Punch-Drunk Love Page #3

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INT. WAREHOUSE - LATER/BLUE HOUR - NIGHT

Barry is alone, closing up. He takes a look at the Harmonium

and presses it, makes a sound....a little bit more....makes

a few notes. END SCORE QUE as it blends and fades into the

notes that Barry plays.

BEAT. He closes its small cover, does something on his desk

and then:

His face gets bright red, he holds back tears, opens his

mouth and has a serious but small burst of overwhelming

emotion and then it's over.

INT. SUPERMARKET - NIGHT

CU. BIRTHDAY CARD.

Barry's hands reaches in and picks a birthday card.

ANGLE, WIDER, THAT MOMENT.

Barry grabs the card and starts to push his cart....but he

pushes it straight into a SIX YEAR OLD KID who's pushing a

cart around....they slam into each other....

Barry apologizes....the KID just takes off....Barry's cart

now has a slightly damaged wheel that wobbles like crazy....

ANGLE, FROZEN FOOD AISLE.

CAMERA tracks left to right with Barry as he heads for the

Healthy Choice Frozen Dinner. He grabs one.

CU. BARRY. LOW ANGLE.

He looks at box.

BARRY'S POV - THE BOX

Slow zoom in. The sticker reads: "Fly Away With Us! The More

You Buy The More You Earn."

ANGLE, SOUP SECTION.

CAMERA tracks along right to left with Barry as he moves

towards some SOUP. He grabs one, inspects it.....then puts

it back.

CU. SOUP CAN.

It's put back on the shelf: TILT down to price: 79 cents.

Barry turns his cart around and SMACKS right into someone

else again, screwing up another wheel on his cart.

ANGLE, BARRY.

CAMERA, tracks alongside him, left to right as he comes

across:
PUDDING. The price: 4/$1.00.

MED. BARRY in the middle of the aisle.

He reacts......smiles...holds....thinks....looks around,

then starts to load up on the pudding.

ANGLE, BARRY.

He pushes TWO SHOPPING CARTS FULL OF PUDDING over to the

STORE MANAGER who's on his knees, stacking milk.....Barry

kneels down, CAMERA PUSHES INTO A CU. as he speaks sotto;

MANAGER:

Hello.

BARRY:

Hello, sir. My name is Barry Egan

and I'd like to ask if you have any

more Healthy Choice pudding in the

back?

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INT. SUSAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The door opens slowly and Barry peers his head around and

into the house very cautiously, CAMERA PUSHES IN and PANS

slightly LEFT to reveal: THE KITCHEN.

Barry's SEVEN SISTERS are all there, preparing dinner and

talking away....they turn and see him;

SUSAN:

There he is! Do you remember when

we used to call you gay and you'd

get all mad?

KATHLEEN:

-- we were calling you gay and you

got so mad that you threw a hammer

through the sliding glass door --

do you remember?

BARRY:

I don't really remember that.

KATHLEEN:

Yes you do. We were calling you Gay

Boy and you got so mad....

BARRY:

Yes, yes, right.

SUSAN:

We're trying to remember why you

had the hammer in the first place?

BARRY:

...um.....

KATHLEEN:

The hammer that you threw....why

did you have it?

SUSAN:

You don't remember -- you had the

hammer and you threw it -- ?

BARRY:

I remember, yes.....

SUSAN:

Why did you have it?

Another sister, RHONDA, enters from behind, Barry jumps, says:

RHONDA:

He was building a ramp for the dog.

KATHLEEN:

He was making a ramp for the dog!

That's right!

SUSAN:

That's right....ramp for the

dog..... And you just threw the

hammer.

BARRY:

(to Rhonda)

Happy Birthday, Rhonda.

RHONDA:

Thank you. Thank you so much, Barry.

She gives him a very quick hug and kiss and sets the cake

next to a bigger, cooler looking cake.

Mia approaches holding a baby.....Barry tries to say hello

to the baby, but Mia slowly turns the baby out of Barry's

grasp....making herself the center of his attention;

KITCHEN/DINING ROOM, THAT MOMENT

Barry gets slightly turned around trying to reach the

baby...and ends up in a doorway that leads to the dining

room, revealing himself to: ELIZABETH, KAREN, NICOLE AND

ANNA. There are also: THREE BROTHER IN LAW'S (WALTER, LARRY

AND STEVE)

ELIZABETH:

Hey....I was just telling everyone

about how I was gonna bring this

girl for you but you wouldn't let

me do it.

BARRY:

Hello everyone.

KAREN steps up and greets him;

KAREN:

Did you think that we'd all be

looking at you?

BARRY:

No, no, no.

KAREN:

Well it's just not true. We

wouldn't be looking at you -- why

are you wearing this suit? Did you

say hello to your brother in law's?

STEVE/LARRY

Hi, Barry. How ya doin? Good, good.

KAREN:

Say hello to them, that's right,

good, good. Ok. Come on, we're

gonna eat now.....let's go.....

Barry shakes hands and hello's with the brother in law's.

He's left alone for a moment with Walter and Elizabeth;

WALTER:

How you doin' Barry?

BARRY:

Hi Walter.

WALTER:

How's business?

BARRY:

Business is very food, thanks.

ELIZABETH:

What's very food?

BARRY:

What?

ELIZABETH:

You just said very food.

BARRY:

Did I say that?

WALTER:

Yeah.

BARRY:

That was weird. I meant good.

WALTER:

Maybe you said that because you're

hungry.....

Walter moves to help everyone...they're moving to set the

table......

CAMERA CLOSES IN ON BARRY AND ELIZABETH alone for a beat:

ELIZABETH:

You're lucky. She couldn't come

anyway --

BARRY:

Well I'm glad you didn't, thank you.

ELIZABETH:

She couldn't come I said. Are you

nervous?

BARRY:

No.

ELIZABETH:

You look nervous.

BARRY:

I'm not, I'm very happy.

RHONDA passes;

RHONDA:

Come on homo-boy, we're eating now.

Elizabeth leaves, HOLD ON BARRY.

CAMERA PUSHES IN TOWARDS EVERYONE SETTING THE

TABLE.....CAMERA ROTATES AROUND.....everyone is still

chatting a bit about "Barry gay boy," and "the girl that was

gonna be here that Barry wouldn't allow."

ANGLE, REVERSE. Barry is standing in front of the floor to

ceiling sliding glass doors.....in an INSTANT, he TURNS AND

THROWS HIS FIST STRAIGHT THROUGH THREE OF THEM, THEY

SHATTER....he turns back, they are all staring straight at

him in silence. HOLD, THEN:

In unison they all go ape sh*t:

GROUP:

WHAT THE F*** IS YOUR PROBLEM.

GODDAMNIT BARRY. YOU F***IN' MANIAC.

ETC. ETC.

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INT. SUSAN'S HOUSE - HALLWAY - LATER

It's later and WALTER and BARRY walk down a small hall and

into a kids room. They're OC for a few moments as the CAMERA

slowly pushes in and towards the room. Following sotto;

WALTER:

What's up?

BARRY:

Well I'm sorry. Before...

WALTER:

Mhm.

BARRY:

And I'm sorry that I did that.

WALTER:

It's alright.

BARRY:

I wanted to ask you because you're

a doctor, right?

WALTER:

Yeah.

BARRY:

I don't like the way I am sometimes.

(beat)

Can you help me?

WALTER:

Barry, I'm a dentist, what kind of

help do you think I can give you?

BARRY:

I know that. Maybe you know other

doctors?

WALTER:

Like a psychiatrist?

BARRY:

I don't have anyone to talk to

things about and I understand it's

confidential with a doctor - I'm

embarrassed about that and I don't

want my sisters to know?

WALTER:

You want a number for a

psychiatrist, I can get you one,

that's not a problem. but what

exactly is wrong?

BARRY:

I don't know if there's anything

wrong with me because I don't know

how other people are.....Sometimes

I cry a lot.....for no reason.

Barry starts to cry. Walter just stares at his. HOLD.

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