Punch-Drunk Love Page #13

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CUT TO:

EXT. STREET/MATTRESS STORE - DAY

CU. on Barry....(UTAH CAB behind him) pan him around to

reveal; Dean's furniture store.

CUT TO:

INT. MATTRESS STORE - DAY

He enters....and EMPLOYEE approaches;

EMPLOYEE:

May I help you?

BARRY:

I'm looking for the Mattress Man.

EMPLOYEE:

Who?

BARRY:

Whoever owns this.

EMPLOYEE:

In the back.....

Barry walks towards the back.....he rounds a corner....to

reveal:

DEAN is in a back room, he's getting his hair cut by

LATISHA.....he turns and looks at Barry, who stands there

with the phone in his hand.

They stare at each other.

BARRY:

I'm a nice and reasonable man. I

didn't do anything wrong. Please

don't make me hurt you. And I'm

telling you:
that if you ever hurt

me or if you hurt someone that I

love.....I will hurt you many,

many, many times over.....because

it's not right to take people's trust.

DEAN:

You came all the way from Los

Angeles to tell me that?

BARRY:

Yes I did.

Dean doesn't respond.

BARRY:

Can we agree that that is that?

DEAN:

That's that.

BARRY:

Thank you.

Barry hands him the phone.

Barry exits.....as he's about to go out the doors, Dean

screams;

DEAN:

NOW GET THE F*** OUTTA HERE MAN.

CAMERA, PUSHES IN VERY SLIGHTLY ON Barry as he exits the

doors (30fps)

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

Barry comes running into the warehouse....Lance and all the

workers are there.....he runs past them...

LANCE/WORKERS

....are you ok? What's goin' on?

Barry? Barry?

BARRY:

I'm fine....I'm fine...yes I'm

fine....

LANCE:

Where you been?

BARRY:

Well I had to go to Utah...but now

I'm here and I'll be right back.

CUT TO:

INT. LENA'S APARTMENT - CORRIDOR/VARIOUS

Various:
Barry gets out of the elevators carrying the

harmonium....he makes the left turn this time.....Barry runs

down the hallway with the harmonium.....(long lens,

steadicam from behind, in front, etc.)

CUT TO:

INT. LENA'S APARTMENT/HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT

He bursts through the door. He places the harmonium down on

the ground.....He rings the bell.....

...she answers....he says:

BARRY:

Lena I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry

that I left you at the hospital.....

I called a phone sex line.

I called a phone sex line before I

met you and then these four blond

brothers came after me and you got

hurt and I'm sorry -- and I had to

leave because I don't want you to

get hurt again and now I'm here and

I'm back and I have a lot of

pudding that I can redeem in six to

eight weeks and if you give me that

much time I can get enough miles to

fly with you wherever you have to

go if you have to travel for your

job because I don't want to be

anywhere without you.....can you

please let me redeem the mileage?

LENA:

You left me at the hospital.

BARRY:

I'm sorry.

LENA:

You can't do that.

BARRY:

Ok.

BEAT.

BARRY:

If you give me six to eight weeks I

can redeem the mileage and then I

can with you wherever you have to

travel......

LENA:

So here we go.

CAMERA PUSHES IN AS MY KISS.

REVERSE, BARRY.

CAMERA slowly pushes in as he hugs Lena. LAND IN CU.

FADE OUT...

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