Punch-Drunk Love Page #5

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ELIZABETH:

....wait a minute: why is this

about you now? Why is it always

about you?

BARRY:

Yeah, no, it's not, it's just --

ELIZABETH:

I'm trying to be your friend.

BARRY:

I know.

ELIZABETH:

I'm trying to get you a girlfriend.

BARRY:

Well, yeah, thank you, but --

ELIZABETH:

-- but since you're not going I

guess none of this matters and I'll

bring her anyway.

BEAT. HOLD. She stares him down.

ELIZABETH:

All I'm trying to do is be your

friend.

She leaves. HOLD ON BARRY. He air punches/twitch.

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - LATER/BLUE HOUR - NIGHT

Barry is alone, closing up. He takes a look at the Harmonium

and presses it, makes a sound....a little bit more....makes

a few notes. END SCORE QUE as it blends and fades into the

notes that Barry plays.

BEAT. He closes its small cover, does something on his desk

and then:

His face gets bright red, he holds back tears, opens his

mouth and has a serious but small burst of overwhelming

emotion and then it's over.

INT. SUPERMARKET - NIGHT

CU. BIRTHDAY CARD.

Barry's hands reaches in and picks a birthday card.

ANGLE, WIDER, THAT MOMENT.

Barry grabs the card and starts to push his cart....but he

pushes it straight into a SIX YEAR OLD KID who's pushing a

cart around....they slam into each other....

Barry apologizes....the KID just takes off....Barry's cart

now has a slightly damaged wheel that wobbles like crazy....

ANGLE, FROZEN FOOD AISLE.

CAMERA tracks left to right with Barry as he heads for the

Healthy Choice Frozen Dinner. He grabs one.

CU. BARRY. LOW ANGLE.

He looks at box.

BARRY'S POV - THE BOX

Slow zoom in. The sticker reads: "Fly Away With Us! The More

You Buy The More You Earn."

ANGLE, SOUP SECTION.

CAMERA tracks along right to left with Barry as he moves

towards some SOUP. He grabs one, inspects it.....then puts

it back.

CU. SOUP CAN.

It's put back on the shelf: TILT down to price: 79 cents.

Barry turns his cart around and SMACKS right into someone

else again, screwing up another wheel on his cart.

ANGLE, BARRY.

CAMERA, tracks alongside him, left to right as he comes

across:
PUDDING. The price: 4/$1.00.

MED. BARRY in the middle of the aisle.

He reacts......smiles...holds....thinks....looks around,

then starts to load up on the pudding.

ANGLE, BARRY.

He pushes TWO SHOPPING CARTS FULL OF PUDDING over to the

STORE MANAGER who's on his knees, stacking milk.....Barry

kneels down, CAMERA PUSHES INTO A CU. as he speaks sotto;

MANAGER:

Hello.

BARRY:

Hello, sir. My name is Barry Egan

and I'd like to ask if you have any

more Healthy Choice pudding in the

back?

CUT TO:

INT. SUSAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The door opens slowly and Barry peers his head around and

into the house very cautiously, CAMERA PUSHES IN and PANS

slightly LEFT to reveal: THE KITCHEN.

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