Blue Velvet Page #5

MR. BEAUMONT

(lips moving but hardly any sound)

uh uh.

JEFFREY:

Are you feeling okay?

MR. BEAUMONT

(more mumbling)

uh uh.

Tears well up in Mr. Beaumont's eyes. Before Jeffrey can stop him he

reaches for Jeffrey's hand, then struggling against tremendous pain he

manages to form words.

MR. BEAUMONT

(more plainly but under strain)

Good to see you, son.

JEFFREY:

(holding back tears)

It's good to see you, Dad.

Jeffrey squeezes his father's hand.

35. EXT. VACANT FIELD - DAY

Jeffrey is walking down a dirt road on his way home. He kicks up little

clouds of dust as he walks. He has some time to think about things. He

sees a green bottle in the distance. He gathers up a few more rocks and

pitches them one by one at the bottle. He misses.

He looks for a few more good rocks to throw and while looking through some

tall grass and weeds, he sees something strange.

He looks closer. It is a HUMAN EAR, covered with crawling ants.

Jeffrey immediately stands up and looks around. All he sees are houses

- some laundry drying - a very peaceful scene. No one seems to be around -

No one seems to be watching him.

He looks again at the ear.

We are so close we can hear ants racing frantically around the ear into it.

There is dried blood on part of it.

Jeffrey finds a brown paper bad and using a twig, he pushes the ear onto

it. Again, he stands up and looks around.

IN THE DISTANCE, a MAN goes into the back door of a house. Nothing more.

Jeffery hurries off, carrying the bag with the ear in it.

CUT TO:

36. EXT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY

Jeffrey goes up the front steps...

37. INT. POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY

... and to the Reception Desk. A POLICE OFFICER is standing behind the

counter.

JEFFREY:

Hello. could you tell me if Detective

Williams is still working here?

POLICE OFFICER:

He's up in Room 221. Right up the stairs.

CUT TO:

38. INT. ROOM 221 - POLICE STATION - DAY

Jeffrey enters Room 221 and sees the desk marked, "DETECTIVE J.D.

WILLIAMS," however, the desk is empty. TWO MEN are talking at the end

of the room; one of them comes toward Jeffrey.

JEFFREY:

Are you Detective Williams?

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

Yes.

JEFFREY:

My name is Jeffrey Beaumont - I live near

you. I believe you know my father, Tom

Beaumont - Beaumont's Hardware Store?

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

Sure I do. I understand he's in the

hospital. How is he?

JEFFREY:

He's alright, I guess. I hope. They're

doing tests, that's why I'm home from

school. I was over at the hospital this

morning and I was going home and in the

field behind our neighborhood. there

behind Vista, I found an ear.

DETECTIVE WILLIAMS

(matter of factly)

You did? A human ear?

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