State And Main

"STATE AND MAIN" by David Mamet (Based on an actual idea) FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT FADE IN: EXT. FIREHOUSE - DAY Ann is walking down the street. The firedog runs out of the firehouse, she gives the dog a biscuit, and pats him on the head. The fireman is out front with a cup of coffee. Ann hands him a poster. EXT. STATE AND MAIN - INTERSECTION - DAY Morris and Spud, two codgers, are about to cross the street when they hear a beeping and stop. As they cross, we see the tail end of a van, and the group nods in that direction. MORRIS You hear that? SPUD Yes, I hear it. MORRIS Drive a man to drink. Took me near half an hour, get across the street yesterday. SPUD I saw Budgie Gagnon, leaning on the bank of the building. Said, "What are you doin'?" He said, "I'm waitin' for the 'leven o'clock crossing..." As Morris and Spud speak a car is coming down the street, and bounces in the pothole. MORRIS Ywanna fix something, you should fix the pothole. Yessir, they should be trussed up, thrown off some high building. DOUG MACKENZIE, a young Republican type, walks up to join them. DOUG Who's that? MORRIS Whoever spent ten, f'teen thousand dollars, a new traffic light, you could grow old, paint your house before it lets you cross the street, and then, not fix the pothole. SPUD What was wrong with the old traffic light? INT. COFFEECORNER - DAY They enter the Coffeecorner. Carla is serving the folk, and Jack the owner is behind the counter. DOUG I'm glad you asked...