FILM IS LOCATED IN A TELEVISION STUDIO.
SHOT OF MOON 1
Clouds passing.
VOICE OVER
Once upon a time. In a town
not far from yours...
CLOSEUP - FARLEYS FACE 2
wreathed in cigar smoke.
VOICE OVER
...there lived a real fast guy...
OVERTURE 3
DIGITAL TITLES PROCEED ACROSS BOTTOM OF FRAME. CAMERA PULLS
BACK ON interior control room. FARLEY sitting in executive
chair in front of a wall of monitors. IMAG
Chinese girl.
- What was her last name?- Whats that?
Its an old address book I found ina coat I havent worn in a coons age.
- What was that name?- What the fuck was I talkin about?
You said "True Blue"was about a guy--
a sensitive girlwho meets a nice guy...
but "Like A Virgin"was a metaphor for big dicks.
Let me tell you what"Like A Virgin" is about.
Its all about this coozewhos a regular fuck m
Chinese joint.
Not bad for a night school lawyer.
See you next time, Counsellor.
Not necessarily.
Ladies and gentlemen,
first of all ld like to thank...
my brilliant attorney,
Jennifer Haines.
She knew l was an innocent man.
of American justice.
Thank you very much.
How are you tonight,
Miss Haines?
Very well.
ls there anything better than winning?
Hope your day was as good as mine.
- lt was pret
Chinese
or English tea?
Chinese.
Dont know
how you drink that stuff.
I found it on a body. Its
blown my head wide open.
You should read it.
Medicine for your soul, Okwe,
Guo Yi,
today I also found something.
In a lavatory,
in one of the hotel rooms.
Someones heart.
A heart. A human heart.
Im only telling you
because you are a rational man.
Maybe theres an explanation.
Maybe some guy with one of
t
CHINESE - DAY
JOHN WAYNE gets his hand prints in the sidewalk.
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EXT. WESTCHESTER BEAN FIELD - DAY
MIGRANT WORKERS hurry to finish the harvest. We PAN
TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS who wait impatiently with bull-
dozers under a "Spirit of the Future" BANNER. As the
last picker leaves the field, the bulldozers move in,
leveling the bean rows to make way for a housing tract.
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EXT. FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
Chinese puzzle.
- Thanks, Pete.
All that weight is dangerous.
Itll be worth it when I make the cheerleading
squad. Prove to Amber that Im not a loser.
Hang on a second. You wanna become
a cheerleader to prove you are not a loser?
Yeah. Why?
Nothing. High schools
changed a bit since I was a kid.
Plus, all anyone ever remembers is
what happened at last years tryouts.
Im the laughing stock of the sc
film tomorrow.
- Fine.
First time in my life
Ill be a voice with a body.
You know what that means?
What this could lead to?
Its a sitcom, Jack.
Youre not defining pi.
Ill remember that
the next time you get excited...
...by drawing pubic hair
on Raisin Bran.
You want some?
No, I have to work.
How un- s of you.
I was in the s.
I used to think...
...my biography
ought to be entitled:
"Jack Lucas:
film.
It has solid box office potential.
He can do it.
You dont regret leaving him, do you?
One day you look up and realize that laughs are not enough.
I can handle him, Hal. ljust got tired of havingto allthe time.
Andthen, you know...I met you.
What are you doing home?
I quit.
No, Val, not again! You quit over nothing again?!
Not over nothing. I quit over abigthing.
They fired me. I thought tha
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THE SOUND OF DRUMSfrom a great distancegrowing louder.
FADE IN:
WE ARE FLYING through
Chinese room.
Elsie! Elsie!
Youll be sharing
with the head housemaid.
Shell show you where everything is.
Elsie,
this is Miss Trentham.
- Mrs. Wilson-- Excuse me, maam--
- Take care of her, will you?
My names Mary.
Mary Maceachran.
Not here its not.
Its Trentham.
Lord Stockbridge.
Guns.
- Down there on the right.
- The names Parks. Robert Parks.
Mr. Parks?
Mr. Parks, below stairs
youll be known a