Somewhere Page #5

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NAKED BLONDE:

Are you sure?

Johnny smiles with a nod.

Yes.

JOHNNY:

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He shuts the door, before Cleo can see her.

INT. JOHNNY’S SUITE - EVENING

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JOHNNY:

Come on Cleo, let’s go get a burger

downstairs.

They head out.

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INT. CHATEAU MARMONT LOBBY - NIGHT

Johnny and Cleo eat burgers together and play poker, while

they watch people in the lobby.

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JOHNNY:

There’s your outfit.

Cleo looks to see a woman in a super tacky dress, and smiles

at her dad, like she’s going to pick a better one for him.

A young wasted girl passes by.

YOUNG WASTED GIRL

Hi, Johnny.

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Cleo looks at him with a raised eyebrow.

We overhear some people talking about the fires spreading.

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75 INT. CHATEAU HALLWAY - NIGHT 75

Johnny throws Cleo over his shoulder as they head down the

hall. She screams and objects but loves it.

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76 EXT. CHATEAU PATIO - DAY 76

Johnny and Cleo play ping-pong.

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77 POOL - UNDER WATER: 77

Johnny jumps in to the pool.

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Johnny’s P.O.V. under water: Cleo jumps in.

She smiles at him.

They look at each other as they descend.

They exhale until they are sitting at the bottom of the pool.

They have an underwater tea party.

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78 EXT. CHATEAU POOL AREA - DAY 78

Johnny and Cleo lie on the grass and look up at the sky.

She twirls a little daisy in her fingers.

They look at the clouds.

P.O.V. - Clouds floating through the pale blue sky.

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79 EXT. CHATEAU POOL AREA - DAY 79

As Johnny and Cleo leave the pool area, she stops at

someone’s golden retriever puppy.

CLEO:

Aw, he’s so cute!

She gives the dog a hug as they continue on their way.

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80 EXT. CHATEAU MARMONT - DAY 80

We follow Johnny and Cleo from a distance as they walk back

to their room. Cleo’s hair is in a towel turban.

CLEO:

It’s about this girl, she’s in love

with this guy, but he’s a vampire,

and his family is all vampires, so

she can’t really be with him...

JOHNNY:

So, why doesn’t she become one,

too?

CLEO:

Because she can’t, he doesn’t want

to turn her into a vampire, and if

she gets too close to him, he won’t

be able to help himself...

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80A INT. CHATEAU LOBBY - NIGHT 80A

Johnny plays the piano while Cleo reclines and listens in a

big chair nearby. He plays Bach in the almost empty lobby.

The lights are low, it’s a quiet Sunday night.

A room service waiter passes by with a tray.

The front desk phone rings.

81 EXT. CHATEAU MARMONT - MORNING 81

It’s the next day. Johnny and Cleo pack the trunk with her

things for camp.

They get in his car, and head out.

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82 EXT. LA STREETS - DAY 82

They drive out of town, out on the open road.

83 INT. JOHNNY’S CAR - DAY 83

The sun streams in the window as they drive along.

Johnny glances over at Cleo. Her face is mostly covered by

her hair, but he sees she’s crying.

JOHNNY:

What’s wrong, Cleo?

She tries to hide her crying.

JOHNNY:

Why are you crying?

CLEO:

I don’t know when Mom’s coming

back.

(MORE)

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She just said she had to go away

for awhile...and she didn’t say

when she was coming back.

CLEO (cont'd)

JOHNNY:

Aw, c’mon, Cleo, she’ll be back

soon. Before you get back from

camp, She’ll be back waiting for

you...and I’ll get you there.

Everything’s going to be fine.

He pulls her head to his shoulder and hold her next to him as

they drive.

84 EXT. DESERT - LATE AFTERNOON 84

They drive on.

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85 INT. CASINO - NIGHT 85

Johnny shows Cleo how to play craps.

Dealer tells him she needs to step back from the table.

DEALER:

She can’t actually be at the table,

she’ll need to take a step back,

and can be here passing through.

She stands by him as he explains the game to her and about

taking risks.

JOHNNY:

Ok, so, taking the full odds is

always the best bet. It’s the only

bet where the player and the house

have the same advantage, got that?

She blows on the dice for good luck, and he rolls.

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The other players cheer him on.

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86 EXT. CASINO ROOF TOP- DAY 86

Johnny and Cleo take off in a helicopter.

They fly over Nevada.

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87 EXT. DESERT SUBURBIA - AFTERNOON 87

The helicopter lands in a field on the edge of suburbia.

Johnny and Cleo get out of the helicopter and walk away from

it to a waiting taxi.

Johnny walks her to the taxi and gives Cleo a big hug, like

he’s going to break her.

She gets in the taxi with her tennis racket and her little

suitcase.

Johnny stands with the helicopter behind him. It’s loud and

windy from the blades.

He has to yell to be heard, he doesn’t really know what to

say.

JOHNNY:

I’m sorry I haven’t been around

more-Cleo

looks out the taxi window at him- huh? She can’t hear

him over the helicopter blades.

JOHNNY:

Bye, Cleo.

Cleo gives him a little wave from the window as her taxi

leaves.

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Johnny gets back in to the helicopter.

88 INT. HELICOPTER - LATE AFTERNOON 88

Johnny looks like- now what?

He looks out the window at the vast landscape below.

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89 INT. CHATEAU MARMONT HALLWAY - DUSK 89

Johnny makes the trip down the hallway back to his room.

Some model girls in skimpy outfits and portfolios get out of

the elevator and pass him.

We overhear L.A. conversation in the distance.

He gets to his room, as he gets out his key, he sees on the

fire escape:

A sexy topless woman getting her hair cut by a hairdresser in

tight jeans. Little pieces of fallen hair trims cover her

chest. She looks at him with a blase look.

He opens his door and goes in his room.

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90 INT. JOHNNY’S ROOM -EVE 90

Johnny lies in his bed, staring up at the ceiling.

The lights are low, the carpet is stained. He looks at his

suitcase that he never unpacked.

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91 INT. JOHNNY’S BATHROOM - DAY 91

Johnny splashes cold water on his face. He looks at himself-

looking for something, someone.

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92 INT. JOHNNY’S SUITE -LIVING ROOM DAY 92

Like a ghost, he kicks the room service tray into the hall

and shuts the door.

A “do not disturb” sign hangs on the doorknob. There are two

other old room service trays piled up to the side.

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93 INT. JOHNNY’S ROOM - NIGHT 93

Johnny sits on the floor by the bed talking in to the phone.

There’s a small lamp on in the dark room.

Layla?

JOHNNY:

LAYLA:

Yes, Johnny...what’s wrong?

JOHNNY:

I’m f***ing nothing...I’m not a

person.

There’s silence on the other end.

LAYLA:

Why don’t you volunteer or

something.

JOHNNY:

I’m serious. I don’t know what to

do... I want to be a -(

ALT- I want to be a f***ing real person)

You will.

LAYLA:

He starts to cry, but covers it up to speak.

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