Road to Nowhere Page #4

You see,

no money, no taxes.

But... I'm not worried.

Then why are you

drinking like a fish?

Me?

Nestor.

The girl

You think she can

stand the pressure?

Well...

sometimes I think Velma,

she's not dead.

She only changed bodies.

Velma, Laurel or...

whoever she is,

she's just like my daughter.

She's strong enough.

Hello?

Yeah. No, no, I'm

I just got out of the shower. Uh

Europe? What?

Um

Well, look, if Tiger's Den

is gonna give us 500,000 to do these European locations,

um, I'll

I'll be a good sport...

and rewrite 30% of the script

while we're shooting.

Do you think Altman ever

treated a writer like this?

My friends and I

closed the bar.

Well,

congratulations.

And then when I was

in the little girls' room they left me, so

I didn't drive here.

Come on in.

Mmm!

Here. Let me get one of those.

I'd better stop this.

I'm starting to like it.

Here. Put your money away.

This one's on me.

Oh! Thank you.

Hmm.

To a masterpiece.

Of fiction.

You know, I can save you

a lot of time.

I knew there was

a ton of stuff in here you didn't put on your blog.

Billings was a good cop

with a bad pancreas and a lousy medical policy.

And he had not one,

but two families to support.

You know,

you didn't say anything about Laurel Graham.

You want

to play a game?

All right.

It's called...

f*** the facts.

One, two.

Well, Rafe did it.

He got himself indicted.

But you don't have to

take him in.

Or did he

have some help?

Do you mind that this is tequila

when it says in the script that it's rum?

Cut!

Sorry.

Your bag

fell over too. I noticed.

That's weird.

Do we have

a bottle of rum on set?

Doesn't anyone read

the f***ing script?

No, they don't.

Evidently not.

That was nice, guys.

I'm I'm sorry.

I feel

I feel a little stagnant

in the beginning of the scene,

like I don't know

what I'm doing.

I'm just

I'm standing there. Am I on camera or not?

Yeah, you're on camera.

We see you from the back. Honestly, it looked great.

Do you want me to rush up?

I just feel like I'm standing there.

Take even more time,

if you want. Okay.

Everything

was great. Okay.

Got the rum?

Okay, back to one.

We're back to one.

Doin' it again.

Back to one.

Doin' it again.

Reset the car

safely, please.

Well...

Rafe did it.

Finally got himself indicted.

You don't have to

take him in.

Or did he

have help?

You could say

it was an accident.

What would they do to you

if you'd just let him go?

What would you do to me

if I just let him go?

And cut. Beautiful, guys.

It's perfect.

It doesn't get

any better than that. So let's move on.

Moving on!

New deal!

Do you mind

asking your actors to do me just one favor...

and use a single line of

dialogue that's in the script?

Yeah, okay.

Good work.

I thought you

were a friend.

Hi, Bruno.

Man, Laurel needs a rest.

And you too.

The lovesick, the jealous

and the betrayed,

they all smell the same.

She's here

for the movie, man. You think so?

You're the only one

that sees that.

She looks at you like

every word out of your mouth comes straight from God.

But I don't believe

in God, Bruno.

Moxie!

I talked to our pal,

Bobby Billings,

over in the cop shop.

He says the whole arrest thing

can be real low key.

No America's Most Wanted

crew camped on the front yard, huh?

Might as well

go down in flames.

And cut!

Okay,

way to go, guys.

That takes us

out of this scene. Good work.

You're not just

saying that, are you? No. How's your neck?

It's fine.

You okay?

Good one. Nice, guys.

We're gonna get

more coverage on this scene, right?

No. It works

perfectly in one.

We need more time for Velma's scene

the blue one.

More time for Velma?

Well, yeah. I mean, it's a

it's a crucial scene, Steve.

And crucial scenes

like Taschen's suicide get sleep-walked through?

It works perfectly. Right. Right.

Hi.

Give me my water.

So what's

the matter?

I don't know

if it'll make you feel any better,

but whatever it is,

within a

within a year you'll be laughing about it.

Grab the hips.

There.

Like that. Yeah.

Yeah. That's good.

That's enough.

All right. Yeah.

We'll tie them with this.

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah, I got it.

Right side.

That's it. Yeah.

Okay, I'll get her-

Here's her arm.

Where's the sleeve?

I don't know

how to get it off.We have to undo

No. Maybe this way.

Now pull.

Sh*t.

Aw, sh*t!

I don't know what to do.

Pick her up.

Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, this poor baby.

Okay, I got most of it.

There we go.

Let me see.

Okay. All right.

Okay, I got it.

Shoes.

Aw, sh*t.

These f***ing F***!

All right.

Let's see if that scene...

in the... third act

the motel scene

Let's see if that plays

Yeah, yeah. That's a good idea. What number?

I think it's 19.

Huh?

Ninety-something.

Yeah. 169, not 19.

The thing you have to remember is that

you have to make me love you...

for this scene to work.

I'm sorry?

You have to

Never mind.

Okay.

I'll try.

Um, let's see.

We're in too deep, Rafe.

You got what you

wanted, Velma.

Everything you wanted.

I want us

to go back to yesterday.

Why not go back further?

To before we met,

to before you were born.

And we could go back

even further still...

to a time where I never believed that

I would meet anyone like you.

Wow!

That was great.

Okay.

We're in too deep, Rafe.

This is what

you wanted, Velma.

Everything

you wanted.

I just want

to go back to yesterday.

Why not go back further?

Why not go back to... before we met,

before you were born?

Or... we could go

further back.

We could go back to before I ever dreamed

of meeting someone like you.

Nice. I like that.

Very nice.

- It's a little Is it too dramatic?

- Hmm.

We're in too deep, Rafe.

This is what you

wanted, Velma.

Everything

Everything you wanted.

No.

Oh, I just want

to go back to yesterday.

Why not go back further

to before we met,

to before you were born?

No, no, no.

Let's go back further still...

to a time before I even dreamed

of meeting someone like you.

That was great.

Oh!

Wow.

Who wrote this sh*t?

Let's do it again.

Grandpa needs a drink.

I was in Cary's room.

I'm sure it's a really nice room.

He's really hung up

on this girl that's in Italy,

and we just talked

about... Rome and...

Positano,

but mostly

about the girl. Well, I'm not the cops...

or your father

or anyone who gives a sh*t.

I need you because

I need to make this movie work.

Mmm.

That's not

why you need me.

Flowers won't bring

Officer Billings back.

Look, I know you

started this, Velma, but you don't need to finish it.

I can handle this.

I know how you plan

to handle it.

And you have a better idea?

Keep your flowers, Rafe.

Cut!

Nice.

Okay, I can do this.

Whatever it takes,

I'm gonna do it.

You don't know Billings.

He He can't

be bought off,

not with money,

not with all your charms.

I like it.

She seems to really be

holding her own against Cary.

I wouldn't expect

anything less.

Ah, Mitchell.

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