enter his apartment.
SIMON
Verdell!?!! Here, good doggie...
He notices Melvin at the far end of the hall.
SIMON
Mr. Udall... excuse me. Hey
there!
(as Melvin turns)
Have you seen Verdell?
MELVIN
Whats he look like?
Melvin starts to walk back to his apartment door which is
directly opposite Simons.
SIMON
My dog... you know... I mean my
little dog with the adorable
face... Dont you know what m
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
in the history of literature. His former home in Oxford, Rowan Oak, is operated as a museum by the University of Mississippi.
In the later years Faulkner moved to Hollywood to be a screenwriter (producing scripts for Raymond Chandlers The Big Sleep and Ernest Hemingways To Have and Have Not, both directed by Howard Hawks). Faulkner started an affair with Hawks secretary, Meta Carpenter.
enters, sees ELAINE CONNELLY sitting with a few other
ladies, sipping tea. Shes 80, refined and elegant, his best
friend here. She gives him a good-morning smile. He gives her
a rakish wink in return, which makes her smiles all the more.
??
Paul reaches past the people at the counter and sneaks two
pieces of cold leftover toast off a serving plate. He tosses
Elaine another look--catch ya later--a
enters, Starbucks
cup in hand, and slides a stack of reports on Jacks desk.
BOSS
Im going to need you out-of-town a
little more this week. Weve got
some "red-flags" to cover.
JACK (V.O.)
It mustve been Tuesday. he was
wearing his "cornflower-blue" tie.
JACK
(listless management speak)
You want me to de-prioritize my
current reports until you advise of
a status upgrade?
BOSS
You need to make these