State And Main Page #5

BILL:

The Mill burnt down.

He shows the Polaroids -- they show the debris, and Bill

standing by them.

BILL:

Wonderful scr...

JOE:

(pause)

Can't... can't you build the Old

Mill?

WALT:

We're out of money.

JOE:

You built an Old Mill in New

Hampshire...

BILL:

They're holding it for ransom.

JOE:

Uh -- why did we have to leave New

Hampshire?

Pause. The phone rings.

WALT:

Halo? Marty?

(to Joe)

What would they have used instead of

an old mill? We need it tonight.

(to phone)

Marty? Yeah you were saying...?

JOE:

I can't write it. I lost my

typewriter.

WALT:

Grace:
get Mr. White a typewriter.

JOE:

I can only write on a manual.

WALT:

I know the feeling.

JOE:

Well, you know, you know, that's a

lie, I, I...

WALT:

Grace...

JOE:

That's a real fault, I...

WALT:

Grace. Get Mr. White a manual

typewriter.

(to Joe)

It's not a lie, it's a gift for

fiction. And somebody find me my

lucky pillow.

He nods at Joe, who leaves the office. Hold on Walt as he

looks at horse pictures.

WALT:

How big is this horse?

BILL:

(looking at the resume)

Fifteen hands.

WALT:

What is that in fingers...? Just

kidding, get me this horse.

BILL:

This horse is booked.

WALT:

Tell the guy, get me the horse, I'll

give him an Associate Producer credit.

ANGLE:

On Joe, outside Walt's door, looking

at his script and shaking his head.

ANGLE HIS POV INS THE SCRIPT

We see for the first time that the name of the script is

"The Old Mill," by Joseph Turner White.

We hear raucous laughter from Walt, et al, in the b.g.

INT. TAVERN INN LOBBY - DAY

Joe passes the First A.D. on the telephone, sees Bill. The

P.A.'s are heaping mounds of luggage.

FIRST A.D.

Well, no, the labor with a first

child can sometimes be prolonged, as

much as...

BILL:

(to P.A.)

Find Walt's lucky pillow.

JOE:

What's an Associate Producer credit?

BILL:

It's what you give to your secretary

instead of a raise.

The desk clerk in an argument with an electrician.

ELECTRICIAN:

...put a V.H.S. and an air-conditioner

and a refrigerator in that room,

she's going to blow...

A delivery man appears with an invoice and a crate. Clerk

checks the invoice against a list.

CLERK:

This isn't Evian Water.

DELIVERY MAN:

It's water.

CLERK:

I can't sign for it, I'm...

ELECTRICIAN:

...she's going to blow.

CLERK:

Well, you re-wire...

ELECTRICIAN:

I rewire it, I'm going to have to

tear out half the, look, what do

they need with fifty-four telephone

lines?

CLERK:

Freddy, Freddy, I work for these

people, you... it is to be done, you

see that it's done...

The GIRL PRODUCTION ASSISTANT arrives with a huge bouquet.

GIRL PROD. ASST.

I found lilacs!

CLERK:

Wonderful, that's...

Joe the writer enters, goes up to the desk.

JOE:

Did they find...

The Clerk's eyes turn toward the door. Everyone's eyes turn

towards the door.

JOE:

(as he writes in his

notebook)

Did they find my typewriter...

ANGLE POV:

Bob Barrenger, the star, screamingly fit, leather jacket,

jeans, carrying a gym bag. He smiles, goes up to the desk.

As he goes up to the desk, teenagers, who have been waiting

in the lobby, crowd to him.

CLERK:

I told you!!! All of you get back!!!

Get back!!! This man is a guest

here...!!!

The teenagers retreat.

BOB:

Hello, I'm...

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