Punch-Drunk Love Page #6

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BARRY:

I didn't ask him that. He's lying.

ELIZABETH:

You're being weird again, see. Come

on. Please don't be weird.

ANGLE, BARRY AND ELIZABETH, MOMENTS LATER

They walk out and as they do, Lena comes back in with her

keys in her hand, Elizabeth keeps walking past;

ELIZABETH:

I gotta grab something from my car....

LENA:

We should be going --

ELIZABETH:

(over her shoulder)

Yeah, no, I have to get something

from my car, I said.

Barry and Lena about to be alone as Lance walks up;

LANCE:

Which guy in Toledo are you talking

about?

BARRY:

I'll tell you...the

guy...with...just talk to me later

about it, ok?

LANCE:

You talkin' to me about Ramada Inn?

BARRY:

I have to talk to you in a second

about that, Lance, ok?

He walks away, Lena turns to him;

LENA:

I'm sorry I couldn't come to your

sister's birthday party last night,

Elizabeth had invited me and I

couldn't make it --

BARRY:

It's fine. It was fun, though.

LENA:

It must be weird for you to have so

many sisters?

BARRY:

No. Not at all. It's nice.

WORKER (OC)

Telephone, Barry Line One!

Barry turns instantly and walks away....he turns back as he

walks....TWO SHOT - track left with him....

BARRY:

(turns back)

One second, sorry.

IN THE OFFICE, THAT MOMENT

He picks up the phone.

BARRY:

Hello?

SEXY VOICE:

Hang up again and see the trouble

it's gonna make.

Barry instantly hangs up the phone, turns around and walks

back to Lena;

LENA:

Business is good, you're busy?

BARRY:

Yeah, not really.

LENA:

I saw a picture of you.

BARRY:

Yes.

LENA:

Elizabeth has a picture of you

guys -- your sisters and you, it's

a lot of family, it must be nice.

BARRY:

Do you have brothers or sisters?

LENA:

No. I'm the exact opposite --

BARRY:

That must be nice. That must be

really, really, really great.

LENA:

It's terrible, no.

No response from Barry. (cut to reverse 2-shot as they look)

LENA:

What do you do with all this pudding?

BARRY:

That's not mine it's one of the

guys that works here. That

pudding's not mine.

BEAT. In the b.g., two WORKERS are dealing with getting a

large crate on top of a large stack of crates, they're using

a fork lift....in an instant the large CRATE tumbles to the

ground and SMASHES....Barry attempts to not notice this;

LENA:

Oh My God.

BARRY:

It's ok. That's ok. How long have

you worked with Elizabeth?

The workers start calling out and apologizing for this to

Barry, who keeps looking straight ahead to Lena;

LENA:

Six months, maybe five, five or six

months...do you wanna check that?

BARRY:

(to the guys)

Are you guys hurt?

WORKERS/LANCE

No, no, we're ok....Barry, sorry --

BARRY:

(back to Lena)

So you do what she does, the same

work, the same job?

LENA:

I do, but I do field consultations

mainly too which is cool because I

get to travel. I travel. A lot of

the time. I'm going to Hawaii on

Friday.

BARRY:

That's great -- Hawaii. I was

thinking about going there.

LENA:

Really?

BARRY:

I was, yeah, I was thinking about

going there for business --

LENA:

-- well, if you're gonna go --

BARRY:

-- I'm probably not gonna go though.

LENA:

-- oh that's too bad, it's so great

over there and if you were there we

could say hello to each other or

something --

BARRY:

-- yeah that would be great, if I

was gonna go but I'm not exactly

sure, I have so much goin on

here -- A lot depends on this thing

I might do here and if that happens

I can't go and if it doesn't happen

then I probably will, but I doubt it.

There's another LOUD CRASH as they try to reposition the box

that's fallen, giving way to something else that FALLS. In

other words, to correct the mistake they've already made,

they have to sacrifice another CRATE that CRASHES. She

looks, Barry just flinches, tries to stay looking straight

ahead; CAMERA (HAND HELD) with Elizabeth, comes walking back

in.....says to Barry:

ELIZABETH:

I can't find that thing in my car,

I can't find it so I'll just get it

and give it to you later. So?

LENA:

(to Elizabeth)

You ready?

ELIZABETH:

Are you coming to eat with us?

BARRY:

Yeah I can't.

ELIZABETH:

(at the crates)

OH MY GOD. Look at that.

LENA:

(to Barry)

It was great to meet you again. To

see you again, thanks for helping

me yesterday --

BARRY:

Ok.

ELIZABETH:

(to Barry)

What's all this pudding?

BARRY:

It's not mine.

ELIZABETH:

Why's it here?

BARRY:

I have no idea.

LENA:

(to Elizabeth)

Are you ready?

ELIZABETH:

(to Barry)

Will you call me later to talk

about asking Walter for the shrink?

And we can talk about - he said you

have this crying problem or something?

LENA:

Bye, Barry.

BARRY:

Goodbye.

ELIZABETH:

Call me later.

Lena and Elizabeth leave. CAMERA leads them as they walk;

Sound starts to drop out, we see Barry and the boys cleaning

up the boxes in the back....move into a CU on Lena....Music

Cue. Score. treated piano, small rhythm/melodic(notes of

harmonium so far)/gentle.

ELIZABETH:

So I'll meet you at the restaraunt?

LENA:

Ok.

Lena gets into her car. Elizabeth keeps walking. She waits

until Elizabeth is out of sight at the mouth of the driveway

and then she gets back out of her car and walks straight

back into the warehouse.

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - THAT MOMENT

She comes walking in and over to Barry;

LENA:

I'm going to go and eat tomorrow

night do you want to go with me?

BARRY:

Sure.

LENA:

Do you want to pick me up?

BARRY:

Sure.

LENA:

Can I write down my address and

phone number for you?

BARRY:

Sure.

They do a small search for a piece of paper, get it all

written down and sorted out and then -- as they do this

there is even more CRASHING AND SMASHING in the b.g., by the

boys -- Barry and Lena settle up and say so long.

BARRY:

This is funny.

LENA:

Yeah.

BARRY:

I didn't ask anyone for a shrink,

that was someone else. Also: This

pudding is not mine. Also: I'm

wearing a suit because I had a very

important business meeting this

morning and I don't have a crying

problem.

LENA:

Ok.

BARRY:

Alright?

LENA:

....Hi.....

BARRY:

....Hi.....

She walks off. CAMERA leads her out, holds a CU. as she

smiles to herself -- lead her a bit more until she's

outside, and she gets in her car --

CU. BARRY. He smiles, looks around, holds back his emotion

so it looks like he'll explode....tenses, smiles, tears,

looks around....HOLD. End Music Que.

LANCE (OC)

Barry, Line One, Telephone!

Barry walks in. HOLD. He picks up the phone.

BARRY:

Hello?

SEXY VOICE:

You've just made a war that you

cannot afford.

She hangs up real quick. HOLD. Barry and his harmonium.

CUT TO BLACK.

Title Card:
Provo, Utah

FADE IN:

INT. STEVENS BROTHERS HOUSE - DAY

CAMERA behind a BLONDE GIRLS HEAD (LATISHA). She speaks to

two blonde brothers, DAVID and JIM. In the b.g., walking

around holding a BABY is NATE. (Maybe a girlfriend or wife

or two).

DAVID:

I'll do it.

JIM:

I'll do it too.

DAVID:

But it's gotta wait until my knee

is better. I can't risk it.

LATISHA:

You have to do it now.

JIM:

If we drive there it's a problem.

LATISHA:

Dean will loan you one of his cars.

JIM:

Which one?

LATISHA:

You have to talk to him --

DAVID:

How do you know he's rich?

LATISHA:

Because I know, I just know. I

mean, I talked to him, I know.

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