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0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z1

Sunset Boulevard - Paramount

The gates and open areas at the front of the Paramount lot, leading to the studios and the administration blocks. it is morning and a variety of YOUNG HOPEFULS are milling about in the forecourt, waiting for their interviews, assignments or auditions, and trying to impress one another. As this world gradually assembles before our eyes, JOE'S tone changes; HE continues to address the audience.



JOE (V.O.)

Let me take you back six months

I was at the bottom of the barrel

I'd had a contract down at Fox

but I'd fallen foul of Darryl.

Now I had a date at Paramount

along with about a thousand other writers,

if it didn't come up roses, I'd be covering funerals

back in Dayton, Ohio.

I'd hidden my car three blocks away,

turned out to be a smart move.



(Joe joins the young hopefuls; these include MYRON, a director; MARY, an actress, blonde and beautiful, artfully dishevelled; and JOANNA, a writer, dark and intense. THEY greet each other with air-kisses, casual waves and ritualized exchanges.)



JOE

Hi there, Myron



MYRON

How's it hanging?



JOE

I've got a date with Sheldrake



MYRON

I'm shooting a western down at Fox



JOE

How can you work with Darryl?



MYRON

We should talk



JOE

Gotta run



BOTH

Let's have lunch



MARY

Hi, Mr. Gillis



JOE

You look great



MARY

I'm up for an audition



JOE

Sheldrake is driving me insane



MARY

Don't forget me when you're casting



JOE

We should talk



MARY

Gotta run



BOTH

Let's have lunch



JOE

Morning, Joanna



MARY

Hi there, Myron



JOANNA

Who are you meeting



MYRON

You look great



JOE

Sheldrake, but do I need it?



MARY

I've spent the last month fasting



JOANNA

I'm handing in my second draft



MYRON

I'm shooting a western down at Fox



JOE

I'd really love to read it



MARY

Don't forget me when you're casting



JOANNA

We should talk



MYRON

We should talk



JOE

Gotta run



MARY

Gotta run



BOTH

Let's have lunch



BOTH

Let's have lunch



(JOE approaches the gate, where he's challenged by JONES, the elderly guard. Underscoring continues.)



JOE

Yeh, I have an appointment with Mr. Sheldrake



JONES

Name?



JOE

Gillis, Joseph Gillis



(JONES consults his clipboard.)



JONES

All right, sir, you know your way?



JOE

Yeah



(JOE is suddenly waylaid by two men in hats and bad suits: FINANCEMEN.)



1ST FIN.

We want the key to your car



2ND FIN.

You're way behind the payments



1ST FIN.

Don't give us any fancy footwork....



2ND FIN.

Give us the keys.



JOE

I only wish I could help.

I loaned it to my accountant

he has an important client down in Palm Springs

felt like shooting the breeze



1ST FIN.

Are you telling us you walked here?



JOE

I believe in self-denial

I'm in training for the priesthood



2ND FIN.

Okay wise guy, three hundred bucks



1ST FIN

Or we're taking the car



2ND FIN

We have a court order



JOE

I love it when you talk dirty



(The Paramount gates open. JOE slips away from the FINANCEMEN, back into the social whirl.)