第六感生死缘Meet Joe Black Movie Script

PARRISH:

...Am I going to die? The figure who is the Voice takes a step forward now, no longer obscured by the glass he comes into the light, re- vealing himself to be the Young Man seen previously in the coffee shop, but there is a change; he seems odd, off- center, not handsome but terrifyingly beautiful.

PARRISH:

Am I dreaming this? (Another moment) Are you a dream?

YOUNG MAN:

I am not a dream.

PARRISH:

You are --?

YOUNG MAN:

(urging again) '...Yes --' Parrish turns away. But the Young Man, spectacularly, is in front of him again.YOUNG MAN (cont'd) (gently) Who am I?

PARRISH:

...Death. Parrish is shocked, stunned, terrified at the word, by what he has comprehended. He surveys the Young Man who, at this moment, actually seems bewildered by his effect. PARRISH (cont'd) You're Death?

YOUNG MAN:

Yes.

PARRISH:

Death!

YOUNG MAN:

That's me.

PARRISH:

You're not Death. You're just a kid in a jacket and a pair of pants.

YOUNG MAN:

The jacket and the pair of pants came with the body I took. Let me ask your opinion. Do I blend in? A hopelessly confused Parrish does not respond for a moment.

PARRISH:

You want me to be your guide --?

YOUNG MAN:

You fill the bill, Bill.

PARRISH:

I do? (a moment) How long will you be staying?

YOUNG MAN:

You should hope quite a while.

YOUNG MAN:

(to Luisa) Yes. (a polite afterthought) Thank you. Luisa nods perfunctorily and exits. Parrish is frozen, dumbfounded. YOUNG MAN (cont'd) (to Parrish) Where is dinner? Parrish does not answer at first.

PARRISH:

This is crazy -- you're not going to eat dinner with us.

YOUNG MAN:

Bill, I am eating dinner with you. And your family. And that's what we're doing. It's not open for discussion. Nothing is. Don't you understand?Parrish is frightened by the response. YOUNG MAN (cont'd) Good. Now lead the way. Parrish hesitates, then obediently leads the Young Man out of the library, down a long hallway and across the foyer.

PARRISH:

Excuse me? Could I say something?

YOUNG MAN:

Of course.

PARRISH:

(quietly) It just occurred to me --

YOUNG MAN:

Speak up, please.

PARRISH:

(louder) When I introduce you, if I say who you are, I don't think anyone will stay for dinner.

YOUNG MAN:

Then don't. INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT As Parrish and the Young Man enter, Allison is heard in the background.

YOUNG MAN:

Hello. Parrish is horribly uncomfortable as the Young Man looks at each person as if he were discovering a face for the first time.