Paris - Texas (Screenplay)

PARIS, TEXAS

Sereenpley by
Sam Shepard and Win Wenders

A September 21, 1983

oe A

O)

bird's eye view. The camera glides
iver a vast, empty landscape.

Jetiow colors} No vegetation at all.
le man walking across

sert. SEAL seen

from high abofe. The camera sinks

Teftatl-hauk, just sitting dom on

mi

thin man approaching, still a

to hold then together. This
RAVIS.

polnted rock. “Very still, Looking.

1.

CIE GE SATION, EG

is arıfvos at a gas station on
ghusy. NO car in sight.

ADD PING

Teens] comen doco cha any aie,
RS AR Et
Re bad pes and er
He Saute und Sereda sete
Mily in A Dre vacias bine
ER
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she 16% GENS
Bese pacts of beets
a Poe Tor

& Bee asd terse ter
REE
Babe handéel ond st
a aos be

‘the zoom and
‘with nothing
tly
‘closes the
See box next
‘there's
de. Travis

The attendant approach
cautiously, nudges him

No movement from Travid.

floor) Who ade jou?

He chuckles, This is his us
Antroducráon of hinself.

The attendant approaches his
cautiously, nudges him with his
foot.

O . area

Hey, san, you drunk Again.

No movement from Travis.

O

rey ETS
D

Travis

RS fying on che pool table in

the badk of the bar, still unconscious.

Bis podsessions are spread out next to
him on the green cloth.

A big den 15 the
tabla, he DOCTOR. He exo ,
possesdkons.,

An errang.

crystal.

fee à
and vas
a young
HUNTER,
Mexica:
apart.
also re

The à
Travis!
white

or looks
fosity.
eyelids. It only shows the
IE the eyeball: Travis is stilt

REV. 10/1/83

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REV. 10/1/83

to E PTE SE)

Travis is Iyihg on a stretcher in

the back of dhe ambulance. His eyes
are open nou] The doctor is sitting
beside him. [there is somebody else

hie back.

driving, bue be only

The car is spheding dom the empty
highway.

DOCTOR
Well, boy, looks Mike you gor yer
bell rung pretty good, huh? You got
a mane?

Nothing from fravis.

You know which side at the border
yer on?

Pause. Trav:

1£ you done sonethin' £llegal, T's
gonna kick yer butt right outa’ her:
You understand that? You wanna talk
to me, son? I's a doctor, believe
At oF not.

(pause)

Cómo te llamas? Maybe you hablas
espanol? Huh?

Travis doesn'E answer. He scons
marooned betiben some tragic event
in his past ahd the helplessness of
his present shituation. He remains
silent and wikhout any reaction.

Y

TAR EEN
TED) Ba

2.0.1. [of she Terlirkun Medical

‘iinic|edgn Ranging En the landscape

on the lonely high

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REV. 10/3/83

ORAN

REG

Tris 15 lying on a make-ehift
exchination table. The doctor is

exquining Travis. Travis just stares

"|

Stall nothing from Travis.

The doctor] moves [around Fhe table
à searea| going |chroush Travis
pocsessionps.He| inde rumpled

Bisiness clea ES

The doctor holds up the
card with Walt's name on
Just stares at it.

‘The doctor leaves. Travi
ceiling. It's as though]
‘questions called up meno}
lesociatione in his mind]
Impossible to answer.

to Travis.

DOCTOR

‘This ain't no monastery for fugitives.
1 don't care what kinda’ condition yer
in. I spent too much time in this
place to cultivate any sympathy. All
The sympathy's been burnt Fight outa’
me. “So you wanna’ talk to mo, you
talk to me now of I's makin' à D-turn
Fight outa’ this room, and you'll never
see me again.

DOCTOR

Lay down. (forces Travis to lay dom
fon the talle) Lay dom, stupid.
(Continues examination) ALI right.
Guess somethin’ mista’ cut yer tongue
off. Either that or you got somethin’
fo hide ‘cause 1 can tell you hear me
plain enough.

. uh... Walter A. Henderson. (to
avis)’ Wow, I wanna ask you one last
question. You see this here card?

Is this you? Or a relative a" yours?
Kin? I'm goma call this here number and
fe ££ they can tell me who you are. 1

‘ain't got beds enough to be puttin’ up

Je looks at the
Ene doctor's

O

a vive ser. so
ee
de rare EA

Wald is six to eight years younger

Billboard and sign painting company
in Hurbenk He's supervising. che
ov of sone of his painters in u
bactiyard when he'a called to the
pale The call is from Texas.
Fed a very bad connections he has
to dhout Into the phone.
GD
en

eb

During the/conversatipa, Walt
seed Anne ross from fhe office
Ant the workshop.

A

After the call, he hangs up and
statis there for a moment, thinks
‘ther goes into the workshop where
‘Anne has gone.

wat

(into phone) Hello
me... Yeah... What? >,
Doctor who?

(pause)

‘That's ay brocher?... Are you sure?...
Can 1 talk to hint... Well, this has
‘kinda caught me up short here. 1 haven't
heard from ay brother in over four years?
ses Whee? Okay... ALL right, give me
the exact location of your hospital
there.

(pause)
Okay... all right, all right, listen,
thanks for the call, doctor.” 1'11 be
right dom there, I'll get dow there
as fast as 1 can. Tell him I'm coming,
okay... Okay...

Œ

TEE. [LATE EN

Walt [comes dato the workshop uhere
his wife, ANT, 1s giving sone

srapilic E one of the workers.
Dur

>

Med 2-5

ED

+ honey.
call.

T just got the strangest

‘nah
he
AE
Hd front?
sal

Sode doctor in South Texas. A place
called Terlingua. He says he's found
Tedvis:

Ohlno. Is he all right?

L'h not sure. This doctor had such a
thfck German accent, T couldn't hardly
and hin.

tre you going to do?

br

iii 1'11 go dom there.

Oh, Wale.

ny

12, honey, what else can I do? 1
chn'e just leave hin dom there.

about Hunter? What an I supposed
tell him?

(CONTINUED)

TO

saur

ell| 1 don't know, Tell bis I went
fon af trip or something.

al

1 mehn about Travis.

saut

(pause) . Well, honey, Y guess you
Betfer just coll hin the truth.

Go RUE

16)

Wide

8 48 Tying on a bed in a corner
6 big main room of the clinic.
her corner, THO MEXICANS are

,, standing at Travis" bed putting
‘on his skin, sees the uneaten tray
nd at Travis! bed.

NURSE

You're not hungry? You oughta’ est
something, you know. Can't Live on
air. (to the Mexicans, in Spanish)
A little crazy, this one. Tha
doctor called his fantly. They
thought he was dead.

Pov.
Trapis turns to look out hp window

his bed, then turns bhck to
look at the ceiling.

©

A

ROWSE SEC

hole site in an airplane by the
window. | In front of him, some
Poperuotk chet he took with hin
From tht office. But he can't
concenttate on his work. Ha looks
‘out the| window.

AAA TC

In the last light of
o dey, tod rund landocepe
of the Rock} Mountains.

10.

REV, 10/3/83

oO Toe ee oy
Pow.

FD Cae

TO cas STATION SORA TES EAT UN)

Watt had been driving - He stops in

SS a gas station as the un goes dom
to get sone coffee and check his
map to find Terlingud.

LVL

REV. 10/4/83

a, DA ee
© CAD we
tr tr

dom a hilll The land svallows Le
up: No otthe cars are on the road.

RENTAL CARON THE HOD TO IC ENT EE

au - want

@trasght through the
cries to find sone
se on the car radio,
can get is Mexican
from the Rio Grande,
is in Spanish, even

ale drive
night. Hal
faniliar al
but all bel

wur

(kalking to the radio) What is this?
Maräacchi Polka Cucaracha? What
country ds thie, anyway? I chought
this was the 0.5.4. Where's George
Jones, Bob Wells, Tanny Wynette?
(turns off radio) Basta with the
polkal

(he starte singing)

“The stars at night are big and bright,
Deep in the heart of Texas,

Reminds me of the one 1 love,

Deep An the heart of Texas... "

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FA

REV. 10/3/83

GENE Ee o_O

porch. Mexican
melody, very softly to himself.

MO tp wetbacks
then bnoring with
Eable, the ocher 5
Bench

fe asleep, one of
is head on the
Lead out on the

Travis closes hie

In front of Travis!

‘sone images appear!
when he was Living

©

2.

©

REV. 9/30/83

DONS ENT RE GS

Travis le in very bad
Ris head is snashed in.
le body is bruised. The
is bandaging Travis with
‘of clothes wrapped around

Tes x ere TE, ESAS

Just a |tonely house with sone
ehtckedo in front of dt and a
pick-uf truck with a Mexican
licensed plate.

Cos) 2 Ge EDIEE> (6-2) Ce?
Samy VON T um)

People who Tiavis med 10 Mexidb, Just
Looking at hja openl] and fridadiy.

E)

TOO VETO AE EEDA 1000)

The 014 Ándían vho nursed Travis
crosses dato the adobe hut from
outside, Juhile a neighbor crosses
out in the background.

BACK 10:

straight out Hack into che desert.

1.

Tom TS

GIE RER

from driving and
He arrives: at the
je of his car and
Iche doctor who is

te op ead Front

ga (=D
Doczon

You must be che brother of the mite,

wur

weet

oczen

Yeah, we coulén'e aque the tina a!

a fest bebe ae Kind

FA

war

I don't know. I haven't seen him in
over four ye

DOCTOR
Ta that right? Well, a lot can happen
to a man dn four years I guess. All
Kinds a' trouble, Expensive trouble.
sr

What do you mean?

DOCTOR,

Well, down here, a man gets himself
Anto’a fix sometimes and it coste a
little to get him back out. We're
ikinda’ on the edge a' things dom here,
Sf you understand what T mea

u (CONTINUED)

15

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REV, 10/1/83

I

Ty

12-6)

zur

No, 1 don't understand what you mean.
Tish you'd Just get to the point ‘cause

DOCTOR!

Then
compa

sur

my brother.

Car week? Wo, not that 1 know of.

‘musta! been mixin’ wich sone hard
“cause that Kinda’ damage don't

cone fom fallin’ outa’ bed.

à of damage?

oks to me like every bone in his

fe broken up sometime or other.

maybe four... five years ago
jgh to kill most men Y know. But

fed up. Looks Like he didn't have

al medical help either.

to see my brother now, if
fe mind.

Weil, fhat's just the thing right there.

lar T'was tryin’ to hint at
He's disappeared.

red? You mean he's not

here?| After 1 cano al this vay—

CCONTENUED)
16-17.

REV. 10/2/83

O GE pen]

ocror

He's been gone since early this morning.
Te was too late to let you know. We
have all his possessions nevertheless.
Saved chen. We'd be glad to turn "em
over to you... soon as you take care of

] our little reward. Your brother ran

up one big bill, you know.

5 18.

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REV. 10/4/83

TRE

Wald backs “his car out of the clínic([3-)) WALT'S Pov
drive onto the road. But he only goes bl
a ee oe .

oad behind the
over at Walt or slowing hp pace.

"you

at Wale.
is until
to face
for a
ch other,
of

ly
ehrough
h shocked
by[ the physical change in his
brbther [and his general edadition.

sur

What in the hell's happened to you
anyway? You look Like forty miles
of rough road.

CCONTENUED)

e's your

1.

Lo

GAY

Wate Émucktes,
of ig. Travis

az opens che
and favites Tr

starpe at che foor for

cond on, let's ger] in the car
Leq's just ger
Cone on.

20.

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CD DRIVING THE AAA CE EERE, OEY

ED

wal
dor at Travis sn

Long pause, Travis|
bag] doesn't open 4
seal beside hin.

urn

Trafís censes up.
arifes hin further
Thefe is no bostilit
canje speak, Me hal
wap took place. Fi
Gripe on in silence

~~

Trafis slowly closes

Te:

driving, glanchs in rear view

back seat.
of the window.
e know quite
He picks up
[hands Se back

stares at the
y sets ic on the

h question
Inside himself.
Ey; he simply.
no words for
Ir a while, they

his eyes.

wur

Your seuff's An there. They gave it
to me at the cline, Boy, you sure
Picked one helluva spot to land in.
À can't blane you for running

wur

Look, we've got a little bit
of traveling to do, so 1 hope you're

not gonna clam up on me for the whole
trip. Might get Kinda lonely.

(pause)

Trav, would you sind telling me where

you disappeared to for the last four years?
(pause)

Have you seen Jane at all? Or taïked

to her?

sur
You know, Anne and I

gave up on you. We actually thought
you were dead.

a.

Med = WALT
SAT

wide
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REV. 10/5/83

TS) AA TEL

EEE BAY 5)

‘The car] pulls up in front of one of
the bunkelows. Walt and Travis get

Med 15
EN
HEN Tr

‘They Rose into che room. Walt looks
arounl, then opens the curtains.
Teavth Just stand in the middie of
the mom. Walt looks at his brotber,
site bn the bed. Travis site on

his tea. (BA

WT 2-5

Travis is stlfne. Walt moves to sit

nere[to hun of the beds GS

INSERT = CLOSE ANGLE

Wo shever frda Travis

1 the door.

Wale noves

Trayis just Jooks at (him.

sur

This 16 nice, huh?

Well, what do you think, Tray? You
want to get cleaned up?” Maybe take
a shower or something? I think 111
go into town and get you sone
Clothes. You can use a nev set of
clothes, can't you? What size shoes
do you wear?

(looking at their feet
then looking at Travis)
So where'd’ you get that beard? It's
pretty snazzy.

(pause)

Okay, L'11 Just zip into tom and
zip back. 1'11 be right back, okay?

You'll be okay, won't you, Tras
(pause)
I'LL be right back,

=

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bed for a moment!

to his eyes!

rd in

ES

REV. 10/5/83

za.

REV. 10/5/83

£ 3 TIE) MARATHON MAIN STREET/HARDIARE EEE U

Wale comes driving up the main
street of the Little tom of

Marathon. Most shops are closed,

forever. The only place to buy

clothes Le the hardware store.

Walt locks at the display of cheap P
work clorhes and boots. He sighs,

fang enters the hardware store.

DD MERO NOTE ESSE

eu veta dom the Lonely
Hd denny che meet Ding.
(ints GP mins tan to te
ui

= ARTE NOTE. RER

ze

Walt comes back into the motel room
wich tuo paper bags of new clothes
ande shoe box. But there is no

the room; he even looks
‘The shower is still | HAUT
ie Travis is gone.

(ooking An closer) Damn it.
Walt gets back into the car vith the

bass and drives off, leaving che motel

door open.

2.

Rev. 10/7/83

GR)
; a ==
a RS
iste res sales en via sel

Walt sees hin £
sete out of hás[car, walks fp to the
tracks and just|stands therp in
Travis! way. Travis cones tp to
him and stops

wur

Would you mind telling me where you're
headed? What's out there?

oma Sut

Travis, would you mind telling me why
you want to walk straight out into

the middle of novhere? There's nothing
out there!

(pause)

Don't you trust me or something? I'm
Suse trying to help you out. That's
au.

(pause)

Come on, Trav. Let's get in the car,
che

They move to tHe car on the roat
Travis stays allent.

2.

REV. 10/7/83

(FA D

BARGER SHOP II FORT SOC

TES

ESIAOLISHING SHOT of Fort Stockton
"Bob's Barber Shop" in the

L

Every once in a while their
meet, then| they lock avay from
other. Thpre is muste from a
jette a an aria from

"The Pearlfishere."

D.

TEE) Au RICO MOTEL TOE

TT

(EE)

Seen thjough the windshield of the
rental dar. They are driving into
a little western tom with lote of
sotels fs neon signs. The car

pulls tito the EL RANCHO and
Stops 14 front of che office.

FADE OUT:

2h.

REV: 10/7/83

O DAA ETA

erde 1e Shaved and dressed up in

stiff, nev clothes. There is
sehing ludicrous about the whole
thing. But Travis accepte it all.
ie |just looks at hinsel? in the
mádcor. Walt enters from the
adjoining room.

sur

How does it feel to have fresh
elothes on? Huh?

No answer from Travis.

A a slat

stands up [as Walt moves in the room
to his.

Let se take a look at you.

Let se look at it without your hat for
iw) a second. Just take your hat off for
à second.

Travis senoves hie Hat, and Walt
takes it.

That's it. Turn around. (as Travis
turns) Wait a minute, you've got labels.

Walt takes the labels off the seat of
£a as he hides Travis! old
dusty hat jin the draver.

Okay. Are the shoes all right?
(pause)
Well, look we can alvays get you new stuff
in California when ve get there. I just
thought that for right now it would be good
to have something clean. Do they feel okay?
Travis 18 lotlent.

Okay... Stick your belt on and lei
get Something to eat. I'm starved.

Walt leaves the room, and Travis
pute his belt on and looks at himself
In the mirror.

25.

REV: 10/7/83,

Walk and Travis dre sitting
Frop each other in a booth.
WATIRESS has Jusd brought tt
Zook. Travis stdres at his
he fonte eat.

Teapis stares: at [his plate

Long pause. Mel] eats.

Travis de just slrring chert
starts to ery sifently.

Long pause. Walt doesn't
to handle this sftuation.

à
leir
(plate:

food.

ov how

sur

You're sure you're not hungry?
(pause)

You oughta’ eat something. When was
the last time you had something to eat?

talked to the doctor. At the clinic.
Hs fold met, you'd gotten alt Duo’ wp.
(pause)

You don't have to tell me anything about
Ae. I'm just trying to help you out.

That's all.

Travis, do you remember your son -- Hunter?
Well, he's with us. He's been with ne
and Anne ever since you diesppeared. We
didn't know what else to do 20 we Just
Kept hin with us, He vas Just standing
at the door. Ali he could tell us was
that somebody had brought him there in

a car. He didn't know anything about
‘what had happened to you or Jane. He was
Just very disturbed. We tried everything
ive could to find out where you were.

We tried to locate Jane. She vanished,
too. There wasn't anything else we

could do.

Dann it, man — Travis — 1 don't know
what happened to you-- 1 don't know
“her kind of trouble you got into but--
Tim your brother, you know. You can
talk to me.

CONTINUED)

26.

GoD Gi

€) TO: E

[en]

Travis stays silept.
wur
Tim tired of doing ALL the talking.

Walt gets up £rod the tabi

à

T's gonna go give Anne a call.

Y

2.

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TAI) RENE HOUR SIE TEE RESTAURANT BE UN,
Walt domes out of the restaurant
‘and mfves to a phone booth outside, LH I
ln tht background we can see Travis
sittifs at the table from behind.
When fhe cali is ansvered, it is not
Anne fn the other end, but Hunter.
Te tafes Walt by surprise. mm)
wur
HL, Huntel, it's daddy, À thought you
were in bd already,
OER (

I'm vatet

sur

wur

Your father.

father?
HUNTER (Y,
No.

wur

Not at al
aus (0,
1 renenbe
wur

(aughs)

HUNTER (Y.

T think b

Y

3
in

Ix am visiting here do Texas?

0

Do you remember your

|
Ss
et

was?
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(CONTINUED)
28.

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TO Y aay

Weil, | guess what? I'm bringing him
out there for a visit. Would you Like

‘hen
recost
He's
his e
anythj
anyth}

29.

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REY. 10/8/83

Ta) zu RAGS TEL OO

er

Hy

3
Travis stes lon the Sidor near his
bedl. He vadehes the LY. Screen,
Theke is no program on it, just à

DTS IO

EN

A dark figure of a man, chasing a
woman through a narrow and long,
room. She tries to hide from hin,
but he drags her out of che corner
she de trying to hide in. He beats
her up badly.

These {mages
distorted nightaarish frageents,
neither of the two figures La
Fecognizable. The scene is almost —/
silent; the only sound ds the

desperate crying of a child. )

30.

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RE. 10/8/83

Sal

(EI EE RANCHO HOTEL ROO RER 7

Travis Iboks at these images from
deep down inside him with wide
open eyes. He starts talking in
a votceless, helpless rage, until
he is fihally able to shake his
visions bff. He gets up and valks
to the window, Me pulls the
éurtaind open and looks out.

TRAVIS

Not one of his bones shall be broken.

e
mars" 7.0.p. Tin svimmtog pool
Bitte wieilin the soonltatte
Fe bag fo cighe Behind it.
cesta af perton tn als
SAD
Sas EHEN =

Travis frossing the Rio Grande at
night, ferrying his belongings in
a bundip over his head.

a.

REV. 10/20/83

TO POT RER 0

AE
opens the dofr of the motel
and looks ouf into the bright
jing Light.

O

¡ED
TAREA BET

‘The cal pulls out of che EL RANCHO
HOTEL Jud goes down the street one
block fo the next gas station.

22-33.

‘nev. 10/16/83 >

ED E

TES STATION REAL CAR DAS

PEN
LC

Walt rives into eb gas station
and chts the engine] Travis

Ín che back seat uhhre he
quite] confortable. |He studied che
Sap of Texas.

The gas station ATIÉNDANT movde to
Walt window.

kur

(to attendane) FILL it with unleaded,
please.

BE EBEN al!

You know, I'm getting a little sick of this
silence stuff. You can talk. - I can be
Silent, too, you know. I'd Just as soon
neither one of us said another word the
whole trip 4f you want to know the truth.

© Travis has been enläying the fap.
He shins his finger across the] nap
of Texas and pause} at the tom
of Harto.
mans
Paris.
taf 16 che first ford Travis] has
spoken in Walt's pl Je
Surfs to Look at hi by
She] sound of the
zur
Wat?
avis
Parto.
wur
Paris?
: mas
\ Did you ever go to Parts?
CONTINUED)
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GE

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There 48
sit ther

Travis

a pause while théy boch

Le

NUS

wekles to hinseld, Lost

thoughts.

our of ‘the wind

ce) It's a little out of the way

| X never got to go to Europe. Anne
{ike about it all the tine. She wants
80 because she's from France, you
Imenber. But we never seen to get the
(me because my business keeps me pretty
lsy, you know.

35.

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ER UGS

36-38.

Go]

O CD ER = IATA

Travis Le still in the back seat of
the cay, Walt de driving. Travis
takes due the assessor's map and
the polaroid of the vacant 16t from
Istie bag Walt brought from
(nie. Travis stares at the
Ind then tries to locate
on the map again. Walt is
hin the whole tine through
the redr view mirror.

sur
Wat's that?

mans

Mac?

wur

That that you've got in your hand.

TRAVIS (leans forward)

Oh. Two things.
wur

sar are they?
mans

Une Well, one de um -- What do

cu
pur they call-- "Y forget what they call
Pa ire this one, but this other one da a in
30-3 picture.
We sed the Photo Travia] holds.

sur
(fruscrated wich Travis" slomeis)
A pletare of whac?

runs

© A picture of-~ A picture of Parts,

: (CONTINUED)

29.

0-1

GOT CONAN: Y

seat to falt. Walt laughs because

Travis Ei the polaroid over the
all be spee

‘vacant lot.

Y
Wate hanlis the polaroid back to
Travis.
He Laughl.

O

mur
Paris?

mans

Yes. A picture of a piece of Paris.

sur

Where'd you get a picture of Paris?

Can I see de?
avis

Yes.

sur

This ds it? This is Paris? This looks

just like Texas to me.

TRAVIS
It is
wur

Paris, Texas?

TRAVIS

It's right here on che map.

sur

You mean, there's really a place called

"Paris, Texas?

CONTINUED)

40.

C

>

ED}

Travis
Wale.

“

Inds the picture back to
it studies it closely.

avis
e's right here.
wur

Well, how come you've got a picture of
a vacant lot in Paris, Texas?

TRAVIS
It's mine.
sur

1 know it's yours, but how come you gor
10

TRAVIS

Tue 1-- purchased it. In che mail.
Long tine ago.

wur

You bought a picture of a vacant lot
through the mail?

TRAVIS
No. I bought che land.
sur

‘You bought this lot?
ES

Yes.

sur

Oh, lemme

At again.

8 nothing on it.
(CONTINUED)
EN

GoD

TO

En)

Travis vai
hard at i]
reason vil]

s picture back and stares
‘ae though hoping the
‘cone back to him.

F

TRAVIS

Gaughs) Espey.
wur

Why in the hell would you buy a vacant
lot in Paris, Texas for Christ's sake?

TRAVIS

(crying hard to remember) I uh-- 1

forgot»
wur

(handing polaroid back to Travis)

Here, Tras

aa.

REV. 10/13/83

TSU) EL FASO APORTA CAR PAREN LOT

EN

WIDE

Wale returas[the car to à
rental place| Again Travis
want to get ur.

Po.

vis looks around at che
oft airstrip.

25
doesn't

terminal

jar

(opening Travis!
Let's go.

TRAVIS

door) Come on, Trav.

Where're ue going?

wur

We going to fly to Los Angeles.
not afraid of flying, are you?

TRAVIS

We're leaving the ground?

wur
Yeah.

aus

my?

sur

Because 4e vould
Te would take an
Gant afford the
uns

way?

sur

des Just les

faster. Come on.

Did you ever fly
TRAVIS

A Long tine ago.

You're

take too long to drive.
extra tuo days and 1

tine, Trav.

saster to fly.

‘There's nothing to it.

before

(CONTINUED)

10

a.

ED

REV. 10/13/83

oT

es

Travis looks down and doesn fe budg

SCENE 32 — OMITTED

wur

Well dt only takes a couple of hours.

TRAVIS
A couple of hours?
wur

Right.

43.45.

O

TIA ART

JON CY

The plane comes fo a stop. A small
truck with alunthua stairs on its
bed As acen apprpaching the plana.
The door of the plane opens. Travia
appears and walkh down the acaire.
Halt follova hiel Together they
walk hack to the| terminal.

sur
Travia, ook this de getting
ridiculous. I mean, I don't even
have to watch Hunter this close,
(stops hinself; feels he's anid
tha wrong thing.

zurıs

Are you going to leave me?

sur

Mo. I'm not going to leave you.
zurıs

Lea all right 4£ you leave me.

sur

I'm just trying to get you hack hone,
See Yhar I mean? 1 Just want to ger
you hack and gar you settled and then
you can do whatever you went. 1
don't care what you do after that.
You can go off hy youraelf A£ you
want. I'm responaihle for you now.
Understand? I'm trying to— (stopa
himself again) "Oh, just come on,
will ya". Just stick with me nov,
Okay!” DO you realize how many paople
‘we datained on that plane? You can't
Just go around doing things like
That. This den't the wilderness.
You're Living with people now.

46.

REY. 10/13/83

O E) EL RASO RRQ TERNAL ATS CODES RE GE

wur

(on phone) Well, 1t'11 take a couple
days at least. Look, 1 better 80... |
Non Res 1 gotta go now. I'll

call you later... Okay... No, I love you. |
Yeah, T's fine. Bye.

Indian statue.
Travis and persuades him do leave

CA |

FUL2S | Full
Wom T=CLERL Tavis
Gs) (53

CLOSER.
TRAS

&3

av. 10/11/83

3

135) EI PASO APO CAR REO PARKING LOT

EE, JAPON 65

On the] AVIS parking loc. a
‘the RENTAL CLERK ape followsok
‘who 48 goths from car]
parently sehrching for]
. He sechs to be lob
ertain detalii, a scrat
ik door or a] half-torn
sticker.

NT RSS

SI

|< SNS ™ Y

TAIT RIT

and

king
hat

pesrer

RENTAL CLERK

Cro Walt) Well, sir, I can't understand
‘why you need to rent the very sane cor
you had before. They're all alike.
Every car we have here is a Ford or an

Olde. I's not even sure we can locate
the car you had before.

wur

know. It's ay brother= He uh- Be

left something in the car, and he was
hhoping he coulé search through the car
and-

RENTAL CLERK

Oh, well, I'11 just contact our lost
‘and found department in that case.

mur
No-- We need to find that sane car.
RENAL CLERK

Well, siz, 1 can't do that. There's
no way I can trace that car for you.

ur

Why not? You've got the License plate
‘number there on the form,

RENTAL CLERK
Well, yes, but

sur

Give dt to me, and ve'll find ir.

CO)
48.

REV. 10/11/83

GS

‘The Clerk shows Walt the nusber
on & sheet of paper.

BAL cua
La sorry air.
zur
My nor? We're
sait ame
€ na office vith
ue

T can't allow you in the lot.

already on it.

5 1 Just have to ask you to come back to

(to Travis) Travis.

avis
What?

sur

I don't think we con get the same car.

RENTAL CLERK

I can rent you a model that's Just Like
the one you had before.

ravis

We need the se
we go in another

wur

(to Clerk) Give
will ya, please.

RENTAL CLERK

Sir, I
war

Just give me the
please, please.

RENTAL CLERK

ALL right, sir.

car, Walt. How can

ear?

me the License number,

number!

(corrnwvED)

The number is 667-DIP.

49,

REV, 10/11/83

CNE

3

©

wur

(repeating the nunber) 667-DJP.
(to Travis) Remember that, Trav. 667-DIP.

mans
667-DIP. It's got a bump on the hood.
RENTAL CLERK

Yes, it does, That's the License musber.

TRAVIS

667-DsP.

as.

cu Wen
BIS. TR het Rare MER FEN BUS.
36-3) 34

Ea DES do CR

O GO NÉE ‘hi oir, PEE MES
‘They're th'the same cak again
driving apay from the hérpore
toward thp freeway. Travis is
nou sictähg in front. | Walt is
driving.
avis,
(etaxts a thought And theSptops) 1
renedber now... >
wir
var:
ravis
Why À bought eharCiand.
wur
OR yan? way?

: Hell} because Moan once told
me char was ‘and dpaay First...
were] lovers.
wur
On? Ga Paris, Tefas?
meas
Yeah.
saut
She ia you ol
als
Yes] (pause) 991 figupda that char
48 dhere 1 began.\ Travis Clay
Henderson —- they,hamed mg cher, 1
states out we

N sans
sé 16) You thipk maybe] that's
s here you were copcetved!
. Coran)
50.

REY, 10/12/83

DS
NN

bly right, Travis,

we1r/ that's the [first I've heard
here they ber. Moa) never told

4

las at Watt). Daday baie Joke
dt. N

ES

Oh yégh? What ws de?

ra
He ufed to always introducd\on as the
gicl/he'd met in Paris. Thon he'd wait
a while before he said "Tegas," after
pee thoughpehat he was talking

See
sin ale ai e am T

stops hihself.

AN.

He alvays laughed real hard about that

waza]

1 done remember [any of thht. Guess
A de mge've been i ay pase.

mans

she lover 1octad/ French amp, 1 mean,
A gos JE “gue Ha
O . . who fe thoughe ge PS

=.

REV. 10/12/83

ED EEO 45 GD Ger)

Ta GE

wi
Catedy pause) Teta —

maus
Matt)

wur)

There)s somerhiñg|1 gotta’ th1L you =
T sige as well t411 you nox}

TRAVIS
sue]
wa
von tied thee y fet ¿tone
Poy ed steer yon she just
AR, en
= eg

pidesing a cdnatery.

52.

REV. 10/12/83

FETE UT

have Stopped by an old cenetery
Lies right bes{de an enormous

a small grave with
tone that has only one word
"Nina." He touches the

We see the entife grave yard with
ray in phe bog.
37-10

O

53.

Gr
CERN GE

Rev. 10728783

RENE CS

‘They're driping on a New Mexico
freeway chrfugh che night, silently,
both following cheir om thoughts.
Walt is yawbing.

us
Do you remember Monts very first nene?
wur

Mary.

aus

No, no, I mean before she found Daddy.
wur
Oh. Her maiden nane?
us

‘What was she called?

wur

(can't believe that Travis doesn't
know) You don't remember her meiden
name?

avis,

No.

wur

Te vas Sequine.

mas

0h, Sequine. Spanish.
wur

er father vas.
TRAVIS

Yeah.

EN

Em)

REV. 10/28/83 ©

=

TE II RESTAR SIRENA GE

RENE US

The car
DRIVE Th
a table

A Ware}
the era]
first e
to the

Travis

45 parked An a ASTRO BURGER
restaurant. Travis site at
alone

SS bringe
8 on the table.
ine, Travis cate.
able to join him,

the food and sets
For the
Walt comes

ds.

wur

1 don't believe 4e.
decided to eat, buh?

You finally

Eating and talking. Before you know
At, you'll be back in the land of
the Living, Trav.

mans

You want me to drive?

sur

‘Sure. You think you remember how?
mans

My body renenbers.
while 1 drive.

You could sleep

wur

Okay.
(pause)
They put cheese on this. You can't
trust them. Well I'll just eat the
bread. I hate chees

55

meo
RAS

0-1 ED &>
& Re

Rev. 10/28/83.

DEN 00)
Travis 16 driving (nos as they leave
che fstro-Burger restaurant, vbry
cauthously and self-consciousif.
Walt] vatches him for a vhile.
wur
Hey, Trav. Do you think you out
ready now to tell me where yootere

for the last four years?

mans

Yo.
(after pause)
Not yet.

Walt node. He malles hinsel£ al s

confortable as he

passenger seat an

Travis drives fas re

confidence as the eure.

O

UC

à

Rev. 10/22/83

ae)
HE
A AN
He hat
ren
Dental matty da ct cain
vase ott
CB
vate satan
a
sus
septa
mari
met
ait ovas o join Tei
ws
Pov. Where are we? Travis? Where's the
em Er
wap ne LUISE
Tee Kap Yan

Christ, I can't get even five minutes

of sleep without
you turn off anyway?

mans

fone crisis. where'd

1 don't know. It didn't have a name.

sur

Well, that's great. That's just dandy.
We're out in the middle of the Mojave

Desert in a place that hasn't

mans
1 can find the highway again.

EN

O

y

7
\

u

Rev. 10/22/83
(already shot)

ET os
aD

A

een

ee A

the vast landscape around then. | MS Cu

Travis suddenly starts to tell N
this story.

Tue night yb crossed the Badlends.
1 foad in fhe shelf behind the back
sede of tha Plymouth and stared out
fat|the star). The glass of the

dow vas freezing cold if you
shed ir.

stopped op the prairie at a place
h huge, Rite, plaster dinousaurs
ding ardynd In a circle. There
no town,’ Just these dinousaurs
Light dhining up at then from
ground,

[mother cárried me around in a
‚em Army (blanket hunning a slow
le. 1 ehipe dt vas "Peg a’ my
srt." She hummed it very softly
herselgí” Like her thoughts were
7

‘and the’

Just

se.

Rev. 10/22/83
“4% “(already shot)

EG

o to wats
pas À

Travib curns off
/

\

/

Eos

a raílrosd
tor a train to

sica
as

a dad

the engine]

wur

Trav, I need co talk to you'a 1£relo
bit about Hunter. i

"TRAVIS
Hunter? Is he okey?
wur

Oh, yeah. Sure. He's fine. He's
a great boy.

maus
How od 18 he nov?
wur

ES

eight in January.
maus

He's seven chen.

‚wur
Yeah.

maus

What does that make hin?
ony

1 don't know what you mean.
TRAVIS

Well, what grade does chat make hin in?

5.

med 35 ff ame wos
SIEH

GD

Rev. 10/22/83,
(alfeady shoe)

2) NES: TE

wey

=
wur

On. Second.

zus

Second grade. I can't renenber second
grate. “Can yout

watz,

Yeah, a little bir.
(after pause)

But see, the ching that 1 wanted to
talk to you about 1s — well, he's
Like part of the family nov.” I mean,
Anne and ne are like his parents now.

mans
Anne's your wife?

wur

Jr her, don't you?
mans

No, Does he think you're his father?
wur

Well — Anne told him that you're
coming.

TRAVIS
Well, who does he ehink T ant
wur

1 told his,

TRAVIS

What did you tell hint
wur

E told him chat you're his real father,
but eee — you've been avay so damn long.

60.

o

Ged
TATI 7

Rev, 10/22/83.
© already shit)

Ty

at)

x

\

>

The drain has passed now. Travis
cards the engine and drives on

towadd the highway.

5

IN.

mans

How long was 4t? Do you know?

wur
Yeah.” Four years.

zus

Four years!

wur

Yeah. And see the thing &

sete

Just that I don't know exactiy how
he's going to react to the whole thing.

TRAVIS

s

Is four years a long tine?

wur

Welt,
half

av

Hat
(pause
ES

dt 18 for a Little boy.

his life!
REV. ANGLE

s GAS) Tas

a boy's Life.

e)

a boy.

It's

EN

N
O

(Y

Rev. 10/28/83

TODAS TOA TE MOTERA CHR

ED UN

The desdre landscape

through

the winfehteld of the car; Travis"

eyes in| the rear view mirror. Walt
Still sftting in the passenger seat.

wur (.0.)

(after a pause) Hey, Trav, there's

something want you to know.

You see,

Anne and me can't have any kids of our

mans
How come?

war (V.0.)

Well just -- medically, it didn't vork
out. “And that's why Hunter's been #0

important to us.
ans

okay.

wur (V.0.)

Well 1 just want you to know that so you'll
understand Anne's feelings about hin.

TRAVIS

Okay.

BAL

(GER) MOINE DE

In the middle ol
wavering vith €
very WIDE SHOT.

The car pulls
highway.” Wale
change drivers

ER GE
the day; the air 48
desert mar. À

at the side of the
nd Travis get out to

highway. Desert Joshua €
scattered throughout the fi

drives.

CSS FOTAVE DESERT >

62.

mamo pre pes

TIR

RENONCE

DEAN UE

The ádentice
through the

They're in
Angeles stow,
denser and
watches wich

of freeways
on three oF

shot as Scene 43, seen
Indehield of the car
le rear view mirror:

\e outskirts of Los
‘The tragfic ds getting
re frenzied, Travis
‘anazenent che system
intertwining one another
Four different levels.

TRAVIS. (¥.0.)
You Live here?
wur

Well, we Live kind of in che suburbs, but
Ive got ay business in tom.

TRAVIS (1.02
What's your business?

ALT

Signa. I make billboards, You know —
for advertising.

uns (V.0.)

Oh —— You're the one who makes those, 1
love those. Sone of them are beautiful.

want

I'm not the only one in the world vho
makes then.

ums 0.0)

Oh. 1 think they're beautiful.

wur

Naturaliy.

ANS (V.0.)

Wao are the other ones?

war 6.

I don't know. Some dodo.

O

[ESAS

Er Ee

Acne Leaves Wal
very pren,
juar bou be
‘ives Travis a
Feleages hin
tensa] up.

Sbe atands baci
of hef next mot
abyly|

It and goes to Travis
leting Travis to be
Jared bis. She
[big hug, but then
len ahe feels bin

from bia, uncertain
Travis sale

wur
Honey, 48 everything okay?

ane

Oh aura, We Just missed you a lot.
wur

1 misaad you, too.

AE
Trevie, my God, ve were beginning to
wonder 4 we'd ever sen you again.
T's been so long.

Did you Rave a good trip?
CONTINUED),
UN

SAY

HSA-L

ASA-2.

RUE

u

mans

Te was fine. WALT

(turas to Aunte
side) Hunter.

who stands off to one
lone ovar here.

ae, (
SETE

65.

Rev: 10/22/88

ER

Travis sutles atäunter,
Looka dowm at hyd plate.

Hunter looks upyat Trait
to his plate. °

alrplanea anymore,

Pros

Ob, I don't blane you.

(after pause) You used to fly, didn't

you, Trav
mans

CONTINUED),

66.

av. 10/22/85 7 "°°

a ed C3) Ges
( er en

Travis looks up at her a) the
mention of Jade'a name, ‚then back

BET
a mms

) (after a 1oßg pause) We did.“ But
/ only once.

Jane ant Wath exchange

Y

* NOTE: SCENE 47 AND 48 ARE IN REVERSED ORDER

10/22/63

Ca
EEE

ER

TE

Hunter, alone in his badroom, ts
plefing with his Star Ware and ET.

his room.

68.

Rev. 10/22/85

o)

TT TEINS ROOT ERGOT)

Anne makes lp s bed for Trevis in
the Living foon.

There 1e a Little pile of unde
west end tofels and a toothbrush
On the tsblp near the sofs.

wu.

Honey, he hasn't siept on a bed since
ve startad out. I don't think Leo
really necessery.

Wher

he been steeping then?
wur

Be doesn't sleep.

ane

Well, he has to sleep somewhere.

ww)

wur

Go ahead ££ you want to. I don't
think he'll use St thougd.

Ame

He's gotta! get tired sometime.

ravis Just] comes down the stsire
From the sebond floor.

(to Trevis) There's a tovel for you,
Travis, and sone underuear and socks
from Welt.

mans

| ‘Thank you.
|

Anne pesses hin and gives hin s kiss

‘on both cheeks 14ke French people

Travis 49 rather insecure about this

cerenony. |

The two brothers sre left slone. They

just stand there for s moment. Then EN
lalt follows Anne end Just pats Trevis

Male follows Anne snd just pat En

fon the sbouldere as he penees hin. WALT
D Bverytbing will be okay, Trav.

LTS ESTE A RCE POR

Rev. 10/22/83

À WIDE ESTABLISHING SHOT: The house
‘against che dark sky.

pictures
Miy, Ceramic figurines, and
‘certificate of Walt's.

‘The care on che freeway. Staring at
them seens to recall other images.

0) VISTO AVIS CAR GAGE 750)

À subjective 7.0.7.» acen ehraigh a
Windshield of pick up spuckt The car
Ye driving ar an insane peed on a
Surving country road, swaying from one
las of the toad so the other en af

funk.“ Then, wichout
The cat veers off the rond
And concSndes its suicigal path toward
pro

cut

7.

os

REV. 11/7/83

TD RENE HOUSE BAG PORTE

ENT

ED}

Travis qhakes off the|visions and
goes badk into the hodse.

H4e-
LORRAINE

UD

Matt and Anmf in shee bed. Wale to

asleep but

ne 1s not. She 49
Listening to|Travis, who 18 5

closing the pack porch door, and
hears hin rulmaging around the fanily

2

SE) FA ROO

Travis 48 collectsnl

Hal

CES

Travis
dimer
and is singing as he

GE

everybody's shoes.

a

gathered all the dishes from
ter everyone has gone to bed

‘washes the dishes

Be satleh at the night.

n.

le
CORTE
WDE WE Ta TRAS TRAV

EDED E-3%61-D E

Rad,
pos. ma

MED Mere. 21/2/83 00"
TRAV TRAY

26129

5 HDI HOUSH/BACK FORCE

EET, OME GI)

avis 44 still dieting on the

‘watching the [morning rush
‘traffic on fe frdeway.
tHe shoeb are brightly jpolishe
ld Liner

ve in E near Bow.

Hunter comes out the back door in
his socks looking for his shoes
He sees all the shoes Lined up and
timidly picks up one of his pairs.
Travis sniles at hin. 1c's almost]

Sf Hunter had forgotten his
Father overnight.

FULL
bi
ah ı
CIA

Trapáo miles and fakes bia head.

Tedvis sod yes.

frs

8 his

[hoaë no again.

Iback ind
hie
Tandecı

AE

(picking up her shoes)
chem.

Would you 14
sone breakfast?

Oh, you polished
‘That's very nice of you, Tra

to come in and have

Aren'e you hungry? We're having
steavberry waffles. Do you Like
then?

Do you want some?

Well, there's hot coffee on the stove
AE you want sone.

‘TRAVIS

(pointing to the landscape) Look at
chat truck.

(CONTINUED)
n.

O

4)

LC

51-13) EI: E 1-18)

ne ere “Rav 31/2/83"

BD NME

y]

Wale cones out
get his shoes.

‘Travis smiles.

jn the pordh to

shoed, then picks up one de

Travis picks uy
around to Walt

wait [hands che]

goes/back in €
Travis pues on

a mobent to look at the

lo house.

the boots

Sole of At up to his own shoe,

comparing sizes

Anne cones back out to the back

An a big hurry.

war

Decided to rough st, huh?

Boy, what'd you do, spit-polish these?
You know, I could get you a Job at the
airport doing this.

his boots [and turns

mans

1'11 trado you these new boots for those
old one

sur
Do they Ett yout
zus

Yeah.

wur

Sure, you can wear then.

Ccoxrrvuen)
Be

wets REVS 11/2/83

EN]

ould never rush,

We'll be back this afternoon.
a number at the office is on the
dinlng room table. See you later.

Anne leaves \the porch only to
Feappear a gecond later

X forgot. The maid will coma in half
our. She knows you're here. Her
Bye.

Anne leaveh.” Travis sires at
the remaining Line of shoes anf”
moves the remaining ones over to
Hill the gap. He looks out at the
Landscape land then rushes around the

house to the driveway. mn.

Mees

CAES

DE RON OF wal

ie ELBE."

SRE

EE ONE 37)

end
sd
fa

Ivis cone} around
Front of the
Iter and Anne are
{ily car.

he corner to
fe just as
jetting into the

mans
(co Anne) I was thinking-- maybe 1
could meet Hunter after school 19 out
and we could walk hone together ££ he
wants to.

ANE

That sounds Like a great idea, Travis,
HUNTER

Walk home? 1 don't wanna’ walk hose,
Mom. Nobody walks, Everybody drives.

runs

That's okay.

Now come on, Hunter. Te won't hurt you
to walk home once in your life.

mans
It's okay. I don't want to either.
HUNTER

1 don't wanna" walk, Mon. Everybody"11

mans

1 don'e want to either 4£ he doesn't

ame
No, Travis, I insist. He'll watt for you
out in front. Wale can tell you how
fo get there. It's not far.

(CONTINUED)

LA

Ki

nev, 18/8/83 ""

en ie
am
von —
as
ut get in the car, Banter. Metas late
Ged) »
alas wie gu io de aii of
les mes
Pb "ae tamed oa

the street the other way and Sees
a plane landing.

16.

}

ev. 12/8/83

better 1£ the} vere washed.

They go into Fhe house Joking
and smiling ak each other.

1-78.

» - MD
EAU pare
Be

tery

put

1) (BYR) Gy.
TAU" HOPSE/EAMESY ROOM

TRS Rees.

ev. 11/9/83

ME mA

Travs
in of
decks
the
the
pe

Bouldvard.

vers
Trav
Ent

En,

site 49 front d£ the 7.
of Wale's bathiobes. I
‘ound, Cdraelita jis 1ronink
family's Jaundry, Jalso vatching
fat fravis! 4s watch
kerview dich a winan polishing
IE the brfss stard on Hollyood

ES

fera hd.
Ef

nou and
talk al
18. m

Iehen ca
ut how]

ion.

camel

ama

| into
birel
know
don"
today
of
reali
he ss
Sones
know
alo
There

Fr

frere]

Tyrodeta har
dor!

in [monos

ES

lay.
nat
‘knob eh
wil]

that}

Er

real!

the
Leu po
his Fe
that!
Did ye

his om fnvel

chang
Sewis

Not lig Je

anil
| again

people th

Sehr

Many, people

op
his

ed
MES

aréeies
ajo

st Jesus, but E
-hiogs de a differede Light.

man]

vy

That!
she 1}
(pausl
Senor
be het

TRAVIS

1 don!

(agate
‘Then

Hollywood... (comments in Spanish)
erezy.
)

Travis, how long are you going tó

know, Why?

ara

[if you stay, 1 don't have to do any
Hishes. (They both Laugh)
y

Aron, Senor, Travis? (both laugh
- Travis coments to her in Spanish)
Ae that you speak so much Spanish?

E quite a bir of time in Mexico.

bITa

are you frost

they speak to each other in Spanish.
hey both watch TV again)

(conrnsveD)

1.

Ev. 12/9/83

TE

TA

expe

lelevision
jolishing +

en,
i

(wateiläng che program on TV) Tyrone we
a good actor, lady, but he wasn't Christ.

(Tneyvareh the program a Little longer)

camera

‘Tytonp was a mich better actor than the
Presifiont. Ho was great in Blood and
Sand.| Did you see that? Great flick.
Great] movie!

DEAN

[cartera

(calling from bottom of steps)
[senor Travis, your Jeans are ready.

wıs

11 be right there, Carmelita,
ie 80-81.

2 Ra: Ra UE CA PA SOT ragen zig
HUNTER TRAM TRans PAS

o. OE me

IT GE RAS E EN

Teale wadts for Hunte
crpet rm his school. He sets
Hunker cofe out of acihor.

Hunter sels Fiyi too, but he gets

Terie elpely Walks ayay,

GE CUL DE SAC DON THE STREET PRON WALES HOUSE RER GS

Ie ds getting dark. Thare are already
Lights in most of the houses.” Travis
linbe up eho Liéele hill at the ead Cut

of the dead-end street where Walt

lives. He has the binoculars with
him and watches the houses down the

s+ ha.

iw)
SEA) FLO TROUGH EOI SUTRA ECO, GE

He can eee different family scones

played out in the open windows;
people watching TV, kids being put

to bed, people having argument:

Laughter, babies crying... all the

sounds and voices of people living

their Lives together in hones that
Look more or less alike.

82.

(

meee Rav. MA
12

Ey
37) MALE'S HOUSE]

FREE BOSH Tr NGG)

mae
vores
pes
pion

F- wearner
sitting at the table
aner sa ready, but.
ay 1g when

‘the room

Travis, didn't Hunter come home with you?

mans
Hunter? He's not here?
AE

No. Well, what happened? I thought you
were going to walk hose together.

mans
We were, but he-- he road home in a car.

ARE

(suddenly alarned, worried about Hunter)
What car?

mans

A friend of his 1 guess...

ur

Money, just relax. Just sit dom. Tt
‚gas probably Mes. Eduard:

ae

He's never done that before.

war

Just relax, sit dom. I think T know
where he is. 1'11 go and check. Sit
down. I'll be right back.

ef

REV, 31/2/83.

57

ED ED GD
ST) CONTINUED 1 fe ES

wur
Anne,
Im
ra
TRANS

ES

0.)
EU okay. He's in here.

sally sorry about this, Travis
ve a talk with him later.

Jt easy for hin.

Es

wioe

ED

ses à Reve 1/1/83"

DORE HOUSE EAE

DEE GH

Hunthr 40 esteíng behind the
steeting wheel of an old VW.
parkbd in the back of che garage.
He's] pretending to drive when
Walt|opens the door leading to
the house.

as Wile speaks to hin.

LE
auch nu ten of GED
an se ser of G

wat

(over shoulder to Anne). Anne, it’s okay.

wur
Mac'ze

HUNTER

Driving.

¢
de
nal

ra

HUNTER

Suse drtfing,

wur E r
You're sre you're ndt hiding out in
there, ary you?

HUNTER,
No.
wur

Hunter, ou know Teafis 4s your real
dad, dose you?

Dad, whch will they (cake spaceships
like they make cars

Gers

REVS LB a oo

GS

Hunter gets
go back int

It thinks about 4e,
Ir door.

lout reluftantly.
the howe.

L-

ey

Hunter, I's trying to ask you a question.
Want tó give me an answer?

man |
War

ar

Well, Travis vent to pick you up at
School today and he wanted to walk you
tone.

UNTER

Nobody walks.

jar

‘That's nor the point. He's your real
dad, and he wanted to talk to you.

HUNTER

Why? What about? 1 don't know hin.

mur

Okay, cone on in to dinner now. It's
all ready.

85.

O

O

mode = MOL
Aerie RET

me eve TEs
Travıs

ALTE HOUSE PANTRY ROO

REG

1
mt
ie

ls after diuer. Hubter 19 nos
Ih thea. Ha's the ofly one wii
jotill eating.

wa

Hey/Tav, do you remember that tine me
‘Gane down to visit you all
five years ago?

1 er. He went fishing.
wand
E's right. Well, I took some Super-8

stdéf on that trip, and I put it all
together. 1 thought you might want to

Super-8. You know.

alg mp vta dose ur
(CONTINUED)
86.

PREV A1/1/ 83-6

“a . GE
|
| vain
Te dm a pee age
Be Ee gr
|
sut gran mar cats
EEE,
o
euch,
( Sim
\ r. Help me set up the projector.
tune and l teave © dinner
to ete caler
Das ts fos reife
A

87.

REV, 10/22/83

Tr Tor

100)

58.

OK rota tenis
ANNE

REV. 11/3/83

FD RD DER
nl Kat) | AD

ac as RD ce ame |
ie seca of tan epee
Hunter sneaks peel iris -
AA
BL : Aliada
‘The Him endsp Male Euros off the 7 dea
ie li a ts 5
tai | 54h 16
lolas |
e e 1A
nee qe = eee
Be
a ee
fee ie ee ee ee de

There's a monbnt of silence.

Long paus

Hunter moves ito Walt sitting on the

couch.

just ontles at hin.

for bed with Anne,

Travis junter

leaves

mans
T almost forgot how beautiful she was.

AE

(to Hunter) Tine for bed

‘UNTER

‘Ae, Mon.

(getting up) Come on, don't complain.
Te's past ten.

HUNTER

(to Walt) Goodníght, Dad.
(putting arm around Travis) Goodnight,
Dad.

Walt is uneasy.

89.

598.

REV, 11/7/83

DERE

IO (5)

Ame 16 Indressing Hunter for bed.

Anne doekn't understand.

TRAVIS eltting o
at the photo of

‘HUNTER

Do you think he still loves her?
Ane

How would I know that, Hunter?

HUNTER

T think he does.

How can you tell?
HUNTER

From the way he looked at her.
Ame

You mean when he saw her in the movie?

Yeah.
(pause)

Bue that's not her.

ANNE - What do you mean?

HUNTER

That's only her in the movie... a long
time ago... (a big smile)... in e galaxy
far, far evay.

So RTO,

DE 5%)

Travis has gathered]
from dinner after
gone to bed and is
dishes again.

Jali the dishes
ryone has
rashing the

sn.

u GID

r MSP

Gi) WALES House RUES

Trava|
from
then

has gatherda all the dishes
línner and 14 buey washing
jen he hear] something
änsidh the house. | He turns to
steh for a mosede and then goeı
to Inpestigar

La,

DIES bas
ae

Te)

GO)

Trevid follows Mn through dhe house
withode trying 4p wake him. | Runter
says donething, Just fragsents that
don't |nake any sense.

Be seds Hunter po in he sleep.

=

At the end of his walk, he vinds up
An the bathroom where he crawls into
the batheub and keeps on sleeping.
Travis gets a towel, rolls it up
and places it under Hunter's head
‘and lees hin sleep in the bathtub.

a RYE)

(with long pauses between the Lines)

You don't have to come back... You

can't come in the house anynore.

That's a rule... No more... The back
- Dogs burned

door is all burned,

108

EN

her 0 acc
ANNE
GI Ga->
er nr a ES
| i
a lé ee

grofeing sound LE a pover mover.
Bveky now and then the engine
backfires.

Walk gets up and moves to the
wisfiow to 1004 out.

wur

(curning to speak to Anne) It's
Trace, Anne?

Anse has left the] Foon.

le

cc
Wels took out and des Travis working
on the Lau mover, tying to tune the
engine,
wur
Mey Travis. He don't even have our
Lam yee. WIT you shut that off?
CAD 7

Hors are comingfout to 387 who's
interrupted their morning ale

Telwis doesnlt see che comté
hole caus

en

(calling dom stasruay) Hunter?

are different since Travis’ 9.
wale!

GS

i

Rev. 10/22/83

a

775 OIEA ROOT

TEE)

Travis dnd Carmelita are left alone
left
‘oF school. Travis evitches
lal1 the channels on T.V., then
his attention to a pile of
Me 48 looking for something.

in the
for von)
through
he curnd

magaztodo.

cornet
e!
harmony
absent

suddenly
inte €

louse after everyone hi

‘up. We hear her sing a
long. Travis 4s singing

dediy. He stops when he
realizas that she cane
room and is watching hin.

(along with her, but almost

la is in another room, probably s

camer
What is it you are looking for?
mans

T an looking for the "Father."
meurs

Your father?

avis

Yo. Anybody's. What does a father
look like?

camera
There are many fachere,
aus

just need one.
camera

(referring to magazines) Will you find
‘him in there?

zus
1 don't know where to lock,
caneurre
You want to look like a father?
Ccowrnueo)
92.

73

Co

Axe you a father?
mans

Yea. I guess 20. T have a boy.
Gamzurıa

Where 4s het

uns

(oot wanting to reveal Hunter) He's
in Texas.

camera

Texas. I know Texas. My fether vas
from Texas.

uns
Where?
camera
San Antonio.
mas

on.
camara

o vas very large.
mans

Did you 1äke hia?
PEN

He was a very farce man.

(CONTINUED)

3.

pasito “ARMS 10/22/08:

[CORE FE

TE

Ike up the stairs to
à bedroom, Travis

Tavis
On. 1 don't went to look fíerce.
Camerata

You don't Look fierce.

mans

"nar do 1 look ike?

CARELITA

Like a dog. (she Laughs openty)
zus

À dog.

caneurra

À very and dog. Like a akiany coyote.
Zus

on.

camera =
ou went to look like a smart father?
zus

1 don't know. Maybe.

Camara

You mist put oa à hat then.

uns

on.

camera

Just a moment.

sa.

O

Rev. 10/22/83

Gai
ERA) HATS HOUSE MILES BEDROOM

I)

Carmelách puts one of Walt's hats
on Travib" head.

She takds hin over tó a mirror.
Travis dooks at himself seriously.
He aájudes the ba

camera

There. You look very much smartet now.
You want to see?

mars

Yes.

commer
Do you fee marc?

TRAVIS,

1 foal a Litele bit smarter.
Camera

Do you want to be a rich father?
ET

Yo.

CameLIrA

A poor father?

mans

No. Tn between.

Gamer

There 4e no in-between. You have to

ther be a rich father or a poor
father.

uns
Rich.
consort
‘Bueno. Just a moment. You watt,
(Comm)
ss.

u

REV: 10/22/83

EN

She goea

Travis 10

se ere om of Watt's
wget hack and pute At

Be looks st hinsalé
Ihe mirror with the vest
fie likes whst he set

Yow, one thing you must do to he a
rich father is alweya to look at the
sky and never at che ground.

Ike up.

Higher

Ike higher.

‘That's good. Never look at the ground.
And you must welk very stiff.

avis
see
camœures

Yes. You mat walk stiff. You try it.

“Travis sthete walking stiffly around

tha house]
followed
gives hin]

in Walt's hat, and vest
blosely hy Carsalita who
Instructions,

CARMELITA

Look up! Look up! Walk very stiff.
Bueno.

96.

T GS

a pl, MED SP
que, rd Minis ae oped Teg EO

ER

range
‘and Walt's
‘clothes. Be ty
rsafeulous.

Hunter gets obt of school, togerhel
wich a friend, EDRARI. Ho ae
Trade the atroce
von Help but
Laugh at the kostune Travis has on]

| se La the guy? You tow nat
|

| (ith some esbarranseent) Yeah. M
| LÉ DS ta are nier D.

=” both fathera, Mo... Oh, forget
m

oth vhote father?

LE

wy later.

TE

| How can you have tuo fathers?

14 |
Békurd walks away 54
‘and Hunter walls opp:
Trevis, tone Bi
they move dowh the street
Travis walks dom the other, walkihg
stiffly like Cermelite taught him
They take quick glances adrons ti

straet at each other but demain -
their respective En a
y TEA) STREET LEADING TO RENE HOUSE TER

Biuond-oplite-offvhen-choy-tareconto
—the-street-whers-HumeerHives, Hunter
and Travis walk on, both srill on
A different sides of the road. 97.

O

)

Bev. 11/10/85

E TALES HOUSETERATA ROH

HEIN CS

Travid site in a chatr in the
family room going through an old
family photo album, He stares at
a picture of his father. Another
shows [Travis and Walt vhen they
were young.

Hunted lays on the floor doing his
honewdek, He gete up and noves next
fo Tedvis, getting curious about
the piloto

HUNTER

What are those pictures?

RAYAS.

(points to photo)

‘That's my father.

And this was me vhen I was about the

sane age as you.
HUNTER,

(looking at photo)
TRAVIS
[can't remember.

HUNTER

That's your Dad’

mans

How old were you?

Six oF seven, T gues

Yes. And your grandfather.

HUNTER

Wat vas bis nase?
zus

Travis.

‘HUNTER

Same as yours

(pause)
here is he now?

CCONTINUED)
9.

AER. 11/29/83

5

QO (ES) CONTINUED] 1

mans

He died a few years after that picture.
In that car.

HUNTER

ob.

dead.
Tavis

Yeah.

sure

dead?

Can you feel that he"
TRAVIS
Whar do you mean?

HUNTER,

You knew hin when he was valking around
and talking? Right?

us
ves.

‘HUNTER

So can you feel that be's gone?
maus

Yeah. 1 know he's dead.
HUNTER

1 never felt like you were dead.
1 could feel you walking around and
talking someplace,
uns
On yeah.
ame
1 can feel Yom, t00.

Cornu)

9.

© eS 11/10/88

ts. >65
aS on
Got) Cord
T66)| WALT'S HOUSETERCK PORCH. EXT. /NIGHT (65)
reos setos ds tp rue staring
ho

100.

y
ja

Rev. 11/2/83

CE RARE RODEADO

ECO)

Half and Anne are lying in

bed) in El

Anne 42
something
and moves

ná gots
lo the window.

IE of bed

7

Well

jed between us so fast.

at then?

jou. Tt just seems like everything

Ever since

Of va? will happen to us Sf we lose

Hunter)
wur

etre

E going to lose Hunter.

do you keep pushing them together?
Imost as if you wanted him to leave.

CCONTENUED)

102.

an sp paths e RE 7 PB 0

CONTINUED Y G

HunteQ You know what I'm talking about.
You kedp promotíng this father-son
busingés between then to the point where--

war

It's hot business! Travis de his father,
ané-Hlnter ds his son, That's a fact.
We've| both know that all along. And
Teavip happens to be my brother!

au
Y knoWhe ds. I know he se!

sur
‘Then hat's all this "promoting" bullshit?
How 1ng do you want to go on pretending
that fe're the parents of ay brother's
son? | How long do you think Hunter's
iw) soing|to buy that crap?

ANE
1 vas Gever pretending! I love hin just
Like KQ vas by om flesh and blood.
wur

So aolt.

Long paush. Anne Looks dom arjá
chinks.

Wate. (What's going to happen to us?

Nochidg, honey. Everything's gonna be
fine. | Everything will work out for the
best.

TAY TAR. TAGE TTA)

Hunter £s An hi} bed, his eyes open.
Ke are not sure| 4£ he has overheard
their conversatkon.

102

REV. 11/4/83

TE

Tr

Anne had gotten dressed and moves
softly fom the steps to go find
Travis. | She wants to speak to
him.

Walt ielerill asleep in these
bed and] doesn't notice her leave.

iw)
C

1024.

senate AI

FER CN

Anne
and st

Anne

Erenkhess

ste]
what

comes oft on the bdek porch
te down] with Travis,

laughs a little, anazed by bis

There's a pause as che
‘around for a way to begin,
he has to aay.

An
You don't sleep much, do you?

TRAVIS

Very little, I hate to sleep: ©
me E

‘Why's that?

TRAVIS,

Tie afraid I might die, And I'd mie

Travis, there is something I have to tell
you. X was not going to, because somehow
it makes things easier that nobody knows.
I never even told Walt or Hunter.

mans

Whar de ie?

After Hunter came to live with us, Jane
used to call, asking about hin. She was
very concerned for Me, And very
confused. She made me promise not to
tell anyone she was calling. IF Walt
ansvered the phone, she'd hang up.

TRAVIS
Then... Walt doesn't know about ie?

ARE

(CONTINUED)
103.

(ch) CONTI

T

TEER)

TRAVIS
Did she ask about me?
ARE

Yeah... at the beginning,
TRAVIS |

Were 41d she cell from?
ame

Places in Texas.

aus

What places?

ane

Please, Travis. Let me finish. (she
carefully chooses her words) After
‘what happened between you and Jane, she
decided Hunter should be vith us. She
couldn't be a mother to hin

(suddenly angry) She stopped being a
mother a long time before that.

au

(steadily) Travis, I don't know about
that. ALL she told me was she knew how
much we cared for him, knew how we wanted
a child but couldn't make one. She knew
1 loved his.

as
She took my son and then gave hin auay.
(conse)
104,

=== a

REV. iss

Travis st
hin. He
certain
pain. shoe
pau

8 cold.
Tenende:
lat he res
la ham int

e pue 4

kaop shafing his

together.
lead in

AE

Travis, please. I'm just trying to
explain. I don't want to feel I'm hiding
something from you anymore.

TRAVIS

the one who's biding.

What do you expect? You beat her up.
And haven't you been hiding, too?

mans

(softly, almost to himself) Yeah. She
was so young. She wanted something and
T'eoulan'e figure out what it Has. But
whatever it was, I stopped being able

to give At to her. She quit believing
in me. She didn't believe in me anymore.

I just couldn't stand to sea her moving
away from me. I wouldn't see it, but
then 1 saw it.

(pause)

T'started getting crazier every day. 1
couldn't stand ir when she vasn't looking
at me, even if she vas reading a
magazine. If she went into another room,
T thought she was leaving me. I'd get up
fend follow her. If she wont to sleep
before me, I'd vake-her up. I even

got so drunk one tine that I took ay
dele and tied our wrists together so she
couldn’ leave se.

(pause)

She had to leave mo.

CCONTENUED)
105.

«

REV AAT (83-032 cp

Cay Sri;

TS

He just sti

lees for a

Travis cure to ets

Anne. Bot}
saying not}

stand ti
ang

1 just never reslized how much rage I had.

A Little more than a year ago, she
Stopped calling, I haven't heard from f
ber since.

TRAVIS
Nothing?

am

Not a word. But the last call, she asked
me to open a bank account for Hunter.

TRAVIS
A bank account?

ane

Yeah. And on the ffch of every month
she vires money to that account...
sometimes a hundred dollars, sonerines
fifty, or five. For Hunter's future.

T had che bank trace the wire. It cones
from a bank in Houston.

TRAVIS

What bank?

AE

I wrote it dom 4£ you vant it. ALL
1 know about Jane now 12 she goes to
£b£e bank on the fifch of each month and
wires money for Hunter.

CONTINUED),
106.

at the féty, ther be

Hunter Lies 41
noises £a the!

)

in the back y

Jacket 4nd drapes
lboulderd. Travis

on both cheeks.

a moment looking
turns, takes

the bingeulare and leaves the back

ub D
COSA

bed avako, “He hears
[back yard and noves to
ndow.

Icing in
a

Tanıs

(ko himself) She still sends him money.
She still sends hin money.

(after pause, to Anne)

Do you think’ she'd like to see me again?

ae
1 don'i know realty.
mins

Watt the date today!
ae

The first of November.

aus
Thank you, Anne.
ane

Goodnight, Travis
TRAVIS,

Goodnight

Ind Travis talking together

4

Roy, «12/9483

OBTEN

Travis

Gad

ks áloné down the Boulevard.

REC

TB TRIS" WALK: FREENET OVERPASS

ET

TE

ke on a freeway overpass
‘avn rises. In the

on the bridge, yelling

he traffic is à SCREAMING

ng about man's salvation.

As Travis draus nearer, the screaning
man notdees him and turns to address
hinsel£ leo Travis. Travis listens a
moment Hue doesn't know quite what
to think. He cautiously passes hin
on the Uridge, the screaming man
yelling|to his back until he
Gisappedre around the corner at the
end of the bridge.

(GEB) TRAVIS HAIR: RATEROGD TRACES

ai

Ca

Travis walks along the railroad
tracks on San Fernando Road.

La:

TD vision: IES FRE

Very, very CLOSE, a young women's
face. Jane. It appears out of
darknesd and gains shape, then
éisappedrs again, as if Travis
wasn't dble to hold ir.

107.

dé

a

Bon net ad eased REV 12/5/897 °

A Nsllboar.
Erdeuay >

TO) BILLEOARD ON NARENGS STREET Eero CS

‘4 high above a 12-1ane
‘Two of Walt's men are

Jude changing a billboard. Halt is

Travis slo
feele very

above the ground.

Wale cries
thinking.

hem instzucetons.
1e high plhtform.

le his brofher.

wur

So you're not afraid to leave the ground
after all, huh?

jy walkel toward hth. He
insecure on che platform
mans

No. (Looking down at the street below)
I's afraid of falling.

wur
Well, don't Look dom.
.: over the freeway

There 18 In endless

ar as the bye can

TRAVIS

Too bad we can't see like this uhen
| we're on the ground.

wur
What do you mean?
mas

Might clear things up.

Lo folloh Travis’ Jane of
| | wur
1 guess you're pretty confused right now.
Y Me all are, you know.
Y Cornu)

108.

à

“Di

No answer [from Travis.

Travis st
48 a long

Another pi
again.

411 offers
¡pass
use. Wale!

answer. | There

finally speaks

TRAVIS

cially Hunter.

sur

(after pause) You know, I had a talk
with Anne last night about Hunter.

avis

Yeah.

sur

Yeah... and she's pretty upset.
zus

What's the matter?

sur

She's afraid you might vant him back.

I told her 1 didn't really know how
you felt about that.

1 think 4f that happened, it might
break her heart.

You remember what I told you about us
mot having kids. That's me. I can't
have kids. Anne can =~ but it would
have to be another man. What I'm trying
to say 48 that Hunter is our only chance.
He's the closest we're going to get

to a son of our om and-- We've Just
grown very attached to hin in the last
four years.

(CONTINUED)
109.

on ae Boe REV. 11/5/83

1 know, I'm going to leave.

avis,
T's leaving. 7
wur

Tm not saying this in order to get

you to leave. I's not trying to set

Hid of you, Travis,

avis,

1 know that, Walt.

sur

‘Then vhy go? That's not going to solve
anything.

Ravi

T'm going to find Jane. I think I
mov where she i

Walt stopp hin all p£ the su

wur

How do you know that? Travis, dc"
been four years. She's vanished. I
mean, I've tried everything to hunt
her down.

maus

Well I haven't. And I can find her.
wur

What makes you so sure?

(CONTINUED)

10.

E Rev. 11/5/88

3

RDC
oo ud =.
| TRAVIS

| Y can do it, I just know. Can we go
dom now?

Travis is darting to| be bothered by
the height |

wur

(pause)
You're going to tell me vhat happened!
Tin tired of this mystery shit! I've
been treating you like a spoiled baby
ever since I picked you up in the
fucking desert! Nov you tell me vhat
happened between you and Jane!

E
|

| |
there ds a pause, Travis doesn't

ALL right... It's none of ay business.
ong pause)
Tin sorry, Travis

=

1 jus
j mans.

Tete all right.
wur
1 just want to help you. That's all.

TRAVIS

ALL right. 1/21 get it for you.
mas

You know you'll get St back.

saut

I'm not worried about that.

Com)
y Vv a.

> REV. AS /8 A N

To SRE [ei

mars

Tim going to find ha

Travis climbs dow! che ladder, 1eav
Walt alone in his thoughts. te
gathers his jacket and binocular

and starte off across the field.

oO

LC

12-123.

» » ar « te

the fake.

HUNTER

Ta that your car?

mans á
Yeah.
wren
o toute crazy.
E He rung 149
thee
Fais
Fes

Bunter
the El Ranchero over.
past Travis, kicking the tires.

la one-person owner.

u.

PRES ‘ DOS ar

TE TT Ty

ine.

Hey look, I'N-Afagry, and I gotta get
something to eaf. Let's go for lunch.

How about are?
TRAVIS

Okay. But what] about school? Won't |;
they flip out?

© Okay, let's go
"They [both get in the car and drive

pá

us.

©

CIS ES ERT — OES,

EE 072)

“Travis and Hunter stretch out in
the back of the truck eating
hasburgers and french cheese.
‘They're parked under a giant freevey
overpass, the cars huaming above
thea.

(te: éhoëse) Not bed’ stuff.
‘HUNTER

‘Anne pute 4€ in lunch every day;
(pro French) La Vache Qui Rit.
Seumy.

TRAVIS

(bad French) Lay Vass Quee?? Hat?

HUNTER

Bererit. Reem, Rurerrie.
runs
Yen. Nor bad.

HUNTER A

Where did you go all that tine?
TRAVIS
Mexico.

HUNTER

How cone?
TRAVIS

(after a long pause) 1 didn't know

where else to go.

‘HUNTER |

But why did you have to go away?
CONTINUED),

ns.

a

TY

Ta

Travis chinks. He looks at Hunter.

TRAVIS

(pause) I vas very, very sad. 1
wanted to be alone.

Has Mom sad, too; she wanted to be
alone?

‘TRAVIS.

Yes

Bts

You still want to be alone?

TRAVIS,

No.

mm

Were! Mon go?

TRAVIS,

1 don't know, but now she's in Houston,

UNTER

(exeited) That's where the Space
Center is.

TRAVIS

That's what I wanted to tell you; I'm,
going avay now.

UNTER

way?

TRAVIS

Tim going to find her.
<cowrmurn)

ur.

az

There's a pause

There's a long pause while Hunter
thinks about ie.

a

sum

What about me? You just found me. Can
T come wich you?

TRAVIS

What about Walt and Anne? They'll f1ip

HUNTER
You mean we'd never cone back here?
TRAVIS

Yoh, but I'm not sure when.

1 want ed como.
TRAVIS
You're sure?

HUNTER

Yes, I vant to find her, too. When
do ve go?

TRAVIS
Right now.
HUNTER

“(exetted) Radical!

SCENES 73, 74, 75, 76 HAVE BEEN OMITTED

E

ar

FT)

Rev. 12/7/83

They’
appre
ik

CRUE ANS

"fee driving on the freevay,
‘hing San Bernardino. Hunter

king at a roadnap, reading

of toms off the map like a

chang.

Trev
bel

ls shalios his head. Hunter can't
est.

UNTER

EEE OL NON 7)

Cucamunga, Azusa, Dusrte, Pomona, La

Verne, San Dinas, Padua Hille, Me. Baldy
Where will ve be tomorrow? Ñ
mans

In Arizona. Gila Bend. Maybe even
Tucson.

HUNTER

(looks at the map) Wow! That's where

the space shuttle landed.

You don't know what the space shuttle Se?

You really don't know vhat a space shuttle 48?

maus

No. Honest.

UNER,

You didn't hear about that in Mexico?

mars
No.
HUNTER

A space
‘ship.

dom.

shuttle is like
Te goes up to a

(CONTINUED)

ce to che space
station, repaire At and then comes back

126.

7

Tavis
Would you Like to go up in space?
HUNTER

Yeah. But they don't make them for
kids yet.

RAVI =
hae?
‘HUNTER

The spaceships. My Dad, my other Dad,
Says that they'll make them when I'm
older... like cars,

mans
T'1 be darned.
‘HUNTER

TILL be hot.

ur.

Fu.2S MS

281

O TE TRICK STOP

ESTO

Teig getting de
Front of a coffe
pulls out a di
Bunter.

Ante to a

}
E
y

They stop in
shop. Travis
‘and hands de to

phone booth.

Es

(taking dime) What's this fort f
zur

Do you know how to make a collect call?

You dial the operator and when she cones

on, you

1 know how to make a collect call.

Good, You should call Walt and Anne.

E

Wy?
avis

Because So they know where you are.
So they don't worry about you.
ue

What on T going to say to then?
mans

You Just tell then the truth. Tell
them you're with me, and we're on our
way to Texas,

They're going to flip out.
avis
Go ahead.
Cornu)
ue.

o

12/4/83.

TRY a 1 wy
Hutter and Travis get out of the car
and valk over tp the phone booth.
Hupter stops before he enters and
cubas to Travis
HUNTER
can't you do it?
- Tavis
“Mo. Lcante do it.
HUNTER
Why not?
mans
Te has to be you.
Huhter entere the booth reluctantly.
Tehvis walks away a little bit and
ásficovers two gLant figures of
Sthosaurs standing behind the
pabking lot as fourist attractions .
Her in the phane Poot, Wale
were and accepts [the call from
Hunters
sur
Hello.
HUNTER
Hi, dad.
war
(into phone) Hunter, where in the hell

>

are you? Do you know what tine it 18?
Live been looking for you everywhere.

HUNTER
We've got a radical car. It's a real
family car.

(CONTINUED)

19.

igre bes te tates REV 4/88

DO

sur

Hunter, now you Listen to me. where
are you exactly? You tell me exactly
Where you are.

Near San Bernardino.
ur

San Bernardino? Hunter, vat're you
doing way out there?

(interrupting Walt, taking the phone
from his hand) Let me talk to him.

Hunter 16 getting very neWvous,
‘sensing the emotion of thé situation
for the first time. He doesn't quite

© know how to handle ie.

130.

TRES wom ie

TF ETH)

Walt passes the phone to 2

AE

Hunter? Are you all right?
UNTER

Yeah.

‘What're you doing?

Wich Travis?
TER

Yeah. We're having a gre:
got this car—

ame

Where are you going?
HUNTER

We're on our way to Texas.
Ame

You tell me exactly where you are, Hunter.
Tell me exactly where you are.

HUNTER,

We're in a gas station,
AE

What's the name of it?

HUNTER

Chevron.
(Cornu)
ase

‘weve 3127/47/83 ©

7)

AE

Oh, my God. Well, what route are you
taking?

HUNTER

1 don't know. But we're going through
some great tows.
AE

Like what?
HireR

Yuna. Gila Bend, Tucson.
AME

Across the desert?

HUNTER
Yeah. I's gonna be great.
ame

Hunter, you tell Travis to turn around
and cone back here right now. He has
no right to do this. Do you understand
met Let ne talk to hin... Let me talk
fo hin.

192-133.

a: 10/24/83

ERREUR)

Bud

isp
E

the dinosaurs.

Travis and Hunter fu

er hanga up softly,

i

phone bootb and
walked avay a

ee en
ies
SO a

Landscape.

Mon, I gotta". go no.

36.

“ner. 10/45/83

Dr EE

DN (0)

Wate and
Freeway

lamne are ractng dom the
In the middle of che night.

Beta not in his right mind, Walt. I donte
care 1£ he 4s your brother, There's
Something wrong wich a man wo y
disappeats wich a seven-year-old Dar.

war
He told me he was going.
ae

But not with Hunter! He's not entitled
to juat run off with hin like chat. Be
kaew 1t was wrong; otherwise he would
hava talked to us about it

sur
You can't blame hin for taking hia om aon!
AE

Teant I can blame him. If he wanted
him ao bad, why didn't he show up four
years ago!” Why didn't he at least aend

Ma a postcard? He abendoned Hunter!
That'e what he did.

sur
He didn't know what he was doing.

An

And he still doesn't. He's out there
wandering around with a child that ve
raised. He's dangerous.

sur

Don't be crazy.
ae
We'll never find then,
wur

We can track then. We know their route
and the car they're driving.
18.

LA

SCENE, 81 =: OMITTED.

(COREE)

D re NS

CAEN

RE

Hunter ts lying 4]

3

mans

You're not sorry you came, are yc

UNTER
(pause) No.
mans

You can go back to then any tine you
want, You just tell me, all right?

HUNTER,

1 don't want to go back.
zavıs

1 know. But Just in case you change
your mind.

HUNTER

r

so used to calling her "non."

TRAVIS

She sounded so sad.

What do you think Mom will look Like
now?

(CONTINUED)
136.

Reve 12/7/8342.

2) EG» GD
a T ren
DE
3 Y don't know, Do you remember best
mua
D dues ten electa
en
Gehen)” oh yet for Yeahs 2
2: econ gar
uns
Wer hate?
She's very Desststul
soe
1 rime hat,
mes gota nee tue tés
mates Sa az
DER er
donne ue de we ara tue
mate es fal aon ena ve
wi

Travid turns of

into

Ito go to
Ihe bachr«

the Light and unter
ep as Travis |noves

avis
(shakes his head) You keep that.

137.

(RD

Rev: 12/7/83

(5) SAN RONDE

ESE

The Rancherd is the only car in the
parking lot outside the motel.

The San Bernardino freevay looms in
in the background. Travis and
Hunter come out of the hotel zoom
and get in fhe Ranchero to resume

shes jure

‘SCENES 84 AND 85 OMITTED

138.-143.

O

TES NRC = TRE TO TONTO

ES

Travis and Hunter drive straight
through, from Arizona to Houston.
They only stop for gas and food.
This should be told in Little
vignettes only. The size of this
montage and the complexity will
totally depend on how much time
we have.

Teavis has à deadline to sect.” Re
has to be in Houston on the morning
of the fifth, and when they leave,
it is already midday on the third,

3) Hunter sleeps on Travis!
der, exhausted.

NOTE TO EDITOR: MORE SHOTS THAN THIS
WERE DONE, BUT NO SCRIPT NOTES WERE
GIVEN TO fe —- CHECK WITH WIM,

10,

Hr ae ED,

Travis and RÜRESF deive into Houston
as the sun ri

us.

©

D

(88) [HOUSTON DRIVE-IN BANESTIE, RANCHO EIA

The ftret ight of day, Travis
drivgs along looking fron the

addrdss on his paper up at the

las] skyscrapers. Then he realizes
that [the address matches che Drive-In
Bank Jon chat street. Tt's a huge
set-lp: 15 lanes with banking booths
at tile front of each.

Traÿs drives aroind the block to

lat all the lanes. He's exhausted
srve-vracked from the non-stop
ariv{ag.

Finally, he pulls to a stop and Hunter
sete out of the Ranchero taking one
Of tHe Walkte-Talkies with hin. He
uns jp the entrance a fev feet then
turnd around to Travis.

HUNTER

(into Walkte-Talkie) Dad, can you read
mer Over.

ans
(into Halkte-Talkte) Loud and Clear.
‘Trevis antles and waves at Hunter,

then firives off around the corner
to pabiron the other side of the bank

‚ing the Ranchero; into Halkte-Talkie)
unter in position one. Over.

raus

Travis in position Emo. We got it
covered.

Yeah. I told you these weren't toys,
Dad.

CONTINUED)
146.

where early mort
Bégun. After al
the photo of Travis, À
from his pocket] to Look at it.
he pues it bacl

les to wait,

le out
aself and Jane
Then
in his pocket and

The first customers of the morning
have already bagun to arrive,

TRAVIS

Ten-four. Over and out.

un.

Hutter 49 sound asleep on the wall
he|vas sitting on earlier, the

RE EA

has finally reached his eye
he slowly wakes up. As he

alle m, ie Lacks wer m seee | coe
Sap

Trfvis de still across the parking
‘Then he Looky
sellers.

de at the window in a enall red
te, Just completing her
action. She pulls forward in
to leave and stops for the car
da feo of her

Bad

Hair ota dsc a he and
rechpnition suddenly hits hin. He
Feaghes quickly into Ms pocket for
The picture of his mother to conpare|

ch her Leave, as though not
Suddenly, he

Jerks avake in a panic, the
lkie beeper piercing his slbep.

For[a moment, he doesn't understand

what che fuck or what. He sits up,

Looking for Hunter.

CO

= Dad,

gan Jou hear me? Can you hear mi? She's

Leaving the

(conrnwveD)

Shee over here
She eaving she bank, dad, we up

as.

EN

Travis enabe
Tunning on the
Travis starts,

SHE

af Se Hs cee

19.

EUR ©

revette afoots up of
The Ranchero follofs,
sare behinf. Travie| Jockey
, but can't get clÿse enough
vette to] be sure i's Jand.

| | e | ED Bp:

ACI

‘Travis ig twlsting around, trying &
see the dar.
Hl |

was her, Hundpr? Did
Ihe picture?

Prettifr than the picture,

That vay your fon.
(pauseY Therefs ten thousand cars here,
! Hunters) How afe we going tovfind her?

| Mich qhe da af

Go faster dad, Go faster.

What ebb... uhhe color was S37 The car
righ

Yeah, À 1itelóred chevy.

uns ?

Do you pea anything? I don'É know what
ve Like funcer, You 1 have to

herp aby Can fou sect Do ypu see

« 2

150.

_ > NN Gud

(I

[OS FREENARTRE RNC

ERE. [oY E)

In the mix
second red
Ranchero.

Adentical.
and change:

lot freewah era
¡Chevette fete al
[The tuo Chevert
As the thaffie jenifte
|. the Ranthero goto
ich 48 whkeh.

D

[31

DEIA O

Travis mos

the two cats ahead, Poth of then

driven by
to each ott

They come
‘one Chever:
fork and ox
fork.

Travis pur:
turned off

els that| look similar
r. He ghts junpier.

de takide the right
is takidg the left.

back anf forth between!

a fork In the freeway,|

penne T

‘TRAVIS

Wait a mfqute, noy there's two cars.
Which onejis it?

UTE:

Take che] Left! the left!
TRAVIS
You sur

Eur

Yeah.
TRAVIS,
Otay. Yebtze surk this is the one now?
Amer
Yeah.

(comm). .

NA 252.

Pa

QO

O

E E x ga. D ED GDED

Koma

BB:

CE)

% Did sheQeee you?

o 2 ead eat bon ee.

TRAVIS

Eur:

‘TRAVIS. .
Her hai? is blonde, huh?
sure

Let's fo close in wave.

No, no,
We migly scare her ahd she'd
something. | Okay?

Okay, F guess so.

LI hope You're right, Hunter,

wait agdther whole ka

You'11 Be what?

CS)

have

Yeah, ue I don't enipk she recognized ne.
Maybe fhe qua a Lacie bit, "cause she

ue don't vank to get too close.

If were

1524,

follow{ag the wrong tar, we'll have to

DIKCER

2D Gm TAO) _

ET

aoa
O

An anbulanı
ae siren Al

SINS

fe on the fHeevay bloys
‘the distatee,

pS

Io

NX,

Raves

a,

ave ve
HUNTER

TRAVIS

tete af

well wi

1 gues}

TH bp etghe 7

etting a,

ambulancs

ets gore

wonder vhel

= going

know where,

re going

Acker?

Hunt
she's going?

o work.

he works?

Jo find out, I guess.

1528.

a

Got

EE

©

TON

IT ART STREETS

The Ragchero traile the Chevette on

the rol
Arthur!
Fanti

jshly vacant streets of Port
The Chevette drives fast,
ir with the streets. Travis

butlding. It's empty. | The Ranchero
parks behind ir.

a

153.

Dib er
Kam)

GOT ALLEY Sr. 0)
Travis jumps out, looks around, Hunter

bebidas, Hand Funcer eranine |

or GE iP

1's locked, Say débris sol

aroudd inside: |ohoes, T-shirt, red

Yinyl hor-pante

Be naves to Hunter who's standing on
the Hack of the car.

Hunts
Lean

clímbs in the truck and Travis
on the door to talk to hin.

Travíb goes to the door and enters
the besiding.

HUNTER

car. Do you think de

xa a bist
ES

mans

Could be.

Come on, let's get in the truck and
T'12 cell you ay plan.

TRAVIS
Tell you what I'm going to do. 1'11
be as quick as I can. I'm gonna

go inside and see if she's there.
Stay in the car, roll up the windows
and lock the docrs. If anybody cones
and talks to you, tell then your Dad's
inside and I'll be right back out.
Okay.

HUNTER

Okay.
TRAVIS
You all right?

HUNTER

Yeah.

154-155.

[ON RENTE CUA A TORE Tar oF)

avid pués up narrow state and Finds
hinsell coming into the hack of à!
Kitchen. The place Se stainless-steel,
Suns untouched Jake something from a
tine capscie of the "506. An OLD MAN
a ae the other end of the kitchen
isting ar a dost

Travid doesn't notice the Old Man at
first, then sees him and crosses the
Kicchän.

24d a young blonde
woman just go through here a couple
of minutes ago?

gun man

Oh, they come and they go... all the

tine.

TRAVIS
What sort of a place de this?
OLD man

I used to run this place, you know.
Ie vas nice, You know, Curry vas à
good cop. They had everything here
hen he ves chief, When they changed
| police chiefs, that's when it all
| Started to go to hell in a basket.
. Values changed, and we didn't know
vhich way vas hich. We didn't know
what to do, But we stuck de out.
| We Just stuck it ou. We stuck it

i ED out.
The 019 Man talking. Travis

moves ‘out of the kitchen as the Old Man
continues talkihg to his hack. Travis
moves up a ‘stairway leading to

the upstairs

Y

156.

GD

152) KSTHOLE CNE

“at the sane

finding her, when he hears an

Lunch gets up to Leave
fn full costume. (2 D

around the room and
girls in the bar, a
smaller room off the lounge. pate

Jen and tur:

er wen, use Date

| @®

5 LEAVING,

CCONTENUED)

157.

1

Marra Dt

Str, you're in the wrong place,
(stepping toward Travis) “It's too
early, all the girls are downstairs.

Travif backs up, looking for a vay
pack, Tooking

a

4 through a side

RS UES

pasts 5 Pov

enter thd room that Travis entered.

1574.

Gael

TR KEYHOLE CLUB/ALTEY, ERT, BAY CE

Trapis has been gone a few
minktes when Hunter decides to
explore the alley a little. He
walks down the alley looking

over the neighborhood and passing
the| time. x

He comes to one OP-Fhe many
buildings that have| murals painted
on them and stops th-look.

Someone has painted] a dirty

word, "Pussy," in phint on the *
mural. He pauses tb look then
heads back for the Ranchero.

1578.

EAE NBC

Trafis has stepped into the middie of
a Afrge, bluish dark ballroom. There
are| evo rove of black velvet draped
booths ser up in che room, twelve against
one|wall and evelve against the opposite
wall, The black booths form a long

around at the small placarde that tag

Sach Doash with a nunder and place-naae.
| @ ns Pay,
Men are gh the corridor

Travis ducks into one of the unused
booths, pulling the curtain shut.
Travis moves [Into the first booth. He
stands quierdy, Just watching Travis.

158.

EN

STHOLE CLUB/BOOTH ONE

IN 63)

When Te
little
a chair
telepne

vig shuts the curtain a
rable Lamp is on revealing
fat a small table with a
le on it. Draped black

srk Booth.

ze joundproof the otherwise,

empty,

Travis
jumpy.
pren
of. he
Categor

Lee at the table. He's
(Re notices. something Like a
le taped to the table; a Lise
jirl's nanes opposite role

Travis deans the List; hesttates;

picks

The man

the phone. À MAN'S VOICE
he phone.

cp the phone cute bin off.

Abruptly,|a small room 14ghte up on
‘the other! side of the front wall of
ine booth|(obriouely this wall £a

Blase).

más Little room is a

Y

MAN'S VOICE (Phone Filter)

Di ct.
TRAVIS

T's looking for a girl...
Ma's VOICE

Sr

TRAVIS

She's blonde.
man's voice

TRAVIS

Yeh, maybe she's a Little wild...

Right. I got the girl for you. Stay
right on the Line.

stylized bet that suggests a kitchen,

(CONTENUED)

159.

Gx

O DD UE E

CE)

Ar che [sane moment, a tine-clock meter
Lights [up in Travis" booth and starts
elickiqg dow the minute

Suddenly a tall blonde woman, STRETCH,
in bladk leather Jacket and fish-net
stockings cones into the kitchen set

She's in her mid-206, striking vith à
no-sht attitude. She plops a tape-deck

An the pink, blaeting loud funk-rock

music. | She leans down to the microphone.

STRETCA
HL, honey.

she yanks off her Jacket to reveal
a black zippered leotard under it.
She's straight-on unblinking about
what shp's doing. This is her business
and ahe|meane busine

Travis le 90 thrown, he starts smíling
and sort of stuttering into the phone.

ras
Va... hello... hello...
STRETCH

Hello. Yeah?

| uns

could you turn 4e dom? off!?

SIRO:

(she punches the button) Off.
TRAVIS

| I'm looking for a different girl.

| smeren

ALL right. Okay. I'LL turn de off.

What's the matter. You don't like me?”

CONTINUED)

y 160.

D armen;

ER

Travis junedtately bangs up the phone
and exide che booth. Stretch keeps
talking over his action.

TRAVIS

Yes, 1 like you, but.
all che girls. Thanks.

T have to 06

STREICE

Okay... I don't blame you.

TRAVIS RAUS Pav.
a

ROO

Travis pulls oft, cros
jer booth.

The Maitre D' has besa
cautiously from another p
row. He peeks out and

as he moves into the n

161.

L

930

153%) TE A TH.

HET GE

Travie| site down in the booth. He's
beginning to understand how this
works how and is a little more sure
Of hingelf, He glances at che List

‘coats his chair to
‘sit nekt to the phone and picks it
ES

YAN'S VOICE (Phone Filter)
eR

ans

1 want to see a blonde girl. Kinda
short, straight hair... about 25
years old.

man's vor!

|
| nina Siti ane
| me

‘The Lights go on in the booth to show
à poolside set. NURSE BIBS burries in
a Little out of breath and disorient
She atéps to che window/nirror and
checks ber 1iporick (eight oppostee
Travis] face). Then she sito and
directe herecif to che other end of
the migrer where the customer
normally sits. She tries to play a
satay etn

|
Travis watches silently, trying to
figure:vhy she's nor looking at hin.

Travis" doesn't answer.

She looks around and pfcks up the
rubber horse toy. She struggles
to pull the toy on.

V.

NURSE BIBS

HA, honey, And how are you today?

You know, out of the twenty-four booths
ía this place, this 49 the one I haven't
worked yet. What can 1 do for you?

How "bout some water polo?

«CCONTINUED)
162.

©

¿8

3) Sn:

Travis obras hia hand azound’ ture
he's Lopkiag, She obviovely doem't
tee it. [she's unconfortable tres
Fe atiehee:

Travis hängs up the phone and leaves
the booch.

Norse Bike sits there for a moment,
trying td figure out what happened,

va

NURSE Bras

Well, 1# you could tell me where the
pain is, maybe I could find a cure.

vs

Way arente you looking at me.
une aus

1 am looking at you.

ms

I'm over here. Can't you 8

NURSE BIBS

Listen eveetheart, if I could see you,
T wouldn't be here, pal.

TRAVIS
Whar do you see?
AURSE BLAS

I see what you seo. Wurse Bibs.
Nurse Bibs with a rubber horse,

TRAVIS

Oh, 1 see. Thank you, Nurse Bibs.

NURSE BIBS
(to herself) Shoulda’ brought ay sandwich.

1624.

CED)
COTE a A

Travis looks up and dom the corridor
Like He's in a mare. Frustrated and
humtliated. More and more, he's
refusing to believe that Jane's in
here, | He picks another booth.

INEA)

1628.

E CENAS ae Tecra TE DA E

Travis funbles up the phone, derermined.
He's| forced into almost playing the
cliche, getting specific,

YAN'S VOICE (Phone Filter)

| ES
| : mans

Yeah, because I'm looking for a
particular girl. I talked to her
before. She'a got short, straight,
blonde hair, and the last tine I
talked to her, she had on a fluffly,
‘sorta Like a

oxen ae

se
Q ==
Travın waltay fering to tell himself
shine co be Jane. But

[twisting up.

‘The fights gb up to sbow a hotel
rood set. Travis closes his eyes

afraid £6 1
A #11 bien!
Trelis" hear}
enedae.
due
HL. (on the other side of the mirror)
Are you out there.
Teafis 1 si
ehe intesal
I ase your Light's still on, ao T guess
you must be out there.
‘She taugt,
sine.

(CONTINUED)

1620.

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jd starı

wa

Jaks hi

nie apps and
A

la chase,
fs out the

zum

It's all right if you don't vant to
talk. I don't like to talk either
sometimes. I just like to be silent
sometimes

Do you mind 4£ I sit down?

Do you mind 4£ T eit down?

Te this yobr first time here?
mans “

Yes.
JE

ann eee
A
a Fae ee a,
ae Taree de
ETA
a Re

|
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162.

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u

7

CEL

Travis ds stledr.

She stands as
sweater off.
‘suddenly violet

Jane leaves hey
back dom. The

her now that ske has tl

stranger with
le gentler nos

E

Travis silent. Long pause,
Another pauss

ough tc
avis y

El

tod

un

take Her
is at her,

on aol site
Sense] about
handle this

dr votes

Cs

Jane, |

|
Oh well, it don't matter. If there's

anythirjg you want co)
Just ten, Ina

Would fou Like me to
for you?

Do you) mind ££ 1 tal

1'11 shse take ay sub

TRAVIS,

mot Ge met af

fe is you want.

TRAVIS

1 dons want anything?

JANE
Well-f way did you
TRANS

T vas Qooking for

talk about, PLL
eal good Listener.

= do something

my sweater off?

er off.

wwe it ont

prey. I Just abate know exactly

ne here then?

o)

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come

CH)

GE

raw:

ITS

mins

de si

un

Another gi

Maybe 4€ y
could try
know all 1
renenber

mans

TRAVIS

ANE

CRE
Hier e

ras
Te de.
PN
Well — el
3 TRAVIS
No.
ue
Tid like
could. 1]
in you tal
be talk
‘TRAVIS.

1 want to

ts E

Smo

lo find

fs name?

Did you meht her sc

you
you'd bet

he!

to someor

eat to

ED Case

Ju told me jo she vas, I
er] for you.
le girls hehe,

i

‚here else?

this was the

bere.

else.

NUED)

In you desctäbe her for me?

you|find her af 1
‘mean, therf's not much point
ing to me|1£ you'd rather

162F.

Seg) (43e-I

CH

Is there something) you want to tell me?

ravi

me. T can keep

up Î )
> iS
$ ( $ Ts that all you do)is talk?
1
à and tip
2 ¿ ¿
À e
5 À mue you taught!
i
Lise.

$
o eso sc atom ss
O 2 7? che 0 you
v ?
Y comm

1626.

>
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an

INC

BE.
HEY
ANE
No, we dont, sir. Hf're not allowed
any outsidf Felationships with the
customers.
5 Y ravis
¿ Seat but Gou can so o. wich chen
yey ¿ 1£ you want) to, can'e(you? How much
7 € extra money do you mae! How much!
$s ? Ez” ey do you make on the side?
(stands) Eta sorry, bir, but I think
maybe you bught to talk with one of our
other gtrip. I'l] see 4f 1 can find
someone fof you.

NN

mans

Gelis aríher) No!
Don'e ge!

| $

Ba

sa
as

9% mente (rues.
En
an sig

Ny

+

1 Suse dof'e eiak 1

TRAVIS
I'm sorry? 1 just
<cofçnurn)

fio! No! Please!

la the one you're

1628.

a,

©

Gara Ge» Ga Gam € Ed GD

CH

|

yes the Époth. Jane continues
fing, not know that he's gone.,

Ve mind Ufstening.

JANE
| Rae
| fée AS
spon anette Po 2

93E-2,
see ETS A E

FS

Travis Jeaves Jarle"o booth] and pas:
by one df the bolucer's sthnding in
the doofvay. Hefs obvioushy upset.

‘The boudcer Look: ith curiosity,

x ig if ESA 5
tere Dy Slowly walks dom che
warn y
(to bouncer) Hey, it's okay, Showboat.
goes into he booth where Jane vas
erkaking co ravis.

(ES

CARE EN [DAY GIG)

Jane site An the booth alone, silent
nou, confused and upset. Suddenly
she heads the music of a blues
harmonida coming over the speaker.
ae

Slater?

He sootlies her with the music. Finally,
Jane leaves the booth while Slater
Hinisne

1621.

SCENE 94 OMITTED

DS RE

Q5-È

u Rew 12/7/83

DJ)

Late affernoon.

Travis
High
‘Tequil
ete.

Long pal

Travis
aia,

Hunter
mostly

irives fiercely dbun a flatland
He's drinking hard from a
tele, not looking right or

bd

ter looks at

fatches hin silerfe)y, but
eps his face turned to the

roadaiab.

her, didn't you?

mavis

We'll talk about st later, okay?

You saw her didn't you? She vas
there, wasn't sho?

TRAVIS.

Yen.
(pause)

Don't worry about me drinking, son.
T can handle ie.

1623.

A

BE) NORDREDY THE RANCIO

EN

GS

Travis drives fast through a little
tom in|che middie of nowhere. Then
he abruptly stops, backs up and
ewerves back into the tom. It's
Just a Highway Junction with a gas
station| a washateria, a couple of
bars and a few scattered houses.

Travis goreeches up to one bar,
the i win Bar.

He gets out of the truck without further
explana{ion. Hunter follows his,
‘tenting to do something but ner.

knoning shat.

vr

163.

>,
a

Gy

©

ROMY BAR

TE AY GE

The pi

ealook.

few
cards

rav:
Long
aná al
Fonte!

of la

closeup os rolarosa 4

E

Sen

Jace 18 1äke an old western
“Almost empty exc
ID PEOPLE in a corner playing

nor 04
has a
ig at the polarote
à im Paks

SA

"3 hand

wy

(re: Polaroid) what's chat?
avis

A vacant lot.

NTR

Why 444 you take a picture of a
vacant 1667

TRAVIS

1 didn't take the picture.
sent it,

Somebody

BUNTER
mo?
TRAVIS

People I bought 4t from.” I bought that.
lot when we were all together with

your Non. 1 thought we might Live
There sone day.

sure

Were?

us

Paris... Texas.

(CONEENUED)
166.

aa)

@
DD Formen; TT cn)
6 that?
zus
is loge ta the Red River. Don do, you
avis,
No, ‚ta build a bouse.
$ ‘HUNTER
5 De you know how to?
mans
$ nee ey.
Pauad as Hunter to at eno picture, pres
) You own this place, hey?
Travie neds. Ç
le that where we're going?
avs,
Nope. Well... maybe we ought to.
Travis looks at dhe polareid. Te demo
on ha that his Hopes of queting things

right
ir ac

Tre
EN

‘are over. [te tries
a joke.

takes a big avis of
sing the glass. (
|

Ÿ

Lo deal wich

Tequila

Maybe they found of1 there while T
wag gone. Maybe we're millionaire

CONTINUED)
165.

eet elton

A

&

cardo catas a fig of the Seer sitting
+ CT heavy lye" on
the ter

HUNTER

‘Why do you drink that stuff? Te stinks.

TRAVIS

{over his: shoulder: to- Hunter): Wher.
you going? i

HUNTER,

(disgusted) To the truck.

TRAVIS

(after a pause) Can I have another

one... Please.

1654.

99

) CHARTES

Wadter te in the
cin quickly.
Reject eaviiery 2
the street at the

fit Sita

Looks ehrough 0
gets on her|bicyel
down the seteat.

ie

&

SCENE 99 aurı=D

1658.

58

(100)
=

Tobi) TESTOR EN EEE PRE UE
Travis sifting 48 a primitive bar
ie ai Male petting loaded.
Coop.
CODA) VISION: RENTE VE Are

Travis, drunk out be his mind,
tuabling along a Hirt road in
à mountain villas

doc-D
(Tode) VISION: SHORE

EET [OSE LOOT

with hie clothes on in a primitive
shoger outside, then puts his hat
back on, picks up his bottle of
Teghila and heads into a bar.

lo0»-D

El runs water over his head

CODES POV MOUNTAINS

EEF, URE WOOD

ravis! 200 of the qountatan and
Teslecene sureties peiaueare
Per

166.

E (00)

.ehing machines
In one room. In the
nothing but a fen

ESTO

| (arunk, haff to Hunter and half to

hinself) This is not— This de not
the place t9 take a fancy women. Would
you say? LE you had a fancy vonan,
‘would you Gake her into a place like

thie?
HUNTER

What's a fdacy vonan?

9 mans
My morher-7/My mother, not your mother--
Wy mother fas not a fancy woman. she
never was Le She never even wanted to
| be. She neler even pretended to be a
fancy vonan/

zum
O au ms aft
uns
She was-- she was Just= plain...

Just a plan good woman. She was very
good. She das very plain and very

good. But gy Daddy. See my Daddy
had this idea in his head Like a
| sickness.
What idea?
a (CONTINUED)
Sy) oY 168.

y

8

OL) NORDHERI-BROADAY BAR ETAGE Go

Travis cla at the efd of the
bar, still drinking, a
GLADYS cleans up beh

arene as
ee der ap pr

: gi: HUNTER = oi ar
g ee

Trafis loolie at the boy and anti.

TRAVIS.
Okay.

Hunter goef to the door and turns to

waif for Mavis. Travis very

drubkenly soves to the door Franc.
TRAVIS
(co Gladys) Where's the closest motel,
Gladys?
uns

‘Twenty-seven miles vest of here.

HUNTER

(fron the sidevatk outside), cone on,
an) > Dad. T know a place down the street.
101-2)

‘The| tuo GF them leave together as
Gladys clbses and locks the door.

167.

(eto

Ruiter feede some quarters into the
T.V. and turas it on. A John Wayne
western cones on. Hunter moves to
the couch to eit and tries to get
confortable. He keeps looking back
at Travis.

r

See, he knew-~ he
plaia as dire on
the séad... He knew that... He knew
he'd/never be anything but plain.

So he made this idea up about her.
(Gauge) He-told people: she was from
Paris.\ He even started to believe it.
He actually believed it. And she~
he Bt so enbarrassed... She was very
Les

Hunter
Travis

Dad? Can I watch 7.¥.?
mans

(half waking up, mumbles) Sure.

169.

ex 1034-1
O TO ANO A ETT ION)

Hunter site in the Ranchero reading
the comite. We see Travis coming
dom the [opposite side of the
street in the distance, carrying
their jagkers. ,

Travis efonses the street to get in
the Ranchero with Hunter. They
Look, at dach other a moment without
saying a word.

rs
Vananos.
Be closed the door, starts the car
and pull] off down vain Street.
GET
1038-1
TAE A ESMERO

me mchero stops where the Nordheim
sin [Street meto che his. (pag JP ow.

A T says: "HOUSTON - 233 MILES (pointing left)

SAN ANTONIO ~ 518 MILES (pointing right)

The {ruck pauses facing the sign.

L

Glosc-1
(1030) RANCHERO INT. /DAY (1930),

Travis sits blinking at the sign. He
can jbarely think. He doesn't move.
Hunger glances at him, trying to read
his

Finglly, Hunter speaks without Looking
up fron his conics.

owen

Left, Dad.

U

the highway.

an.

7 :
132) loz Dios D
OREA

IO 0

|

de

and dtands on the porch looking

down Main Pire ‘The streets are
ee
EA 1634

a rive aereo the attest Sh

the attect, Tnesing ove ef the

iene ty ita om ihe

| te
| ED

| as passes the Broadvay ar,
Lu rudo ince a Lette girl, BRADY,
at

on her way to wait for the sel
S

bus.

Brandy, fe: Gftense, shakes
hands with him dad continues on to
the bus stop. Hunter runs on to

the phone beech

Havre
Pat Pas

‘operator.
She bounds instantly frantfe. As Anne
le abcepting the call, he Phanges his

‘the booth and gets in the Ranchero.

ar

(emt1tls) Hi, toad-head.

HUNTER

ms, MáS taco.
{

I

Hello, Operator.

call from Bunter.

This is a collect

vo.

7

Gi)

TH RUSTON HOTEL OO

REG

we soa wees e cs
in front of the mirror and just

fies Combine hie hair. La ie
shaven and has now clothes on,
ee anise and Black erovsers.
ta treneforned, Like the
maybe that Jace free fell

wich.

sa: tape recorder that he.
for the occasion, sits dom on
ge of tbe bathcub and starts
into the little machine

In the next room ve see the triangle-
Blass botel room in the
downfown Houston skyscraper. Two

glass window-walls meet in a
‘Like a spaceship at one end
room. Hunter bounces around
jon in a long T-shirt and
Still wet from a bath.

zu,

(into|tape recorder) Hunter. It's
me. f was afraid I'd never be able

to say che right words to you in

persoh so 1'n trying to do ic like
this.| When 1 firet sav you this
tine {- at Wales, I was hoping for
all Kinds of things. I vas hoping to
show You 1 was your father. You showed
se T fas. But the biggest ching I
hoped| for can't come true, 1 know
that how. You belong together wich
your pother...

12.

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Gos)

Ts) mt

SON HOTEL ROON (LATER

HET

GS

Travis cofes into the room where

Hunter de

playing with his toys.

HUNTER

Why are you dressed like that?

TRAVIS
Do-T'200k dub?
HUNTER

No.

zus

have to go out for a while, and I
want you to wait here.

‘UNTER
here are you going?
mans

Back to chat place a

HUNTER

To see Mom?
TRAVIS
Yes.

HUNTER

sta?

When an I going to get to see Mom?

TRAVIS:

Soon as I talk to her; Real soon.
You wait here and don't leave che

room, Okay?
UNTER
Okay, dad.

CONTINUED)

1.

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SCD USERS

ar

105

Travis kisses him on the head, then
gives hin fhe Little cassette
recorder:

Travis ledves, Hunter continues
playing ad reading his conte book
Sn the bed.

zus

I made this tape for you. I vant you

to play dt after Ego. Okay?
HUNTER

Okay.

EEE

AE

Travis drives dfn the freevay
toward the Keyb{le Club for his
meeting with J

am,

hirrok.

SAS

Eu

ÉCURIES

DC)

[Bane Bones into the booth and sii
Fravip is op the other side of €

zu

Hello.

RAVES

Cas T tel you something?
ae

Sure. Anything you Like.

TRAVIS.
3 ete kind of long.

Ja
1 have plenty of time.
"TRAVIS.

1 knew these people — :

JANE

‘hat people?

ST

avis
S these two people. They vere in love
(with each others The girl was very
‘young. About seventeen or eighteen,

SH zwens. And the guy vas quite a bit
Zolder. He was kind of raggedly and wild.
Sad she was very beautiful, you know?

ANE
(smiles) Yeah.
(CONTINUED)

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DA A A a mn A TI INIS AU ER VERS

mans

1 mean she loved hin, because he was
sort of crazy, so the age didn't matter.
Not really crazy, but he'd tura
everything into a kind of adventure

and she liked chat. Just an ordinary
trip down to the grocery store was full
of adventure. They were always
Jaughing, about stupid things. He

Liked co make her laugh. They didn't
much care about anything else, because
all they wanted to do was be with each
Other. They were alvays together.

due
Sounds like they were very happy.
TRAVIS

Yes, They were. They vere real happy.
And he— he loved her more than he

ever felt possible. He couldn't stand
being avay from her during the day vhen
he went to work, So he'd quie. Just
to be home with her. Thon he'd get
another Job when the money ran out.
Then be'd quit again. But pretty soon,
she started co worry,

Ja

About what?
mans

Money, I guess, Not having enough. Not
moving when the next check was coming.
in

due

1 know that feeling.

TRAVIS :

‘and so he started to get kind of torn
inside.

CCONTENUED)
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De) CONE: 2 EC)

Ce

PN:

How] do ypu meen?

mas

As
son aco sna ste
Poser

we |

SIS

‚re he was away from her, the

gots, Breape now, he göt
cy. He started 10 imagine
at nines.

a

rpéd thinking she was seeing
on the He'd come home

work and accuse ber of spending

‚ith somebody else. He'd

jer and brask things in the

106-3

@ were Living in a trailer bone.

fue, sir but were you in to
de [liege the exter dert. Y don't sean

(corne)
um.

oy. [E chought I recognized your voice
qe minute.

un
>
ds
Pleade go on.

y

— he started drinking pretty

DAL. Sand He'd stay out late Just to
that Gere
dl

co you mean, test her?

Af she'd get Jealous.

he felt that if she never got

GE

D)

JeSlousy ws a sign of her love for
hé; And then one night=- one night
a that she vas pregnant.

Ko change, too. After the

2
$
u
at b didn't even notice
b esd to be an injustice to her.
ing to make everything all
Buy her things. Take
è
ES

She began to get
‘dinner once a week. But

sd to satisfy her. For
|, but finally he knew st was
las to work out. So he hit
‘again. But this tine it
‘got mean. This tine when he came back
Tate at night, she vaen't worried about
him or jealous. She wa enraged.
She accused him of holding her captive
by making her have a baby. She told
him she dreamed about escaping. That
wae all she dreaned about. Escape.
She saw heraelf at night running naked
down a bighvay. Running across fields.
Running down riverbeds. Always running.
And always, vien she was Just about to
get auay-- he'd be there. He'd stop
her somehow, He'd Juat appear and stop

ber.
(none)

(CONTINUED)
17.

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105

06-19

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lo the sites adftiy.

TRAVIS (Cont'd)

And when she told him these dreams,
he believed then. He knew she had

to be stopped or she'd leave him
forever. So he tied a cov bell to

her ankle co he'd hear at night if
she tried to get out of bed. But she
learned how to muffle tbe bell by
stuffing a sock into it and incbing
her way out of bed and into the night.
He caught her one night when the

‘sock fell out, and he heard her trying
to run to the highway. He caught her
and he dragged her back to the trailer
and tied har to the stove with his
belt. He just left her there and
went back to bed and lay there Listening
to ber scream. Then he listened to
his son scream, and he-was surprised
at himself because he didn't feel
‘Snything anymore, ALL he vented to

do wos sleep. And outside, the world
seemed very quier. ALL he could hear
was a distant truck. And for the
first time, he wished he was far avay.
Lost in a deep, vast country where
nobody knew him. Somavhere without
Longuage or streets. And he dreanad
about this place without knowing its
name. And when he woke up, he was on
fire, There vere blue flanes burning
the sheets of his bed. He Tan through
the flanes toward the only two people
he loved, but they were gone. His
arms were burning and he threv himself
outside and rolled on the wet ground.
Then he ran. He nevar looked back at
the fire. He just ran. He ran until the
sun came up and he couldn't run any
further. When the, sun vent down, he
ran again, For five days, be ran like
this until every sign of man hi
disappeared.

(CONTENUED)

180.

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She walks olıt the door, (turns off the

Light and then cones badk.

Travis cur the lamp of His face.

This reverse the nirrof.

a face for the first
time. She krares at hip fa

Se softly fouches the kl.

Jane pulls javay from tHe glass.
Ae a very long silence.

‘There

JANE
Travis?
TRAVIS

If you turn the Light off in tbere,
will you be able to see me?
zur

T don't know, T never tried.

TRAVIS

Can you see me?

‘TRAVIS
Do you recognize me?
Jano

Oh, Travis--

TRAVIS

T brought Hunter with me.

CONTINUED)
ae.

GO CE:

T

LE)

TRAVIS

Don't you vant to see hin?

sae

Yes. More than anything in the world.
T wanted to see him so much that 1
couldn't bear inagining hin anymore.
‘Anne kept. sending me photographa of
him until 1 asked her to stop. I
couldn't stand the pain of seeing

him grow up and miasing it.

mans
Why didn't you keep hin with you?

Jane

1 eouldn't, Travis.
(pause)

1 didn't have what Y knew he needed.
(pause)

T didn't want to use him to All all
the emptiness in me.

you mow, He wants to see

18 he wich you now?
TRAVIS)

He's waiting for you.
pd

Wher
Tavis,
He's in the Meridian Hotel. Room 1520,
CONTINUED), Ñ
182.

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Travis stands.

Travis just stands the

Long pause. She stares at hin
the glass. Travis Just stands
for a while.

Y
Long pause.

NE

You're not going, are you?

mans

(staring at the mirror) 1 can't
see you.

ue
Don't go yet.

Porous
pere

ae

Io I used to make up long speeches
to you. After you left. I used to
talk to you all the time, even
though 1 was alone. I valked around
for months talking to you. Now I
don't know whet to aay, it vas
easter when I just imagined you. I
even inagined you talking back to me.
The two of us. We'd have long

. conversations. Te was almost Like
you were there. I could see you and
smell you. 1 could hear your voice.
Sonetínes your voice vould woke me
up. I'd hear it in the middle of
the night just Like you were there
An the room with me. Then slowly,
it faded. I couldn't picture you
anymore, I tried to talk out loud
fo you like I used to, but there
was nothing there. T couldn't hesr
you. Then-- I just gave up.
Everything stopped, You just
disappeared. Now I'm working here,
T hear your voice all the tine.
Every man has your voice.

(CONTINUED)

185.

10-2.

[05]

DN A

There 4s no goodbye. Travis Just

oe

= ‘Jane stands in the corner of her
Yoon and caras op the Lights again.
She looks at the place for che
dase eine.

TRAVIS

I'LL cell Hunter you're coming.

TL be there.
mais.

Good.

ae

Meridian Hotel?
mais

Room 1520,

ERG D Covad) (load
GE PRO RE AO DEJA

Hunter| Listens to| Travis!
Goat From where
Travis| spoke into] the reco:

Hunter Looks out! ehe window at Jehe

TRAVIS (.0.)

(voice on recorder) ... You belong
together with your mother. It vas me
that tore you apart. And I ove dt to
you to bring you back together. But
T can't stay with you. 1 could never
heal up what happened, That's Just
the way it 4s. 1 can't even hardly
remember what happened. It'a like a
gap. But ir Left me alone in a vay
that 1'11 never get over. And right
now I'm afraid, “I'm afraid of walking
“vay again. I'm afraid of whet 1
might find. But I'm even more afraid
of not facing this fear. 1 love you,

y) Hunter. I love you more than ay life.

185.

SCENES 107 AND 107A.-- OMITTED

Tals TEAUS NÉE TER
08-07-2001 G78-) Go'18-2 C1078 -
T

(oa DE ‘GARAGE ROOFTOP. ESAS

Travis watches Jane ehtering the [hotel
room with the|key he pave her.

L

Hunter 18 playing in fhe corner dnd
Fe motte her at first, Then he
and seep her. [Jane and Buster
move, staring de each other.

(don't "sebm co know what to do.

junter mpves to [lane and stárte
18 with her hatz. He embrates
ther, She holds him tightgr,
3 hin al little,

Now Hunter fabes che htndow/valt| |
gover fane's shoulder.

TIT) HOUSTON HOTEL E O
1

Now Hunter sehs Travis and the
solitary Ranchero on |che roof of
the parking garage.

ln
SCENE 107D - lwearre)

{HOEY HOUSTON HOTEL RON RER To

Hunter sees Travis get into the
Ranchero and drive down into che
parking garage.

To) AUN ERAT ER, [SUNSET COB)
(OTE TO EDITOR: THIS SCENE WAS INITIALLY SHOT AS "x" AS THERE WAS NO
cu “SA Po. PLACE IN THE SCRIPT FOR IT YET. IT NOW BECOMES SC. 108)

(CD

Travis deca dow the, freevay as
the stn afce in Houston, the
city’ seeadag to rise out of the
[ret

186.

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TI) FAS, TES ERE [BAY UE

Travis works on the house, He's got
a long way to go.

CES, TES STE 70 ID}

Travis picks up some equipment he
ordered for the house, The MAIL
CLERK stops hin as he's leaving.

MATL CLERE

We got a Little box; came in General
Delivery for you last Friday. Mr.
Henderson, wait—

The clerk goes back and brings out
a hand-sized box. Travis takes it.

Travis stops in the middle of the
Lobby and inspects the small box.
It has spaceships stuck all over de.
He opens the box and slides out a
plastic container of Super=8 film.
That's all that's in the box.

er D

Th) Sone A ay

Inaged of Hunter and Jane traveling
acrosd the country. They pass the
Canerd back and forth and wave.

Hunter says (without sound), "I love
you, Had." Jane says (without sound),
FT lodo you, Travis."

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