Magnolia Page #28

FRANK:

Uh. huh.

PHIL:

It's interesting.

FRANK:

Mmm.

Long pause. Then:

CUT TO:

INT. LAMPLIGHTER - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA with Stanley, sitting alone in a booth with a Coke and a cookie.

He's reading a book. BEAT, HOLD, THEN:

CAMERA pans/dollies away and booms up -- moving across the

restaraunt -- across the way, sitting in a booth by the opposite

window, out of view from Stanley;

Dixon, the little kid from earlier, sitting in a booth with a

young black male, WORM (20s) This is clearly the back figure

we've been seeing glimpses of --

ANGLE, AT THE BOOTH.

Dixon eats same pudding. Worm mumbles to him, various jabs.

"...sit up straight..." "...world is hard..." "..little brat..."

HOLD. Worm glances across the coffee shop -- he sees Stanley.

Worm HOLDS his look, thinks a moment. He looks up at the

WOMAN behind the counter...she's doing a crossword puzzle.

Worm looks back to Dixon, subtle mumbles and gestures and

few moments later, Dixon stands from the booth and exits the

coffee shop.

HOLD w/WORM. He sticks a finger down his throat, makes himself

well with tears. He stands up OUT OF FRAME.

ANGLE, COUNTER NEAR STANLEY.

Worm sits into FRAME, near to Stanley. Stanley glances up, they

make a quick moment of eye contact, then look away. BEAT. HOLD.

CUT TO:

EXT. PARKING LOT/BEHIND LAMPLIGHTER - MOMENTS LATER

CAMERA follows Dixon as he walks towards an old beat up PARKED CAR.

He stops, hesitates, looks across the way --

LINDA'S MERCEDES is parked.

He hestitates a moment, looks left and right and all around

and then he starts to walk over to the car...

AT LINDA'S CAR. Dixon sees that she's passed out, knocks on

the window...

DIXON:

Lady...hey Lady...Lady....you ok?

you alive...huh...hey?

He looks around again, then gets in the passenger's side of the

car, shakes her same more.

DIXON:

Lady. Lady. Hey wake up. Lady?

Dixon reaches down and takes her PURSE, takes the MONEY out of the

WALLET and then reaches for her CEL PHONE and dials 911.

DIXON:

Hello? Hello? I have an emergency

situation -- this lady -- this lady

seems like she's dead -- hello?

She's in the parking lot -- (etc. gives

information regarding location. etc.)

Then he gets out, walks back across parking lot...and into the

concealed parked car he came from --

CUT TO:

INT. JIMMY'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - THAT MOMENT

Jimmy and Rose. They're on the couch. Lights dim. Sitting, talking.

She hands him a pill from a bottle with a drink.

JIMMY:

I don't think I want that.

ROSE:

It'll take the pain away.

JIMMY:

It's not really pain.

She sets it on the coffee table. Drinks a drink herself.

JIMMY:

I gotta ask you for a cigarette, 'cause

I don't wanna spend six hours tryin'

to get it to my mouth --

She lights a cigarette, puts it in his hand and he struggles

a bit with his hand/eye coordination....beat, then;

JIMMY:

How do we do this, then?

ROSE:

We just do it...we do it and we figure it

out and we do as we do, I guess...

JIMMY:

Do you love me, Rose?

She smiles and moves closer to him.

ROSE:

You're my handsome man.

JIMMY:

I'm a bad person.

ROSE:

No. No.

JIMMY:

No, I mean:
I'm telling you this, now.

You see? You see I want to make

everything clear and clean...and

apologize for me....for all the stupid

things I've done....that will eat me up....

ROSE:

You feel like you want to be forgiven

for your sins? Honey, you're not on

your death bed, yet....this kinda talk's

gonna get you in trouble --

JIMMY:

--- don't. don't. Please. Just...

listen to me...honey....

(beat)

...I've done...I've cheated on you.

Rose doesn't move much. Hold.

JIMMY:

I've cheated on you and it kills me

and the guilt of what I've done...I don't

want you to think...maybe you knew,

I think that maybe you've known...

So I hope that I'm not saying this for

me...for me to make myself feel better

about what I've done...but for making

you not feel like you're sitting there

like a jerk...you've been the good one...

You understand...I'm so sorry for all I've done

wrong...and this is pathetic...what?

"Dying man, confess the sins" something?

Is it selfish for me to say this? To

say what I've done...I feel better already.

I do...do you hate me?

Rose takes a long moment, then:

ROSE:

...No...I don't hate you.

(beat)

Do you want talk...do you really

want to talk to me and say things

and get things figured out, Jimmy?

JIMMY:

Yeah.

ROSE:

The question isn't wether or not

you cheated on me, the question is

how many times have you cheated on me?

JIMMY:

Will that help?

ROSE:

Yeah.

CUT TO:

INT. BILLINGSLEY'S - THAT MOMENT

In a secluded table in this dark steak place. Jim Kurring and

Claudia. CAMERA does a slow push in on a 2-shot.

CLAUDIA:

Did you ever go out with someone

and just....lie....question after

question, maybe you're trying to

make yourself look cool or better

than you are or whatever, or smarter

or cooler and you just -- not really

lie, but maybe you just don't say everything --

JIM KURRING:

Well, that's a natural thing, two people

go out on a date, something. They want

to impress people, the other person...or

they're scared maybe what they say will

make the other person not like them --

CLAUDIA:

So you've done it --

JIM KURRING:

Well I don't go out very much.

CLAUDIA:

Why not?

JIM KURRING:

I've never found someone really that

I think I would like to go out with.

CLAUDIA:

And I bet you say that to all the girls --

JIM KURRING:

No, no.

CLAUDIA:

You wanna make a deal with me?

JIM KURRING:

ok.

CLAUDIA:

What I just said...y'know, people

afraid to say things....no guts to

say the things that they...that are real

or something...

JIM KURRING:

...yeah...

CLAUDIA:

To not do that. To not do that that

we've maybe done -- before --

JIM KURRING:

Let's make a deal.

CLAUDIA:

Ok. I'll tell you everything and

you tell me everything and maybe

we can get through all the piss

and sh*t and lies that kill other

people....

He laughs a bit uncomfortable...repeats her line;

JIM KURRING:

Wow....huh..."...piss and sh*t..."

CLAUDIA:

What?

JIM KURRING:

You really use strong language.

CLAUDIA:

I'm sorry --

JIM KURRING:

-- no, no, it's fine. Fine.

CLAUDIA:

I didn't mean...it's seems vulgar

or something, I know --

JIM KURRING:

It's fine.

CLAUDIA:

I'm sorry.

JIM KURRING:

...nothing. I'm sorry...

CLAUDIA:

No, I'm sorry. I'm saying I'm sorry.

I talk like a jerk sometimes --

JIM KURRING:

-- well I'm a real...y'know, straight

when it comes to that...curse words

I just don't use much --

CLAUDIA:

I'm sorry.

BEAT.

CLAUDIA:

I'm gonna run to the bathroom for

a minute...maybe just --

JIM KURRING:

ok.

CLAUDIA:

ok.

She goes. HOLD with him for a moment.

CUT TO:

EXT. SOLOMON and SOLOMON ELECTRONICS - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA is around back with Donnie in the Buick Regal.

He parks, gets out, looks around the empty place.

CAMERA tracks with him toWards a back loading dock area.

He puts a large HAT on his head, to cover his face.

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