Beginners Page #4

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10/29/07 10.

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OLIVER (CONT'D)

Now, somewhat arbitrarily, you are

considered very cute by us humans,

and we keep breeding you not to

chase foxes, but to be cute, and we

put you in movies and television

shows, and you, you're chasing

tennis balls cause there as close

to a fox as you're going to get.

Arthur stays by Oliver’s side.

INT. OLIVER’S OFFICE

CU on Oliver’s hands as he draws a T-shirt that reads:

“My personality was created by someone else and all I got was

this stupid T-shirt.”

Reveal that Oliver is in a design office. LIZ, 30’s enters,

they IMPROV hellos.

JUMP CUT thru a series of Oliver’s drawings. A speech bubble

that reads:
“A fair amount of failures.” He draws portraits

of girls with dates: “Ellen O. 1984-1988” -- “Julie P. 19881989”

-- “Liz B. 1993 - 1995” -- “Lynette I. 1995” --

“Amanda Y. 1996-2000” --“Yuki H. 2000” --“Christina S.

2001” -- “Michelle M. 2001-2003”

Oliver stops drawing, lost in his thoughts...

CUT TO PAST:

INT. HAL’S HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT

In the dark I.C.U. room, Hal is still attached to many I.V.s,

Oliver is helping Hal look at a book of Japanese rock gardens

with a flashlight.

OLIVER:

Want me to read this? I found it in

your books.

HAL:

Yeah, alright. Give me the

flashlight.

Oliver opens it, they look at a few pages together, photos of

serene gardens.

OLIVER:

Nice.

HAL:

Oh, that’s nice.

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10/29/07 11.

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Hal keeps peeking at a bouquet of flowers in the corner of

the room. Hal takes the flashlight from Oliver and guides it

to the flowers.

OLIVER:

Oh, Andy brought those for you.

HAL:

Oh, yeah?

Hal continues to direct the light across the room, we follow

the circle of light as it moves a cross a wall landing on a

painting.

HAL:

Oh, who did that painting?

OLIVER:

Well, I don’t know. Its just a

painting on the wall.

Hal continues exploring, Oliver’s enjoying his father’s

curiosity, he lands on some photos displayed on the table.

HAL:

A--, and these?

OLIVER:

They’re just photos, Pop.

HAL:

But how do they relate to the

exhibit?

OLIVER:

They’re just personal photos.

They’re not art.

Hal slowly moves the flashlight up the wall, across the

ceiling to a strange assortment of fire detectors,

sprinklers, sensors, all laid out against the acoustic tile

ceiling. Hal points up. Oliver looks for a beat, then...

OLIVER:

Uh, well that’s the water sprinkler

thing.

HAL:

Well, its beautiful.

OLIVER:

What is?

HAL:

Putting the Japanese gardens there.

It’s just beautiful.

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10/29/07 12.

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Oliver looks from the ceiling to the rock garden book. The

ceiling and the gardens look the same. Oliver is moved by

Hal's confusion. ANDY, 45-years-old, physical, boyish, storms

into the room.

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