Moonstruck Page #7

COSMO:

Maybe.

LORETTA:

I didn't have no wedding cake, no

reception or nothing. Johnny got

down on his knees and proposed to me

at The Grand Ticino.

COSMO:

He did?

LORETTA:

Yeah.

COSMO:

That don't sound like Johnny. Where's

the ring?

Loretta shows it.

Cosmo examines it.

LORETTA:

Here.

COSMO:

It looks stupid. It's a pinky ring.

It's a man's ring.

LORETTA:

It's temporary.

COSMO:

Everything is temporary. That don't

excuse nothing.

LORETTA:

So you'll come to the wedding, right?

COSMO:

Let's go tell your Mother.

She smiles. He doesn't. They rise from the table.

THE CASTORINI HOUSE - DARKENED MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT

The door to the hall opens, and the light from without dimly

illuminates a massive four-poster bed. Cosmo enters, followed

by Loretta. He speaks into the dark a calm and measured

summons.

COSMO:

Rose. Rose. Rose. Rose.

A lamp is switched on by the bed. By ROSE. Rose is in her

60'S, and is very, very beautiful. Her abundant white tresses

frame a face of porcelain delicacy.

She's wearing an old and richly beautiful white nightgown.

ROSE:

Who's dead?

COSMO:

Nobody. Loretta is getting married.

ROSE:

Again? Johnny Cammareri.

Cosmo goes and sits on the bed.

COSMO:

I don't like him.

ROSE:

You're not gonna marry him, Cosmo.

Do you love him, Loretta?

LORETTA:

No.

ROSE:

Good. When you love them they drive

you crazy cause they know they can.

But you like him?

LORETTA:

Oh yeah. He's a sweet man. I wanna

have a big church wedding, Ma. And a

reception.

ROSE:

And who's gonna pay for that?

LORETTA:

Pop.

COSMO:

WHAT?

Rose starts laughing.

LORETTA:

Father of the bride pays.

Cosmo walks out.

COSMO:

I have no money!

ROSE:

You're rich as Roosevelt. You're

just cheap, Cosmo.

Cosmo shouts from the stairs.

COSMO:

I won't pay for nothing.

ROSE:

He didn't used to be cheap. He thinks

if he holds on to his money, he will

never die.

LORETTA:

It's his duty as a father to pay for

my wedding, Ma ...

MUSIC:

VICKI CARR, SINGING "IT MUST BE HIM", starts playing. Rose

looks weary.

ROSE:

Now he's gonna play that damn Vicki

Carr record. And then when he comes

to bed, he won't touch me.

EXT. THE CASTORINI HOUSE - MORNING

The first golden rays of sunlight touch the great old house.

The front door opens. Close shot of dogs coming into camera

as door opens. The OLD MAN comes out. The Old Man, who is

Cosmo's father, is 83 years old. He is taking the Five Dogs

out for their morning walk. He has their five leashes bundled

in one hand. In the other hand, even though it is a cloudless

November morning, he open black umbrella. He walks off down

the block with the dogs.

EXT. A SMALL CITY PARK SURROUNDED BY HURRICANE FENCE - DAY

The Old Man and the Five Dogs appear and enter the park. He

approaches a park bench where FELIX and LUCY are already

sitting. Felix and Lucy are about the same age as the Old

Man. They each have a well-behaved DOG. When the Old Man

sits down, he lets the Five Dogs go. The Dogs run off, BARKING

like mad.

FELIX:

It's wrong to just let them go.

OLD MAN:

(ignoring Felix)

Good morning, Lucy.

LUCY:

Good morning.

FELIX:

They run around, they mess up the

whole park.

OLD MAN:

What do you want me to do? Pick up

after five dogs? I'm eighty-three

years old. God in his heaven

understands that I cannot pick up

after five dogs.

FELIX:

You have too many dogs.

The dogs can be HEARD in the distance. It sounds like they're

killing each other.

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