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PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE

                           by

         Paul Thomas Anderson




LOGO

Presentation cards with white, red, blue, blue-green
backgrounds, then:

                                            CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - EARLY MORNING

CAMERA (STEADICAM) holds on a man in a suit, sitting behind
a desk, on the phone: BARRY EGAN (Adam Sandler)

                         BARRY
            ...yes I'm still on hold...

                         OPERATOR
            And what was this?

                         BARRY
            I'm looking at your advertisement
            for the airline promotion and
            giveaway?

                         OPERATOR
            This is "Fly With Us?"

                         BARRY
            It's hard to understand because it
            says in addition to but I can't
            exactly understand in addition to
            what because there's actually
            nothing to add it too...

                         OPERATOR
            I think that's a type-o then, that
            would be a mistake.

                         BARRY
            So, just to clarify, I'm sorry: Ten
            purchases of any of your Healthy
            Choice products equals five hundred
            miles and then with the coupon the
            same purchases would value one
            thousand miles --

                         OPERATOR
            That's it.

                         BARRY
            Do you realize that the monetary
            value of this promotion and the
            prize is potentially worth more
            than the purchases?

                         OPERATOR
            I don't know...I mean: I don't know.

OC DISTANT SOUND OF A CAR SKIDDING TO A STOP, SOME VAGUE,
DISTANT SCREAMING IS HEARD...THEN SILENCE. Barry hears this,
gets distracted, then back to the phone call;

                         BARRY
            Can I call you back if I have any
            further questions...? Can I get
            your extension?

                         OPERATOR
            It's extension 215 if you want to
            try me back.

                         BARRY
            Ok. Thank you.

He hangs up the phone and walks through his warehouse. It's
fairly non-descript place, boxing materials, etc. Products
seem to be mainly silly novelties (pens that light up, key
chains, novelty toilet plungers, etc)

He lifts a LOADING DOOR and LIGHT POURS INSIDE, WASHES OUT
THE FRAME....he's silhouette....CAMERA follows him
out...stays overexposed and over his shoulder as he looks
down towards the street.....

...his business is situated at the end of a common driveway,
shared with a few other nondescript places and an Auto
mechanic....distant SOUND of a car SPEEDING and SKIDDING....

....hold, then:

....a JEEP CHEROKEE comes FLIPPING into FRAME, far off at
the mouth of the alley, on the street. The JEEP ends up
landing RIGHT SIDE UP....HOLD....

.....Barry flinches a little, stares.....the JEEP sits idle
for a moment....then it drives off....then:

A speeding, small TOYOTA comes into view at the mouth of the
alley, screeching to a halt. The passenger side door opens
and a small, wooden HARMONIUM (like a portable organ) is
placed on the ground. The TOYOTA speeds away.....

....a moment or two later another NON-DESCRIPT CAR flies
past very fast....

BEAT. Barry squints, looks at the small HARMONIUM sitting
alone in the middle of the street.

He hesitates, looks around, holds, then walks back inside
his warehouse.

                                            CUT TO:

INT. BARRY'S WAREHOUSE - THAT MOMENT

Barry on the phone again;

                         BARRY
            ....I'm not exactly sure what that
            means...

                         VOICE
            If they break or something. What is
            it, plastic?

                         BARRY
            It's a plastic, yeah.

                         VOICE
            Right. Alright, lemme call you
            first thing tomorrow, I'm gonna run
            the numbers, see what's what and
            I'll give you a call back --

                         BARRY
            Did you have my home phone number?

                         VOICE
            For what?

                         BARRY
            If you wanted to call me back I
            could...

                         VOICE
            I'm fine, I have your work number.

                         BARRY
            Ok...because of the time difference
            if you needed to call me early?

                         VOICE
            It's fine. I can just get you at
            your office.

                         BARRY
            Ok.

                         VOICE
            Ok, bye, bye.

                         BARRY
            Bye.

He hangs up the phone and walks outside, CAMERA follows him
again, out to the alley, over his shoulder......he looks
down the length of the alley at the Harmonium. HOLD, THEN:

A small FORD ESCORT pulls into the driveway, around the
Harmonium, parks......a young woman named LENA LEONARD
(Emily Watson) exits the car and starts to walk down the
length of the alley towards him.....CAMERA stays over his
shoulder and turns into a profile 2-shot;

                         LENA
            Hi. Do you work at the mechanic?

                         BARRY
            No.

                         LENA
            They're not open yet?

                         BARRY
            They don't get opened until eight.

BEAT. Barry gently steps back and out of the FRAME.

                         LENA
            Is it ok if I leave my car you think?

                         BARRY
            I don't know.

                         LENA
            I thought they opened at seven.
                   (beat)
            If I left my car would it be ok?

                         BARRY
            I don't know.

                         LENA
            Do you know them.

                         BARRY
            Not very well.

                         LENA
            Can I ask you, can I trust to leave
            my keys with you and give them to
            you so that when they get here you
            could give them to them?
                         BARRY
            Ok.

                         LENA
            You think it's ok where I left it,
            right there?

                         BARRY
            I think that'll be fine.

Lena hands him her keys, he steps back into FRAME, THEN:

                         LENA
            There's a piano in the street.

                         BARRY
            Yeah.

BEAT.

                         LENA
            Ok. Maybe I'll see you later. Thank
            you for your help.

                         BARRY
            Thank you.

                         LENA
            Maybe I'll see you later, when I
            pick up my car?

                         BARRY
            Ok.

She walks away....he starts back inside the warehouse,
hesitates, watches her go.....right before she reaches the
end of the alley, she glances back quickly, over her
shoulder....he dodges inside real quick.....

HOLD THE EMPTY FRAME......then he steps back out.....looks
off at the Harmonium.....and the empty street.....he looks
around some more....then he makes the long walk down the
street.

ON THE STREET.
Barry stares at the Harmonium a little bit, looks around,
both ways, then casually picks it up and walks back towards
his business.....

He brings it into his office and places it on his desk. He
tries a few keys....pressing down...there's no sound.

He presses his hand on the foot pedal and presses a key and
a small note is made.....BEAT....he does it again....and
holds the note.....

                                            CUT TO BLACK.

INT. WAREHOUSE - OFFICE - EARLY MORNING

Barry enters the warehouse with harmonium and runs into his
office. He places it on the desk and hits a key: no sound.

Barry goes to his knees and unlatched the bellows. He pumps
the bellow, reaches up, presses a note, and another...then
stands up into CU. and presses the 5 note
melody......SUDDENLY: THE SOUND OF THE POD BAY DOOR SLIDING....

....Barry spins around, scared shitless, sees: LANCE, who
enters the warehouse, Barry rushes out to greet him;

                         LANCE
            Hey, good morning, Barry.

                         BARRY
            Hey...Lance....can I.....

                         LANCE
            You ok?

                         BARRY
            Yes I'm fine.

                         LANCE
            Why you wearin' a suit?

                         BARRY
            Um....I bought one. I thought maybe
            it would be nice to get dressed for
            work, can I show you something?

                         LANCE
            Yeah.....you got here early huh?

                         BARRY
            ....yes.....

They enter into the office, Lance sees the harmonium;

                         LANCE
            What is this?

                         BARRY
            I don't know. I think it's a
            piano....a small piano.

                         LANCE
            That's not a piano.....I have a
            piano at home.....where'd you get it?

Lance walks around behind the harmonium....leaving Barry
alone....towards the warehouse......he starts to back up a
little.....

                         BARRY
            Well.....it was dropped on the
            street.....

Sal, Ernesto and Rico all start to come into work behind
Barry.....he sees them: CAMERA pushes in on Barry....

                         LANCE (OC)
            Why is it here? Barry....Barry?

                         BARRY
            ...it just....I don't know....I
            don't know.

LAND IN CU. ON BARRY. CUT TO BLACK.

TITLE CARD Punch-drunk Love Movie

(maybe color blooms/overture here)

INT. WAREHOUSE/MAIN AREA - DAY

CAMERA pushes in slow as Barry and Lance talk to TWO
CUSTOMERS about the plungers which are on display in front
of them. They speak all over each other doing shop talk, etc;

                         CUSTOMER
            You do guaranteed sale? etc.

                         BARRY
            We back our plungers 100% and we do
            ask for a 30 to 60 day display on
            the floor.....

In the b.g., RICO over the laud speaker says:

                         RICO
            Barry, your sister's on line one.

Barry doesn't move....

                         BARRY
            Yes.....we do ask for....30 to 60
            days....

                         CUSTOMER
            I think you have a call?

Rico turns around, without loudspeaker;

                         RICO
            Barry, your sister is on line one.

They look at him a moment....

                         BARRY
            I'm just gonna grab this call real
            quick?

ANGLE, REVERSE. Barry turns and heads for the phone nearby
at Rico's station;

                         BARRY
                   (into phone)
            .....This is Barry.

                         RHONDA
            Hey it's me, it's Rhonda. Are you
            coming to the party tonight?

                         BARRY
            Hi, Rhonda, yes I am.

                         RHONDA
            Bye.

She hangs up.

                         BARRY
            Ok. Yes I'll see you tonight.

Barry takes a few steps back to the Customers:

                         BARRY
            Sorry about that: One thing I
            wanted to point out, Dave, is that
            we've just received a large order
            from the Rio Hotel and Casino in
            Las Vegas where we're going to be
            supplying their hotel rooms with
            the dice and money plunger, so
            these babies are really moving well
            right now...

                         RICO
                   (over loudspeaker)
            Barry, your sister's on line two.
            Barry, your sister's on line two.

Barry tries again to ignore it....

                         BARRY
            With the Aqua Blast Whales and
            Speed Boats we're gonna ask for a
            display at eye level for the little
            kids.....

                         RICO
            Barry --

                         BARRY
            -- excuse me.

Barry walks back to the phone;

                         BARRY
            This is Barry.

                         KAREN
            Hey it's me, what are you doing?

                         BARRY
            Hello, Karen. I'm just working.

                         KAREN
            Yeah but what are you doing?

                         BARRY
            I'm just working....I have some
            customers here.....

                         KAREN
            So you can't talk to me?

                         BARRY
            I have a few people here, I can't
            really chat right now.

                         KAREN
            "chat?" Did you just say "chat?"

                         BARRY
            Well, I can't talk though --

                         KAREN
            You just fucking said "chat," that
            is so -- what are you now? "chat."
            I'm just calling to make sure you
            show up at this party tonight.

                         BARRY
            Yes, I'll be there.

                         KAREN
            Fine. You get back to chatting with
            your precious customers.

                         BARRY
            Ok, bye-bye.

Barry snaps out of this, turns, claps his hands in confidence
and walks back to the customers and says:

                         BARRY
            Sorry about that.

                         CUSTOMER
            I didn't know you had a sister?

                         BARRY
            .....Well yes I do....
                   (beat)
            But one more thing I wanted to tell
            you guys about the new plungers is
            that we're making the handles now
            in a non-breakable material
            called.....

He takes one of the plungers and to demonstrate smacks it on
the table....it SMASHES and rice falls out everywhere....

                         BARRY
            Ok...this is one of the old ones, I
            think. Lance do we have any new
            plungers around?

Lance moves to get a new plunger....

                         BARRY
            That was a little embarrassing and
            that was one of the old handles so
            let me get a new one to show you --

                         RICO
                   (loudspeaker)
            Barry, your sister is on line one.

Barry holds, then;

                         CUSTOMER
            How many sisters do you have?

                         BARRY
            ....I have seven.

                         CUSTOMER #2
            Holy shit. You have seven sisters?

                         BARRY
            They're calling because we're
            having a party tonight for my
            sister and the they're just
            calling....can you hang on for just
            two more minutes....?

Barry walks this time into his office......CAMERA tracks
with Barry to his office, seeing him try and shake this
off.....He EXITS FRAME.

                                            CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - OFFICE - THAT MOMENT

Barry enters, takes a quick moment to size up the
harmonium.....He picks up the phone and through the
conversation gently moves the harmonium to a different spot
on the desk;

                         BARRY
            This is Barry.

                         KATHLEEN
            What are you doing?

                         BARRY
            Hi, Kathleen, I'm just working.

                         KATHLEEN
            Are you going to the party tonight?

                         BARRY
            Yes I am.

                         KATHLEEN
            What are you doing?

                         BARRY
            Nothing.

                         KATHLEEN
            Right now, you're doing nothing?

                         BARRY
            I'm just talking on the phone to
            you and standing.

                         KATHLEEN
            What time are you gonna be there?

                         BARRY
            Seven o'clock.

                         KATHLEEN
            You can't be late.

                         BARRY
            I won't.

                         KATHLEEN
            I'm serious.

                         BARRY
            I know.

                         KATHLEEN
            Seriously.

                         BARRY
            Ok.

                         KATHLEEN
            You can't be late though.

                         BARRY
            I know.

                         KATHLEEN
            You can't just not show up like you
            do, you have to go.

                         BARRY
            I know.

                         KATHLEEN
            Seriously.

                         BARRY
            I know.

                         KATHLEEN
            You can't just stay in your house.

                         BARRY
            I know.

                         KATHLEEN
            Yeah but I'm serious.

                         BARRY
            Ok.

                         KATHLEEN
            I'll see you there.

                         BARRY
            I'll see you there.

                         KATHLEEN
            Don't puss out.

                         BARRY
            I won't.

Barry plays the 5 note melody on the Harmonium (carries over
into next scene....)

                                            CUT TO:

INT./EXT. WAREHOUSE - LATER (BRIDGE/BREAK MUSIC WISE)

Barry and his workers are having lunch. A LUNCH TRUCK is
parked by the driveway. Barry sees the CAR that Lena brought
by at the start of the movie....OC CALL from one of the
workers;

                         WORKER
            Telephone Barry on line one.

A mechanic passes by at this moment, keeps walking past;

                         BARRY
            What's wrong with her car?

                         MECHANIC
            Wha?

                         BARRY
            Is that car gonna be ok?

                         MECHANIC
            It's fine.

The mechanic keeps walking....Barry enters.

                                            CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE/NEAR LANCE'S DESK - LATE AFTERNOON

Barry and the boys are prepping some boxes for shipping.
Ernesto walks over, says;

                         ERNESTO
            Barry, your sister's here.

Barry stands up fast, stumbles back a bit over some boxes,
recovers, ELIZABETH enters:

                         ELIZABETH
            Hey, how are you?
                         BARRY
            I'm fine, hi, how are you?

                         ELIZABETH
            I'm just stopping by to say hello.

                         BARRY
            Hello.

                         ELIZABETH
            So you're coming tonight, right?

                         BARRY
            Yes, indeed, yes I am.

                         ELIZABETH
            There's this girl, this friend of
            mine from work that I think is
            really cute and really cool and I
            want you to meet her so I was
            thinking about bringing her to the
            party tonight.

                         BARRY
            Oh yeah no I don't want to do that.

                         ELIZABETH
            Why?

                         BARRY
            Well I don't want to do something
            like that.

                         ELIZABETH
            She's my friend and you should meet
            her. You'd like her.

                         BARRY
            Yeah, but please don't do that.

                         ELIZABETH
            I'm not really asking you, I'm
            telling you.

                         BARRY
            Yeah but please don't do that:
            everyone would be looking at me.

                         ELIZABETH
            It's a free country, we can look at
            you if we want to.

                         BARRY
            Yes but I get tense and I feel like
            I can't be myself if that happens.

                         ELIZABETH
            That's your fault not mine.

                         BARRY
            I don't think I'm going to the party.

                         ELIZABETH
            So it's ok if I bring her.

                         BARRY
            Please don't.

                         ELIZABETH
            She's really cute and she's really
            nice.

                         BARRY
            ...please, I just don't want it....

                         ELIZABETH
            ....wait a minute: why is this
            about you now? Why is it always
            about you?

                         BARRY
            Yeah, no, it's not, it's just --

                         ELIZABETH
            I'm trying to be your friend.

                         BARRY
            I know.

                         ELIZABETH
            I'm trying to get you a girlfriend.

                         BARRY
            Well, yeah, thank you, but --

                         ELIZABETH
            -- but since you're not going I
            guess none of this matters and I'll
            bring her anyway.

BEAT. HOLD. She stares him down.

                         ELIZABETH
            All I'm trying to do is be your
            friend.

She leaves. HOLD ON BARRY. He air punches/twitch.

                                            CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE - LATER/BLUE HOUR - NIGHT

Barry is alone, closing up. He takes a look at the Harmonium
and presses it, makes a sound....a little bit more....makes
a few notes. END SCORE QUE as it blends and fades into the
notes that Barry plays.

BEAT. He closes its small cover, does something on his desk
and then:

His face gets bright red, he holds back tears, opens his
mouth and has a serious but small burst of overwhelming
emotion and then it's over.

INT. SUPERMARKET - NIGHT

CU. BIRTHDAY CARD.
Barry's hands reaches in and picks a birthday card.

ANGLE, WIDER, THAT MOMENT.
Barry grabs the card and starts to push his cart....but he
pushes it straight into a SIX YEAR OLD KID who's pushing a
cart around....they slam into each other....

Barry apologizes....the KID just takes off....Barry's cart
now has a slightly damaged wheel that wobbles like crazy....

ANGLE, FROZEN FOOD AISLE.
CAMERA tracks left to right with Barry as he heads for the
Healthy Choice Frozen Dinner. He grabs one.

CU. BARRY. LOW ANGLE.
He looks at box.

BARRY'S POV - THE BOX
Slow zoom in. T<