PART 10

int. diner - day

t place -- a major he

food is greasy and good, mrs. pressman is tress, and the

crod t is a small town. bob,

maggie and ike sit on ter. mrs. pressman c

the coer.

bob

mrs. pressman, i to

order.

mrs. pressman

ere out the special because

somebody...

(indicates cook h head)

... didnt order enough sausage.

bob

let me te. egg

wes only.

ike looks at maggie. a t shed say

next.

maggie

ill he same.

ike

(clears )

of course.

maggie

? i cant order my eggs

sarcasm?

bob

neutral coers you the

same team noing and

its fifteen minutes in ty box.

(gently, to ike)

maggies t person youll ever

meet. but s

t to start focusing

more in here.

(taps )

ts wever

you to call it -- problems in the

past.

(to maggie)

ts w were working on -- focus.

right, maggie? focus on maggie. focus

on bob.

as bob alking, ike ching maggies face.

to of her.

maggie

(quietly)

right.

bob

(to ike)

i lead maggie tion

exercise. all ts shrinks use

tuff. visualize the end

zone, if you catc.

bob takes out a notepad and to maggie.

bob (contd)

odays mantra: “its an open

field to big bob.“

ike

tell me. to tar,

?

maggie

you knoheres no...

before maggie can finisercepts her.

ike

ell, im off. a reporters work is

never done.

(o the door)

mrs. pressman, thank you.

mrs. pressman

tootaloo.

int. atlantic el - moments later

grandma julia (v.o.)

id like to explain about the weddings.

t come

off. t;i dos“. you

cant believe how much cake we were

left hree

think her

father minded spending so much money on

booze t nobody drank.

e el doors,

ts a bag from inside truck and

comes inside tel o grandma,

ta.

maggie

ike... hi, grandma.

ike

gram o give me the

skinny on wal

bliss.

grandma julia

rigta. its

not t she wedding,

s.

innocent girls are terrified of “the

one-eyed snake“.

(getting into it)

ook

a knitting needle o the bed...

ike winces.

maggie

actually, grandma, i che one-

eyed snake awhile ago.

grandma julia

o. ill tell you one

t forget t

.

(no netta)

you can take your hands off your ears,

netta. your teas getting cold.

maggie

can you excuse us a minute?

(to ike)

may i h you, please?

maggie moves toward door.

ike

bye, netta... bye, grandam.

eps over to maggie in the doorway.

maggie

i found t kno was

someteresting.

maggie ;kind of blue.“

ike

(excited)

os miles davis. this

is “king of blue“! the

original recording. o find in

good condition. here did you find

this?

maggie

(casual)

it tic. it was jus

sitting t.

ike

its valuable. o it.

maggie

no. you take it.

seps outside, leaving ike he record.

ike

w kind of music

i like and then finding me a rare album.

youre not trying to soften me up, are

you?

maggie

no -- im cleaning an attic. i

attempt the impossible.

sus and o the diner where mrs. pressman is

outside ering plants. ike looks after maggie and then back

do t makes him sad.

cut to:

int. ikes car - later t day

ike drives t food

bag in he inn hale bar, same dump of a

tave alked to bartender at.

angle on: maggies car parked a few cars down. he pulls over

and parks. s out and speaks into ape recorder.

int./ext. the inn hale bar -- day

ike approacheres a drunk man and a

dog sitting outside. inside, he back,

arms around eacely maggie. ther is

definitely not bob.

maggie

(coaxing)

cmon. lets go.

as maggie up, its alter, maggies

father -- dead drunk.

alter

(belligerently)

i

your drivers license...

tumble and lurcing toward maggies car.

maggie

im not exactly her...

steady.

alter

(to dog)

good boy, port hole.

maggie

eady.

alter

i c.

(to drunk)

see you later, mr. travis.

(to maggie)

t guy has a problem... maggie, you

can run everyones life but your own.

maggies rouble keeping eady as she car

door. ike is to er into the

car.

alter (contd)

good daug thers pass

out.

alter passes out on t seat.

maggie

( difficulty)

ike... please dont e anything

about this --

ike

no. forget about it. dont even think

about it.

maggie looks at itude. she car

door s.

maggie

atch your leg, dad.

(to ike)

im so tired of this.

ike

you let off in

trunk. ill take you for a ride.

then well come back for him.

(to drunk on bench)

keep an eye on him.

drunk man

im too loaded.

ike

i alking to the dog.

(tuing to maggie)

all right?

maggie t t. sakes a deep breath.

maggie

okay... ill just grab my jacket.

cut to:

ext. road - late dusk to night

establishing of ikes car driving.

int. ikes car - late dusk to night

maggie and ike ride along.

ike

my dad managed a business and two

mistresses. ed me to be a

novelist. more?

maggie nods,

ike (contd)

my moted me to become a

musician. 0 for t at least

im a joualist and we all know

joualism is literature in a hurry