My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Page #12

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Paris can’t believe what she’s hearing.

PARIS:

Thank you.

Paris and Toula nod in quiet understanding.

The doorbell rings.

PARIS (CONT’D)

That’s Bennett!

Toula and Paris run around panicking.

Toula opens the door: Bennett is there, crowded by Nick,

Angelo, male grandchildren. And Maria in her wedding dress.

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I/E. BENNETT’S LIMO/STREET - DAY

Bennett and Paris get driven to prom. Bennett rubs his neck.

BENNETT:

Your Uncle hugs hard.

PARIS:

Yeah.

Paris plays with her wrist corsage, tries to be cool.

Bennett is nervous too.

BENNETT:

Was your grandma in a wedding

dress?

PARIS:

Yep.

A long pause Paris refuses to fill.

BENNETT:

Where’s the rest of your family?

PARIS:

Uh, who?

BENNETT:

I saw a bigger group at the College

Fair.

Paris remembers, cringes.

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PARIS:

Oh yeah.

BENNETT:

Yeah, they’re like my family.

PARIS:

Except mine is bigger, louder, more

oily and in your face than

anyone’s.

BENNETT:

No way, no Greek family is bigger,

louder, more oily and in your face

than my Greek family.

A beat. A long one.

PARIS:

You’re Greek?

BENNETT:

Yeah!

Unsure how she feels, Paris looks out the window.

Then grins.

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EXT. MILLER HOUSE - DAY

Holding his tux, Ian sees Rodney pull up in his car, goes to

him.

Rodney opens his trunk, pulls out a funeral wreath.

RODNEY:

I will have to return this.

Rodney attaches a hand-written ribbon: Happy Wedding Day!

Ian looks at his dad, healthy, content.

IAN:

Hey, Dad... do you ever need

anything?

RODNEY:

Such as?

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IAN:

I mean, from me? Do you ever need

me to do anything, or want to talk

about-

RODNEY:

Is someone ill?

Ian shakes his head ruefully.

IAN:

No Dad. It’s just... If you ever

need anything, call.

A long moment. It’s the deepest they’ve ever gone. Rodney

takes it in. Nods, touched.

RODNEY:

You got it.

Rodney gets back in his car. Toula runs from the house.

IAN:

I have to head to prom for a minute

to make sure the Chaperones aren’t

drinking.

TOULA:

Oh no. Don’t spy on Paris.

IAN:

She told you I....? Okay.

Ian starts to pull out. Maria leans out her window:

MARIA:

Toula, what time is it?! Why

aren’t the limousines here?

Toula looks at Angelo.

TOULA:

Did we book limousines?

Angelo panics and runs to fix it.

TOULA (CONT’D)

Call Mike!!!

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EXT. CHICAGO STREETS - DAY

A POLICEMAN whistles, stops traffic: THREE POLICE CARS with

SIRENS drive through.

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I/E. POLICE CAR #1- DAY

Mike is at the wheel. Maria and Aunt Voula are in the back.

MIKE:

I got this!

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I/E. POLICE CAR #2 - DAY

In the back of the other car: dressed up Toula, Athena

and Nick, look queasy at the ride.

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I/E. POLICE CAR #1- DAY

Mike drives like a maniac, in the back Aunt Voula calms

Maria.

MARIA:

I’ll bet Gus is nervous.

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I/E. POLICE CAR #3 - DAY

In the back of the third car: Gus, Uncle Taki and Uncle

Panos drink.

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EXT. CHURCH - LATE AFTERNOON

THREE SQUAD cars are parked outside.

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INT. CHURCH - EARLY EVENING

The CONGREGATION is seated.

Rocking a new hairstyle, Mana-Yiayia comes in with Nikki.

EVERYONE murmurs their approval of Mana-Yiayia’s hair. Nikki

preens.

At the back, Toula is calling Ian, gets voice mail. She sees

Nick looking at a pew, worried: Gus, Uncle Taki and Panos,

in their ill-fitting glitter-tuxedos, are drunk.

The congregation is horrified, some struggle to not laugh.

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INT. PROM BANQUET HALL - EARLY EVENING

MUSIC.

Bennett and Paris drink soda, laugh their heads off.

BENNETT:

No, wait, wait, is the lump still

on the back of your Thea’s neck?!

PARIS:

She had it removed, but she says

she misses her twin. She goes-

Paris rubs the back of her neck and frowns wistfully.

PARIS (CONT’D)

“I should never have had that

beebopsy.”

Paris and Bennett laugh.

BENNETT:

I have an aunt who talks like she

always has a piece of lamb stuck in

her throat.

(imitates hoarsely, with

Greek accent)

“Bennett, Bennett, say hhhhello to

your parents, if you see my

daughter, tell her I’m hhhhupstairs.”

They laugh.

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BENNETT (CONT’D)

So, why aren’t you in Greek Club?

PARIS:

Every day of my life is Greek Club.

Why, what do you do there?

Bennett shrugs, points to MANY of DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES.

BENNETT:

Same as they do in the Lebanese

Club, Italian Club, Chinese Club.

We eat and make fun of our parents.

Clifford runs over, looking a bit drunk. Tiahn is annoyed.

CLIFFORD:

Where’s the bathroom?

PARIS:

Hhhup-stairs.

Bennett cracks up, looks at her fondly.

BENNETT:

You look nice.

Paris smiles.

PARIS:

Thank you. You do too.

Bennett grins, leans in to her.

BENNETT:

Hey, thanks for asking me to prom.

Paris smiles.

BENNETT (CONT’D)

Want to dance?

PARIS:

Yeah!

They run toward the dance floor.

PULL BACK:
Ian is watching. He takes a moment. Then he

takes a step back.

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INT. CHURCH - EARLY EVENING

Toula runs to her seat.

The organ music starts, EVERYONE STANDS.

Nick walks Maria walk down the aisle. Maria is ecstatic,

finally having a wedding.

As Nick and Maria pass Rodney and Harriet, they spit on

Maria. Harriet giggles to Rodney.

HARRIET:

I’ve been waiting a long time to do

that!

In the front pew, Toula smiles wide, trying to keep her mom

from noticing Gus has been drinking.

Then, Maria sees Gus giggling and her face drops.

Maria abruptly turns, runs into an open room on the side.

Everyone gasps.

ATHENA:

Toula, do something!

Toula runs after her mom, with Athena following.

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INT. CHURCH SIDE ROOM - EARLY EVENING

Toula and Athena push open the velvet curtain and enter to

find Maria sitting in a chair.

TOULA:

Are you okay?

MARIA:

He’s not taking this seriously.

Toula pulls the curtain, looks out: Mana-Yiayia cuffs Gus and

Panos and they stop giggling.

TOULA:

He is now.

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MARIA:

What am I getting married for?

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INT. CHURCH - EARLY EVENING

The Congregation gets antsy. Where’s Maria?

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INT. CHURCH SIDE ROOM - EARLY EVENING

Nikki pokes her head in.

NIKKI:

What’s happening?

Maria is pacing.

MARIA:

Who says a woman has to be married?

TOULA:

Um, you. All our lives.

MARIA:

Because in my day, women were

raised to be married! But is that

it? I’ve been single these last

months, and I’ve been thinking,

maybe I could have traveled and

cured diseases and wrote poetry and

had adventure in my life! Instead

of being saddled with a grouchy old

man yelling every morning for his

mineral oil so his bowels won’t get

backed up!!

Nikki blanches.

NIKKI:

You need my ma.

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INT. CHURCH - EARLY EVENING

Nikki runs toward Aunt Voula as the Congregation hears:

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