Robert Flanagan
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DAVID MAMET'S GODZILLAby Robert Flanagan and Sheldon Gleisser, copyright 2002, all rights reserved. (Video available with six others in DAVID MAMET'S GODZILLA AND OTHER COMEDIES. See Events & Sales for purchase information.) THE OPENING SCENE A HUGE ROAR sounds. TREMBLING TITLE APPEARS ON SCREEN: "DAVID MAMET'S GODZILLA!" INT: OFFICE -- DAY A small, ratty office with a desk, desk lamp, file cabinets and a window covered by venetian blinds. INT: OFFICE -- DAY MAN ONE, aging, heavy, a bully, sits at the desk smoking a cigar, tie undone, talking on the phone. MAN ONE Hello? Hello. MAN TWO, youngish, slim, a dope addict, stands by window, nervously peeking out through the blinds. MAN TWO Oh, man! I pity the poor sonsabitches caught up in this shit. MAN ONE (turning away) Just put me through, okay? MAN TWO They're gonna lose their shirt. Pants too. MAN ONE (on phone) Yeah, it's me. So what's the story? MAN TWO (looking to desk) Bet you're glad now we didn't take that deal, huh? MAN ONE (to phone) What! MAN TWO Up shit creek, man, that'd been us. MAN ONE (to phone) What the fuck you telling me? MAN TWO Who's that? MAN ONE Downtown. MAN TWO Oh yeah? What's up with them? MAN ONE (covering phone mouthpiece) They uh.... seem to think some of this is...ours. MAN TWO Ours? MAN ONE Yeah. It looks like. MAN TWO Bullshit. MAN ONE (to phone) That's...bullshit! MAN TWO Because we talked about it, right. But we never signed off on it. MAN ONE (to phone) No! No, no... (listens, puffing smoke) Yeah. Yeah, but... Man Two leaves window to pace about, snapping fingers, bobbing shoulders, twitching. MAN TWO Tell'em. We never signed off. MAN ONE (to phone) I'm telling you to tell'em... MAN TWO No way they can lay this on us. MAN ONE Them, them. You know who the fuck I mean. MAN TWO What're they saying? Man One waves him off, focusing on the phone. MAN TWO (CON'D) Because we don't have to take any shit from them. Know what I'm saying? Because a man has to... if a man's a man, I mean, a man has to stand up. A GIANT ROAR comes from outside, startling both men. Man One looks out window. MAN TWO (CON'D) Oh, man! You won't believe this! This shit! (And things get really rough when ONLY WOMAN, sent from "Downtown," shows up with "the fucking contacts" -- signed!) |
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Prizewinning collection of stories about the war between men and women, praised by reviewers nationwide. LOVING POWER
Stories filled with conflict and comedy, well reviewed by the Columbus Dispatch and Ohio Writer. THE BEAR'S WIFE'S HUSBAND TALE
Contemporary retelling of the animal mate folk myth. A complete short story. POETRY & REVIEWS
THREE POEMS &
THREE REVIEWS
Some poems about children, eviction and swimming. Also, three book reviews from the Columbus Dispatch. SCREENPLAY
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JUPUS REDEYE
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