Beginners Page #4
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10/29/07 10.
CONTINUED:
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 portraitsof 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.
(CONTINUED)
10/29/07 11.
CONTINUED:
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.
(CONTINUED)
10/29/07 12.
CONTINUED:
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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