My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Page #9

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INT. WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS - DAY

Maria excitedly points to a sample of a Bride and a Groom’s

faces floating in two roses. The Wedding Planner face palms

herself.

CUT TO:

EXT. LIMOUSINE LOT - DAY

The Wedding Planner shows an elegant black limousine. She

turns to find Maria loving a GIANT PINK LIMO VAN. Inside the

car, Athena and Nikki have powdered sugar under their noses

as they eat kourambiedes.

Maria hands her phone to the Wedding Planner.

MARIA:

Take a picture.

AUNT VOULA:

One, two, three, pull!

Maria and Aunt Voula pull each other’s neck skin. FLASH.

END MONTAGE:

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. MILLER HOUSE - DAY

IT’S ALMOST SPRING.

Ian walks from his car to the house mailbox.

INT. MILLER KITCHEN - DAY

Toula takes a roast chicken from the oven. Ian comes in -- a

bit shaken -- with mail from VARIOUS COLLEGES.

IAN:

Paris?

Paris comes in, sees the look on their faces.

PARIS:

You open them.

Ian tears envelopes, reads the letters, looks up, emotional.

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IAN:

Well, it looks like a choice

between Northwestern...

(pointedly)

... right here in Chicago.

And uh, NYU in New York.

Toula and Ian grab Paris into a three-way hug.

TOULA:

We are so proud of you!

IAN:

So proud! And, uh... the question

is, where do you want to go to

college?

Paris is proud of herself. Her expression turns fearful.

She’s not ready to go away. She thinks, then looks up.

PARIS:

I’ll stay here in Chicago.

TOULA:

(faux casual)

Okay, if that’s what you want.

Paris is relieved. They hug again. Behind Paris’s head,

Toula and Ian celebrate.

CUT TO:

INT. DANCING ZORBA’S OFFICE - DAY, LATER

Toula runs in.

TOULA:

Dad, did you hear the news, Paris

is staying!

GUS:

She found a boyfriend?

TOULA:

Dad-

GUS:

Very good news, Toula!

TOULA:

Yup!

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Gus shows a certified mail receipt to: Find Your Ancestry.

GUS:

Oh, look what I mailed today.

TOULA:

You completed the application!

GUS:

By myself. It was hard to remember

every name and date-

TOULA:

(gently)

You could have called Theo Panos in

Greece.

Gus grumbles.

GUS:

So my brother can tell me what I’m

doing is stupid.

Gus is standing without a cane. It rests on the wall.

TOULA:

Your physical therapy is working.

Gus snorts.

GUS:

It’s not that therapy. I fixed it

myself.

Gus pulls out a bottle of Windex, lifts his shirt, sprays his

hip area, stretches, grins at Toula.

TOULA:

You’re happy the wedding is on,

huh?

GUS:

But Toula, I can’t afford the

wedding your mother wants!

That’s not news to Toula, she nods.

TOULA:

We could give you money.

GUS:

No! You need it for college.

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Gus rubs his chest from the anxiety.

GUS (CONT’D)

I can’t sleep without your mother

snoring!

(gets serious)

You’re married, you know what it’s

like to have that person there,

right beside you. In every way.

You walk through your life, seeing

your shadow as two people. You

know you can reach out in the night

and that person is there. And then

they’re not... because they make

you stay on the couch until a

Priest says it’s okay!

CUT TO:

INT. PORTOKALOS HOUSE - NIGHT

At the kitchen table, Paris and Mana-Yiayia dip koulouria

into milk.

PARIS:

Mana-Yiayia, I’m going to stay home

for college.

Mana-Yiayia smiles. They eat.

PARIS (CONT’D)

That’s good, right? It’s what I

want.

Mana-Yiayia stops chewing, looks at Paris.

MANA-YIAYIA

But is not.

Mana-Yiayia smiles gently.

SFX:
a front door slams. Paris and Mana-Yiayia look up:

Maria comes in, distraught.

MARIA:

The Wedding Planner fired me!

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INT. MILLER LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Toula paces. Ian rushes in from work.

IAN:

So now they’re not getting

married?!

TOULA:

I have to fix this.

Ian takes a moment. Then -

IAN:

When do you think you can fix us?

Toula looks up quickly.

TOULA:

What do you mean?

IAN:

You’re always running in and out of

here, cooking something,

volunteering somewhere. It’s like

you avoid being alone with me-

TOULA:

But you just explained why I’m not

here.

IAN:

Look, it’s my fault too; we’re

busy. But Toula, we’ve been trying

to have a date, just another dinner

alone. And it’s impossible. Your

family pulls at you-

TOULA:

That’s what family does-

IAN:

No, that’s what your family does,

my family doesn’t pull me.

TOULA:

Well, maybe they do but you don’t

notice--

Toula lays her head on Ian’s chest.

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TOULA (CONT’D)

Please. Help me get my parents

married.

They hold each other. It’s sweet.

IAN:

All right. Who can we ask?

They look at each other. And grin.

SMASH CUT TO:

INT. MILLER HOUSE - LATER THAT NIGHT

Toula opens the front door and Aunt Voula enters.

AUNT VOULA:

I’m here!

Toula starts to shut the door, but it opens.

The ENTIRE FAMILY (except Maria and Gus) comes thundering in.

TOULA:

You called the family?!

AUNT VOULA:

Of course.

Ian is surprised as RODNEY AND HARRIET, 70’s, arrive.

AUNT FREIDA, 60’s, announces in her always-loud voice.

AUNT FREIDA:

Rodney and Harry are here!

IAN:

Hey, Mom and Dad.

RODNEY AND HARRIET

Yiasas, Yiasas everyone!

RODNEY:

You got any of that moussaka?

CUT TO:

INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT, MOMENTS LATER

The family are squashed on the couch, chairs, etc.

(CONTINUED)

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AUNT VOULA:

Tell your problem.

TOULA:

Uh, okay...

IAN:

Toula’s parents are not married.

No one blinks.

IAN (CONT’D)

Oh, you all know?

MARIANTHI:

Please.

Aunt Freida shrugs.

AUNT FREIDA:

Telephone, telegram, tell-a-Greek.

TOULA:

The wedding planner quit!

No one blinks again.

TOULA (CONT’D)

You know that too?

AUNT FREIDA:

What are you, new?

JENNIE, 30’s, nods.

JENNIE:

Of course we know.

MIKE:

We know everything.

RODNEY:

I tweeted it.

IAN:

Aunt Voula we were hoping you could

talk to Maria?

ATHENA:

Convince her to just go to the

church and get it done.

(CONTINUED)

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TOULA:

Please.

The AUNTS and UNCLES look at each other.

AUNT FREIDA:

Why?

NICK:

Because my dad will lose it.

AUNT VOULA:

No, why convince them to just “get

it done”?

Ian and Toula look at each other. Nikki jumps in.

NIKKI:

Look, weddings are expensive-

NICK:

Very.

NIKKI:

But what was with hiring a wedding

planner?

TOULA:

I don’t know.

MARIANTHI:

Yeah, we’ve all had weddings -

NIKKI:

Except Angelo-

ANGELO:

We’re not talking about me!

Aunt Voula raises an eyebrow to Nikki: leave it alone.

NIKKI:

I’m sayin’ -- you don’t need a

caterer.

JENNIE:

We all cook.

NIKKI:

Some of us better than others.

MARIANTHI:

Don’t start-

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NIKKI:

Your diples are dry, accept it.

Marianthi turns to her husband.

MARIANTHI:

Mike, can you taser her?

MIKE:

Only once per relative, you know my

rule.

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