《返老还童》 英文剧本.doc

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Written by Eric Roth Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald As all things do, it begins in the dark. eyes blink open. Blue eyes. The first thing they see is a woman near 40, standing looking out a window, watching the wind blowing, rattling a window. -DAISY: What are you looking at, Caroline? -CAROLINE: The wind, mom. They say a hurricane is coming. 1. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM, NEW ORLEANS - MORNING, PRESENT Now we see were in a hospital room with layers of white enamel paint trying without success to hide the years... An old WOMAN, past 80, withered, still regal with a green turban around her bald head is propped by pillows, her blue eyes looking out at us from her bed... Shes connected to an intravenous for sustenance and a morphine drip... Her name is DAISY FULLER. She speaks with a Southern lilt. We see a young Black Woman, a caregiver, DOROTHY BAKER, in a corner, thumbing a magazine, with one eye at the window... -DAISY: I feel like Im on a boat...drifting. -CAROLINE: Can I do anything for you, mom? Make anything easier? -DAISY: Oh, sugar. There is nothing left to do. It is what it is. Im finding it harder to keep my eyes open. My mouths full of... cotton. And agitated, feeling confined, she scratches at her nightgown as if it were sticking to her... she starts to take it off... Dorothy gets up and straightens it for her. -DOROTHY BAKER: There, there, miss Daisy. You will scratch yourself to ribbons. (to Caroline) Its their way of letting go... (the finality) ...probably today. Caroline is well aware of it, but the words, her admonition of death being so close at hand, makes everything even more present... -CAROLINE: Do you want any more medication, mother? Doctor said you can have as much as you want. No need for anybody to suffer. Daisy is quiet, looking into the distance. Caroline, seeking closure, sits on the bed with her and starts to cry. Daisy puts her thin arms around her daughter, comforting her. -CAROLINE: A