电影 弹簧刀 Sling Blade英文剧本.docx

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电影弹簧刀SlingBlade英文剧本

SlingBlade

ScreenplaybyBillyBobThornton

ProducedbyBrandonRossner

DavidL.Bushell

DirectedbyBillyBobThornton

CastList:

BillyBobThorntonKarlChilders

DwightYoakamDoyleHargraves

J.T.WalshCharlesBushman

JohnRitterVaughnCunningham

LucasBlackFrankWheatley

NatalieCanerdayLindaWheatley

JamesHamptonJerryWoolridge

RobertDuvallKarl'sFather

JimJarmuschFrosteeCream

FADEIN:

INT.AMENTALHOSPITAL–DAY

Afewpatientssitaroundfumblingwiththemselves.Onemansitsatatablescratchingbackandforthonapieceofpaperwithacrayon.Anotherstandsinacornersmokingacigaretteandstaringatthecrayonguy.ThisisCHARLES.Anotherman,KARL,sitsinachairstaringatthefloorandrubbinghishandstogether.WecutbackandforthbetweenCharlesstaringandCrayonManscratching.Afteramoment,anattendantapproachesCharles.

ATTENDANT

Youcan'tsmokeinhere.

Charlesstaresathimblanklyforamomentandcontinuessmoking.HelooksbacktoCrayonManagainforamomentthenlooksoveratKarlandthengoesandsitsdownbesidehim.

CHARLES

AMercuryisagoodcarandthat'swhatIwasdrivingthatday.I'veownedalotofcars.Differentkinds.Lotsofdifferentkindsofcars.Shewasstanding,thisgirl,onthesideofthestreetwheretherewasachickenstand,nottheColonel,mindyou,hutneverthelessachickenstand,andIpulledtheMercuryoverandrolleddownthewindowbyelectricpower.Shewaswearingaleatherskirtandshehadalotofhaironherarms.Ilikethat.Ilikeitalot.Itmeansabigbush.Ilikeabigbush.Shesaid,"Areyoudating?

"Isaid,"yes,"andshegotinthecar.Wepulledtoaremotelocation,onethatsheandIbothfeltcomfortablewithandshesaid,"Howmuchcanyouspend?

"Isaid,"Whatittakestoseeyourbush.Iknowit'sabigone."Shesaid"twenty-fivedollars,"whichtoaworkingmanisnotchickenfeed.Iproducedthemoneyandsheputitinhershoeandpulledupherskirt.Therebeforemelayathin,crooked,uncircumcisedpenis.YoucanimaginehowbadlyIwantedmytwenty-fivedollarsback.

INT.AHALLWAY–DAY

Twoyoungwomen,MARSHADWIGGINS,carryingabriefcase,andTHERESAEVANS,carryingtwocamerabagsarebeingleddownthehallwaybyaGUARD.

THERESA

Idon'tknowwhyyou'resoweirdedout,thisisnotSanQuentin,it'sjustanuthouse.Mostofthesepeopledon'tevenknowwheretheyare,they'renotgonnahurtyou.

MARSHA

Inafewminuteswe'regonnabeinaroomwithakiller.Thatdoesn'tbotheryou?

THERESA

Hey,you'retheonethatwantedtomajorinjournalism.Anyhow,wasn'ttheguysomethingliketwelveorthirteenwhenhedidit,itwastwenty-fiveyearsago,heprobablydoesn'tevenrememberit.

MARSHA

（wrinklinghernose）

Doyousmellshit?

THERESA

Yeah.

Theyreachadoorandtheguardushersthemthrough.

INT.ANOFFICE–DAY

JERRYWOOLRIDGEstandsupfrombehindthedeskastheyenter.He'sinhisfiftiesandlookslikeaschoolteacher,shopclassorperhapseighth-gradescience.

GUARD

Thesearethepeoplefromthatnewspaperdeal.

WOOLRIDGE

Ohyeah,fromthecollege?

MARSHA

Yessir.

Woolridgeshakeshandswiththem.

WOOLRIDGE

Myname'sJerryWoolridge.

MARSHA

Nicetomeetyou.I'mMarshaDwigginsandthisisTheresaEvans.She'sheretotakethepictures.

WOOLRIDGE

Y'allhaveaseat.Isthisallofyou?

MARSHA

Yessir.

WOOLRIDGE

Ithinktheremusthavebeenalittlemixup.Itoldyoursponsororteacherorwhateverheis,therecouldn'tbeanypictures.It'ss'posedtobejustalittlestoryorarticleorsomething,isn'tthatright?

MARSHA

Well,yeah,it'sfortheschoolnewspaper.Butithaspictures.Imeanit'saregularpaper,youknow.

WOOLRIDGE

Karl'srealsensitiveabouthavinghispicturemade.Hewouldn'tevenbeonthebulletinboardfortheEasterCollage.

（toguard）

Melvin,wouldyougetmeagoodhotcupwithtwosugarsubstitutes?

Yougirlswantsomecoffee?

MARSHA

Nothankyou.

WOOLRIDGE

TheotherthingisItoldyourbossonthephonetosendaman.Karlwon'ttalktowomen.

INT.RECROOM–DAY

CLOSEUPonKarl'sface.Charleshasstartedanothermonologue.

CHARLES

TherewasayoungmannamedJohnLiggitHunterwhowasinthefillingstationbusinessandagoodfillingstationbusiness.Hewasoneofthoseyoungmenthatwerunacrosssoofteninlife.I'msureyou'verunacrossthem,thatdidn'tdeservethethingshehad.Oneofthosethingswashisbeautifulbride,Sarah.ShewasaGeorgiaPeach.AsamatterfactshelookedmorelikethepictureI'vehadinmyheadthananywomanI'veeverseen.ItookituponmyselftotakeherawayfromJohnLiggitHunter,whodidn'tdeserveher.I'mnotsureifImentionedthathewasaFrenchmanwhoclaimedtobeanEnglishman.Ittooksomeverystrongnyloncordtotakeherawayfromhim.ShewasafighteraswellasaGeorgiaPeach.

INT.WOOLRIDGE'SOFFICE

Thegirlslookconfused.

WOOLRIDGE

Idon'tknowwhattotellyou.I'msorry.ImademyselfprettyclearIthought.Heprobablygotbusyandwasn'tthinking.Iknowhowthatis.Iusedtoteachshopandeighthgradescience.

MARSHA

Well,whatdowedo?

Wedroveallthewayouthere.

THERESA

Let'sjustgo,Marsha.

MARSHA

No,wehavetogetthisstory.

THERESA

Ithoughtyou'dbehappytoleave.

MARSHA

Whywon'thetalktowomen?

WOOLRIDGE

Hehasproblems.Youknow.Withallthat.Hewon'thardlytalktoanybodyreally.Justcertainpeople.He'sverytroubled.

INT.RECROOM

CHARLES

（leaningintoKarl）

Ashoveljustmakestoogoddamnmuchracket.

INT.WOOLRIDGE'SOFFICE

WOOLRIDGE

（takesadrinkofcoffee）

Idon'tthinkhe'stalkedtoawomanintwenty-fiveor50years.ThatIknowofanyway.That'swhyIsaidtosendaman.Atleastmaybehe'dansweraquestionortwoforaman.I'mallforhelpingthecollegeout,believeme.Itmightbearealgoodarticleorstory.

MARSHA

Can'tyoutalktohim?

Maybetalkhimintoit.I'marealgoodinterviewer.Justgetmeintheroomwithhim.

WOOLRIDGE

（toguard）

Melvin,gogetKarlandtakehimdowntotheoldclassroom.

INT.HALLWAY–DAY

Woolridgeandthetwowomenwalkdownthehallway.

WOOLRIDGE

I'lltalktohimandseewhatwecando.

INT.CLASSROOM–DAY

Woolridgeisopeningadoor.Heentersandthewomenfollowhimin.heflipsonalightswitchandverybrightflorescentlightsilluminatetheroom.

WOOLRIDGE

Yousee,Karl,growingup,onlyknewthatsexwaswrongandthatpeoplewhodiditshouldbekilledforit.Hecouldn'treallyreadbut,well,neithercouldhismother.But,hisfathermadesurethathismotherknewwhattheBiblesaid.AndshemadesureKarlknew.Youknowhesleptinaholeinthegroundunderatoolshed,right?

MARSHA

Iknewhesleptinatoolshed.

WOOLRIDGE

Hismothertoldhimthathewastheirpunishment.Hersandhisfather's,fromGod,forhavingsex–

MARSHA

Beforetheyweremarried?

WOOLRIDGE

Idon'tthinkso.Justperiod,Ithink.ShetoldhimGodgavethemtheugliestcreationhecouldthinkof.Karlhasanentirebook-anotebook.Oneverypageitsays"FranklinChapter1Versenumber1."Hewrotethatafewyearsagoafterhe'dlearnedtowrite.Hisfather'snamewasFranklin.

MARSHA

That'sreallystrange.Whatdoesitmean?

WOOLRIDGE

OneofhisDaddy'sBiblelessonsIimagine.Y'allpullupachair.I'llgooutandtalktohim.

INT.RECROOM

CLOSEUPonCharles'face.

CHARLES

Youhavetomakesomethingexplodetotrulyunderstandit.Youhavetoexaminethetinyparticleswhilethey'reonfire.

OffscreenwehearFOOTSTEPSapproaching.WepullbackandseeMELVINtheguard.

MELVIN

Karl,Igottatakeyoudowntotheoldclassroom.Mr.Woolridgehassomepeopleforyoutoseedownthere.Comeon.Let'sgo.

INT.HALLWAY–DAY

MelvinandKarlwalkdownthehallway.Woolridgestandsoutsidethedooroftheclassroom.TheyreachhimandWoolridgetalksquietlytoKarl.

WOOLRIDGE

Karl,youknow,doyourememberwhenItoldyouaboutthosepeoplefromthatnewspaper?

（pause）

Theywanttoaskyousomequestionsaboutyourrelease.Theythinkitwouldmakeaninterestingstory.Willyoutalkto'em?

Getinterviewed.

（pause）

Now,they'rewomen.IthinkitmightbeGoodforyouto.You'regonnabeseein'Allkindsofpeoplewhenyougoontheoutside.This'llhelpyouIbelieve.

INT.CLASSROOM–DAY

It'sjustWoolridgeandthetwowomenintheroom.

WOOLRIDGE

Well,itsurprisedthedickensoutofme.Hesaidhe'lltalktoyou.

MarshasmilesandlooksatTheresa.

WOOLRIDGE

But,here'sthething.He'llonlytalktoyou.Hedoesn'twantyoutoaskhimanything.Andyoushouldn'tstareathim.

MARSHA

HowamIgoingtoconductaninterviewifIcan'taskhimanyquestions?

WOOLRIDGE

It'sthebestyou'regonnaget.I'msorry.

MARSHA

CanIaskyouaquestion?

Ifhe'ssotroubled,whyareyoulettinghimout?

Whatifhedoesitagain?

Ithappensallthetime.

WOOLRIDGE

He'sfree.Histime'sup.That'stherules.He'sbeentreatedandreevaluated.Hedoesn'tshowanysignsanymore.

MARSHA

Signs?

WOOLRIDGE

Homicidalsigns.Oh,we'regonnachangethelightinhereforKarl.Ihopeyoucanseetowrite.

Woolridgeturnsonalamponadeskandturnsofftheoverheadlights.HeopensthedoorandMelvinbringsKarlin.InthesemidarknessWoolridgepushesachairupandmotionsforMarshatosit.KarlstandsbesideMelvinmotionless.WoolridgewhisperstoTheresa.

WOOLRIDGE

You'llhavetostepoutside.