第六感生死缘Meet Joe Black Movie Script

PARRISH:

Cold lamb sandwiches -- not as chewy as roast beef, not as boring as chicken. She knew stuff like that. Silence, Parrish getting lost in his memories. PARRISH (cont'd) -- Everything reminds me of her -- there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about her -- One day she was here. The next day she was gone. What are you going to do? -- I guess you've heard all this a trillion times before.

JOE:

And more.

PARRISH:

Why didn't you stop me?

JOE:

Well...I don't know. Silence. JOE (cont'd) How was it the first time you met her?

PARRISH:

I thought you'd heard a trillion times --

JOE:

This part I'm interested in. A moment.

PARRISH:

She had on this little blue suit -- with a little white collar that had little red piping on it -- Joe is riveted on Parrish ow, Parrish aware of him, has paused. PARRISH (cont'd) You could have put her under glass and I would have just stood and looked at her. But when she spoke -- I loved the sound of her voice and her laugh -- (a moment) -- I couldn't get enough of her -- and gradually -- or maybe it wasn't gradually -- I realized I couldn't live without her. A KNOCK, the door opens and Drew enters, looks at Parrish, then at Joe, stands poised in the doorway.

DREW:

May I interrupting?

JOE:

Yes.

PARRISH:

No.

DREW:

(to joe) 'Just kidding'?

PARRISH:

Sit down, Drew.

DREW:

Before I do -- (glances at Joe) I was hoping we might be alone, Bill.

PARRISH:

Joe and I have no secrets from each other.

DREW:

(to Joe) How nice for you both. Drew takes a moment, then plunges in. DREW (cont'd) Bill, pardon my candor, but I was confounded by your decision this morning.

PARRISH:

Why?

DREW:

I was hired, you told me, to help bring Parrish Communications into the 21st Century. This merger is the vehicle --

Joe interrupts:

JOE:

Perhaps a merger is a way to bring Bill's company into the 21st cen- tury. And perhaps it isn't. And perhaps cheating on your French Philosophers exam at The Groton School was an expedient way to get your diploma, and perhaps it wasn't. Be that as it may, Drew, a question can often be argued both ways.Drew is stunned.

PARRISH:

Joe, cut it out. And you too, Drew.

DREW:

(to Parrish) I thought this was practically a done deal --

PARRISH:

Well now it's undone, okay? Forget Bontecou! Scrub him! I'm tired of his fancy name and his fancy offer. I'm not going for it. A moment.

DREW:

Okay. Drew heads for the door, turns around. DREW (cont'd) (to Parrish) Can I invite myself to dinner tonight? (a moment) Susan and I had ticket for the Knicks game. But she said you guys were getting together --

PARRISH:

Dinner? Absolutely.

JOE:

Absolutely.