Simone Page #14

L) VIKTOR writes a message in lipstick on the mirror -- "I

LOVE YOU V--".

VIKTOR is interrupted by a knock on the door. He looks at

his watch.

VIKTOR:

(peering through the

peephole)

Who is it?

WOMAN'S VOICE

(from other side of door)

It's... Simone.

Viktor smiles.

EXT. HOTEL - REAR ENTRANCE - NIGHT

VIKTOR stands at the rear entrance of the hotel with a leggy

YOUNG WOMAN wearing a coat over her head. A HOTEL DOORMAN

keeps back the growing horde of REPORTERS.

Viktor's limousine waits at the curb. The coated woman

starts towards the car but Viktor holds her back.

VIKTOR:

Not yet.

(scrutinizing the crowd)

Where's "Matinee"? There they are.

Okay, I think everyone's here.

Now!

Viktor and the young woman run the gauntlet to the car,

providing a perfect albeit restricted photo-op for the

paparazzi.

PHOTOGRAPHER 1

Simone!

ECHO PHOTOGRAPHER

Over here, sweetheart!

PHOTOGRAPHER 3

Come one Simone, take it off, baby!

PHOTOGRAPHER 4

We got a job to do!

The car door slams shut as the pack descends. MAX SAYER and

MILTON are amongst the frustrated reporters. The limo

screeches away. A POLICE MOTORCYCLIST prevents anyone

following.

The frustrated REPORTERS assess their efforts.

PHOTOGRAPHER 1

I think I got a piece of her ear.

ECHO PHOTOGRAPHER

I didn't get sh*t.

MILTON:

(emerging from the pack,

to Max)

Ten feet from a living Goddess...

INT. MISS ENOMIS'S HOTEL SUITE - NIGHT

MAX SAYER pays off the CONCIERGE. His assistant, MILTON,

begins to collect "evidence" of the celebrity -- dusting for

fingerprints, etc. Max rubs pencil into the impression on

the bedside notepad revealing the message -- "The meaning of

life is that it ends".

MAX:

(interrupting Milton's

work)

Leave me for a moment.

Milton and the Concierge depart.

Max is alone. He looks around the room.

A) MAX enters the bathroom. He picks up a drinking glass

and inspects it closely before placing it in a sealed

plastic bag.

B) MAX examines the wet soap from the shower and also places

it in a plastic bag.

C) MAX picks up the used toothbrush, puts it to his lips

before placing it in a plastic bag.

D) MAX gently places his hands on the toilet seat.

E) MAX enters the bedroom. He carefully removes a slip from

a pillow. He folds it meticulously, appearing to breathe

in its scent as he places it in a plastic bag.

F) Finally, MAX kneels and gazes at "Simone's" unmade bed.

He slowly slides into the bed and slips beneath the same

sheets recently vacated by Viktor.

INT. HALLWAY - OUTSIDE HOTEL SUITE - NIGHT

MILTON, ear pressed against the door, tries to listen inside.

INT. VIKTOR TARANSKY'S LIMOUSINE - NIGHT

VIKTOR and the COATED WOMAN have finally left the PAPARAZZI

in their wake. Viktor gently removes the coat from over her

head.

Although the woman is impossible beautiful, she is not

Simone. FAITH is Simone's latest stand-in and decoy. Viktor

and Faith are still pressed together against one side of the

limousine.

VIKTOR:

(not quite able to avert

his eyes from her

telescopic legs)

Thank God for you, Faith. I know

this is above and beyond the call

of duty for a stand-in. You don't

know what a service you're

performing for Simone -- shielding

her from those animals.

FAITH:

No, thank God for you, Mr.

Taransky. How many men would go

to so much trouble to protect a

woman?

Neither Viktor nor Faith seem inclined to move from their

intimate position.

VIKTOR:

You understand you'll have to come

back to my place to keep them off

the, er...

(his nose close to Faith's

neck)

... scent.

FAITH:

Of course.

VIKTOR:

(meeting her gaze)

You look so, so...

FAITH:

... so much like her?

VIKTOR:

Yes, of course, but very beautiful

in your own right.

FAITH:

I do find myself physically

attracted to you, Mr. Taransky.

Their lips are now tantalizingly close.

VIKTOR:

Viktor.

INT. VIKTOR'S MALIBU HOUSE - NIGHT

VIKTOR'S HEAD hits the sofa in his living room, closely

followed by FAITH on top of him.

Faith tears at his clothes and her own, ravenous. Viktor

hardly resists. In the midst of the wild caresses, Faith

murmurs in his ear.

FAITH:

Do whatever you do to Simone.

Viktor freezes.

VIKTOR:

What?... What did you say?

FAITH:

Do what you do to Simone.

VIKTOR:

What I do to Simone?

FAITH:

Yes, call me Simone.

VIKTOR:

Simone?

FAITH:

(still tearing at his

clothes)

Yes, yes, again, again. Do what

you do to Simone. I want to know

what it's like to be her just for

one night.

VIKTOR:

(confused)

You're with me to be close to her?

FAITH:

(panting)

Is that a problem?

As Viktor ponders the question, Faith begins to do Simone's

deathbed speech from "Sunrise, Sunset".

FAITH:

"Why are we here? Is that what

you're asking, Jack?... Why are we

here? No why. Just here".

VIKTOR:

(this is too much for

Viktor)

Please put your clothes on

Viktor gets up from the sofa, leaving the frustrated Faith to

straighten her clothes.

EXT. FUTURISTIC LANDSCAPE - "ETERNITY FOREVER" - DAY

The finished scene with SIMONE and HAL plays ON A SCREEN.

INT. SCREENING ROOM - STUDIO - DAY

VIKTOR watches the rough cut of "ETERNITY FOREVER" with

ELAINE and daughter, LAINEY. As usual, they are mesmerized

by the breath-taking beautiful SIMONE. The scene ends. The

light go up.

ELAINE:

Stunning, Viktor. The Hollywood

Foreign Press is going to eat this

up.

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