The Hollars Page #13

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JASON (CONT'D)

Stop, stop! You can’t leave!

John and Sally duck into a room.

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INT. HOSPITAL ROOM. DAY. A63

Sally and John laugh then turn around to see...

A woman is giving birth. She screams in pain and terror.

Her husband tries to comfort her.

WOMAN IN LABOR:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH1

Her husband tries to take her hand. She bats it away.

Sally peaks out the door while John stares at the woman

in total shock and horror.

Suddenly a nurse looks up and sees John and Sally.

LABOR NURSE:

What’s going on here?

JOHN:

Uh...

SALLY:

(looking back at the hallway)

Alright he’s gone. Let’s go.

John wheels his mother out of the room.

SALLY (CONT’D)

(to the woman)

You’re doing a great job!

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EXT. HOSPITAL. DAY. 63

John pushes Sally out of the hospital. They are both

giddy with laughter.

A64

EXT. EMERGENCY ROOM. DAY. A64

John and Sally peel around the corner of a parking lot

and drive through the emergency room arrival area. Just

as they pass the doors... Jason exits and runs after the

car screaming.

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JASON:

Wait! Stop! You’re not supposed to leave

the hospital. (mutters to himself)

A**holes. *

64 INT. JANIE’S. LATE DAY. 64 *

John and Sally walk into Janie’s, a small eatery frozen

in time. John smiles.

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JOHN:

I thought this place closed forever ago.

SALLY:

Never.

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Sally waves to the women behind the counter.

back.

They wave *

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Hi girls!

SALLY (CONT’D) *

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A65 INT. JANIE’S. LATER. A65 *

John and Sally are finishing burgers.

JOHN:

My, God, I haven’t had one of these in...

SALLY:

Long time.

John smiles.

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SALLY (CONT’D)

You sure this is okay? I look like anescaped mental patient.

JOHN:

I don’t even think anyone has noticed.

Sally shrugs. She eats another fry.

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Hey, mom.

Yeah?

JOHN (CONT'D)

SALLY:

JOHN:

Can I ask you something?

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SALLY:

Sure.

JOHN:

What did you mean when you said you

regretted marrying dad?

SALLY:

... Did I say that? *

JOHN:

Yeah.

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SALLY:

(dead straight)

It must have been the tumor.

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... Mom.

JOHN *

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SALLY:

John, I love your father. He’s my life.

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JOHN:

But you said you regretted-*

SALLY:

You never met my mother. She was tough.

Quiet. And tough. The day I married yourfather, she only gave me one piece ofadvice. “Don’t waste your time with the

bad. Live with the good.”... Your father

and I have lived thirty two good years.

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John looks right at her... and nods. Ron and Don enter. *

DON:

Oh, good, I thought we’d miss you...

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RON:

What happened to your hair?

JOHN:

We had to shave it.

SALLY:

What do you think, Donald?

DON:

I think you look great, Chief. *

Don gives Sally a kiss on her bald head... Sally looks toJohn.

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EXT. JANIE’S. DUSK. *

B65 Sally exits Janie’s... with her family. B65 *

65 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM. NEXT DAY. 65

John, Don, Ron and Rebecca are all in Sally’s hospital

room. Sally wears a head scarf.

No one says anything.

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93A.

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SALLY:

What time is it?

Everyone in the room checks their watch.

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ALL:

8:
30.

Sally nods.

SALLY:

Thanks for being here, everyone.

RON:

We love you, Mom.

SALLY:

I love you, guys.

Don starts to cry.

SALLY (CONT'D)

Oh, Don. Don’t worry. It’s going to be

okay. I’m going to be fine.

DON:

I’m sorry about Jenny Craig.

Sally opens her arms for Don to give her a hug. They

embrace.

SALLY:

(whispers)

Take care of Ron for me. He needs your

help.

Don nods.

DON:

Of course, Chief.

Sally beckons Ron over to her. Ron bends down for a hug.

SALLY:

(whispers)

Take care of your Dad for me. He needs

your help.

RON:

(nods)

I got it.

John comes over to give his mom a hug.

JOHN:

See you soon, Mom.

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SALLY:

(More poignant)

Take care of them for me. They need your

help.

JOHN:

Sure thing, Mom.

A moment of silence. John puts his arm around Rebecca.

Jason comes into the room.

JASON:

You ready, Mrs. Hollar?

Sally does not say anything.

JASON (CONT'D)

Mrs. Hollar?

Sally tries hard not to cry but she can’t hold it in. She

is so scared.

JOHN:

Mom?

SALLY:

(bursting into tears)

I don’t want to do this.

No one knows what to do or say.

JOHN:

(to Ron)

What should we do?

Ron shrugs.

JASON:

(whispers)

You could sing to her.

JOHN:

Does that help?

JASON:

Sometimes.

JOHN:

(to Ron)

Do you know the words to any songs she

likes?

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RON:

She likes Kenny G.

John gives Ron a look.

JOHN:

I’m not even sure if I know the words to

any songs, period.

RON:

We could hum something.

While Ron and John bicker about what to do Don quietly

and sweetly breaks into a tune.

DON:

I’m trying to tell you something about my

life...maybe give me insight between

black and white...the best thing you’ve

ever done for me...is to help me take my

life less seriously, it’s only life after

all...

JOHN:

Is that the Indigo Girls?

Ron nods.

JOHN (CONT'D)

How does he know the words to this?

RON:

She loves this song ever since she

watched their Behind the Music story.

Ron joins in.

DON AND RON:

Well darkness has a hunger that’s

insatiable...and lightness has a call

that’s hard to hear...I wrap my fear

around me like a blanket...I sailed my

ship of safety till I sank it, I’m

crawling on your shore...

John tries to join in with the chorus. He doesn’t know

all the words but he does his best.

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DON, RON AND JOHN

I went to the doctor, I went to the

mountains..I looked at the children, I

drank from the fountain...there’s more

than one answer to these

questions...pointing me in a crooked

line...the less I seek my source for some

definitive...the closer I am to fine...

The song continues as actually sung by the Indigo Girls

as Jason wheels Sally out of the room. Sally smiles and

mouths a “thank you” to Don. Don grabs her hand for a

moment, then lets her go. Rebecca gives John a kiss on

the cheek.

A66 INT. HOSPITAL. ELEVATOR. DAY. A66 *

Sally is rolled into an elevator. Song continues. *

B66 INT. HOSPITAL. SURGERY HALLWAY DAY. B66 *

Sally is rolled down hallway to surgery. Song continues. *

66 INT. OPERATING ROOM. DAY. 66

The song continues as Sally takes her anesthesia and goes

to sleep.

67 INT. HOSPITAL WAITING AREA. DAY. 67

The song continues as John, Don, Ron and Rebecca sit

patiently in the waiting area. John looks out over his

family. Ron gets up.

RON:

I’m gonna go... get some air.

Ron exits. John gets an idea he exits. Suddenly Don

looks at Rebecca.

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