richard gere diane lane

RICHARD GERE
DIANE LANE Alvin. Sargent
Rewrites by
~illiamBroyles, Jr
and .
Stephen Schiff Current Revisions
by
Susannah G r a n t
March 12, 2001
EXT, A QUIET MORNING (DAWN)
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ARDSLEX, NEW YORK
March .;n a quiet commuter suburb. Early s p r i n g c o l o r s , gray
a i r . There i s no breeze, b u t then one starts. I t grows
s t r o n g e r , r u s t l i n g t h e l e a v e s a s w e pass through town u n t i l
we reach:
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A
fir.
HIII-P: O F D P J m AND CONNIE S W R
I t blows a c h i l d ' s BICYCLE over.
K i d ' s toys s k i t t e r around t h e yard.
The wind grows s:ronger.
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INT. KITCHEN
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MO
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CHARLIE, 8 , is l y i n g on h i s back under t h e k i t c h e n t a b l e
playing Game Boy. H e holds i t i n t h e a i r .
H i s mother, CONNIE, a t t r a c t i v e , i n t e l l i g e n t , 30s, makes h i s
school lunch. I t ' s a t y p i c a l morning: pure chaos. But Connie
is used t o being under s i e g e . She gazes o u t a t t h e t r e e s
bending i n t h e wind.
CONNIE
Really blowing o u t t h e r e .
Ignoring h e r , C h a r l i e plays Game Boy. He makes wet-sounding
shooting and exploding n o i s e s . Nearby, POPPY, t h e dog, e a t s
from i t s bowl. On t h e kitchen TV, a f i n a n c i a l channel r e p o r t s
on t h e NASDAQ f u t u r e s .
CONNIE (CONT'D)
(about t h e Game Boy)
That b e t t e r not be the one where you blow
people up.
CHARLIE
( s t i l l making blowing-people-up
noises)
I t ' s n o t , Mom.
CONNIE
Yeah, r i g h t . G e t up here and f i n i s h your
breakfast.
Wearily, as though shouldering l i f e ' s h e a v i e s t burden,
C h a r l i e picks himself up and s h u f f l e s t o t h e k i t c h e n table.
s u t he d o e s n ' t s i t down. H e s t a r e s a t h i s now-soggy c e r e a l .
E3T.JAR-53, l a t e 4 O s , good-looking, e n t e r s , almosr: d r e s s e d f o r
. S l e e p i l y , he i s buttoning h i s pents.
H e holds a belt
e n d t h e P J e w York Times. On h i s entrance, C h a r i i e l i g h z s up.
He jmps u p , s c i c k s cne hand under h i s z - ~ ~ p ai t d p ~ n p sthe
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