Requiem for a Dream

                            SARA
              The television.

                            WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              What television?

                            SARA
              I don't know.  I want to find out.

                            WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Hold on a second.

                                                               64.

Then, a loud shudder!  The fridge is vibrating.  Sara
doesn't know what to do.

                            ANOTHER WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Can I help you?

                            SARA
              I want to speak to Lyle Russel.

                            ANOTHER WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Who's that?

                            SARA
              He called me and said I was going
              to be on a show and --

                            ANOTHER WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Just a minute.  I'll connect you
              with the programs department.

Sara waits as the phone rings and rings and the fridge
continues to vibrate unnaturally.

                            THIRD WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Can I help you?

                            SARA
              I want Lyle Russel.

                            THIRD WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Lyle Russel?  Are you sure you have
              the right number?

                            SARA
              He's putting me on a show.

                            THIRD WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              A show?  What show?

Still on the phone, Sara slowly walks over to the fridge.

                            THIRD WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              I'm afraid I don't understand.  If
              you can't tell me --

                                                               65.

                            SARA
              He called me and said I'm going to
              be on TV and he sent me papers.  I
              sent them back a long time already
              and I still don't know when --

                            THIRD WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Oh, I understand.  Just a moment.

Some more clicks.  Sara can barely stand.  As she gets to
the fridge, it slowly stops vibrating.  Sweat is building.

                            FOURTH WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Can I help you?

Carefully, Sara examines the fridge.  She's having a hard
time talking.

                            FOURTH WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Hello?

                            SARA
              Lyle Russel.

                            FOURTH WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Who?

                            SARA
              Lyle Russel?

                            FOURTH WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Are you sure you have the right
              department?

And then, suddenly, the entire fridge quakes violently!
Sara drops the phone and runs to her bedroom.  On the phone:

                            FOURTH WOMAN ON PHONE
                     (off-screen)
              Hello?  Hello?

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INT. MARION'S APARTMENT - LATE MORNING

Marion expectantly watches Harry on the phone.  Harry hangs
up.

                                                               66.

                            MARION
              Well?

                            HARRY
              Tyrone hasn't found anything.

                            MARION
              Nothing?

                            HARRY
              Nothing.

                            MARION
              What are we going to do?

                            HARRY
              I don't know.

                            MARION
              Well, you have to do something.
              It's your fault we don't have
              something for the morning.

                            HARRY
              What are you talking about?

                            MARION
              You were all hot in the biscuit to
              get off last night.

                            HARRY
              That's all bullshit.

                            MARION
              You didn't have to and we could
              have had something now.

                            HARRY
              Whatta am I gonna do?  Just sit and
              watch you push off and not go myself?

                            MARION
              Then, just don't put all the weight
              on me, that's all.  And leave me
              alone.

Pissed beat.

                            HARRY
              I'm gonna go meet Ty.

                                                 CUT TO:

                                                               67.

INT. TYRONE'S CLOSET

Harry and Tyrone open the shoe box.  They grab the last cash
in it.

                            HARRY
              Don't worry.  We'll fill it up
              again, man.  Things'll get better
              soon, then we'll be puttin' the
              bread back in the box.

                                                 CUT TO:

EXT. CITY STREETS - NIGHT

Harry and Tyrone wait by a payphone on an abandoned street
corner.

                            HARRY
              I gotta call my mom.  I just don't
              know what to do with her.

                            TYRONE
              Ahm glad ah doan't have no one
              laying that kind of heavy motha
              shit on me, Jim.  You honkies are
              too much with that guilt shit.

                            HARRY
              Krist, you ain't kiddin', man.  I
              sometimes think we'd be better
              without moms.

                            TYRONE
              Ah doan' know, man.  Mah mom died
              when ah was eight, but I remember
              she was one groovy woman.  She have
              seven kids, Jim, an she was all big
              like an' all the time singin' and
              smilin'.  She have a big chest like
              this and she used to cuddle me,
              Jim, an' ah remember how good it
              felt in there an' how sweet she
              smell.  You know, she sing an' it
              make you feel good all ovuh, jus'
              like dope.

Small laugh in the freezing cold.  Then, a Snot-faced Dealer
rounds the corner and nods to Tyrone.

INT. SARA'S APARTMENT

The phone rings!  Sara sticks her head out of the bedroom.

                                                               68.

She looks at the fridge.  It's quiet and still.  She sneaks
to the lazy chair and flips on the TV.

Then she answers the phone.

                            HARRY
                     (off-screen)
              Hey, Ma.  How ya doing?

                            SARA
                     (scared)
              Oh, Harry.

                            HARRY
                     (off-screen)
              I wanted to say hello, and that
              I'll visit soon.

Suddenly, the fridge hops, making a smashing noise.  Sara
sinks into her chair.  Sara lets out a small scream.

                            HARRY
                     (off-screen)
              Ma?  You --

                            SARA
              Can you come now?  For a little
              while?

                            HARRY
                     (off-screen)
              Ma, I'm tied up.  I got a lot of
              irons in the fire and I have ta be
              around to take care of'em.

The fridge hops again.

                            SARA
                     (at fridge)
              Stop it!
                     (to Harry)
              Not even a little visit?  Please,
              Harry.  Come over.

                            HARRY
                     (off-screen)
              Hey, Ma, will you lighten up and
              stop playin' those guilt games with
              my head?

The fridge shakes and quivers like it's laughing.

                                                               69.

                            SARA
              Please, Harry...

                                                 CUT TO:

INT. CITY STREETS - SAME

Harry takes a deep breath into the phone.  Tyrone rounds the
corner, smiling.

                            HARRY
                     (into phone)
              Look, Ma, I don't want to hassle
              you, okay?  I loveya and I'll see
              you soon.  Take care.

                            SARA
                     (off-screen)
              Harry, it's all confusing and --

Harry hangs up and the two of them rush off.

                                                 CUT TO:

EXT. UNDER THE BOARDWALK - NIGHT

Flick, sizzle, snap, suck, slap, rush, sigh...

                            TYRONE
              So you want to hear the news?

                            HARRY
              What news?

                            TYRONE
              The good news and the bad news.

                            HARRY
              Shoot.

                            TYRONE
              The good news is that in a couple
              of days they'll be prime on the
              streets.

                            HARRY
                     (psyched)
              Really!
                     (suspicious)
              Who told you?

                                                               70.

                            TYRONE
              Angel says Sal the Geep has sent
              word to let go a couple a keys for
              the Christmas season, he being a
              good Christian an' not wantin'
              anybody to be wantin' during this
              glorious season.

                            HARRY
              You believe it?

                            TYRONE
              I didn't until I heard the bad news.

                            HARRY
              Yeah...

                            TYRONE
              The price is doubled and you have
              to cop for weight, at least half a
              piece.

                            HARRY
              How much?

                            TYRONE
              Two.

                            HARRY
              Fuckin' insane!

                            TYRONE
              What you gonna do?  The man ain't
              goin' to lay no nickel bag on you,
              thas foe damn sure.

                            HARRY
              Where we gonna get two?

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INT. MARION'S APARTMENT

Marion can't believe what Harry just suggested.

                            MARION
              You mean Arnold?