Punch-Drunk Love Page #7

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Nate emerges a bit from the b.g.

NATE:

Where are you guys going?

DAVID:

California. Los Angeles.

NATE:

When are you leaving?

DAVID:

Right now.

LATISHA:

Let's go talk to Dean.

CUT TO:

INT. LOCAL BAR/PROVO - LATER

LATISHA, DAVID, JIM and NATE enter and meet DEAN TRUMBELL,

listening to AFTER EDEN play onstage, standing in the middle

of the room.

DEAN:

Hey guys.

DAVID/JIM/NATE

Hey, Dean.

LATISHA:

So they'll go.

DEAN:

I'm only paying two of you guys.

DAVID:

That's cool.

DEAN:

When can you leave?

DAVID:

As soon as you want.

DEAN:

I want you to go right away, I

think that's best. I also need you

to check out a car for me down

there that this guy is selling.

They walk towards a back room, as they do they pass a

REGULAR JOE who bumps into Dean accidentally, Dean explodes;

DEAN:

You wanna f*** around, a**hole? You

wanna get tough, wanna see me kick

some motherfuck around here?

REGULAR JOE:

Take it easy, man, relax. Don't --

DEAN:

I'll relax your f***ing head --

this is my personal space, man,

this is my personal f***ing space,

you don't violate that, you don't

do that.

REGULAR JOE:

I've got a glass in my hand why

don't you chill out?

DEAN:

You've got a glass?

Dean takes a BEER BOTTLE and SMASHES it in half on the bar,

holds it up to the guy --

DEAN:

YEAH. YOU'VE GOT A GLASS, NOW I'VE

GOT A GLASS. I'VE GOT A GLASS TOO

MOTHERFUCK.

JUMP CUT TO:

INT. LOCAL BAR/PROVO - MOMENTS LATER

They're all walking towards a back room of the bar, they

walk past a COUPLE that is fighting. The WOMAN is screaming

at the top of her lungs at the MAN;

WOMAN:

I WILL CRUSH YOU. I WILL F***ING

CRUSH YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS.

Dean gets in the middle of it;

DEAN:

Take it easy, take it easy you guys

in here, I need to talk to you

later, Tommy -- I wanna know if you

wanna book the boys --

He motions over his shoulder to Ashes to Ashes.

MAN:

I'll talk to you later.

WOMAN:

YOU WON'T F***IN' TALK TO HIM

LATER, I WILL CRUSH YOU. I WILL

CRUSH YOU, A**HOLE.

CUT TO:

INT. DEAN'S OFFICE/UPSTAIRS/BACKROOM - MOMENTS LATER

They enter into an upstairs office area. It has a couple

desks and off to the side, in a small, partitioned off room

is The Phone Sex Area; a GIRL on the phone. (We hear bits of

her call, e.g. "Me? I'm in Florida. Laying on my bed.")

There are posters for Ashes to Ashes, filing cabinets,

posters of CARS, lots of various small business items like

order forms and pamphlets, etc. Dean collects a piece of

paper and hands it to David/Nate/Jim;

DEAN:

Your expenses are your own.

DAVID:

I thought Latisha said you would --

DEAN:

-- she didn't know what she was

talking about --

DAVID:

It's....whatever....that's not cool.

DEAN:

David, Don't. Just. Seriously. It

doesn't make sense if you think

about it in a fair deal like sense.

Ok? It's business. Seriously. One

hundred dollars for two days work

is a lot more than your family is

making sitting around your house.

I'm serious now. Ok. Please. Now.

Just stop.

He hands him a set of KEYS and goes through the info;

DEAN:

...keys for the track. You have to

gas it up and save the receipts on

that. His address. We have a

business address too if you need

that -- but hit him at his house

first, see what this little bad boy

is all about and shake him up --

give him a little doe-see-doe --

LATISHA:

Uch. Shut up, Dean.

DEAN:

What's the problem?

LATISHA:

You don't need to talk all macho,

"shake him out, little bad boy."

Whatever -- you're not an action

hero, tough guy, you're not a

gangster --

He makes a very SUDDEN AND QUICK MOVE towards her and she

FLINCHES.

DEAN:

Flinchy. That's what I thought.

Shut up.

(to Greg)

Call me when you see this guy --

check him out see what's what. She

asked him for seven fifty when she

was on the phone with him, so --

just call me when you get there.

He hands him another piece of paper and a photo;

DEAN:

This is this place called Ace

Vintage, you gotta find it, I don't

know exactly where this is and I

don't understand these maps so just

go there and check it out. It's a

'61 AC Cobra that this old guy says

is fine, but I need to figure out

why he's only asking 23 for it. So

take a look, the whole thing, call

me about that, if it seems alright

then I'll head down there and check

it out.

DAVID:

Ok.

DEAN:

That's it.

DAVID:

Can we maybe ask for more money on

this?

LATISHA:

Why?

DAVID:

...because it's California? I mean

it's like a nine or ten hour drive.

It's not like going to Salt Lake

and getting the Mormon's, it's

different...

After a long, long staring contest with David, Dean SUDDENLY

AND VERY VIOLENTLY PUTS HIS FIST THROUGH THE WALL....then

turns to David......Latisha rolls her eyes. David, Nate and

Jim leave.

CUT TO:

EXT. UTAH STREET/TRUCK/MOVING - DAY/MAGIC HOUR

CAMERA behind the heads of Nate, Jim, Dave as they drive

down the street.....they call their brother "Mike D" on the

phone and say, "what's up, we're goin' to Los Angeles, you

wanna go?"

JUMP CUT TO:

EXT. UTAH STREET/TRUCK/MOVING - MOMENTS LATER

CAMERA PANS left and picks up the fourth brother MIKE D as

he walks from work and gets in the car.....CAMERA HOLDS

behind the heads of the four blonde brothers as they drive off.

LONG DISSOLVE TO:

EXT/INT. LENA'S APARTMENT COMPLEX - EVENING

This is a SPLIT SCREEN SEQUENCE shot with TWO CAMERAS.

THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN holds Lena. She waits in her

small, nondescript apartment doing the things you do while

waiting for someone else. She sits, stands, sits, stands....

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE THE SCREEN travels (STEADICAM) with

Barry as he walks into the RECEPTION AREA. There is a

SECURITY GUARD (black, female) who asks him his name, where

he's going and to sign in. The Security Guard calls up to

Lena's place....

....and we watch Lena answer the phone....

...The Security Guard gives Barry some very complicated

directions....we follow/lead Barry as he makes his way

through the maze/up elevators/down corridors looking for

Lena's apartment.....Finally, he arrives, knocks;

LENA:

Who is it?

BARRY:

It's Barry.

As she opens the door, THE SPLIT SCREEN SLIDES AWAY AND THE

IMAGES GIVE WAY TO THE ONE OF LENA standing;

LENA:

Hi.

CUT TO:

INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT

Lena and Barry at a table. They talk (see notes.)

LENA:

So I want to tell you something, I

gotta tell you:
I saw a picture of

you guys, your sisters and you and

I saw your picture and I really

wanted to meet you.

(beat)

I came to drop my car off there on

purpose, to try and meet you.

Barry leans a little bit out of FRAME.

BARRY:

...really? That's nice...are you

lying?

LENA:

...I thought I should tell you. I

didn't want to get too far along on

going out and be hiding something --

BEAT. He leans slightly back in FRAME.

BARRY:

That's very nice. Thank you. Thank

you for saying that.

(beat)

You're friends with my sister?

LENA:

Yeah.

BARRY:

How long have you known her?

LENA:

About six months.

BARRY:

You like her?

LENA:

Yeah. Yeah we get along well.

(beat)

You didn't get along with her very

well?

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