EXTERIOR MAIN STREET BEDFORD FALLS �� NIGHT MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT �� George comes out of the bank into the falling snow. He crosses the street, tugs at the door of his old car, finally steps over the door, and drives off.
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INTERIOR LIVING ROOM �� NIGHT CLOSE SHOT �� The room has suddenly become ominously quiet, the only SOUND being George's labored breathing. George goes over to a corner of the room where his workshop is set up �� a drawing table, several models of modern buildings, bridges, etc. Savagely he kicks over the models, picks up some books and hurls them into the corner. Mary and the children watch, horrified. George looks around and sees them staring at him as if he were some unknown wild animal. The three children are crying.
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GEORGE (cont'd) (savagely) Janie, haven't you learned that silly tune yet? You've played it over and over again. Now stop it! Stop it!
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She puts a restraining hand on his arm. He shakes it off. She cannot know that George's tirade against Mrs. Welch is really a tirade against the world, against life itself, against God. Over the phone we hear Mrs.
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MARY (hand over receiver) Yes.
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She closes her eyes and relaxes on the bed. George pulls the covers over her. He bends down and his lips touch a tendril of the child's hair. Then he gets up and tiptoes out of the room.
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INTERIOR ZUZU'S BEDROOM �� NIGHT FULL SHOT �� The SOUND of Janie at the piano can be heard, the same monotonous rhythm over and over. Zuzu (aged six) is sitting up in her bed, the lamp burning beside her. She is holding her prize flower. George tiptoes in. Then, as he sees she's awake, he comes over, sitting on the edge of her bed.
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We hear his footsteps as he leaves. Mary looks after him, puzzled and concerned, then comes over to Pete.
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GEORGE (rising from chair) Families! I don't want the families over here!
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UNCLE BILLY (exhausted) I've been over the whole house, even in rooms that have been locked ever since I lost Laura.
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Cousin Eustace runs over to George.
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Uncle Billy hands the bank book over. The teller opens it, starts to punch it with rubber stamps.
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Uncle Billy folds Potter's paper over the envelope containing his money, and flings his final taunt at the old man.
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Uncle Billy has finished filling out his slip, and comes over to taunt Potter, the envelope containing the money in his hand.
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MEDIUM SHOT �� door to street. Potter is being wheeled in by his goon. Various bank officials run over to greet him �� he is reading a newspaper.
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He gives the phone to Eustace, puts down his wreath and goes over to Carter.
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EXTERIOR REMAGEN BRIDGE OVER THE RHINE �� DAY CLOSE SHOT �� Marty in the foreground, beckoning to soldiers to come on.
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George crosses over and sits on the edge of the bed.
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George takes off his hat and coat, moves over to the dresser and stares at his reflection in the mirror.
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