JFK

GARRISON'S HOME THAT NIGHT (1967)

Jim walks in, contrite. Liz is shutting down the house. Some of the kids are still up.

JASPER
Daddy! Where have you been?

JIM
(kisses Liz)
Hi, Freckle Face.

LIZ
(seething)
Hi.

JIM
Tough day.

LIZ
My sympathies.

JIM
Liz, I'm really sorry. The meeting
went much longer than expected.

LIZ
We waited for you... hours, Jim.
You could have telephoned, for God's
sake. It's Easter! You promised,
Jim.

JIM
I don't know what to say except I'm
sorry. I just don't have rabbits on
my mind.

LIZ
I think you care more about John
Kennedy than your family! All day
long the kids are asking, "Where's
Daddy?" What am I supposed to tell
your kids, Jim!

JIM
I don't know what to tell them. How
'bout the truth - I'm doing my job
to make sure they can grow up in a
country where justice won't be an
arcane, vanished idea they read about
in history books, like the dinosaurs
or the lost continent of Atlantis.

LIZ
That sounds dandy, but it doesn't
replace a father and a husband on
Easter Day.

JIM
(angry, turns away)
It's going to get worse, honey.

GARRISON'S OFFICE HALLWAY - MORNING(1967)

Jim, is coming down the corridor with Broussard, is confronted by some 20 local journalists and TV crew members. We hear a
hubbub of fierce questioning - ad libs but Jim, puzzled, brushes by, seeking refuge in his office. Lou, Al, Numa and Susie are all waiting for him. The regular staff - some 30 people - are looking, wondering. Lou presents him with the front page of the New Orleans States-Item.

LOU
Congratulations, Boss - you're page
one!

We see a close-up of the headline: "D.A. LAUNCHES FULL J.F.K. DEATH PLOT PROBE - Mysterious Trips Cost Large Sums."

INSIDE GARRISON'S OFFICE

JIM
(striding into his office reading the paper)
Goddamn Sam!

LOU
And it ain't pretty
(reading the copy)
..."the AD has spent more than $8,000
on unexplained travel and
investigative expenses since November,
1966.

NUMA
They went to the public records and
got the vouchers we requested for
withdrawals.

SUSIE
Shaw must've gotten them on our tail.

AL
Could be Ferrie, Martin, Andrews,
any of 'em.

BILL
We didn't talk to Ruby 'cause of
them and they're on our asses for a
measly $8,000!

Jim, at his desk, finishes reading the article. A huge
picture of him is on the front page. He puts down the paper, reaching for a long, gold pen that is part of the desk set.

JIM
They hunted down the news, it's their
business. Getting angry doesn't
accomplish a damned thing, but this
changes everything. We either pull
out now or we go through some heavy
flack together.

They look at each other.

JIM
Bear in mind, each of you, this may
affect the rest of your careers,
your lives...
(pause)
...if any of you pull out, I assure
you I will bear no ill feelings
towards that person and will reassign
you to regular duties.

No takers.

JIM
There it is then. Thank you. It
means very much to me. I'm giving
this office $6,000 from my National
Guard savings so we can continue. I
will make speeches where I can to
pick up additional money. Some local
businessmen are putting together a
fund for us and...

SHARON
(coming in)
Mr. Garrison, what shall I tell them?
They're piling up outside the door.
They want a statement, the phones
are going crazier than bugs on a
cake.

Everyone waits. Jim stands, repacks his briefcase with papers and reference books and heads for the back door elevator.

JIM
Neither confirm, deny, nor discuss,
Sharon. Goodbye, ladies, gentlemen,
I'm going home where I can get a
decent day's work done.



accomplish- dokonywać, osiągać
ad lib- improwizować
arcane- tajemniczy, tajemny
bear ( a feeling)- żywić (uczucie), nosić w sobie
brush by- wymijać (kogoś)
confirm- potwierdzać
contrite- skruszony
dandy- doskonały, znakomity
decent- porządny, przyzwoity
deny- zaprzeczać
expenses- wydatki
fierce- gwałtowny, zacięty, agresywny
flack- reprymenda, baty, opieprz
hubbub- zgiełk, wrzawa
investigative- śledczy
measly- nędzny
pile up- gromadzić się
plot- spisek
probe- badać, prowadzić dochodzenie; dochodzenie, badanie
seethe- kipieć ze złości
stride- kroczyć, wkraczać
vanished- zaginiony
voucher- bon, talon
withdrawal- wycofanie


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