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Operate? Harvey gets nervous again. The Doctor throws him
his clothing.
CUT TO:
EXT. CLEVELAND STREET - WINTER - 1975 - DAY
A silent sequence. A dejected HARVEY walks home alone along
an empty lot. Day-old dirty snow clings to the ground.
He wanders through a down-in-the-heels neighborhood, passing
run-down stores and ramshackle apartments.
EXT. BUS STOP - WINTER - 1975 - DAY
Harvey approaches TOBY -- a dumpy 20-something going on 60something
in ridiculous, mismatched polyester clothing. He
is odd, awkward and talks with a monotone, robotic voice. In
short, he is a super dork.
TOBY:
Hi Harvey. You weren’t in work
today. Are you okay, Harvey?
Harvey barely looks up. He nods his head “yes” and keeps
walking.
TOBY (cont’d)
(yelling after him)
I’m heading downtown to the White
Castle. Wanna come, Harvey?
10.
Harvey leaves Toby behind and turns the corner.
EXT. DELI - WINTER - 1975 - DAY
Two WOMEN argue loudly over a payphone.
SPANISH WOMAN #1 (IN SPANISH)
I already told you, I’m waiting for
a call!
SPANISH WOMAN #2
Oh yeah? Since when is this your
private office?!
SPANISH WOMAN #1
Since you can kiss my ass.
Harvey stops in his tracks and stares at them, jealous of
their ability to speak.
.
CLOSE UP:
SPANISH WOMAN #1’s MOUTHHARVEY:
(to himself)
Look at ‘em yakkin’. How do they
do it?
Out of the corner of her eye, WOMAN #2 notices Harvey
eavesdropping.
WOMAN #2
(yelling at Harvey)
Ay, what are you looking at?
Maricone!
EXT. ACROSS FROM A PARK - WINTER - 1975 - DAY
He passes a group of KIDS playing in the snow. They scream,
yell and laugh with abandon.
HARVEY:
(shaking his head)
They all make it seem so easy.
Then, BAM! Harvey is awakened from his reverie by a
snowball. The kids laugh loudly. He wipes away the snow and
walks on.
A VOICE OVER interrupts the scene.
11.
REAL HARVEY (V.O.)
Here’s our man walking home from
the doctor’s. He’s got the weight
of the world on him. And fer what,
really? ‘Cause his throat’s a
little screwy? Man, people in
India are starvin’ to death every
day. His problems are nothin’.
CUT TO:
EXT. BRIDGE OVER TRAIN TRACKS - DAY
Totally dejected, HARVEY crosses over train tracks on his way
home.
REAL HARVEY (V.O.)
Still, he can’t help feelin’
paranoid, like some supernatural
force is conspiring against him to
rob him of his voice.
EXT. HARVEY’S APARTMENT - WINTER - 1975 - DAY
Harvey sulks up the steps of his brick low-rise apartment
building. He passes an ELDERLY NEIGHBOR coming down the walk
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