旅行终点 The End of the Tour Movie Script

LIPSKY:

I know. Right. Bye.

He hangs up and looks out the window.

64 E/I. HUNGRY MIND BOOKSTORE - ST PAUL - 1996 - NIGHT 64 A cool, independent bookstore [now defunct]. Patty escorts the Davids in. People who have begun to show up for the event recognize David; some gawk, some smile. David’s friends, two attractive women around his age, JULIE (petite, brunette) and BETSY (tall, striking), surprise him with their attendance.

DAVID:

I can’t believe you guys showed up!

JULIE:

We wouldn’t miss this, are you kidding?

DAVID:

Gluttons for punishment, both of you.

They greet and hug David. Introductions, handshakes.

DAVID:

This is David Lipsky. A reporter from Rolling Stone.

JULIE:

Oh, wow, hi.

DAVID:

This is Julie... 43.

LIPSKY:

Hi, Julie.

DAVID:

And this is Betsy.

BETSY:

Hi.

LIPSKY:

Nice to meet you.

DAVID:

Betsy and I went to grad school together, in Tucson.

LIPSKY:

Nice. (to Julie) How do you know David?

DAVID:

She wrote me a fan letter.

JULIE:

I did, I was the books editor at City Pages and I wrote him a fan letter, that’s right.

DAVID:

Julie has worked with a whole lot of writers

JULIE:

So I’m discriminating.

DAVID:

Exactly. And we discovered that we actually kind of like each other as people.

JULIE:

Indeed.

DAVID:

That’s how I met Jon Franzen: I wrote him a fan letter. Writers are pushovers when it comes to flattery.

You could try it sometime.

66 INT. BOOKSTORE/MANAGER'S OFFICE - ST PAUL - 1996 - NIGHT 66 The room, crammed with books and an old sofa, doubles as a kind of “green room” for visiting writers.