Requiem for a Dream

                            SARA
              Goldfarb.  Goldfarb.  I know you
              have something for Goldfarb.

                            MAILMAN
              Let's see.  Not much around here
              except at the beginning of the
              month with the social security
              checks.

                            SARA
              But I'm expecting something --

                                                               27.

                            MAILMAN
              Here we go.  Something for Goldfarb,
              Sara Goldfarb.

He hands her a thick manila envelope.

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INT. SARA'S APARTMENT

The Yentas follow Sara into the apartment.  Yenta #2 flips
on the TV, someone else starts a pot of coffee.

                            ADA
              So let's see.

                            YENTA #1
              Open it, open it.

Sara carefully opens the envelope.  She takes out a
questionnaire.

                            RAE
              So when do you go on?

                            SARA
              They decide after you send this form.

                            ADA
              Oh, it's so exciting.

The other women murmur their excitement, too.  Ada takes the
application from Sara and places it on the table.

                            ADA
              OK, OK.  You sit, Dolly and just
              answer the questions.

Sara, a bit nervous, sits down.  Ada gives her a pencil and
leans over her shoulder.  The Yentas crowd around.

                            ADA
              Name?  Easy enough.  S-a-r-a G-o-l-
              d-f-a-r-b.

                            SARA
              You call that a question?  That
              kind I take six at once.

The Yentas laugh as Sara carefully prints her name.

                            ADA
              Address.

                                                               28.

                            SARA
              A breeze.

Sara fills out question after question until:

                            ADA
              Uh-oh.

                            SARA
              What?  What?

                            ADA
              Date of Birth.

                            SARA
              So now you're getting personal.
              OK, I'll tell you.

She fills it in.

                            ADA
              Age?

                            SARA
              So now you want me to count for you!

                            ADA
              Marital Status?

                            SARA
                     (smiles)
              Wanting, needing.  How about if I
              win Robert Redford?

A big laugh.

                            ADA
              Sex?

A bigger laugh.

                            SARA
              Please?

The biggest.

                            ADA
              That's it, Dolly.

Sara holds the paper against her chest and says a short
prayer.  The Yentas respect her silence.

Then she carefully folds it and places it in the self-
addressed envelope.

                                                               29.

She seals it and holds the flap down for many seconds.

Then she puts it on her chair and sits on it, just to make
sure it's sealed.

Next she tosses her head and shoulders at the refrigerator
and says to it:

                            SARA
              Who needs you?

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EXT. SARA'S BUILDING - A MOMENT LATER

Sara marches out of the building waving the envelope.  The
Yentas follow their friend.  Victorious, they march to the
mailbox.

                            YENTA #1
              I wonder when you'll hear?

                            ADA
              Maybe they'll send you to Tavern on
              the Green, that's where they send
              all the stars.

                            SARA
              I'm eating eggs and grapefruit at
              Tavern on the Green.

The ladies laugh as they follow their hero, their savior,
their victor.  Suddenly, the envelope begins to glow.  It
glows a brilliant white.

At the mailbox Sara kisses the envelope and drops it in the
mail slot.  She closes the lid and then opens it to make
sure it has dropped into the box.

And then the ladies huddle around Sara as the blue mailbox
begins to radiate and bathe them in a cool blue light.  The
Yentas 'ooooh' and 'ahhh'.

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INT.  TYRONE'S DIVE PAD

Tyrone is on the phone with Brody's Henchman.  Harry sits at
the table counting twenties into a small, neat pile.

                            TYRONE
              Dynamite?  Dynamite.  Dynamite!
              Alright, we's on the way.

                                                               30.

Tyrone hangs up.

                            TYRONE
              Brody's man says it's real fine shit.

                            HARRY
              Alright.  Here we go.

                            TYRONE
              Here we go.

                            HARRY
                     (serious)
              Let's do this right.

                            TYRONE
              Naturally.

Tyrone takes the money and slaps Harry five.  Exit Tyrone.

Harry spins some vinyl, rolls a joint, sparks it and takes a
few pokes.  He starts grooving with the music as his
nervousness dissolves.

Then something is off and Harry feels it.  He stops the
turntable.

Suddenly, it's a sunny day in Tyrone's bedroom.  The back
wall is gone and stretching into the sea is --

THE CONEY ISLAND PIER

Now, strolling with a baby carriage is a woman in a red
dress.  It's Marion.

Harry watches her from Tyrone's apartment.

He calls for her but she keeps going.  He chases after her.

He's trying to get a glimpse into the carriage.  Finally,
Marion hears him and she spins around.  She smiles and waves.

She reaches into the carriage to pick something up.  Harry
is almost with her.  He keeps running.

And just as he's about to get a peek, he stops.  He hears a
key in a lock.

He spins round and we --

                                                 CUT BACK TO:

                                                               31.

INT. TYRONE'S DIVE PAD - NOW

Tyrone enters the room with a big-ass, shit-eatin' grin on
his face.

He drops a little package on the table.

                            TYRONE
              There it is, Jim.

                            HARRY
              Huh?

                            TYRONE
              There it is.

Harry snaps out of it and he looks at the package.

                            TYRONE
              Shall we try?

                            HARRY
              Wait, Ty.  This is our chance to
              make it big and I mean really big.
              We don't have to be dealin' in no
              petty-ass pieces all our lives.  We
              play it right an' we can get a
              pound of pure, but if we get wasted
              we'll fuck it up.

                            TYRONE
              Right, on, baby, ahm not jivin' you.
              Ah doan' want to be runnin' no
              streets the res' of mah life in no
              ripped sneakers, mah nose runnin'
              down to mah chin.  All we gotta do
              is have a little taste so we know
              how much to cut it.

                            HARRY
              Fair enough.

Palms slap, then: flick, sizzle, snap, suck, slap, rush,
sigh...

And: flick, sizzle, snap, suck, slap, rush, sigh...

Tyrone and Harry look at each other with flush faces and
hanging heads.

They grin at each other.

                            TYRONE
              Sheeit...

                                                               32.

Then they laugh and laugh and laugh.

                                                 CUT TO:

EXT. BOARDWALK - DAY

Marion sits in front of the Wonder Wheel watching the summer
crowd play.

She unpacks the shopping bag next to her.  She pulls out
some sketch pads, pencils, charcoal and a sharpener.

She stares at the blank page.  A moment later, she begins to
sketch.

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INT. SARA'S APARTMENT

Sara sits in her chair trying to watch TV.

But she can't concentrate.  The kitchen clock ticks terribly
slowly.  So does her Timex.

Everywhere she looks in the room steaming hot food appears.
Over there, by her plants, is a bacon doublecheese burger.
Then over there, by the lamp, is a chocolate-covered eclair.

She grabs a glass of water and downs it.

She turns to the fridge.  It shudders at her.  She screams
at it:

                            SARA
              Shut up!

Suddenly the fridge door becomes transparent.  She can see
all the produce in her stuffed fridge beckoning her.

She turns away and goes into --

THE BEDROOM

She flips off the light and tries to sleep.

She closes her eyes but they pop open.  Then slowly her
beige ceiling disappears and turns into a clear blue sky
with puffy, white clouds.  Then it dissolves into a sizzling,
juicy pizza-pie.

Sara twists and turns.  Then the pie turns into a chocolate-
covered cherry.  Then it becomes a bagel smothered with lox,
onions and crowned with a healthy slice of tomato.

                                                               33.

There's no hope.  Sara sits up in her bed and reaches for
the phone.  She dials.

                            MRS SCARLINI
                     (off-screen)
              Hello?