분야
hwp By
Atom Egoyan
Based on the novel by
Russell Banks
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Final revised draft
Copyright c1997 Ego Film Arts
All Rights Reserved
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FADE IN
INT. SUMMER COTTAGE -- DAY
A young family together in bed. It is a bright summer
morning. Father, mother, and a three year old girl are
still asleep. They are naked. A light breeze drifts into
the room. The scene is serene and softly suspended.
Head credits appear over this idyllic image. The little
girl turns in her sleep. A dog barks outside.
CUT TO
INT./EXT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT
From the peaceful tableau of the sleeping family, the scene
shifts to a vehicle entering a car wash. The image is shot
through the windshield, from the drivers point of view.
The car enters the lathered world of spinning felt wheels
and gushing water.
CUT TO
INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT
Inside the car MITCHELL STEPHENS, a man in his mid-fifties,
listens to a stirring piece of music. The sound of the car
wash is filtered out by the strains of music.
CUT TO
EXT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT
The phone booth is located in a rundown area of a large
city. A young woman, ZOE, enters the booth and lifts the
receiver.
CUT TO
INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT
MITCHELL STEPHENS is going through the wash. The automatic
mops and buffers embrace his car with water and suds. The
cellular phone in the car rings. MITCHELL picks it up.
MITCHELL
Yes? Yes, Ill accept the charges.
CUT TO
INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT
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ZOE is on the phone. Theres a figure outside the booth
waiting for her.
ZOE
Daddy, its me...How are you doing?
Thats great...Where are you?
Whats that sound?
CUT TO
INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT
MITCHELL in his car, playing with the volume on his radio.
MITCHELL
Im in a car wash.
CUT TO
INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT
ZOE
A car wash! Wow, Ive never talked
to you when youve been in a car
wash. Make sure youve got the
windows closed.
CUT TO
INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT
ZOE
(over the phone)
Remember that time we were having
the car washed and I started playing
with the automatic window? How old
was I, Daddy? Five or six? I got
absolutely soaked, remember?
MITCHELL
Why are you calling me, Zoe?
CUT TO
INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT
ZOE
Why am I calling you? Youre my
father. Im not supposed to call
you? Whats the matter with wanting
to talk to you, Daddy?
CUT TO
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INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT
MITCHELL
Nothings wrong with trying to talk
to me, Zoe.
ZOE
(over the phone)
So whats the problem?
MITCHELL
The problem is I have no idea who
Im talking to right now.
ZOE
(over the phone)
Cause you think Im stoned, Daddy?
Cause you think Ive got a needle
stuck in my arm? Is that what
youre thinking, Daddy?
Pause. MITCHELL doesnt respond.
CUT TO
INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT
ZOE
Are you wondering if I scored,
Daddy, and Im calling you for
money? That Im begging? God, I
dont fucking believe it!
CUT TO
INT. CAR WASH. -- NIGHT
MITCHELL is emotionally stunned by ZOES voice. She is
heard over the phone.
ZOE
(over the phone)
Daddy! Are you listening to me,
Daddy?!
The music that MITCHELL has been listening to becomes louder
as he stares at the spinning felt wheels of the car wash.
ZOE (CONTD)
DADDY!!!
MITCHELL
Yes.
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ZOE
Why cant you talk to me?
MITCHELL
I...I just need to know what state
youre in so I know...how to talk to
you...how to act...
MITCHELL is in pain. He closes his eyes.
CUT TO
INT. PHONE BOOTH -- NIGHT
The phone booth is deserted. ZOE is nowhere to be seen.
Over this image, the sounds of a band playing a blues
number.
CUT TO
EXT. FAIRGROUND -- DAY
The blues number continues as the camera cranes down to the
bandstand of a country fair. A local band is rehearsing.
Around the practising band, various carpenters and
technicians are making final preparations for that evenings
big event.
One of the people watching the band is SAM BURNELL, a man in
his early forties. He watches his daughter, NICOLE, as she
sings into the microphone. NICOLE is sixteen.
NICOLE stares at her father as she sings.
ANGLE ON
SAM looking back at his daughter. He is intensely proud of
her. SAM is a carpenter, working on at the fair site. He
gets back to his work, hammering a supporting beam into the
grandstand.
CUT TO
INT. AIRPORT. WASHROOM -- AFTERNOON
CLOSE UP of a three year old girl, staring up into the lens.
Her face is full of sweetness and trust.
ANGLE ON
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MITCHELL STEPHENS in a crowded airport washroom, watching a
young father, PETER, trying to change the diaper on his
three year old daughter.
MITCHELL stares at the little girl, his face registering a
wistful smile. PETER is having a hard time trying to find
the towel from the toddlers bag and keeping an eye on her
at the same time.
MITCHELL
Need a hand?
PETER
Sure, it you could find a towel in
this bag. I know my wife packed one
in there...
MITCHELL comes forward and searches through the toddlers
bag.
MITCHELL
You always think youre prepared for
these things.
PETER
Tell me about it.
MITCHELL
How old is she?
PETER
Almost three.
MITCHELL
(finding a towel)
Is thi
