BOOGIE NIGHTS
by
Paul Thomas Anderson
1 EXT. HOT TRAXX NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT
CAMERA holds on this PACKED disco on Van Nuys Blvd.
TITLE CARD: "San Fernando Valley, 1977"
A CADILLAC SEVILLE pulls up to the valet area and CAMERA (STEADICAM) moves
across the street, towards the car, landing close;
From the Seville steps, JACK HORNER (50s) and AMBER WAVES (early 30s).
CAMERA follows them (this is one cont
TRAIN WHEELS grinding against track, slowing. FOLDING TABLE LEGS scissoring open. The LEVER of a train door being pulled. NAMES on lists on clipboards held by clerks moving alongside the tracks.
CLERKS (V.O.)
몭 Rossen 몭 Lieberman 몭 Wachsberg 몭
BEWILDERED RURAL FACES coming down off the passenger train. FORMS being set out on the folding tables. HANDS straightening pens and pencils and ink
An old preserved movie theatre. The kind only found in a small town. Very picturesque. The marquee in front reads:
"SNEAK PREVIEW TONIGHT
STAB
Rated R"
A line has formed around the block, GUYS and GIRLS - mostly college age.
CLOSE on a girl, MAUREEN, no more than 18. A friendly face with innocent eyes. She stands in line with her boyfriend PHIL, same age. A handsome counterpart.
MAUREEN
I hat
A Texas Ranger patrol car pulls into the parking lot and a real live Texas Ranger, EARL MCGRAW, steps out. McGraw is in full ranger uniform - button shirt, cowboy hat, boots, mirrored shades, tin star and a colt revolver on his hip.
Its about an hour and a half before sundown and McGraw is off duty for the day.
The only other car in the parking lot is a 1975 Plymouth
(Charley Varricks car).
INT.
Kinsey Script
[ Man #1 ]
Dont sit so far away.
- Anything that creates
a distance should be avoided.
- [ Man #2 ] Okay.
And try not to frown.
- Im sorry. Was I frowning?
- You have to relax.
How can I be expected to open up
if youre not relaxed?
- Right.
- Take a deep breath.
Start again.
As you can see, this piece of paper
has been divided into squares.
There are 287 of them.
Your sex history wi
Rolls into FRAME. A bauble of green and blue and white swirls of cloud cover. The eerie clip and whistle of cosmic rays is drowned out by static and someone singing 몵MY WAY몶 - in Russian.
2 MOVING INTO FRAME - A SOVIET CAPSULE
Gleaming white. Black letters on its side, CCCP. A Russian COSMONAUGHT in his space suit is outside, repairing radio antenna. He몶s the one singing.
3 INSIDE THE CAPSU
-
The Final Cut Script
Can I play?
Do you have any marbles?
Yep.
OK.
Thanks.
Youre welcome.
So, whats your name?
Louis. Yours?
Alan.
Youre not from around here,
are you?
No. Im here with my parents
for the day.
What?
Whats over there?
Dont do that. Were not
even allowed to be here.
Come on.
Wait for me.
Lets go back down.
Nope.
Dont!
Alan, dont!
See? That wasnt so bad.
Just dont look down.
Louis!
Falcon And The Snowman Script
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
From whence cometh my help
My help cometh even from the Lord
Who hath made heaven and earth
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved
He that keepeth thee will not slumber
Behold, he that keepeth Israel
Shall neither slumber
Nor sleep
The Lord is thy keeper
The Lord is thy shade
Upon thy right hand
The sun shall not smite thee by
Honey Script
- Two?
- Two.
Here.
Damn!
- Whoo!
- Hi, hi, hi. - Where you been?
You were supposed to be here at midnight.
Girl, you cant rush perfection.
Hurry up and finish so we can get on out there.
- Okay, one more minute.
- Okay.Just in time for a drink on the house?
- You know it.
- Make that two.
- Tonights your lucky night.
- You are my new favorite bartender.
Sweetie, shes not gonna be h
Gypsy Script
BETTE MIDLER GYPSY
[ORCHESTRA WARMING UP]
EVERYBODY, SHUT UP!
ALL MOTHERS, OUT!
GEORGIE, I DONT WANT THEM
IN THE THEATRE.
ITS A PLEASURE.
O.K., MOTHERS!
MOVE!
OUT!
AHA!
ALL RIGHT, KIDS!
LETS GET IN
A STRAIGHT LINE.
COME ON, HERE.
COME FORWARD
ONE AT A TIME.
THE DOORS OPEN AT 7:00,
AND UNCLE JOCKO
DOESNT HAVE TIME
TO REHEARSE
EACH OF YOUR DARLING ACTS.
YOU! WAIT RIGHT HERE,
GIRLY-GIRL