Groundhog Day Page #3

RITA:

A lot of people around here think

you're not very sincere.

PHIL:

Tell me the names of these

people.

RITA:

I'll line up a crew and

transportation. If you don't

feel like driving, we can all go

up in the van together.

PHIL:

I think I'll take my own car.

I ' m not that fond of my fellow

man.

-6-

RITA:

(EXITING)

Nice attitude.

PHIL:

Nice face.

(calls after her)

Why don't you ride up with me?

RITA:

No, thanks.

STEPHANIE DECASTRO , an attractive, dark-eyed, dark-haired

correspondent, glares at Phil from across the studio.

INT. PHIL'S OFFICE - LATER

Phil is in his cluttered cubicle talking on a headset phone

while he reviews cassettes of his groundhog spots from the past

two years on a small monitor. As he talks, he stuffs a number

of personal items in an overnight bag, all the time watching

himself on the TV monitor.

PHIL:

(on the phone)

They don't really think of me as

a weatherman around here. More

of a "personality," but with the

credibility of a first-class

broadcast journalist. Once you

look at my tape I think you'll

see what they mean.

Stephanie enters and stands in the doorway looking at Phil for

a long moment. There is something vaguely off-center about

this woman, not quite FATAL ATTRACTION but still a little

scary.

STEPHANIE:

(BITTERLY)

I just want to know one thing:

did I do something wrong or are

you just tired of me or what? I

have to know.

Phil sighs.

PHIL:

(on the phone)

Dan, can I call you back? I've

just been handed something and I

better get on it...

(he picks up some

papers and rustles

them for effect)

...Okay, thanks.

-7-

He takes off the headset, gets up and closes the door for

privacy.

PHIL:

(KINDLY)

You didn't do anything wrong,

Stephanie, and I ' m not tired of

you. It's just that I don't have

time for a real relationship

right now. I told you that the

first time we went out.

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