Still Alice Page #5

JOHN:

I did - and we will. The sooner I

go, the sooner I’ll be back. And

we can watch a movie.

Alice takes a breath.

ALICE:

I’m sorry. I’m just exhausted.

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He kisses her on the forehead and heads off.

JOHN:

Get some rest. Try to relax.

John walks out.

INT. DR. BENJAMIN’S OFFICE - DAY

Alice sits in a chair being questioned by DR. BENJAMIN, anunseen Neurologist. In one long take, we see her trademarkconfidence start to erode.

ALICE (PRE-LAP)

I’ve started forgetting things.

Little annoying things likes wordsand names. And I got lost -

completely lost - running on

campus. I talked to my doctorabout it and she said it could be

menopause and the last time I had aperiod was in February but then Ihad one in September right beforemy birthday so...

DR. BENJAMIN

Are you taking any pills, anymedication, supplements?

ALICE:

I take a multivitamin, flax seedoil, calcium, iron and occasionallya sleeping pill when I travel.

DR. BENJAMIN

Have you had any head injuries?

ALICE:

No.

DR. BENJAMIN

Would you consider yourselfdepressed, or under undue stress atthe moment?

ALICE:

No. I work a lot but I thrive on

it.

DR. BENJAMIN

How’s your sleeping?

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ALICE:

It’s fine. Like seven hours a

night.

DR. BENJAMIN

Now I’m going to ask you toremember a name and address. I’ll

ask you for it again later, okay?

(she nods)

John Black, 42 Washington Street,

Hoboken. Can you repeat that forme?

ALICE:

John Black, 42 Washington Street,

Hoboken.

DR. BENJAMIN

Good. How old are you?

ALICE:

I’m fifty.

DR. BENJAMIN

What’s today’s date?

ALICE:

November 26th.

DR. BENJAMIN

Where are we?

ALICE:

We are on the third floor of New

York Presbyterian.

DR. BENJAMIN

Can you spell ‘water’ for me?

ALICE:

W-A-T-E-R.

DR. BENJAMIN

Now spell it for me backwards.

ALICE:

R-E-T-A-W.

DR. BENJAMIN

Can you tell me what you see on

these cards?

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ALICE:

Pliers. A ladder. A sea horse. A

screwdriver. An elephant.

It seems absurd for Alice to be answering such childishquestions.

DR. BENJAMIN

Tell me about your parents.

ALICE:

They’re both dead. My mother andsister died in a car accident when

I was eighteen. My father died in1999 of liver failure.

DR. BENJAMIN

Hepatitis?

ALICE:

Cirrhosis. He was an alcoholic.

DR. BENJAMIN

And what was he like towards the

end?

It’s an uncomfortable subject for Alice.

ALICE:

Incoherent. Incontinent. To tell

you the truth we didn’t see a lotof each other. He lived in New

Hampshire and...we weren’t thatclose.

DR. BENJAMIN

Sorry. Do you have any othersiblings?

ALICE:

No. I only had the one.

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