INT. DIRK'S CORVETTE - MOVING - NIGHT
HOLD CU. ON DIRK. He's driving fast. Paranoid and freaked.
CUT TO:
INT. STREET/OUTSIDE LOS ANGELES - DAWN (LATER)
Dirk's car is out of gas. He pushes the car off the main
boulevard and down a side street.
CUT TO:
EXT. SIDE STREET - THAT MOMENT
Dirk pushes his car down a small cul-de-sac, hops in and
pulls the emergency brake.
He looks around a moment. HOLD. CAMERA DOLLIES IN CLOSE ON
HIS FACE. He looks at the street signs.
OVERHEAD ANGLE, INTERSECTION, THAT MOMENT
Dirk walks to the middle of the intersection and looks up at
the sign posts.
ANGLE, STREET POST.
It reads, "Troost Street."
ANGLE, DIRK
He recognizes this.
He walks down the Troost Street, looking at the houses.
CAMERA FOLLOWS BEHIND HIM. He walks a full two blocks down,
stops.
ANGLE, DIRK'S PARENTS HOUSE. It looks just the same. The
SUN IS ABOUT TO COME UP.
A PAPERBOY rides past and throws the paper, hitting Dirk in
the head. He hesitates, then walks up the steps;
CAMERA MOVES IN SLOWLY ON THE DOOR, LANDS IN A CU. OVER HIS
SHOULDER. He knocks. Moments later...the door opens;
A young woman in a bathrobe with a BABY on her hip opens the
door. This is SHERYL LYNN, who we met earlier.
SHERYL LYNN
Yes?
DIRK
....hello.
SHERYL LYNN
Can I help you?
BEAT.
SHERYL LYNN
Eddie...? Eddie.
Dirk hesitates a moment, then recognizes Sheryl Lynn.
DIRK
...what are you doing here? Where's
my mother?
SHERYL LYNN
Eddie, I haven't, no one has heard
of you...where did you go?
DIRK
...I'm looking for my mother...I'm
looking for my father and mother.
SHERYL LYNN
Eddie, honey...my God...you just...
DIRK
What are you in this house? I don't
want to see you, I want my mother.
SHERYL LYNN
I live here, now. With my husband.
DIRK
Where's my mom?
SHERYL LYNN
You should come in --
BEAT. HOLD CU. ON DIRK.
DIRK
No....no. Jesus Christ, I know what
you're gonna say --
SHERYL LYNN
Eddie, I can tell you what happened,
just let me tell you inside here --
DIRK
Just tell me. Just tell me.
SHERYL LYNN
They passed...last December --
The baby starts to cry. Dirk doesn't move;
DIRK
...how...?
SHERYL LYNN
Eddie, come inside right now, please.
DIRK
YOU TELL ME, LADY.
SHERYL LYNN
There was no way to find you, to get
in touch with you. To tell you all
these things --
DIRK
TELL ME RIGHT NOW, YOU.
SHERYL LYNN
Eddie, it was at night and it was
raining and there was a man and he
was speeding and he was drunk and
they didn't --
FLASH ON:
EXT. INTERSECTION - NIGHT
It's raining. A little Station Wagon enters the intersection
with the right of way but is IMMEDIATELY AND POWERFULLY
CRUNCHED by a SPEEDING MALIBU that barrels into the
intersection.
The STATION WAGON is THROWN fifty yards away. A HORN blows...
CAMERA DOES A SLOW DOLLY IN TOWARDS THE STATION WAGON. Dirk's
mother and father are SOAKED IN BLOOD.
CAMERA DOES A SLOW DOLLY IN TOWARDS THE SPEEDING MALIBU.
Half in/half through the windshield of this car is JOHNNY
DOE.
QUICK FADE OUT, CUT TO:
EXT. DIRK'S HOUSE/TORRANCE - THAT MOMENT
Back to the scene. HOLD ON DIRK.
SHERYL LYNN
It was just some drunk kid, Eddie.
DIRK
-- Why do you live here?
SHERYL LYNN
My husband and I bought this house.
DIRK
Why? Why did you do that?
SHERYL LYNN
Eddie, please --
DIRK
This is my house. THIS IS MY HOUSE.
What the fuck? What the fuck are
you doing here? I don't want to see
you, I need to see my mother. I
want my mother.
Dirk breaks down, crying and screaming. Sheryl Lynn helps
him up.
CUT TO:
INT. SHERYL LYNN'S HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER
CAMERA HOLDS IN THE KITCHEN. Sheryl Lynn makes breakfast
with the baby on her hip. Her HUSBAND sits nearby in his
bathrobe, watching the situation and keeping quiet.
Dirk is on the phone in the living room. WE HEAR ONLY MUFFLED
BITS FROM HIS CONVERSATION.
DIRK
(into phone)
....Scotty. It's
Dirk...yeah...yeah...
(beat)
Lemme talk to him...Reed...yeah.
yeah.
(beat)
are you sure....? Yeah, okay...in a
little...
Dirk hangs up, looks at Sheryl Lynn and her husband.
CUT TO:
EXT. SHERYL LYNN'S HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER - MORNING
Sheryl Lynn gives Dirk a hug good-bye. The Husband backs
his station wagon out of the garage and Dirk gets in.
CUT TO:
EXT. TORRANCE GAS STATION - MOMENTS LATER
The Husband hands Dirk some money -- Dirk hands some money
to the Gas Station Attendant -- Dirk pumps some Gas into a
Fuel Can -- Dirk gets back into the station wagon --
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Monday, October 01, 2007
Deleted Scene: Boogie Nights, Going Home
Dirk visits his parents house & finds Sheryl Lynn. The Sheryl Lynn dialogue/exchange
here is much different than the version in PTA's final shooting script.
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