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by Jeff Arch
Rewritten: Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron
May 10, 1992
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FADE IN:
A card: Chicago.
SAM
(continued)
CUT TO:
Orioles hat.
ANNIE
said I was.
ANNIE
SETH
Nope.
ANNIE
SETH
Nope.
assemble them.
ANNIE
narcissistic to commit to
another human being in a long-
term way.
SETH
(agreeably)
That's good.
CUT TO:
SUZY
SAM
CUT TO:
ANNIE'S KITCHEN - SEVERAL DAYS LATER
ANNIE
SETH
microwave?
ANNIE
SETH
CUT TO:
ROB
I used to be up tight.
SAM
Hypnotherapy...Shiatu Massage...
SAM
(continued)
(beat)
a change.
ROB
fishing --
SAM
of Maggie.
DISSOLVE:
ROB (V.O.)
SAM
LAURIE
ANNIE
I know.
LAURIE
ANNIE
I know.
again)
LAURIE
ANNIE
I want my money.
LAURIE
ANNIE
(after a beat)
(she's giddy)
five?
CUT TO:
continue on.
JONAH
(to Mack)
designated hitter.
overlap:
SUZY
(to Sam)
SAM
SUZY
I'm sorry --
GREG
SAM
I know, I know.
(emphatic)
CUT TO:
Baltimore plane.
ANNIE
--
DIANE
For what?
ANNIE
LAURIE
JUDITH
ANNIE
lasts?
That long.
DIANE
married 10 years.
LAURIE
(to Diane)
that.
(to Annie)
Tacs.
with stuff.
ANNIE
The next time you see me I am
over and takes his hand. Sam comes back into focus.
SAM
number two.
(beat)
runway.
ANNIE
(to herself)
She gulps.
instructions.
directions.
And we pull back back back back as the planes take off,
And further and further back as they soar into the air
Stars twinkle.
Saul Steinberg.
WALTER
ANNIE
-- who's married to --
WALTER
ANNIE
didn't --
WALTER
married to...Betsy --
ANNIE
-- who is the most competitive
They put the presents in the backs of their two cars and
WALTER
is Cliff --
ANNIE
slides.
WALTER
CUT TO:
BARBARA
ANNIE
Annie's brother TOM and his wife BETSY are at the table,
IRENE
and years.
BETSY
ANNIE
BETSY
know?
TOM
Congratulations, Walter.
CLIFF
Are you all right?
WALTER
ANNIE
BARBARA
WALTER
moment for me --
ANNIE
(overlapping)
HAROLD
CLIFF
nut --
WALTER
(cheerfully)
IRENE
bees.
CLIFF
WALTER
know.
HAROLD
BARBARA
it for?
TOM
BARBARA
Right.
UNCLE MILTON
BARBARA
darling --
BETSY
Annie?
CLIFF
HAROLD
BARBARA
CLIFF
salad. Strawberries.
WALTER
strawberries.
CLIFF
No strawberries.
ANNIE
(to Walter)
WALTER
the earth.
IRENE
ANNIE
I don't know.
BETSY
bust --
BARBARA
--
carols.
BARBARA
to them --
ANNIE
BARBARA
ANNIE
I know. He's wonderful, isn't
he?
BARBARA
ANNIE
BARBARA
ANNIE
BARBARA
How amazing.
ANNIE
BARBARA
ANNIE
accidental.
BARBARA
tuna?
ANNIE
coincidence.
Barbara shrugs, slips the dress off the dummy and Annie
BARBARA
ANNIE
first time)
What?
BARBARA
You know.
ANNIE
doesn't know)
What?
BARBARA
ANNIE
(repeating)
Magic.
BARBARA
call it --
ANNIE
Mom!
BARBARA
a while --
ANNIE
Mom, we already...
BARBARA
ANNIE
Like... clockwork.
BARBARA
dress.
ANNIE
It's a sign.
BARBARA
(gently)
ANNIE
did.
WALTER
I love you.
ANNIE
(beat)
WALTER
Nope.
ANNIE
WALTER
young.
WALTER
ANNIE
Baltimore Saturday?
(remembering something)
inside by accident.
WALTER
I'll wait.
ANNIE
Raining.
realizes she doesn't know all the words and turns on the
radio.
ANNIE
Give me a break.
RADIO VOICE
RADIO VOICE
(there's a bleep as
name)
you're up so late?
JONAH (V.O.)
JONAH (V.O.)
wife.
now?
JONAH (V.O.)
JONAH (V.O.)
She died.
ANNIE
I don't believe this --
JONAH (V.O.)
JONAH (V.O.)
ANNIE
They lose their minds and call
about this?
JONAH (V.O.)
No.
Why not?
JONAH (V.O.)
ANNIE
JONAH (V.O.)
--
JONAH (V.O.)
Yeah.
directly.
JONAH (V.O.)
I don't know --
JONAH (V.O.)
show again.
JONAH
Dad --
SAM
What is it?
ON ANNIE AGAIN.
JONAH (V.O.)
for you.
(into phone)
ANNIE
SAM
Hello.
SAM
SAM
her name)
Who is this?
DR. MARCIA FIELDSTONE (V.O.)
(repeating herself)
Network America.
SAM
JONAH
standing on.
SAM
(to Jonah)
better.
Sam hesitates.
JONAH
Please --
ANNIE
SAM (V.O.)
All righ...
wife die?
half.
since?
SAM
No.
Why not?
SAM
be rude, but --
privacy --
ANNIE
Sure you do.
SAM (V.O.)
(overlapping)
Sure you do --
Annie smiles.
SAM
under a cloud.
JONAH
night.
SAM
JONAH
SAM
SAM
bench)
does?
ANNIE
Yes.
ANNIE
call is...
SAM
JONAH
said.
LORETTA
butt.
HARRIET
LORETTA
(to Annie)
What'll it be?
ANNIE
LORETTA
Eve.
HARRIET
itself.
LORETTA
tarts.
TRUCK DRIVER
charge.
LORETTA
sensitive.
ANNIE
address?
LORETTA
live.
more?
SAM (V.O.)
And cut back and forth between the car and the
SAM
knew.
SAM
describe it.
Why not?
SAM
show.
of a feeling.
(continued)
all.
SAM
ANNIE
Magic.
SAM
Magic.
CLOSER ON ANNIE
realizing she has just said this. Realizing that it
SHE'S CRYING.
folks --
her hand.
WALTER
Annie?
going.
Annie?
ANNIE
the radio.
ANNIE
to open:
neck.
A PLAID SHIRT
And now Sam brings out a long narrow present from behind
tie hanging around his neck over his bathrobe and new
SAM
bones --
JONAH
SAM
rack. Desperately.
CUT TO:
INT. KITCHEN OF HOUSEBOAT - DAY
SAM
JONAH
SAM
Right?
JONAH
Right.
SAM
SAM
Hi.
LULU
Hi. Sam?
SAM
Yes?
LULU
Jonah)
Jonah nods.
LULU
JoBeth.
LULU
(continues)
by.
SAM
LULU
also... do babysitting.
Sam nods.
Lulu waves goodbye, and she and JoBeth sashay off down
the dock.
JONAH
Not.
SAM
My feelings exactly.
SAM
JONAH
It plays in 50 states.
SAM
What?!
JONAH
was us.
SAM
You're right.
(after a beat)
playing Gameboy.
KEITH
man in America.
(beat)
soup.
BECKY
WYATT
BECKY
for a week.
WYATT
(pushing it to the
Press wire.
BECKY
Jesus.
ANNIE
BECKY
about this.
ANNIE
About what?
BECKY
Whatever it is.
KEITH
WYATT
KEITH
It is easier to be killed by a
ANNIE
BECKY
true.
ANNIE
is not true --
WYATT
ANNIE
(sharply)
I did not, Wyatt.
hand.
BECKY
WYATT
okay?
BECKY
Okay.
ANNIE
ANNIE
BECKY
ANNIE
BECKY
ANNIE
BECKY
"Sleepless in Seattle"?
ANNIE
sleep.
BECKY
crackhead, a psychopath, a
flasher, a junkie, a
transvestite, a chain-saw
ANNIE
BECKY
ANNIE
Not.
newspaper, and
BOB LANGMAN
JAY
Jonah punches)
BOB
Which means --
SAM
--
They all nod at each other. The woman has been a
nightmare.
BOB
So we thought --
JAY
--
SAM
BOB
SAM
BOB
cabinets.
SAM
JAY
SAM
direction.
JONAH
one --
SAM
--
JONAH
SAM
What's the matter with this
JONAH
Dad --
SAM
the wall.
BOB
(whistfully)
actually happened.
SAM
CUT TO:
kitchen.
SAM
(as he starts putting
rack, in alphabetical
order)
P?
JONAH
P.
(beat)
Dad?
SAM
(absently)
What?
JONAH
called --
SAM
you Jonah.
know?
JONAH
me.
A beat.
SAM
Fine. Fine.
JONAH
So I can go.
SAM
Sure.
spices)
Looking good.
JONAH
toggle bolt?
SAM
SAM
Fuck. Piss.
SAM
(still angry)
I'm sorry.
(softening)
I'm sorry.
SAM
I'm sorry. I'm just --
JONAH
Stressed.
SAM
sorry.
eyes tight.
A VOICE
SAM
Sure.
It's Maggie.
She takes his bottle of beer and pours half of it into a
glass.
MAGGIE
your eye?
SAM
here's to us.
tears)
hurts.
CUT TO:
WALTER
ANNIE
WALTER
ANNIE
WALTER
WALTER
Go to the Symphony --
A beat.
ANNIE
We will?
(beat)
The Symphony?
(beat)
Okay.
(beat)
WALTER
What is it?
ANNIE
WALTER
ANNIE
looks thoughtful.
Sam gets out of his car and starts down the dock toward
his face.
JONAH
MAILMAN
JONAH
MAILMAN
JONAH
MAILMAN
Really?
SAM
JONAH
(reading)
SAM
number?
JONAH
(continues, reading)
am an SWF"--
(to Sam)
What is that?
SAM
female.
JONAH
--
SAM
that is?
JONAH
Somewhere in the middle.
SAM
(beat)
--
JONAH
SAM
grade teacher!
JONAH
seriously.
SAM
(referring to the
hamburger)
muffin or a bun?
JONAH
it?
SAM
drink or --
JONAH
-- a slice of pizza --
SAM
mean.
(beat)
way.
JONAH
SAM
JONAH (V.O.)
SAM (V.O.)
JONAH (V.O.)
What?
JONAH
SAM
JONAH
SAM
Go to sleep.
JONAH
Kiss Howard.
G'night, Howard.
down.
Past a sign saying: Seattle Approximately 3,000 miles.
is about Seattle.
CUT TO:
She gets out of bed, puts on her robe (just as she did
Closes it.
She sees:
THE RADIO
flakes.
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
Fieldstone, clinical
more.
sandwich beforehand?
SAM'S VOICE (V.O.)
describe it.
Why not?
show.
of a feeling.
(continuing)
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
Fieldstone.
enters:
ANNIE
married?
TOM
(completely panicked by
the question)
What?
ANNIE
TOM
(regaining composure)
ANNIE
TOM
subconscious is attracted to
their subconscious,
subconsciously. So what we
ANNIE
TOM
year in Seattle.
ANNIE
TOM
Yes, I did.
ANNIE
off.
TOM
Any time.
Sam and Jay walk out of the Arctic Building onto the
street.
JAY
anything --
SAM
JAY
cute butt.
SAM
that recently?
JAY
Sam and Jay at the counter. Out the window, we can see
water.
JAY
out there?
SAM
(trying to remember)
Seventy... eight.
JAY
with a condom.
(beat)
check.
SAM
I don't think it could let a
JAY
SAM
JAY
SAM
What is it?
JAY
You'll see.
SAM
JAY
(grimly)
than I thought.
SAM
Jonah?
No answers.
SAM
Jonah?
SAM
Jonah?
JESSICA.
SAM
Jonah?
JONAH
SAM
JONAH
"Paul is dead."
SAM
I know.
JONAH
JONAH
JESSICA
H and G.
Hi and goodbye.
Hold on Sam.
SAM
(to himself)
Get a life.
the door.
- NIGHT
now."
ANNIE
BECKY
ANNIE
BECKY
... movie.
(beat)
to be in love in a movie.
(beat)
Read it to me.
ANNIE
BECKY
mattress store --
ANNIE
shows" --
BECKY
strangers.
ANNIE
losing my mind."
BECKY
system.
BECKY
Right.
ANNIE
about magic.
BECKY
What?
ANNIE
meet him?
BECKY
ANNIE
Cary Grant says: "How about the top of the Empire State
Building?"
BECKY
Building at sunset on
Valentine's Day."
ANNIE
it in.
BECKY
"vacant-occupied, vacant-
occupied, vacant-occupied" --
(she shudders in
herself together)
ANNIE
diet.
BECKY
there.
ANNIE
--
BECKY
Can too.
ANNIE
No.
BECKY
Yes.
ANNIE
BECKY
temp.
ANNIE
part --
warm memories."
BECKY
ANNIE
I know.
BECKY
it?
ANNIE
too.
SAM
here.
JONAH
It was sinking.
SAM
What was?
JONAH
SAM
be all right.
squeeze)
JONAH
SAM
JONAH
I miss her.
(beat)
I don't know.
JONAH
SAM
isn't it?
JONAH
SAM
Mom.
Hold on the two of them as music begins. Bye Bye
Blackbird.
SAM
JONAH
Good.
A beat.
SAM
CUT TO:
Sam comes out onto the porch. Flops down in his deck
CUT TO:
MUSIC CONTINUES.
CUT TO:
CLOSE ON SAM
CLOSE ON ANNIE
FADE IN:
ANNIE
Fieldstone...?
CUT TO:
ANNIE
(she winces in
anticipation of a
CUT TO:
leave --
ANNIE
Baldwin.
CUT TO:
(Annie types)
(computer)
Find.
(Annie types)
Samuel Baldwin.
(computer types)
(Annie types)
(there's a pause)
Not found.
(a pause)
enter factors.
(Annie types Y)
ANNIE
(typing)
(after a beat)
to printout.
(Annie strikes Y)
City Plaza.
(Annie presses Y)
CUT TO:
A PRINTOUT OF AN ARTICLE
been transmitted, but you can make out Sam's basic good
looks.
The sign on the door reads: "No job too small." "All
ANNIE
my sister...
DET. WHEEDLE
Okay.
ANNIE
circus.
DET. WHEEDLE
ANNIE
DET. WHEEDLE
ANNIE
DET. WHEEDLE
A sense of humor.
ANNIE
I'll tell you the truth, I
with him.
DET. WHEEDLE
movie.
ANNIE
DET. WHEEDLE
17.
WOMAN.
GERALDO
So how long have you been a
woman?
WOMAN
(husky voice)
CLARISE
(to Jonah)
Pssst!
SAM
CLARISE
Whenever.
SAM
envelope)
Baltimore.
SAM
restaurant I'll be at if
CLARISE
Fine.
SAM
(to Jonah)
How do I look?
JONAH
(absently)
Great.
SAM
(looks in mirror)
I look stupid. I look stupid,
got a haircut.
JONAH
SAM
JONAH
SAM
Listen to this --
SAM
JONAH
(reading)
SAM
JONAH
WAIT!!!
Jonah's vehemence;
Jonah continues
reading)
greatest.
Sam goes out the door with Jonah behind him, waving the
letter.
JONAH
Dad!
SAM
is the greatest.
JONAH
It's a sign.
SAM
Oh, right.
Sam stops, takes Jonah by the hand and takes him back
SAM
Come here. I want to show you
something.
in front of it.
SAM
Here is Seattle.
closed.
JONAH
SAM
to Geraldo.
VICTORIA
After a beat.
SAM
Hi.
VICTORIA
Hi.
An awkward pause.
SAM
Another pause.
VICTORIA
to call me.
SAM
You did?
VICTORIA
going to --
SAM
VICTORIA
with after...
(she gestures
helplessly)
There is no percentage
after...
SAM
VICTORIA
Oh.
SAM
eight months.
VICTORIA
CUT TO:
SEATTLE DETECTIVE
photographs:
CUT TO:
ANNIE
WHEEDLE
ANNIE
I hate boats.
WHEEDLE
It sounds nice.
ANNIE
them.
WHEEDLE
ANNIE
WHEEDLE
really a house.
ANNIE
WHEEDLE
(beat)
year in Seattle.
ANNIE
WHEEDLE
high-profile projects. He
living.
ANNIE
He's real.
Sam and Jonah walk past the fish stand, Sam looking
JONAH
State Building --
SAM
groceries.
JONAH
SAM
VICTORIA
JONAH
Hi.
agents and --
SAM
SAM
fireplace rebricked --
VICTORIA
SAM
VICTORIA
funny.
SAM
voice)
slits.
JONAH
VICTORIA
JONAH
VICTORIA
JONAH
VICTORIA
(to Sam)
JONAH
again, Dad.
SAM
Okay, tiger. Time for bed.
JONAH
SAM
(a little edgy)
Jonah!
JONAH
Okay.
SAM
JONAH
SAM
(gracious)
night, Jonah.
at them.
Jonah is horrified.
ANNIE
(groggy)
Hello.
BECKY
(through filter)
ANNIE
What?
BECKY
(through filter)
WALTER
Who is it?
ANNIE
(into phone)
downstairs.
the phone.
JONAH (V.O.)
to Walter?
BECKY (V.O.)
inside.
or wrong?
ON JONAH
JONAH
JONAH (V.O.)
(muffled slightly)
VICTORIA
Is he there?
SAM
(turning back)
No.
(beat)
anyway.
VICTORIA
Absolutely. Right.
ON JONAH
kiss.
JONAH
ON BROOM CLOSET
ANNIE
(muffled)
BECKY (V.O.)
Do something --
ON JONAH
DR. MARCIA FIELDSTONE (V.O.)
JONAH
Yes, I can.
CUT TO:
SHE SCREAMS.
It's Walter.
WALTER
ANNIE
(to Becky)
work.
off radio)
SAM
JONAH
spider.
SAM
JONAH
I was thirsty.
SAM
JONAH
kitchen.
SAM
That's true. Why is that?
ANNIE
WALTER
ANNIE
place.
awake. Thinking.
INT. JONAH'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
sitting there.
JESSICA
Write her.
JONAH
JESSICA
It's Y. O. H.
JONAH
(agreeing)
Yeah.
(a beat)
What's that?
JESSICA
Your only hope.
ANNIE
shows.
BECKY
it.
ANNIE
Definitely.
SAM
(angry)
Get in the car right this
minute.
JESSICA
SAM
again?
JONAH
No.
SAM
JONAH
SAM
ho.
JONAH
SAM
feelings.
JONAH
it)
SAM (V.O.)
Ever.
dinner.
WALTER
interview?
ANNIE
WALTER
gone --
ANNIE
York --
WALTER
Okay, okay.
winter sky.
PILOT'S VOICE
today...
ANNIE
mystified.
VICTORIA
(turning to Jonah)
you? A souvenir?
(to Sam)
scenes?
(to Jonah)
JONAH
(extremely polite)
VICTORIA
Well...
JONAH
flight.
He's ten.
VICTORIA
SAM
...
VICTORIA
SAM
It takes time --
VICTORIA
SAM
Sure. Sure.
SAM
(impatiently)
perfectly, everyone is an
adjustment.
JONAH
Was Mom an adjustment?
SAM
(complete exasperation)
SAM
perf --
from him, not noticing him as she looks for the exit.
SAM
to Annie)
about Annie)
Sam and Jonah start toward the exit, Sam trying not to
JONAH
SAM
(completely distracted)
Who is Annie?
JONAH
JONAH
(continuing)
But Jessica says you and Annie
puzzle's complete.
SAM
God dammit.
JONAH
cosmic forces.
SAM
the marina.
their van, anxious for her to move so they can pull into
their driveway.
ANNIE
(practicing)
Hello, Sam?
(sweet)
(dignified)
(sultry)
(matter-of-fact)
ANNIE
ANNIE
(businesslike)
business...
JUMP CUT:
ANNIE
(carefree)
vacation...
JUMP CUT:
ANNIE
(losing confidence,
(rallying, businesslike
again)
drop and...
(breezy)
say hello...
JUMP CUT:
ANNIE
(earnest)
JUMP CUT:
ANNIE
(sexy)
JUMP CUT:
ANNIE
this)
shoot myself.
ON ANNIE
ON ANNIE
the beach.
CLOSE ON ANNIE
ANNIE (V.O.)
at the beach.
between them.
BECKY (V.O.)
get here?
BECKY
plane.
ANNIE
(beat)
am.
BECKY
ANNIE
Becky?
BECKY
What?
ANNIE
Is this crazy?
BECKY
about it.
ANNIE
BECKY
ANNIE
Good night.
street.
SUZY
boys have just come back from the front. Sam and Jonah
ON ANNIE
She comes to a standstill, in the middle of the street.
bear.
SAM
Where's Greg?
SUZY
He'll be by later.
ANNIE
A TAXICAB
Sam heard the noise and turns to see what's going on.
Annie screams.
The cab stops inches from her body. The van in the
ON SAM
accident.
DRIVER
doing?
in the airport.
SAM
Hello.
ANNIE
Hello.
into her car, starts and pulls away. Sam stands there,
deflated.
idiot?
BECKY
of the street?
ANNIE
at you?
BECKY
ANNIE
BECKY
But he saw you, right?
ANNIE
He said hello.
BECKY
Annie takes the mail from the mailbox on her way to the
door.
ANNIE
hello.
CUT TO:
BECKY
It's a sign --
ANNIE
(beat)
complete jerk.
BECKY
Annie --
ANNIE
like this --
dinner.
BECKY
ANNIE
What is this?
(beat)
Reads it.
Looks up at Becky.
ANNIE
Becky?
BECKY
ANNIE
Sleepless in Seattle."
BECKY
M.F.E.O.?
ANNIE
A long beat.
BECKY
clue.
BECKY
(continuing)
trouble.
ANNIE
(with resolve)
have me.
BECKY
ANNIE
then here?
SAM
(he shrugs)
GREG
terrific.
SAM
SUZY
SAM
wife --
SUZY
(charmed)
You're kidding --
SAM
ON JONAH
along.
SAM
GREG
SAM
SUZY
SAM
GREG
On Jonah, listening.
SUZY
Never mind.
GREG
radio?
SAM
GREG
Desperate women --
SUZY
them desperate.
GREG
starved?
SUZY
No.
GREG
It is easier to be killed by a
terrorist --
SUZY
It is not --
GREG
Right, right.
Suzy's irritated.
SAM
airport?
SAM
fantasies.
ANNIE
Hi.
SAM
Hi.
(a beat)
ANNIE
Shhhh --
Becky.
BECKY
ANNIE
her things)
BECKY
York?
ANNIE
ANNIE
(cheerfully)
I hate it.
elevator)
elevator)
Seattle" is history.
Walter sneezes.
And pull back to reveal that it's a shot from "An Affair
To Remember."
who's crying.
JESSICA
(weeping)
JONAH
JESSICA
JONAH
to go to New York?
JESSICA
JONAH
Eighty dollars.
JESSICA
I have forty-two. So that
taxicabs, I think.
JONAH
there?
JESSICA'S MOTHER
minutes.
room)
JESSICA
Sure.
JESSICA
Do you want an aisle or a
window seat?
JONAH
Window.
JESSICA
JONAH
I don't know. Do I?
JESSICA
(shrugs)
airplane.
(beat)
and everything.
Jonah nods.
- DAY
ANNIE
You go.
WALTER
I am.
WALTER
What?
ANNIE
About forever.
WALTER
No.
ANNIE
to the elevator.
ANNIE
know?
ANNIE
ANNIE
(continuing)
life is going to be --
Walter starting to look puzzled.
ANNIE
(continuing)
pattern.
WALTER
You couldn't.
ANNIE
I do.
WALTER
china.
SALESWOMAN
I put down?
Ten.
WALTER
ANNIE
Walter.
WALTER
It was my mother's.
ANNIE
to choose from.
relationship to be full of
them.
said)
distance.
ANNIE
(continuing)
"Surprise!"
SAM
JONAH
SAM
JONAH
Are you going with her?
SAM
Yes.
ON SAM
Starting to boil.
He walks into --
SAM
(holding up Annie's
letter)
SAM
mother.
JONAH
(yelling)
SAM
permission.
JONAH
(yelling)
SAM
(emphasizing every
word)
Shut up.
JONAH
me.
SAM
JONAH
York.
SAM
Did not.
JONAH
Did too.
SAM
JONAH
SAM
Get out.
JONAH
No.
SAM
--
into:
and into:
INT. JONAH'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
JONAH
hate you --
SAM
sick of it.
SAM
No response.
SAM
Jonah?
(to Clarise)
Jonah's gone.
IN QUICK CUTS:
The back deck. Out onto the docks. Looking all up and
"Marina."
Jonah comes down the stairs and steps off with his
TICKET CLERK
Next.
acceptable.
JESSICA'S FATHER
kill you.
to 8:30:
JESSICA
JESSICA'S MOTHER
What?
SAM
How?
JESSICA
agents)
United 597.
Jessica's mother and father are horrified.
JESSICA'S MOTHER
Jessica!
SAM
JESSICA'S FATHER
Eight-thirty.
Jessica smiles.
CLOSE ON SAM
STEWARDESS
JONAH
(completely unmoved,
but polite)
Thank you.
STEWARDESS
JONAH
(clutching it even
tighter)
No.
SAM
(frantic)
AIRLINE CLERK
Anyone check in a
York flight?
I did.
SAM
(beat)
fast as I can.
AIRLINE CLERK
planes --
AIRLINE CLERK
SAM
American Express.
(there's no American
wallet)
Visa.
(beat)
Jonah up.
TAXI DRIVER
Where to?
JONAH
SAM
(to himself)
COMEONCOMEONCOMEONCOMEONCOMEON...
CABBIE'S VOICE
There it is.
INT. A TAXICAB
where Jonah, with his head out the window, regards the
CABBIE
JONAH
my mother.
MAITRE D'.
Is something wrong.
MAITRE D'
WALTER
Some champagne?
ANNIE
Fine, fine.
WALTER
ANNIE
A cab pulls up. Sam bolts to the head of the line and
muscles his way into the cab. The other people in line
are irate.
SAM
SAM (V.O.)
up to a likely-looking WOMAN.
JONAH
WOMAN #1
No.
(smiles at him)
I'm Cynthia.
JONAH
NIGHT
observation deck.
SAM
happened to you?
SAM
JONAH
gonna do.
SAM
JONAH
If I didn't go.
SAM
JONAH
No.
SAM
it up for you?
JONAH
No.
SAM
class.
JONAH
ANNIE
WALTER
(matter-of-fact)
-- it was a betrayal.
ANNIE
was just...
WALTER
So what happened?
ANNIE
WALTER
Building --
ANNIE
here.
WALTER
Not really.
(beat)
(beat)
allergic to wheat,
strawberries, penicillin,
it?
ANNIE
you.
WALTER
ANNIE
You okay?
WALTER
Yes.
(beat)
ANNIE
Oh!
WALTER
What?
ANNIE
Look!
sees:
VALENTINE LIGHTS:
WALTER
Go for it.
CUT TO:
EXT. WEST 50TH STREET - NIGHT
are among the last people left. They gaze out at the
ELEVATOR OPERATOR
JONAH
it?
Sam shrugs.
SAM
Big deal.
After a beat.
SAM
get back.
JONAH
Okay.
SAM
JONAH
Sure.
Sam puts his arm around him, they start toward the
elevator.
SAM
Let's go home.
Building.
are closed.
ANNIE
(out of breath)
get up there.
tonight.
ANNIE
(out of breath)
it.
ANNIE
empty platform.
ELEVATOR MAN
ANNIE
Can I take a minute?
ELEVATOR MAN
Go ahead.
Jonah's teddy bear. As she takes out the bear the other
elevator DINGS.
JONAH
And they stop. There she is. There they are. Sam
SAM
It's you.
ANNIE
It's me?
SAM
JONAH
ANNIE
Yes.
SAM
(confused)
ANNIE
(indicating the
backpack)
Is this yours?
shakes it solemnly.
JONAH
I'm Jonah.
Sam.
ANNIE
bear)
JONAH
Howard.
ANNIE
Howard.
HIS THROAT.
SAM
We better go.
Annie nods.
Sam holds out his hand.
SAM
Shall we?
natural, right.
ANNIE
Sam?
He looks at her.
ANNIE
On Annie.
On Sam.
And
FADE OUT
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Sleepless in Seattle