
Sleepless in Seattle
- PG
- Year:
- 1993
- 105 min
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FADE IN:
A card:
Chicago.He's in his thirties. His neck is pinched into a crisp
dress shirt and tie. His expression is vacant, faraway.
A breeze blows but he doesn't react to it. In the
distance the architecture of the Chicago skyline.
SAM:
Mommy got sick and it happened
just like that and there was
(continued)
And pull back to reveal:
EXT. CHICAGO - A GRAVESITE - DAY
Next to Sam is his son Jonah, age 9. Sam's hand is on
his shoulder. As the mourners go past and each takes a
turn shoveling a clod of dirt into an open grave --
SAM:
If we start asking why we'll go
crazy. So, rule number one.
We don't ask why.
CUT TO:
Pretty, blonde, animated. Jeans, a T-shirt, a Baltimore
Orioles hat.
ANNIE:
Why? I just want to know why?
That's my first rule. I always
ask why. Come on. Tell me.
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon --
And pull back to reveal:
Annie is talking to her boyfriend, a good-looking guy
named SETH. They're carrying packing boxes into the
house they share in the Old Town section of Chicago.
The same stunning architecture in the b.g. They go up
the back wooden staircase to the house.
SETH:
There's no why, Annie. I'm
just not up for it. I never
said I was.
ANNIE:
SETH:
Nope.
ANNIE:
You don't love me, is that it?
SETH:
Nope.
Follow them into:
INT. KITCHEN - DUSK
As they set down the packing boxes and Seth starts to
assemble them.
ANNIE:
How about ... you're too
narcissistic to commit to
another human being in a long-
term way.
SETH:
(agreeably)
That's good.
CUT TO:
INT. SAM'S CHICAGO TOWN HOUSE - DAY
An attractive, thirtyish couple, SUZY and GREG are
stocking Sam's freezer with enough Ziploc meals for a
months. A number of friends and relatives talk quietly
in the living room beyond. Sam stands alone by a window
that looks into the backyard. We can see a garden of
flowers -- clearly planted by Sam's wife.
SUZY:
Five minutes in the microwave.
Any one of them, five minutes
and done. Ready to eat. Do
you know how to make juice?
SAM:
Microwave. Five minutes.
CUT TO:
ANNIE'S KITCHEN - SEVERAL DAYS LATER
Packing boxes. Seth is moving out.
ANNIE:
You take the microwave?
SETH:
What am I going to do with a
microwave?
ANNIE:
You turn it on, you open it and
you stand in front of it for a
very long time.
SETH:
So you're angry. Big deal.
CUT TO:
SAM'S OFFICE - DAY
A large modern architectural firm in a Chicago high-
rise. Lake Michigan out the window. A large space with
several architects consulting, drafting, etc. Sam is at
his desk, working. An older colleague, ROB, comes over
to him. Rob has a mustache, smokes a pipe; he's kind
but a little stuffy.
ROB:
Young man, it's none of my
business, but maybe you should
talk to someone. I myself
have consulted a professional.
I used to be up tight.
On Sam's face. It's hard to imagine Rob being any more
uptight than he is. Sam takes some business cards out
of his shirt pocket and reads them off.
SAM:
Hypnotherapy...Shiatu Massage...
Loss of Spouse support groups...
Single parent discussion nights...
Parents without partners.
(starts riffling, angry)
Partners without parents.
People who need people. Guys
who go into the woods, beat
drums and bond. Get a shrink.
Hug a friend. Hug yourself.
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