Laundry Script
My name is Teru
Its actually Teruo,
but ev eryone calls me Teru
I work at a coin laundry
I make sure no one steals any laundry
Grandma owns the place
But recently shes been worrying...
about bad people stealing
womens underwear
So she gav e me this job
I hav e a scar on my head
When I was a kid, I fell in a manhole
People say I hav e a scar on my brain,
too
Im opening shop again to
FALLS HIGH - COURTYARD - MORNING
Jim has met up with CHRIS OSTREICHER -- "OZ" -- a cocky
senior with a football-player build. He cradles a ball
in a lacrosse stick.
OZ
Illegal channels? Shit, if theres
any channel that should be illegal,
its whatever that womens channel is.
Lifetime Supply of Pantyhose, or some
shit.
JIM
Yeah -- hey, did you see The Little
Mermaid on TV the other night? That
A
women of her day. But if she was
proud of her beauty, to do her
justice, she was still more proud of
her son, and has said a thousand
times to me that I was the
handsomest fellow in the world.
EXT. CHURCH - DAY
Mother and son entering church.
RODERICK (V.O.)
The good souls pleasure was to
dress me; and on Sundays and
Holidays, I turned out in a velvet
coat with a silver-hilted sword by
my side, a
older paper. He pushes the
grime away, brings the rose out more clearly.
He reaches into his suit pocket and takes out a switchblade. He
flips the thin, lethal blade free. Working deliberately,
delicately, Somerset cuts a square around the rose, then peels
the square of dry wallpaper away from the wall. He studies it in
his hand.
2 EXT. OLD HOUSE -- DAY 2
Somerset stands in front of the old home.
OLDER BROTHER are
sitting at the humble table.
KENNYS MOTHER
Sit down, you can share some of your
brothers waffle.
The doorbell rings. Kenny walks over to the door.
EXT. KENNYS HOUSE - DAY
Kenny opens the door to find Stan.
STAN
Kenny! The Terrance and Phillip movie is
out! You wanna come?!
Stan shows Kenny a newspaper clipping. Its an ad for the new
Terrance and Phillip movie Asses of fire. Kenn
older than she looks. -Can you iron?
Whats the matter? Has the cat got your tongue?
Ah, she cant talk, maam. The poor little mites a mute.
But shes a good little worker, I can promise you that.
All right.
All right. The other girl I had spoke too much anyway. Follow me.
Mrs. Mills, you and the girl will sleep in the attic room upstairs...
-And you, Mr... -Tuttle, maam.
Tuttle. You can sleep in th
Trunks and boxes
including an open crate with hens are scattered carelessly along the
shore.
The SEAMEN gather together. After a discussion in which they look
between ADA and her child and their Coaster out on the sea, one of the
men approaches. Behind him the other men keep their eyes out to sea or
down on the sand. They dont want to be involved. The sight of the
women alone on this beach
Thank you for coming.
Captain, make sure
the inspector is settled comfortably.
- Yes.
- Good day.
- The men and women work separately?
- Yes.
Monsieur le maire redesigned the factory
in order to keep the sexes apart.
- I told you hes eccentric.
- Not eccentric, Captain. No.
He cares about honest working women
and wants to protect their virtue.
Very proper. Very wise.
- Sorry.
- Excuse me.
Youve
older fishermen
looked at him and were sad...
... but they did not show it.
They spoke about the currents...
... and the depths theyd
drifted their lines at...
... and the steady, good weather
and of what they had seen.
- Santiago.
- Yes?
Can I go and get the sardines
for you tomorrow?
Oh, no. No.
You play ball. I can still row,
and I can still throw the net.
I know where I can get four fresh bai
oldering.
- Can you make that a full pound
of the hot sopresata?
- You got it.
Office romances can go very bad.
Well, they can also go very good.
You know, % of married women
met their husbands at work.
- Where did you get that statistic?
- Made it up.
All extracurricular activity happens
off-campus... his place or yours.
No, his. Mines a little crowded
these days. Maggie.
- No!
- Just till she f