Magnolia Page #30

...Donnie enters into the warehouse area and heads for

the door to outside....

...He puts the key into the lock and opens the door....but he

takes a small stumble back and the key chain that's attached to

his belt gets stuck, causing him to fall back, down and to the

ground...with the KEY SNAPPING OFF IN THE LOCK....

..the door is about to shut on him but he stops it with his

foot....he gets up, grabs the money...leaves with the

broken key still left in the lock...

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EXT. SOLOMON AND SOLOMON PARKING LOT - THAT MOMENT

Donnie gets in the Buick Regal and drives away.

CUT TO:

EXT. EMPTY PARKING LOT/LINDA'S MERCEDES - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA (HAND HELD) is in the middle of the PARAMEDICS dealing with

Linda....they find the pill bottle...they put her on a gurney...they

search for ID, come up only with the registration for the car and some

papers in the glove box....they get her into the ambulance....

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INT. LAMPLIGHTER - THAT MOMENT

Stanley finishes his cookie. Worm, sitting across from

him starts to cry a little, very quietly. He hides it best he can.

Stanley looks up here and there from his books. They make another

moment of eye contact then:

WORM:

Hi.

STANLEY:

Hi.

WORM:

..sorry...

STANLEY:

It's ok.

BEAT.

STANLEY:

Are you alright?

Worm looks up.

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INT. JIMMY'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

Jimmy and Rose. HOLD. THEN:

ROSE:

...say it, Jimmy...

JIMMY:

Do you know the answer to this?

ROSE:

I'm asking you. I'm asking you

if you know why Clauida will not

speak to you....please, Jimmy....tell me.

JIMMY:

I think that she thinks I may

have molested her.

Rose doesn't flinch.

JIMMY:

She thinks terrible things that

somehow got in her head...that I might

have done something. She said that

to me last time...when it was...ten

years ago she walked out the door,

"You touched me wrong..." "I know that."

Some crazy thought in her, in her head...

ROSE:

Did you ever touch her?

JIMMY:

...No....

HOLD. BEAT. Rose asks again;

ROSE:

Jimmy, did you touch her?

JIMMY:

I don't know.

Rose starts to cry a bit. So does Jimmy.

ROSE:

...Jimmy...

JIMMY:

I really don't know.

ROSE:

But you can't say....

JIMMY:

I don't know what I've done.

ROSE:

Yes you do....you do and you won't say.

JIMMY:

...I don't know...

She stands up and walks to a small table and gets her car keys

and her jacket....

JIMMY:

What...? ...no...no, please...

She stands above him.

ROSE:

You deserve to die alone for what you've done.

JIMMY:

I don't know what I've done.

ROSE:

Yes you do.

JIMMY:

Stay here, please don't leave me,

please, please, if I said I knew

would you stay?

ROSE:

No.

JIMMY:

I don't know what I've done.

ROSE:

You should know better.

She leaves.

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INT. BILLINGSLEY'S - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA CU on Claudia as she pulls back from the kiss. HOLD.

She starts to cry....through her tears, then:

CLAUDIA:

....now that I've met you....

Would you object to never seeing me again?

CU. JIM

JIM KURRING:

What?

CLAUDIA:

Just say no.

JIM KURRING:

I won't say, no, wait, Claudia --

ECU - The two of them. Tight, tight 2-shot. She gets up and walks out,

he follows -- grabs her arm and she whispers, forcefully:

CLAUDIA:

Let me go, leave me, let me go, it's ok, please.

JIM KURRING:

please, what is it, please --

CLAUDIA:

just let me walk out, ok?

She leaves in tears. He watches her walk.

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EXT. VENTURA BLVD. - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA is travelling with the PARAMEDICS who are driving real fast.

They approach a RED LIGHT at an intersection....

....they breeze through it, but the CAMERA PANS and moves over to

Donnie's BUICK REGAL that's stopped at the intersection....

CAMERA moves into a CU of him behind the wheel. He's paniced. HOLD.

DONNIE:

What am I doing? What am I doing?

What the f*** am I doing?

Donnie looks at the large bag of money in the passenger's seat

next to him...he panics same more...

DONNIE:

WHAT THE F*** AM I DOING?

WIDE ANGLE, THAT MOMENT

Donnie's Buick Regal makes a u-turn and heads back the direction

it came ---

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INT. EARL'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

Frank and Earl. Earl opens his eyes a bit.

FRANK:

Dad...dad it's me...it's Frank...

It's Jack....It's Jack....Dad....

Earl can barely make it but he touches Frank....Frank holds

his Dad's hand....Phil steps up closer....

FRANK:

I'm here. I'm here now. What do you want?

Do you want anything?

PHIL:

I don't think, he can't...

FRANK:

...just wait...Dad...you want

something...can you say...

EARL:

.....f***...f***...f***...

Earl is in PAIN and his hallucination make him a bit angry.

EARL:

...thismssm....

FRANK:

Oh, Dad. It's ok. jesus. ok.

it's ok...I'm here with you now, please.

i'm sorry...it's ok. alright..ok.

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EXT. VENTURA BLVD - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA with the Buick Regal. It moves past CAMERA, which PANS

and DOLLIES over to --

THE LAMPLIGHTER COFFEE SHOP. Looking inside, through the window

to see Stanley and Worm, sitting talking...

CAMERA GOES INSIDE THE LAMPLIGHTER COFFEE SHOP.

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

INT. LAMPLIGHTER - THAT MOMENT

Worm is in tears, talking to Stanley. SLOW ZOOM IN.

WORM:

....you have it...easy....you know?

You have a father who loves you, huh?

STANLEY:

Yes.

WORM:

You know what it's like to come home

scared, scared that maybe if you don't

have the money you're supposed to

go out each day and get that you're gonna

get beaten....by a belt...he hits me

with a belt, Stanley....

(beat)

I'm supposed to sell those candy bars,

and if I don't, I come home without

the money....

STANLEY:

....Why does he do it...?

WORM:

Cause he hates me....he hates me so much.

STANLEY:

It's not right.

WORM:

I hate it.

CU - Worm. He hesitates...looks at Stanley and says:

WORM:

I'm sorry to put all this on you, Stanley --

STANLEY:

I have money.

WORM:

...what...?

STANLEY:

I have money to give you.

WORM:

No. No. I have to do this on my own.

STANLEY:

I can take you to get money. I don't

need it...I don't need it -- listen to me:

I can let you have money so your father

won't hit you ever again -- you'll have the

money because I don't need it.

CAMERA pushes in a little on Worm, he looks up. 30fps.

WORM:

Where do you have it?

CAMERA holds 2-shot, looking out the window onto the street.

We PUSH PAST THEM AND THROUGH THE WINDOW, picking up with

a YELLOW CAB as it drives by, PAN with it....

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. VENTURA BLVD. - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA travels with the CAB for a moment or two...CAMERA goes

inside the CAB....

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

INT. CAB - MOVING - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA is in the back with CLAUDIA. She slouches down. She's

still crying...she snorts some coke off her hand....

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EXT. VENTURA BLVD. - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA moves with the CAB a bit....it makes a right hand turn and

the CAMERA PANS and DOLLIES away, over towards a JAGUAR stopped

at the intersection....it's making a left turn at the intersection,

going the same way as the CAB did....we push in close and land to

see ROSE behind the wheel....She's in tears....

Light turns from RED to GREEN.

CUT TO:

INT. JIMMY'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

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