Runaway Bride Page #3

Synopsis: Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts) is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded city journalist Ike Graham (Richard Gere). But, after his facts are called into question, Ike races to Maggie's hometown to save his reputation and report on her upcoming fourth trip down the aisle -- during which he's convinced she'll run again. Though he's there on a muckraking mission, Ike can't help but fall for this breathtaking heartbreaker.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Production: Paramount Pictures
  6 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
PG
Year:
1999
116 min
Website
1,149 Views


INT. USA TODAY OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

Elaine at her desk reads aloud to herself.

ELAINE:

"But perhaps, in fairness to the fairer

sex, I do need to broaden my horizon

and add some new goddesses to the

pantheon:
I would like to nominate for

deity..."

Fisher hands a file to Elaine.

FISHER:

"... The cheerleader, the coed, and the

man-eater, the last of which concerns me

most today."

Fisher leaves and we hold a USA Today sign.

CUT TO:

INT. NEW YORK BAR - DAY

The Man comes out of the men's room reading the USA Today,

Kevin, the Bartender, stands on the bar reading the same

article.

MAN:

(reads)

"To be fair, the man-eater isn't

exactly new. In Ancient Greece, this

fearsome female was known as Erinys,

the devouring death goddess. In India,

she is Kali, who likes to devour her

boyfriend Shiva's entrails while her

yoni devour his -- dot dot dot, never

mind. In Indonesia, the bloody-jawed

man-eater is called Ragma..."

Te Man sits at the bar near to the Bartender.

BARTENDER:

You noticed these are all countries

without cable.

(then, continues

reading)

"... And in Hale, Maryland where she

helps run the family hardware store.

She is known as Miss Maggie Carpenter

..."

(mispronounces)

".... AKA, the Runaway Bride."

CUT TO:

EXT. USA TODAY LOADING DOCK - DAY

WORKERS read the above article.

INT./EXT. BEAUTY PARLOR / HALE, MARYLAND - DAY

PEGGY and MRS. PRESSMAN exit the parlor and stroll down the

street. (lowers her paper and reads.)

PEGGY (cont'd)

"... And in Hale, Maryland where she

helps run the family hardware store."

(to the Women)

We have to go to Maggie. Cindy, mind

the shop.

(exits salon;

continues reading)

"... She is known as Miss Maggie

Carpenter, AKA, the Runaway Bride."

MRS. PRESSMAN

Holy moly.

The older one, Mrs. Pressman, listens with a pained expression

as the younger one, Peggy, continues to read the column aloud.

Neither one can believe what they're reading.

PEGGY:

(reads)

"What is unusual about Miss Carpenter

is that she likes to dress her men up

as grooms before she devours them. She

has already disemboweled six in a row

by leaving them at the altar."... I

can't ready anymore.

MRS. PRESSMAN

(takes paper from

her, reads)

"And her ritual feast continues as she

prepares to make a sacrifice out of the

seventh fiance. So all bets are on and

we hope that this boomerang bride isn't

honeymooning with Las Vegas odds makers

because many predict that this girl is

out of there before the race... before

the rice hits the ground"

(then)

Holy moly.

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Josann McGibbon

Josann McGibbon is an American screenwriter working in partnership with Sara Parriott. The team's first major success as a screenwriter was the early Brad Pitt film, The Favor. Their biggest hits since then include Three Men and a Little Lady and Runaway Bride. In 2007, McGibbon and Parriott co-wrote and produced the hit Debra Messing miniseries, The Starter Wife. The Starter Wife received 10 Emmy nominations in 2007, including for best screenwriting, and won one Emmy Award. more…

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