Raising Arizona Page #3
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1987
- 94 min
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VOICE OVER:
They say that absence makes the heart
grow fonder, and for once they may
be right.
Halfway up the corridor Hi points casually at the floor.
HI:
You missed a spot.
The Mopping Con turns to watch him recede.
CON:
Grrrr...
HIGH ANGLE CELL:
Same high shot with Moses on the top bunk, Hi on the lower.
VOICE OVER:
More and more my thoughts turned to
Ed, and I finally felt the pain of
imprisonment.
MOSES:
An' momma would frow the live crawdad
in a pot of boiln' water. Well one
day I decided to make my own
crawdad...
We begin to crane down to tighten on the absently staring
Hi.
VOICE OVER:
...an' I frew it in a pot, forgettin'
to put in the water, ya see...
Moses' voice is mixing down as we lose him from frame.
VOICE OVER:
...and it was like I was makin'
popcorn, ya see... The joint is a
lonely place after lock-up and fights
out...
We are now very close on Hi, staring.
VOICE OVER:
...when the last of the cons has
been swept away by the sandman.
HI'S POV
The underside of the top bunk.
A sudden flash whitens and fades to leave the image of Ed,
smiling behind her camera, softly supered on the underside
of the bunk.
BACK TO HI:
He wearily turns his head to profile on the pillow and shuts
his eyes.
VOICE OVER:
But I couldn't help thinking that a
brighter future lay ahead - a future
that was only eight to fourteen months
away.
Eyes closed, he is illuminated by a flash.
PAROLE BOARD ROOM
Hi and the same three officers.
CHAIRMAN:
Got a name for people like you, Hi.
That name is called recidivism.
SECOND MAN:
Ree-peat O-fender.
CHAIRMAN:
Not a pretty name, is it, Hi?
HI:
No Sir, it sure ain't. That's one
bonehead name. But that ain't me
anymore.
CHAIRMAN:
You're not just tellin' us what we
wanna hear?
HI:
No Sir, no way.
SECOND MAN:
'Cause we just wanna hear the truth.
HI:
Well then I guess I am tellin' you
what you wanna hear.
CHAIRMAN:
Boy, didn't we just tell you not to
do that?
HI:
Yessir.
CHAIRMAN:
Okay then.
TRACKING:
Over Hi's shoulder as he strides toward a door marked
"Processing" and flings it open.
It is the familiar booking room. Ed looks up from her camera,
having just snapped a picture of another suspect against the
hatched wall.
HI:
I'm walkin' in here on my knees, Ed -
a free man proposin'.
Hi c*cks a finger at the suspect.
HI:
Howdy Kurt.
ED'S ROOM
As she nervously frets at her white bridal gown in front of
a mirror.
VOICE OVER:
And so it was.
SHERIFF (O.S.)
Don't forget the boo-kay, Ed!
CLOSE SHOT ED:
Gazing earnestly into the camera. A congregation is seated
behind her - the bride's side wearing police blues; the
groom's side, Hawaiian shirts.
ED:
I do.
CLOSE SHOT HI:
Also staring into the camera.
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