Minds that have been unhinged from their old faith and love, have perhaps sought this Lethean influence of exile, in which the past becomes dreamy because its symbols have all vanished, and the present too is dreamy because it is linked with no memories.
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A young orphan transforms the life of a lonely, embittered man in this novel about faith and society set in nineteenth-century rural England.
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EXTERIOR MARTINI'S BAR �� NIGHT MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT �� An attractive little roadside tavern, with the name "Martini's" in neon lights on the front wall.
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POTTER (cont'd) All right, George, go ahead. You can't hide in a little town like this.
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POTTER (sarcastically) Look at you. You used to be so cocky! You were going to go out and conquer the world! You once called me a warped, frustrated old man. What are you but a warped, frustrated young man? A miserable little clerk crawling in here on your hands and knees and begging for help. No securities �� no stocks �� no bonds �� nothing but a miserable little five hundred dollar equity in a life insurance policy. You're worth more dead than alive. Why don't you go to the riff-raff you love so much and ask them to let you have eight thousand dollar? You know why? Because they'd run you out of town on a rail . . .But I'll tell you what I'm going to do for you, George. Since the state examiner is still here, as a stockholder of the Building and Loan, I'm going to swear out a warrant for your arrest.
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You're the only one in town that can help me.
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POTTER (interrupting) George, could it possibly be there's a slight discrepancy in the books?
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MEDIUM CLOSE UP �� Potter is seated at his desk, his goon beside him. He is signing some papers. George is seated in a chair before the desk, without a hat or coat, covered lightly with snow.
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MARY (in an outburst) George, why must you torture the children? Why don't you . . .
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Mary and the children stare at him, stunned by his furious outburst. There is silence in the room.
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Mary speaks quickly in to the phone.
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Mary succeeds in wresting the phone from George's hand.
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MARY (cont'd) Oh, thank you, Mrs. Welch. I'm sure she'll be all right. The doctor says that she ought to be out of bed in time to have her Christmas dinner.
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INTERIOR LIVING ROOM �� NIGHT CLOSE SHOT �� Mary comes in and picks up the phone.
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George puts the flower in a glass of water on the table beside her bed.
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She hands him the fallen petals and the flower. He turns his back to Zuzu, pretending to be tinkering with the flower. He sticks the fallen petals in his watch pocket, rearranges the flower, and then turns back to Zuzu.
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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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INTERIOR HALL �� NIGHT MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT �� George starts up the stairs. The knob on the banister comes off in his hand, and for a moment he has an impulse to hurl it into the living room. Then, he replaces the knob, and goes on up the stairs.
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PETE (coming in) Dad, how do you spell "frankincense"?
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