While We're Young Page #4

Blue (09/16/2013) 2020.

CORNELIA:

How has he even seen anything ofyours?

JOSH:

(like it should be

obvious)

Ebay.

(scanning the room)

I love his shoes. I have some wingtips here somewhere.

He climbs into bed.

CORNELIA:

It was almost like he was studying

you.

JOSH:

Can we go to their place this weekend?

CORNELIA:

We never see our real friends, why arewe suddenly going to hang out with acouple of twenty-five year olds.

JOSH:

We were just twenty-five. I mean, weweren’t, but you know. It’ll be fun.

CUT TO:
CLOSE on a woman, 25, scrolling through the addresseson her phone.

GIRL #1

Um, let’s see, it would probablybe...Richard Dreyfuss. He’s an old

friend of my parents.

GUY #1

Um, this girl who was a writer onthat show, Medium.

YELLOW BLOCK TEXT on the screen: Who’s the most famous personin your cell phone?

GIRL #2

Doug Liman.

GUY #2

Bill Clinton. But I think it’s

probably his office.

GUY #3

Patrick Ewing’s brother. Carl.

21.

GUY #2

(now on his phone)

Ringing.

(pause)

Yeah, it’s his office.

GIRL #3

Robert Downey. Senior.

9 INT. JAMIE/DARBY APT, BUSHWICK. DAY 9

Jamie watches Josh and Cornelia watch the short on his

computer. They’re both smiling. Darby hovers in thebackground, holding a white kitten, she’s seen it.

JOSH:

That’s really funny.

CORNELIA:

Yeah. I like Robert Downey. Senior.

JAMIE:

That’s the latest anyway. I’m also

doing people describing scenes frommovies that they like but haven’tseen in a while. Darby’s going to doRosemary’s Baby, see.

Josh and Cornelia look back at Darby. She obliges:

DARBY:

What have you done to its eyes!?

JOSH:

(playing along)

He has his father’s eyes.

Cornelia pets the kitten in Darby’s arms.

CORNELIA:

I want a kitten!

DARBY:

That’s Bad Cop. Where’s Good Cop?

A black kitten comes out from under the couch. Darby handsthe white one to Cornelia and gathers the other one.

DARBY:

I love these kittens, but I hope theydon’t grow up to be a**holes becausethat can happen.

22.

CORNELIA:

This is a great space. You know I

think I’ve only been to Williamsburgonce before.

DARBY:

This isn’t even Williamsburg, it’sBushwick. We were in Williamsburg,

before then Park Slope, now we’rehere.

(shrugs)

We live where we’re supposed to live.

She indicates a series of old typewriters.

DARBY:

Jamie’s a collector. My decoratingsensibilities veer towards 4th gradeteacher. I like bulletin boards.

We see the place now. It’s old, open, and has the feel ofbeing haphazardly curated: from the mouse trap stuck to themolding to the flea market furniture to the VHS tapes ofrandom movies stacked against the wall. A framed NY Times

front page of the moon landing. A framed Polish poster ofthe Bob Dylan doc “Don’t Look Back.” A photo of Darby goingdown a slip and slide in her wedding dress.

Josh looks at a stack of records. Velvet Underground, Kinks,

John Coltrane, Suicide, Serge Gainsbourg, Thin Lizzy...

JOSH:

This looks like my record collection.

Except mine are CD’s. It took me

years to discover this stuff.

Jamie smiles and puts a record on the turntable. A Notorious

B.I.G/Miley Cyrus mash-up. Josh admires a long wooden deskwith a computer and editing equipment.

JOSH:

I need to buy a new desk.

JAMIE:

You should come with me to the lumber

yard. We’ll make one.

JOSH:

A whole desk?

JAMIE:

It’s so much cheaper than buying one,

see. And more fun.

(MORE)

23.

JAMIE (CONT'D)

Joshy, don’t overpay at some douchefarm like a chump.

A dark haired girl, 26, appears, in underwear and a T-shirtwith the drawing of a gun as if it’s tucked into her pants.

TIPPER:

Darby, can I borrow your bike, I’mgoing to the deli for Goldfish.

DARBY:

Okay -

Tipper lifts her long bare leg and scratches the bottom ofher foot.

JAMIE:

Tipper, did you feed Nico?

TIPPER:

(disappearing into the

other room)

I forgot.

Off Cornelia’s perplexed look:

DARBY:

(with a hint of disdain)

That’s our roommate, Tipper.

Jamie grabs a bag of bird seed from a counter, he opens asmall door that leads to an outdoor landing. A chicken pacesin a cage. Cornelia hesitates.

CORNELIA:

Nico’s a chicken.

CUT TO:
They sit around a small table. Darby preparessomething in the kitchen.

JOSH:

I have to say I really admire how youguys are so in the moment and justenjoying doing and making things.

It’s inspiring.

JAMIE:

Thanks, Joshy.

JOSH:

The people our age are so success andresults oriented, they’ve forgottenabout process.

24.

JAMIE:

Josh, are you success oriented?

JOSH CORNELIA:

No. Totally.

Josh looks at Cornelia, surprised. A crash from the kitchen.

Darby reenters, shaking her head.

DARBY:

I feel like there are people whodon’t drop things as much as I do.

(to Cornelia)

I don’t keep things yar.

JAMIE:

She’s a mess. And an ugly eater. I

say that with love.

DARBY:

(playful)

F*** you.

Darby places down a home-made container with a hipster cow onit and four spoons. She and Jamie eat straight from thecontainer. Josh and Cornelia follow.

DARBY:

It’s an avocado and almond milk

sorbet. Benny designed the container.

JAMIE:

It tastes like that candy that theysometimes make into pigs or littlefruits.

JOSH:

Yeah, it’s... Sh*t. I know that.

CORNELIA:

I keep wanting to say baklava, butthat’s a Greek dessert.

JAMIE:

Right... “The almond tasting pigsand fruits are made of...”

Josh pulls out his phone.

JOSH:

(realizes, excited)

I’ll look it up.

25.

JAMIE:

No, that’s too easy.

DARBY:

Let’s try to remember it.

They all sit in silence, racking their brains.

CORNELIA:

How long until we decide we don’tknow?

JOSH:

(re:
his phone)

Can I...now?

JAMIE:

No, let’s just not know what it is.

CUT TO:
Technology MONTAGE:

A10

INT. JOSH/CORNELIA APT. DAY A10

Cornelia reads her Kindle. Josh watches a Daily Show videoon his phone.

B10 INT. JAMIE/DARBY APT. DAY B10

Jamie removes a VHS tape of The Howling from a beat up boxand slides it into the VCR.

C10 INT. JOSH/CORNELIA APT. DAY C10

Josh streams a movie on Apple TV.

D10 INT. JAMIE/DARBY APT. DAY D10

Darby puts a worn Kris Kristofferson record on a turntable.

She secures old-fashioned headphones to her head.

E10 INT. JOSH/CORNELIA APT. DAY E10

Cornelia selects a NPR podcast from her iPod mini and puts onher sleek noise-reduction Bose headphones.

F10 INT. JAMIE/DARBY APT. DAY F10

Jamie types a letter on an old IBM Selectric typewriter.

G10 INT. JOSH/CORNELIA APT. - LIVING ROOM. DAY G10

Josh plays a video game on his iPad.

H10 INT. JAMIE/DARBY APT. DAY H10

Pink (09/30/2013) 2626.

The chicken sleeps in his cage. END MONTAGE.

I10 EXT. BUSHWICK - STREET BEACH. DAY I10

CUT TO:
CLOSE on a text being typed:

Joshy, street beach in effect! get your goddamn self to the bush ofwick for bourbon and ice creeeeem.

CUT TO:
CLOSE on a hand receiving the same text.

FLETCHER (V.O.)

We have news!

INT. RESTAURANT, SMITH ST. BROOKLYN. LATE DAY 10

Josh sneaks a look at his text, smiles. Fletcher and Marina, *

Josh and Cornelia sit at a table at the window. Throughoutthe conversation, everyone is dealing with his/her phone.

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