Punch-Drunk Love Page #12

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EXT. TOYOTA - DRIVING - DAY (MELODY/SLIGHT)

CAMERA follows behind The Stevens Brothers car, then gets up

along side them as they drive back.......

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INT. KAHALA LOBBY - DAY (SCORE BACK TO RHYTHMIC)

Barry and Lena walk out to the valet, leaving the

hotel...(STEADICAM) behind them......

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INT. HONOLULU AIRPORT/SECURITY - DAY (CONTD. UNTIL NOTED)

Lena and Barry go through the x-ray thing. STEADICAM.

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INT. AIRPORT/HONOLULU - AT THE GATE/WAITING AREA

Side by side on the return flight sit Lena and Barry.

BARRY:

How many times have you been on an

airplane?

LENA:

I think maybe over a hundred.

BARRY:

That's right you travel so much.

LENA:

Yeah.

BEAT. The plane starts to move.

BARRY:

How much do you travel? You travel

all the time?

She nods her head, looks at him. BEAT. HOLD.

BARRY:

I forgot about that.

LENA:

Can I come home with you when we

get there?

BARRY:

Yeah.

LENA:

It's ok to ask that.

BARRY:

I thought that you were anyway.

CU. BARRY'S FACE. He looks to Lena. DRUM HIT LOUD. THEN

AGAIN....THEN AGAIN....and we're in the score cue for....

CUT TO BLACK.

It's BLACK FOR A FEW MOMENTS.

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INT. BARRY'S GARAGE - NIGHT

It's dark. The garage door opens and we see Barry and Lena

in his car.....they're about to pull in....

...THE TOYOTA PICK UP carrying The Stevens Brothers pulls in

real fast behind them and rear-ends them....

...CAMERA pushes in real fast....

Barry turns and sees Lena's head has been injured.....he

looks behind and sees TWO OF THE BROTHERS EMERGING FROM THE

CAR.....

.....he gets out quick, heads right for them....

MIKE D:

Get on the ground, man -- get on

the f***ing --

Barry goes absolutely APE SH*T on MIKE D and NATE.....

....it's a mess of VIOLENCE and BRAWLING and Barry seems to

get the best of both NATE and MIKE D......the two other

brothers half get involved/stay in the car.....

.....CAMERA pushes in on LENA (30fps) as she notices Barry

going pretty f***ing crazy......

ANGLE. BARRY. As he walks and gets back in the car. CAMERA

is attached to the open door and closes as Barry closes the

door.

BARRY:

Are you ok?

LENA:

I'm fine are you ok?

BARRY:

Yes I'm sorry.

LENA:

What is this?

BARRY:

Let's go to the hospital.

They drive off.

INT. HOSPITAL - LATER

Lena is getting a bandage applied to her head by an intern.

It's very calm and she's very matter-of-fact as it happens.

Barry stands nearby.....and OFFICER is asking her a few

questions;

LENA:

...people are just crazy in this

world, I think....

POLICE:

...and he came up on the driver

side...

LENA:

The first man came on the driver

side....

POLICE:

...right...the blonde one?

LENA:

They were all blonde.

CAMERA moves over with Barry as he starts to back away from

the scene.....CAMERA watches him as he walks off and away,

down the hall.....out of the hospital......

HOLD on the back of Lena's head as she gets bandaged and

questioned.....

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INT. BARRY'S WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

CAMERA pushes in from outside, to inside...he's opened up

and is using the phone....

SEXY VOICE RECORDING

-- some of the horniest girls

around -- stay on the line and an

operator will be right with

you....remember, have your credit

card ready and know that Mastercard

is my favorite credit card.

LATISHA picks up doing a fake voice as an "Operator."

LATISHA (OC)

This is Janice the operator, who's

this?

BARRY:

My name is Barry Egan and I spoke

to you....you called me, you remember?

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INT. PROVO - BAR - BACK ROOM AREA - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in on Latisha as she looks for what to say:

LATISHA:

...no....I don't....I don't

remember you. Who's this?

BARRY:

That's not true. That's not true at

all. You said that your name was

Georgia and you said our

conversation was confidential and I

trusted you and you kept calling

and asking me for money, c'mon now

I want to talk to your owner, your

supervisor, whoever runs this, you

understand. Please connect me now.

LATISHA:

Can you hang on a second?

She puts him on hold and dials another number, she's real

nervous, holding it in --

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INT. DEAN'S MATTRESS/FURNITURE STORE - THAT MOMENT

Dean also seems to own a mattress/furniture store in Provo.

Somebody walks towards him, says:

WORKER:

Dean, line one....

Dean walks back to the phone and picks it up;

DEAN:

Hello?

LATISHA:

Hey, it's me. This guy from L.A.,

Barry Egan is calling on the other

line and saying all this stuff, he

wants to talk to a supervisor or

whatever --

DEAN:

What did you say?

LATISHA:

Nothing.

DEAN:

Put him through.

LATISHA:

No, no. This is bad, something

might have happened, we should

just --

DEAN:

Shut up, just put him on the phone,

it doesn't matter, just shut up --

INTERCUT NOW WITH BARRY/LATISHA/DEAN; She clicks over to him;

LATISHA:

Ok, sir....I'm gonna put you

through to my supervisor.

BARRY:

Fine, thank you.

LATISHA:

Ok. You're connected.

DEAN:

Who is this?

BARRY:

Hello, my name is Barry Egan and I

called your service --

DEAN:

Why don't you shut the f*** up?

BARRY:

What?

DEAN:

I said calm down and shut the f***

up. What's your problem?

BARRY:

I haven't even told you what's

happened. Your girl that you have

that works there for you threatened

me and two men just chased me --

extorted money --

DEAN:

Go f*** yourself that sh*t doesn't

have anything to do with me - this

is a legitimate bossiness.

BARRY:

YOU GO F*** YOURSELF. YOU GO F***

YOURSELF. YOU GO F*** YOURSELF. MY

LOVE WAS HURT, SHE GOT HURT. I AM

IN LOVE WITH HER AND YOU HURT YOU

AND YOU ARE GONNA F***ING GET HURT.

YOU DON'T TOUCH HER, I LOVE HER.

DEAN:

CALM DOWN SHUT THE F*** UP AND CALM

DOWN SHUT SHUT SHUT UP SHUT UP --

They stop screaming. Then:

DEAN:

Now are you threatening me, dick?

BARRY:

You are bad. You are a bad person.

you are a bad person and you have

no right to take people's confidence

in your service --

DEAN:

You better watch your mouth, c*nt,

you're gonna get hurt.

BARRY:

NO. NO. DON'T YOU SAY THAT.

DEAN:

I'll say whatever I want --

BARRY:

YOU F*** OFF. YOU F*** OFF AND DIE

I WILL HURT YOU FOR HURTING HER.

YOU HURT HER.

DEAN:

You just told me to f*** off. That

wasn't good. You're dead.

Dean hangs up the phone.

ANGLE, BARRY. He turns away and walks quickly out of his

office with the phone receiver to his ear.....the base of

the phone slides off the desk.....and then the receiver RIPS

from the base and he starts to run....

EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Barry runs down the alley way, much the same he ran down

with the harmonium at the beginning of the movie...this time

he has the phone in his hand.....he runs......

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INT. HOSPITAL/RECEPTION AREA - NIGHT

Barry returns looking for Lena. She's not there.

He looks around....does some math in his head.....then:

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INT. HOSPITAL/PAY PHONE

CAMERA rounds a corner and discovers Barry on a pay

phone...the other end is ringing.....(Sound/Prop Dept.Note:

This must be a working phone to call 801-555-1212)

OPERATOR:

What city?

BARRY:

Somewhere in Utah.

OPERATOR:

What's the listing?

BARRY:

D&D Mattress Man.

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