SEE ALSO: subtitles (from the R1 DVD)
SCENE 1: Interior Office
CO-WORKERS: Hooo! Hoooray! Congratulations!
CO-WORKER: Smile George, you're gettting married!
SCENE 2: Tailor
TAILOR: Smile George, you're getting married!
SCENE 3: Marriage For Beginners Classroom
INSTRUCTOR: Now what is the correct distance between two people? Optimum distance is two and a half feet, approximately, or one arm's length.
SCENE 4: Jewelry Store
JEWELER: So when does she arrive?
JORGE: This afternoon. I'm picking her up at
the airport.
JEWELER: Smile, sir, you're getting married
SCENE 5: Airport Ticket Counter
LOUDSPEAKER: Flight 619 from Lagos, Nigeria. Now arriving, gate six.
GEORGE: Miss Ochinado, Sophie Ochinado. My fi-an, my fiance (stuttering).
AIRLINE CLERK: Miss Ochinado arrived yesterday.
GEORGE: Yesterday?
AIRLINE CLERK: Correct, same flight, but yesterday.
SCENE 6: Airport Payphones
GEORGE: Uncle?
UNCLE: George? Where are you? What the hell is going on? Sophie's here, she just arrived -- said you weren't there to meet her.
GEORGE: I must have got the day wrong.
UNCLE: The day wrong? Are you completely stupid?!?
GEORGE: I'm sorry, I've just had a lot on my mind recently and I forgot (stuttering). But don't worry, I'll be there -- I'll get the next bus straight out tomorrow morning, I'll go ...
UNCLE: I'm worried, George. Anything that involves you makes me worried. You're getting married in three days, George, it's time to clock in. Remember, George -- your parents would have been proud. They loved Sophie as one of their own, it's what they always wanted.
GEORGE: I know.
UNCLE: Please, George, just try to stay out of trouble.
GEORGE: I will.
ALICIA: Do you have a pencil?
GEORGE: (looks blankly)
ALICIA: A pencil.
GEORGE: Oh!
ALICIA: Thank you.
ALICIA (on phone): OK. Yeah. Bye.
ALICIA: Mmmm. Sorry! Thanks.
ALICIA: I'm sorry, it's just -- look! Bonita, eh?
ALICIA: Alicia.
GEORGE: George.
ALICIA: Oh, Jorge (hor-hey)! Jorge (hor-hey) means George in Spanish. Habla Espanol?
[translation: understand spanish?]
GEORGE: Oh, no.
ALICIA: They say it brings good luck in love. (pause) I better get going.
GEORGE: Me, too.
ALICIA: Bye, thank you. Oh, sorry.
ALICIA: Do you want to come to a party, tonight?
GEORGE: A party? Oh, no I can't.
ALICIA: Listen, take this and if you change your mind -- come, OK? (blows kiss) Bye!
LOUDSPEAKER: Flight 654 to Paris, France - gate now closing.
GEORGE: Jorge.
SCENE 7: Airport Main Hallway
WE SEE GERARD ENTER WALKING WITH GROUP OF MUSICIANS
GERARD: OK, let's think up something. I lower the daisies, OK? When I do this that's your cue to strike your [BAN-JO-NES], right? And play with gusto, eh!?
GERARD: Claudette.
CLAUDETTE: Girard, where have you been? My plane is about to leave.
GERARD: I know, I know. I'm, I'm sorry, darling. Claudette, I love you.
CLAUDETTE: I really have to get going.
GIRARD: Oh, come here -- Claudette [Shaw-boo-tan], will you be my wife?
CLAUDETTE: (shakes head) No.
GERARD: No? No.
CLAUDETTE: Oui, no.
GERARD: But Claudette, I love you, I'm in love with you. You're my sunshine, you're, you're...
CLAUDETTE: That's me. (tries to remove ring) It won't budge. It won't budge.
GERARD: Twist-Twist it! Twist it! Twist it.
CLAUDETTE: I have to go, I'll miss my flight. I'm sorry. (kisses his cheek) I'll send it in the post.
GERARD LOWERS THE DAISIES AND THE BAND BEGINS TO PLAY
SCENE 8: Airport, Men's Restroom
LOUDSPEAKER: Flight 654 to Paris, France - gate now closed.
GERARD BEGINS TO WEEP
SCENE 9: Girard's Car
GEORGE AND GERARD ARE DRIVING IN GERARD'S CITROEN DS -- LICENSE PLATE "AMOUR 1"
GERARD: Thank you. Thank you for the ... you know.
GEORGE: Oh, right ... Thank you for the lift.
GERARD: Oh, no, c'mon, c'mon. It was the least I could do. (sighs) So, George, tell me -- what's cooking, eh?
GEORGE: I'm sorry? Wha?
GERARD: What's cooking, what's happening?
GEORGE: Oh, right, right! Well, I'm getting married.
GERARD BEGINS TO WEEP / CUT
GERARD: So you're about to get married and I've just been axed. The irony of life, huh? (laughs) Tell me about your fiance.
GEORGE: Are you sure?
GERARD: Yes, yes, I'm sure. Don't worry about me (laughs) -- water under the bridge.
GEORGE: Well, she's from Nigeria.
GERARD: Hmmm-mmm.
GEORGE: That's where my family is from, originally. Her name is Sophie.
GERARD: Sophie? Oh ... [TRAY JO-LEE SO-FEE, ZHE-DO SO-FEE]
GEORGE: Here's a ... Here's a picture of her.
GERARD: Ooooh!
GEORGE: With my aunt and uncle. They live up, up near Niagara.
GERARD: Great!
GEORGE: That's where the wedding is.
GERARD: Niagara? Ahh, Niagara Falls - capital
of love! Claudette and I talked about going up there sometimes. Putain! A
Putain!
[translation: whore! whore!]
SCENE 10: No Parking Sign
GERARD PARKS IN FRONT OF A GIANT NO PARKING SIGN
GERARD: Pardon, George, pardon. Hey, listen, I have a good idea. I'm gonna cook for you, you know. I buy some steak, some good wine, French wine, you know. My treat. I prepare a feast -- my way of saying thank you, eh?!
GEORGE: That's really not necessary.
GERARD: Aw, c'mon. I insist, I insist, you know. Besides, I love to cook, you know.
GEORGE: You've been, you've been you kind enough. I really should be just get going, home.
GERARD: Yeah, oh, yeah. I understand, you know. You want to be alone, yeah. Don't worry about me, me I'll be fine, fine.
GEORGE: Oh, no, it's not, it's not that. It's just that I have a big day tomorrow. I have a lot of travelling to do.
GERARD: OK, I will say goodbye
THE TWO MEN HUG
GERARD (into GEORGE's ear): I hate goodbyes!
GEORGE FLASHES BACK
ALICIA: Do you want to come to a party?
UNCLE (voiceover): You're getting married in three days, George!
GEORGE KNOCKS ON GERARD'S WINDOW
GERARD: George! You came back?
GEORGE: Do you want to, do you want to go to a party?
SCENE 11: Entering the Party
GEORGE AND GERARD GLANCE AT EACH OTHER AND THEN ENTER THE PARTY
GERARD: I need a drink, OK, George? You go have fun, I'll be fine.
GEORGE SCANS THE PARTY, LOOKING FOR ALICIA.
GEORGE SEES ALICIA DANCING. SHE RECOGNIZES HIM.
ALICIA: Jorge?
ALICIA: George, you came!
GEORGE NODS AND MUTTERS ASSENT
ALICIA: Is that it? Are you all right?
GEORGE: Yeah, I just feel a little dizzy.
ALICIA: Oh... come and sit down.
ALICIA LEADS GEORGE TO A STYLISH EGG CHAIR.
GEORGE: Your glasses...
ALICIA: Contacts (points to face).
GEORGE: Oh. Oh. Oh.
ALICIA: Have you ever thought about wearing contacts?
GEORGE: I don't think my face makes sense without my glasses.
ALICIA: (laughs)
GEORGE: Well, yours does. You look nice.
ALICIA: (laughs) Gracias.
GEORGE: De nada.
GEORGE: So what...what...what's the party for?
ALICIA: It's a leaving party.
GEORGE: Oh. Who's leaving?
ALICIA: Me.
GEORGE: Oh. Why?
ALICIA: I'm moving to Canada.
GEORGE: Why?
ALICIA: (laughs) You ask a lot of questions! Good question, though. My boyfriend's really the reason why I'm going...
BUZZING NOISE
ALICIA: George?
GEORGE: I'm... I'm sorry. I'm, uh.... Canada. Cool.
ALICIA: We're hitching up there this weekend. To be at my mom's. She lives near the border; a place called Appleduck.
GEORGE: Appleduck.
ALICIA: Do you know it?
GEORGE: No.
ALICIA: Oh.
GEORGE: You're hitching, up there?
ALICIA: Yeah, Nathan's against us owning a car...
GEORGE: Nathan?
ALICIA: My boyfriend.
GEORGE: Yeah, right.
THE MUSIC CHANGES.
ALICIA: Do you want to dance?
GEORGE: Um, No, I can't. I don't.
ALICIA: Oh, c'mon! It'll be fun! I'll teach you!
GEORGE AND ALICIA DANCE FOR A FEW MOMENTS. NATHAN COMES UP.
NATHAN: Hey, you've been ignoring me.
ALICIA: I have not! You were busy with your fans.
ALICIA: Anyway, Nathan, this is George.
NATHAN: Hi George!
GEORGE: Hey.
NATHAN: Are you stealing my girl?
GEORGE: No, No.
NATHAN: I'm just kidding. You didn't come with that crazy French guy, did you?
GEORGE: Yeah.
NATHAN: He's in a bit of a state. I heard he got into a fight.
GEORGE: God, I'm sorry.
NATHAN: No, don't worry, it happens. He's up on the roof now, singing.
GEORGE: I should go and get him. I'm sorry.
ALICIA: Come back and dance!
SCENE 12: The Roof
GERARD (yelling at cars): Shut up. I need some peace and quiet, please! Shut up! Shut up, you! Shut up!
GEORGE: Gerard!
GERARD: Quoi? Oh, George. Oh, you came back, you came back to me. Now go away, I'm busy.
GEORGE: What are you doing?
GERARD: What does it look like?
GEORGE: It looks like you're going to jump.
GERARD: Correct. Now go away, please.
GEORGE: Gerard, you've had a lot to drink and you're not thinking straight. You've just, you've had too much to drink and you're really not thinking straight.
GERARD: I'm thinking perfectly straight. I never thought so straight in my entire life, you know. George, my life is pathetic. Every time I meet someone, they run! They run, run, run! Why, George, why? I can't stand it!
GEORGE: Gerard, Gerard, just JUMP TOMORROW! If you jump today, it'll just be, it'll be horrible. Just wait. Just wait for one more day and you can jump, you can jump all you want, just JUMP TOMORROW.
GERARD: OK, I get the idea (laughs).
GEORGE: What?
GERARD: JUMP TOMORROW! That's the best talk-down speech I've ever heard! JUMP TOMORROW! Yeah! (laughs)
GEORGE: You've heard others?
GERARD: Perhaps. OK (sighs), I JUMP TOMORROW.
GERARD STUMBLES DOWN FROM THE LEDGE
GERARD: L'amour, George. L'amour. Never underestimate the power of love, George. No?
SCENE 13: Leaving the Party
GEORGE HELPS GERARD LEAVE THE PARTY, AS THE TWO LEAN AGAINST EACH OTHER AND LEAVE THE ROOM.
ALICIA AND NATHAN SLOW DANCE AND KISS.