While We're Young Page #7

DR. NAGATO

Have you had your eyes checkedrecently?

JOSH:

I have genetically great eyes.

DR. NAGATO

(shrugs)

You’re growing up.

27 INT. WILLIAMSBURG RESTAURANT. DAY 27

We start on Jamie yawning open mouthed. We MOVE out to find

Josh in black rimmed glasses and his porkpie hat talkingacross the table from him.

JOSH:

It’s weird...you know, I’m at thatage where the things you think areonly going to happen when you getolder are actually happening.

JAMIE:

If I’m going to be totally honestwith myself, I don’t think I’m evergoing to die. I know that’s crazy.

JOSH:

It’s crazy.

JAMIE:

I think I’m pathologically happy.

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JOSH:

(hesitates)

I mean, Cornelia and I...for a whilethe fact that we got married was soamazing...I mean, we were married!

Now we’re just married, you know?

Did you feel that way?

JAMIE:

Best decision I ever made.

JOSH:

(glancing around)

I really like this place.

JAMIE:

(excited)

Oh, hey, I got my first response onFacebook.

JOSH:

Yeah?

JAMIE:

This guy, Kent Arlington. I haven’t

seen him since highschool in SantaCruz.

JOSH:

Did you flesh it out more, the idea?

JAMIE:

A little, yeah. He’s living inPoughkeepsie. Tipper and I willtrain it up there and find him.

A shaggy white haired man, late 60’s, in a jean jacket andjeans enters the restaurant.

JOSH:

Sh*t.

JAMIE:

What?

JOSH:

My father-in-law.

Jamie yanks his head around.

JAMIE:

Where?

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Breitbart sees Josh and gives a tired smile. He approaches.

Josh half-rises to shake his hand.

BREITBART:

How are you?

JOSH:

Good, Leslie, you?

BREITBART:

Good. Gearing up for my memorial.

JOSH:

(to Jamie)

Leslie is having a tribute at LincolnCenter next month.

(to Leslie)

What are you doing here? How do youeven know about this place?

BREITBART:

Are you kidding? I’ve been cominghere for the speck since it opened.

JOSH:

This is Jamie, a friend of mine.

Jamie stands up and shakes Breitbart’s hand.

JAMIE:

I’m sure you hear this all the time,

but both “Wedding” and “Giving Arlo aBath” changed my life. It made me

want to tell stories in a non-fiction

mode.

BREITBART:

Thank you.

JAMIE:

Thank you for your films.

BREITBART:

(to Josh)

How are the grandkids?

JOSH:

Still don’t exist.

BREITBART:

You’ll never regret it.

(beat)

How’s my daughter?

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JOSH:

How does she seem to you?

BREITBART:

I think she seems well.

JOSH:

So, why are you asking me?

BREITBART:

Cornelia says you’re looking forfinishing money.

JOSH:

Um...maybe...it depends on thisgrant, if this guy leaves his wife ornot...

BREITBART:

I met a guy, hedge fund or somethingor other, he’s looking to put moneyin docs. I’ll arrange a meeting ifyou’re interested.

JOSH:

BREITBART:

Uh...

Don’t be proud, Josh. I’ll

call you tomorrow with hisnumber.

JOSH:

(defeated)

Okay.

BREITBART:

(to Jamie)

Nice to meet you.

He walks to another table in the back and is greeted byanother man in a suit.

JAMIE:

Jeez Louise, working with him must’vebeen astonishing.

JOSH:

It’s complicated, I felt I was seenas his protege and...I married hisdaughter, I needed to establish myown voice. I think he thought Irejected him, that I was arrogant.

Maybe I was.

Jamie yawns and texts.

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JAMIE:

But you’ll take that meeting -

JOSH:

Probably not.

JAMIE:

You have to, Yosh. I mean, money’smoney, right?

JOSH:

Yeah, but I never pitch...I justdon’t think in sound-bites...

(musing)

I understand we’re a culture of sound-

bites, but -

JAMIE:

(interrupting)

I’ll help you. You know, make itsound beautiful -- it is beautiful --

but beautiful to some suit.

JOSH:

Maybe.

Josh looks over at Breitbart chatting with his lunchcompanion.

JAMIE:

You can totally say No to this, butwould you have any interest in codirecting

with me?

JOSH:

Oh... No, it’s your thing, it shouldbe your thing.

JAMIE:

(quickly)

I totally get it, yeah -

JOSH:

(hesitates)

Yeah...it should be your thing.

Josh puts his hand on the check.

JOSH:

I got it.

JAMIE:

Cool.

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Josh still anticipates some resistance or more appreciation,

something, but gets nothing. He hesitates then throws down

cash.

JOSH:

Shall we go?

JAMIE:

You go ahead, I gotta take a leak.

They embrace. We MOVE with Josh to the door. Somethingoccurs to him. He turns around -

Jamie’s at Breitbart’s table. He gestures animatedly.

Breitbart laughs heartily. Josh watches. Finally, he turnsand exits.

28 INT. JOSH AND CORNELIA’S APARTMENT. DAY 28

Josh is laying random white items of clothing on the bed.

Cornelia practices a hip hop routine.

JOSH:

He just offered it to me like it wasnothing. I’ve been trained to hoard

credit, these kids are so generous.

CORNELIA:

I know.

JOSH:

Yeah. What do you mean, you know?

Which part?

CORNELIA:

About credit. My dad always saidthat about you. You don’t

collaborate well.

JOSH:

He “always” said that? What’s

“always?”

CORNELIA:

I don’t know, twice. I wanted to do

that thing about the public school inthe Bronx and you were really excitedabout it until I suggested we do ittogether and then you kind of droppedit.

Josh is about to defend himself. He hesitates.

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JOSH:

Maybe we should have done it.

still could.

We

CORNELIA:

The time has past.

JOSH:

I’m sorry about that. I want to be

better about that stuff.

CORNELIA:

(hesitates, touched)

Thanks.

Cornelia’s phone rings.

her.

She dances over to it. Josh regards

JOSH:

What is that, a hoe-down?

No!

CORNELIA:

It’s hip-hop.

Cornelia finds her phone.

CORNELIA:

(into phone)

Hey Fox!

29 INT. FLETCHER AND MARINA’S APARTMENT. INTERCUT 29 *

Marina nurses the baby. *

MARINA:

Fox! Do you guys want to come to theConnecticut house this weekend?

*

Josh starts hip hop dancing with Cornelia.

CORNELIA:

(laughing)

Connecticut this weekend?

JOSH:

(loud whisper)

No, we have the ayawasca.

Fletcher walks by in the background.

FLETCHER:

Where’s the cardboard sleeve

for this Wilco CD?

MARINA:

What’s on it?

*

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FLETCHER:

The same image that’s on theCD.

MARINA:

Why do you need it?

is right here.

The CD

*

FLETCHER:

I don’t know. It makes it

special.

MARINA:

It’ll be us and Pepper andher husband Reade and Elise

and Dwight. And then Willow,

Oscar and Peter who they’recalling Nemo.

*

CORNELIA:

That’s a lot of people.

MARINA:

Well, the last three are infants.

*

Josh shakes his head, No and dances more vehemently.

CORNELIA:

(trying not to laugh)

Oh...you know... Actually, we’redoing this ayawasca ceremony withJamie and Darby.

MARINA:

What’s an ayawasca ceremony?

*

CORNELIA:

I guess...there’s a shaman and youdrink this sludgy liquid made from aPeruvian root and you hallucinate andvomit up your demons.

MARINA:

Oh... Okay. We’re just having acookout and maybe playing charades

so...

*

CORNELIA:

It sounds great. Just bad timing.

Josh and Cornelia are both laughing now and doing somecombination of hip-hop/hoe-down.

MARINA:

(clearly disappointed)

Yeah.

*

30 INT. VICTORIAN HOUSE, BROOKLYN. NIGHT 30

A circle of kneeling people all dressed in white. It’s

whatever white they had available at home so it’s mismatched,

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