Jersey Girl Script - Dialogue Transcript
(woman) Everyone, please take
your seats. You heard the bell.
You know what it means.
Last week,
the assignment was
to write an essay about your family.
- Who they...
- (class) Are!
And what they...
(all) Mean to us!
Excellent droning. So l want
everyone to take out their essays.
Were going to read them aloud
to the class right up here.
My mom says that me
Slow motion. Armed troops in black uniforms pour out of unmarked vans and swarm across a lawn in a middle class residential neighborhood. Yuppie neighbours look on in shock, confused. Two of the troops carry a battering ram to the front door of a white two-storey house. A leashed Rottweiler snarls and barks. In position, their comrades point M-16s into first-floor windows, ready to be ambushed. P
Bible believing Christian.
Somehow, these guys
dont ji? with the Christianity
in what I have learned.
I mean, there is authoritarianism
kind of way about them and
there is nothing generous?,
nothing compassion
for me, there is nothing
Christian bottom line?, I mean
Yes. It is It is
It is upside down.
I mean Yes, Ive been-Ive been raised
as a Christian all my life
I think
thats probably the thing
class,
Rhodes scholar, tenured at
two books published.
Hes an academic stud.
Look at his wife,
a regular Grace Kelly...
old money svelte,
father was ambassador to Spain.
Shit. The lights on again.
- Ignore it. Its a rental.
- Do you smell anything?
No. Besides, the guys
a flaming liberal.
A persons politics
has nothing to do...
- with his propensity
to commit a crime.
- Wrong.
Arent we supposed
CLASS MEN AND
WOMEN, THEY PASS THROUGH SECURITY SCREENING IN THE B.G., THROUGH METAL
DETECTORS, AND PAST SEVERAL GUARDS WHO CHECK THE PHOTO-I.D.S AROUND THEIR
NECKS.
ANGLE INT THE WHITE HOUSE
WILFRED AMES, AND AMY CAIN, A BRIGHT YOUNG WOMAN IN HER TWENTIES, WALKING DOWN
A CORRIDOR, LOOKING WORRIED.
ANGLE AMES AND CAIN
AMES AND CAIN HAVE STOPPED AT THE END OF THE HALL. BEYOND THEM WE SEE THE
CLEAN
Bible...
and believing in Jesus, brother,
thats your ticket.
[ Snickers ]
Yeah.
You think
its a fantasy, right?
Huh?
Come here, man.
Get up. Come here.
[ Traffic Noises ]
See that truck?
Beauty, isnt it?
[ Horn Honks ]
I won it
at a friends raffle.
No shit.
No shit.
You know what?
It wasnt luck.
It was Jesus who wanted me
to have that truck.
Thats bullshit.
I bet you stole it.
Jesus gave me that
Bible study. Where is the child?
RITA
I feel like Sophia Loren in "Houseboat." When she meets the widowed
Cary Grant and selflessly gives herself to his family. (Speaks
Italian) Did you see it?
WANDA
I know what its like to lose someone close to your heart. I
understand. Winnie and I, we both understand.
DOLL
"Im so tired."
WANDA
And Im not tired?! Ha! Kids!
DORIS
Oh, I love kids. I have a rea
class.
-Okay.
-lt got smudged.
-You can still read it.
Theres a woman standing there
in the dark.
And shes got big arms to hold you.
But you wont feel
those arms that hug...
... till you can see her face.
So you stand there waiting for
the light at the end of the road.
Idella, that is so fine.
Thank you.
My lawyer seems to have disappeared,
so I need help on the legal end.
But if you cant do tha
class shy...
...of graduating from our
youth ministry training program...
...and theyre moving on
to becoming ministers.
- Amen. Amen.
- Hallelujah.
- Wanna swing by the mall later?
- I cant.
My dads in a meeting
and my moms picking me up.
Man, your cousin Charlene
is gonna be there.
Now you trying to get at my cousin?
She must be trying to get at me.
She gave me her number.
Let me see. Give me t
classes.
I dont have time to talk about this now.
Well, maybe you ought to make time.
Excuse me, Im not the one whos away
for months and months at a time.
I just dont understand.
Ill let him explain it. Can you take him
to the airport in the morning?
- Sams getting on a plane?
- He joined the Scholastic Decathlon Team.
- Theyre competing in New York.
- Sam joined a team?
- Yeah, I think theres a