Awakenings Page #6

MISS COSTELLISS COSTELLO

And that I'll look after thinggs

for you until you've "settled in."

Good night, doctor.

She leaves. He stares blankly out after her, then at his

dashboard. To it eventually, quietly —

SAYER:

Thank you ...

He glances to his rear view mirror and can see her walking away

toward her car. To the reflection -

SAYER:

Thank you very much.

18A. EXT. SAMMY'S FISH GROTTO -ESTABLISH -NIGHT 18A.

19. INT. SAMMY'S GROTTO, CITY ISLAND, THE BRONX -NIGHT 19.

Sayer at a table eating dinner alone. He should've brought

along something to read. He glances at the little "Catch of

the Day" notice on his table for the tenth time, then absently

in at an eel in a fish tank, which seems to be peering back out

at him.

SIDNEY V.O.

I am not mad ... not mad ...

20. EXT. SCHOOLYARD & BAINBRIDGE HOSPITAL -DAY 20.

A tether ball dangling from a rope, resting against a pole.

The chains of a swing. Pigeons scavenging scraps on the

asphalt of the elementary school playground, deserted.

•

SIDNEY V.O.

I know the difference between what

is real and what is not . ..

Beyond a chain-link fence, across the field, on the roof of one

of Bainbridge's brick buildings, peering down from the edge of

it, coat over his smock, hat on his head, an elderly man.

21. INT. SIDNEY'S DAYROOM -DAY 21.

Tight on the elderly man's face.

SIDNEY:

The voice was real.

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Sayer nods in agreement though he is not altogether as certain

of tne claim. They are in a ward crowded with many patients

who are mad, obviously and irretrievably so.

SAYER:

What did the voice say?

SIDNEY:

"Mr. Titch, get your coat and hat,

go up to the roof and jump off."

SAYER:

Did you recognize it as belonging

to a person? Or was it just a

voice?

Sidney considers Sayer suspiciously ... then smiles slyly. *

SIDNEY *

You don't deny it was you. *

SAYER:

Me? *

Sayer is taken aback. As is Sidney. One of them, and Sidney

believes he knows which, is lying or crazy.

''•* SAYER ' .

I do deny it. It wasn't me.

It wasn't real.

(pause)

We've only just now met, sir. »

Sidney, suddenly completely disoriented, withdraws.

SIDNEY:

Ifthat'strue ... I'mina

predicament.

22. INT. STAFF CAFETERIA -BAINBRIDGE -DAY 22.

Sayer in line with Drs. Tyler and Sullivan, both younger than *

himself. He seems distracted, Sayer, lost in the color of the

beets on his tray. Or a thought.

Like George telling Lenny again about the rabbits:

DR. SULLIVAN

We'd be high up -40th, 50th *

floor, nice midtown view -suite *

of offices, carpeted, good-looking *

receptionist -*

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