The Day the Earth Stood Still Page #27
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- 1951
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HELEN:
(takes the stone and
studies it, amazed
by its size)
Is it real?
TOM:
(with the shrug of an
amateur)
Looks real to me.
BOBBY:
Mr. Carpenter's got a lot of diamonds.
(he digs into his
pocket)
He gave me a couple of them.
Helen takes the two diamonds Bobby holds out in his hand,
looking at them in amazement.
HELEN:
He gave these to you?
BOBBY:
(guilty for his own
sharp dealing)
Well, not exactly. I gave him two
dollars.
TOM:
This doesn't make sense... I think
the guy's a crook. I never did trust
him.
Helen tries to shush Tom, not wanting to re-stimulate Bobby's
imagination, but it's too late.
BOBBY:
Gee, Mom, do you think maybe he's a
diamond smuggler?
HELEN:
(firmly)
Come on, darling -- we're going up
to bed.
TOM:
HELEN:
(cutting him off with
a look)
Bobby and I have had enough excitement
for tonight.
TOM:
(seriously concerned)
You think it's all right for you to
stay here?
HELEN:
(nods reassuringly)
I've got a good lock on my door.
(smiling at Bobby)
And Bobby's going to sleep in my
room tonight.
BOBBY:
Oh, boy -- can I, Mom?
HELEN:
Yes, dear. Come on now.
(she happens to look
down at his feet.
Puzzled, and
concerned, she feels
his shoes)
Bobby, your shoes are soaking!
BOBBY:
(reluctantly, with
childish guilt)
Yeah -- the grass was kind of wet.
As the impact of this sinks in, Helen and Tom turn to stare
at each other in questioning consternation.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
INT. OFFICE - DEPT. OF COMMERCE BLDG. - MED. CLOSE SHOT DAY
It is a typical government office, with lots of desks in it.
Helen is at her desk, straightening it up to go to lunch.
This done, she moves briskly to get her coat. CAMERA PANS to
follow her and suddenly, startlingly reveals Klaatu standing
near the clothes rack, as though he had materialized out of
thin air. Helen is thoroughly startled.
HELEN:
(unnerved)
Oh -- hello--
KLAATU:
May I see you for a minute?
HELEN:
I -- I was Just going to lunch.
KLAATU:
(quietly insistent)
May I walk out with you?
She is nervous and uneasy but obviously can't refuse. The
telephone on her desk rings and Helen turns to answer it.
HELEN:
(into phone)
Mrs. Benson speaking.
(recognizing the voice,
she glances nervously
at Klaatu)
Oh, hello...
INT. JEWELRY SHOP - MED. CLOSE SHOT
It's a rather swank shop. Tom is standing at the counter
phoning. The Jeweler is behind the counter examining a stone
through his eyepiece.
TOM:
(into phone, cheerily)
I'm at Bleeker's getting an appraisal
on that diamond. I thought we might
have lunch together.
INT. OFFICE - DEPT. OF COMMERCE - MED. CLOSE SHOT
HELEN:
(with a nervous glance
at Klaatu)
I -- I'm afraid I can't -- not right
now. Can I talk to you later?. Yes,
that'll be fine. 'Bye.
She hangs up and smiles uneasily as she rejoins Klaatu and
leads the way out into the corridor.
CAMERA MOVES with Helen and Klaatu as they go down the
corridor. Klaatu's mood is one of quiet tension.
KLAATU:
(watching Helen's
reaction)
I saw Bobby this morning before he
went to school--
HELEN:
(glancing at him
apprehensively)
Yes--?
KLAATU:
I want to know what he told you last
night.
HELEN:
(nervous and evasive)
I -- I didn't really pay much
attention--
(with a nervous little
laugh)
Bobby has such an active imagination.
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