Sleepless in Seattle Page #8

SAM:

Whose show was this on?

JONAH:

Jed's got cables.

SAM:

Go to sleep.

He kisses him good-night.

JONAH:

Kiss Howard.

(he holds out the

teddy bear)

G'night, Howard.

INT. ANNIE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Annie and Walter have just finished making love.

Walter falling asleep.

Annie lying in bed, with her eyes open.

She starts to get out of bed. Puts on a robe.

INT. STAIRWAY - HOUSE

As Annie comes downstairs in a bathrobe.

She opens the door to the street.

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

As Annie starts to run down the street.

CLOSEUP OF:
ANNIE, RUNNING

And now we widen out to see a misty highway she's running

down.

Past a sign saying: Seattle Approximately 3,000 miles.

Past another sign: Your nerves are shot.

And another:
Your feet are cold.

And another:
Will you find love.

And another:
Before you're cold?

And another:
Burma Shave.

And Annie continues to run, and now we see she's running

across a map of the United States -- it's a little like

the one we saw in the beginning of the movie -- it's

like the famous map of the United States by Saul

Steinberg, but instead of being about New York, this one

is about Seattle.

In the distance, at the very edge of the map, we see two

indistinct figures -- a map and a young boy. They start

to wave at her, very slowly.

Annie's eyes widen.

CUT TO:

INT. ANNIE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Annie in bed, eyes open. Walter fast asleep.

She gets out of bed, puts on her robe (just as she did

in the dream sequence).

INT. STAIRWELL - NIGHT

As Annie comes down the stairs.

INT. KITCHEN - HOUSE

She turns the light on.

Opens the refrigerator.

Closes it.

Opens it again. Takes out some milk.

Sits down at the kitchen table with a bowl, corn flakes,

banana. She's about to assemble it when:

She sees:

THE RADIO:

She stands up, turns it on to the station Dr. Marcia

Fieldstone is on. She sits back down with her corn

flakes.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

Up next, "You and Your

Emotions" with Dr. Marcia

Fieldstone, clinical

psychologist and the best

friend you never had.

(the teaser continues)

WOMAN'S VOICE (V.O.)

He says he doesn't love me any

more.

DR. MARCIA FIELDSTONE (V.O.)

Why do you want to be with

someone who doesn't love you?

ANOTHER WOMAN (V.O.)

Every time I come close to

orgasm he stops and goes to

make himself a sandwich --

DR. MARCIA FIELDSTONE (V.O.)

Why don't you make him a

sandwich beforehand?

SAM'S VOICE (V.O.)

When I met my wife, it was so

clear. I jus knew.

Annie starts at hearing Sam's voice.

DR. MARCIA FIELDSTONE (V.O.)

What was it that made you know?

SAM'S VOICE (V.O.)

I don't think I could really

describe it.

DR. MARCIA FIELDSTONE (V.O.)

Why not?

SAM'S VOICE (V.O.)

And if I could describe it, it

probably wouldn't be on a radio

show.

(he laughs to himself)

But what the hell. It's not

one specific thing. It's more

of a feeling.

(continuing)

You touch her for the first

time, and suddenly... you're

home. It's almost like...

magic.

Annie closes her eyes.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

We'll be back after this

commercial with Dr. Marcia

Fieldstone.

EXT. BALTIMORE - PEABODY LIBRARY - DAY

We see Annie's car pull into a parking space outside the

Peabody Library. Annie gets out of the car.

INT. LIBRARY - DAY

As Annie strides purposefully across the library and

enters:

INT. ANNIE'S BROTHER TOM'S OFFICE - DAY

Annie bursts into Tom's office and walks over to his

desk. We barely has time to look up.

ANNIE:

I think I'm going crazy, Tom.

I really do. Are you happily

married?

TOM:

(completely panicked by

the question)

What?

ANNIE:

I mean, why did you get

married? Was it all fireworks

and trumpets and --

TOM:

(regaining composure)

I got married because Betsy

said we had to break up or get

married. So we get married.

ANNIE:

But when you met her, did you

believe she was the only person

for you? That in some mystical,

cosmic way, it was fated?

TOM:

Annie, when you meet someone

and you're attracted to them,

it just means that your

subconscious is attracted to

their subconscious,

subconsciously. So what we

think of as chemistry is just

two neuroses knowing that they

are a perfect match.

ANNIE:

I don't even know him. But

I'm having all these fantasies

about a man I've never met,

who lives in Seattle.

TOM:

It rains nine months of the

year in Seattle.

ANNIE:

I know, I know. I do not want

to move to Seattle. But what I

really don't want to do is end

up always wondering what might

have happened and knowing I

could have done something.

What do you think?

(Tom opens his mouth to

say something, but

before anything comes

out, Annie fills the

void)

It's just cold feet, isn't it?

Everyone panics before they get

married, didn't you?

TOM:

Yes, I did.

ANNIE:

Thank you, Tom. I feel so much

better just having blown this

off.

TOM:

Any time.

INT. PEABODY LIBRARY - DAY

As Annie walks through it and pushes the door to exit.

EXT. A DOOR OPENING TO SEATTLE STREET - DAY

Sam and Jay walk out of the Arctic Building onto the

street.

JAY:

Sandy has a girlfriend, Clenda

... She's a weightlifter, but

it's not like her neck is

bigger than her head or

anything --

SAM:

I'm not asking you to set me

up, Jay. That's not what I

need your help for. I want to

know what it's like over there.

JAY:

And that's what I'm trying to

tell you. What women are

looking over, okay? Pecs and a

cute butt.

SAM:

You mean, like, "He has the

cutest butt"? Where did I hear

that recently?

JAY:

Everywhere. You can't even

turn on the news without

hearing about how some babe

thought some guy's butt was

cute. Who the first babe to

say this was I don't know,

but it caught on.

INT. SEATTLE RESTAURANT - DAY

Sam and Jay at the counter. Out the window, we can see

water.

JAY:

When's the latest time you were

out there?

SAM:

(trying to remember)

Seventy... eight.

JAY:

Well. Things are different.

First, you have to be friends.

You have to like each other.

Then you neck. This can go on

for years. Then you have

tests. Then you get to do it

with a condom.

(beat)

The good news is, split the

check.

SAM:

I don't think it could let a

woman pay for dinner.

JAY:

Great. They'll have a parade

in your honor. You'll be Man

of the Year in Seattle

Magazine. Tira misu.

SAM:

What's tira misu?

JAY:

You'll find out.

SAM:

What is it?

JAY:

You'll see.

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