Jackie Page #3

JACKIE:

Well for royalty you needtradition. And for tradition youneed time.

JOURNALIST:

Well I guess it has to startsomewhere, right? There has to be aday one?

CUT TO:

INT. EAST ROOM -WHITE HOUSE (1962)

Jackie and Collingswood now stand in the sprawling East Room.

COLLINGSWOOD:

This is the East Room, pretty muchas Americans have known it now for

sixty years. Obviously you haven’tfelt like you had to make any greatchanges in it.

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JACKIE:

No, I think it's lovely. I hate to

make changes really, so when youfind a room like this, it's

wonderful.

COLLINGSWOOD:

This piano brings to mind that thisis the part of the White Housewhere you have the musical affairs?

JACKIE:

That’s right this piano wasdesigned by Franklin Roosevelt withthe Eagle’s Support.

(beat)

And this is the end of the room

where Pablo Casals played for us,

where we had a portable stage builtfor us, when we had the ShakespearePlayers.

COLLINGSWOOD:

Mrs. Kennedy, this administrationhas shown a particular affinity forartists, musicians, writers, and

poets.

Behind the camera, Nancy tracks Jackie’s every move.

COLLINGSWOOD (CONT’D)

Is this because you and yourhusband just feel that way. Or do

you think there's a relationshipbetween the government and thearts?

Jackie pauses --clearly hesitant to tread on any groundresembling public policy.

JACKIE:

That's so complicated. I—I don't

know.

(beat)

I just think that everything in theWhite House should be the best.

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INT. EAST ROOM -WHITE HOUSE (1961)

The East Room at its most glamorous.

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Jackie is seated in the first row of an audience listening toPablo Casals play Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 1 in Dminor, Op. 49.

Jackie is transfixed. Happy.

INT. EAST ROOM -WHITE HOUSE (1962)

Nancy watches Jackie speak to Collingswood.

JACKIE:

And if it's an American companythat you can help, I like to dothat. If it’s not...Just as longas it's the best.

INT. EAST ROOM -WHITE HOUSE (1961)

PUSH IN on Jackie, basking in Casal’s performance.

Captivated.

The final note. The music ends.

CUT TO:

INT. KENNEDY COMPOUND -LIVING ROOM

The interview continues inside. She sits on the couch now,

across from the Journalist.

JOURNALIST:

Is your faith helping you?

JACKIE:

I’d prefer to discuss my faith witha priest. You’re not a man of the

cloth, are you?

JOURNALIST:

No, I’m not. I’m just trying to getto the truth. That’s what

reporters do.

JACKIE:

The truth? Well I’ve grownaccustomed to a great dividebetween what people believe andwhat I know to be real.

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JOURNALIST:

Fine, I will settle for a storythat’s believable.

JACKIE:

That’s more like it. You know I

used to be a reporter myself once.

I know what you’re looking for.

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