FEMALE DESK CLERK I’ve got you in a standard double.
And Mr. Wallace? You have a room with twins.
DAVID:
Ah, yes:
Anita and Consuela. Lipsky laughs. The desk clerk doesn’t get the joke.
FEMALE DESK CLERK Excuse me?
62 INT. HOTEL WHITNEY/CORRIDOR - MINNEAPOLIS - 1996 - DAY 62 The elevator arrives with a ding.
finds his room.
They both get off; David
DAVID:
See ya later. I’m gonna take a nap.
We follow Lipsky in the opposite direction to his.
63A INT. HOTEL WHITNEY/LIPSKY'S ROOM - MINNEAPOLIS - 1996 - DAY 63A His hair still wet from a shower, Lipsky is on the phone toBob, his increasingly exasperated editor.
BOB’S VOICE (over phone) Well, what does he have to say about the heroin rumors?
LIPSKY:
I haven’t gotten to that.
BOB’S VOICE What are you waiting for?
LIPSKY:
What am I supposed to say: Is it trueyou were a heroin addict?
BOB’S VOICE Yes. That’s your story.
42.
LIPSKY:
Okay. It’s hard.
BOB’S VOICE Why? Because you like him?
LIPSKY:
Well... Yeah.
BOB’S VOICE David. You’ve got to press him.
LIPSKY:
Okay.
BOB’S VOICE Be a prick if you have to. You’re not his best buddy, you’re a reporter.
