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A CROWDED ROOM byJames Cameron FADE IN:We dont know what were looking at. Its an abstractmass -- swirling lines in constant motion -- but were tooclose to see any form.As WE PULL BACK, we can now make out that they are whatseem like animated streaks of charcoal -- forming andreforming
BILLY'S MOTHER, DOROTHY, is coming, watching a soap opera
and talking on the phone all at the same time. BILLY,
still three, has a toy ambulance that he's running all
over with -- rolling it over everything, making siren
noises, "vrooming" at the top of his lungs. Finally:
DOROTHY
Billy, please -- can't you see I'm
tryin' to watch the TV? Now take
that someplace else.
He takes the car down the hall -- vrooming slightly
quieter. WE HOLD on a framed photo of JOHNNY MORRISON and
JIMMY DURANTE. Baby BILLY sits on DURANTE'S knee.
BILLY
arrives at a door leading to the garage. He opens it and
immediately starts coughing. It's filled with fumes. He
looks inside the car, which is running, and sees his
FATHER, slumped over on the front seat.
INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
It's filled with people, all in black, all eating. BILLY
is in a black suit and bowtie, getting underneath
everybody's feet, still carrying his ambulance. He vrooms
very quietly. He looks over at his MOTHER, red-eyed from
crying, on a sofa with another WOMAN. DOROTHY breaks
down.
DOROTHY
My God, he looks just like him. I
can't look at him. I can't...
THE OTHER WOMAN quickly bustles BILLY away.
WOMAN
Come on, son. Your Mother's very
upset.
INT. BILLY'S BEDROOM
It's empty as the WOMAN brings BILLY inside.
WOMAN
Now you just sit up here and play
for a while, alright? That's all
grown up stuff goin' on downstairs.
And soon your Mama's gonna take you
back home with her to Ohio. Won't
that be fun?
She leaves and closes the door. He sits alone in the
middle of the floor. He spins the wheels of his ambulance
against the worn out rug.
BILLY
(softly, a siren)
Wooooo... woooo...
And he rolls it slowly out of frame. Beat... beat...
beat... it rolls back to him. And it's been turned around
to face him. BILLY looks up and smiles.
ANGLE
to reveal a three year old GIRL, all in white. She's the
girl from the painting with the rag doll.
GIRL
Vrooom... vrooom...
BILLY
He rolls it back to her.
INT. BOWLING ALLEY
There's a piano bar and DOROTHY is in a ratty, red
sequined dress, singing "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves
You." As she does, WE SEE BILLY, age eight, not really
watching, just sitting sullenly -- blowing air bubbles in
his Coke. Someone's watching though. CHALMER MILLIGAN
sits at the bar, smiling at DOROTHY. She starts
performing just to him. BILLY realizes what's going on
and watches carefully. CHALMER catches BILLY'S look and
feels exposed. He turns his attention back to DOROTHY.
LATER
CHALMER and DOROTHY, laughing in a booth over drinks.
PAN OVER
to the next booth -- BILLY is fast asleep.
EXT. CARNIVAL - NIGHT
Lots of people and rides. BILLY, DOROTHY and CHALMER are
in line for one ride, but as they get to the gate:
ATTENDANT
Sorry, he's too little. There's a
height requirement.
BILLY is stricken.
CHALMER
(to Billy)
Well, tell ya what -- you wait here
and we'll meet you right after.
It's a short one, this one.
He ushers DOROTHY onto the ride as BILLY steps aside --
watching and waiting.
INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY
CHALMER watches from the sofa as BILLY sits with crayons
and a pad on the floor. BILLY reaches for the red one,
but CHALMER'S foot comes down on it. A beat as BILLY
looks up at him. Finally, CHALMER lifts his foot and
BILLY takes it.
INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT
DOROTHY is shaking BILLY out of a deep sleep. She's
breathless with excitement.
DOROTHY
Billy, wake up. Look.
She shows him an engagement ring on her finger.
DOROTHY
He asked me to
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