FADE IN ON:
EXT. PARKING LOT -NIGHT
Tight shot of a puddle, reflecting the upside down logo of AFU Cinemas. A woman's foot in a six-inch stiletto shoe comes into frame and steps in the puddle, splintering the reflection in the water.
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Close-up of NICOLE KIDMAN as she looks up at the movie marquee and lowers the hood of her coat. She smiles.
NICOLE (VOICE-OVER)
We come to this place for magic...
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Reverse angle on Nicole as she walks towards the building. She steps into a pot-hole and the heel of her stiletto breaks off as she nearly falls to the ground.
NICOLE
No worries. (She puts the heel in her pocket and enters the theater) (Voice-over continues) We come to AFU theaters to laugh, to cry, to care...
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INT. AFU THEATER LOBBY -NIGHT
Nicole catches sight of the long line at the concession stand. Her smile falters. She looks at her watch.
Next we see a quick montage of Nicole inching towards the counter in the mind-numbingly slow line. She looks at her watch again. Finally she makes it to the counter where she's met by a theater employee who practically frowns at her.
AFU EMPLOYEE
Yeah?
NICOLE
(Excitedly) One ticket for "the movies" and a large drink and a small pop-corn, please!
Another montage as the employee manages to make this transaction as looooonnnngggg as it possibly can be.
AFU EMPLOYEE
(Hitting register keys) That'll be thirty-five dollars and fifty-cents.
NICOLE
(Rather taken aback) Australian?
AFU EMPLOYEE
Australian what?
NICOLE
Dollars--
AFU EMPLOYEE
Does this look like down under to you lady?
NICOLE
(Getting money out of her pocket) Crikey...
CUT TO: Nicole at the soda fountain. She presses the ice lever and it spits out one cube. She sighs and keeps doing it. Her cup finally full, she attempts to put a lid on it; but it won't fit.
CUT TO: Nicole at the butter machine. She presses the button and the butter squirts out too fast and splashes onto her suit.
NICOLE
(Annoyed) Great...three thousand dollar suit...that's not coming out.
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INT. AUDITORIUM -NIGHT
Nicole enters the empty theater and walks up the stairs.
NICOLE (Voice-over) We come to AFU because we need that...all of us...together...
She sits in a chair and tries to refasten the heel on her shoe. She nibbles her pop-corn and then spits out an un-popped kernel as a couple with a baby enter the next row and sit directly behind her. She glances over her shoulder. (Voice-over continues) That indescribable feeling we get when the lights begin to dim...(A man enters the row in front of her and sits right under Nicole. He pulls out a phone with an extremely bright screen which shines in Nicole's face) (Voice-over continues) Somehow we're reborn with dazzling images on a huge silver screen and sound that I can feel--(The baby starts crying at the top of its lungs. An image flickers on the the screen. It's a scene between her and Tom Cruise in "Days of Thunder").
NICOLE
Are you bloody kidding me? (She gets up to leave)
WOMAN WITH BABY
Do you mind?
NICOLE
Yeah, I (bleeping) mind. (She takes a step and stops and looks down). Oh, freakin' beauty, mate! (We cut to a close-up of Nicole's bare foot in a morass of Jujubes, Coke syrup and wet popcorn).
CUT TO:
INT. AFU CORRIDOR -NIGHT
Nicole limps down the corridor. Her other heel breaks and she drops her concessions.
NICOLE
Oh bollocks!
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Another empty auditorium. Nicole plops into a seat, which is broken and her butt hits the floor.
NICOLE
Bloody hell!
She gathers herself up and moves to the next seat. She looks up at the screen. The image is out of focus.
NICOLE
(Shouting) FOCUS! (Voice-over) Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this...
(The movie image focuses and it's a scene between Nicole and Tom from "Far and Away") Seriously? (She stands and leaves).
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INT. CORRIDOR -NIGHT
Nicole, now barefoot, wanders down the hall and enters a third auditorium.
CUT TO:
INT. AUDITORIUM -NIGHT
NICOLE
(Voice-over) Our heroes feel like the best part of us--(The screen lights up with a scene from "Eyes Wide Shut" Nicole covers her eyes) Oh bloody (bleeped) Hell!
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INT. LOBBY -NIGHT
Nicole staggers towards the exit.
NICOLE
(Voice-over) And stories feel perfect and powerful...because here...they are--
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. STREET -NIGHT
Nicole's car is on blocks, its tires gone.
NICOLE
(Voice-over) AFU Theaters. We make movies better.
Nicole puts her hood back up and slinks away into the night. It starts pouring rain.
NICOLE
Bloody (bleeping) bollocks!
EXT. PARKING LOT -NIGHT
Tight shot of a puddle, reflecting the upside down logo of AFU Cinemas. A woman's foot in a six-inch stiletto shoe comes into frame and steps in the puddle, splintering the reflection in the water.
CUT TO:
Close-up of NICOLE KIDMAN as she looks up at the movie marquee and lowers the hood of her coat. She smiles.
NICOLE (VOICE-OVER)
We come to this place for magic...
CUT TO:
Reverse angle on Nicole as she walks towards the building. She steps into a pot-hole and the heel of her stiletto breaks off as she nearly falls to the ground.
NICOLE
No worries. (She puts the heel in her pocket and enters the theater) (Voice-over continues) We come to AFU theaters to laugh, to cry, to care...
CUT TO:
INT. AFU THEATER LOBBY -NIGHT
Nicole catches sight of the long line at the concession stand. Her smile falters. She looks at her watch.
Next we see a quick montage of Nicole inching towards the counter in the mind-numbingly slow line. She looks at her watch again. Finally she makes it to the counter where she's met by a theater employee who practically frowns at her.
AFU EMPLOYEE
Yeah?
NICOLE
(Excitedly) One ticket for "the movies" and a large drink and a small pop-corn, please!
Another montage as the employee manages to make this transaction as looooonnnngggg as it possibly can be.
AFU EMPLOYEE
(Hitting register keys) That'll be thirty-five dollars and fifty-cents.
NICOLE
(Rather taken aback) Australian?
AFU EMPLOYEE
Australian what?
NICOLE
Dollars--
AFU EMPLOYEE
Does this look like down under to you lady?
NICOLE
(Getting money out of her pocket) Crikey...
CUT TO: Nicole at the soda fountain. She presses the ice lever and it spits out one cube. She sighs and keeps doing it. Her cup finally full, she attempts to put a lid on it; but it won't fit.
CUT TO: Nicole at the butter machine. She presses the button and the butter squirts out too fast and splashes onto her suit.
NICOLE
(Annoyed) Great...three thousand dollar suit...that's not coming out.
CUT TO:
INT. AUDITORIUM -NIGHT
Nicole enters the empty theater and walks up the stairs.
NICOLE (Voice-over) We come to AFU because we need that...all of us...together...
She sits in a chair and tries to refasten the heel on her shoe. She nibbles her pop-corn and then spits out an un-popped kernel as a couple with a baby enter the next row and sit directly behind her. She glances over her shoulder. (Voice-over continues) That indescribable feeling we get when the lights begin to dim...(A man enters the row in front of her and sits right under Nicole. He pulls out a phone with an extremely bright screen which shines in Nicole's face) (Voice-over continues) Somehow we're reborn with dazzling images on a huge silver screen and sound that I can feel--(The baby starts crying at the top of its lungs. An image flickers on the the screen. It's a scene between her and Tom Cruise in "Days of Thunder").
NICOLE
Are you bloody kidding me? (She gets up to leave)
WOMAN WITH BABY
Do you mind?
NICOLE
Yeah, I (bleeping) mind. (She takes a step and stops and looks down). Oh, freakin' beauty, mate! (We cut to a close-up of Nicole's bare foot in a morass of Jujubes, Coke syrup and wet popcorn).
CUT TO:
INT. AFU CORRIDOR -NIGHT
Nicole limps down the corridor. Her other heel breaks and she drops her concessions.
NICOLE
Oh bollocks!
CUT TO:
Another empty auditorium. Nicole plops into a seat, which is broken and her butt hits the floor.
NICOLE
Bloody hell!
She gathers herself up and moves to the next seat. She looks up at the screen. The image is out of focus.
NICOLE
(Shouting) FOCUS! (Voice-over) Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this...
(The movie image focuses and it's a scene between Nicole and Tom from "Far and Away") Seriously? (She stands and leaves).
CUT TO:
INT. CORRIDOR -NIGHT
Nicole, now barefoot, wanders down the hall and enters a third auditorium.
CUT TO:
INT. AUDITORIUM -NIGHT
NICOLE
(Voice-over) Our heroes feel like the best part of us--(The screen lights up with a scene from "Eyes Wide Shut" Nicole covers her eyes) Oh bloody (bleeped) Hell!
CUT TO:
INT. LOBBY -NIGHT
Nicole staggers towards the exit.
NICOLE
(Voice-over) And stories feel perfect and powerful...because here...they are--
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. STREET -NIGHT
Nicole's car is on blocks, its tires gone.
NICOLE
(Voice-over) AFU Theaters. We make movies better.
Nicole puts her hood back up and slinks away into the night. It starts pouring rain.
NICOLE
Bloody (bleeping) bollocks!
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