Harold and Maude Page #2

MRS. CHASEN

Oh! No! Oh! No! I can't stand

it. My God! This is too much.

This is too much to bear!...

The CAMERA WATCHES Mrs. Chasen run off and then swings back

to Harold in the tub.

11CLOSEUP - HAROLD

We hold on his wretched face as his mother's hysterical

cries are heard in the background. Harold moves his head

and listens. He breaks into a sly, satisfied grin.

12INT. PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE - DAY

Harold is lying on a couch, perfectly relaxed. The

PSYCHIATRIST, less so, is seated by him.

PSYCHIATRIST:

Tell me, Harold, how many of

these, eh, suicides have you

performed?

HAROLD:

(pause)

An accurate number would be

difficult to gauge.

PSYCHIATRIST:

And why is that?

HAROLD:

Well, some worked out better than

others - some had to be abandoned

in the planning stages - do you

include the first time? - then

there's the question of maiming...

PSYCHIATRIST:

Just give me a rough estimate.

HAROLD:

Well, a rough estimate... I'd say

fifteen.

PSYCHIATRIST:

Fifteen.

HAROLD:

A rough estimate.

PSYCHIATRIST:

And were they all done for your

mother's benefit?

HAROLD:

(thoughtful pause)

I wouldn't say "benefit."

PSYCHIATRIST:

No, I suppose not. How do you

feel about your mother?

13INSERT - STOCK

A giant steel ball on a demolition crane crashes into a

brick wall collapsing it with much noise and dust.

DISSOLVE TO:

14EXT. THE CHASEN POOLSIDE - DAY

Mrs. Chasen decked out in a fashionable black bikini, crazy

glasses, and an enormous sun hat, walks down the garden

steps to the pool. Over this and the end of the above we

HEAR her voice.

MRS. CHASEN (v.o.)

Hello, Fay, darling. Be an

absolute dear and cancel my

appointment with Rene this afternoon.

Oh, I know, but Wednesday morning

would be so much more convenient.

Oh, you are an angel. Yes. Yes.

Bye.

Mrs. Chasen has now reached the poolside. As she walks

around it we PAN with her and discover Harold, fully

clothed, floating face downward on the still surface. Mrs.

Chasen does not see him and walks into the pool house.

15INT. POOL HOUSE - DAY

Mrs. Chasen walks down the steps of the pool house and over

to the bar. Behind the bar is an underwater viewing

window into the pool. She stops and looks up through the

window.

16MRS. CHASEN'S POV

Through the window we see Harold, drowned and bug-eyed,

floating on the surface.

17MED. SHOT - MRS. CHASEN

Mrs. Chasen sighs, yanks a cord, and the venetian blinds

come noisily down cutting off Harold from view.

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