Scene lV

EXT. MOVIE STUDIO - DAY

Roxanne drives through the studio gates on a bright sunny
day. She meets Adam in the parking lot.

Adam is dressed in white shorts with knee socks. Roxanne has
on a sexy hippie dress and sunglasses.

ADAM
(debonair)
... So, if you're lucky I could
introduce you to somebody famous.

Adam smiles his geeky smile.

ADAM
I figure if I work my way up here,
I’ll be running the studio someday.
I just love movies! Do you love movies?
I love all kinds: action, adventure, comedy,
romance...

Adam winks at her and gets shy.

ADAM
God, Roxanne... you are so-o-o
beautiful.

Adam leans in closer to Roxanne, his mouth open, literally
drooling a bit.

Roxanne backs away.

PRODUCER, early thirties, muscular, tanned, in a golf cart,
stops to yell at Adam.

PRODUCER
Hey kid! We need that mud on the
set for the pig sty scene. Now!

Roxanne giggles, eyes Producer...

ADAM
Yes, sir!

Adam turns to Roxanne smiling.

ADAM
A Western.

Producer, while driving the golf cart, turns around and
smiles at Roxanne, who smiles back.

ADAM
Could you wait here for me? I’ll
be back in a jiffy and we’ll go to
the commissary to eat. Lots of
stars there. I think they have
meatloaf today...

Adam pauses.

ADAM
Yeah, it's meatloaf Thursday.

ROXANNE
Sure, just leave me some money for
a soda.

ADAM
Well, I don’t have any change.

Adam takes out his wallet and Roxanne, spotting a twenty
dollar bill, takes it from his hand.

ROXANNE
Don’t worry. I’ll bring you back
the change.

Roxanne smiles at Adam, who is running away, changing his
frown into a big, closed-eye smile.

ADAM
I’ll be back ASAP. Don’t leave!

Adam, still smiling at Roxanne, accidentally runs into
someone, falls and gets up. Roxanne starts to walk backward
while Adam runs around the corner and disappears.

Roxanne smiles till he leaves, then shakes her head and
starts to walk around the studio, checking everybody out.

She lights a cigarette awkwardly -- a novice smoker.

Notices a woman in sunglasses and long blonde hair -- a lookalike
for Goldie Hawn -- and begins to follow her.

She continues to follow her onto the street outside the
studio.

INT. STUDIO SET - DAY

Adam is supervising the moving of loads of mud into the sty
with a bunch of pigs around.

He is trying to finish as quickly as possible.

BACK TO STREET

Roxanne follows Goldie Hawn look-alike to the doorway.

Goldie Hawn look-alike walks through the door.

Roxanne takes a deep breath and follows her in.

INT. STUDIO BAR

A jukebox plays loudly.

The place is very dark, with various colored lights. Has a
Rat Pack feel to it. Old movie star types intermingle with
young, good-looking movie star types. There is an old-fashioned
bartender. Sounds of glasses clinking... the sound
of pool balls clicking on a table in the back.

We hear the shouting of FREDDY -- twenty-eight years old,
bearded, glasses, long-haired, tall, thin, and dressed in
Hippie threads -- a very loud Italian-American with an
ethnic, South Side of Chicago accent.

He keeps moaning and groaning, as he appears to be losing at
Eight-Ball, and biting his fist.

Freddy is playing OLDER ACTOR, late forties, tan, nice hair,
wearing a white leisure suit.

Roxanne becomes focused on Freddy’s table as the Goldie Hawn
look-alike sits down to watch as well.

Freddy kind of bows to the Goldie Hawn look-alike,
acknowledging her, but not going “ga ga,” and she nods back
to him, shaking her hand at Freddy in a “just stop it”
fashion.

Freddy notices Roxanne who almost gets knocked over by
people walking in the aisle.

The game ends. Roxanne, sitting at the bar, sees everyone
being paid a few dollars or so.

FREDDY
(to Older Actor)
You robbed me again!

OLD ACTOR
Don’t sweat it, kid.

FREDDY
That’s three in a row. You beach
boys sure can stroke a cue. Nice
and steady ... not me ... too
nervous! My mother made me a
neurotic mess, I tell you!

OLD ACTOR
Okay, Freddy, how about a few more
games? I'm sure there’s some hope
for you.

FREDDY
(answering quickly)
Really?

With that Freddy starts to rack the balls again.

OLD ACTOR
Sure! Beast, get it going for a
coupla more games...

ANSEL, or the “FILTHY BEAST,” a tall “Outside Man” (someone
who handles the action other than the player) in his late
thirties, in an out-of-style three-piece suit.

He walks around the room collecting bets on a little scratch
pad. Roxanne can see that everyone is betting on Old Actor.

The Beast passes Roxanne, but she grabs him by the arm as he
tries to go to the next person...

ROXANNE
Hey.

ANSEL
Hey yourself, Angel. You in?

ROXANNE
Yeah, give me Freddy for twenty.

ANSEL
Listen, child, I wouldn’t go in on
this game. I wouldn’t want to see
you lose all that money...
especially if you're a struggling
actress or something.

Ansel looks around guiltily. He doesn’t seem to want her to
make the bet.

ROXANNE
I said, Freddy for twenty.

A big, beefy BARTENDER with a straw in his mouth and arms
crossed, intervenes, intimidating Ansel.

BARTENDER
You heard the lady, she wants
Freddy for twenty.

ROXANNE
Yeah, Freddy for twenty.

Ansel gives the bartender a dirty look, moves onto the next
Sweator and the game begins.

EXT. STUDIO LOT - SAME
Adam returns to the corner where he left Roxanne.

ADAM
All done!
Adam stands alone, disappointed.

ADAM
Shit!

Passerby, walking past the dirty Adam, turns his nose up at
him.

continued soon...