第六感生死缘Meet Joe Black Movie Script

QUINCE:

C'mon, have a drink. You look like you need one bad as me.

JOE:

Do I? I'm a little confused.

QUINCE:

Confused, huh? About what?

JOE:

Love.

QUINCE:

'Love'? Oh, man, I've got troubles of my own.

JOE:

You love Allison, don't you?

QUINCE:

Oh yes, I do.

JOE:

How did you meet?

QUINCE:

I was a world-class loser and she was a happy, little rich girl -- and for some reason she took me in.

JOE:

But she loves you? Quince smiles, nods embarrassedly. JOE (cont'd) How do you know?

QUINCE:

Because there's nothing we don't know about each other and it's okay. I mean the deeper, darkest secrets -- they don't matter.

JOE:

'The deepest, darkest secrets --'?

QUINCE:

Yeah, it's like you know every inch of each other's souls -- and then you're free.

JOE:

What do you mean 'free'?

QUINCE:

Free to love each other. Com- pletely. Totally. No fear.Quince seems uncharacteristically within himself. QUINCE (cont'd) All that hoopla up there reminds me how I will never measure up to a man like Bill Parrish - or his daughter. He drains his wine. QUINCE (cont'd) Do you like me, Joe?

JOE:

Oh yes, you are one of my favorites.

QUINCE:

What would you say if you knew it was me who brought down Bill Parrish? (a moment) I told Drew and the Board that Bill depended on you. Drew led me on, but I had no business telling him in the first place. He was setting up Bill from day one. Drew and Bontecou are going to chop up the company and sell it off for parts. Bontecou was outside, Drew was Mr. Inside. And I was the fool who made it all happen. Oh God, what do I do? Joe regards Quince.

JOE:

Go to Bill Parrish and tell him everything. He'll forgive you. Quince drains one more glass of wine.

QUINCE:

You think so? How do you know?

JOE:

Because that's the kind of man Bill Parrish is. A moment.

QUINCE:

Well, maybe... I guess you know him better than anybody. Another moment.

JOE:

-- Getting to. The orchestra behind them plays a few riffs, sound checks, getting close.

QUINCE:

Do you think I should wait to tell him 'till after the party?

JOE:

No. Quince nods anxiously, then smiles gratefully. They look on as the pre-party activities swirl on around them. EXT. FRONT ENTRANCE, COUNTRY ESTATE - SUNSET (LATER) The moment just before sunset, the last pre-party minutes, a procession of guests' cars winding up to the guest house, being directed into adjacent fields. Susan cuts past a re- ceiving line that files up the stairs, she skirts the house and heads straight for the action, the party on the lawns in the rear, climbs a terrace where she commands a view of the event on which the curtain is just about to rise.EXT. LAWN, COUNTRY ESTATE - SUNSET Guests milling, emerging from the crowd Susan sees, isolated by a fountain, Joe. He looks up towards her, he knows she has seen him, they proceed to a rendezvous that has not been prearranged but which they intuit. Susan slants through the guests, stopping here and there, excited greetings and cha- tter float on the wind, "He, Susie!", "What a party", "You look great", she keeps moving, a shimmering wraith. Joe is on the right coordinate to meet her, his graceful, unfailing step carrying him speedily to a destination he is not certain of, but where he knows he will find Susan. EXT. GARDEN, COUNTRY ESTATE - SUNSET The very last rays of the sun setting over the wide expanse of river, the light catching Susan and Joe as they enter the garden, the party forming behind them, the river flowing in front of them.

SUSAN:

I like you in a black tie.