Punch-Drunk Love Page #9

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RECEPTION WOMAN:

Are you Barry?

BARRY:

Yes.

RECEPTION WOMAN:

It's for you.

Barry walks towards the phone;

BARRY:

This is Barry.

LENA (OC)

This is Lena.

BARRY:

Hi.

LENA (OC)

I just wanted you to know, wherever

you're going or whatever you're

doing right now I want you to know

that I wanted to kiss you just then.

BARRY:

Really?

LENA:

Yeah.

BARRY:

So what do I do then?

INT. MAZE OF CORRIDORS - MOMENTS LATER

Barry is walking up and around, looking for the spot. Two or

three shots of various, him getting a little/slightly

lost.....running/walking....

CUT TO:

INT. HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes down towards him as he walks towards the door.

He knocks, she opens up, CAMERA SLIDES right in and lands as

they KISS and then the kiss turns into a small hug and then

they talk, real close. HOLD.

BARRY:

That was good.

LENA:

Yeah.

BARRY:

I'll see you later.

LENA:

Ok.

BARRY:

I don't freak out very often.

LENA:

What do you mean?

BARRY:

I don't, no matter what my sisters

say, ok?

LENA:

...I don't know what you mean....

BARRY:

I don't freak out.

LENA:

Ok.

BARRY:

Have a good trip.

LENA:

Thank you.

CAMERA behind Barry as he walks away...HOLD BEHIND HIM FOR A

BIT LONGER THEN EXPECTED;

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT/GARAGE

CAMERA inside the garage. Barry pulls inside and parks his car.

ANGLE, BEHIND THE CAR. Brake lights turned off, Barry steps

out.

INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT/KITCHEN - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA on Barry's trash can, the kitchen light comes

on....SLOW PUSH IN....He enters FRAME and lifts the trash

bag out.

EXT. BARRY'S APARTMENT - LATER

CAMERA is behind Barry now in a new location....he's walking

from his garage where he's just parked his car over to his

garbage area as he throws something out...

....he looks up and sees... Jim and Nate driving the Toyota

Pick Up Truck...he cruises past slowly....keeps going....then

makes a u-turn...Barry turns around and DAVID and MIKE D are

right there...

DAVID:

Hey.

BARRY:

Hi.

DAVID:

I need to talk to you for a second.

BARRY:

What?

DAVID:

You gotta give me some money.

Barry starts to walk away....David walks alongside him,

casually.....Barry looks over and sees the car has pulled

up....

DAVID:

You made a phone call and you said

you'd help a girl out and then you

didn't....I'm here to get the money.

BARRY:

Wait a minute --

DAVID:

No, no, no, no c'mon man, don't

make it a thing --

BARRY:

Please don't do this.

DAVID:

It's just you need to give me the

money...do you have it right now?

MIKE D violently PUSHES BARRY STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND.

BARRY:

Whoa...whoa...wait, wait -- don't

please....

DAVID:

How much money do you have in your

pockets?

BARRY:

Just take it, take the money in my

pockets, take it, it's fine --

They grab the money from his pockets as they hold him down

on the ground;

BARRY:

It's three hundred and twenty

dollars, just take it.

DAVID:

What do you have in the house?

BARRY:

Nothing....I mean, really...change,

nothing....that's the cash I have....

DAVID:

You have an ATM?

BARRY:

Yes.

DAVID:

Is this where you live?

BARRY:

Yes.

DAVID:

You have another house somewhere or

something?

BARRY:

No.

MIKE D:

This is three hundred and twenty.

Let's just go to your ATM and

that'll be it --

BARRY:

I didn't promise her money. She

said that it was confidential, this

isn't fair --

Mike D pushes Barry's face.

MIKE D:

Shut up, be quiet. Be quiet.

BARRY:

-- don't --

DAVID:

HEY. You made a f***ing sex call

and now you're gonna pay. It's not

a big thing -- just give us some

money and then it's over -- we'll

just walk down to the ATM and get

your money out --

BARRY:

Alright, alright.

They pick him up and then;

BARRY:

How do you want to do this?

MIKE D:

Let's just go to the corner, we saw

a place on the corner, you'll just

get your max out and that's it --

you get out what you can and that's

it --

CUT TO:

EXT. GROCERY STORE/BANK PARKING LOT - NIGHT

CU. BARRY at the ATM. Various CU's as he puts his card in,

presses his info, etc. He looks over his shoulder;

ANGLE, THE BROTHERS.

CAMERA SLOWLY PUSHES IN on the three of them watching Barry.

CU.'s MONEY comes out of ATM. Card comes out. Receipt comes

out. Barry grabs the money.

DAVID:

Ok. This is what you get when

you're a pervert -- you said you'd

help someone out and you didn't so

we're just getting some money for

her and that's that.

BARRY:

You know, please, I just wanna say

that I didn't say I would help her

out; I was very clear about it....I

don't think that this is

fair.....wait, wait, wait, ouch,

ouch.....

MIKE D walks up out of nowhere and straight towards Barry -

throws a PUNCH straight to his FACE.....Barry stumbles a

bit, goes down to the ground.....he NOTICES IN A QUICK

FLASH:
Their UTAH license plate......

MIKE D:

You don't challenge what my

brother's saying, you don't say

that --

....Barry makes a mad run for it.....

EXT. STREETS & ALLEYS - NIGHT

ANGLE, BARRY. - VARIOUS ALLEY WAY/STREET SHOTS.

He turns some corners.....makes his way down a side street

and through an alley or two....and then he's running like a

mad man as fast as he can down the street......

EXT. STREET NEAR ATM - NIGHT

CAMERA tracks profile with him.....

......The Boys pull up along side him slowly.....Barry looks

over.....Mike D calls out from the passenger window;

MIKE D:

Where the f*** are you going?

Barry starts to slow down. CAMERA behind....as he slows, we

push in....land....he turns into CU. and walks back the

opposite direction......

INT. BARRY'S BEDROOM - NEXT MORNING

CAMERA holds on Barry as he wakes up. He's dressed in a FULL

BASKETBALL OUTFIT. Lakers shirt, shorts, high tops, etc.

Small bandage over his ARM. He looks down at the outfit;

BARRY:

...what the hell?

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE/BARRY'S OFFICE - MORNING

CAMERA DOLLIES/ZOOM in real quick to Barry at the Harmonium.

A few more notes are played, something starting to sort of

sound like a melody......but still a little broken....HOLD.

SCORE begins here (ref.notes)

INT. WAREHOUSE/BARRY'S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER

Barry brings Lance in and closes the door, speaks sotto, then;

LANCE:

What's up?

BARRY:

I think I got in trouble. A little

bit of trouble....

LANCE:

What happened?

BARRY:

....I made a call.....

(beat)

....and, uh....

BEAT. Barry looks over Lance's shoulder and sees THE PUDDING

stacked up. He stares for a moment;

BARRY:

...ok.....ok......I gotta get some

pudding to go somewhere....

One of the WORKER'S pops his head in, says;

WORKER:

Telephone on Line One, Barry.

He picks up the phone;

BARRY:

Hello?

RHONDA (OC)

I need to talk to you about your

behavior the other night --

Barry hands up the phone real fast.

BARRY:

(to Lance)

Ok. Well. I'm gonna go out of town.

I'm going to go out of town just

for two days...

LANCE:

Where you goin?

BARRY:

I'm going to go to Hawaii but you

can't tell my sisters that.

LANCE:

Wow, you're goin' to Hawaii, that's

great -- you're goin -- ?

BARRY:

Yeah but you can't tell my sisters

that.

LANCE:

Ok.

BARRY:

Alright:
And I have to go and buy

some more pudding for this trip to

Hawaii and as I just said that out

loud I'm realizing it sounds a

little strange but it's not. So can

you come and help me out?

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