

have you ever been hit by lighting? It hurts

and it doesn't happen to everyone, it's an

electrical charge that finds it's way across

the universe and lands in your body and your

head -- and as for "ruined but by himself,"

not if his parents take his friggin' life and

his money and tell you to do this and do that and

if you don't? well, what --

PATRON #1

You're parents took your money you won

on that game show?

DONNIE:

Yes they did.

(turns quick to Thurston)

What does that mean, "spoke in the wheel?"

THURSTON:

Things go round 'n round, don't they?

DONNIE:

Yes they do, they do, but I'll make

my dreams come true, you see? I will.

THURSTON:

This sounds Sad as a Weeping Willow.

DONNIE:

I used to be smart but now I'm just stupid.

THURSTON:

Shall we drink to that?

Donnie looks to the television for a moment, starts to tear up,

CAMERA pushes in slow to an EXTREME CLOSE UP. He repeats line's from

his days on "What Do Kids Know?" and does his best Jimmy immitation;

DONNIE:

"If a brick weighs one pound plus one

half brick -- how much does the brick weigh?"

"Well if subtracting the half of brick from

the whole brick you got one half of brick,

equals one pound so therefore the brick

equals two pounds --" "A little more than

kin and less than kind," is Hamlet to Claudius.

"The sins of the father laid upon the children,"

is Merchant of Venice but borrowed from Exodus

20:
5 and "win her with gifts if she respects not

words," is Two Gentleman from Verona.

Where? Who? How and Why, Kids?

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes