Magnolia Page #27

EARL'S VOICE

...it's so f***in' hard....and so long....

life ain't short it's long....Life is long,

godddmnit -- god damn....whatd I do?

Whatd I do? ohhhh what'dIdo?

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INT. FRANK'S CAR - THAT MOMENT/NIGHT

CAMERA holds CU on Frank. He just sits. BEAT. THEN.

WIDER ANGLE, THAT MOMENT.

Reveal that Frank's car is sitting out front of Earl's house.

The Mexican Nurse that we saw earlier in the film, who Phil

relieved, walks past his car and up to Earl's house...

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INT. EARL'S HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER/NIGHT

Phil quietly stands in the front doorway, sotto words with the

Mexican Nurse, who keeps outside.

PHIL:

It's ok...I'm gonna stay...stay it out.

The Mexican Nurse nods, understands. Phil turns back into the house.

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INT. EARL'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT/NIGHT

CAMERA CU on the bottle of liquid morphine. Phil's hand comes

into FRAME and takes it....TILT up to his face.

Phil is in tears....he dips the baby dropper in the bottle.....

Earl is out of breath, painfully....Phil hesitates, then:

CU - The liquid morhphine is dropped into Earl's mouth.

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INT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT/NIGHT

She looks at the coke in front of her. She hesitates. Her stereo is

playing a song....it plays softly, then gets a bit louder....

She leans down and SNORTS the fat line of COKE. HOLD on her....she

starts to sing along with the song....

CLAUDIA:

"..it's not what you thought when you

first began it...you got what you want....

now you can hardly stand it though by now

you know, it's not going to stop....."

The SONG continues. The following has each of the principles

half singing along with the song, who's lead vocal will stay

constant throughout.

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INT. JIM KURRING'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA PUSHES in slowly on Jim Kurring. He sits on the bed, dressed up

and ready to go. He starts to sing along to the song as well.

JIM KURRING:

...it's not going to stop...it's not

going to stop 'till you wise up..."

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INT. JIMMY'S HOUSE - OFFICE - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA moves in towards Jimmy, alone, sitting in his office, singing.

JIMMY GATOR:

"You're sure there's a cure and you

have finally found it"

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INT. DONNIE'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in on Donnie smith as he starts to sing.

DONNIE SMITH:

"You think....one drink...will shrink

'till you're underground and living down,

but it's not going to stop..."

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INT. EARL'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA DOLLIES in on Phil, holding back his tears and singing

along to the song...as he sits over Earl....

PHIL:

"It's not going to stop...it's not

going to stop...."

CAMERA moves over to Earl, eyes closed, starts to sing as well...

EARL:

"...it's not going to stop 'till

you wise up..."

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INT. EMPTY PARKING LOT - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA DOLLIES in on LINDA. She's passed out in her car, head

pressed against the glass, but she starts to sing along....

LINDA:

"...prepare a list of what you need

before you sign away the deed, 'cause

it's not going to stop..."

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INT. FRANK'S CAR - PARKED - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in a bit on Frank, singing along.

FRANK:

"...it's not going to stop...it's not

going to stop....it's not gonna

stop 'till you wise up, no it's not

gonna stop..."

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INT. SCHOOL LIBRARY - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in, (light coming up from the book he reads)

optical, glimpse what he reads....then pulls back from STANLEY.

STANLEY:

"..till you wise up, no it's not

going to stop, so just....give up."

PULL BACK.

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EXT. SKY - NIGHT Sequence I

The rain stops. Suddenly and quickly it's over. Clear as a bell. HOLD.

Title card:
Weather information,etc.

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INT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - STAIRWELL - NIGHT

The door opens and Claudia looks really nice. Jim Kurring smiles

and says hello.

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EXT. CLAUDIA'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER

Jim Kurring opens the door for Claudia and she gets in.

He runs around and they drive off.

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INT. DONNIE'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

Donnie takes the KEYS and puts on big dark coat and looks

in the mirror.

DONNIE:

You know, you know, you know. Go,go,go.

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INT. DONNIE'S APARTMENT - STAIRWELL - THAT MOMENT

Donnie knocks on his neighbor's door. A little OLD LADY opens up;

LITTLE OLD LADY:

Donnie, oh, Donnie --

DONNIE:

Hello, dear...I need a favor.

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EXT. DONNIE'S APARTMENT - CAR PORT - THAT MOMENT

Donnie comes down and gets in the little old lady's

Buick Regal and starts it up.

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EXT. EARL'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

Frank gets out of his car and walks up to the house.

He rings the doorbell.

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INT. EARL'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

The DOGS go crazy barking. Phil walks away from Earl and answers

the door. Frank standing there. Phil looks a bit surprised and

fumbles a moment...They stand in doorway and speak very quietly;

PHIL:

Hello. Frank. Frank TJ Mackey.

FRANK:

...are you Phil...?

PHIL:

Yeah. I was trying to get in touch

with you. We got dissconnected.

FRANK:

I got your message. That you were

trying to get me -- right?

PHIL:

Yes. I didn't know how to find you.

Earl asked me, so I looked through

the adress books and there was no number,

nothing --

FRANK:

Is Linda here?

PHIL:

She's not here, she went out.

I'm sorry. This is all just so,

I don't know what, what to do -- your

Dad asked me to try and track you down.

To get you and I did, I called the number --

Do you wanna come in?

FRANK:

Yeah let's...maybe just stand.

PHIL:

These Dogs'll calm down -- you just

have to come in --

He steps in the door and the dogs start to settle down a bit.

PHIL:

He's in here.

FRANK:

Let's just wait one minute and stay here, okay?

PHIL:

Ok.

BEAT. They stand in the foyer and the dogs eventually calm down

and go away. BEAT.

FRANK:

How long have you taken care of him?

PHIL:

For six months. I'm the day nurse...

FRANK:

Uh-huh. What's going on?

PHIL:

He's...I'm sorry...so sorry...I've seen

this before, you know and you don't....

He's going very fast....Frank...um....

FRANK:

Is he in pain?

PHIL:

I just...he was...but I gave him,

I just had to give him a small dose of

liquid morphine. He hasn't been able to

swallow the morphine pills so we now,

I just had to go to the liquid morphine...

For the pain, you understand?

FRANK:

...uh-huh...

BEAT. Silence, then:

FRANK:

How long...you think?

PHIL:

Um...soon tonight...I think, yes?

Tommorrow...I mean...very soon...very...

FRANK:

When did he go off chemo?

PHIL:

About three weeks ago.

FRANK:

.....have you ever seen this..I mean,

never mind, you said --

PHIL:

I work as a nurse, for a proffesion --

FRANK:

Uh. huh.

PHIL:

I'm really sorry.

FRANK:

He's in here --?

PHIL:

Yeah.

Phil starts to guide him, Frank holds him back.

FRANK:

No, let's just wait one minute,

let's just stand here one minute or so --

BEAT. They stand. HOLD.

PHIL:

I've heard your tapes on the phone.

FRANK:

Oh yeah.

PHIL:

When they put me on hold, to

talk to you...they play the tapes.

I mean:
I'd seen the commercials

and heard about you, but I'd never heard

the tapes ....

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