Magnolia Page #9

CLAUDIA:

YOU BURN IN BELL. You burn in hell

and you deserve it -- YOU GET THE F*** OUT.

JIMMY:

Honey.

CLAUDIA:

GET OUT.

BEAT. He stands a moment.

JIMMY:

Your mother wants to hear from you --

CLAUDIA:

GET THE F*** OUT OF HERE.

He walks out of the bedroom, past the MIDDLE AGED GUY, who's

sitting on the couch.

JIMMY:

I'm sorry.

MIDDLE AGED GUY:

It's alright.

Jimmy exits. Claudia is shaking and crying and holding herself

in the covers of the bed.

The Middle Aged Guy snorts a line of coke, looks into her;

CLAUDIA:

Can you get your sh*t and leave, please?

CUT TO:

INT. SOLOMON AND SOLOMON ELECTRONICS - DAY

CAMERA pushes in as Donnie Smith runs in the door, brushes his

hair back, etc. This is a "Good Guys" type electronics place.

He rushes towards the back.

ANGLE, DOOR TO BACK ROOM.

CAMERA pushes in real quick and tilts down as Donnie reaches

to his belt and his KEY HOLDER (one of those attached to string

on the belt) He inserts the KEY.

CUT TO:

INT. BACK HALLWAY - SOLOMON AND SOLOMON - THAT MOMENT

Donnie enters, walks swiftly down the hall to another door.

Just before he reaches it, AVI SOLOMON (30s) appears at the

end of the hall.

AVI:

Don.

Donnie stops short, looks. Avi gives him the "follow me" finger.

DON:

Hey, Avi. I'll be right there.

Avi goes back in the room he came from. Donnie does the

KEY and CODE thing now on this door.

CUT TO:

INT. DRESSING ROOM/EMPLOYEE LOUNGE - MOMENTS LATER

Donnie is changed into his Solomon and Solomon Electronics vest

and name tag. He brushes himself up, sweating a bit. (Note:ON HIS BACK)

DONNIE:

This is going to be ok. This is. This is.

CUT TO:

INT. SOLOMON'S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER

Donnie sitting across the desk from SOLOMON SOLOMON (40s) owner

of the store. Avi, his brother, stands nearby.

DONNIE:

...please...

SOLOMON:

Don't Donnie. Don't do it.

Donnie swells up a bit, about to cry.

DONNIE:

This is so f***ed, Solomon.

I don't deserve this.

SOLOMON:

Don't get strong, Donnie. This is making

sense, this making a lot of sense.

You are not doing the job, the job

I ask you to do, a job I give you.

Over and over and over and I'm sorry.

But I'm not gonna say I'm sorry that

much more.

DONNIE:

Solomon:
I am in the middle of so much.

So much in my life and this is --

If you do this, if you fire me: I Am F***ed.

I can't really explain much, but please,

please, I've worked here for four years,

four years I've given you and I'm, I'm,

I mean what? I'm sorry I was late.

I had a car accident. I accidentaly

drove into a seven-eleven. It was not

my fault.

AVI:

Who's fault was it, Don?

SOLOMON:

Avi, please, shut the f*** up for

one second. Don, how much further

do you want me to go in showing you,

showing you what I've done for you

in four years and what you've done

back? Do you want me to do it? I can.

The loans I've given, how much your sales

are, how late you are, over and over, loosing

the keys to the Covina store --

DONNIE:

I don't have any money, Solomon.

If you fire me --

SOLOMON:

-- I give you money, I give you a paycheck.

Your sales suck, Don. I give, I give.

When I find you, when I meet you,

what? I put you on the billboard,

I put you in the store, my salesman,

my f***ing representation of Solomon

and Solomon Electronic, Quiz Kid Donnie Smith

from the game show --

DONNIE:

I lent my name, my celebrity. Exactly --

SOLOMON:

F*** YOU. I pay you, I paid you.

I give you a f***ing chance and

a chance and over and over, over you

let me down. I trust you with so much.

The keys to my store, the codes to my locks,

the life, the blood of my bussiness and

return is smashing in seven-eleven, late,

always late, loans -- I loaned you money

for your kitchen that you never did --

DONNIE:

I paid you back.

SOLOMON:

Two years! Two years later and out of your

paycheck, I never charge interest --

DONNIE:

Solomon, please. Please. I am so f***ed

here if you do this. This is the worst timing.

The worst timing I could ever imagine.

I need to keep working. I have so many

debts, so many things, I have, I have,

I have -- I have surgery -- I have my

oral surgery coming --

AVI:

What surery?

DONNIE:

Oral surgery. Corrective teeth surgery.

SOLOMON:

What is that?

DONNIE:

Braces.

SOLOMON:

Braces?

DONNIE:

Yes.

SOLOMON:

You don't need braces.

DONNIE:

Yes I do.

SOLOMON:

Your teeth are fine.

AVI:

Your teeth are straight.

DONNIE:

I need corrective oral surgery.

I need the braces.

AVI:

Don, you got hit by lightning that

time in Tahoe, you went on vacation,

I don't think braces is a good idea --

DONNIE:

I can't believe you're gonna do this

to me, the situation I'm in, I don't --

Avi:
You know what? Being hit by lighting

doesn't matter for getting braces, ok?

Now Solomon, let me just ask you once:

Please. Please. Don't do this.

AVI:

How are you paying tor the braces, Donnie?

DONNIE:

I don't know.

SOLOMON:

And how much is braces?

DONNIE:

It's...doesn't matter....

AVI:

It's like five thousand dollars,

I've seen it, I know --

SOLOMON:

You're pissing me off, Don. This is

so unbelievable -- so f***ing stupid,

you're gonna spend five thousand dollars

on braces you don't need --

DONNIE:

I've been a good worker --

SOLOMON:

Don't do this, Don.

AVI:

No need for braces, Donnie.

SOLOMON:

Where are you getting the money for this?

DONNIE:

I don't know.

SOLOMON:

You were gonna ask me weren't you?

DONNIE:

I've been a good worker, Solomon.

A hard and loyal --

AVI:

No need for braces, Donnie.

DONNIE:

THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSSINESS.

I HAVE BEEN A GOOD WORKER, A GOOD AND

LOYAL WORKER FOR YOU, YOU F***ING A**HOLE.

AVI:

HEY F*** YOU DON WATCH IT NOW.

SOLOMON:

Give me your keys, Don.

DONNIE:

PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!

SOLOMON:

GIMME YOUR F***IN' KEYS.

BEAT. Donnie tries to calm himself, hold back tears, stands up.

He struggles with his KEY CHAIN and finally after a bunch

of moments, hands over six or seven keys.

CU. INSERT, KEYS. placed on the desk.

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT COMPLEX/NORTH HOLLYWOOD - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA hangs inside bedroom w/Detectives and Investigators and

County Coroner folks as we go through in a series of quick shots.

(Director's Note: very technical here. Snapshots, ECU's on body,

procedure, etc.) * See County Coroner videotape.

IN THE LIVING ROOM

CAMERA pushes in past DETECTIVES and OFFICERS who are exchanging

information...CAMERA moves towards Jim Kurring, standing off a bit

now, usless to the investigation as far as everyone else is concerned,

but listening carefully to what they say:

OFFICER:

Identified as Porter Parker, aged 59.

Better known as the dead guy in the closet.

So says the building guy, this is her

husband --

DETECTIVE #2

-- he's doesn't live here, but he comes

around, raises sh*t, screaming, yelling,

something or other --

OFFICER:

There's a son, apparently. And a kid.

DETECTIVE #1

Her son?

OFFICER:

Her son, that's right...and the kid.

And they were here and around and

from late last night and through the

morning, it's screaming and yelling --

DETECTIVE #1

And Where Are They?

DETECTIVE:

-- they are not to be found.

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