Smashed Page #3

FREDA:

You’ve got money, right?

4 EXT. DOWNTOWN - STREET - NIGHT 4

Near some TENTS, CARDBOARD BOXES, and SHOPPING CARTS -

-- Kate smokes crack with FREDA and TWO OLDER MEN. They pass

around TWO PIPES.

LATER:

Freda is passed out on a SLEEPING BAG on the sidewalk.

Kate is animatedly telling a story to the two guys -- who’re

still smoking crack.

KATE:

(mile-a-minute fast)

...’cause I feel like I understand

what it’s like to be homeless, ya

know? I mean, if you didn’t know

me, if we hadn’t connected tonight,

you might think:
“There’s some

upper-middle-class, NPR listening,

self-congratulatory, insulated,

lazy liberal b*tch. Probably never

had to worry about anything.” But

that’s not true at all! I grew up

poor, man. Single mother.

McDonald’s used to have one day a

week where they sold 29 cent

hamburgers, and another day where

they had 39 cent cheeseburgers. My

mom and me would go there and she’d

get twenty burgers -- that was the

limit, probably set up for folks

just like us -- and then she’d put

‘em in the freezer and we’d

microwave ‘em for dinner throughout

the week.

(MORE)

11.

I was kinda overweight until highschool, to be perfectly honest.

Eating used to be my thing. When Istarted drinking, though, I kindastopped eating so much.

(back on track)

But anyway, the point is: You andme, we’re not so different.

The two guys aren’t paying much attention to Kate. They’re

more concerned with their crack pipe.

KATE (CONT'D)

5 EXT. DOWNTOWN - SIDEWALK - DAWN 5

Kate is asleep on the curb. She looks awful. Suddenly, Kate’seyes widen. She looks around at her surroundings, confused,

then jumps to her feet.

6 EXT. DOWNTOWN - STREETS - DAWN

Kate runs through the streets.

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6A EXT. DOWNTOWN - STREETS - DAWN

We TRACK along with Kate as she dashes past variousbuildings.

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6B EXT. DOWNTOWN - STREET - DAWN 6B

We stare down a long, empty street, the downtown SKYSCRAPERStowering in the distance. From out of nowhere --

-- Kate appears at the end of the street and sprints towardsthe camera.

A LEGEND APPEARS OVER THE IMAGE OF KATE RUNNING:

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“SMASHED”

7 INT./EXT. SUBARU (MOVING) - DAWN 7

Kate drives -- a paranoid expression on her face and herhands tightly gripping the steering wheel. She glances down

at ---

her CELL PHONE in the passenger seat. 21 missed calls.

12.

She passes various sites on her way from downtown to HighlandPark.

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8 EXT. KATE & CHARLIE’S HOUSE - MORNING 8

Kate slowly pulls into the driveway of a small, cute house.

9 INT. KATE & CHARLIE’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM/HALLWAY/KITCHEN -9

MORNING:

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Kate walks into the kitchen to find ---

Charlie asleep at the kitchen table. CELL PHONE next tohis head. Empty BEER BOTTLES litter the table.

Kate tip-toes across the kitchen.

Charlie quickly jerks up.

CHARLIE:

(confused)

Huh?!

KATE:

Shhh...it’s okay, baby. Go back to

sleep.

CHARLIE:

What happened? I came home and youwere gone and I waited and waited.

KATE:

It’s a long story.

CHARLIE:

I was worried. I kept calling you.

KATE:

I ended up...

Charlie SNIFFS Kate.

CHARLIE:

You smell funny. What do you smelllike?

KATE:

I fell asleep in my car. Near thebar. I was too drunk to drive.

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