Danny Collins Page #6

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DANNY (CONT’D)

Sweetheart?

SOPHIE:

Yeah?

DANNY:

Fix your dress.

Her right breast is hanging out of the low-cut dress.

Danny EXITS the car.

FROM OUTSIDE THE CAR

Danny heads toward the house. We hold there a beat, then

Sophie exits the car and scampers after him (attempting

to fix her dress as she scampers).

18 INT. MANSION - MOMENTS LATER 18

They ENTER the house to a huge:

CROWD:

Surprise!

The main living area is full of GUESTS. Danny feigns

shock, looks to Frank, front and center. Frank motions

to him:
“act surprised.”

DANNY:

No way! Are you kidding me!?

(to Sophie)

You did this?

But Sophie’s already hopped up, barely listening, rubbing

her nose and sniffling. Danny covers her behavior by

hugging her. The CROWD AWWWWES.

DANNY (CONT’D)

(putting on a show)

Don’t you all know you don’t

surprise a man my age? You could

have given me a heart attack!

Everyone LAUGHS. Someone CUES Danny’s MOST FAMOUS SONG

(the one we saw him open the concert with).

DANNY (CONT’D)

I think I know this one!

LAUGHTER. Danny couldn’t be more miserable, but he’s had

decades of experience performing. And boy, can he

perform. As WELL-WISHERS descend on Danny we launch:

14A.

19 INT. MANSION - LATER 19

A PARTY MONTAGE (CUE SONG TBD: John Lennon’s “Whatever

Gets You Through The Night”).

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As Danny goes through the motions in snapshots.

-He watches OLDER MEN ogle YOUNGER WOMEN frolicking in

his pool.

-He and Frank watch as TWO YOUNG GUESTS ransack his wine

cellar.

-He OPENS gifts, relishes in receiving a bottle of

SCOTCH with a ribbon around it.

-He DOES COKE in the bathroom, alone.

-He watches two IDIOTS pour vodka/white wine in his Koi

pond.

-At one point, he spots Sophie chatting with Marty

outside (the doorman). He watches as she hands him some

CASH.

-He receives the gift of a SCARF from a FAMOUS FRIEND.

He places it in a pile of identical boxes (everyone has

gotten him scarves).

-By the time evening descends on the party, we pull away

from the festivities, ending on Danny’s familiar shoes.

But this time, the shoes are empty.

20 EXT. MANSION - NIGHT 20

The party has pretty much cleared out, day has turned

into night. Danny (socks, no shoes) and Frank (his

manager, we met him before) sit on Danny’s luxurious roof

deck. Danny holds his recently gifted bottle of scotch

(still with ribbon, now half empty).

Opposite them, Sophie is passed out on a love seat. As

usual, she’s hanging out everywhere.

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