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INVENTING THE ABBOTTS - Rev. 2/16/96 7.
10 CONTINUED:
10Doug glances down at his tie and Pam flips her indexfinger up across the tip of his nose. Doug scowls andpoints at her bust.
DOUG:
Can I borrow a Kleenex?
PAMELA:
Greaser.
DOUG:
(mouth full offood)
11 INT. ABBOTT HOME - BACK YARD - NIGHT 11
Doug and Pam smoke their cigarettes in the back yard.
The tent can be seen in the b.g. The band is playing"MONA LISA."
DOUG:
So, is this Peter guy Alice isgonna marry rich?
PAMELA:
Of course. He's one of the Atlas
Steel Vanlaninghams. Pittsburgh.
He's a bully.
DOUG:
So how come Alice's marrying him?
PAMELA:
Because my parents want her to andAlice is afraid of my parents.
It's practically an arrangedmarriage. They think Alice haspeanut shells for brains orsomething, so they sort ofsuggested that maybe it was timeto tie the old knot and they sortof suggested that Peter was theone to do it with.
DOUG:
Jeez, no one can be that much of a
pushover.
(CONTINUED)
INVENTING THE ABBOTTS - Rev. 2/16/96 8.
11 CONTINUED:
11PAMELA:
Look, Alice is the good daughter,
Eleanor is the bad one, and I'm
the one who sort of gets off thehook. That's just the way itworks. Which one are you?
DOUG:
You mean, which kind of brother am
I? You got me? The little
brother, I guess.
12 INT. ABBOTT HOME/TENT - NIGHT (SHORT TIME LATER) 12
The band improvises a FANFARE as Lloyd Abbott and hiswife, JOAN ABBOTT, step up onto the bandstand. Joan has
the practiced poise of a former beauty queen (as if hersmile had been surgically sewn onto her face). She has a
tendency to smoke and drink a bit too much and eat andsleep a bit too little.
LLOYD:
Ladies and Gentlemen -- I'd like
to propose a toast in honor of ourcause for celebration tonight -the
engagement of our daughter,
Alice, to Mister Peter
Vanlaningham.
He gestures to ALICE ABBOTT and her fiance PETERVANLANINGHAM. Alice is nineteen, the eldest and the
prettiest and seemingly most conventional of the threesisters. Peter is the scion of a wealthy Pittsburghfamily. He and his bride-to-be smile and acknowledge theapplause and AD-LIBBED toasts.
The band strikes up "I Got the World on a String" andJoan whispers something to Alice -- Alice goes over toLloyd and (despite his mock-protest) pulls him out ontothe dance floor.
(CONTINUED)
9.
12 CONTINUED:
12The guests applaud their uninspired box-step; neitherfather nor daughter appear comfortable at such close
quarters.
13 EXT. ABBOTT HOME - DRIVEWAY & TENT - NIGHT 13
The party is going full swing as Doug wanders out of thetent and walks down the driveway. He's had enough ofhigh society for tonight.
14 EXT. SIDEWALK (HALEY) - NIGHT
Doug strolls along the sidewalk (in a residentialneighborhood) softly singing "You Ain't Nothin' but aHound Dog." He pauses beside a rubbish can on the curb,
strikes a wooden match, and sets the trash on fire. As
he nonchalantly continues down the sidewalk we seeseveral trash cans on fire in the near distance.
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15 EXT. ABBOTT HOME - BACK YARD - NIGHT 15
Eleanor necks with Steve (Jacey's rival) on the glider inthe gazebo in the distant corner of the yard. The sounds
of the PARTY can be heard in the b.g. (the band isplaying "In Old Monterey"). Jacey stands in the shadowsof the shrubbery spying on them with pure heartache.
16 EXT. STREET (HALEY) - NIGHT (SHORT TIME LATER)
Jacey walks home with his eyes brimming with bitter tears-- past the smoldering rubbish cans along the curb.
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17 EXT. HOLT HOME - SIDEWALK & GARAGE - NIGHT
(MINUTES LATER)
As Jacey turns up the driveway, a light snaps on in the
garage. The garage doors are open, Doug sits on the edgeof the ping-pong table smoking a cigarette with his handstill on the light fixture pull chain.
DOUG:
Three out of five?
17
JACEY:
Two out of three. You serve.
Jacey and Doug pick up their paddles and begin a game ofping-pong. They are expert players and fiercecompetitors.
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