Moonstruck Page #15

Loretta goes to the window wrapped in a white sheet from the

bed. The window is glowing with moonlight. The moonlight

strikes her, and she is caught in its spell.

LORETTA:

Oh.

Ronny appears behind her, pulling on a robe. They speak in

low voices, as if they were in church.

RONNY:

It's so bright.

LORETTA:

I've never seen a moon like that.

RONNY:

It makes you look like an angel.

She turns and looks at him. They kiss. They break apart.

Ronny looks up at the moon.

RONNY:

Yeah. Looks like a big snowball.

EXT. THE CAPPOMAGGI HOUSE NIGHT

Shot of the house with the moon overhead.

INT. RAYMOND AND RITA CAPPOMAGGI'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

There is a big window right by the bed, and in the window is

the moon. Raymond and Rita are in their bed, asleep. Raymond

wakes up, and sees the moon in the window. He's stunned and

excited, but he too speaks in this low voice of respect.

RAYMOND:

Rita. Rita.

RITA:

(waking up)

What? What?

RAYMOND:

Look.

RITA:

Oh.

RAYMOND:

It's Cosmo's moon.

RITA:

What are you talking about, Raymond?

Cosmo can't own the moon.

RAYMOND:

I mean it's that moon I was talking

about at dinner.

(looks through the

window, down into

the street)

Is he down there? No.

RITA:

Is who down there?

RAYMOND:

Cosmo.

RITA:

What would he be doing down there?

RAYMOND:

I don't know.

RITA:

You know, in this light, and with

that expression on your face, you

look about twenty-five years old.

Raymond smiles at her meekly.

EXT. THE CASTORINI HOUSE - NIGHT

Over the house is still the great big full moon. The front

door opens and out comes the Old Man with the five Dogs.

The Old Man is in a greatcoat and a felt hat, and he's smoking

a cigar. He stops on the top step and lets go a huge plume

of cigar smoke. Then he starts off with the Dogs down the

street.

EXT.. EAST RIVER - NIGHT

The moon and nothing else. Then a cigar is thrown into it

and sends it shimmering. It was the moon reflected in water.

Now the CAMERA PULLS BACK and WE SEE the Old Man and the

Five Dogs are standing on a ruined pier. The moon gleams up

from the Hudson River. The Old Man speaks to the Dogs.

OLD MAN:

Alright now. Howl. Howl.

The Dogs do not howl. So the Old Man, by way of demonstration,

howls at the moon. He looks to the Dogs to follow suit. They

do nothing. He howls at the moon again.

The Dogs do nothing. The CAMERA CONTINUES TO PULL BACK until

WE CAN SEE the whole pier, with the Old Man and the Dogs on

it, and the moon above them. The Old Man, frustrated now,

cries out.

OLD MAN:

How long must I wait? Quanto tempo

devo aspettare!

The Dogs start to HOWL. The Old Man, pleased as the Mad Hatter

he is, laughs and laughs.

EXT. EAST RIVER - DAY

Transition from moon reflecting in the water to dawn.

INT. RONNIE'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - DAY

Morning sun floods the room. Close on Loretta, she wakes up.

LORETTA:

Oh my God.

RONNY:

What?

Loretta jumps from bed, grabs her clothes to cover herself,

and backs into closet.

LORETTA:

What? What have we done?

RONNY:

(perturbed)

Take it easy.

LORETTA:

(from closet as she

hurriedly gets dressed)

This time I was trying to do

everything right.

RONNY:

(he grabs a bathrobe,

pulls it on, puts it

on and moves towards

the closet.)

Don't just become excited.

LORETTA:

I thought if I stayed away from the

City Hall, I won't have that Bad

Luck I had again.

RONNY:

You're trying to make me feel guilty.

LORETTA:

I'm marrying your brother!

RONNY:

All right, I'm guilty. I confess!

LORETTA:

You're invited to the wedding! It's

in a few weeks. Why didn't you do

like him and be with your dying mother

in Palermo?

RONNY:

She didn't like me.

LORETTA:

You don't get along with anybody!

RONNY:

What did you do?

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