Wild At Heart Page #2

BEANY:

So you’re gonna be needin’ the

“blue-bird” pretty soon?

LULA:

Real soon ... I’ll be makin’ the swap

tomorrow, and thanks again, Beany.

The Bleach Boys kick into some kind of Professor Longhair swamp mambo.

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12. EXT. BAY ST. CLEMENT - DAY

Plumes of smoke from fires rise in the distance.

DISSOLVE TO:

13. INT. FORTUNE HOUSE - DAY

An empty livingroom. The smoke from the city fire appears during the

course of the DISSOLVE to be in the livingroom - then it disappears.

An empty hallway.

An empty stairway.

13A. INT. FORTUNE HOUSE - MARIETTA’S BEDROOM - DAY

Feet (Lula’s) was across carpet.

A closet door opens.

A hand (Lula’s) reaches into the pocket of a coat in her mother’s

closet. The hand comes out clutching car keys.

13B. INT. FORTUNE HOUSE - STAIRWAY - DAY

Lula races down the stairs and through a door into the garage.

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14. EXT. FORTUNE HOUSE - DAY

The electronic garage door opens and Lula drives her ’80 Black Camaro

out and away. The garage door closes automatically.

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15. EXT. CITY STREETS - DAY

Lula drives fast up a neighborhood street. She turns a corner and

disappears.

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16. INT. BEANY THORN’S GARAGE - DAY

Lula throws her car keys under the front seat and goes around to Beany’s

’67 dark blue Thunderbird convertible - fishes around under the T-Bird’s

front seat for the keys - finds them - jumps in and takes off.

DISSOLVE TO:

17. EXT. FORTUNE HOUSE - DAY

Marietta leaves her Cadillac Seville in her driveway and enters the

house. We can hear her calling out for Lula in the distance. The

calling changes - it becomes angry. The garage door opens and Marietta

comes storming out. She leaps in her Caddy and peels out.

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18. INT. “SOUTHERN TIME” BAR - DAY

Marietta enters the bar on the run. She calls out to the BARTENDER...

MARIETTA:

Where’s Johnnie? He’s not in his office.

BARTENDER:

Haven’t seen ’im yet today, Marietta.

MARIETTA:

(slightly hysterical)

Well I gotta find him - right this

minute!

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19. EXT. PEE DEE COUNTY WORK FARM - DAY

Sailor is waiting out front as Lula pulls up in her T-Bird - throwing

out a cloud of dust. They’re both smiling.

LULA:

Hey baby...

SAILOR:

Peanut...

They kiss tenderly and then Sailor walks around the car to get in while

Lula opens up a suitcase and gets out his snakeskin jacket.

SAILOR:

Hey, my snakeskin jacket... Thanks,

baby... Did I ever tell you that

this here jacket for me is a symbol

of my individuality and my belief

in personal freedom?

LULA:

’Bout fifty thousand times. I got

us a room at the Cape Fear, and

guess what?... I hear Powermad’s

at “The Hurricane.”

SAILOR:

(smiling)

Stab it and steer.

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