12 Years a Slave Page #2
PARKER:
A year's passed? Off to SandyHill?
ANNE:
I am.
Using a long pole, Mr. Parker fetches down a CARRY ALLfrom an upper shelf.
PARKER:
Something to suit your style, butsturdy enough for the forty milesround trip.
Handing the Bag to Anne, she is immediately taken by it.
ANNE:
It's beautiful.
SOLOMON:
(cautiously)
At what price?
ANNE:
We will take it. Children, comesee what your father has justpurchased for me.
As the children run over - chattering excitedly about thenew gift - they RUN PAST JASPER who has quietly enteredthe store.
At the checkout counter sits a portrait of WILLIAM HENRYHARRISON, the edges draped in black crepe. Before the
book sits a LEDGER. Mr. Parker asks of Solomon:
PARKER:
If you would sign our condolencebook. My hope is to find a way toforward it to the Widow Harrison.
Sad days for the nation.
SOLOMON:
Yes, certainly. Poor Mrs. Harrisand her children. I hope brightertimes ahead.
(CONTINUED)
1/24/13 FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT 4A.
5 CONTINUED:
(2) 5Jasper looks scared, timid. It's as though he'd like toengage, but is unsure of as to how. Noting Jasper, Parkersays:
PARKER:
A moment, sir, and you will beassisted.
SOLOMON:
If we could discuss the price...
(CONTINUED)
1/24/13 FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT 5.
5 CONTINUED:
(3) 5 5 CONTINUED: (3) 5PARKER:
Forgive me, Mrs. Northup. A
customer waits. Welcome, sir.
To Jasper, with good nature:
SOLOMON:
Shop well, but mind your wallet.
PARKER:
Ignore the gentleman's nonsense.
Now, may I interest you in a new
cravat? Pure silk by way of the--
Before Parker can finish, the door opens. It's Jasper'sMaster, FITZGERALD. He's stern, clearly displeased.
FITZGERALD:
Jasper!
(to Parker)
My regrets for the intrusion.
SOLOMON:
No intrusion.
Fitzgerald looks to Solomon. It is a cold glare asthough he wasn't speaking to, and has no interest in aresponse from a black man. Looking back to Parker:
FITZGERALD:
Good day, sir.
6 INT. NORTHUP HOUSE/DINING ROOM - EVENING 6
Anne, busy in the kitchen, puts the final touches to themeal, which is just about to begin. Solomon, in themeanwhile, sits at the head of the table reading from aNEWSPAPER. He reads to his children solemn news of the
funeral arrangements for the recently deceased PresidentHarrison.
SOLOMON:
"Thus has passed away from earth
our late President."
Solomon starts from the top of the article.
SOLOMON (CONT’D)
"During the morning, from sunrise,
the heavy bells had been pealing
forth their slow and solemn toll
while the minute guns announced
that soon the grave would receive
its trust. Our city as well as
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