Misery Page #3
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- Year:
- 1990
- 107 min
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PAUL:
(passionately)
Marcia, why are you doing this to me?
Don't you know I'm scared enough?
Don't you think I remember how nobody
gave a sh*t about my first books? You
think I'm dying to go back to shouting
in the wilderness?
(beat)
I'm doing this because I have to.
(Marcia is stopped)
Now, I'm leaving for Colorado to try
to finish this and I want your good
thoughts -- because if I can make it
work ...
(beat)
I might just have something that I
want on my tombstone.
On the word "tombstone"
CUT TO:
PAUL'S TOMBSTONE -- the upside down car with the blizzard coming
gale-force and his motionless body trapped inside the car.
The WIND screams. PAUL'S EYES flutter, then close.
HOLD:
Suddenly there's a new sound as a crowbar SCRATCHES at the door --
-- and now the door is ripped open as we
A BUNDLED-UP FIGURE gently beginning to pull PAUL and the case
from the car. For a moment, it's hard to tell if it's a man or
woman --
-- not to let the cat out of the bag or anything, but it is, very
much, a woman. Her name is ANNIE WILKES and she is close to Paul's
age. She is in many ways a remarkable creature. Strong, self-
sufficient, passionate in her likes and dislikes, loves and hates.
CUT TO:
PAUL AND ANNIE as she cradles him in her arms. Once he's clear of
the car, she lays him carefully in the snow.
CUT TO:
PAUL AND ANNIE:
CLOSE UP. She slowly brings her mouth down closeto his. Then their lips touch as she forces air inside him.
ANNIE:
(Their lips touch again.
Then --)
You hear me -- Breathe! I said breathe!!!
CUT TO:
PAUL, as he starts to breathe --
-- in a moment his eys suddenly open wide, but he's in shock, the
eyes see nothing --
CUT TO:
ANNIE -- the moment she sees him come to life, she goes into
action, lifting PAUL in a fireman's carry, starting the difficult
climb back up the steep hill.
As she moves away, she and Paul are obliterated by the white
falling snow.
DISSOLVE TO:
THE WHITE OF WHAT SEEMS LIKE A HOSPITAL. Everything is bled of
color. It's all vague --
-- we are looking at this from Paul's blurred vision.
And throughout this next sequence, there are these SOUNDS, words
really, but they make no sense.
"...no...worry...
...be...fine...
...good care...you...
...I'm your number one fan..."
The first thing we see during this is something all white. It
takes a moment before we realize it's a ceiling.
Now, a white wall.
An I.V. bottle is next, the medicine dripping down a tube into
PAUL'S LEFT ARM. The other arm is bandaged and in a sling.
ANNIE is standing beside the bed. She wears off-white and seems
very much like a nurse. A good nurse. She has pills in her hands.
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