Runaway Bride Page #17

BOB:

Hold it! Hold it! I think we're

taking this too fast.

He begins to pace.

BOB (cont'd)

We need to limber you up a little.

You're tensing.

(thinks a moment;

to Ike, moving him

to groom's spot)

You stand here and be me so she knows

how far she'll have to go.

(then to Maggie)

I'm going to walk with you.

Bob goes to Maggie and walks behind her.

BOB (cont'd)

Visualize! Visualize! It's game time.

ANGLE ON:

Maggie walking.

BOB (cont'd)

You are the football. You're spiraling

through the air towards the hands of

the groom.

She proceeds down the aisle. Bob behind her.

MAGGIE:

(eyes down)

Yes, I'm spiraling through the air.

ANGLE ON:

Maggie raises her eyes and sees Ike in front of her as groom.

Ike and Maggie lock gazes. If they had to, they couldn't look

away. All the things unspoken are now communicated -- the love,

the longing.

MAGGIE (cont'd)

I streak towards the goal line.

Maggie's pace quickens.

MAGGIE (cont'd)

And I land on the goal line.

ANGLE ON:

Bob beams to see Maggie's eager arrival at Ike's side. He

switches off the music and proceeds like a proud coach to be the

pastor.

BOB:

Okay, I'm the pastor. Dearly beloved,

blah, blah, blah. So on and so forth.

Ra ta ta ta. Yabada dabada. I now

pronounce you man and wife. Kiss the

bride, badum dum.

(then moving toward Ted)

We have the crescendo that leads to us

right back down the aisle and out the...

Ike kisses Maggie. It is a world class, Olympic kiss. It is a

kiss that changes everything and can never be taken back. It is

a kiss you only get once in your life.

NEW ANGLE:

Bob's smile dies. Cindy's mouth drops open as the kiss goes on

and on. Peggy loses control and screams.

BOB (cont'd)

Maggie!!!!?

Like a bucket of water thrown on two dogs, Ike and Maggie are

startled out of their kiss. They pull apart and smile at each

other.

ANGLE ON:
Bob.

BOB (cont'd)

(furious)

If you were imagining me, you did great.

(to Ike)

What the hell were you doing?

IKE:

(eyes on Maggie)

I'm sorry, Bob. She kissed me back.

MAGGIE:

(dazed but happy)

I kissed him back.

BOB:

Yeah, I caught that. Want to tell me

how long this has been going on?

Maggie looks at Ike, wondrous, confused.

MAGGIE:

About a minute...?

IKE:

A little longer for me.

MAGGIE:

Really?

BOB:

What do you expect me to say to this?

IKE:

How about -- "I hope you'll be very

happy together"?

Bob hauls back and punches Ike in the face. Ike drops.

BOB:

I hope you'll be very happy together.

Bob storms down the aisle and out of the church.

MAGGIE:

(to Peggy)

Take care of him.

Maggie leaves.

CUT TO:

EXT. CHURCH - THAT MOMENT

Bob is halfway down the walk. Maggie appears at the church door

and calls after him.

MAGGIE:

Bob, I'm sorry!

(half to herself)

At least I backed out before the

wedding. That's progress!

He keeps marching. Now Peggy appears next to Maggie. Maggie

calls again.

MAGGIE (cont'd)

Some woman is going to make you a lot

happier than I ever could...

The words are barely out of her mouth when Cindy comes out the

door, racing after Bob at a full sprint.

MAGGIE (cont'd)

See?

PEGGY:

Well, Maggie -- in the words of Mrs.

Pressman:
"Holy moly". Call me later.

Peggy goes to her car. Cindy joins her as Bob speeds off in his

car. Now Ike takes Peggy's place next to Maggie. Maggie turns

to face Ike. They are both beet red, stammering and unable to

look at each other, trying to act normal.

MAGGIE:

Okay. So... what, uh... What just

happened? Just now? Jus then? In

there?

IKE:

I don't know. I, uh -- I frankly don't

even want to talk about it.

MAGGIE:

Me, either.

Ike GRABS Maggie and BOOM -- they are all over each other,

kissing frantically, tongues, hands, hair, elbow, you name it.

Blathering fools.

IKE:

(blathering)

I love you. I love you.

MAGGIE:

(blathering)

I love you, too.

They come up for air.

IKE:

Wait. We have to talk. We have to do

some talking now. Pull up a railing.

Maggie sits on the railing, then Ike backs up and sits on the

opposite railing.

IKE (cont'd)

You have to go down an aisle and say "I

do". You have to get married.

MAGGIE:

To who? Are you asking me?

IKE:

Me?

Ike backs up to opposite railing and sits facing Maggie.

MAGGIE:

Yes, you!

IKE:

(thinks)

Well, you do have the dress.

MAGGIE:

And the church.

IKE:

And the wedding date. There's the two

of us.

(beat)

So, you think... maybe... You have to

go down the aisle with somebody you

love and who love you back.

MAGGIE:

I'm okay with that.

IKE:

So am I.

MAGGIE:

So, we'll...

They both nod and sit there smiling, sort of. The organist, Ted,

closes the church door.

TED:

Good night.

Ike pulls his tape recorder out of his pocket and quietly speaks

into it.

IKE:

I'm getting married.

WIDE SHOT:

They smile at each other and remain sitting. Then, silence.

CUT TO:

EXT. STREET/HALE/ATLANTIC HOTEL - THAT NIGHT

Ike drives up and parks in front of the hotel as he talks on his

cell phone.

INTERCUT WITH:

INT. FISHER AND ELLIE'S BEDROOM (NYC) - NIGHT

Ellie's on the phone. Fisher sits nearby.

ELLIE:

Ike's going to get married.

Fisher throws himself onto the carpet and rolls himself

helpless with laughter.

ELLIE (cont'd)

(without turning to him)

Fisher, if you pee on that Persian,

I'll kill you.

CUT TO:

INT. BEAUTY SALON - NIGHT DAY

Maggie talks to Peggy, Cindy and Grandma Julia. Grandma Julia

sits under a hair dryer. Sprout, the dog, sits in his basket.

CINDY:

I love his eyes. I just believe

they're listening to you.

PEGGY:

His hair... any color.

GRANDMA JULIA:

I like his tight butt.

Peggy laughs.

MAGGIE:

Grandma!

PEGGY:

(to Cindy)

See, this is a mature relationship.

She's really found it.

CUT TO:

LOVE MONTAGE SHOTS:

EXT. OCEAN - DAY

Ike and Maggie fishing.

INT. MAGGIE'S WORKSHOP/HOME - DAY

They play ping-pong. They laugh, enjoying the moment.

INT. MAGGIE'S HOUSE - DAY

Ike and Maggie have fun playing cards. The game is slapjack.

EXT. FIELD - DAY

Maggie and Ike horseback riding. They sit on their horses

amongst trees, "nuzzling". Ike reads as he pushes Maggie in a

tire swing.

INT. MAGGIE'S ROOM - DAY

Ike and Maggie open and close a Hoberman ball by holding its

opposite ends in their teeth. Grandma looks in.

INT. MAGGIE'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

There is a fire in the fireplace. Maggie and Ike sit as Ike

shows Maggie some passages from his favorite books. He's

reading something from Yeats at the moment. They seem happy.

EXT. CHURCH - THE DAY OF THE WEDDING

It is a media circus including FOUR REPORTERS, Midday with

Meredith and the T-shirt Vendor. Plus three other people the

reporters are interviewing, a GERMAN LADY, BUTCH KENAN, a

farmer and Grandma Julia. Reporter DINA NAPOLI walks down the

church steps.

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