Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Page #48

JANE:

Why, everybody in Mandrake Falls

in pixilated - except us.

AMY:

Uh-huh.

MED. SHOT OF SPECTATORS

There is an outburst of laughter which the Judge quickly

quells with his gavel.

350. MED. SHOT - DIFFERENT ANGLE

LONGFELLOW:

Now, just one more question. Do

you see the Judge here? He's a

nice man, isn't he?

JANE & AMY

Uh-huh.

LONGFELLOW:

Do you think he's pixilated?

JANE:

(quickly)

Oh, yes.

AMY:

Yes, indeedy.

There is more laughter. More pounding of the judiciary

gavel.

CLOSE SHOT - CEDAR

He feels his case slowly crumbling.

CLOSE SHOT - BABE

She can scarcely conceal her elation.

353. MED. SHOT - FRONT OF COURTROOM

JUDGE:

Mr. Deeds, you haven't yet touched

upon a most important thing. This

rather fantastic idea of yours to

want to give away your entire

fortune. It is, to say the least,

most uncommon.

LONGFELLOW:

Oh yes, I was getting to that,

Your Honor.

CAMERA MOVES TO CLOSER SHOT, featuring Longfellow and Judge,

as former continues:

LONGFELLOW:

Suppose you were living in a small

town and getting along fine, and

suddenly somebody dropped

$20,000,000 in your lap. Supposing

you discovered that all that money

was messing up your life, was

bringing a lot of vultures around

your neck, and making you lose

faith in everybody. You'd be a

little worried, wouldn't you? You'd

feel that you had a hot potato in

your hand, and you'd want to drop

it. I guess Dr. Von Holler would

say you were riding on—

(points to chart)

—those bottom waves, 'cause you

wanted to drop something that was

burning your fingers.

354. MEDIUM SHOT

Cedar springs to his feet.

CEDAR:

(shouting)

If this man is permitted to carry

out his plan, repercussions will

be felt that will rock the

foundations of our entire

governmental system!

The Judge has pounded him into silence.

JUDGE:

Please, Mr. Cedar!

(to Longfellow)

Proceed.

355. MED. CLOSE SHOT AT WITNESS STAND

LONGFELLOW:

Personally, I don't know what Mr.

Cedar's raving about. From what I

can see, no matter what system of

government we have, there will

always be leaders and always be

followers.

MED. CLOSE SHOT

Farmers in audience, as Longfellow's voice continues:

LONGFELLOW'S VOICE

It's like the road out in front of

my house. It's on a steep hill.

Every day I watch the cars climbing

up. Some go lickety-split up that

hill on high—

357. FULL SHOT

LONGFELLOW:

—some have to shift into second -

and some sputter and shake and

slip back to the bottom again.

Same cars - same gasoline - yet

some make it and some don't. And I

say the fellows who can make the

hill on high should stop once in a

while and help those who can't.

358. MEDIUM SHOT

LONGFELLOW:

(making his point)

That's all I'm trying to do with

this money. Help the fellows who

can't make the hill on high.

CLOSE SHOT - LONGFELLOW

LONGFELLOW:

(hotly)

What does Mr. Cedar expect me to

do with it? Give it to him - and a

lot of other people who don't need

it?

(rising;

sarcastically)

If you don't mind, Your Honor,

I'll ride on those top waves for a

minute.

(calls out)

Hey, all you fellows out there!

All those who applied for a farm,

stand up!

360. REVERSE ANGLE

Showing most of the audience struggling to their feet.

361. MED. CLOSE SHOT - WITNESS CHAIR

LONGFELLOW:

See all those fellows? They're

the ones I'm trying to help. They

need it!

(pointing)

Mr. Cedar and that Mr. Semple don't

need anything. They've got plenty!

It's like I'm out in a big boat

and I see one fellow in a rowboat

who's tired of rowing and wants a

free ride - and another fellow

who's drowning. Who would you expect

me to rescue? Mr. Cedar, who just

got tired of rowing and wants a

free ride? Or those men out there

who are drowning? Any ten-year-

old child will give you the answer

to that.

(to farmers etc. in

courtroom)

All right, fellows. Thank you. Sit

down.

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