旅行终点 The End of the Tour Movie Script

杰瑞发布于2023-05-21

  影片改编自真人真事,讲述了畅销书《无尽的玩笑》作者大卫·福斯特·华莱士(杰森·席格尔 饰)和《滚石》杂志记者(杰西·艾森伯格 饰)一同踏上新书全国宣传之旅过程中发生的故事。

MARTHA:
Of course. Whatever you feel mostcomfortable with.
DAVID:
It’s always stuff like “Where do youget your ideas?” (to Lipsky) From a Time-Life subscription series for$17.95 a month.
Lipsky and Martha laugh.
MARTHA:
It’s show time!
Martha goes to the podium.
DAVID:
(to Lipsky) It’s all downhill from here.
MARTHA:
This is the very last stop on his booktour and we’re very lucky to have him!
Ladies and gentlemen... Would youwelcome to the Hungry Mind... David.
Foster. Wallace!
The packed audience applauds enthusiastically.
watches as David approaches the podium.
Lipsky 66D INT. HUNGRY MIND BOOKSTORE - ST PAUL - 1996 - LATER 66D A long line of excited book buyers wait their turn. Seated at a table, David signs one and hands it to a YOUNG WOMAN.
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DAVID:
There you go.
The young woman looks at it with bemusement.
YOUNG WOMAN: What is that supposed to be, a computer?
DAVID:
What? No. It’s a smiley face. See?
YOUNG WOMAN: Ohhh...
DAVID:
If you want, I could put Wite-Out over it... YOUNG WOMAN: That’s okay.
DAVID:
You sure? It’s your book... Lipsky, in ad-libbed conversation with Betsy and Julie, observes from the sidelines.
Back to David. A NERDY GUY pulls out the Vintage paperback copy of The Broom of the System.
DAVID:
Oh no. That old thing?
NERDY GUY: Do you mind...?
DAVID:
Eh, the new one’s better.
The guy plunks down a copy of Infinite Jest, too.