Magnolia Page #21

Stanley begins to piss his pants. He trembles and shakes and

holds back tears as the wet stain gets bigger.

OC through this we hear the Adults answer the question:

TODD (OC)

Well, Jimmy that sounded to me

like Brahms, a bit like his Hungarian

Dance Number Six, I believe.

JIMMY (OC)

Excellent. Next number:

The Harmonica Fella's play another arrangment of "Whispering"

that sounds like Ravel's "Bolero."

Stanley moves his arms down to his sides to cover his crotch

and pull at his pants -- and his BUZZER goes off with a brush

of the side of his arm --

JIMMY:

Stanley the Man -- answer:

Stanley. HOLD. He starts to cry. Julia and Richard look over

at him and see his pants and they start to laugh a bit.

STANLEY:

...I don't know the answer...

Jimmy starts to STUDDER and SHAKE a bit....holds a tight grip on

the podium;

JIMMY GATOR:

That is not right! That's not right,

Stanley, the answer is...Ravel....Ravel....

....xhjksndlsmnop.....

CAMERA WHIPS and pushes over to the FLOOR DIRECTOR.

FLOOR DIRECTOR:

What the f*** is wrong with him?

(into headseat}

What do you wanna do here, he's

fading fast --

CUT TO:

INT. BOOTH - THAT MOMENT

The main booth with monitors and board, etc. The DIRECTOR and

and ASSITANT watch the monitors;

DIRECTOR:

I need a better cutaway, go to the

black chick, Camera Three, Camera Three

the black chick --

A monitor sees the video camera zoom in on Mim as a cutaway but

her face is like, "What the f*** is going on?"

CUT TO:

INT. GAME SHOW SET - THE FLOOR - THAT MOMENT

Jimmy is, with a lot of trouble, trying the Harmonica

Fella's with the next question...

...Burt walks over quickly to the Floor Director...

BURT:

Get the technical difficulty card up --

...CAMERA pushes over to Stanley, who's crying and shaking....

...CAMERA pushes in on Jimmy, who stumbles back from his

podium and falls to the ground....taking the podium with him....

...CAMERA pushes in on Burt and the Floor Director...

BURT:

Cut it, go to the card, go to

the f***ing card --

CUT TO:

INT. BOOTH - THAT MOMENT

The DIRECTOR snaps his fingers to an ASSISTANT at the board.

DIRECTOR:

Go to the card, now -- go --

CU - MONITOR IMAGE.

The card that reads, "Technical Difficulty," comes up and holds.

CUT TO:

INT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in real quick on Claudia SNORTING COKE from her

hand in the bedroom -- she rushes back into the kitchen area --

CLAUDIA:

Ok, ok. I'm back.

JIM KURRING:

This is, for not a fresh cup, a great

cup of coffee, Claudia --

CLAUDIA:

Thank you.

She sits down, ready to talk, lights a cigarette.

CLAUDIA:

What do you wanna talk about?

CUT TO:

INT. GAME SHOW STAGE - THAT MOMENT

Burt, Mary and Assistants and folks run over to Jimmy. He stands,

doesn't realize what's happend and mumbles, "what the f***, what the..."

The AUDIENCE is murmuring, standing and watching the scene.

CUT TO:

INT. HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA leads RICK as he comes charging out of the green room

and races down the hallway --

CUT TO:

INT. GAME SHOW SET - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA with the "Kids" panel as Richard and Julia looking at Stanley.

RICHARD:

Did you piss your f***in' pants, Stanley?

STANLEY:

Shut up -- shut up --

Cynthia walks over;

CYNTHIA:

What happend, what's going on?

STANLEY:

NOTHING. NOTHING HAPPEND. GO AWAY.

CYNTHIA:

Don't tell me to go away, Stanley.

I am the Co-ordinator in this show

and you will answer the questions

that I ask, you understand?

Rick comes over;

RICK:

What's the problem, what's the problem here?

STANLEY:

I'm fine. nothing.

RICK:

Why didn't you answer those questions?

STANLEY:

I didn't know the answer --

RICK:

Bullshit. Bullshit. You know the

answer to every goddamn question and

I knew the answer to those questions

and I'm not half as smart as you are so

What Happened?

STANLEY:

I don't know.

RICHARD:

He pissed his pants.

RICK:

Did you -- did you --

STANLEY:

I didn't I'm fine, I'm fine.

RICK:

Stand up.

STANLEY:

I said I'm fine.

Rick grabs Stanley a bit and sees a large WET STAIN in Stanley's pants.

RICK:

...oh Jesus, what the f***...?

STANLEY:

I'm fine. I'm fine, I just wanna

keep playing --

RICK:

Why did you do this?

ANGLE, JIMMY. THAT MOMENT.

Jimmy is sweating.

JIMMY:

I had a stroke, I think I had a stroke.

BURT:

Call 911. Call 911 right now.

JIMMY:

No, no, no. I'm fine. It's small,

I wanna keep going --

BURT:

no, no, c'mon Jimmy we need to call

this quits and you need to see a doctor.

JIMMY:

I'm telling you right now, I'm fine.

I lost my goddamn balance and I couldn't

see a moment, but I'm ok.

BURT:

Call 911, Mary, do it right now.

JIMMY:

You f***in' don't do that. You don't do it,

you cocksucker. I'll f***in' kill you

with my barehands. Go. get the f***

f*** -- we're going back and we finish

the show --

BURT:

Jimmy you look like you're about

to f***in' die right here --

JIMMY:

Shut it. Shut yer f***in' mouth.

ANGLE, RICK and STANLEY.

RICK:

Are we gonna keep going with this game?

STANLEY:

Yes.

RICK:

You're two f***in' days from the

record, get through this and I'II

do anything for you, you just gotta

get through this --

STANLEY:

Alright.

RICK:

hang in there, ok. I love you.

Rick walks away with Cynthia...

...Dick Jennings has sobered up a bit and is doing bad, "calm

down/comedy/everything's cool" stuff for the Audience....

...Jimmy and Burt and Mary stand up and a MAKE UP person runs over

with some water and cleans him up a bit. Burt moves away --

FLOOR DIRECTOR:

What are we doing?

BURT:

This is f***in' stupidity, we'll get

back on and go through it --

The Floor Director starts throwing directions in his headset and

to the camera people, etc.

CUT TO:

INT. HOLIDAY INN SUITE - THAT MOMENT. Sequence G

CAMERA holds on Frank and starts a SLOW DOLLY IN. Gwenovier remains OC.

GWENOVIER (OC)

Frank...Frank...what are we gonna do here?

Are we having a staring contest?

(beat)

Do you have anything to say?

CAPTAIN MUFFY (OC)

I think maybe we should rap this up, Chief --

Frank SNAPS his fingers and signals captain Muffy to stay quiet.

GWENOVIER (OC)

I'm not trying to attack you, Frank.

I think that if you have something that

needs to be cleared up...Well, then...

(beat)

I was told that your father, (your father

is Earl Partridge,) that he left you and

your mother and you were forced to take care

of her during her illness...that you took

care of your mother as she struggled with Cancer....

(beat)

And Miss Simms became your caretaker after

your mother died...Frank...Frank...

(beat)

Frank, can you talk about your Mother?

(beat)

Frank....can you?

CAMERA LANDS CU. ON FRANK. HOLD, THEN:

CUT TO:

INT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

Claudia and Jim Kurring talking. She's rubbing her jaw, blabbing

away and he's listening with a grin;

CLAUDIA:

--- yeah, yeah, I get in it in my ear.

It's TMJ is what it's called technically.

JIM KURRING:

What's that stand for?

CLAUDIA:

Tempural-something-mandibular,

thing with something, I dunno.

But it affects my ear, I don't even

know if I have TMJ exactly but just

very tight, like - it's like a muscle

spasm and it's just gets so clenched --

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