Cell
FADE IN:
A SPECK OF DUST
Grains of sand dance in the wind. As we glide over a VAST
DESERT, the speck of dust becomes a HORSE AND RIDER.
CATHERINE YOUNG straddles the beautiful black animal, her
mesmerizing eyes scanning the horizon. A curious breeze
blows across her exquisite face and she drinks it in, as if
the wind itself were telling something to her...
Catherine sees a FLICKERING LIGHT
beautiful, Cole.
- You sang it beautifully. - Thank you.
But tell me something.
Do you really think I could play the shrew?
Youd make a perfect shrew.
What I mean is, it takes an actress of real stature, like Judy Marlow...
- Constance Collier. - Connie Collier, Lynn Fontanne...
- Great actresses. - The costumes are great.
For your entrance, weve picked red velvet.
- She looks wonderful in it. -
beautiful?
Isnt it a lovely sentiment?
Yeah.
Here he is now.
l suggest you break it to him gently.
Hes liable to keel over from the shock.
Theyve been waiting a long while.
- Who are they?
- I dont know.
- Mr. Longfellow Deeds?
- Yes.
How do you do?
Im John Cedar, of the New York firm
of Cedar, Cedar, Cedar and Budington.
Budington must feel
like an awful stranger.
- Mr. Cornelius Cobb. Mr. Ander
beauties.
Hi, Grandma.
You working nights?
So...
...he catch you with another man?
Is that why he laid hands on you?
Youre really asking me that?
This wasnt the first time
youd disappointed your father, was it?
Wasnt the first time
he disappointed me either.
How old were you
when you had your first child?
Here you go.
Bobby Sharp!
Im gonna beat you good.
Come on, you wanna blow out of here?
Who i
behavior. The policeman becomes frustrated. The audience finds the
exasperation of an authority figure to be amusing. ]
INT: PARENTS BEDROOM: NIGHT
Kevins mother is on the phone, talking to a friend. She packs clothes on
the bed, while her husband is in the bathroom. A small boy, KEVIN, walks
into the room.
"Mom, Uncle Frank wont let me watch the movie. But the big kids can. Why
cant I?"
"Kevin,
beautiful
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
beautiful stained
glass windows of various sizes, some featuring biblical scenes
and saints.
WILLIAM (V.O.)
... and some not so genuine.
EXT. GOLBORNE ROAD - DAY
WILLIAM (V.O.)
And whats great is that lots of
friends have ended up in this part of
London -- thats Tony, architect
turned chef, who recently invested
all the money he ever earned in a new
restaurant...
Shot of Tony proudly setting
beautiful.
Dont be mad.
Youve been my friend
my whole life.
And you see me,
you always have, but...
I need a real friend.
Someone I can hold.
Im going to give you
some cardboard shades
you can wear over
your regular glasses
until the dilation wears off.
Will my contacts be ready
by Friday?
Doctor:
Should be.
You look awfully excited.
I have a date.
Youre sure my eye wont cross
with the contacts?
beautiful
and very elegant.
Shes not from here,
but she needs to be among us.
Here is her review.
Every page is blank!
Its called "Nudism."
Its absurd.
Less absurd than if it were
full of absurd writing.
No excess is absurd.
Orpheus, your gravest fault
is knowing how to get away
with going too far.
The public loves me.
The public is alone.
Theyre talking about us.
It seems they change everything
SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
Screenplay by Ron Bass and Scott Hicks
Based on the novel by David Guterson
May 4, 1998
NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS
AND SOME "OMITTED" SLUGS. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THIS
SOFT COPY.
EXT. THE SUSAN MARIE, SHIP CHANNEL BANK - NIGHT
Fog. Penetrated only by sound. The LAPPING of sea at a
drifting hull. Tendrils of mist part, revealing...
...a f