The Great Gatsby Page #2
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. NICK’S BUNGALOW - LATE AFTERNOON
HIGH AND WIDE:
Nick’s old Dodge disappears down the drive...NICK (V.O.)
SWOOP ACROSS THE BAY TOWARDS...
EXT. BUCHANAN MANSION - LATE AFTERNOON
An impressive Georgian mansion overlooks a quarter mile oflawn that cascades down to a private polo field.
NICK (V.O.)
In old money East Egg.
BRINNNGGG! BRINNNGGG! We hear a phone ringing off-screen.
FOLLOW:
A polo player (TOM), as he gallops toward the house.NICK (V.O.)
Her husband was heir to one of
America’s wealthiest families.
BRINNNGGG! BRINNNGGG!
Tom whacks the polo ball...
NICK (V.O.)
His name was Tom Buchanan.
7.
The ball nearly hits one of Tom’s gardeners...
NICK (V.O.)
When we were at Yale together he’d
been a sporting star.
BRINNNGGG! BRINNNGGG!
Tom dismounts and bounds up the stairs to the porch...
NICK (V.O.)
But now his glory days were behindhim and he contented himself
with... other affairs.
Tom aggressively grabs the telephone from HENRI, the butler,
and turns; revealing an imposing, hard-mouthed man of thirty.
TOM (INTO PHONE)
I thought I told you not to call mehere...!
PULL FOCUS:
Tom sees a servant escort Nick along the balcony.Clunking down the receiver, Tom strides toward Nick andgrasps his hand with overbearing strength.
TOM (CONT’D)
Shakespeare! How’s the great
American novel coming...?
NICK:
Oh, I’m selling bonds now Tom...
with Walter Chase’s outfit-
TOM:
Never heard of em.
Tom slaps Nick with irritating heartiness!
TOM (CONT’D)
Hey! What say after dinner we gointo town?
NICK:
Can’t-
TOM:
Catch up with the old wolf pack?
NICK:
Big day on the new job tomorrow-
8.
TOM:
Nonsense! We’re going.
INT. BUCHANAN MANSION - HALL OF CHAMPIONS - LATE AFTERNOON
Tom leads Nick down a grand hall lined with the trophies thatchronicle Tom’s infinite sporting achievements.
TOM:
First team, all-American!
Tom admires his own achievements.
TOM (CONT’D)
You see? Made me who I am today.
Tom pulls his favorite trophy from the cabinet-TOM
(CONT’D)
Here-- Forest Hills... I played thePrince of Wales. What a sissy!
Tom exchanges the trophy for a football.
TOM (CONT’D)
Life’s something you dominate Nick.
He pelts Nick with the ball-TOM
(CONT’D)
If you’re any good.
Nick fumbles as Tom charges him-TOM
(CONT’D)
Ha-ha-ha!
Tom tackles Nick, knocking him back, through a pair ofvaulting doors, and into...
INT. BUCHANAN MANSION - SALON - LATE AFTERNOON
A shimmering, sun-dazzled room in which enormous whitecurtains whip and snap in the breeze...
CLOSE ON:
Nick, frozen, awestruck.
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