Pulp Fiction Redux

I was reading my Pulp fiction screenplay (as I do) when I realized that it was missing one thing - me. So I rewrote the entire film with Tom Henry as an intricate character weaving in and out of each storyline . This; however, proved a challenge as out of respect for QT (Quentin Tarantino) I have not touched or added a single line of dialogue or direction for the other characters. I think it turned out great and am keeping my fingers crossed that Quentin will reshoot, despite the evident  bloating of John Travolta. 

If anyone reading, for some reason, doesn't know me and is having trouble picturing this, you can buy me lunch to better understand this scene. If anyone hasn't seen Pulp Fiction, I will give you my copy in exchange for lunch.

So, this is the scene where a troubled Vincent takes an overdosing Mia to drug dealer Lance's house, much to the chagrin of Lance and his quarrelsome life-mate Jody. 

This one's for me mum, the screenwriter, happy birfday.

28. INT. LANCE'S HOUSE - NIGHT 28.

WE START in Lance's and Jody's bedroom.

Jody, in bed, throws off the covers and stands up. She's wearing a long tee-shirt with a picture of Fred Flintstone on it.

We follow HANDHELD behind her as she opens the door, walking through the hall into the living room.

        JODY
It's only one-thirty in the goddamn
mornin'! What the fuck's goin' on
out here?

As she walks in the living room, she sees Vincent and Lance standing over Mia, who's lying on the floor in the middle of the room.

From here on in, everything in this scene is frantic, like a

DOCUMENTARY in an emergency ward, with the big difference here being nobody knows what the fuck they're doing.

        JODY
Who's she?

Lance looks up at Jody.

        LANCE
Get that black box in the bedroom I
have with the adrenalin shot.

        JODY
What's wrong with her?

        VINCENT
She's O.D.ing on us.

JODY
Well get her the hell outta here!

        LANCE AND VINCENT
(in stereo)
Get the fuckin' shot!

        JODY
Don't yell at me!

She angrily turns and disappears into the bedroom looking for the shot. Just then Tom Henry walks through the door, he is GENTLEMANLY and has great EYELASHES. The camera becomes strangely attracted to him. 

        TOM

Woah, what's her problem? I bought 

one of those frozen macaronis, can 

someone preheat the oven?!

        VINCENT
(to Lance)
You two are a match made in heaven.

        TOM

Oh nice wisecrack Vincent. I see 

you're still sporting a ponytail, 

that's cool.

        LANCE
Look, just keep talkin' to her,
okay? While she's gettin' the
shot, I gotta get a medical book.

        VINCENT
What do you need a medical book
for?

        LANCE
To tell me how to do it. I've
never given an adrenalin shot
before.

        VINCENT
You've had that thing for six years
and you never used it?

        TOM

Yo Vince, maybe if you weren't always 

joy-poppin' with bubble gummers, this 

wouldn't have happened.

        LANCE
I never had to use it. I don't go
joy-poppin' with bubble-gummers,
all of my friends can handle their
highs!

        TOM

Exactly what I said.

        VINCENT
Well then get it.

        LANCE
I am, if you'll let me.

       VINCENT
I'm not fuckin' stoppin' you.

LANCE
Stop talkin' to me, and start
talkin' to her.

TOM

Look, while you guys are bickering, 

I'll talk to her ok?

Tom turns to Mia, she is in pretty rough shape. He begins to speak gently.

TOM

Hey darlin', not feelin' so hot are 

we? Have you guys tried like giving 

her some water yet? Cammomile?

WE FOLLOW Lance as he runs out of the living room into a...

29. SPARE ROOM 29.
with a bunch of junk in it. He frantically starts scanning
the junk for the book he's looking for, repeating the words,
"Come on," endlessly.

From OFF SCREEN we hear:

VINCENT (OS)
Hurry up man! We're losin' her!

LANCE
(calling back)
I'm looking as fast as I can!

Tom enters the room. Lance continues his frenzied search.

TOM

Hey look, Lancelot, I came by cause 

I felt real shitty about earlier, I 

didn't mean you weren't a good singer 

ever, I just was trying to watch a TV

 show. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled.

WE HEAR Jody in the living room now as she talks to Vincent.

JODY (OS)
What's he lookin' for?

VINCENT (OS)
I dunno, some medical book.

Jody calls to Lance.

JODY (OS)
What are you lookin' for?

LANCE
My black medical book!

TOM

Snoopy much? Anyway, listen, I think 

you're a pretty good singer, and if 

you wanna continue down that path 

I'll support you. Just not during 

Friends right?!

Tom gives Lance a few playful punches. 

As he continues searching, flipping and knocking over shit, Jody appears in the doorway.

JODY
What are you looking for?

TOM

Kinda in the middle of something here 

Jode. You already asked that twice anyway. 

LANCE

My black fuckin' medical book.

It's like a text book they give to
nurses.

JODY
I never saw a medical book.

TOM

Yeah, obviously Jody, most of us don't 

just see medical books around.

LANCE
Trust me, I have one.

JODY
Well if it's that important, why
didn't you keep it with the shot?

Lance spins toward her.

LANCE
I don't know! Stop bothering me!

JODY
While you're lookin' for it, that
girl's gonna die on our carpet.
You're never gonna find it in all
this shit. For six months now,
I've been telling you to clean this
room --

TOM

Jody, I know you're upset, because I

returned Turner and Hooch before you

could watch it, but I wish you wouldn't

take it out on Lance.

VINCENT (OS)
-- get your ass in here, fuck the
book!

Lance angrily knocks over a pile of shit and leaves the SHOT heading for the living room. Tom begins to stack the pile of shit back up.

TOM

You should watch it sometime though,

it's really good.

30. LIVING ROOM 30.
Vincent is bent over Mia, talking softly to her, when Lance reenters the room.

VINCENT
Quit fuckin' around man and give
her the shot!

Lance bends down by the black case brought in by Jody. He opens it and begins preparing the needle for injection. Tom reenters the room.

TOM

So look, I bought this macaroni, you 

know, sorta like a peace offering.

LANCE
While I'm doing this, take her
shirt off and find her heart.

Vince rips her blouse open.

Jody stumbles back in the room, hanging back from the action.

TOM

It's got four kinds of cheese, and 

I don't even mind making it but I 

can never figure out your oven and...

VINCENT
Does it have to be exact?

LANCE
Yeah, it has to be exact! I'm
giving her an injection in the
heart, so I gotta exactly hit her
in the heart.

TOM

That sounds like a song, eh Lance? I 

gotta exactly hit her in the heart 

by Sir Lancelot the man! 

VINCENT
Well, I don't know exactly where
her heart is, I think it's here.

Vince points to Mia's right breast. Lance glances over and nods.

LANCE
That's it.

TOM

Yeah, that's it.

As Lance readies the injection, Vincent looks up at Jody.

TOM

Don't look at her like that man.

VINCENT
I need a big fat magic marker, got
one?

JODY
What?

VINCENT
I need a big fat magic marker, any
felt pen'll do, but a magic marker
would be great.

JODY
Hold on.

Jody runs to the desk, opens the top drawer and, in her enthusiasm, she pulls the drawer out of the desk, the contents of which (bills, papers, pens) spill to the floor.

The injection is ready. Lance hands Vincent the needle.

LANCE
It's ready, I'll tell you what to
do.

VINCENT
You're gonna give her the shot.

LANCE
No, you're gonna give her the shot.

TOM

I'll do it.

VINCENT
I've never done this before.

LANCE
I've never done this before either,
and I ain't starting now. You
brought 'er here, that means you
give her the shot. The day I bring
an O.D.ing bitch to your place,
then I gotta give her the shot.

TOM

Jeez, I said I'd do it. Fine whatever.

Jody hurriedly joins them in the huddle, a big fat red magic marker in her hand.

JODY
Got it.

Vincent grabs the magic marker out of Jody's hand and makes a big red dot in Mia's body where her heart is.

VINCENT
Okay, what do I do?

LANCE
Well, you're giving her an
injection of adrenalin straight to
her heart. But she's got a breast
plate in front of her heart, so you
gotta pierce through that. So what
you gotta do is bring the needle
down in a stabbing motion.

Lance demonstrates a stabbing motion, which looks like "The Shape" killing its victims in "HALLOWEEN."

TOM

Hey Lance you looked kind of 

like "the shape" killing it's 

victims in Halloween.

VINCENT
I gotta stab her?

TOM

Yeah, stab her. What's the big 

deal?

LANCE
If you want the needle to pierce
through to her heart, you gotta
stab her hard. Then once you do,
push down on the plunger.

VINCENT
What happens after that?

LANCE
I'm curious about that myself.

VINCENT
This ain't a fuckin' joke man!

LANCE
She's supposed to come out of it
like --
(snaps his fingers)
-- that.

Vincent lifts the needle up above his head in a stabbing motion. He looks down on Mia.

Mia is fading fast. Soon nothing will help her.

Vincent's eyes narrow, ready to do this.

TOM

Shouldn't be a problem.

VINCENT
Count to three.

Lance, on his knees right beside Vincent, does not know what to expect.

LANCE
One...

RED DOT on Mia's body.

Needle raised ready to strike.

LANCE (OS)
...two...

Jody's face is alive with anticipation. Tom's face is bored, he fixes his hair in the mirror.

NEEDLE in the air, poised like a rattler ready to strike.

LANCE (OS)
...three!

The needle leaves frame, THRUSTING down hard.

Vincent brings the needle down hard, STABBING Mia in the chest.

Mia's head is JOLTED from the impact.

The syringe plunger is pushed down, PUMPING the adrenalin out through the needle.

Mia's eyes POP WIDE OPEN and she lets out a HELLISH cry of the banshee. She BOLTS UP in a sitting position, needle stuck in her chest -- SCREAMING.

Vincent, Lance and Jody, who were in sitting positions in front of Mia, JUMP BACK, scared to death.

Mia's scream runs out. She slowly starts taking breaths of air.

TOM

Uhh, ever heard of neighbours?

The other three, now scooted halfway across the room, shaken to their bones, look to see if she's alright.

LANCE
If you're okay, say something.

Mia, still breathing, not looking up at them, says in a relatively normal voice.

MIA
Something.

Tom laughs.

TOM

I love that. That's like when someone's 

pouring me a drink and they say, say 

when, so I say the actual word "when" 

instead of like now or that's enough.

Vincent and Lance collapse on their backs, exhausted and shaking from how close to death Mia came.

JODY
Anybody want a beer?

TOM

Yeah, that'd be cool.