Joe Versus the Volcano Page #6

JOE:

I'm sorry I didn't shake your

hand.

Joe takes the doctor's hand and shakes it. Then he drops

it and exits abruptly. Ellison sits there a moment, not

moving. Then he opens a drawer in his desk and takes out

a flask. He pours himself a drink and begins to drink

it.

7 EXT. MEDICAL LEAGUE BUILDING - DAY7

This is the building Ellison's office is in. Joe's car

is parked out front. Joe comes slowly out. It's still

overcast, but lighter and dryer than it was earlier. As

Joe walks down the steps, an elderly woman approaches

with her dog, Molly, a mutt. Joe sees the dog and stops,

fixed on it. He pats the dog on the head. The elderly

woman thinks this is nice.

Then Joe embraces the dog, and kneeling down, hugs it

intensely. The elderly woman is alarmed and pulls the

dog away. Joe looks after them.

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Then he gets in his car, which is beat-up and beige.

Drives off.

8 EXT. AMERICAN PANASCOPE CORPORATION PARKING LOT - DAY8

Joe drives INTO FRAME. He gets out and we FOLLOW him as

he approaches the GUARD at the gate. The Guard nods him

in. He starts to walk past. Then he goes back to the

Guard.

JOE:

What's your name?

GUARD:

Fred.

JOE:

Fred.

He thinks that over and then goes on his way.

9 INT. PANASCOPE BUILDING - DAY9

Joe standing outside the door marked Advertising Dept. He

is thoughtful. He goes in.

10INT. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT - DAY 10

Joe comes in. Dede is typing away. Mr. Waturi is on the

phone. Joe hangs up his coat. He misses with the hat

again because of Dede's typing. He leans over and

switches the typewriter off. Then he picks up his hat,

dusts it off and throws it in the garbage can.

WATURI:

(on phone)

No. No. You were wrong. He

was wrong. Who said that? I

didn't say that. If I had

said that, I would've been

wrong. I would've been wrong,

Harry, isn't that right?

Mr. Waturi's attention is split between his call and Joe,

who is walking around the office like a tourist.

WATURI:

Listen, let me call you back,

I've got something here, okay?

And don't tell him anything

till we finish our

conversation, okay?

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Mr. Waturi hangs up the phone. Joe is looking at the

coffee set-up.

WATURI:

Joe?

JOE:

Yeah?

WATURI:

You were at lunch three hours.

JOE:

About that.

Joe wanders away, into his office. Waturi looks after.

11INT. JOE'S OFFICE - DAY11

Joe is staring at the big wheel valve sporting the sign

that says Main Drain. Mr. Waturi comes in as Joe moves

forward and, with great effort, rotates the wheel to its

opposite extreme. This scares Waturi.

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