A Perfect Getaway Page #3

That face.

Are you an actor?

No, no, no.

I haven't seen you on TV?

No such luck. No.

Actually, Cliff is a screenplay

writer. He's very sought-after.

All the big movie studios

want him to do their projects.

I knew I smelled fame and fortune

on you. A screenplay writer?

We just say screen...

Screenwriter.

Any movies I might know?

Well, actually my...

My...

My first script is in

pre-production right now.

So, if you ask me again

the same time next year...

Who's in it?

Still trying to figure that

out. Still casting out, so...

Well, Nic Cage is

always money in my book.

I like how he

gets all intense

right at

the end of a sentence!

So, you got

a good Act 2 twist?

Yeah.

Yeah?

It's...

Are you in

the business, Nick?

Me? No, no.

I just took some course,

one of those

writing boot camps.

I've had so many ass-puckering

experiences in life,

I figured, "Hell, I'll

just throw it down on paper

"and make myself

a million bucks.' '

Yeah. It's not

that easy, is it?

I liked it all,

except the paperwork.

You know, actually

making pages, it's just...

Yeah.

But I got the basics down.

Three acts, hero with a journey,

red snappers. All that sh*t.

Red snappers?

Yeah. You know,

you bring in a character just

to f*** with the audience,

just to try and

throw them off track...

It's a herring.

It's a red herring.

I'm pretty sure

it's a snapper.

Excuse me while

I shake the bush here.

So, you're, like,

halfway to famous, Cliff?

Pretty much.

Outstanding!

Yeah, there's a whole big crew

getting ready in Vancouver,

building sets and stuff.

But they're there,

you're here.

Yeah. Yeah.

It's hard to explain,

but they brought in another

guy to do a quick rewrite. So...

On your story?

Yeah, just a two-week

punch-up. They... It's common.

Yeah, how long ago

was this?

It's nine weeks now.

Yeah.

No. That's f***ed up. That's your

vision, Cliff. That's your baby.

You can't let them

get away with that sh*t.

He's got these agents

and they don't do...

I mean, they don't

fight for him or anything.

And I was just telling

Cliff the other day...

Not that "me" isn't

my favorite subject,

but maybe we could talk about

something else for a while.

Well, I'm going to leave you

with one last pearl of wisdom.

Get a new agent?

You get a new story.

What?

Me, too!

I have one! No!

Wait a minute.

What should we do?

Should we go up

or should we

just go back down?

This is supposed to be

the best service, ever.

I don't care.

Did you hear about Oahu,

what happened there?

Why? What happened?

Well, my dad just

called from KCK.

Reception's, like,

major sh*t out here.

But he said something

about some murders.

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