Waitress

Synopsis: Waitress is a 2007 American independent cooking-themed comedy-drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, who also appears in a supporting role, making this her final appearance before she was murdered.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  6 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
PG-13
Year:
2007
108 min
$18,699,775
Website
7,656 Views


Waitress Script

Hon, you've put it off long enough.

What?

- You know what.

- You know what.

- Negative.

- Negative.

Come on, negative.

- Come on!

- Dear Lord, please protect ourJenna

from the hell of unwanted pregnancy.

I don't need no baby.

I don't want no trouble.

I just want to make pies.

That's all I want to do, make pies.

I thought you weren't sleeping

with your husband no more.

He got her drunk one night.

I should never drink.

I do stupid things

when I drink,

like sleep with my husband.

Oh, no!

Looks like a pink line

is forming. Sh*t.

One line or two lines?

One line or two lines?

Two lines! The control line

and the other line,

- the bad line, the "yes" line.

- Let me see that now.

Two lines, two definite lines.

There's no mistaking them.

What's going on in there?

We have customers!

Where are my waitresses?

Hold your balls straight, Cal.

Jenna ain't feeling well.

What's wrong with her?

It's none of your business,

you blowhard.

I'm fine, Cal!

We'll be right out.

Hurry up!

Hon, you okay?

Shh. I'm inventing a new pie

in my head.

Tomorrow's blue plate special.

I'm calling it

"I Don't WantEarl's Baby Pie. "

I don't think we can write that

on the menu board, hon.

Then I'll just call it

"Bad Baby Pie. "

What's in it, honey?

(singing in hum) "Baby don't you cry, gonna make a pie, gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle"

It's a quiche of egg and Brie cheese

with a smoked ham center.

Sounds good, baby.

I ain't never going to get

away from Earl now.

You going to tell him?

I'm not sure.

If my plan comes true and I

can make my big escape from him

in a couple months,

maybe he never even has to know.

Are you sure it's his child?

You know everything I do.

I ain't never cheated.

- Ah...

- I'd never do that.

- Eh...

- I feel sorry for you, Jenna.

I mean, I'd do anything

to meet a man, and Becky's

husband is a senile fruitcake.

- Dawn!

- Well, I'm sorry, it's true.

But now here you are,

married to this handsome guy.

Who's got very good hair.

Who's got very good hair.

And pregnant with

a little girl.

How do you know it's a girl?

- We don't know it's a girl.

- But neither of us

would trade places with you for

one second.

Now would we, Becky?

No, we wouldn't, Dawn.

No, we wouldn't.

Except, just once in my life,

I'd like to be able to make

a pie half as good

as Jenna can make a pie.

- Yeah, me, too.

Oh, come on.

So what if I can make a decent pie?

- Who cares?

- Look at this, Jenna.

As you can plainly see,

my right boob is much higher

than my left boob

and Dawn here has

pasty, pasty skin.

I'm stuck in a marriage

to Droolin' Phil the Invalid,

and Dawn eats TV dinners alone,

but still, we wouldn't

rather be you.

I do have pasty, pasty skin.

Yeah, I know, you're here.

See you tomorrow, honey.

Good luck.

- And if you do tell him you're...

- Shh!

Hey.

Hey.

Hiya there, Earl.

We all just agreed that your hair

is super attractive.

Hooray for you.

- Woo-hoo!

- Woo-hoo!

I don't care if she is a pie genius.

I wouldn't trade places with her.

No, me neither.

You don't look happy to see me.

Are you happy to see me?

Yeah, I'm happy to see you.

Even brought you a piece

of today's special,

"Kick In The Pants Pie. "

(singing in hum) Baby don't you cry, gonna make a pie, gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle

Cinnamon spice custard.

You don't give me a kiss.

Well, give me one.

There. That's more like it.

Where's that money

you made today?

Right here in my pocket.

Well, now, hand it over.

Not much here, is there?

Slow day, you know.

Yeah, you been having

more and more of those.

I'm really not sure it's worth

you working there anymore.

I think I might rather have you

be at home

making me pies all day long.

You didn't ask me

how my day was.

How was your day?

Ask me like you

care about it.

How was your day, Earl?

Well, you know,

Johnson's on my case again,

about the mortgages and everything.

But I don't make the bank policy,

and I told him that,

but he doesn't listen.

"I Hate My Husband Pie. "

(singing in hum) "Baby don't you cry, gonna make a pie, gonna make a pie with a heart in the middle" You take bittersweet chocolate and don't sweeten it. You make it into a pudding and drown it in caramel.

You're not listening to me.

Yeah, I am.

What I say?

You were bitching about Mr. Johnson.

What were the exact words I said?

Well, I mean, I can't repeat

them verbatim...

You don't listen to me!

Hurts my feelings.

Please just say you're sorry

so I can let you out this car

so you can make my dinner.

I'm sorry, Earl,

for not being able

to repeat your words verbatim,

something I should be able to do.

Whenever I need it.

Whenever you need it.

All right, then.

You look handsome tonight, Early.

Thank you, honey.

It's been a long time since

you called me Early.

I like it.

And you look pretty tonight.

Maybe a little tired is all.

You're not eating

your spaghetti pie. Why not?

I'm thinking I want to borrow

some money from you.

And my answer to that,

of course, is no.

There's a big pie Bake-Off in

Jonesville in a couple months. And I'd like to go.

And my answer to that,

of course, is no.

Prize money is pretty good.

Why do you need money? I give you everything

you need, don't I?

Absolutely.

You want for nothing, don't you?

Yes, Earl, I want for nothing.

I mean, your pies ain't bad. But what's so important about that

when you got me to take care of?

That's a good point, Earl.

Jenna Hunterson.

Hello, Mrs. Bunterson.

Hunterson.

Who are you?

I'm your doctor.

Oh, wow, you brought me a pie.

How nice.

You know what?

I've only been here a few weeks,

but already I am genuinely

impressed with the hospitality of this place.

You're not my doctor.

Lily Mueller is my doctor.

This pie is for her.

It's Marshmallow Mermaid,

her favorite.

Well, she's semiretired now.

Just sort of happened this morning.

She kind of quit.

We didn't have time to call anybody.

But Dr. Mueller delivered me.

I mean, she's been my doctor forever.

I really liked and trusted her.

Maybe you could really like

and trust me, too?

I've never even seen you before.

Yeah, I just got hired.

Long story, making it short,

this is still

Dr. Mueller's practice,

I'm the junior doctor on staff.

Um, just moved here from

Connecticut two weeks ago.

Dr. Mueller had a class

over the summer

and I was a student of hers,

and is this story boring you?

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Adrienne Shelly

Adrienne Levine (June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006), better known by the stage name Adrienne Shelly (sometimes credited as Adrienne Shelley), was an American actress, film director and screenwriter. She became known for roles in independent films such as 1989's The Unbelievable Truth and 1990's Trust. She wrote, co-starred in, and directed the 2007-released film Waitress, which ultimately won five awards. In late 2006 Shelly was the married mother of an infant daughter and was waiting to see if Waitress would be accepted for the Sundance Film Festival. more…

All Adrienne Shelly scripts | Adrienne Shelly Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on April 10, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Waitress" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 5 Nov. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/waitress_1406>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Waitress

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    What does "EXT." stand for in a screenplay?
    A Extra
    B Exit
    C Exterior
    D Extension