Runaway Bride Page #20

"MAGGIE'S MAD DASH"

"HARDWARE HONEY GOES NUTS AND BOLTS"

"JOURNALIST WRITTEN OFF"

"BRIDE TAKES HIKE...NOT IKE"

"BRIDE TAKE RIDE"

"MAGGIE SAYS I DON'T"

NEWSPAPER MONTAGE:

INT. NEW YORK BAR - DAY

Kevin, the bartender, reads Jay's column, in the USA Today

entitled "Maggie's Mad Dash".

CUT TO:

EXT. USA TODAY LOADING DOCK - DAY

Various newspaper WORKERS also read Jay's column in the USA

Today entitled "Maggie Mad Dash" and "Hardware Honey Goes Nuts

and Bolts" in another newspaper.

FADE IN:

EXT. MAIN STREET/HALE - NIGHT (1-5 MONTHS LATER)

It's a night like any other in Hale -- the regular order of

things has been restored on its quaint streets. Quartet sings

in front of the hotel. LEE AND CORY CHUFFA: About where Peggy

is.

INT. HARDWARE STORE - NIGHT

Maggie is sitting, end of a long day. Peggy sticks her head in

entrance door.

PEGGY:

You okay? I'm closing.

MAGGIE:

I'm just finishing up, too.

PEGGY:

Want to go to Butch's for a drink or

something?

MAGGIE:

(interrupting)

No, I'm just going to head home.

PEGGY:

Okay.

Peggy starts to go, then moves close to Maggie.

PEGGY (cont'd)

(stepping closer

and making a "V"

with her fingers)

You know, I was just thinking about

that geese thing. I think the "V" was

half of a "W". A "W" for...

MAGGIE:

What are you talking about?

PEGGY:

Wedding. Wedding.

(holding Maggie's face)

You just have to get the rest of your

ducks in a row.

MAGGIE:

Thank you. You still think that he

was....

PEGGY:

Quick. Very quick.

Peggy exits. Maggie stares, losing herself in thought. Then a

VOICE startles her.

VOICE:

(whispers)

Marry me, Maggie.

Maggie jumps and turns to see: DENNIS -- the kid from the high

school football team, popping up from a low position near the

counter.

MAGGIE:

(softly)

Hi, Dennis.

DENNIS:

I am going to propose, you know. I

mean, the right way. Soon as I turn

eighteen.

MAGGIE:

You're sweet, Dennis. But you've got

to go. I'm closing up. Here's a candy

bar and one for your brother.

Dennis takes the candy and starts to go.

DENNIS:

I'm not giving up. A person shouldn't

give up.

Dennis exits. Maggie is alone. She turns out the lamp she

designed, then on again. She turns off the other lamp on the

counter and exits. We hold on Maggie's designed lamp.

CUT TO:

INT. IKE'S HALLWAY AND APARTMENT - NIGHT

Ike walks up to his door, carrying his mail and a bag of

carryout. He opens the door and walks into his apartment. He

pets Italics, who sits on his sofa bed. Without taking off his

coat, he goes to his keyboard and plays music as he CHUFFAS to

his cat about marriage and divorce.

CUT TO:

INT. MAGGIE'S HOUSE - DAY

Dad and Grandma Julia are there. Grandma is making lunch.

Walter is juggling oranges. There's glass of beer on the

kitchen counter.

WALTER:

That's Maggie. Home for lunch.

GRANDMA JULIA:

She's been doing this since the last

wedding. I don't think it's good.

Maggie walks in and kisses Grandma on the cheek.

MAGGIE:

Hey. Grandma, what's for lunch?

GRANDMA JULIA:

Turkey and cheese.

WALTER:

Honey, your grandmother and I were

thinking about opening a wedding gift

museum.

Walter laughs.

MAGGIE:

STOP!

Walter looks at his daughter in surprise. He's never heard a

tone like this in her voice before.

WALTER:

What?

MAGGIE:

(quiet fury)

Just stop it. Don't say another word

like that.

WALTER:

(putting down the oranges)

Maggie, it's just a joke...

MAGGIE:

No. It's my life.

WALTER:

A harmless joke.

MAGGIE:

No, it's humiliating and you've been

doing it since I was a kid. I don't

like it. Stop. You may not like

having a daughter with problems. But

guess what? I don't like having a

father who's drunk all the time. I'll

eat in my room.

Maggie takes a plate and exits.

GRANDMA JULIA:

That needed to be said. You know --

you're always making jokes about her,

so they won't make jokes about your

drinking.

Walter reacts.

CUT TO:

INT. IKE'S APARTMENT - DAY

Ike goes out on his terrace. He bounces a basketball. It

doesn't bounce. He sits on the steps of the patio an stares.

CUT TO:

INT. MAGGIE'S WORKROOM/GYM - DAY

Maggie is kickboxing.

CUT TO:

INT. MAGGIE'S WORKROOM/GYM - ANOTHER DAY

Maggie is a bit melancholy as she works on her lamps.

CUT TO:

INT. IKE'S APARTMENT - ANOTHER DAY

Ike quietly sits in bed writing and staring into space thinking.

His cat sits on the windowsill.

CUT TO:

INT. MAGGIE'S WORKROOM/GYM - NIGHT

Maggie jumps rope barefooted late at night.

MAGGIE:

I need a plan... A plan to life... What

would Bruce Lee do? He'd kick some

ass...

CUT TO:

INT. MAGGIE'S KITCHEN - DAY

Maggie in front of plates full of all sorts of types of eggs --

scrambled, poached, sunny-side up, Benedict, soft boiled, etc

-- sits on the kitchen counter. She ties them all.

EXT. NEW YORK STREET - DAY

Establishing shot. Two MEN try to fix the engine of a taxi

outside the restaurant.

CUT TO:

EXT. NEW YORK STREET - DUSK

Eke walks by the T-shirt Vendor, goes into a subway station.

EXT. ANOTHER STREET - DUSK

Ike crosses a busy street where a MAN is being arrested. Ike is

passing the upscale "Millennium Hardware Store". He glances at

the window, looks away, stops and looks again. The window

display is made up of an assortment of Maggie's lamps. Logo

"MAG" is on them. He smiles and walks on.

EXT. CENTRAL PARK RESERVOIR - DUSK

Ike stares out at water as he walks.

EXT. IKE'S APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT

Ike walks along sidewalk, crosses street, enters his building.

INT. IKE'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Ike opens the door to his apartment and flicks on the lights. He

crosses to hang his coat in the closet. In the closet mirror, he

sees and is stunned to find: MAGGIE, sitting on the couch

holding Italics, the cat.

MAGGIE:

Hello, Ike.

He closes the closet and crosses to his desk.

IKE:

Don't tell me. My doorman is one of

your many admires... I knew I should

have given him a better Christmas gift.

Maggie smiles tenuously. She's more than a little terrified.

MAGGIE:

I've been making friends with your cat.

(then)

Is it okay that I'm here?

IKE:

I don't have much choice in the matter

now, do I? But I can't speak for

Italics.

(to Cat)

Traitor!

He moves to the kitchen.

MAGGIE:

I don't blame you for being mad...

Ike looks at her. Apparently the word "mad" is an understatement.

MAGGIE (cont'd)

... Or... furious.

Ike looks at her again.

MAGGIE (cont'd)

... Irate? Livid? How's that?

He starts putting cat food in a bowl. The cat leaves Maggie's

side and starts to east.

IKE:

Livid is good. So what is it, Maggie?

You here on business? I saw your lamps.

They're terrific.

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