Nocturnal Animals Page #17

Tony pulls the trigger and the gun goes off. It misses Ray.

RAY (CONT’D)

Son of a b*tch!

Tony pulls the trigger again. Ray is hit and grabs at his

chest but is now moving towards Tony with the fire poker in

his hand. He swings it towards Tony’s face as our screen goes

dark. Absolute silence.

CUT TO BLACK.

106.

87 INT. TRAILER, WEST TEXAS. DAY. 87

Our sound returns as we hear flies buzzing close by. Our

screen is black but begins to shift to a warm brown as murky

daylight starts to illuminate the image.

Tony is lying on the floor of the trailer. His head is

covered in blood that has began to crust over. As a fly

crawls across his face he slowly reaches up in pain to fan it

away. We see that there is a bloody gash across his face. His

eyes are covered in dried blood and as he claws at them we

realize that he has been blinded. Tony realizes this too.

He feels around and finds the gun. He holds onto it and finds

a chair and pulls himself up. Light is now pouring into the

room. He manages to get to his feet.

As he begins to stumble around the room he walks into

something. Someone. It is Ray. He is dead and lying in a pool

of blood.

Tony bends down and runs his hands over Ray’s face and lifts

the deadweight of the arm. He still holds the fire poker in

one hand.

Tony finds his way out of the trailer. As he does he falls to

the ground.

88 EXT. TRAILER, WEST TEXAS. DAY -- CONTINUOUS. 88

He drags himself into the brush and towards the road. He

struggles to reach into the air and fires the gun then drops

to the ground.

He tries to lift the gun back up in the air in an attempt to

fire it once again. As he rises to his knees he falls back to

the ground and onto the gun.

A loud gunshot. He has shot himself in the stomach. He is

still alive but begins to loose consciousness.

89 INT. MORROW RESIDENCE - SUSAN’S BATHROOM. NIGHT. 89

Susan is in her tub. Her face is completely submerged. Her

eyes are open. She suddenly sits up and gasps for air.

107.

90 EXT. TRAILER, WEST TEXAS. DAY -- CONTINUOUS. 90

Our camera slides up Tony’s body to see him grasp at his neck

for the small gold cross.

A breeze causes a loud brushing sound of the grass in the

wind as the sound of the insects rises.

The sound of Tony’s heartbeat becomes louder and louder and

overtakes all other sound as our camera settles on his face.

With each beat we cut back and forth from his face, to that

of Susan’s as she begins to cry.

The sounds of Tony’s cries of pain mingle with Susan’s cries.

TONY’S FACE. SUSAN’S FACE. TONY’S FACE. SUSAN’S FACE, UNTIL

SUDDENLY TONY’S HEARTBEAT STOPS.

91

INT. MORROW RESIDENCE - SUSAN’S BATHROOM. NIGHT --91

CONTINUOUS.

Susan is in tears as she grabs at the gold cross around her

neck.

SUSAN:

(Softly) Edward.

CUT TO BLACK.

92

INT. MORROW RESIDENCE - SUSAN’S BEDROOM. NIGHT -- LATER. 92

The lights are out. Susan is lying in bed wide awake

thinking. Her eyes are still wet. Her thoughts are

interrupted by the buzz of an e-mail on her phone. She

reaches over to the bedside table and opens the message.

Dear Susan,

Just let me know when and where.

Edward.

A soft smile comes over Susan’s face as she quickly types out

a response.

108.

93 INT. MORROW RESIDENCE - SUSAN’S BATHROOM. NEXT EVENING. 93

Susan stands in front of her bathroom mirror. She is dressed

to go out. She raises her face slightly and looks at herself

intently. She reaches for a tissue and wipes the lipstick off

of her mouth.

She begins to put her wedding ring back on her finger but

stops for a moment and looks at her hand. She slips the ring

back into the tray on her dressing table.

94 INT. RESTAURANT, LOS ANGELES. EVENING -- LATER. 94

Susan walks into the restaurant. She looks especially

beautiful and somehow younger.

Susan follows the hostess to a table overlooking the

courtyard. It is dusk and the lights of the city below are

beginning to glisten. It is a beautiful LA night.

HOSTESS:

May I get you a drink while you

wait?

She smiles at the hostess.

SUSAN:

Yes, thank you. Scotch on the

rocks.

Susan is seated next to a young couple who are leaning in

closely to each other.

Time passes. Lingering shots of Susan. Her hands as she feels

the finger where her wedding ring usually rests. Her legs as

they cross and uncross. Long shot of her sitting by herself

in a room full of people looking back towards the entry door

of the restaurant.

She has finished her drink.

HOSTESS:

Mrs. Morrow, are you all right? May

I get you another drink?

SUSAN:

Yes, thank you.

More time passes. She finishes her second drink. The couple

next to her has now left and the table is empty.

109.

Long shot of Susan sitting alone in the now almost deserted

room. She sits still looking out over the lights of the city.

Susan Morrow stares straight ahead and into the night. The expression on her face belies her realization that Edward is

not coming.

CUT TO BLACK.

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