Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

by Paul Thomas Anderson.

LOGO

Presentation cards with white, red, blue, blue-green

backgrounds, then:

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - EARLY MORNING

CAMERA (STEADICAM) holds on a man in a suit, sitting behind

a desk, on the phone: BARRY EGAN (Adam Sandler)

BARRY

...yes I'm still on hold...

OPERATOR

And what was this?

BARRY

I'm looking at your advertisement

for the airline promotion and

giveaway?

OPERATOR

This is "Fly With Us?"

BARRY

It's hard to understand because it

says in addition to but I can't

exactly understand in addition to

what because there's actually

nothing to add it too...

OPERATOR

I think that's a type-o then, that

would be a mistake.

BARRY

So, just to clarify, I'm sorry: Ten

purchases of any of your Healthy

Choice products equals five hundred

miles and then with the coupon the

same purchases would value one

thousand miles --

OPERATOR

That's it.

BARRY

Do you realize that the monetary

value of this promotion and the

prize is potentially worth more

than the purchases?

OPERATOR

I don't know...I mean: I don't know.

OC DISTANT SOUND OF A CAR SKIDDING TO A STOP, SOME VAGUE,

DISTANT SCREAMING IS HEARD...THEN SILENCE. Barry hears this,

gets distracted, then back to the phone call;

BARRY

Can I call you back if I have any

further questions...? Can I get

your extension?

OPERATOR

It's extension 215 if you want to

try me back.

BARRY

Ok. Thank you.

He hangs up the phone and walks through his warehouse. It's

fairly non-descript place, boxing materials, etc. Products

seem to be mainly silly novelties (pens that light up, key

chains, novelty toilet plungers, etc)

He lifts a LOADING DOOR and LIGHT POURS INSIDE, WASHES OUT

THE FRAME....he's silhouette....CAMERA follows him

out...stays overexposed and over his shoulder as he looks

down towards the street.....

...his business is situated at the end of a common driveway,

shared with a few other nondescript places and an Auto

mechanic....distant SOUND of a car SPEEDING and SKIDDING....

....hold, then:

....a JEEP CHEROKEE comes FLIPPING into FRAME, far off at

the mouth of the alley, on the street. The JEEP ends up

landing RIGHT SIDE UP....HOLD....

.....Barry flinches a little, stares.....the JEEP sits idle

for a moment....then it drives off....then:

A speeding, small TOYOTA comes into view at the mouth of the

alley, screeching to a halt. The passenger side door opens

and a small, wooden HARMONIUM (like a portable organ) is

placed on the ground. The TOYOTA speeds away.....

....a moment or two later another NON-DESCRIPT CAR flies

past very fast....

BEAT. Barry squints, looks at the small HARMONIUM sitting

alone in the middle of the street.

He hesitates, looks around, holds, then walks back inside

his warehouse.

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S WAREHOUSE - THAT MOMENT

Barry on the phone again;

BARRY

....I'm not exactly sure what that

means...

VOICE

If they break or something. What is

it, plastic?

BARRY

It's a plastic, yeah.

VOICE

Right. Alright, lemme call you

first thing tomorrow, I'm gonna run

the numbers, see what's what and

I'll give you a call back --

BARRY

Did you have my home phone number?

VOICE

For what?

BARRY

If you wanted to call me back I

could...

VOICE

I'm fine, I have your work number.

BARRY

Ok...because of the time difference

if you needed to call me early?

VOICE

It's fine. I can just get you at

your office.

BARRY

Ok.

VOICE

Ok, bye, bye.

BARRY

Bye.

He hangs up the phone and walks outside, CAMERA follows him

again, out to the alley, over his shoulder......he looks

down the length of the alley at the Harmonium. HOLD, THEN:

A small FORD ESCORT pulls into the driveway, around the

Harmonium, parks......a young woman named LENA LEONARD

(Emily Watson) exits the car and starts to walk down the

length of the alley towards him.....CAMERA stays over his

shoulder and turns into a profile 2-shot;

LENA

Hi. Do you work at the mechanic?

BARRY

No.

LENA

They're not open yet?

BARRY

They don't get opened until eight.

BEAT. Barry gently steps back and out of the FRAME.

LENA

Is it ok if I leave my car you think?

BARRY

I don't know.

LENA

I thought they opened at seven.

(beat)

If I left my car would it be ok?

BARRY

I don't know.

LENA

Do you know them.

BARRY

Not very well.

LENA

Can I ask you, can I trust to leave

my keys with you and give them to

you so that when they get here you

could give them to them?

BARRY

Ok.

LENA

You think it's ok where I left it,

right there?

BARRY

I think that'll be fine.

Lena hands him her keys, he steps back into FRAME, THEN:

LENA

There's a piano in the street.

BARRY

Yeah.

BEAT.

LENA

Ok. Maybe I'll see you later. Thank

you for your help.

BARRY

Thank you.

LENA

Maybe I'll see you later, when I

pick up my car?

BARRY

Ok.

She walks away....he starts back inside the warehouse,

hesitates, watches her go.....right before she reaches the

end of the alley, she glances back quickly, over her

shoulder....he dodges inside real quick.....

HOLD THE EMPTY FRAME......then he steps back out.....looks

off at the Harmonium.....and the empty street.....he looks

around some more....then he makes the long walk down the

street.

ON THE STREET.

Barry stares at the Harmonium a little bit, looks around,

both ways, then casually picks it up and walks back towards

his business.....

He brings it into his office and places it on his desk. He

tries a few keys....pressing down...there's no sound.

He presses his hand on the foot pedal and presses a key and

a small note is made.....BEAT....he does it again....and

holds the note.....

CUT TO BLACK.

INT. WAREHOUSE - OFFICE - EARLY MORNING

Barry enters the warehouse with harmonium and runs into his

office. He places it on the desk and hits a key: no sound.

Barry goes to his knees and unlatched the bellows. He pumps

the bellow, reaches up, presses a note, and another...then

stands up into CU. and presses the 5 note

melody......SUDDENLY: THE SOUND OF THE POD BAY DOOR SLIDING....

....Barry spins around, scared shitless, sees: LANCE, who

enters the warehouse, Barry rushes out to greet him;

LANCE

Hey, good morning, Barry.

BARRY

Hey...Lance....can I.....

LANCE

You ok?

BARRY

Yes I'm fine.

LANCE

Why you wearin' a suit?

BARRY

Um....I bought one. I thought maybe

it would be nice to get dressed for

work, can I show you something?

LANCE

Yeah.....you got here early huh?

BARRY

....yes.....

They enter into the office, Lance sees the harmonium;

LANCE

What is this?

BARRY

I don't know. I think it's a

piano....a small piano.

LANCE

That's not a piano.....I have a

piano at home.....where'd you get it?

Lance walks around behind the harmonium....leaving Barry

alone....towards the warehouse......he starts to back up a

little.....

BARRY

Well.....it was dropped on the

street.....

Sal, Ernesto and Rico all start to come into work behind

Barry.....he sees them: CAMERA pushes in on Barry....

LANCE (OC)

Why is it here? Barry....Barry?

BARRY

...it just....I don't know....I

don't know.

LAND IN CU. ON BARRY. CUT TO BLACK.

TITLE CARD Punch-drunk Love Movie

(maybe color blooms/overture here)

INT. WAREHOUSE/MAIN AREA - DAY

CAMERA pushes in slow as Barry and Lance talk to TWO

CUSTOMERS about the plungers which are on display in front

of them. They speak all over each other doing shop talk, etc;

CUSTOMER

You do guaranteed sale? etc.

BARRY

We back our plungers 100

RICO

Barry, your sister is on line one.

They look at him a moment....

BARRY

I'm just gonna grab this call real

quick?

ANGLE, REVERSE. Barry turns and heads for the phone nearby

at Rico's station;

BARRY

(into phone)

.....This is Barry.

RHONDA

Hey it's me, it's Rhonda. Are you

coming to the party tonight?

BARRY

Hi, Rhonda, yes I am.

RHONDA

Bye.

She hangs up.

BARRY

Ok. Yes I'll see you tonight.

Barry takes a few steps back to the Customers:

BARRY

Sorry about that: One thing I

wanted to point out, Dave, is that

we've just received a large order

from the Rio Hotel and Casino in

Las Vegas where we're going to be

supplying their hotel rooms with

the dice and money plunger, so

these babies are really moving well

right now...

RICO

(over loudspeaker)

Barry, your sister's on line two.

Barry, your sister's on line two.

Barry tries again to ignore it....

BARRY

With the Aqua Blast Whales and

Speed Boats we're gonna ask for a

display at eye level for the little

kids.....

RICO

Barry --

BARRY

-- excuse me.

Barry walks back to the phone;

BARRY

This is Barry.

KAREN

Hey it's me, what are you doing?

BARRY

Hello, Karen. I'm just working.

KAREN

Yeah but what are you doing?

BARRY

I'm just working....I have some

customers here.....

KAREN

So you can't talk to me?

BARRY

I have a few people here, I can't

really chat right now.

KAREN

"chat?" Did you just say "chat?"

BARRY

Well, I can't talk though --

KAREN

You just fucking said "chat," that

is so -- what are you now? "chat."

I'm just calling to make sure you

show up at this party tonight.

BARRY

Yes, I'll be there.

KAREN

Fine. You get back to chatting with

your precious customers.

BARRY

Ok, bye-bye.

Barry snaps out of this, turns, claps his hands in confidence

and walks back to the customers and says:

BARRY

Sorry about that.

CUSTOMER

I didn't know you had a sister?

BARRY

.....Well yes I do....

(beat)

But one more thing I wanted to tell

you guys about the new plungers is

that we're making the handles now

in a non-breakable material

called.....

He takes one of the plungers and to demonstrate smacks it on

the table....it SMASHES and rice falls out everywhere....

BARRY

Ok...this is one of the old ones, I

think. Lance do we have any new

plungers around?

Lance moves to get a new plunger....

BARRY

That was a little embarrassing and

that was one of the old handles so

let me get a new one to show you --

RICO

(loudspeaker)

Barry, your sister is on line one.

Barry holds, then;

CUSTOMER

How many sisters do you have?

BARRY

....I have seven.

CUSTOMER #2

Holy shit. You have seven sisters?

BARRY

They're calling because we're

having a party tonight for my

sister and the they're just

calling....can you hang on for just

two more minutes....?

Barry walks this time into his office......CAMERA tracks

with Barry to his office, seeing him try and shake this

off.....He EXITS FRAME.

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - OFFICE - THAT MOMENT

Barry enters, takes a quick moment to size up the

harmonium.....He picks up the phone and through the

conversation gently moves the harmonium to a different spot

on the desk;

BARRY

This is Barry.

KATHLEEN

What are you doing?

BARRY

Hi, Kathleen, I'm just working.

KATHLEEN

Are you going to the party tonight?

BARRY

Yes I am.

KATHLEEN

What are you doing?

BARRY

Nothing.

KATHLEEN

Right now, you're doing nothing?

BARRY

I'm just talking on the phone to

you and standing.

KATHLEEN

What time are you gonna be there?

BARRY

Seven o'clock.

KATHLEEN

You can't be late.

BARRY

I won't.

KATHLEEN

I'm serious.

BARRY

I know.

KATHLEEN

Seriously.

BARRY

Ok.

KATHLEEN

You can't be late though.

BARRY

I know.

KATHLEEN

You can't just not show up like you

do, you have to go.

BARRY

I know.

KATHLEEN

Seriously.

BARRY

I know.

KATHLEEN

You can't just stay in your house.

BARRY

I know.

KATHLEEN

Yeah but I'm serious.

BARRY

Ok.

KATHLEEN

I'll see you there.

BARRY

I'll see you there.

KATHLEEN

Don't puss out.

BARRY

I won't.

Barry plays the 5 note melody on the Harmonium (carries over

into next scene....)

CUT TO:

INT./EXT. WAREHOUSE - LATER (BRIDGE/BREAK MUSIC WISE)

Barry and his workers are having lunch. A LUNCH TRUCK is

parked by the driveway. Barry sees the CAR that Lena brought

by at the start of the movie....OC CALL from one of the

workers;

WORKER

Telephone Barry on line one.

A mechanic passes by at this moment, keeps walking past;

BARRY

What's wrong with her car?

MECHANIC

Wha?

BARRY

Is that car gonna be ok?

MECHANIC

It's fine.

The mechanic keeps walking....Barry enters.

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE/NEAR LANCE'S DESK - LATE AFTERNOON

Barry and the boys are prepping some boxes for shipping.

Ernesto walks over, says;

ERNESTO

Barry, your sister's here.

Barry stands up fast, stumbles back a bit over some boxes,

recovers, ELIZABETH enters:

ELIZABETH

Hey, how are you?

BARRY

I'm fine, hi, how are you?

ELIZABETH

I'm just stopping by to say hello.

BARRY

Hello.

ELIZABETH

So you're coming tonight, right?

BARRY

Yes, indeed, yes I am.

ELIZABETH

There's this girl, this friend of

mine from work that I think is

really cute and really cool and I

want you to meet her so I was

thinking about bringing her to the

party tonight.

BARRY

Oh yeah no I don't want to do that.

ELIZABETH

Why?

BARRY

Well I don't want to do something

like that.

ELIZABETH

She's my friend and you should meet

her. You'd like her.

BARRY

Yeah, but please don't do that.

ELIZABETH

I'm not really asking you, I'm

telling you.

BARRY

Yeah but please don't do that:

everyone would be looking at me.

ELIZABETH

It's a free country, we can look at

you if we want to.

BARRY

Yes but I get tense and I feel like

I can't be myself if that happens.

ELIZABETH

That's your fault not mine.

BARRY

I don't think I'm going to the party.

ELIZABETH

So it's ok if I bring her.

BARRY

Please don't.

ELIZABETH

She's really cute and she's really

nice.

BARRY

...please, I just don't want it....

ELIZABETH

....wait a minute: why is this

about you now? Why is it always

about you?

BARRY

Yeah, no, it's not, it's just --

ELIZABETH

I'm trying to be your friend.

BARRY

I know.

ELIZABETH

I'm trying to get you a girlfriend.

BARRY

Well, yeah, thank you, but --

ELIZABETH

-- but since you're not going I

guess none of this matters and I'll

bring her anyway.

BEAT. HOLD. She stares him down.

ELIZABETH

All I'm trying to do is be your

friend.

She leaves. HOLD ON BARRY. He air punches/twitch.

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - LATER/BLUE HOUR - NIGHT

Barry is alone, closing up. He takes a look at the Harmonium

and presses it, makes a sound....a little bit more....makes

a few notes. END SCORE QUE as it blends and fades into the

notes that Barry plays.

BEAT. He closes its small cover, does something on his desk

and then:

His face gets bright red, he holds back tears, opens his

mouth and has a serious but small burst of overwhelming

emotion and then it's over.

INT. SUPERMARKET - NIGHT

CU. BIRTHDAY CARD.

Barry's hands reaches in and picks a birthday card.

ANGLE, WIDER, THAT MOMENT.

Barry grabs the card and starts to push his cart....but he

pushes it straight into a SIX YEAR OLD KID who's pushing a

cart around....they slam into each other....

Barry apologizes....the KID just takes off....Barry's cart

now has a slightly damaged wheel that wobbles like crazy....

ANGLE, FROZEN FOOD AISLE.

CAMERA tracks left to right with Barry as he heads for the

Healthy Choice Frozen Dinner. He grabs one.

CU. BARRY. LOW ANGLE.

He looks at box.

BARRY'S POV - THE BOX

Slow zoom in. The sticker reads: "Fly Away With Us! The More

You Buy The More You Earn."

ANGLE, SOUP SECTION.

CAMERA tracks along right to left with Barry as he moves

towards some SOUP. He grabs one, inspects it.....then puts

it back.

CU. SOUP CAN.

It's put back on the shelf: TILT down to price: 79 cents.

Barry turns his cart around and SMACKS right into someone

else again, screwing up another wheel on his cart.

ANGLE, BARRY.

CAMERA, tracks alongside him, left to right as he comes

across: PUDDING. The price: 4/$1.00.

MED. BARRY in the middle of the aisle.

He reacts......smiles...holds....thinks....looks around,

then starts to load up on the pudding.

ANGLE, BARRY.

He pushes TWO SHOPPING CARTS FULL OF PUDDING over to the

STORE MANAGER who's on his knees, stacking milk.....Barry

kneels down, CAMERA PUSHES INTO A CU. as he speaks sotto;

MANAGER

Hello.

BARRY

Hello, sir. My name is Barry Egan

and I'd like to ask if you have any

more Healthy Choice pudding in the

back?

CUT TO:

INT. SUSAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The door opens slowly and Barry peers his head around and

into the house very cautiously, CAMERA PUSHES IN and PANS

slightly LEFT to reveal: THE KITCHEN.

Barry's SEVEN SISTERS are all there, preparing dinner and

talking away....they turn and see him;

SUSAN

There he is! Do you remember when

we used to call you gay and you'd

get all mad?

KATHLEEN

-- we were calling you gay and you

got so mad that you threw a hammer

through the sliding glass door --

do you remember?

BARRY

I don't really remember that.

KATHLEEN

Yes you do. We were calling you Gay

Boy and you got so mad....

BARRY

Yes, yes, right.

SUSAN

We're trying to remember why you

had the hammer in the first place?

BARRY

...um.....

KATHLEEN

The hammer that you threw....why

did you have it?

SUSAN

You don't remember -- you had the

hammer and you threw it -- ?

BARRY

I remember, yes.....

SUSAN

Why did you have it?

Another sister, RHONDA, enters from behind, Barry jumps, says:

RHONDA

He was building a ramp for the dog.

KATHLEEN

He was making a ramp for the dog!

That's right!

SUSAN

That's right....ramp for the

dog..... And you just threw the

hammer.

BARRY

(to Rhonda)

Happy Birthday, Rhonda.

RHONDA

Thank you. Thank you so much, Barry.

She gives him a very quick hug and kiss and sets the cake

next to a bigger, cooler looking cake.

Mia approaches holding a baby.....Barry tries to say hello

to the baby, but Mia slowly turns the baby out of Barry's

grasp....making herself the center of his attention;

KITCHEN/DINING ROOM, THAT MOMENT

Barry gets slightly turned around trying to reach the

baby...and ends up in a doorway that leads to the dining

room, revealing himself to: ELIZABETH, KAREN, NICOLE AND

ANNA. There are also: THREE BROTHER IN LAW'S (WALTER, LARRY

AND STEVE)

ELIZABETH

Hey....I was just telling everyone

about how I was gonna bring this

girl for you but you wouldn't let

me do it.

BARRY

Hello everyone.

KAREN steps up and greets him;

KAREN

Did you think that we'd all be

looking at you?

BARRY

No, no, no.

KAREN

Well it's just not true. We

wouldn't be looking at you -- why

are you wearing this suit? Did you

say hello to your brother in law's?

STEVE/LARRY

Hi, Barry. How ya doin? Good, good.

KAREN

Say hello to them, that's right,

good, good. Ok. Come on, we're

gonna eat now.....let's go.....

Barry shakes hands and hello's with the brother in law's.

He's left alone for a moment with Walter and Elizabeth;

WALTER

How you doin' Barry?

BARRY

Hi Walter.

WALTER

How's business?

BARRY

Business is very food, thanks.

ELIZABETH

What's very food?

BARRY

What?

ELIZABETH

You just said very food.

BARRY

Did I say that?

WALTER

Yeah.

BARRY

That was weird. I meant good.

WALTER

Maybe you said that because you're

hungry.....

Walter moves to help everyone...they're moving to set the

table......

CAMERA CLOSES IN ON BARRY AND ELIZABETH alone for a beat:

ELIZABETH

You're lucky. She couldn't come

anyway --

BARRY

Well I'm glad you didn't, thank you.

ELIZABETH

She couldn't come I said. Are you

nervous?

BARRY

No.

ELIZABETH

You look nervous.

BARRY

I'm not, I'm very happy.

RHONDA passes;

RHONDA

Come on homo-boy, we're eating now.

Elizabeth leaves, HOLD ON BARRY.

CAMERA PUSHES IN TOWARDS EVERYONE SETTING THE

TABLE.....CAMERA ROTATES AROUND.....everyone is still

chatting a bit about "Barry gay boy," and "the girl that was

gonna be here that Barry wouldn't allow."

ANGLE, REVERSE. Barry is standing in front of the floor to

ceiling sliding glass doors.....in an INSTANT, he TURNS AND

THROWS HIS FIST STRAIGHT THROUGH THREE OF THEM, THEY

SHATTER....he turns back, they are all staring straight at

him in silence. HOLD, THEN:

In unison they all go ape shit:

GROUP

WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM.

GODDAMNIT BARRY. YOU FUCKIN' MANIAC.

ETC. ETC.

CUT TO:

INT. SUSAN'S HOUSE - HALLWAY - LATER

It's later and WALTER and BARRY walk down a small hall and

into a kids room. They're OC for a few moments as the CAMERA

slowly pushes in and towards the room. Following sotto;

WALTER

What's up?

BARRY

Well I'm sorry. Before...

WALTER

Mhm.

BARRY

And I'm sorry that I did that.

WALTER

It's alright.

BARRY

I wanted to ask you because you're

a doctor, right?

WALTER

Yeah.

BARRY

I don't like the way I am sometimes.

(beat)

Can you help me?

WALTER

Barry, I'm a dentist, what kind of

help do you think I can give you?

BARRY

I know that. Maybe you know other

doctors?

WALTER

Like a psychiatrist?

BARRY

I don't have anyone to talk to

things about and I understand it's

confidential with a doctor - I'm

embarrassed about that and I don't

want my sisters to know?

WALTER

You want a number for a

psychiatrist, I can get you one,

that's not a problem. but what

exactly is wrong?

BARRY

I don't know if there's anything

wrong with me because I don't know

how other people are.....Sometimes

I cry a lot.....for no reason.

Barry starts to cry. Walter just stares at his. HOLD.

Barry stops, recuperates, then leaves.....as he does;

BARRY

Please don't tell my sisters.

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT - LATER

CU. HEALTHY CHOICE COUPON.

Barry's scissors cut out a coupon and reveal an image

beneath in another section of the newspaper...it's the sexy

LEG of a woman....

BARRY very casually pushes some papers aside and looks at

the ad...

HOLD ON HIS FACE. He looks....then:

MOMENTS LATER, BARRY ON THE PHONE.

He listens;

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

Hi, this is Janice The Operator,

who's this?

BARRY

Hello, how are you?

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

Hi, is this your first time calling?

BARRY

Yes it is.

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

Can I have your credit card number,

followed by the expiration date?

BARRY

Can I ask how much is this?

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

-- it's $2.99 per minute for the

first half hour and $1.99 per

minute after that.

BARRY

......and this is confidential?

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

What do you mean?

BARRY

It's....confidential, the call, my

information is private.

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

Of course. Would you like to talk

to a girl? I can connect you with a

beautiful girl if I can just get

your credit card number followed by

the expiration date?

BARRY

...3407 2627 3444 8095 expiration

05/04.

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

And your billing address and the

name as it appears on the card?

BARRY

.....1274 Moorpark. Sherman Oaks,

California. #4. 91403.

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

And your name?

BARRY

Barry Egan.

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

And your Social Security number.

BARRY

What's that for?

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

It's just for verification through

the credit card company.

BARRY

-- and this is confidential?

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

Of course, it's just for us to

verify your credit card information.

It's completely confidential and it

appears on your credit card billing

statement as D&D Mattress Man.

BARRY

337.....I'm sorry....

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

It's ok, take your time.

BARRY

337-09-9876. But I don't want

anyone to know my name.

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

No one will know your name.

BARRY

Can you say that my name is Jack?

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

You want her to call you Jack?

BARRY

I just don't want anyone to know

it's me.

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

That's fine. Can I have a telephone

number, area code first on where we

can call you back?

BARRY

No I just....I don't want to, I

just want to be connected to talk

to a girl.

OPERATOR GIRL (OC)

It's a call back service -- a girl

will call you back.

BARRY

I thought I was just gonna be

connected to talk to a girl -

that's fine, ok, I'm sorry, it's,

um.....818....

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER

Barry waiting at his dining room table. HOLD. The PHONE

RINGS. He picks it up;

BARRY

Hello, this is Back.

SEXY VOICE

Hi, is this Jack?

BARRY

Yes.

SEXY VOICE

This is Georgia.

BARRY

Hi. This is Jack.

SEXY VOICE

So what are you doing tonight, Jack?

BARRY

Nothing.

SEXY VOICE

Nothing, huh, do you know what I'm

doing?

BARRY

No.

SEXY VOICE

I'm just laying on my bed.

BARRY

Where are you?

SEXY VOICE

I'm in my bedroom.

BARRY

No, I mean, what city, what state

are you in?

SEXY VOICE

Are you watching a porno movie?

BARRY

No.

SEXY VOICE

Do you like porno movies?

BARRY

Sure.

SEXY VOICE

Yeah....? So...Jack...are you

stroking that big fat fucking cock

of yours?

He walks into something.

BARRY

....no....

SEXY VOICE

Yeah? So what are you doing, then?

BARRY

...just talking to you....

SEXY VOICE

Are your pants off?

BARRY

No.

SEXY VOICE

I'm wearing a t-shirt and panties.

BARRY

Really?

SEXY VOICE

Yeah. And looking at myself in the

mirror. Do you wanna know what I

look like?

BARRY

It doesn't matter.

SEXY VOICE

What do you mean it doesn't matter?

BARRY

Well. I have no way of knowing. So

it doesn't matter.

SEXY VOICE

I don't lie, Jack. I'm about 5'8,

blonde 34,28,34. Pretty thin, I

work out. My pussy's shaved. My

friends say I'm pretty cute, so....

BARRY

Really?

SEXY VOICE

What do you mean, "really?" Yeah.

Really. What about you?

BARRY

It doesn't matter.

SEXY VOICE

Yeah....you're married aren't you,

Jack?

BARRY

No.

SEXY VOICE

You have a girlfriend?

BARRY

...yes...

SEXY VOICE

Where is she?

BARRY

She's...not here...she went out.

She went out of town, she travels a

lot.

Barry holds his head in his hands for minute, then stands

out of it --

INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER

SEXY VOICE

I'm horny, Jack, what about you?

BARRY

...yeah.....

SEXY VOICE

Does Jack like to Jack Off?

BARRY

Sometimes when I'm lonely.

SEXY VOICE

...yeah....well you have me now.

BARRY

You sound very cute, very nice.

SEXY VOICE

Thank you. What do you do, Barry?

BARRY

I have my own business....I work. I

work hard at doing my business.

SEXY VOICE

Yeah....do you do well, do you make

alotta money?

BARRY

I do pretty good, I think. I wish I

was making more, doing a little bit

better. I can,t get over a certain

hump. I will...I will crack

something soon I think and really

do better...I'd like to

diversify...but I'm doing great, I

think, as a start.

SEXY VOICE

So.....are you stroking it, yet,

honey?

BARRY

No.

SEXY VOICE

Well why don't you take your pants

off and stroke it for me?

BARRY

Ok.

SEXY VOICE

Yeah...that's it...God I Am So

Horny...I wish I was there to help

you.....I wish I was there for you,

Barry.

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S BATHROOM/BEDROOM - LATER

It's a little bit later and Barry stands in his bathroom,

washes his face....HOLD....then he dries his face, walks

into his bedroom, gets into bed wearing T-shirt and

underwear.....he crawls in, curls up in fetal position....

JUMP CUT TO:

INT. SAME EXACT ANGLE - MORNING

Sun comes in now. Barry is somehow dressed in a FULL ADIDAS

SWEAT SUIT complete with SNEAKERS. He wakes up, looks down

and sees this, confused;

BARRY

Whassis?

CUT TO:

INT. KITCHEN - MOMENTS LATER

Barry is dressed for work in another suit now. He grabs some

stuff and heads for the door when the phone rings;

BARRY

Hello?

SEXY VOICE

Hey. What are you doing? How are you?

BARRY

I'm fine. Who is this?

SEXY VOICE

Georgia.

BEAT.

BARRY

Hi....what....what's up....?

SEXY VOICE

It's ok that I'm calling, right, I

mean? It's ok.

BARRY

Yeah. No. It's ok. What's goin' on?

SEXY VOICE

I just wanted to call and talk to

you, thank you for last night, try

and get you before you went to work

and say, "hey."

BEAT.

BARRY

I'm going to work.

SEXY VOICE

Uhhh...I am sooo tired...I stayed

up too late last night, what about

you, when did you go to sleep?

BARRY

Not very late.

SEXY VOICE

You're going to work now?

BARRY

Yes.

SEXY VOICE

Can I ask you a question?

BARRY

Uh-huh.

SEXY VOICE

Remember last night I was talking

to you and I was telling you about

my apartment, my rent -- ?

(beat)

Do you remember?

BARRY

Yes.

SEXY VOICE

This is really weird and really

embarrassing for me but....uh....

(beat)

I was wondering if you could help

me out with a little bit of money.

BARRY

Me?

SEXY VOICE

Yeah.

BARRY

I can't really. Yeah, no. I mean. I

can't afford it.

SEXY VOICE

You don't even know how much it is.

BARRY

I know but I....how much is it?

SEXY VOICE

Like seven-fifty. Seven hundred fifty?

BARRY

Yes, no, yes. I can't. I can't

afford that. I'm sorry. Sorry.

SEXY VOICE

Really? Please?

BARRY

You have trouble, financial trouble?

SEXY VOICE

Yeah. It's so hard these days and I

really need it.

BARRY

Yes I can't....I don't make enough

money to be able to do that.

SEXY VOICE

I thought you had your own business.

You said you were gonna diversify

and all that stuff....

BEAT. Barry steps back a little....

SEXY VOICE

So you think you can?

BARRY

No. I'm sorry.

SEXY VOICE

Should I call back and talk to your

girlfriend?

BARRY

....what....?

SEXY VOICE

I was wondering if it's better to

ask your girlfriend for the money?

It could be really easy. I mean, I

have all your information, credit

card information and billing stuff --

Barry hangs up the phone real fast. HOLD. He doesn't move.

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S WORK/WAREHOUSE - MORNING/LATER

CAMERA (HAND HELD) behind Barry, as he walks through the

warehouse, greets the boys, says hello to Lance, etc. Lance,

taking his cue from Barry, is a bit more dressed up today....

LANCE

Good morning, Barry....

BARRY

Hi, Lance.

LANCE

What's with all this pudding, what

is this?

CAMERA sees that all the pudding Barry bought has been

stacked neatly in a corner. Barry stops dead in his tracks

to explain;

BARRY

That's part of a very interesting

airline promotion giveaway that's

really tremendous. I'm going to

start a collection of pudding and

coupons that can be redeemed for

frequent flyer miles through

Healthy Choice and American

Airlines --

LANCE

You're goin' on a trip?

BARRY

No.........but airline miles are

just like a currency these days.

LANCE

You should go on a trip.

BARRY

No thanks.

LANCE

So what should I do with the pudding?

BARRY

Let's just leave it there for now.

Barry goes into his office and looks at the Harmonium. BEAT.

He presses some keys, makes a little more noise with it. (a

quarter of some sort of melody starts here...)

ANGLE, MOMENTS LATER.

Barry is cutting up his CREDIT CARD with some scissors. He

throws it away.

ANGLE, MOMENTS LATER.

Barry paces around a little bit.....CAMERA stays inside and

watches him as he walks outside for a moment, looks

around....he sees something outside, hesitates, then dodges

back inside the warehouse --

-- once inside, he takes a horrendous, hurtful fall over

something....He stands up quick;

BARRY

This is not supposed to be here.

Seriously. Carlos, Carlos, this is

really not supposed to be here. I

don't mean to be a dick; but that's

gonna hurt someone. It already did

hurt someone: It hurt me, so please

let's move that.

He backs away, then steps OUT OF FRAME...a moment later

ELIZABETH (his sister) and LENA (from the opening) enter the

warehouse, walking towards Barry;

ELIZABETH

(to Lena)

He's wearing a suit again, I don't

know why he's wearing a suit, he

doesn't usually dress like that --

LENA

It's fine.

CAMERA pushes in towards LENA and blends to 30fps...she

smiles, looks ahead, CAMERA slowly pans a 180 around to

become her POV.

Barry is standing near the harmonium, fiddling around. He

looks up, sees Elizabeth and Lena walking towards him and

tenses....they meet in the middle of the warehouse;

ELIZABETH

Hey, what are you doing? Why are

you wearing a suit again?

BARRY

I don't know.

LENA

Hi.

BARRY

Hi.

LENA

Do you remember me, I left my car,

yesterday.

BARRY

Yes I do.

ELIZABETH

This is Lena, she's a good friend

of mine from work. We were in the

neighborhood and she had to pick up

her car and we're getting breakfast

before we go in, so did you want to

go? We're gonna go and eat, let's go.

BARRY

Yeah I can't.

ELIZABETH

Why?

BARRY

I have work, I can't leave.

ELIZABETH

Seriously, though: We're going to

eat, I said.

BARRY

I'm sorry.

LENA

It's ok. That's alright.

ELIZABETH

Are you learning how to play the

piano? What is that?

BARRY

It's not a piano. LANCE! LANCE!

MAKE SURE THAT YOU CALL THAT GUY IN

TOLEDO.

LANCE (OC)

WHICH?

BARRY

...I'll tell you later.

ELIZABETH

You don't wanna come to eat with us?

WORKER VOICE

TELEPHONE BARRY ON LINE TWO!

ELIZABETH

What's all this pudding?

BARRY

I don't know. Can you hang on a

second?

CAMERA follows Barry as he walks back to his little office,

picks up the phone;

BARRY

Hello?

SEXY VOICE

We got disconnected before....

BARRY

No. No. We got disconnect --

why?.....you're calling me at

work....how did you get this

number -- ?

SEXY VOICE

See the thing is I could make it

really easy on you -- I already

have your credit card number, your

information, address and stuff.

This is so awkward asking like

this, I'm sorry --

BARRY

This makes me very uncomfortable.

SEXY VOICE

I need help.

BEAT.

SEXY VOICE

Should I just ask your girlfriend?

(beat)

Maybe I should call back and talk

to your girlfriend?

BARRY

I don't have a girlfriend --

SEXY VOICE

-- you said you did.

BARRY

I know I did. But I don't.

SEXY VOICE

You lied to me?

BARRY

I didn't lie.

SEXY VOICE

Why did you tell me you did, then?

BARRY

This is....illegal....I'll call the

police.

SEXY VOICE

No you won't.

ANGLE, ELIZABETH AND LENA

LENA

I'll go pay for my car.

ELIZABETH

Are you sure?

LENA

Yeah.

ELIZABETH

He's being weird, I'm sorry. I have

no idea why he's being weird and

dressed in a suit --

LENA

It's not bad, it's ok.

ELIZABETH

-- he's so strange I don't know if

you really even would want to go

out with him, someone like him, I

said I'd try, but it's just --

LENA

It's ok, it's alright. I'll come

right back, I'll just go pay for my

car.

ELIZABETH

Sorry.

She leaves. Elizabeth heads for Barry's office;

ANGLE, BARRY on the phone

SEXY VOICE

Come on, I thought we had fun, rich

boy --

BARRY

This is not cool.

SEXY VOICE

It was cool last night.

BARRY

I have to go.

SEXY VOICE

Are you telling me no?

BARRY

No I'm sorry, now I have to get off

the phone....

SEXY VOICE

....this is your mistake....

Elizabeth comes walking into his office, starts whispering

to him as he's on the phone;

ELIZABETH

Hey, hey, you should ask her out --

what do you think, she's cute, right?

BARRY

(into phone)

I'm gonna call you back.

He starts to hang up the phone, turns to Elizabeth as we hear;

SEXY VOICE

(trailing off)

...MOTHERFUCKER, NO....

BARRY

She is. I think, why did you come

here like this?

ELIZABETH

It's not cool?

BARRY

It's fine, but --

ELIZABETH

-- do you think you'll ask her out?

BARRY

I feel really on the spot now.

ELIZABETH

Are you gonna do it?

BARRY

I don't do that. I don't - things

like that.

ELIZABETH

You don't do anything, why are you

being scared?

BARRY

I'm not being scared, you're just

going to rag me if I do this --

ELIZABETH

I'm not gonna rag you. Why would I

do this just to rag you?

BARRY

I don't know.

ELIZABETH

I'll leave then, I'll go to get

something from my car, go away so

you don't feel pressure. Can I ask

you a serious question:

BARRY

What?

ELIZABETH

Did you ask Walter to get you a

shrink?

(beat)

Barry, did you ask Walter to get

you a shrink? What's wrong with you?

Are you ok?

BARRY

I didn't ask him that. He's lying.

ELIZABETH

You're being weird again, see. Come

on. Please don't be weird.

ANGLE, BARRY AND ELIZABETH, MOMENTS LATER

They walk out and as they do, Lena comes back in with her

keys in her hand, Elizabeth keeps walking past;

ELIZABETH

I gotta grab something from my car....

LENA

We should be going --

ELIZABETH

(over her shoulder)

Yeah, no, I have to get something

from my car, I said.

Barry and Lena about to be alone as Lance walks up;

LANCE

Which guy in Toledo are you talking

about?

BARRY

I'll tell you...the

guy...with...just talk to me later

about it, ok?

LANCE

You talkin' to me about Ramada Inn?

BARRY

I have to talk to you in a second

about that, Lance, ok?

He walks away, Lena turns to him;

LENA

I'm sorry I couldn't come to your

sister's birthday party last night,

Elizabeth had invited me and I

couldn't make it --

BARRY

It's fine. It was fun, though.

LENA

It must be weird for you to have so

many sisters?

BARRY

No. Not at all. It's nice.

WORKER (OC)

Telephone, Barry Line One!

Barry turns instantly and walks away....he turns back as he

walks....TWO SHOT - track left with him....

BARRY

(turns back)

One second, sorry.

IN THE OFFICE, THAT MOMENT

He picks up the phone.

BARRY

Hello?

SEXY VOICE

Hang up again and see the trouble

it's gonna make.

Barry instantly hangs up the phone, turns around and walks

back to Lena;

LENA

Business is good, you're busy?

BARRY

Yeah, not really.

LENA

I saw a picture of you.

BARRY

Yes.

LENA

Elizabeth has a picture of you

guys -- your sisters and you, it's

a lot of family, it must be nice.

BARRY

Do you have brothers or sisters?

LENA

No. I'm the exact opposite --

BARRY

That must be nice. That must be

really, really, really great.

LENA

It's terrible, no.

No response from Barry. (cut to reverse 2-shot as they look)

LENA

What do you do with all this pudding?

BARRY

That's not mine it's one of the

guys that works here. That

pudding's not mine.

BEAT. In the b.g., two WORKERS are dealing with getting a

large crate on top of a large stack of crates, they're using

a fork lift....in an instant the large CRATE tumbles to the

ground and SMASHES....Barry attempts to not notice this;

LENA

Oh My God.

BARRY

It's ok. That's ok. How long have

you worked with Elizabeth?

The workers start calling out and apologizing for this to

Barry, who keeps looking straight ahead to Lena;

LENA

Six months, maybe five, five or six

months...do you wanna check that?

BARRY

(to the guys)

Are you guys hurt?

WORKERS/LANCE

No, no, we're ok....Barry, sorry --

BARRY

(back to Lena)

So you do what she does, the same

work, the same job?

LENA

I do, but I do field consultations

mainly too which is cool because I

get to travel. I travel. A lot of

the time. I'm going to Hawaii on

Friday.

BARRY

That's great -- Hawaii. I was

thinking about going there.

LENA

Really?

BARRY

I was, yeah, I was thinking about

going there for business --

LENA

-- well, if you're gonna go --

BARRY

-- I'm probably not gonna go though.

LENA

-- oh that's too bad, it's so great

over there and if you were there we

could say hello to each other or

something --

BARRY

-- yeah that would be great, if I

was gonna go but I'm not exactly

sure, I have so much goin on

here -- A lot depends on this thing

I might do here and if that happens

I can't go and if it doesn't happen

then I probably will, but I doubt it.

There's another LOUD CRASH as they try to reposition the box

that's fallen, giving way to something else that FALLS. In

other words, to correct the mistake they've already made,

they have to sacrifice another CRATE that CRASHES. She

looks, Barry just flinches, tries to stay looking straight

ahead; CAMERA (HAND HELD) with Elizabeth, comes walking back

in.....says to Barry:

ELIZABETH

I can't find that thing in my car,

I can't find it so I'll just get it

and give it to you later. So?

LENA

(to Elizabeth)

You ready?

ELIZABETH

Are you coming to eat with us?

BARRY

Yeah I can't.

ELIZABETH

(at the crates)

OH MY GOD. Look at that.

LENA

(to Barry)

It was great to meet you again. To

see you again, thanks for helping

me yesterday --

BARRY

Ok.

ELIZABETH

(to Barry)

What's all this pudding?

BARRY

It's not mine.

ELIZABETH

Why's it here?

BARRY

I have no idea.

LENA

(to Elizabeth)

Are you ready?

ELIZABETH

(to Barry)

Will you call me later to talk

about asking Walter for the shrink?

And we can talk about - he said you

have this crying problem or something?

LENA

Bye, Barry.

BARRY

Goodbye.

ELIZABETH

Call me later.

Lena and Elizabeth leave. CAMERA leads them as they walk;

Sound starts to drop out, we see Barry and the boys cleaning

up the boxes in the back....move into a CU on Lena....Music

Cue. Score. treated piano, small rhythm/melodic(notes of

harmonium so far)/gentle.

ELIZABETH

So I'll meet you at the restaraunt?

LENA

Ok.

Lena gets into her car. Elizabeth keeps walking. She waits

until Elizabeth is out of sight at the mouth of the driveway

and then she gets back out of her car and walks straight

back into the warehouse.

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - THAT MOMENT

She comes walking in and over to Barry;

LENA

I'm going to go and eat tomorrow

night do you want to go with me?

BARRY

Sure.

LENA

Do you want to pick me up?

BARRY

Sure.

LENA

Can I write down my address and

phone number for you?

BARRY

Sure.

They do a small search for a piece of paper, get it all

written down and sorted out and then -- as they do this

there is even more CRASHING AND SMASHING in the b.g., by the

boys -- Barry and Lena settle up and say so long.

BARRY

This is funny.

LENA

Yeah.

BARRY

I didn't ask anyone for a shrink,

that was someone else. Also: This

pudding is not mine. Also: I'm

wearing a suit because I had a very

important business meeting this

morning and I don't have a crying

problem.

LENA

Ok.

BARRY

Alright?

LENA

....Hi.....

BARRY

....Hi.....

She walks off. CAMERA leads her out, holds a CU. as she

smiles to herself -- lead her a bit more until she's

outside, and she gets in her car --

CU. BARRY. He smiles, looks around, holds back his emotion

so it looks like he'll explode....tenses, smiles, tears,

looks around....HOLD. End Music Que.

LANCE (OC)

Barry, Line One, Telephone!

Barry walks in. HOLD. He picks up the phone.

BARRY

Hello?

SEXY VOICE

You've just made a war that you

cannot afford.

She hangs up real quick. HOLD. Barry and his harmonium.

CUT TO BLACK.

Title Card: Provo, Utah

FADE IN:

INT. STEVENS BROTHERS HOUSE - DAY

CAMERA behind a BLONDE GIRLS HEAD (LATISHA). She speaks to

two blonde brothers, DAVID and JIM. In the b.g., walking

around holding a BABY is NATE. (Maybe a girlfriend or wife

or two).

DAVID

I'll do it.

JIM

I'll do it too.

DAVID

But it's gotta wait until my knee

is better. I can't risk it.

LATISHA

You have to do it now.

JIM

If we drive there it's a problem.

LATISHA

Dean will loan you one of his cars.

JIM

Which one?

LATISHA

You have to talk to him --

DAVID

How do you know he's rich?

LATISHA

Because I know, I just know. I

mean, I talked to him, I know.

Nate emerges a bit from the b.g.

NATE

Where are you guys going?

DAVID

California. Los Angeles.

NATE

When are you leaving?

DAVID

Right now.

LATISHA

Let's go talk to Dean.

CUT TO:

INT. LOCAL BAR/PROVO - LATER

LATISHA, DAVID, JIM and NATE enter and meet DEAN TRUMBELL,

listening to AFTER EDEN play onstage, standing in the middle

of the room.

DEAN

Hey guys.

DAVID/JIM/NATE

Hey, Dean.

LATISHA

So they'll go.

DEAN

I'm only paying two of you guys.

DAVID

That's cool.

DEAN

When can you leave?

DAVID

As soon as you want.

DEAN

I want you to go right away, I

think that's best. I also need you

to check out a car for me down

there that this guy is selling.

They walk towards a back room, as they do they pass a

REGULAR JOE who bumps into Dean accidentally, Dean explodes;

DEAN

You wanna fuck around, asshole? You

wanna get tough, wanna see me kick

some motherfuck around here?

REGULAR JOE

Take it easy, man, relax. Don't --

DEAN

I'll relax your fucking head --

this is my personal space, man,

this is my personal fucking space,

you don't violate that, you don't

do that.

REGULAR JOE

I've got a glass in my hand why

don't you chill out?

DEAN

You've got a glass?

Dean takes a BEER BOTTLE and SMASHES it in half on the bar,

holds it up to the guy --

DEAN

YEAH. YOU'VE GOT A GLASS, NOW I'VE

GOT A GLASS. I'VE GOT A GLASS TOO

MOTHERFUCK.

JUMP CUT TO:

INT. LOCAL BAR/PROVO - MOMENTS LATER

They're all walking towards a back room of the bar, they

walk past a COUPLE that is fighting. The WOMAN is screaming

at the top of her lungs at the MAN;

WOMAN

I WILL CRUSH YOU. I WILL FUCKING

CRUSH YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS.

Dean gets in the middle of it;

DEAN

Take it easy, take it easy you guys

in here, I need to talk to you

later, Tommy -- I wanna know if you

wanna book the boys --

He motions over his shoulder to Ashes to Ashes.

MAN

I'll talk to you later.

WOMAN

YOU WON'T FUCKIN' TALK TO HIM

LATER, I WILL CRUSH YOU. I WILL

CRUSH YOU, ASSHOLE.

CUT TO:

INT. DEAN'S OFFICE/UPSTAIRS/BACKROOM - MOMENTS LATER

They enter into an upstairs office area. It has a couple

desks and off to the side, in a small, partitioned off room

is The Phone Sex Area; a GIRL on the phone. (We hear bits of

her call, e.g. "Me? I'm in Florida. Laying on my bed.")

There are posters for Ashes to Ashes, filing cabinets,

posters of CARS, lots of various small business items like

order forms and pamphlets, etc. Dean collects a piece of

paper and hands it to David/Nate/Jim;

DEAN

Your expenses are your own.

DAVID

I thought Latisha said you would --

DEAN

-- she didn't know what she was

talking about --

DAVID

It's....whatever....that's not cool.

DEAN

David, Don't. Just. Seriously. It

doesn't make sense if you think

about it in a fair deal like sense.

Ok? It's business. Seriously. One

hundred dollars for two days work

is a lot more than your family is

making sitting around your house.

I'm serious now. Ok. Please. Now.

Just stop.

He hands him a set of KEYS and goes through the info;

DEAN

...keys for the track. You have to

gas it up and save the receipts on

that. His address. We have a

business address too if you need

that -- but hit him at his house

first, see what this little bad boy

is all about and shake him up --

give him a little doe-see-doe --

LATISHA

Uch. Shut up, Dean.

DEAN

What's the problem?

LATISHA

You don't need to talk all macho,

"shake him out, little bad boy."

Whatever -- you're not an action

hero, tough guy, you're not a

gangster --

He makes a very SUDDEN AND QUICK MOVE towards her and she

FLINCHES.

DEAN

Flinchy. That's what I thought.

Shut up.

(to Greg)

Call me when you see this guy --

check him out see what's what. She

asked him for seven fifty when she

was on the phone with him, so --

just call me when you get there.

He hands him another piece of paper and a photo;

DEAN

This is this place called Ace

Vintage, you gotta find it, I don't

know exactly where this is and I

don't understand these maps so just

go there and check it out. It's a

'61 AC Cobra that this old guy says

is fine, but I need to figure out

why he's only asking 23 for it. So

take a look, the whole thing, call

me about that, if it seems alright

then I'll head down there and check

it out.

DAVID

Ok.

DEAN

That's it.

DAVID

Can we maybe ask for more money on

this?

LATISHA

Why?

DAVID

...because it's California? I mean

it's like a nine or ten hour drive.

It's not like going to Salt Lake

and getting the Mormon's, it's

different...

After a long, long staring contest with David, Dean SUDDENLY

AND VERY VIOLENTLY PUTS HIS FIST THROUGH THE WALL....then

turns to David......Latisha rolls her eyes. David, Nate and

Jim leave.

CUT TO:

EXT. UTAH STREET/TRUCK/MOVING - DAY/MAGIC HOUR

CAMERA behind the heads of Nate, Jim, Dave as they drive

down the street.....they call their brother "Mike D" on the

phone and say, "what's up, we're goin' to Los Angeles, you

wanna go?"

JUMP CUT TO:

EXT. UTAH STREET/TRUCK/MOVING - MOMENTS LATER

CAMERA PANS left and picks up the fourth brother MIKE D as

he walks from work and gets in the car.....CAMERA HOLDS

behind the heads of the four blonde brothers as they drive off.

LONG DISSOLVE TO:

EXT/INT. LENA'S APARTMENT COMPLEX - EVENING

This is a SPLIT SCREEN SEQUENCE shot with TWO CAMERAS.

THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN holds Lena. She waits in her

small, nondescript apartment doing the things you do while

waiting for someone else. She sits, stands, sits, stands....

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE THE SCREEN travels (STEADICAM) with

Barry as he walks into the RECEPTION AREA. There is a

SECURITY GUARD (black, female) who asks him his name, where

he's going and to sign in. The Security Guard calls up to

Lena's place....

....and we watch Lena answer the phone....

...The Security Guard gives Barry some very complicated

directions....we follow/lead Barry as he makes his way

through the maze/up elevators/down corridors looking for

Lena's apartment.....Finally, he arrives, knocks;

LENA

Who is it?

BARRY

It's Barry.

As she opens the door, THE SPLIT SCREEN SLIDES AWAY AND THE

IMAGES GIVE WAY TO THE ONE OF LENA standing;

LENA

Hi.

CUT TO:

INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT

Lena and Barry at a table. They talk (see notes.)

LENA

So I want to tell you something, I

gotta tell you: I saw a picture of

you guys, your sisters and you and

I saw your picture and I really

wanted to meet you.

(beat)

I came to drop my car off there on

purpose, to try and meet you.

Barry leans a little bit out of FRAME.

BARRY

...really? That's nice...are you

lying?

LENA

...I thought I should tell you. I

didn't want to get too far along on

going out and be hiding something --

BEAT. He leans slightly back in FRAME.

BARRY

That's very nice. Thank you. Thank

you for saying that.

(beat)

You're friends with my sister?

LENA

Yeah.

BARRY

How long have you known her?

LENA

About six months.

BARRY

You like her?

LENA

Yeah. Yeah we get along well.

(beat)

You didn't get along with her very

well?

BARRY

Did you really come to meet me on

purpose or are you lying about that?

LENA

No, no. I did.

BARRY

That's nice. It's nice.

(beat)

I've been looking around a lot

lately at promotional giveaways,

cross promotional work by some

companies. Do you remember all that

pudding?

LENA

Yeah.

BARRY

So that pudding was bought, I

bought that pudding because of a

pretty interesting promotion that's

sponsored by Healthy Choice and

American Airlines. It's designed to

encourage airline travel and

obviously designed to encourage

buying Healthy Choice products.

They make frozen meals, deli meats,

pasta sauce, breads, soups and ice

creams, this sort of thing.....

LENA

Yeah?

BARRY

....I'm sorry....I lost my

thoughts, what I was saying....

LENA

You were talking about the

promotion --

BARRY

-- the promotion says: buy any 10

Healthy Choice products and get 500

miles of airline travel or 1,000

for purchases made with a special

coupon. So in the supermarket, you

notice their products, first you

notice they have a Teriyaki Chicken

Dinner at $1.79 - that's a pretty

good deal....but then I noticed

they had soup at 89 cents a

can.....and you start to do the

math and you start to notice that

it's a really amazing deal because

I stumbled across the pudding at 25

cents a cup. Now the crucial thing

is the bar codes on the label.

That's those little bar codes, you

know? The universal product codes?

LENA

Yeah.

BARRY

That's what's used to redeem the

mileage, so in noticing the

pudding, each cup had an individual

bar code -- in other words: Two

dollars and fifty cents for ten

cups of pudding is 500 miles. Add

in the coupon: it's one thousand.

You see?

LENA

Yeah.

BARRY

You see?

LENA

Yeah, no, I see --

BARRY

You see if you spent $3,000 dollars

on pudding you could earn over one

million frequent flyer miles.

LENA

That's insane. That is really,

really crazy. That's just crazy if

you spend three thousand dollars on

pudding.

BARRY

....yeah....

LENA

So that was your pudding?

BARRY

....No....

LENA

I'm sorry. I thought you said --

BARRY

No I didn't say that.

LENA

I thought you said you bought all

that pudding --

BARRY

My friend Carlos is doing it who

works with me. It's his. It's his

pudding, he's doing it. It's not

mine. He's crazy. I told him not to

do it. He's the one who's insane.

He only spent about one hundred

dollars so far though --

LENA

Your sister was telling me a pretty

funny story about you, when you

guys were kids and you were

building a ramp for your dog and

you threw a hammer through a window?

Is that right? You threw a hammer

through a sliding glass door?

Barry starts to WELL WITH TEARS, which he hides very

quickly, holds a hand up to his face as if he's touching his

nose, and then he smiles;

BARRY

I don't remember that, she might be

lying. I have to go the bathroom.

He gets up and goes.

CUT TO:

INT. BATHROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Barry walks in and goes a little crazy. He's mad at himself

and he HITS a stall....it seems loose already and falls

straight to the floor.

This makes him go crazier and he continues to BEAT and KICK

the shit out of the bathroom/stall.

HOLD. He collects himself and then he hesitates, looks

around, tries to collect the bathroom but it's in ruins, he

exits....

CUT TO:

INT. RESTARAUNT - MOMENTS LATER

Barry comes back and sits down, seems a little better. Tries

to be a little flirtatious for half a moment before: the

MANAGER comes over, leans in carefully;

MANAGER

Hello.

LENA & BARRY

Hi.

MANAGER

Sir, can I talk to you?

BARRY

Why?

MANAGER

Just have you for one second, please.

He looks to Lena, excuses himself.

ANGLE, OFF TO THE SIDE.

The Manager and Barry step away, in a quiet section of the

restaraunt, 2-shot, profile, in sotto; SLOW ZOOM IN.

MANAGER

Sir, the bathroom was just torn apart.

BARRY

Yeah.

MANAGER

Did you do it?

BARRY

No.

MANAGER

You didn't just smash up the bathroom?

BARRY

No.

MANAGER

Well who did?

BARRY

I don't know.

MANAGER

You're hand is bleeding.

BARRY

I cut myself.

MANAGER

How?

BARRY

On my knife.

MANAGER

Sir, a young man saw you coming out

of the bathroom.

BARRY

I didn't do that.

BEAT.

BARRY

Why? ...what?

MANAGER

Your hand is bleeding.

BARRY

I know.

MANAGER

I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

BARRY

Why?

MANAGER

Sir, I have no way of proving that

you demolished the bathroom --

BARRY

I didn't do it.

MANAGER

Alright, well you're gonna have to

leave. You're gonna have to go.

BARRY

Yeah, but I didn't do anything.

MANAGER

I'm gonna call the police then, sir.

BARRY

Please don't do this to me.

MANAGER

The police are on their way.

BARRY

Sorry.

He starts to move back....

BARRY

Can I pay you here? Can I pay you

for our drinks and salad?

MANAGER

That's fine.

Barry takes out some money and hands it over.

BARRY

Keep the change, please.

ANGLE, BACK AT THE TABLE.

They walk back to the table and Barry whispers down to her,

very close, STEADICAM (leads them out - continuous)

BARRY

We should go I think, I don't like

it here.

LENA

Ok.

They head out of the restaraunt.

LENA

Is everything ok?

BARRY

Yes.

LENA

What happened?

BARRY

Nothing.

LENA

What did he want?

BARRY

Nothing.

They walk a bit.

BARRY

I have a better idea of where we

can go.

LENA

Ok.

They walk some more.

BARRY

There's a better place for us to eat.

LENA

Did something happen; are you alright?

BARRY

Yes I'm fine. Everything is ok.

It's fine. Everything is fine.

They walk some more and get in the car.

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S CAR - DRIVING - NIGHT

75mm OVER ONTO BARRY. 75mm OVER ONTO LENA. Rear process or

poor man's process.

LENA

So....how is your harmonium doing?

Barry looks at her......

LENA

Your portable reed organ....the piano.

BARRY

Well, it's fine. Thank you.

LENA

Did you pick it up from the street?

BARRY

What?

LENA

Did you take it from the street in

front of your work?

BARRY

...yes I did...?

LENA

Are you learning how to play it?

BARRY

Yes? I'm trying.

LENA

Oh that's great.

BEAT.

LENA

So you must travel a lot with all

that pudding you bought?

BARRY

Yes no not really.

INT. LENA'S APARTMENT - LATER

Lena and Barry finishing up the date;

BARRY

Ok....well...I'm gonna go.

LENA

...yeah...

BARRY

It was nice to see you again, to

see your face again, to go out with

you --

LENA

I'll be around and back in town in

a few days --

BARRY

Yeah.

LENA

If you come to Hawaii --

BARRY

Yeah, I don't know, we'll see about

that.

LENA

You don't think you'll go --

BARRY

I don't know.

LENA

Ok. Well call me when you get back,

I mean, I'll call you when I get

back. I'll be back for three weeks

and then I go away for a month

after that. So maybe in that time....

BARRY

Ok. Have a good trip.

They do a shake hands/kiss on cheek goodbye.

CAMERA IN THE HALLWAY with Barry as he walks away .....

CAMERA follows him as he swiftly walks away.

CUT TO:

INT. RECEPTION AREA/LENA'S BUILDING

Barry steps out of the elevator and walks to the exit,

passing a RECEPTION DESK WOMAN.....we hear the PHONE

RINGING......she calls out;

RECEPTION WOMAN

Are you Barry?

BARRY

Yes.

RECEPTION WOMAN

It's for you.

Barry walks towards the phone;

BARRY

This is Barry.

LENA (OC)

This is Lena.

BARRY

Hi.

LENA (OC)

I just wanted you to know, wherever

you're going or whatever you're

doing right now I want you to know

that I wanted to kiss you just then.

BARRY

Really?

LENA

Yeah.

BARRY

So what do I do then?

INT. MAZE OF CORRIDORS - MOMENTS LATER

Barry is walking up and around, looking for the spot. Two or

three shots of various, him getting a little/slightly

lost.....running/walking....

CUT TO:

INT. HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes down towards him as he walks towards the door.

He knocks, she opens up, CAMERA SLIDES right in and lands as

they KISS and then the kiss turns into a small hug and then

they talk, real close. HOLD.

BARRY

That was good.

LENA

Yeah.

BARRY

I'll see you later.

LENA

Ok.

BARRY

I don't freak out very often.

LENA

What do you mean?

BARRY

I don't, no matter what my sisters

say, ok?

LENA

...I don't know what you mean....

BARRY

I don't freak out.

LENA

Ok.

BARRY

Have a good trip.

LENA

Thank you.

CAMERA behind Barry as he walks away...HOLD BEHIND HIM FOR A

BIT LONGER THEN EXPECTED;

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT/GARAGE

CAMERA inside the garage. Barry pulls inside and parks his car.

ANGLE, BEHIND THE CAR. Brake lights turned off, Barry steps

out.

INT. BARRY'S APARTMENT/KITCHEN - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA on Barry's trash can, the kitchen light comes

on....SLOW PUSH IN....He enters FRAME and lifts the trash

bag out.

EXT. BARRY'S APARTMENT - LATER

CAMERA is behind Barry now in a new location....he's walking

from his garage where he's just parked his car over to his

garbage area as he throws something out...

....he looks up and sees... Jim and Nate driving the Toyota

Pick Up Truck...he cruises past slowly....keeps going....then

makes a u-turn...Barry turns around and DAVID and MIKE D are

right there...

DAVID

Hey.

BARRY

Hi.

DAVID

I need to talk to you for a second.

BARRY

What?

DAVID

You gotta give me some money.

Barry starts to walk away....David walks alongside him,

casually.....Barry looks over and sees the car has pulled

up....

DAVID

You made a phone call and you said

you'd help a girl out and then you

didn't....I'm here to get the money.

BARRY

Wait a minute --

DAVID

No, no, no, no c'mon man, don't

make it a thing --

BARRY

Please don't do this.

DAVID

It's just you need to give me the

money...do you have it right now?

MIKE D violently PUSHES BARRY STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND.

BARRY

Whoa...whoa...wait, wait -- don't

please....

DAVID

How much money do you have in your

pockets?

BARRY

Just take it, take the money in my

pockets, take it, it's fine --

They grab the money from his pockets as they hold him down

on the ground;

BARRY

It's three hundred and twenty

dollars, just take it.

DAVID

What do you have in the house?

BARRY

Nothing....I mean, really...change,

nothing....that's the cash I have....

DAVID

You have an ATM?

BARRY

Yes.

DAVID

Is this where you live?

BARRY

Yes.

DAVID

You have another house somewhere or

something?

BARRY

No.

MIKE D

This is three hundred and twenty.

Let's just go to your ATM and

that'll be it --

BARRY

I didn't promise her money. She

said that it was confidential, this

isn't fair --

Mike D pushes Barry's face.

MIKE D

Shut up, be quiet. Be quiet.

BARRY

-- don't --

DAVID

HEY. You made a fucking sex call

and now you're gonna pay. It's not

a big thing -- just give us some

money and then it's over -- we'll

just walk down to the ATM and get

your money out --

BARRY

Alright, alright.

They pick him up and then;

BARRY

How do you want to do this?

MIKE D

Let's just go to the corner, we saw

a place on the corner, you'll just

get your max out and that's it --

you get out what you can and that's

it --

CUT TO:

EXT. GROCERY STORE/BANK PARKING LOT - NIGHT

CU. BARRY at the ATM. Various CU's as he puts his card in,

presses his info, etc. He looks over his shoulder;

ANGLE, THE BROTHERS.

CAMERA SLOWLY PUSHES IN on the three of them watching Barry.

CU.'s MONEY comes out of ATM. Card comes out. Receipt comes

out. Barry grabs the money.

DAVID

Ok. This is what you get when

you're a pervert -- you said you'd

help someone out and you didn't so

we're just getting some money for

her and that's that.

BARRY

You know, please, I just wanna say

that I didn't say I would help her

out; I was very clear about it....I

don't think that this is

fair.....wait, wait, wait, ouch,

ouch.....

MIKE D walks up out of nowhere and straight towards Barry -

throws a PUNCH straight to his FACE.....Barry stumbles a

bit, goes down to the ground.....he NOTICES IN A QUICK

FLASH: Their UTAH license plate......

MIKE D

You don't challenge what my

brother's saying, you don't say

that --

....Barry makes a mad run for it.....

EXT. STREETS & ALLEYS - NIGHT

ANGLE, BARRY. - VARIOUS ALLEY WAY/STREET SHOTS.

He turns some corners.....makes his way down a side street

and through an alley or two....and then he's running like a

mad man as fast as he can down the street......

EXT. STREET NEAR ATM - NIGHT

CAMERA tracks profile with him.....

......The Boys pull up along side him slowly.....Barry looks

over.....Mike D calls out from the passenger window;

MIKE D

Where the fuck are you going?

Barry starts to slow down. CAMERA behind....as he slows, we

push in....land....he turns into CU. and walks back the

opposite direction......

INT. BARRY'S BEDROOM - NEXT MORNING

CAMERA holds on Barry as he wakes up. He's dressed in a FULL

BASKETBALL OUTFIT. Lakers shirt, shorts, high tops, etc.

Small bandage over his ARM. He looks down at the outfit;

BARRY

...what the hell?

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE/BARRY'S OFFICE - MORNING

CAMERA DOLLIES/ZOOM in real quick to Barry at the Harmonium.

A few more notes are played, something starting to sort of

sound like a melody......but still a little broken....HOLD.

SCORE begins here (ref.notes)

INT. WAREHOUSE/BARRY'S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER

Barry brings Lance in and closes the door, speaks sotto, then;

LANCE

What's up?

BARRY

I think I got in trouble. A little

bit of trouble....

LANCE

What happened?

BARRY

....I made a call.....

(beat)

....and, uh....

BEAT. Barry looks over Lance's shoulder and sees THE PUDDING

stacked up. He stares for a moment;

BARRY

...ok.....ok......I gotta get some

pudding to go somewhere....

One of the WORKER'S pops his head in, says;

WORKER

Telephone on Line One, Barry.

He picks up the phone;

BARRY

Hello?

RHONDA (OC)

I need to talk to you about your

behavior the other night --

Barry hands up the phone real fast.

BARRY

(to Lance)

Ok. Well. I'm gonna go out of town.

I'm going to go out of town just

for two days...

LANCE

Where you goin?

BARRY

I'm going to go to Hawaii but you

can't tell my sisters that.

LANCE

Wow, you're goin' to Hawaii, that's

great -- you're goin -- ?

BARRY

Yeah but you can't tell my sisters

that.

LANCE

Ok.

BARRY

Alright: And I have to go and buy

some more pudding for this trip to

Hawaii and as I just said that out

loud I'm realizing it sounds a

little strange but it's not. So can

you come and help me out?

LANCE

Ok.

CUT TO:

EXT. WAREHOUSE - MOMENTS LATER

Barry and Lance exit the warehouse and get into Barry's car --

CUT TO:

INT. SMART AND FINAL - DAY

Barry and Lance are filling up an EXTRA LARGE SHOPPING CART

with PUDDING as Barry explains, CAMERA pushes in;

BARRY

I saw the Teriyaki Chicken first

and that was $1.79 and then the

Soup which made a real deal but

then to come across the

pudding...it's just tremendous when

you think about how most people

just don't look...they

don't....they're not looking at the

fine print, Lance.

CUT TO:

INT. SMART AND FINAL/CHECK OUT - MOMENTS LATER

They're unloading the pudding which comes in packets of

three, but Barry and Lance are taking them out of those

packets and handing them to the CHECK OUT GIRL one by one.....

BARRY

(to Girl)

They need to be scanned individually.

They each have a bar code, so I

need it scanned individually so

that each and every cup appears on

the receipt...

CHECK OUT GIRL

What is this, man?

BARRY

I'm sorry.

CHECK OUT GIRL

Are you serious with this?

BARRY

Yes. Sorry.

CHECK OUT GIRL

Well....what do you want, then?

BARRY

Each pudding cup has to be scanned

individually so that...it's for a

giveaway...a product giveaway by

this company...

CHECK OUT GIRL

This is a bunch of bullshit.

BARRY

I'm sorry, I know. I know that

it's....

BEAT. She scans them over and over and over....then:

BARRY

I'm sorry, I'm really sorry.

She scans and scans and scans and scans....

BARRY

Sorry. I'm sorry, ma'am.

CUT TO:

EXT. SMART AND FINAL - DAY

Barry and Lance pushing the shopping carts....Barry looks

across the parking lot and sees:

A TOYOTA PICK UP coming slowly towards him and Lance...

...Barry starts to move steady/swiftly towards his

car...Lance tries to keep up....Barry gets nervous, looks

left and right...

....The Toyota passes and it's nothing.....Barry and Lance

load the pudding in his car as Barry acts as if nothing

happened. He turns and sees a BABY in a shopping cart and he

reacts;

BARRY

God Damn They're So Beautiful.

CUT TO:

INT. SUPERMARKET - DAY

Barry and Lance stack pudding in, Barry says;

BARRY

You know you can get places in the

world with pudding. That's funny.

LANCE

Yeah.

BARRY

That's funny.

CUT TO:

EXT. PARKING LOT/ANOTHER SMART AND FINAL.

Barry and Lance walk together towards another Smart and

Final....they walk towards the SLIDING DOORS.....that do not

slide open...Barry walks face first into the doors and

quickly turns around and heads back to the car...

BARRY

I guess they're not open today.

CAMERA holds the long walk back to the car....Barry glances

both directions.....cautious and careful......sees nothing...

BARRY

That's fine. I think I have enough.

He walks a little faster and gets in the car.....HOLD....SLOW

ZOOM IN....SOUND DROPS out.....he just sits, then, to Lance;

BARRY

I get really sick of myself sometimes.

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S WAREHOUSE - DAY

CAMERA pushes in quick, Barry on the phone;

BARRY

No, no, no, no, no. What do you

mean? It doesn't state anywhere

about six to eight weeks.

OPERATOR VOICE

It takes that much time to process

the order and make sure it's valid --

BARRY

I had this whole thing in my head,

I was gonna be able to get this to

you today -- I have to leave today --

OPERATOR VOICE

I'm sorry.

BARRY

How am I supposed to know what to

do if you don't say it -- if it's

not in your rules and regulations

in your fine print how am I

supposed to know how to be with

this --

OPERATOR VOICE

It takes time to process --

BARRY

No, no, no, no, nO, NO, NO!

Barry drops the phone to the ground, spins around and PUTS

HIS FIST THROUGH THE WALL.....then drops down, lower his

head. CAMERA HOLD CU. as he stops himself, tries to breath;

BARRY

Don't do that. Don't do that.

That's not right. Calm down now,

please. Please. Ok. Ok. Calm down

now please.

HOLD. "He Needs Me," starts. He closes his eyes.

JUMP CUT TO MOMENTS LATER:

INT. WAREHOUSE AREA - MOMENTS LATER

Barry walks over to Lance;

BARRY

Ok: the pudding is gonna take six

to eight weeks to process so that

isn't gonna work for today, I'll

just take a bath on that today. Ok.

But here's the thing I gotta tell

you:

BEAT. He looks around at the pudding.

BARRY

....now: this pudding?

LANCE

Yeah.

BARRY

Let's just figure that out later --

(beat)

Ok. I gotta go. I'm just gonna go

now and I'll call you from there,

you're in charge 'till I get back.

And don't tell my sisters anything?

He exits.

CUT TO:

INT. LOADING AREA/PLANE - DAY

CAMERA (STEADICAM) follows him from the ticket handoff down

the corridor onto the plane.

CUT TO:

INT. PLANE - DAY

CAMERA holds 2-shot on Barry and a BUSINESS GUY sitting

together, just before take off.....HOLD, THEN:

BARRY

I've never been on a plane before.

BEAT. There's the SOUND of the plane starting to move.

BARRY

What's that sound?

CUT TO:

INT. PLANE - IN FLIGHT - LATER

Barry sits. BEAT. HOLD. We hear the sound of a BABY CRYING.

He looks across the aisle and sees:

A small, THREE YEAR OLD CHILD crying, behind held by its

FATHER. The baby stops crying for a moment, calming down,

breathing heavy, looks around with wide eyes.

CU. BARRY.

HE WELLS WITH TEARS AND A SMILE, CRINGES IN HIS FACE AND WE

SEE THE BUILD UP OF EMOTION, HIS VEINS POP FROM HIS FACE AND

THEN HE SMILES LIKE CRAZY, SMILING AND SMILING AND SMILING,

BRIGHT RED AND PAINFUL.

CUT TO:

INT. HAWAII AIRPORT - LATE AFTERNOON

He walks along the airport, looking out onto planes and palm

trees and people, etc.

CUT TO:

EXT. AIRPORT/CURB - TAXI AREA - THAT MOMENT

Barry hops into a TAXI. The CAB DRIVER asks:

CAB DRIVER

Where?

Barry HOLDS a moment, then realizes he doesn't know, SNAPS

INTO A CONTORTION, STARTS TO TEAR and almost SNAP and then

nothing......

CUT TO:

INT. WAKIKI STREET/PHONE BOOTH - LATER

Barry on the phone amid a crowd of people passing;

ELIZABETH

Hey. What are you doing?

BARRY

Nothing. I'm just at work and I'm

wondering, you know your friend Lena?

INTERCUT:

INT. ELIZABETH'S APARTMENT - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA with Elizabeth;

ELIZABETH

What about her? You didn't ask her

out, you're such a pussy --

BARRY

....she didn't, I didn't ask her out?

ELIZABETH

You're so scared.

BARRY

Do you know where she's staying in

Hawaii?

ELIZABETH

Oh My God, yeah, I know exactly

where she is, why?

BARRY

......she forgot her purse at my

work and I wanted to get it back to

her.

ELIZABETH

No she didn't; that's a lie.

BARRY

I....please don't do this.

ELIZABETH

What? Tell me why you wanna know --

BARRY

I just want to know where she's

staying.

ELIZABETH

Tell me why.

BEAT. HOLD ON BARRY.

BARRY

There is no reason for you to treat

me like you do -- you're killing

me, you are killing me with the way

that you are towards me --

ELIZABETH

-- what are you talking about, come

on --

BARRY

-- all I want is the number of

where she's staying and that should

be god damn good enough, now stop

treating me this way, please --

Just Give Me The Number Elizabeth

Please Now I think I will kill you

if you don't.

JUMP CUT TO:

INT. WAKIKI STREET/PHONE BOOTH - MOMENTS LATER

Barry on the phone;

HOTEL OPERATOR

Sheraton Wakiki, how may I direct

your call?

BARRY

Lena Leonard's room please.

HOTEL OPERATOR

I'll connect you.

BEAT. A MAN answers the phone;

MAN'S VOICE

Hello?

BARRY

Hello. Is Lena there?

MAN'S VOICE

You have the wrong room.

He hangs up. Barry dials the number again.

HOTEL OPERATOR

Sheraton Wakiki, how may I direct

your call?

BARRY

I just called, I got connected to

the wrong room. I'm looking for

Lena Leonard and there shouldn't be

a man in the room I'm calling.

BEAT. He's put on hold a moment, then it rings, then:

LENA

Hello?

BARRY

Lena?

LENA

Yeah?

BARRY

It's Barry.

LENA

HI. WHERE ARE YOU? ARE YOU HERE?

BARRY

Yes.

LENA

OH WOW. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. YOU

CAME, YOU CAME. What are you doing?

BARRY

I'm calling you, I'm standing in my

hotel room, I came because I have

my business trip --

LENA

Well let's do something do you want

to do something, can you meet me?

BARRY

You don't have a boyfriend or

anything do you?

LENA

No. What do you mean?

BARRY

I just wanted to know. When was the

last time you had a boyfriend?

LENA

About six months ago. Why?

BARRY

I just wanted to make sure.

LENA

When was the last time you had a

girlfriend?

BARRY

Where you married?

LENA

yeah.

BARRY

Ok. So you were married for how long?

LENA

Do you want to meet me and talk

about this stuff?

BARRY

Ok. Where are you from originally?

CUT TO:

INT. ROYAL HAWAIIAN/LOBBY - LATER

Barry is standing, waiting....HOLD....he looks across the

lobby and sees: Lena....she's walking towards him with a

smile on her face....

...Barry smiles and walks towards her....

...she walks towards him....

...he extends his arm out for a handshake as they get

closer.....

....she opens her arms for a hug as they get closer....

...They shake/hug/kiss on the cheek.....then on the mouth.

They start making out in the lobby of the hotel.

CUT TO:

EXT. ROYAL HAWAIIAN - PATIO/BAR AREA - MAGIC HOUR

CAMERA roams through the Mai Tai bar on the beach and finds

them; (Ladies K playing here.)

LENA

You got me out of my hotel room.

You came and got me out of my room.

BARRY

Yeah......yeah.....

LENA

It's so nice.

BARRY

This really looks like Hawaii here.

They look at each other. HOLD, THEN:

ANGLE, MOMENTS LATER.

They walk back towards the hotel. CAMERA (STEADICAM) behind

them as they move --

CUT TO:

INT. ROYAL HAWAIIAN/HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER

CAMERA follows behind them as they walk......IRIS into their

hands.....she reaches over and holds his hand.....

CUT TO:

INT. ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

They're in bed making out with their clothes on and a light

on....they hold a second....

BARRY

Do you wanna have sex?

LENA

Yeah.

They take their shirts off.

LENA

Press together. It feels good.

She cups his face with her hands and tenses;

LENA

Oh my god, you are so adorable. I

just....god dammit.

BARRY

What's that? What is that that

you're doing?

LENA

I just...your face is so adorable

and your cheek and your skin, I

wanna bite it....I wanna bite your

cheek and chew on it....god damn

cute....fuck....

BARRY

I know what you mean, I know what

you mean, I get this feeling --

LENA

...what...?

BARRY

IIIIIIIIIII don't want to hurt

anything ever, but what I'm talking

about is -- have you ever held a

little puppy or a little kitten and

it's just the cutest, softest, most

precious thing in the world and out

of the blue you get this feeling in

your gut and all you wanna do is

squeeze it. Just fuckin squeeze the

shit out of it. To take a little

puppy and smash its skull...just so

precious, so beautiful. Just so god

damn wonderful and cute you wanna

smack it and kick it and love it.

Fuck. I don't know. I don't know.

And you, you.....I'm looking at you

and I just....your face is so

beautiful I just wanna smash it,

just smash it with a sledgehammer

and squeeze it...you're so pretty.

They kiss and kiss and kiss;

LENA

I know. I know. I know. I just

wanna chew your face and scoop out

your beautiful, beautiful eyes with

an ice cream scooper and eat 'em

and chew 'em and suck on 'em. Fuck.

BARRY

This is funny.

LENA

Yeah.

BARRY

This is nice.

They kiss and make out some more, then: DRUM ROLL into SNARE

HIT THAT LANDS ON THE FOLLOWING SCENE:

CUT TO:

INT. TOYOTA - MOVING - DAWN

CAMERA on Mike D and Nate driving. HOLD. Martin rumbles out

of a half sleep and says;

NATE

That guy had more money to give up.

JIM and DAVE wake up a bit in the back seat and listen;

NATE

Long way to drive just for seven

hundred something bucks. Dean

doesn't have to know.

HOLD. SILENCE for a moment.

MIKE D

We're not that far....I mean, if

we're going to, we're not that far....

CUT TO:

EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT (BLUE SKY - CRACK OF DAWN DEAL)

The Toyota exits the freeway -- CAMERA TRACKS right with it

as it makes a turn at the base of the off ramp...

....goes under a bridge and then makes a turn getting back

onto the freeway heading in the opposite direction.

CUT TO:

INT. HAWAIIAN HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT/NEAR DAWN - LATER

It's dark and Barry and Lena are asleep in bed together.

Barry gets up, in a haze....Lena moves and opens her

eyes....She watches him as he gets up and casually goes to

the corner of the room and starts talking gently to the

wall....

BARRY

(sotto, calm)

You know you're not supposed to do

that. Because I told you. Seriously.

Please. Not that day. Ok.

LENA

Barry?

He doesn't respond. He's asleep. He moves to the closet and

gets one of the HOTEL ROBES and puts it on and then he looks

right at her and says:

BARRY

I was talkin' to you last Thursday

about that.

He gets the robe tied tight around his waste and then gets

the COMPLIMENTARY SLIPPERS and puts them on. Then he gets

back into the bed and closes his eyes.

CUT TO:

INT. KAHALA HOTEL - MORNING

CAMERA pushes in slow towards Lena as she's on the

phone....CAMERA pushes in on Barry as he sits across the

room, listening in his robe....They stare at each other the

whole time.....

ELIZABETH (OC)

They need to see the new 484's to

make sure it works with their OC....

LENA

Ok. What should I do about Eric?

ELIZABETH (OC)

Just tell him to call me.

LENA

Ok.

ELIZABETH (OC)

So...did my brother call you?

LENA

No.

ELIZABETH (OC)

I have no idea what he's doing then.

I'm sorry that didn't work out.

LENA

It's fine.

ELIZABETH (OC)

You wouldn't want to go out with

him anyway, honestly, he's such a

freak sometimes.

LENA

He did seem a little strange.

ELIZABETH (OC)

Well...he's not that strange, don't

say that.

LENA

I'm sorry. You're right.

ELIZABETH (OC)

I think he's weird, but that's me.

LENA

Should I call you later?

ELIZABETH (OC)

I'll just see you when you get back

here.

LENA

Ok.

They hang up and Lena looks to Barry and smiles.

LENA

Where do you have to go?

BARRY

For what?

LENA

For work.....

BARRY

I don't have any business here. I

came here for you, I didn't have

any business.

CUT TO:

EXT. TOYOTA - DRIVING - DAY (MELODY/SLIGHT)

CAMERA follows behind The Stevens Brothers car, then gets up

along side them as they drive back.......

CUT TO:

INT. KAHALA LOBBY - DAY (SCORE BACK TO RHYTHMIC)

Barry and Lena walk out to the valet, leaving the

hotel...(STEADICAM) behind them......

CUT TO:

INT. HONOLULU AIRPORT/SECURITY - DAY (CONTD. UNTIL NOTED)

Lena and Barry go through the x-ray thing. STEADICAM.

CUT TO:

INT. AIRPORT/HONOLULU - AT THE GATE/WAITING AREA

Side by side on the return flight sit Lena and Barry.

BARRY

How many times have you been on an

airplane?

LENA

I think maybe over a hundred.

BARRY

That's right you travel so much.

LENA

Yeah.

BEAT. The plane starts to move.

BARRY

How much do you travel? You travel

all the time?

She nods her head, looks at him. BEAT. HOLD.

BARRY

I forgot about that.

LENA

Can I come home with you when we

get there?

BARRY

Yeah.

LENA

It's ok to ask that.

BARRY

I thought that you were anyway.

CU. BARRY'S FACE. He looks to Lena. DRUM HIT LOUD. THEN

AGAIN....THEN AGAIN....and we're in the score cue for....

CUT TO BLACK.

It's BLACK FOR A FEW MOMENTS.

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S GARAGE - NIGHT

It's dark. The garage door opens and we see Barry and Lena

in his car.....they're about to pull in....

...THE TOYOTA PICK UP carrying The Stevens Brothers pulls in

real fast behind them and rear-ends them....

...CAMERA pushes in real fast....

Barry turns and sees Lena's head has been injured.....he

looks behind and sees TWO OF THE BROTHERS EMERGING FROM THE

CAR.....

.....he gets out quick, heads right for them....

MIKE D

Get on the ground, man -- get on

the fucking --

Barry goes absolutely APE SHIT on MIKE D and NATE.....

....it's a mess of VIOLENCE and BRAWLING and Barry seems to

get the best of both NATE and MIKE D......the two other

brothers half get involved/stay in the car.....

.....CAMERA pushes in on LENA (30fps) as she notices Barry

going pretty fucking crazy......

ANGLE. BARRY. As he walks and gets back in the car. CAMERA

is attached to the open door and closes as Barry closes the

door.

BARRY

Are you ok?

LENA

I'm fine are you ok?

BARRY

Yes I'm sorry.

LENA

What is this?

BARRY

Let's go to the hospital.

They drive off.

INT. HOSPITAL - LATER

Lena is getting a bandage applied to her head by an intern.

It's very calm and she's very matter-of-fact as it happens.

Barry stands nearby.....and OFFICER is asking her a few

questions;

LENA

...people are just crazy in this

world, I think....

POLICE

...and he came up on the driver

side...

LENA

The first man came on the driver

side....

POLICE

...right...the blonde one?

LENA

They were all blonde.

CAMERA moves over with Barry as he starts to back away from

the scene.....CAMERA watches him as he walks off and away,

down the hall.....out of the hospital......

HOLD on the back of Lena's head as she gets bandaged and

questioned.....

CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

CAMERA pushes in from outside, to inside...he's opened up

and is using the phone....

SEXY VOICE RECORDING

-- some of the horniest girls

around -- stay on the line and an

operator will be right with

you....remember, have your credit

card ready and know that Mastercard

is my favorite credit card.

LATISHA picks up doing a fake voice as an "Operator."

LATISHA (OC)

This is Janice the operator, who's

this?

BARRY

My name is Barry Egan and I spoke

to you....you called me, you remember?

INTERCUT:

INT. PROVO - BAR - BACK ROOM AREA - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in on Latisha as she looks for what to say:

LATISHA

...no....I don't....I don't

remember you. Who's this?

BARRY

That's not true. That's not true at

all. You said that your name was

Georgia and you said our

conversation was confidential and I

trusted you and you kept calling

and asking me for money, c'mon now

I want to talk to your owner, your

supervisor, whoever runs this, you

understand. Please connect me now.

LATISHA

Can you hang on a second?

She puts him on hold and dials another number, she's real

nervous, holding it in --

INTERCUT:

INT. DEAN'S MATTRESS/FURNITURE STORE - THAT MOMENT

Dean also seems to own a mattress/furniture store in Provo.

Somebody walks towards him, says:

WORKER

Dean, line one....

Dean walks back to the phone and picks it up;

DEAN

Hello?

LATISHA

Hey, it's me. This guy from L.A.,

Barry Egan is calling on the other

line and saying all this stuff, he

wants to talk to a supervisor or

whatever --

DEAN

What did you say?

LATISHA

Nothing.

DEAN

Put him through.

LATISHA

No, no. This is bad, something

might have happened, we should

just --

DEAN

Shut up, just put him on the phone,

it doesn't matter, just shut up --

INTERCUT NOW WITH BARRY/LATISHA/DEAN; She clicks over to him;

LATISHA

Ok, sir....I'm gonna put you

through to my supervisor.

BARRY

Fine, thank you.

LATISHA

Ok. You're connected.

DEAN

Who is this?

BARRY

Hello, my name is Barry Egan and I

called your service --

DEAN

Why don't you shut the fuck up?

BARRY

What?

DEAN

I said calm down and shut the fuck

up. What's your problem?

BARRY

I haven't even told you what's

happened. Your girl that you have

that works there for you threatened

me and two men just chased me --

extorted money --

DEAN

Go fuck yourself that shit doesn't

have anything to do with me - this

is a legitimate bossiness.

BARRY

YOU GO FUCK YOURSELF. YOU GO FUCK

YOURSELF. YOU GO FUCK YOURSELF. MY

LOVE WAS HURT, SHE GOT HURT. I AM

IN LOVE WITH HER AND YOU HURT YOU

AND YOU ARE GONNA FUCKING GET HURT.

YOU DON'T TOUCH HER, I LOVE HER.

DEAN

CALM DOWN SHUT THE FUCK UP AND CALM

DOWN SHUT SHUT SHUT UP SHUT UP --

They stop screaming. Then:

DEAN

Now are you threatening me, dick?

BARRY

You are bad. You are a bad person.

you are a bad person and you have

no right to take people's confidence

in your service --

DEAN

You better watch your mouth, cunt,

you're gonna get hurt.

BARRY

NO. NO. DON'T YOU SAY THAT.

DEAN

I'll say whatever I want --

BARRY

YOU FUCK OFF. YOU FUCK OFF AND DIE

I WILL HURT YOU FOR HURTING HER.

YOU HURT HER.

DEAN

You just told me to fuck off. That

wasn't good. You're dead.

Dean hangs up the phone.

ANGLE, BARRY. He turns away and walks quickly out of his

office with the phone receiver to his ear.....the base of

the phone slides off the desk.....and then the receiver RIPS

from the base and he starts to run....

EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Barry runs down the alley way, much the same he ran down

with the harmonium at the beginning of the movie...this time

he has the phone in his hand.....he runs......

CUT TO:

INT. HOSPITAL/RECEPTION AREA - NIGHT

Barry returns looking for Lena. She's not there.

He looks around....does some math in his head.....then:

CUT TO:

INT. HOSPITAL/PAY PHONE

CAMERA rounds a corner and discovers Barry on a pay

phone...the other end is ringing.....(Sound/Prop Dept.Note:

This must be a working phone to call 801-555-1212)

OPERATOR

What city?

BARRY

Somewhere in Utah.

OPERATOR

What's the listing?

BARRY

D&D Mattress Man.

CUT TO:

EXT. STREET/MATTRESS STORE - DAY

CU. on Barry....(UTAH CAB behind him) pan him around to

reveal; Dean's furniture store.

CUT TO:

INT. MATTRESS STORE - DAY

He enters....and EMPLOYEE approaches;

EMPLOYEE

May I help you?

BARRY

I'm looking for the Mattress Man.

EMPLOYEE

Who?

BARRY

Whoever owns this.

EMPLOYEE

In the back.....

Barry walks towards the back.....he rounds a corner....to

reveal:

DEAN is in a back room, he's getting his hair cut by

LATISHA.....he turns and looks at Barry, who stands there

with the phone in his hand.

They stare at each other.

BARRY

I'm a nice and reasonable man. I

didn't do anything wrong. Please

don't make me hurt you. And I'm

telling you: that if you ever hurt

me or if you hurt someone that I

love.....I will hurt you many,

many, many times over.....because

it's not right to take people's trust.

DEAN

You came all the way from Los

Angeles to tell me that?

BARRY

Yes I did.

Dean doesn't respond.

BARRY

Can we agree that that is that?

DEAN

That's that.

BARRY

Thank you.

Barry hands him the phone.

Barry exits.....as he's about to go out the doors, Dean

screams;

DEAN

NOW GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE MAN.

CAMERA, PUSHES IN VERY SLIGHTLY ON Barry as he exits the

doors (30fps)

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

Barry comes running into the warehouse....Lance and all the

workers are there.....he runs past them...

LANCE/WORKERS

....are you ok? What's goin' on?

Barry? Barry?

BARRY

I'm fine....I'm fine...yes I'm

fine....

LANCE

Where you been?

BARRY

Well I had to go to Utah...but now

I'm here and I'll be right back.

CUT TO:

INT. LENA'S APARTMENT - CORRIDOR/VARIOUS

Various: Barry gets out of the elevators carrying the

harmonium....he makes the left turn this time.....Barry runs

down the hallway with the harmonium.....(long lens,

steadicam from behind, in front, etc.)

CUT TO:

INT. LENA'S APARTMENT/HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT

He bursts through the door. He places the harmonium down on

the ground.....He rings the bell.....

...she answers....he says:

BARRY

Lena I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry

that I left you at the hospital.....

I called a phone sex line.

I called a phone sex line before I

met you and then these four blond

brothers came after me and you got

hurt and I'm sorry -- and I had to

leave because I don't want you to

get hurt again and now I'm here and

I'm back and I have a lot of

pudding that I can redeem in six to

eight weeks and if you give me that

much time I can get enough miles to

fly with you wherever you have to

go if you have to travel for your

job because I don't want to be

anywhere without you.....can you

please let me redeem the mileage?

LENA

You left me at the hospital.

BARRY

I'm sorry.

LENA

You can't do that.

BARRY

Ok.

BEAT.

BARRY

If you give me six to eight weeks I

can redeem the mileage and then I

can with you wherever you have to

travel......

LENA

So here we go.

CAMERA PUSHES IN AS MY KISS.

REVERSE, BARRY.

CAMERA slowly pushes in as he hugs Lena. LAND IN CU.

FADE OUT...