Peggy Sue Got Married Page #3

CAROL:

Everyone's got a gold Rolex. I had

this one specially made in

platinum.

Richard is standing with three men. They hang on his every

word. Beside them, a very DRUNK MAN overhears:

RICHARD:

...fifth generation core capacities

are going to cause another

shake—out in the smaller companies.

DRUNK MAN:

(to Richard)

Your damn computers put me out of

business. You're a billionaire, and

I'm a goddamn failure.

Another man gently restrains the drunk and leads him away.

Richard is shaken.

NEW VIEW:

Carol and Peggy.

CAROL:

(chuckling)

Welcome to the singles scene.

PEGGY:

I don't know how you do it. I've

never even dated anybody but

Charlie.

CAROL:

You just have to remember... men

are like houses and trade

upwards... I thought you had a

pretty good marriage.

PEGGY:

We did for a long time. We just got

married too young, and ended up

blaming each other for missing out

on things.

CAROL:

So he started having affairs, and

you got depressed.

Peggy nods.

CAROL (CONT'D.)

You should have left here years

ago, like I did.

PEGGY:

It's not the place. I don't buy

that.

(melodramatic)

Trapped in the same town forever.

The price she would pay for her

teenage lust.

CAROL:

After you got knocked up, my mother

didn't want me to talk to you. She

thought it was contagious.

PEGGY:

Oh, it's not so bad. I have two

wonderful kids, my own business.

(beat)

Still, knowing what I know now, if

I had the chance to do it all over

again, I'd sure do things a lot

differently.

CAROL:

Wouldn't we all.

INT. GYM OFFICE (ADJACENT TO GYM)

DOLORES DODGE is about to interview Maddy and Arthur; she

turns on the tape machine and holds up the microphone.

DOLORES:

Madeline Hutton and Arthur Nagle

were high school sweethearts.

Married right after graduation,

they're still together. In this day

and age, that's remarkable...

Maddy, Arthur, how does it feel to

have missed the sexual revolution?

MADDY:

(incensed)

What kind of question is that? It

has nothing to do with the reunion.

ARTHUR:

(thoughtfully — into mike)

I'm glad you asked, Dolores. Four

years ago Maddy and I found

Jesus...

DOLORES:

Spiritual renewal.. That's what

reunions are all about. Familiar

faces, forgotten memories, ancient

dance steps and music...the great

time machine.

INT. GYM

CAMERA PANS the gym and FINDS:

Carol dancing with WALTER GETZ, slim, handsome, with a big

toothy grin. Carol's old high school boyfriend, he's now a

dentist and a fabulous dancer. They make a great team.

Couples dancing around them react appreciatively.

CAROL:

I never could keep up with you.

WALTER:

(with a quick tap step)

Just call me Walter the dancing

dentist. Taps and caps. My

specialty.

INT. GYM — ANOTHER AREA

PEGGY'S TABLE.

Peggy sits with Richard, Sharon, and two other couples, TERRY

and LISA and LEON and SANDY.

A hand gently touches Peggy on the shoulder. Peggy turns

around and sees ROSALIE TESTA, a small woman with close

cropped hair. She's in a wheelchair. She wears a plastic

badge:
REUNION COMMITTEE.

ROSALIE:

I remember that dress.

PEGGY:

Rosalie Testa!

'HELLOS' all, around. Peggy helps Rosalie position her

wheelchair at the table.

ROSALIE:

I remember when you got that

locket, too. You were so excited

I think you showed it to the whole

school.

PEGGY:

You have an incredible memory.

SHARON:

It's beautiful. Does it open?

PEGGY:

Yes. These are my children. But

they're not babies anymore.

INSERT - LOCKET

Inside are photos of Beth and Scott as babies.

ROSALIE:

(laughing)

I think you got married when you

were three.

INT. GYM OFFICE

Dolores interviewing Walter and Carol.

DOLORES:

Carol Pritchard Heath and Walter

Getz were high school steadies who

went their separate ways. After

twenty years and four divorces

between them, they meet again —

Walter a successful dentist, Carol

a mature career woman. Carol, why

did you really come back for this

reunion?

CAROL:

Curiosity mostly. I heard you

finally found a man of your own.

Too bad he's married.

WALTER:

(cracking up)

Whoa! Cat fight! Purse war!

INT. GYM — PEGGY'S TABLE

THEIR POV:

Dolores walks resolutely towards their table.

Maddy and. Arthur leave the table as Dolores approaches,

putting her tape machine on the table. She ignores everyone,

focusing on Richard.

DOLORES:

Hello everyone. Richard Norvik? I'm

Dolores Dodge with KARP Radio.

Could I have a minute of your time?

RICHARD:

Sure. I remember you.

INT. GYM — SERIES OF SHOTS

The BAND is PLAYING and SINGING the SONG "GOOD OLD ROCK AND

ROLL." Peggy and Sharon walk through the gym looking at the

photo blowups on the wall. Peggy is stopped and hugged by

several people. Maddy and Arthur are dancing. Despite the

frantic beat, they are slow dancing. Seth is hanging around

the stage, bringing a drink to the guitar player. Walter is

dancing with Rosalie in her wheelchair.

OVERWEIGHT, BEARDED MAN

Turns out I love business. Every

morning I wake up, thank God I'm

alive, and say Who am I gonna screw

today?

LEON:

Let's play "Rate the Moment". I

give tonight an eighty—seven.

Better than sex, not as good as

racquetball.

INT. GYM OFFICE

Dolores has left. Walter lays out lines of cocaine on the

back of the clipboard, as Carol watches.

WALTER:

The best thing about being a

dentist. Pure pharmaceutical grade.

A couple of lines of this, I can

drill my own teeth...

(looks at her for a

moment)

Hi.

CAROL:

Hi.

INT. GYM — INTERCUT - SERIES OF SHOTS

SERIOUS MAN:

(to his wife)

Joe would have enjoyed this. God, I

still miss him.

MADDY:

(to Carol)

Peggy was a mess right after they

separated, but I think she's coming

out of it... It seems to be pretty

friendly now..

CAROL:

Sometimes it's easier when you hate

them.

GREASY DRUNK CREEP

I can't remember. Did I make it

with you in high school?

LISA:

Doesn't it feel like it was

yesterday?

TERRY:

Youth is like an amputated leg.

Long after it's gone, you still

feel it.

SAME BEARDED MAN

My wife's a cow, my son has sh*t

for brains, and my daughter's in

India with Mother Teresa.

WOMAN:

My husband's a pig. But my son's in

social work and my daughter, God

bless her, is in India with Mother

Teresa.

LEON:

For the fitness generation, we've

sure got a lot of porkers.

SANDY:

I don't remember anything about the

seventies.

LISA:

Breaking up was horrible. I said we

had a very special attachment, he

said, so does a Hoover.

LEON:

I don't know why I came back. I

hated high school.

The group around him all answer "So did I" or "Me too."

ROSALIE:

I enjoyed it.

INT. GYM NEAR WALL

Peggy (loose, holding a drink) and Sharon stand in front of a

PHOTO of the 1960 Cross Country Team.

VIEW ON PHOTO - off to one side stands MICHAEL FITZSIMMONS.

His hair is longer, his gaze intense and non—smiling.

SHARON:

Who's the one with the hair?

PEGGY:

Michael Fitzsimmons. I had such a

crush on him.

Carol and Maddy join them, still panting from dancing.

CAROL:

Hi, Peggy. God, that Walter Getzcan

still dance.

PEGGY:

Your first boyfriend. What do

you think? Any sparks left?

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