While We're Young Page #15

60 INT. JOSH/CORNELIA APT. - HOME OFFICE. DAY 60

Tim and Josh sit in front of the screen.

JOSH:

Leslie suggested we cut the bit onTurkish politics, I told him it wascrucial because of -

TIM:

(immediately)

I think it’s a good idea.

JOSH:

Yeah?

TIM:

Yeah. We got to cut something.

JOSH:

(relents)

Okay, let’s try it.

Tim puts up an image on the SCREEN. It’s Kent.

TIM:

Oh, this is Jamie’s footage. Stuff I

was working on... Let me...

He moves to take it down.

JOSH:

Wait -

TIM:

What?

JOSH:

Hold on that image of Kent.

TIM:

Okay.

95.

Tim freezes it.

JOSH:

(dramatically)

Blow it up.

TIM:

I can’t do that on this machine.

JOSH:

Really?

TIM:

No.

Josh leans in. He squints. His POV: CLOSE on the home-made

ice cream container in Kent’s hand. The hipster cow.

JOSH:

That’s Darby’s ice cream.

TIM:

It looks like mint of some kind.

JOSH:

(distracted)

It’s avocado.

Tim unfreezes the image. We ZOOM in on Jamie.

JAMIE (ON SCREEN)

...my mom was really sick withovarian cancer, I was prettypromiscuous, but I couldn’t loveanyone, I had body issues -

JOSH:

Darby was there before we were.

Don’t you see, she brought Kent theice cream.

TIM:

(confused)

I know Jamie’s your friend, but to behonest, he’s kind of a prick.

On SCREEN, Jamie’s open, earnest expression, his eyes wateryand full of emotion.

61 INT. RENTAL CAR. DAY 61

CLOSE on Josh. His face is intense, his arms grip the wheel.

96.

JOSH:

(absent-mindedly singing)

“You’re playing Nintendo. That’s not

what I’m doing, that’s not what I’m

f***-ing doing -

He bangs the wheel three times.

JOSH:

I’m f***ing exposing your sh*t,

mother f***-ahhhhh --”

62 EXT. KENT’S HOUSE, POUGHKEEPSIE. DAY 62

Josh rings the bell. The sister appears behind the glass.

She wears a party hat.

JOSH:

Hey. Is Kent here?

63 INT. KENT’S HOUSE/EXT. BACKYARD. DAY 63

Josh is lead by Kent’s sister through the house. We hear

screaming in the backyard.

JOSH:

Is everything okay?

SISTER:

My son turns seven today.

JOSH:

Oh, happy birthday.

They walk through the small space, stepping over toys anddiscarded plates of food and reach a cramped, uncultivatedbackyard. Kent, in a top coat and tails is pulling an endlessstreamer out of his mouth. The kids scream with delight.

64 INT. BREITBART’S APARTMENT. SAME 64

CLOSE:
Cornelia stares intently into her father’s eyes.

They’re inches apart.

BREITBART:

You’re so intense.

CORNELIA:

I’m focusing.

We see now:
Cornelia ties her Dad’s bow-tie. She’s veryconcentrated on the action.

97.

CORNELIA:

(finishing)

There.

BREITBART:

Thank you.

He looks at himself in the mirror and approves.

BREITBART:

It’s been very strange looking back

over my career. How did I accomplish

all of that? If I’m honest with

myself:
it sometimes took being a

selfish prick. Of course, you can’t

say that. In my speech I attribute

it to talent, work and luck. It’s

something I don’t think your husband

realizes. He still believes the

speeches.

CORNELIA:

When I first started dating him, he

reminded me so much of you.

BREITBART:

His problem is he wants what I have

but he’s not merciless enough to get

it.

CORNELIA:

(simply and sadly)

You know I am disappointed in Josh.

On some level I feel like he failed.

But I don’t know if I actually feel

that because I feel that or I feel it

because he does. Either way it’s a

terrible thing to think about your

husband.

BREITBART:

You know, Josh told me... I didn’t

know you miscarried.

CORNELIA:

A few times. The magic of youth is

that every decision is the right one

and you don’t have to make any of

them. The terror of adulthood is

there are limited options and you

have to pick.

98.

BREITBART:

There’s no magic in being old. Some

a**hole tried to offer me a seat on

the subway yesterday.

She smiles. She takes her phone from her pocket and checksit. No calls.

BREITBART:

You young people are always checking

your devices.

CORNELIA:

(embarrassed)

I’m sorry...it’s habit.

65 EXT. KENT’S BACKYARD. DAY 65

The kids smash a pinata with a baseball bat.

Josh eats birthday cake off of a Space themed plate. Kent,

still in his magician clothes, does tricks for kids as theycome by.

KENT:

I learned magic from a dude, Elvin,

over in Afghanistan. He was shredded

by a land mine.

JOSH:

That’s terrible.

KENT:

I’m more old fashioned in my

approach. I don’t lock myself in a

box or anything, it’s mostly cards

and balls. I learn from YouTube

videos. It keeps me from going out

of my head.

JOSH:

Yeah...we need distractions. For me

it’s the internet. I’m trying to go

on less, you know. You know, it’s

like how many times can I check the

Huffington Post?

Kent does a card trick for some kids.

KID:

It’s in your other hand!

Kent opens his hand, the card is gone.

99.

KID:

How did you f***ing do that?

SISTER:

Louis!

KID JOSH:

Sorry. What made you contact Jamieon Facebook?

Kent looks at Josh strangely. Josh shovels a piece of cakeinto his mouth.

KENT:

What do you mean?

JOSH:

(clears his throat)

What made you reach out to him?

KENT:

I didn’t. He contacted me.

Kent indicates to Josh that he has icing on his face. Josh

wipes at it.

KENT:

Other side. I had no idea who he

was.

JOSH:

Really?

KENT:

He said he lived with Darby and thatwe’d gone to school in Santa Cruztogether for a short time in the 90’s.

A kid hits Josh in the leg with the bat.

JOSH:

Ow! F***!

KENT:

Louis, don’t be a prick!

KID:

Sorry.

KENT:

(to Josh)

And you, language.

100.

JOSH:

Sorry.

(beat)

But you remembered Darby...

KENT:

Darby’s been a good friend for years.

We’d Skype sometimes when I was inKandahar. The reception was reallyshitty though. It would freeze upall the time.

JOSH:

Did she know about...that you were inthe hospital?

Kent hesitates.

KENT:

Who are you again?

JOSH:

I’m Jamie’s cameraman.

KENT:

And why are you asking this stuff?

JOSH:

Fact checking the movie?

KENT:

Uh huh. Yeah, Darby knew. Darby wasthe first person I called. She came

to visit a few times before you guysarrived.

Some kids knock Kent’s top hat off and run with it across thegarden.

KENT:

Bring that back, you f***ers!

SISTER KENT:

Kent! Sorry.

JOSH:

What did you think when Jamie talkedabout Darby’s childhood as if it washis own?

KENT:

He said he was playing a part.

101.

JOSH:

He said that when?

KENT:

He called me a week or so before you

guys came up and filmed me.

Josh reaches into his pocket and takes out a small portablevideo camera. He turns it on and shoots Kent.

JOSH:

Can you say that again?

66 INT. BREITBART’S APARTMENT. DAY 66

Cornelia, on her phone, has stepped away from her Dad whopractices his speech in the background. She gets Josh’svoice-mail.

CORNELIA:

Josh...it’s me...again...I just...I

am so sorry...I hope you come to my

Dad’s thing, he’d like it and I’d

like it and...I’m so sorry for all

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