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Bobby stares at the window -- is the man still out there?
We feel his anxiety building as he LISTENS INTENTLY to the
sound of the shade SLAPPING against the window sill.
Suddenly, he sits up, opens a drawer. He works fast -- like
someone breaking the rules -- lights a candle -- rolls the
wax into balls and stuffs them into his ears.
The laughter outside is muted.
Bobby stuffs a ball into his other ear. With both ears
blocked -- a sudden and wonderful silence!
Bobby carries the candle to a CHESSBOARD. In absolute silence
he stares at the chessboard. In his hand is the NOTEBOOK.
CLOSE on Bobby's face, candlelit, a study in intensity.
As Bobby stares at the chessboard, everything else in the
room literally begins to disappear. The bed, the crummy
dresser -- until all that is left is a boy and a chessboard.
12 THE CHESSBOARD 12
Pieces move on their own. Multiple exposures. A move yields
hundreds of options. The counter offers thousands more.
CLOSE on Bobby's face. Ethereal Music. Bliss. Then...
13 THE DOOR TO HIS BEDROOM IS FLUNG OPEN 13
Light floods in. Harsh SOUNDS. The spell is broken. The
two open-mouthed kissers are looking for a place to f***.
KISSING MAN:
Whoopsee-daisy...
(sees Bobby)
Sorry, kiddo.
BOBBY:
Get out of my room. GET OUT!
REGINA:
Bobby! Those are our guests!
(sees his chessboard)
Jesus, enough already with the chess!
She reaches for the board. Pieces fall, ruining the game.
REGINA (CONT'D)
(calling out)
Joan--!
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Joan appears.
REGINA (CONT'D)
Put him to bed, will ya?
As Regina returns to the party. Joan kneels to pick up the
fallen pieces. Bobby looks up at her.
Please...?
BOBBY:
Okay.
JOAN:
One game.
She sits beside him on the bed and sets up the board.
14 INT. BROOKLYN JEWISH HOSPITAL - WAITING ROOM - DAY 14
Bobby, Joan and Regina sit in a waiting room. Regina smooths
Bobby's hair.
REGINA:
Now Bobby, don't suddenly start acting
normal and make me look ridiculous...
15 INT. DR. MENGARINI'S OFFICE - LATER 15
On DOCTOR MENGARINI's desk is a LARGE WOODEN CHESS SET.
Across the desk we find Bobby. The game is fifteen moves
old. Smoke from Megarini's pipe wafts among the chess pieces.
MENGARINI:
So Bobby, you go to the movies?
(Bobby nods without
looking up)
You like Westerns? Bang, bang?
Bobby nods again. Mengarini glances at Regina.
REGINA:
Bobby, have you ever been to the
Moon on the subway?
Bobby nods and moves a piece. He's in a kind of trance.
REGINA (CONT'D)
Once I poured a glass of water over
his head...
Mengarini studies Bobby as Bobby studies the board.
REGINA (CONT'D)
If I take the pieces away he just
plays in his head. Day and night.
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