| Lorraine returns to her table and sits back down. At which point MOUSTAPHA HAKIM arrives. He is a black man in his 30s wearing a dark suit and tie, a round leather, African hat, sunglasses and carrying a particularly beat-up guitar. MOUSTAPHA Terry looks relieved. TERRY MOUSTAPHA TERRY MOUSTAPHA TERRY Moustapha shakes Lorraine's hand. MOUSTAPHA TERRY MOUSTAPHA They both shake his hand and both look uncomfortable doing it. TERRY Moustapha shakes Phil's hand, then grabs a chair and seats himself beside him. MOUSTAPHA Terry leans over to Moustapha and nods toward the back. TERRY MOUSTAPHA Moustapha turns to Phil. MOUSTAPHA PHIL MOUSTAPHA PHIL MOUSTAPHA PHIL MOUSTAPHA PHIL MOUSTAPHA Terry grins devilishly as he and Moustapha head off together. Lorraine turns back to Phil.
PHIL LORRAINE PHIL M.C. The audience applauds excitedly as BOBBY LEE BAKER, a brooding man in his 30s, dressed in black with a beret and a jazz patch. He steps up on the stage with a cigarette smoldering between his lips irritating his eyes. He slowly tunes a 12-string guitar, entirely ignoring the audience. He flicks his cigarette butt without looking and we see that it lands in an inattentive WOMAN's drink. BOBBY
The audience looks back at him wide-eyed and silent. Bobby coughs, then suddenly launches into an intense rendition of "In My Time of Dyin'" with some terrific guitar picking, as well as the use of a bottleneck. BOBBY
LEE Well,
well, well The Woman drinks her drink and her eyes widen as she swallows the cigarette butt. BOBBY
Well,
well, well Lord
in my time of dyin' Well,
well, well There is a big round of applause. To everyone's astonishment, Bobby Lee Baker stands up and without a look back walks right out of the club. BOBBY
LEE Terry and Moustapha returned at some point during the song. Terry turns to Phil. TERRY PHIL TERRY PHIL TERRY PHIL TERRY PHIL TERRY Terry wags his eyebrows. Phil grins. We see Lorraine's stack of yellow flyers in her hand as she crosses the club and steps up to a table where three very cool-looking, beat-types sit, seemingly engrossed in smoking cigarettes and don't notice Lorraine . They are: DEAN, MARYLOU & BILL. LORRAINE Dean, Bill and MaryLou all look around -- where? BILL MARYLOU DEAN LORRAINE MARYLOU DEAN Lorraine furrows her brow and leans forward to MaryLou. LORRAINE
BILL LORRAINE MaryLou pantomimes sticking a needle in her arm and winks at Lorraine. Lorraine looks horrified. LORRAINE MARYLOU,
BILL & DEAN LORRAINE MARYLOU,
BILL & DEAN LORRAINE MARYLOU LORRAINE MARYLOU BILL LORRAINE Bill points at the yellow flyers. BILL LORRAINE MARYLOU BILL LORRAINE Lorraine turns and leaves, shaking her head in disbelief. She puts her hand in her sweater pocket and still doesn't have any cigarettes. Just then Phil steps up. LORRAINE PHIL Phil shakes two out of the pack, puts both of them in his mouth and lights them at the same time -- ala Paul Henreid -- then hands one to Lorraine. LORRAINE PHIL LORRAINE PHIL LORRAINE A female voice calls out . . . FEMALE
VOICE Lorraine sees a table with two couples in black and white evening clothes. Even from this distance we can tell they are smashed. Lorraine winces in pain. LORRAINE Lorraine and Phil step up to the table. The voice belongs to MINDY, an attractive 19-year old girl in a black strapless evening gown and white gloves. The boys are wearing tuxes. Mindy and Lorraine hug and kiss. LORRAINE MINDY LORRAINE Mindy shakes Phil's hand. She looks him up and down and obviously approves.
Phil waves and shakes hands. BRIAN says to Phil . . . BRIAN Phil glances at Lorraine. PHIL BRIAN Lorraine hands out flyers. LORRAINE MINDY LORRAINE MINDY LORRAINE TIM raises his hand. TIM LORRAINE Tim and Brian turn to one another, both imitating Jim Backus. TIM BRIAN Brian and Tim laugh. Lorraine turns to Tim. LORRAINE TIM BRIAN LORRAINE MINDY PHIL Lorraine and Phil walk away. Lorraine looks back, then at Phil and shakes her head sadly. PHIL LORRAINE
LORRAINE Lorraine stops and turns to face Phil. LORRAINE PHIL Lorraine gets angry. LORRAINE PHIL LORRAINE Phil takes Lorraine's ink-stained hand. PHIL LORRAINE PHIL LORRAINE They sit down at the table. PHIL LORRAINE PHIL They toast and drink. The M.C. steps back up to the small blackboard and erases Bobby Lee's name. Phil watches the M.C. erase the name, then looks down to his own first name at the bottom of the list. There's still seven people above him, but nevertheless Phil is getting nervous. He glances at his guitar, then scratches his chin. The next name listed is "Moustapha." The M.C. steps up to the microphone. M.C. Moustapha stands holding his beat-up guitar and steps in front of the microphone. MOUSTAPHA The audience feels ashamed. Lorraine looks around and grins. Moustapha then sings "Bourgeois Blues." MOUSTAPHA Lord
it's a bourgeois town Home
of the brave Lord
it's a bourgeois town Me
and my wife Lord
it's a bourgeois town Lord
it's a bourgeois town Tell
all the colored folks Oh
Lord it's a bourgeois town There is a big round of guilty applause. M.C. Moustapha sits back down at the table beside Phil looking satisfied. MOUSTAPHA MOUSTAPHA They slap five. The M.C. gets back up on stage and erases Moustapha's name. Phil notes this with a wince. Next on the list is "4 Feathers." M.C. The Four Feathers take the stage. They are all reasonably looped and get a big round of applause. PETE
LEE RONNIE FOUR
FEATHERS The
first time I seen darlin' Corey Go
away, go away, darlin' Corey Dig
a hole, dig a hole in the meadow The Four Feathers pause for a big round of applause, then launch directly into "When the Saints Go Marching In" which brings on a bigger round of applause. FOUR
FEATHERS Oh
when the saints go marching in And
when the sun refused to shine Phil looks like he's having a heart attack. Lorraine puts her hand on his shoulder reassuringly. FOUR
FEATHERS Oh
when the new world is revealed Oh
when the saints go marching in The Four Feathers bring down the house. The audience claps and stomps their feet. Lorraine, Terry and the whole table join them loudly. Phil honestly looks ill. He is in a total panic. His hands are sweating and he looks nauseous. PHIL Phil starts to stand and Lorraine reaches out and takes his arm. LORRAINE PHIL LORRAINE PHIL LORRAINE PHIL LORRAINE PHIL LORRAINE PHIL Lorraine spots someone she knows and quickly exits. LORRAINE Phil is in a deep quandary. He glances over at the door -- he could just leave and no one would be the wiser. Meanwhile, Terry is watching him. TERRY PHIL Terry takes pity on Phil. TERRY PHIL Terry leads Phil out the back door. EXT. THE PURPLE ONION/ALLEY - NIGHT Terry and Phil come out into the under-lit alley behind the Purple Onion. Terry pulls out a big, fat, crooked cigarette. Phil can't believe it. He looks all around to make sure they're alone. PHIL Terry nods, lighting up. TERRY PHIL TERRY PHIL TERRY Terry hands Phil the burning joint. Phil hesitantly takes it, gives the issue one more brief moment of consideration, shrugs, then takes a hit. INT. THE PURPLE ONION - NIGHT Lorraine sits back down in her seat, looking somewhat embarrassed and straightens her hair. She notices that Phil and Terry's chairs are empty. She glances around as though people are looking at her and pulls her sweater closed. The M.C. steps up to the microphone, grinning, his hair askew. M.C. Lorraine throws a last look at the empty seats on either side of her where Phil and Terry used to be, shakes her head, smiles and heads up on stage holding her guitar. LORRAINE EXT. THE PURPLE ONION/ALLEY - NIGHT Phil and Terry are just finishing the joint. Their eyes are bloodshot and at half-mast. They're stoned. PHIL They both laugh like total idiots. TERRY PHIL TERRY PHIL PHIL TERRY PHIL TERRY PHIL TERRY PHIL
PHIL TERRY They start laughing idiotically again. INT. THE PURPLE ONION - NIGHT Lorraine proceeds to sing "If I Had a Hammer" in a pretty and forceful way. LORRAINE If
I had a bell If I had a song - EXT. THE PURPLE ONION/ALLEY - NIGHT Terry is holding forth to a stoned and completely rapt Phil. TERRY Phil has no idea what Terry's talking about. PHIL TERRY PHIL TERRY PHIL TERRY Phil looks all around, freaking out. Lorraine finishes the song with a flurry. LORRAINE It's
the hammer of justice Lorraine receives a big round of applause. She glances at the two empty seats and furrows her brow. The audience hollers for "More!" LORRAINE Lorraine begins to play the melody to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" which becomes "Solidarity Forever." The audience hesitantly joins in at first, but gets stronger with each chorus. LORRAINE When
our union's inspiration Solidarity
forever It
is we who plowed the prairies Now
we stand outcast and starving They
have taken untold millions We
can break their haughty power Solidarity
forever In
our hands is placed the power DEBBIE ALVIN Lorraine looks all around. LORRAINE Alvin and Debbie look around. DEBBIE Lorraine stands. LORRAINE Lorraine leaves. Debbie drunkenly turns back
to Alvin. ALVIN DEBBIE |
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