tones), resonate to this day. A sequel to the book, Requiem for a Nun, is the only play that he has published. It includes an introduction that is actually one sentence spanning more than a page. He received a Pulitzer Prize for A Fable, and won a National Book Award (posthumously) for his Collected Stories.
Faulkner was also an acclaimed writer of mysteries, publishing a collection of crime fict
toned, defining an era. The bread
lines...the soup kitchens...the dust bowl refugees heading
west with their possessions on their backs and no hope in
their eyes...the strutting gangster royalty flaunting their
bootleg riches...an entire generation of lost youth riding
the rials...the U.S. army troops raining truncheon blows on
the half-starved and forgotten veterans of World War One as
"Hoovervi
Alright so this is the world and there are five billion people on it. When I was a kid there were three. Its hard to keep up.
AMERICA FROM SPACE
The great continent through mist and swirling skies. (Satellites and other pieces of skycasting equipment float by.)
JERRYS VOICE
Thats better. Thats america. See, America still sets the tone for the world...
KID ON BASKETBALL COURT
A puberty-ravaged kid
tones.
Near the door, a SIGN on a stand: "REMAINING MEN TOGETHER."
JACK (V.O.)
This was a support group for men with
testicular cancer. The big moosie
slobbering all over me was Bob.
BOB
Were still men.
JACK
Yes. Were men. Men is what we are.
JACK (V.O.)
Six months ago, Bobs testicles were
removed. Then hormone therapy. He
developed bitch tits because his
testosterone was too high and his
body up
tone)
Okay. Who can tell me what famine is?
CUT TO:
1958.
Birds are chirping. The sun is shining. All the hedges are
neatly pruned and the lawns are perfectly manicured. A sweet
stillness hangs over the SUBURBAN STREET, which is bathed in
beautiful BLACK AND WHITE.
MANS VOICE (OS)
Honey, Im home.
SUBURBAN HOME.
GEORGE PARKER enters the front door and hangs his hat on the
coatrack. He sets his bri
tones:
ANDY
It was very bitter. She said she
was glad I knew, that she hated all
the sneaking around. She said she
wanted a divorce in Reno.
D.A.
What was your response?
ANDY
I told her I would not grant one.
D.A.
(refers to his notes)
"Ill see you in Hell before I see
you in Reno." Those were the words
you used, Mr. Dufresne, according
to the testimony of your neighbors.
ANDY
If
Combination hookah and
coffee maker--also makes Julienne fries. Will not break
(taps it on table), will not--(it falls apart)--it
broke. Ooohhh! Look at this! Pulls out Tupperware) I
have never seen one of these intact before. This is the
famous Dead Sea Tupperware. Listen. (Pries it open,
makes raspberry sound.) Ah, still good. (Camera begins
to pan to right. PEDDLER hurries to catch it.) Wait,
The Addams Family Script
~ Merry, merry, merry Christmas ~
~ Dong what they send,
dong without end ~
~ Their joyful tone to every home ~
~ Dong what they send,
dong without end ~
~ Their joyful tone to every home ~
~ Ding dong, ding dong ~~
~ La-la la la la ~
~ Fa la-la la la ~
~ Deck the halls
with boughs of holly ~
~ Fa la la la-la ~
~ La-la la la ~
~ Tis the season to be jolly ~
~ Fa la la la-
Michael Palin: Hello, good evening and welcome to the Ronald Reagan Memorial Bowl, here in the pretty little L.A. suburb of
Hollywood. Well, were about to go in all for wrestling, brought to you tonight, ladies and gentlemen, by the makers of Scum,
the worlds first ever combined hair oil, foot ointment, and salad dressing. And the makers of Titan, the novelty nuclear
missile! You never know wh
tone in which she speaks
is sexy, dangerous, and mysterious. She is a mythic bitch.
HEATHER CHANDLER
Veronica. Finally. Got a paper of
Kurt Kellys. I need you to forge
a hot and horny but realistically
low-key note in Kurts handwriting
and well slip it into Martha
Dumptrucks lunch tray.
VERONICA
Shit, Heather. I dont have anything
against Martha Dunnstock.
HEATHER CHANDLER
You dont have anything