Moonstruck Page #4

LORETTA AND MR. JOHNNY

LORETTA:

You could use your pinky ring.

MR. JOHNNY

I like this ring.

LORETTA:

You propose to a woman you should

offer her a ring of engagement.

Mr. Johnny takes off the ring and holds it out to her.

MR. JOHNNY

Loretta. Loretta Castorini Clark. On

my knees. In front of all these

people. Will you marry me?

She meekly accepts the ring from him and takes his hands.

LORETTA:

Yes, Johnny. Yes, John Anthony

Cammareri. I will marry you. I will

be your wife.

Mr. Johnny slowly stands up, brushes off his knees. The

restaurant has fallen utterly silent. Loretta smiles. They

embrace. Loretta kisses him quickly.

A MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN, SUSAN, IS MAUDLIN FROM THE PROPOSAL

Bobo stands very near her table. She is about to applaud the

proposal. She brings her hands together. Bobo's hand flashes

out and neatly captures her hands before they can part again.

The single sound dies abruptly in the silent room.

LORETTA AND MR. JOHNNY

Mr. Johnny is in control now. He looks around once, regally.

MR. JOHNNY

Bobo! The check!

PERRY AND THE SHY WAITER LOOK AT MR. JOHNNY AND LORETTA

PERRY:

I feel like I have just witnessed a

car accident.

The Shy Waiter sits down at Perry's table.

SHY WAITER:

When I was twenty-seven years old,

in Jersey City, I asked a woman to

marry me. She had red hair. She

smelled a jasmine. She wore black

shoes with pointy white tips.

PERRY:

What happened?

SHY WAITER:

She didn't hear me. She asked me to

repeat, so she could understand what

I said. But I wouldn't repeat it.

Outta shyness. So I'm a bachelor.

MR. JOHNNY AND LORETTA

He's helping her on with her coat.

LORETTA:

What time is it?

MR. JOHNNY

Seven-thirty.

LORETTA:

So we'll pick up the car, we'll make

the plane in plenty of time.

Mr. Johnny puts on his coat.

MR. JOHNNY

My mother will be happy I'm getting

married.

Bobo approaches with the bucket of champagne. He's flustered.

BOBO:

I forgot to bring the champagne, Mr.

Johnny.

MR. JOHNNY

I forgot to wave. We'll have it at

the wedding.

EXT. MIDTOWN TUNNEL - A CREAM COLORED LTD SPEEDING - NIGHT

INT. THE CREAM LTD - NIGHT

Loretta driving and Mr. Johnny sitting beside her. In the

back seat are two suitcases.

LORETTA:

What about the wedding?

MR. JOHNNY

My mother is dying. When she is dead,

I'll come back and we'll be married.

LORETTA:

How near is she to death?

MR. JOHNNY

A week. Two weeks. No more.

LORETTA:

Then let's set the date.

LORETTA:

How about a month from today?

MR. JOHNNY

Must it be so definite? Can't we

just say that we will be married

when I get back?

LORETTA:

Where? At the City Hall? No! I want

the whole wedding or we will have

Bad Luck. For a whole wedding to be

planned, a date must be set.

MR. JOHNNY

Alright. A month. In a month.

LORETTA:

A month from today?

MR. JOHNNY

Yeah.

LORETTA:

I'll take care of it, Johnny. I'll

take care of the whole thing. All

you have to do is show up.

INT. A TERMINAL AT KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - NIGHT

CLOSE UP ON TV MONITOR - VIDEO INSERT

Dialogue on clip: (Close-up on Ava Gardner & Gregory Peck

kissing. Length of clip is 1:25)

AVA:

Oh, you're not going. You're staying.

GREGORY:

No, I'm going.

AVA:

The Shawfish?

GREGORY:

Just across the bay, at the fuel

depot. The men wanted to try to get

home. I can't explain.

AVA:

Then, I suppose the time has come

say it's been nice Dwight Lionel.

It's been everything. Oh, Dwight,

I'm frightened.

GREGORY:

I know, I am so sorry for so many

things. I love you, Moira. I love

you. I love you.

INT. A TERMINAL AT KENNEDY AIRPORT - NIGHT

Many PEOPLE, most of them Italian, are lined up to board the

plane. A VOICE can be heard over the P.A. system.

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