Sleepless in Seattle Page #15

SUZY:

You saw her in the airport and

then here?

SAM:

I tried to talk to her...

(he shrugs)

It was like I knew her. Weird.

GREG:

Well, at least you're out there

seeing people again. That's

terrific.

SAM:

Well, just one really.

SUZY:

How's Jonah taking it?

SAM:

It'll take him a while to come

around. A month ago he called

one of those radio call-in

shows and told them I needed a

wife --

SUZY:

(charmed)

You're kidding --

SAM:

Now that I'm seeing someone,

it's a whole other thing.

ON JONAH:

he's not asleep after all. He's been listening all

along.

SAM:

He's become obsessed with

some woman who wrote me --

GREG:

Are you serious?

SAM:

She wants to meet me at the top

of the Empire State Building.

SUZY:

It's a little derivative.

SAM:

What do you mean?

SUZY:

"An Affair To Remember." Did

you ever see it? Cary Grant

and Deborah Kerr. Before that

it was called "Love Affair With

Irene Dunne And Charles Boyer."

GREG:

Women love this movie.

On Jonah, listening.

SUZY:

They met at the Empire State

Building, only they didn't.

Never mind.

GREG:

What kind of person would write

to someone they heard on the

radio?

SAM:

I got hundreds of letters from

women all over the country --

GREG:

Desperate women --

SUZY:

Just because someone's looking

for a nice guy doesn't make

them desperate.

GREG:

How about rapacious and love-

starved?

SUZY:

No.

GREG:

It is easier to be killed by a

terrorist --

SUZY:

It is not --

GREG:

Right, right.

Suzy's irritated.

SAM:

Anyway, Victoria's nice.

SUZY:

Would you follow her through an

airport?

SAM:

Look, I met somebody. She's

good, and capable and smart.

We hit it off. We can't spend

your life chasing after

fantasies.

Jonah is devastated by the realization that his dad is

serious about Victoria.

INT. SAM'S BEDROOM - ON SAM IN BED - NIGHT

The door to his bedroom opens.

Annie walks in. She's wearing a white men's shirt.

ANNIE:

Hi.

SAM:

Hi.

(a beat)

So far so good. So. What

should we talk about? How

insecure we were in high

school. Shirley Votypka, the

first girl I ever felt up.

Health. What about health?

Did you know that eating six

macadamia nuts is the

equivalent of eating a steak?

ANNIE:

Shhhh --

She unbuttons her shirt.

And they kiss.

FREEZE FRAME on the kiss. It becomes the silhouette of

a man and a woman kissing.

AND PULL BACK TO REVEAL:

The silhouette of a man and a woman kissing on a red box

of Valentine's Day chocolates and now we see:

EXT. BALTIMORE - VALENTINE'S DAY - DAY

A few quick shot of Valentine's Day in Baltimore: shop

windows lined with candy displays of red satin hearts,

lacy Valentine cards, red roses in elaborate floral

arrangements, old ladies selling chocolates, young

ladies selling perfume.

A red Valentine's envelope is being tossed on a desk,

and pull back to reveal:

INT. BALTIMORE SUN - DAY

Annie at work. She looks at the card and opens it.

It's from Walter. She smiles. Looks up. There's

Becky.

BECKY:

You're going to miss the train.

ANNIE:

No, I'm not.

(she starts assembling

her things)

BECKY:

What are your plans in New

York?

ANNIE:

We're going to the Rainbow Room

and the symphony tomorrow night.

BECKY:

I love the symphony.

ANNIE:

(cheerfully)

I hate it.

(she stands to go,

starts toward the

elevator)

I'm so happy, Becky. Finally I

feel happy. This is right.

This is real. Everything else

is what happens when you watch

too many movies and completely

lose sight of what counts.

(as she steps into

elevator)

Please don't tell anyone about

what happened. "Sleepless in

Seattle" is history.

INT. BALTIMORE TRAIN STATION - DAY

Annie through the train window as the train starts to

move out of the station.

MAP OF THE UNITED STATES.

The map we saw at the beginning of the movie, as the

light dims in Baltimore and a light goes on in New York.

EXT. NEW YORK HOTEL - NIGHT

Annie steps out of a cab.

INT. NEW YORK HOTEL - NIGHT

Walter opens the door to a beautiful suite. A bouquet

of flowers sits on the desk. A bucket of champagne.

Annie throws herself into his arms.

Walter sneezes.

EXT. THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - DAY

And pull back to reveal that it's a shot from "An Affair

To Remember."

And pull back to reveal:

INT. JESSICA'S HOUSE - DAY

JONAH is watching with his little girlfriend JESSICA,

who's crying.

JESSICA:

(weeping)

This is the best movie I've

ever seen in my life.

JONAH:

I don't get it.

JESSICA:

You have to go to her, Jonah.

You have to find her.

Jonah nods. But he isn't sure how he's going to do it.

JONAH:

Do you know how much it costs

to go to New York?

JESSICA:

Nobody knows. It changes

practically every day. How

much money do you have?

JONAH:

Eighty dollars.

JESSICA:

I have forty-two. So that

would definitely cover

taxicabs, I think.

JONAH:

But how am I going to get

there?

JESSICA'S MOTHER

Honey, I'm going out for a few

minutes.

(sticking her head in

the door to the living

room)

Could you keep an eye on things

out front till I get back?

Jessica looks over at Jonah.

JESSICA:

Sure.

INT. JESSICA'S HOUSE - TRAVEL AGENCY OFFICE - DAY

Jessica is working on the computer. She punches Jonah's

name into it.

JESSICA:

Do you want an aisle or a

window seat?

JONAH:

Window.

JESSICA:

Do you want a fruit plate?

JONAH:

I don't know. Do I?

JESSICA:

(shrugs)

I'd rather die than eat on an

airplane.

(beat)

I'm telling them you're twelve

so you can fly unaccompanied

and they won't make you be

carried around by a stewardess

and everything.

Jonah nods.

Now Jessica takes a ticket form out of the desk and

starts to fill it out for Jonah.

EXT. FIFTH AVENUE - TIFFANY'S - A SCULPTED GLASS HEART

- DAY

formed by two dancers bending over backwards, awash in

pink light and spotlighted in white.

Walter and Annie are among a few other people -- couples

mostly -- looking in the windows. Each one a variation

on the heart motif. They move to a window -- "Broken

Heart" -- burnished metal, with tow cherubs flying out

of the wound in the middle.

ON WALTER AND ANNIE'S REFLECTION

in the Broken Heart window.

They're both in their own worlds. Then they both start

to speak at once. They stop. Annie looks at Walter.

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