eps over to maggie in the doorway.
maggie
i found t kno was
someteresting.
maggie ;kind of blue.“
ike
(excited)
os miles davis. this
is “king of blue“! the
original recording. o find in
good condition. here did you find
this?
maggie
(casual)
it tic. it was jus
sitting t.
ike
its valuable. o it.
maggie
no. you take it.
seps outside, leaving ike he record.
ike
w kind of music
i like and then finding me a rare album.
youre not trying to soften me up, are
you?
maggie
no -- im cleaning an attic. i
attempt the impossible.
sus and o the diner where mrs. pressman is
outside ering plants. ike looks after maggie and then back
do t makes him sad.
cut to:
int. ikes car - later t day
ike drives t food
bag in he inn hale bar, same dump of a
tave alked to bartender at.
angle on: maggies car parked a few cars down. he pulls over
and parks. s out and speaks into ape recorder.
int./ext. the inn hale bar -- day
ike approacheres a drunk man and a
dog sitting outside. inside, he back,
arms around eacely maggie. ther is
definitely not bob.
maggie
(coaxing)
cmon. lets go.
as maggie up, its alter, maggies
father -- dead drunk.
alter
(belligerently)
i
your drivers license...
tumble and lurcing toward maggies car.
maggie
im not exactly her...
steady.
alter
(to dog)
good boy, port hole.
maggie
eady.
alter
i c.
(to drunk)
see you later, mr. travis.
(to maggie)
t guy has a problem... maggie, you
can run everyones life but your own.
maggies rouble keeping eady as she car
door. ike is to er into the
car.
alter (contd)
good daug thers pass
out.
alter passes out on t seat.
maggie
( difficulty)
ike... please dont e anything
about this --
ike
no. forget about it. dont even think
about it.
maggie looks at itude. she car
door s.
maggie
atch your leg, dad.
(to ike)
im so tired of this.
ike
you let off in
trunk. ill take you for a ride.
then well come back for him.
(to drunk on bench)
keep an eye on him.
drunk man
im too loaded.
ike
i alking to the dog.
(tuing to maggie)
all right?
maggie t t. sakes a deep breath.
maggie
okay... ill just grab my jacket.
cut to:
ext. road - late dusk to night
establishing of ikes car driving.
int. ikes car - late dusk to night
maggie and ike ride along.
ike
my dad managed a business and two
mistresses. ed me to be a
novelist. more?
maggie nods,
ike (contd)
my moted me to become a
musician. 0 for t at least
im a joualist and we all know
joualism is literature in a hurry