THE MONEY
Written by
Jack Kimball and Joseph Citta
919-645-8796
THE MONEY
Logline
Retired guy George finds over a million dollars in a duffel
bag while taking his daily walk. Mayhem ensues.
Cast List - Two sixties couples, George and Evelyn, Rudy and Betty, best friends living nextdoor to each other, inspired by the TV show ‘The Honeymooners’. Blue collar, middle class.
GEORGE - Bored in his retirement. Sees finding the money as his big opportunity
EVELYN - Married to George. The wiser spouse.
RUDY - Married to Betty. George’s best buddy.
BETTY - Married to Rudy. Best friends with Evelyn
COURTNEY - Rudy and Betty’s daughter. Disappointed there is no money for college (never appears and has no lines)
CARMINE - Very young x generation, low twenty-something who works with criminals, maybe the mafia, or maybe just a girl from Starbucks.
ACT I
FADE IN:
EXT. / WALKING TRAIL / DAY
GEORGE
GEORGE, sixties, wearing his walking clothes, is seen on a paved trail in a park.
- He sees a new duffel bag by the side of the trail on his side of a fence.
- He hesitates, walks over
- He peeks in the bag
- He looks around
- He lifts the heavy bag
- He starts walking quickly on the trail from the way he came.
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CREDITS
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INT. / GEORGE AND EVELYN’S KITCHEN / DAY
EVELYN and BETTY, sixties, sit in Evelyn’s kitchen having coffee as best friends. The kitchen is a modest suburban home. There is a door to the garage separating the kitchen from the garage stage right, kitchen stage left.
The conversation is ongoing...
BETTY
We feel terrible about it.
EVELYN
So what happened?
BETTY
(upset, almost teared up)
My Courtney was already accepted at
State... And she...
(MORE)
BETTY (CONT’D)
Ev, she started crying when we told
her there was just no way.
EVELYN
I’m so sorry Betty.
BETTY
It’s pretty bad. If we weren’t so
tapped out on the house.
EVELYN
Oh Betty. Maybe she’ll get a loan or something. But if she can fiqure it out, State is a good place to be till she knows what she wants to do.
BETTY
That’s true Ev, but I just don’t
see it at this point.
EVELYN
George says sometimes things find you; you don’t find them. She should talk to George...
BETTY
How is George?
EVELYN
Bored with retirement...I’m worried
about him.
BETTY
Oh!... I got to go check on the
laundry. Back in a jiff.
Betty leaves through the kitchen door.
George enters carrying a duffel bag.
GEORGE
Sit down honey.
EVELYN
Why? I don’t wanna sit down. I’m
not your employee.
GEORGE
You need to sit down.
Evelyn sits down. Notices the bag George is carrying.
4.
EVELYN
What’s the bag? You shouldn’t be
carryin’--
GEORGE
I found somethin’. I don’t want a
jinx it but--
EVELYN
What? You’re talkin’ crazy George.
George struggles to put the heavy duffel bag on the kitchen table and opens it slightly.
GEORGE
Just look here.
Evelyn peeks in the bag.
EVELYN
(with urgency)
What? Holy Moly!!! Where’d you get
that? Close it up. I don’t want
to see.
GEORGE
Out walkin’. You know where the expressway narrows up to the trail. At the park. You know. At the
park.
EVELYN
Yea...I guess... Best thing is
take it back. It’s trouble George.
Remember Ernie at the race track?
Trouble I’m tellin’ ya.
GEORGE
This is different than that... Let
me tell ya. I saw this bag like it
was nothing. Not my business. But
it was new lookin’. I don’t know.
So I walked over. It like, called
me, I think...
EVELYN
Called you? What are nuts? You
can’t be touchin’ stuff like that.
You never know where it came from.
Who left it.
GEORGE
It wasn’t locked or nothin’
EVELYN
Not locked?
GEORGE
So I opened it quick like. Just a
peek.
EVELYN
There could a been a poisonous snake in it George. You could have gotten bit.
GEORGE
It wasn’t a snake.
EVELYN
I didn’t say it was. I said it coulda been. Julie at book club? She told me somebody’s kid got bit on the leg at the beach. Just walkin’ along. Wham. That was it.
GEORGE
Well, I did open it. The hairs
almost fell outta my head.
EVELYN
There’s not much to fall out
George. You shoulda left it closed.
GEORGE
Funny... I looked around. No one.
EVELYN
That doesn’t mean they weren’t there. You coulda’ been setup. Did you look close?
GEORGE
No one around. I came home. Here I
am. That’s it.
EVELYN
You gotta call the police.
GEORGE
Police?...I was thinkin’ on the way home Evelyn... We gotta think this through; we gotta be smart with this. Maybe if we just lay low. You know, give it some time, then slowly...use a little for bills and stuff. Just think what we could do?
Betty comes back from doing laundry at her house, a few minutes drive, enters (interrupts)
BETTY
Hey George.
EVELYN
(sees Betty looking at the
duffel bag)
George found a bag full a money.
BETTY
Stop your kiddn’
EVELYN
I’m not kiddn’
BETTY
You serious?
EVELYN
We haven’t even counted it yet.
GEORGE
(looking at Evelyn, eyes
big)
It’s SUPPOSED to be a secret Betty.
BETTY
Let’s see.
George opens the bag a little bit to show Betty
BETTY (CONT’D)
Holy Moly!
GEORGE
I know.
BETTY
Did you tell Rudy?
GEORGE
I just came home with it.
BETTY
Well, we gotta tell Rudy. Let me
call em’
Calls on the phone
BETTY (CONT’D)
Get over to George and Evelyn’s.
It’s important.
(MORE)
7.
BETTY (CONT’D)
Love ya’
(directed to Evelyn)
Where’d you find it?
GEORGE
At the park. Just lyin’ there.
BETTY
It’s drug money is what it is.
EVELYN
That’s what I think too.
BETTY
Does anyone else know about it?
EVELYN
Just us.
BETTY
Did you count it? It looks like a
lot. Open the bag George.
Evelyn starts pulling down the shades on the windows. Betty pulls a few one inch thick bundles of money with wrappers around them from the bag and fans the edge of one bundle to see what the bills are.
BETTY (CONT’D)
These are all twenties.
Betty takes out a small black box.
BETTY (CONT’D)
What’s this?
GEORGE
I don’t know. Put it back in.
Betty fans two others bundles of money on the table
BETTY
These are fifties. We should get one of those counting machines. Ya know?
George and Evelyn start fanning the money themselves.
GEORGE
It smells nice. It smells like--
EVELYN
Don’t get ahead of yourself tiger.
The door knocks. Evelyn lets Rudy in.
RUDY
Hey guys. What’s up. You said it
was important?
BETTY
Get ready Rudy.
RUDY
What?
Betty takes Rudy over to the bag. Opens it a little.
RUDY (CONT’D)
Holy Moly!
GEORGE
Holy Moly is right guy.
The doorbell rings.
EVELYN
Who’s that? I’ve got the sign out.
Don’t they read the sign? Excuse me.
Evelyn leaves the kitchen to go to the front door.
RUDY
Where’d you get this?
GEORGE
At the park. On my walk.
BETTY
We need to count it.
RUDY
It will take some time to count
BETTY
Rudy and I can count our half.
GEORGE
Your half?
BETTY
Aren’t we fifty-fifty friends?
GEORGE
I’m not so sure. I’m the one who
found it.
9.
BETTY
We’ll see what Ev says about that.
GEORGE
She didn’t find it either.
RUDY
She’s your--
Evelyn comes in after answering the door. (interrupts hearing end of conversation with Betty and George)
EVELYN
We got caught anyway.
GEORGE
Caught?
EVELYN
The mafia was just here.
GEORGE
What are you talking about?
EVELYN
We had a guy at the door.
GEORGE
When?
EVELYN
Just now.
RUDY
Who? What.
Rudy rushes to peek out the window.
EVELYN
He said he was lookin’ for his dog.
GEORGE
So what makes you think—
EVELYN
I could tell.
RUDY
(from the window)
What did he look like?
EVELYN
He was dark.
BETTY
(Directed to Rudy)
I saw him too. From the window.
GEORGE
You mean he was a black guy.
EVELYN
No. Dark.
RUDY
You mean Italian?
BETTY
Italians aren’t really dark.
EVELYN
He might a been though Betty.
GEORGE
Did he have an Italian accent?
EVELYN
No. A black tee-shirt. You know. It
fit REALLY well.
RUDY
Could he a been Middle Eastern?
They’re dark.
BETTY
Middle Eastern people aren’t dark.
They’re olive.
GEORGE
Olive? What’s olive?
BETTY
It’s the trees. Beautiful people.
RUDY
How can it be the trees? Middle Eastern people are not green. Olives are green. What are they, from Mars?
BETTY
You’re just jealous.
RUDY
I’m not jealous! Why would I be
jealous?
BETTY
Because you’re Scott. The Scotts
are pasty; like you.
RUDY
Pasty!
EVELYN
It’s the sun Rudy. It rains all the time in Scotland. It’s not your fault really.
GEORGE
Can we just get back to the guy?
EVELYN
Well, I think he might have been
from New York. Maybe from New York.
GEORGE
Did he have a car?
EVELYN
He had those skinny jeans like they
wear.
GEORGE
Skinny jeans?
EVELYN
Yea. You know. Nice fit. I could
tell when he walked away.
Evelyn makes the shape of a man’s butt with her hands.
GEORGE
That’s great Ev... But all you really know is he was wearing a
black tee shirt and skinny jeans?
EVELYN
Something else.
GEORGE
What?
EVELYN
He was swarthy.
GEORGE
Swarthy? Christ...
BETTY
Those Italian guys look like that
Ev.
EVELYN
Plus he said he was lookin’ for his
dog. A golden lab.
RUDY
You lost me. What does him having a dog have to do with being in the mafia?
EVELYN
It wasn’t the dog, he was really
talking about the money, get it?
GEORGE
How do you know he was talking
about the money?
EVELYN
(making quotes in the air
in George’s face)
He said the “dog” was close to
“puppies”. If we found the “dog”
he’d give us a “puppy”. So there
you go.
BETTY
Dogs are a big responsibility Ev. Mattie has that Chi Poo. She and Jeff can’t go anywhere. Plus they’re still stugglin’ with the paper training. We already went through that once with the kids. Never again.
EVELYN
I know Betty. Plus you never know unless you get the dog from a pound, someone licensed ya know. They could be diseased. Even a flu cross over. Next thing you know, wham, just like that. You’re dead.
BETTY
They’re cute though.
EVELYN
And they do bring love to th--
RUDY
Excuse me girls... What does him
giving us a puppy have anything—
EVELYN
It’s a metaphor Rudy.
RUDY
A metaphor?
BETTY
(directed to Rudy)
It means he’s really talkin’ about
somethin’ else honey.
RUDY
(directed to Betty)
I know what a metaphor is darlin’.
GEORGE
Maybe he was just lookin’ for his
dog?
EVELYN
You’re dreamin’ George.
GEORGE
Did he say how many “puppies” he’s
expectin’?
EVELYN
What a ya think? He gave his dog an
ultrasound?
RUDY
(sees something outside.
Goes to the window)
Well, whoever it is, is standing
back there in the woods looking at
us.
George, Betty, and Evelyn rush to windows.
BETTY
Lord. He looks just like DeNiro in
his prime. Look at that hair.
EVELYN
(at another window)
More Pacino than DeNiro Betty.
GEORGE
Now he’s smiling at us. I think he
sees us.
14.
RUDY
He’s a sneaky lookin’ bastard.
BETTY
That’s a DeNiro smile Ev if I’ve
ever seen one. My goodness...
RUDY
He’s leavin’
BETTY
He’ll be back and murder us for
sure.
GEORGE
We need to count the money Rudy.
EVELYN
Well, not in my kitchen. Money is crawlin’ with germs. Maybe even the COVID! You boys go count the money somewhere else. Out!
RUDY
Come on George. We can count it in
my garage. I’ll drive.
George and Rudy make exit to leave with the Bag to go to Rudy’s garage, a two minute drive (maybe a mile).
GEORGE
I was just on my walk and...
George and Rudy exit, drive off, and Betty and Evelyn remain in the kitchen
EVELYN
It’s a lot of money Betty. I still
think we should call the police.
BETTY
It’s better if the boys agree Ev...
This thing is already a mess.
EVELYN
Do you really think it’s drug
money?
BETTY
Maybe. It could also be marked I guess. Don’t they mark money like that? Record the serial numbers and stuff?
15.
EVELYN
If it’s a bank or something I
guess. Do you think it’s stolen?
BETTY
I saw something like that on TV.
Stolen money. The bank got it back
though. The money exploded now I
remember.
EVELYN
No way... Wait. Could that be what that black box was? Some kind of, I don’t know...
BETTY
My god Ev. On 20/20 the robbers were really hurt...It’s a bomb Ev! The box is a bomb. It could blow up on the boys. I’ll call ‘em!
Betty speed dials her phone to call Rudy. Then Evelyn tries to call George.
BETTY (CONT’D)
Voice mail!
EVELYN
Me too!
BETTY
Let’s take my car. Now!
Betty and Evelyn run out of the house
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EXT. / GEORGE AND EVELYN’S DRIVEWAY / DAY
Betty and Evelyn jump in Betty’s car.
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INT. / RUDY AND BETTY’S GARAGE / DAY
Rudy and George are counting the money. They pull out the black box, glance at it, ignore it, and set the black box aside
They dump a huge pile of money on the work bench.
16.
RUDY
Ok. Let’s get organized.
GEORGE
(Fanning some bundles)
Holy mother. Some a these are
hundreds.
RUDY
Ok. You count a bundle. Then I’ll
count a bundle. See?
George picks up the black box, stares at it, turns it around, then sets it down.
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EXT. / GEORGE AND EVELYN’S DRIVEWAY / DAY
Betty’s driving. Betty swerves all over the driveway and backs the car into a ditch at the end of the driveway. (Betty does not have the skills to back up the car).
The girls jump out of the car and start running to Rudy and Betty’s house.
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INT. / RUDY AND BETTY’S GARAGE / DAY
GEORGE
(Starts counting.)
One, two, three ... fifty fifties.
That’s twenty-five hundred.
Rudy writes it down.
RUDY
forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty.
All twenties That’s a grand.
Rudy writes it down. The pile grows.
GEORGE
Ok, I get fifty C-notes. Get that
down.
Rudy writes it down.
GEORGE (CONT’D)
Another fifty.
17.
Rudy writes it down.
GEORGE (CONT’D)
Put the bigger ones in one pile
George picks up the black box and shakes it next to his ear to see if there’s any noises.
GEORGE (CONT’D)
Looks like I could open this...
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EXT. / STREET ON THE WAY TO RUDY AND BETTY’S HOUSE / DAY
SLOW MOTION: Betty and Evelyn are running like crazy up the street. DRAMATIC MUSIC
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EXT. / CLOSE UP OF THE TWO GIRLS IN SLOW MOTION / DAY
SLOW MOTION: Close up of Betty and Evelyn’s face as they are running with panicked expressions. DRAMATIC MUSIC
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INT. / RUDY AND BETTY’S GARAGE / DAY
RUDY
Ok, if each of these piles is fifty times fifty then that’s twenty five hundred, plus the hundreds each are five G piles.
GEORGE
What do you mean hundreds. I said
those piles are C-notes.
RUDY
A C-note is a hundred.
GEORGE
It’s a fifty.
George gets more curious about the box. He picks it up above his head and looks at the bottom.
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18.
EXT. / STREET ON THE WAY TO RUDY AND BETTY’S HOUSE / DAY
Betty and Evelyn are in sight of the garage totally out of breath.
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INT. / RUDY AND BETTY’S GARAGE / DAY
GEORGE
Well... I counted em as fifties.
RUDY
You didn’t. Tell me you didn’t do
that.
GEORGE
(glances to Rudy while
examining the box)
I did
George and Rudy stare at each other
GEORGE (CONT’D)
Do we know ABOUT what it is?
RUDY
Sure
GEORGE
(looking at the box)
What’s this button?
RUDY
Ok. Pack up. Let’s go back.
Rudy hits the garage remote and the overhead door starts to come up.
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INT. / CLOSE ON OF GEORGE’S FINGER HITTING THE BUTTON / DAY
SLOW MOTION: A closeup shot of George’s finger starting to push the button
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19.
EXT. / IN FRONT OF RUDY AND BETTY’S GARAGE / DAY
Betty and Evelyn are right at the garage. The overhead garage door is opening up from the bottom. A BIG EXPLOSION IS HEARD and red colored dust rolls out from the bottom.
The garage door rolls up. George and Rudy are standing there covered with red paint and looking like exploded cartoon characters (unhurt). Paper money is floating in the air.
GEORGE
Girls?
EVELYN
Are you ok!
RUDY
It’s one-million three-hundred and
fifty thousand.
GEORGE
And change.
FADE TO BLACK.
END OF ACT I
ACT II
FADE IN:
INT. / GEORGE AND EVELYN'S KITCHEN / DAY
EVELYN (ON PHONE)
She’s here now. They’re in the
garage.....
BETTY (ON PHONE)
Rudy told me she’s a fence. They
can get rid of the money.
EVELYN
I don’t think so. Are children in the Mafia? Besides, George says it’s not illegal to find money just
lyin’ around....
BETTY
But the paint thing Ev? What about that? Rudy’s still scrubbin’ by the way.
EVELYN
My George is to. He scrubbed and scrubbed. He could get the SEPSIS I think. His whole body could rot, slow like, you know. Wham.
Dead.....
Or worse. I mean--
Oh. They’re coming back with that girl. Call you.
George and Carmine enter the kitchen from the garage
CARMINE
Did you set off the dye pack? A good third of the money is ruined. You know that right?
GEORGE
Uh... It was already like that. You
can’t fence it or what?
CARMINE
I didn’t say we couldn’t offload
it, I said it would be complicated.
21.
GEORGE
How hard can it be? Just spread it
around.
CARMINE
Synchronized bills are not easy.
You can get caught.
George and Carmine sit down at the kitchen table. Evelyn is at the sink.
EVELYN
Can I get you something to drink
sweatie?
CARMINE
I’m ok. Thanks though.
EVELYN
How old are you? You look like
you’re twelve.
CARMINE
(offended )
I’ll consider that a compliment.
GEORGE
So how much can you give us?
EVELYN
(interrupting, staring at
Carmine)
I don’t want to be rude but is
Carmine your real name?
CARMINE
It is.
EVELYN
Isn’t that a man’s name?
CARMINE
It can be for a guy or a girl...
Look George. Finders fees are ten
percent. Clean money.
GEORGE
Ten percent?
CARMINE
Sure. You found it. You get a
finders fee. Rudy didn’t tell you?
22.
EVELYN
It’s a gangster name isn’t it?
It’s not your real name right?
GEORGE
Ten percent? No way. I’ll just
spend it slow.
CARMINE
Look. You seem like nice people. My
associates and I don’t want any
trouble. But you brought us in
now.
GEORGE
And I can bring you out.
CARMINE
Not really.
GEORGE
You’re out.
CARMINE
We’re in.
GEORGE
Out!
CARMINE
In!
GEORGE
If I don’t want you in, you’re out.
CARMINE
Listen. Tough guy. You don’t know
what you’re dealing with.
Carmine reaches to George and yanks a tuft of hair out of his chest.
GEORGE
Ouch! Shit!
Carmine then blows it in his face.
EVELYN
(from the sink)
What happened!?
GEORGE
She pulled hair otta my chest!
23.
EVELYN
What!? You bitch!!
Evelyn rushes over and grabs Carmine and starts pulling hair out of Carmine’s head. Carmine fights back.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
Don’t you be messin’ with my
George...Listen you dumb bi...
They fight more and then Carmine breaks away.
CARMINE
Alright! Alright! Alright!
GEORGE
You started it.
EVELYN
Get outta here you, you... x-
generation slut baby!
CARMINE
(angered)
At least we didn’t ruin the world
like you baby boomers!
EVELYN
So now that’s our fault?!
CARMINE
Here’s the deal! Put the money on
your front porch by morning. If
it’s not there my assocites will
take over.
EVELYN
Associates? You mean you and the
other kids?
CARMINE
Put the money on the porch or else!
GEORGE
It’s time for you to go.
CARMINE
I’ll go. And I’ll be back with my
people. You boomer creeps.
Carmine get up and leaves. George and Evelyn remain.
GEORGE
They’re not gettin’ the money. I’ll
die first.
EVELYN
Oh George.
The doorbell rings. Evelyn lets Rudy and Betty in.
RUDY
(wearing EXTRA tight jeans
and TIGHT black t-shirt)
So how’d it go? Everything go good
with Carmine?
GEORGE
Not so good Rudy. How’d you find
this Carmine?
RUDY
A guy I knew at Cup a Joes knew a
guy. You know.
GEORGE
Did she say ten percent finders
fee?
RUDY
Uh, yeah, maybe, but that’s just
negotiating right?
GEORGE
Ten percent Rudy, or else.
BETTY
What does ‘or else’ mean?
GEORGE
It means we shoulda’ spent the
money slow.
RUDY
Slow. We’re not gettin’ any younger
George.
EVELYN
And we may not be gettin’ any older
Rudy.
GEORGE
I think we should blow town.
EVELYN
Blow town? We have grandkids
sweetheart. You can blow town
yourself.
GEORGE
You shoulda checked references
Rudy.
BETTY
(directed to George)
Back off on Rudy.
RUDY
She didn’t have a resume. What do
we do now you think?
GEORGE
Uhh...If I have to settle for ten percent, you get nothing. I’m the one that found it.
BETTY
That’s not fair George. We’re fifty
fifty friends. Evelyn?
GEORGE
You two get otta here!
EVELYN
I think we should take it to the
police.
RUDY
(mad bcause he’s been cut
out)
Police? No way. It’s a lot of
money. Even spent slow. This ain’t
over George. Come on Betty! We’re
leaving.
GEORGE
See ya buddy boy!
BETTY
I’ll call you Ev.
RUDY
(directed to Betty)
No you won’t!
Rudy and Betty leave.
George sits at the kitchen table. Evelyn is at the sink.
26.
GEORGE
We’ll just spend it a little at a
time.
EVELYN
What about Carmine?
GEORGE
...This was our chance.
EVELYN
So what do you think we should do?
GEORGE
...I think we should move. With the money we can change our identity. The grandkids can still visit.
EVELYN
(touches George tenderly)
Why don’t you sleep on it?
GEORGE
(pushes Evelyln’s hand
away, spoiled, like a
child would)
Yeah?... Are you on my team? Is
anybody?
George goes in the garage. Evelyn sits at the table. George comes back with the full duffel bag.
GEORGE (CONT’D)
I’m gonna take a drive.
EVELYN
When will you be back?
GEORGE
(stubborn)
I don’t know. Maybe never.
George leaves, stomps out. Evelyn puts her head down on the kitchen table like she’s crying.
FADE TO BLACK.
END OF ACT II
27.
ACT III
FADE IN:
INT. / GEORGE AND EVELYN'S KITCHEN / DAY
Evelyn is on the phone near the sink. She’s feeding a Golden Lab puppy as she talks.
EVELYN
(to puppy)
You’re a cute little thing...
(to Betty on the phone.)
I think we’re good. They said
they’d come by.
The doorbell rings
EVELYN (CONT’D)
Hold on. I think that’s them now.
Evelyn sets her phone down on the kitchen table, goes to the door off camera.
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INT. / EVELYN IS AT THE DOOR AT GEORGE AND EVELYN’S HOUSE / DAY
EVELYN (O.C.)
(can’t see who she is
talking to but CAN see
she takes an envelope)
Oh. Thank you. I appreciate you
coming by.
Evelyn returns and gets back on the phone.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
That was them...
Evelyn looks out the window.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
Oh. George just pulled in. See you
later.
Evelyn hangs up.
George enters the kitchen, doesn’t say anything and sits at the kitchen table.
28.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
Are you talking?
GEORGE
Yea. I’m talking. What’s with the
dog?
EVELYN
Pets are good to have around.
GEORGE
If it makes you happy.
EVELYN
You’re being nice.... You were gone
all afternoon. Where were you?
GEORGE
Just around. Thinkin’... It’s a lot of money. Money like that could
change our lives.
EVELYN
Our life is so bad?
GEORGE
You know what I mean. I coulda’
bought you things. Things you
always wanted.
EVELYN
But it’s more than that isn’t it
George? Maybe things for yourself
also?
GEORGE
Yea...but there’s something else.
EVELYN
What George?
GEORGE
I thought about it. Hard.
EVELYN
You did?
GEORGE
...I took the money to the police.
George turns and faces away. From his body language he is depressed.
29.
EVELYN
Oh.
Evelyn looks at George, then slowly goes behind him and pulls out the envelope she has been hiding and takes out a check and places it on the table in front of George using both hands.
GEORGE
(George sits with his back
to the camera very
depressed. He takes a lot
of time to notice the
check, pick it up, look
at it intensely)
....What’s this?
EVELYN
It’s a check George.
GEORGE
I can see that? It’s made out to
the both of us. Fifty-thousand.
Fifty-thousand dollars. Why--
EVELYN
You turned in the money but you
didn’t know.
GEORGE
What?
EVELYN
The police called after you left
the station. There was a hundred-
thousand reward George. The money
was lost in a kidnapping.
GEORGE
A kidnapping?
EVELYN
The family got their son back but
not the money. They weren’t rich or
anything.
(a long beat for George to
think.)
George gets up from the table and goes to Evelyn. He hugs her.
30.
GEORGE
I just love you. That’s all I
thought about when I left. I
couldn’t stand it. Losing you
would... Will you forgive me? I
don’t know what I’d do... Why...
They kiss.
EVELYN
(flustered on love)
Go sit down silly. You’ll give
yourself a heart attack.
(a long beat.... George
continues to hug Evelyn,a
special moment of two
people in love)
Now go change. Rudy and Betty are picking us up. They want to drive down Campus Drive to check it out on the way to The Chophouse.
Courtney starts class this fall you know.
GEORGE
Rudy and Betty? Why-- The reward
was a hundred? We gave them the
other fifty right?
EVELYN
And wear a jacket. We’re
celebrating. Like always, it’s
Dutch treat, fifty-fifty George.
George and Evelyn leave the kitchen to get ready for going out, in love.
FADE TO BLACK.
THE END