Punch-Drunk Love Page #10

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LANCE:

Ok.

CUT TO:

EXT. WAREHOUSE - MOMENTS LATER

Barry and Lance exit the warehouse and get into Barry's car --

CUT TO:

INT. SMART AND FINAL - DAY

Barry and Lance are filling up an EXTRA LARGE SHOPPING CART

with PUDDING as Barry explains, CAMERA pushes in;

BARRY:

I saw the Teriyaki Chicken first

and that was $1.79 and then the

Soup which made a real deal but

then to come across the

pudding...it's just tremendous when

you think about how most people

just don't look...they

don't....they're not looking at the

fine print, Lance.

CUT TO:

INT. SMART AND FINAL/CHECK OUT - MOMENTS LATER

They're unloading the pudding which comes in packets of

three, but Barry and Lance are taking them out of those

packets and handing them to the CHECK OUT GIRL one by one.....

BARRY:

(to Girl)

They need to be scanned individually.

They each have a bar code, so I

need it scanned individually so

that each and every cup appears on

the receipt...

CHECK OUT GIRL:

What is this, man?

BARRY:

I'm sorry.

CHECK OUT GIRL:

Are you serious with this?

BARRY:

Yes. Sorry.

CHECK OUT GIRL:

Well....what do you want, then?

BARRY:

Each pudding cup has to be scanned

individually so that...it's for a

giveaway...a product giveaway by

this company...

CHECK OUT GIRL:

This is a bunch of bullshit.

BARRY:

I'm sorry, I know. I know that

it's....

BEAT. She scans them over and over and over....then:

BARRY:

I'm sorry, I'm really sorry.

She scans and scans and scans and scans....

BARRY:

Sorry. I'm sorry, ma'am.

CUT TO:

EXT. SMART AND FINAL - DAY

Barry and Lance pushing the shopping carts....Barry looks

across the parking lot and sees:

A TOYOTA PICK UP coming slowly towards him and Lance...

...Barry starts to move steady/swiftly towards his

car...Lance tries to keep up....Barry gets nervous, looks

left and right...

....The Toyota passes and it's nothing.....Barry and Lance

load the pudding in his car as Barry acts as if nothing

happened. He turns and sees a BABY in a shopping cart and he

reacts;

BARRY:

God Damn They're So Beautiful.

CUT TO:

INT. SUPERMARKET - DAY

Barry and Lance stack pudding in, Barry says;

BARRY:

You know you can get places in the

world with pudding. That's funny.

LANCE:

Yeah.

BARRY:

That's funny.

CUT TO:

EXT. PARKING LOT/ANOTHER SMART AND FINAL.

Barry and Lance walk together towards another Smart and

Final....they walk towards the SLIDING DOORS.....that do not

slide open...Barry walks face first into the doors and

quickly turns around and heads back to the car...

BARRY:

I guess they're not open today.

CAMERA holds the long walk back to the car....Barry glances

both directions.....cautious and careful......sees nothing...

BARRY:

That's fine. I think I have enough.

He walks a little faster and gets in the car.....HOLD....SLOW

ZOOM IN....SOUND DROPS out.....he just sits, then, to Lance;

BARRY:

I get really sick of myself sometimes.

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S WAREHOUSE - DAY

CAMERA pushes in quick, Barry on the phone;

BARRY:

No, no, no, no, no. What do you

mean? It doesn't state anywhere

about six to eight weeks.

OPERATOR VOICE:

It takes that much time to process

the order and make sure it's valid --

BARRY:

I had this whole thing in my head,

I was gonna be able to get this to

you today -- I have to leave today --

OPERATOR VOICE:

I'm sorry.

BARRY:

How am I supposed to know what to

do if you don't say it -- if it's

not in your rules and regulations

in your fine print how am I

supposed to know how to be with

this --

OPERATOR VOICE:

It takes time to process --

BARRY:

No, no, no, no, nO, NO, NO!

Barry drops the phone to the ground, spins around and PUTS

HIS FIST THROUGH THE WALL.....then drops down, lower his

head. CAMERA HOLD CU. as he stops himself, tries to breath;

BARRY:

Don't do that. Don't do that.

That's not right. Calm down now,

please. Please. Ok. Ok. Calm down

now please.

HOLD. "He Needs Me," starts. He closes his eyes.

JUMP CUT TO MOMENTS LATER:

INT. WAREHOUSE AREA - MOMENTS LATER

Barry walks over to Lance;

BARRY:

Ok:
the pudding is gonna take six

to eight weeks to process so that

isn't gonna work for today, I'll

just take a bath on that today. Ok.

But here's the thing I gotta tell

you:

BEAT. He looks around at the pudding.

BARRY:

....now:
this pudding?

LANCE:

Yeah.

BARRY:

Let's just figure that out later --

(beat)

Ok. I gotta go. I'm just gonna go

now and I'll call you from there,

you're in charge 'till I get back.

And don't tell my sisters anything?

He exits.

CUT TO:

INT. LOADING AREA/PLANE - DAY

CAMERA (STEADICAM) follows him from the ticket handoff down

the corridor onto the plane.

CUT TO:

INT. PLANE - DAY

CAMERA holds 2-shot on Barry and a BUSINESS GUY sitting

together, just before take off.....HOLD, THEN:

BARRY:

I've never been on a plane before.

BEAT. There's the SOUND of the plane starting to move.

BARRY:

What's that sound?

CUT TO:

INT. PLANE - IN FLIGHT - LATER

Barry sits. BEAT. HOLD. We hear the sound of a BABY CRYING.

He looks across the aisle and sees:

A small, THREE YEAR OLD CHILD crying, behind held by its

FATHER. The baby stops crying for a moment, calming down,

breathing heavy, looks around with wide eyes.

CU. BARRY.

HE WELLS WITH TEARS AND A SMILE, CRINGES IN HIS FACE AND WE

SEE THE BUILD UP OF EMOTION, HIS VEINS POP FROM HIS FACE AND

THEN HE SMILES LIKE CRAZY, SMILING AND SMILING AND SMILING,

BRIGHT RED AND PAINFUL.

CUT TO:

INT. HAWAII AIRPORT - LATE AFTERNOON

He walks along the airport, looking out onto planes and palm

trees and people, etc.

CUT TO:

EXT. AIRPORT/CURB - TAXI AREA - THAT MOMENT

Barry hops into a TAXI. The CAB DRIVER asks:

CAB DRIVER:

Where?

Barry HOLDS a moment, then realizes he doesn't know, SNAPS

INTO A CONTORTION, STARTS TO TEAR and almost SNAP and then

nothing......

CUT TO:

INT. WAKIKI STREET/PHONE BOOTH - LATER

Barry on the phone amid a crowd of people passing;

ELIZABETH:

Hey. What are you doing?

BARRY:

Nothing. I'm just at work and I'm

wondering, you know your friend Lena?

INTERCUT:

INT. ELIZABETH'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA with Elizabeth;

ELIZABETH:

What about her? You didn't ask her

out, you're such a p*ssy --

BARRY:

....she didn't, I didn't ask her out?

ELIZABETH:

You're so scared.

BARRY:

Do you know where she's staying in

Hawaii?

ELIZABETH:

Oh My God, yeah, I know exactly

where she is, why?

BARRY:

......she forgot her purse at my

work and I wanted to get it back to

her.

ELIZABETH:

No she didn't; that's a lie.

BARRY:

I....please don't do this.

ELIZABETH:

What? Tell me why you wanna know --

BARRY:

I just want to know where she's

staying.

ELIZABETH:

Tell me why.

BEAT. HOLD ON BARRY.

BARRY:

There is no reason for you to treat

me like you do -- you're killing

me, you are killing me with the way

that you are towards me --

ELIZABETH:

-- what are you talking about, come

on --

BARRY:

-- all I want is the number of

where she's staying and that should

be god damn good enough, now stop

treating me this way, please --

Just Give Me The Number Elizabeth

Please Now I think I will kill you

if you don't.

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