Read The Extended Opening Scene To ‘Say Anything’
By Germain Lussier/Aug. 30, 2011 3:00 pm EST
Thanks to the The Uncool for the scene and Movieline for the heads up. Here’s Cameron Crowe’s original opening to Say Anything:
“SAY ANYTHING…”
FADE IN OVER BLACK:
INT. COREY’S BEDROOM – DAY
LLOYD DOBLER, 19, sits slumped in a small chair. He’s tall, bulky, his nose looks slightly mashed. Hidden in there somewhere is a good-looking kid. Lloyd thumbs through a newspaper, sips a Super Big Gulp from 7-11.
COREY
I don’t feel anything.
D.C.
Come on. It’s graduation.
It’s all so phony. Did you see what
Mr. Carroll wrote in my yearbook?
He ridiculed me all year long in
English, then he wrote — ‘You’re a
real live wire…Love, Mr. Carroll.’
He wants to leave things on a good
note.
When Mr. Carroll says ’love’ I start
looking for a new word.
Lloyd, she’s being difficult.
Lloyd looks up from his newspaper.
LLOYD
If life was a movie, what would it
be rated?
That’s a ‘Lloyd’ question.
Probably R. Maybe X.
Since Joe, my life is definitely X.
I’m probably PG-13 — some material
may be too intense for young children.
That’s too bad.
I’m doing something about it. I’m
going to take Diane Court out again.
The girls exchange meaningful looks.
Unlikely.
The movies is a good second ‘date’,
right?
You never had a first date.
I hate that word ‘date.’
I sat across from her at Bell
Square. We both ate. That’s
sharing eating — an important
physical event. Why isn’t that
going out?
That’s not even a scam.
What’s a scam?
Going out as friends.
No it’s not.. Scam is lusting.
Then what is a date?
The girls take a moment to consider.
A date is . . . prearrangement with a possibility for love.
I’m going to call her.
Lloyd.
What?
Diane Court doesn’t go ‘out’. She’s
a brain . . .
. . . trapped in the body of a game
show hostess.
Diane Court doesn’t even know how
good-looking she is. All she thinks
about it bio-chemistry.
This all sounds great to me. I’m
going to call her.
Lloyd. Brains stay with brains.
The bomb could go off, and their
mutant genes would form the same
cliques.
He gets up, bounces lightly off the walls.
I wouldn’t get my hopes up, Lloyd.
Did she every say anything about me,
Corey? Tell me the truth.
(high-strung)
She doesn’t talk about that stuff!
Take it easy. I was just asking.
You’re such a nice guy, Lloyd. We
just don’t want to see you get hurt.
Lloyd stands, lumbers around the room.
I want to get hurt! Will someone
just let me get hurt?
Like what you read? Well The Uncool also posted an extension of Diane Court’s graduation speech, but we’ll just direct you there to read that.
