Requiem for a Dream

                            HARRY
              Well your parents won't even take
              your call.

                            MARION
              I haven't seen him in months.

                                                               71.

                            HARRY
              So what?  He's still callin', ain't
              he?

                            MARION
              Yes, but I don't know.

Marion stares into Harry's eyes -- pleading.

                            HARRY
              Look, I don't know what else to do.
              This is our last chance to get back
              on track.  We won't have ta scuffle
              and make that freezing scene every
              day.  We need the bread.

                            MARION
              Getting the bread is not the
              problem, Harry --

                            HARRY
              Then what's the problem, fa krist's
              sake?

                            MARION
              I just don't know what I'll have to
              do to get it.

Harry gets it.  Marion gets it.  But for Harry, this is too
important.  He gets down and holds her hand:

                            HARRY
              Look baby, this is our last chance
              to get back on track.  We'll be
              back in bizness in no time.  We'll
              start moving again and we'll start
              saving again.  It'll happen, Marion.

Marion looks into him.  Then, she gives him a gentle nod.

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INT. DOCTOR PILL'S EXAMINING ROOM

Doctor Pill smiles while Sara looks around wild-eyed.

                            DOCTOR PILL
              What seems to be the problem?  The
              weight is doing fine.

                            SARA
              The weight is fine.  I'm not so
              good.  The refrigerator --

                                                               72.

Suddenly, she looks around terrified.

                            DOCTOR PILL
              Something wrong?

                            SARA
              Things are all mixed up.  Confused
              like --

                            DOCTOR PILL
              Well, that's nothing to worry about.

He scribbles out a prescription.

                            DOCTOR PILL
              Just give this to the nurse and
              make an appointment for a week.

Now, Sara is alone staring at the paper.  TIGHT ON paper.
It reads 'VALIUM'.

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INT. RAOUL'S CAFE - NIGHT

A dimly lit café.  Marion wears lots of make-up and a long-
sleeve blouse.

Arnold is worried.

                            MARION
              No, no, I've just had the flu
              forever it seems like.

                            ARNOLD THE SHRINK
              Are you depressed?

                            MARION
              No, it's nothing like that.  Just
              been very busy.  I've been designing
              nonstop.

                            ARNOLD THE SHRINK
              That's wonderful, I'm glad to hear
              you've been productive.

He smiles and touches her hand.

                            ARNOLD THE SHRINK
              To be perfectly straight, I was
              surprised to hear from you.  Is
              something wrong?

                                                               73.

                            MARION
              No, why?

                            ARNOLD THE SHRINK
              That's usually the case when
              someone calls whom you haven't
              heard from for a while.

                            MARION
              No, everything's fine, but I do
              have a favor to ask.

He smiles and leans back into his chair.  His smugness
bothers her so she grabs her fork and stabs it into the back
of his hand.  Blood spurts out and she screams:

                            MARION
              YOU SMUG SONOFABITCH!

A moment later, everything is back to normal.  Marion was
fantasizing.

                            ARNOLD THE SHRINK
                     (grin)
              A favor?  What is it?

                            MARION
              I need to borrow some money.

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INT. ARNOLD THE SHRINK'S MANHATTAN CRASH PAD

In the bedroom, Marion slowly takes off her clothes.  She's
dying and almost crying.

Arnold, big smile, big erection (for him), watches her.

                            ARNOLD THE SHRINK
              May I ask why?

                            MARION
              Could you turn off the light?

                            ARNOLD THE SHRINK
              Why do you want the light off?

                            MARION
              I just do.

                            ARNOLD THE SHRINK
              You never did before.

                                                               74.

                            MARION
              Please, Arnold.

Shrugging, he remote controls off the light.  Arnold creeps
up behind her and starts planting kisses on her.

Very gently, she begins to cry.

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INT. MARION'S APARTMENT

Harry scratches some vinyl.  He takes the LP and frisbees it
into the wall.  It shatters!

Then, he collapses onto Marion's couch, picks up the remote
and flips on the set.  He tries to watch but he keeps
looking at the clock.

Then, he hears the sounds of sex.  He looks up on the TV and
sees Marion fucking some dude with a hairy back.  So, Harry
lies on the ground and reaches for something under the couch.

Then: flick, sizzle, snap, suck, rush, sigh...

The image on the set slowly starts to dissolve back to the
normal TV show.

Harry, a bit more comfortable, reclines on the couch and nods.

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INT. ARNOLD THE SHRINK'S MANHATTAN CRASH PAD - HALLWAY

At the front door Arnold, wrapped in a sheet, hands Marion
some money.  She leaves and he quickly locks the door.

Down the hallway and into --

THE ELEVATOR

-- as anger, disgust and who knows what else billow up
inside her.  Her eyes begin to tear.  Then --

ON THE STREET

-- she leans against the building and vomits.

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INT. MARION'S APARTMENT

Marion crawls out of her winter clothes and joins Harry on
the couch.

                                                               75.

They sit on either side of the couch not looking at each
other.

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INT. TYRONE'S NEW PAD

Tyrone, in his bikini underwear, stares at a picture of his
mom.

Alice is gone.

He looks at the window.  It's night-time and it's sleeping.

                            TYRONE
              Sheeit.

Tyrone starts to get dressed.

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INT. SARA'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Pop, gulp, hit, snap...

Sara puts on some make-up.  Her hand is not steady and her
work is far from perfect.  The lipstick is lopsided.  The
mascara is caked on one set of eyelashes.

In the red dress, with very little energy, she spins in
front of the mirror.

She starts a dumpy version of a waltz.  Very slowly.  Her
eyes are sunken and dark-ringed.  Flesh hangs from her upper
arms and neck.

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INT. MODERN SUPERMARKET - NIGHT

Harry and Tyrone stroll the aisles with an empty shopping
cart.  They eye other customers, most of whom are junkies
trying to act nonchalant and making believe they're shopping.
In actuality they're just trying to figure out what the
fuck's going on.

                            TYRONE
              You dig the action, man.

                            HARRY
              Yeah, I feel like I'm dreamin'.

                            TYRONE
              I watch your back, you watch mine.

                                                               76.

                            HARRY
              What are we supposed to do?

                            TYRONE
              I don't know.  All they said was be
              at Waldbaum's.

Just then, they round a corner and spot a Pony-tailed
Junkies walking into the back loading area.  They follow.

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INT. MARION'S APARTMENT

Marion impatiently circles the apartment.  She's very anxious.

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INT. SUPERMARKET LOADING AREA - LATER

Harry and Tyrone join a mass of smoking junkies in the back
of the supermarket.  Everyone is crowded in by the towering
boxes of produce and canned goods.

                            HARRY
              Everyone and their mother.

A moment later, the steel roll-gate starts to open.  All the
junkies turn to look.

Then, an eighteen-wheeler starts backing into the loading
dock.  'IRVING'S FLORIDA ORANGES' is painted onto the truck.

When the truck stops at the dock, two White Heavies emerge
from the front cab.  They wear ski masks and carry glistening
machine guns.

Sitting behind a table in front of the crates of oranges is
a distinguished Bald Man sporting a white fur coat.  He is
flanked by two other heavies with masks and machine guns.

The junkies applaud!  The two men unlock the back of the
truck.

The Bald Man pops open two steel suitcases on the table.
Harry, Tyrone and all the junkies push forward.  The men
with guns try to control them.

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                                                               77.

INT. MARION'S APARTMENT

Marion, still circling, starts searching the apartment.  She
rips open her bureau, flips through clothes and unknowingly
tosses her clothing sketches.

They slowly drift to the floor.

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EXT. SUPERMARKET LOADING AREA - LATER

Harry and Tyrone push their way to the front.  A few lucky
junkies hand the Bald Man money and get their dope.  The
heavies scream at the junkies to calm down or they're outta
here.

Then suddenly, Harry spots a Gap-toothed Junkies pulling a
gun.  The men with the machine guns see him and pull out
their guns.  Harry grabs Tyrone and starts to pull him away
when suddenly:

Bang!

Gap-tooth's gun goes off.  It hits some oranges behind the
Bald Man.  The heavies let loose.  Bullets everywhere!

Harry and Tyrone head for the supermarket in front.  Boxes
are blowing up around them.

The Bald Man slams the steel suitcases closed and starts
pulling the truck doors closed.

Harry and Tyrone charge into the --

INT. SUPERMARKET - SAME

-- with a bunch of other junkies.  They rush down an aisle
when the Pony-tailed Junkie gets nailed in front of them.
He slides across the linoleum leaving a trail of blood
behind him.

Harry and Tyrone leap over the dead body and rush --

OUTSIDE

-- just in time to spot the eighteen-wheeler whiz by.  Some
of the junkies give chase.  Harry thinks about it but Ty
stops him.  Instead, they quickly duck out.

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                                                               78.

INT. TYRONE'S OLD DIVE PAD

Tyrone puffs on a cigarette while Harry paces.

                            HARRY
              Stupid fucking junkie.  Fucked.  We
              are fucked.  That's the last shit
              for miles.

                            TYRONE
              Muthafuckas going back to Florida,
              sitting on their asses in sun while
              we're up here ass-deep in snow.

                            HARRY
              Damn it.  What are we gonna do now?
                     (then an idea)
              Hey.  What would happen if we went
              down there to cop?

                            TYRONE
              Now you're talking -- sunny F.L.

                            HARRY
              Yeah.  Everybody's up here scufflin'
              to stay alive and gettin' ripped
              off or knocked off, and nobody's
              thought about goin' right to the
              fuckin' source.

                            TYRONE
              You're serious?

                            HARRY
              Why not?

                            TYRONE
              What the fuck you talkin' about?
              Goin' up to the muthafuckin' room
              clerk at some hotel an' askin' for
              a connection?