EXT. STREET/HALE/ATLANTIC HOTEL - THAT NIGHT
Ike drives up and parks in front of the hotel as he talks on his
cell phone.
I WITH:
INT. FISHER AND ELLIES BEDROOM (NYC) - NIGHT
Ellies on the phone. Fisher sits nearby.
ELLIE
Ikes going to get married.
Fisher throws himself onto the carpet and rolls himself
helpless with laughter.
ELLIE (td)
(without turning to him)
Fisher, if you pee on that Persian,
Ill kill you.
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INT. BEAUTY SALON - NIGHT DAY
Maggie talks to Peggy, dy and Grandma Julia. Grandma Julia
sits under a hair dryer. Sprout, the dog, sits in his basket.
DY
I love his eyes. I just believe
theyre listening to you.
PEGGY
His hair... any color.
GRANDMA JULIA
I like his tight butt.
Peggy laughs.
MAGGIE
Grandma!
PEGGY
(to dy)
See, this is a mature relationship.
Shes really found it.
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LOVE MONTAGE SHOTS:
EXT. O - DAY
Ike and Maggie fishing.
INT. MAGGIES WORKSHOP/HOME - DAY
They play ping-pong. They laugh, enjoying the moment.
INT. MAGGIES HOUSE - DAY
Ike and Maggie have fun playing cards. The game is slapjack.
EXT. FIELD - DAY
Maggie and Ike horseback riding. They sit on their horses
amongst trees, "nuzzling". Ike reads as he pushes Maggie in a
tire swing.
INT. MAGGIES ROOM - DAY
Ike and Maggie open and close a Hoberman ball by holding its
opposite ends ieeth. Grandma looks in.
INT. MAGGIES LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
There is a fire in the fireplace. Maggie and Ike sit as Ike
shows Maggie some passages from his favorite books. Hes
reading something from Yeats at the moment. They seem happy.
EXT. CHURCH - THE DAY OF THE WEDDING
It is a media circus including FOUR REPORTERS, Midday with
Meredith and the T-shirt Vendor. Plus three other people the
reporters are interviewing, a GERMAN LADY, BUTCH KENAN, a
farmer and Grandma Julia. Reporter DINA NAPOLI walks down the
church steps.
DINA NAPOLI (OF WBAL)
Wedding bells are ringing for the
fourth time today in Hale, Maryland.
Maggie Carpenter, "Always a Bride --
Never a Bridesmaid", will be attempting
to plete her fourth wedding ceremony.
Well e ba the air when the
results are in. Back to you, Jessica.
Meredith, the low-end public access TV reporter, films himself
pointing a cheap video camera himself.
MEREDITH
The turnout for this ms wedding
is usually reserved for royalty or
Hollywood stars, but Maggie Carpenter
is Hale, Marylands special star and
the citizens of Hale are out in full
force today.
The NY T-shirt Vendor pitches his wares.
T-SHIRT VENDOR
I got "Bye-bye Birdie". "art of
I do dont you uand?"... Get
your "Runaway Bride" T-shirts here...
Reporter JULIE MURPHY stands near Grandma Julia and Mrs.
Pressman.
JULIE MURPHY (el 6)
The brides been here for almost an
hour, but being around in the beginning
was never her problem. Well be here,
showing you the full wedding ceremony,
we hope.
Reporter JACKI and TIFFANY stand at the edge of the CROWD
rep.
JACKI/REPORTER #3 (WBOC TV16)
Will she or wont she? That is on the
minds of these several hundred