When Harry Met Sally (12 page)

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INT. SALLY'S BATHROOM—DAY
As before
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SALLY
    
(Voice-over)
    I just hope I get to say it first.

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INT. HARRY'S BATHROOM—DAY
Harry still showering
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HARRY
    
(Voice-over)
    I hope she says it before I do.

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INT. RESTAURANT—NIGHT
Sally and Harry sit, silently, with their drinks. Long pause
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SALLY
    It was a mistake.

HARRY
    I'm so relieved that you think so, too.

Both of them take swigs of their water.

HARRY
    (
CONT'D
)    I'm not saying last night wasn't great.

SALLY
    It was.

HARRY
    Yes, it was.

SALLY
    We just never should've done it.

HARRY
    I couldn't agree more.

Sally nods
.

A pause
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SALLY
    I'm so relieved.

HARRY
    Great.

SALLY
    Yeah.

Harry nodding
.

Sally nodding
.

Well that's that
.

A WAITER brings their salads
.

WAITER
    Two mixed green salads.

They start to eat
.

They eat
.

Silence
.

We hear the FORKS against the plates
.

More silence
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HARRY
    It is so nice when you can sit with someone and not have to talk.

HOLD on the scene as they go on eating in silence
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HOLD
.

HOLD
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EXT. CENTRAL PARK—BETHESDA FOUNTAIN—DAY
Harry and Jess fast-walking along
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HARRY
    It's just like, most of the time you go to bed with someone and then she tells you all her stories, you tell her your stories, but with Sally and me we'd already heard each other's stories, so once we went to bed, we didn't know what we were supposed to do, you know?

JESS
    Sure, Harry.

EXT. STREET—RAINING

Harry and Jess crossing the street
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HARRY
    I don't know, you get to a certain point in a relationship where it's just too late to have sex, you know?

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INT. DEPARTMENT STORE FITTING ROOM—DAY

We can see Marie standing at a mirror, Sally in a chair
.

SALLY
    Is Harry bringing anyone to the wedding?

MARIE
    I don't think so.

SALLY
    Is he seeing anyone?

MARIE
    He was seeing this anthropologist, but …

SALLY
    What did she look like?

MARIE
    Thin. Pretty. Big tits. Your basic nightmare. So what do you think?

Marie is trying on a very traditional white wedding dress with a train and veil
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SALLY
    Oh, Marie.

MARIE
    Tell me the truth.

Sally's eyes start to well with tears
.

SALLY
    It's just beautiful.

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INT. WEDDING—AFTERNOON

The wedding. A winter wedding with pine boughs and holly
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Marie in her wedding dress with a gorgeous bouquet of flowers comes down the aisle with her father and Sally, who's the maid of honor
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A chamber MUSIC quartet is playing something by Mozart as they come down the aisle to a JUDGE who's standing at the head of the aisle next to Jess and Harry, his best man
.

The ceremony begins. Harry looks at Sally. She looks at him for a moment, then looks away
.

JUDGE
    We are gathered here today to celebrate the marriage of Marie and Jess and to consecrate their vows of matrimony. The vows they will take will join their lives, the wine they will share binds all their hopes together, and by the rings they will wear, they will be known to all as husband and wife.

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INT. PUCK BUILDING—WEDDING RECEPTION—AFTERNOON

A band is PLAYING.

Harry approaches Sally
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HARRY
    Hi.

SALLY
    Hello.

HARRY
    Nice ceremony.

SALLY
    Beautiful.

Sally is clearly uncomfortable. She's going to behave like someone who simply is not going to get involved or even pretend interest in the conversation
.

HARRY
    Boy, the holidays are rough. Every year I just try to get from the day before Thanksgiving to the day after New Year's.

Sally nods
.

SALLY
    A lot of suicides.

Harry nods. Sally nods
.

A WAITER comes up with a tray of hors d'oeuvres
.

WAITER
    Would you like a pea pod with shrimp?

SALLY
    
(with all the warmth she hasn't
been showing Harry)
    Thank you.

She takes one. Waiter turns the tray to Harry
.

HARRY
    No thanks.

The Waiter leaves
.

HARRY
    How've you been?

SALLY
    Fine.

A pause
.

HARRY
    Are you seeing anybody?

Sally looks at him
.

SALLY
    Harry—

HARRY
    What?

SALLY
    
(cutting him off)
    I don't want to talk about this.

HARRY
    Why not?

SALLY
    I don't want to talk about it.

Sally turns and walks away. Harry follows
.

HARRY
    Why can't we get past this? I mean, are we gonna carry this thing around forever?

Sally stops, whirls around to face him
.

SALLY
    Forever? It just happened.

HARRY
    It happened three weeks ago.

Sally looks at him disbelievingly
.

HARRY
    (
CONT'D
)    You know how a year to a person is like seven years to a dog?

SALLY
    Yes.

Harry throws up his hands as if it's self-explanatory
.

SALLY
    (
CONT'D
)    Is one of us supposed to be a dog in this scenario?

HARRY
    Yes.

SALLY
    Who is the dog?

HARRY
    You are.

SALLY
    I am? I'm the dog?

HARRY
    Um-hmm.

SALLY
    I am the dog?

People are starting to notice the intensity of the conversation
.

Sally is really furious now. She starts toward the large doors in the background, thinking they can get some privacy there. Once in front of the doors, she stands angrily with her hands on her hips, away from the guests
.

SALLY
    (
CONT'D
)    I don't see that, Harry. If anybody is the dog, you are the dog. You want to act like what happened didn't mean anything.

HARRY
    I'm not saying it didn't mean anything. I'm saying why does it have to mean
everything?

SALLY
    Because it does, and you should know that better than anyone because the minute that it happened, you walked right out the door.

HARRY
    I didn't walk out—

SALLY
    No, sprinted is more like it.

HARRY
    We both agreed it was a mistake—

SALLY
    The worst mistake I ever made.

INT. KITCHEN—DAY

They go through the doors Sally was heading for and now they're in the kitchen. Waiters are banging by with trays, dumping glasses into the sink, opening champagne, etc. Harry and Sally shouting now over the DIN
.

HARRY
    What do you want from me?

SALLY
    I don't want anything from you.

HARRY
    Fine, fine, but let's just get one thing straight. I didn't go over there that night to make love to you. That's not why I went there. But you looked at me
with those big, weepy eyes. “Don't go home tonight, Harry. Hold me a little longer, Harry.” What was I supposed to do?

SALLY
    What are you saying? You took pity on me?

HARRY
    No, I …

SALLY
    Fuck you!

Sally slaps Harry across the face. Then bursts out of the kitchen with a stunned Harry right behind her
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INT. PUCK BUILDING—WEDDING RECEPTION—DAY
The entire wedding party is assembled around the bandstand
.

The band is PLAYING some kind of musical riff that signals that attention must be paid. Sally stomps through the room, Harry just behind. There's a crowd of guests assembled in a knot with Jess and Marie, their arms around each other, standing there with their champagne glasses. Jess is in front of the microphone
.

JESS
    Everybody, could I have your attention, please? I want to propose a toast to Harry and Sally.

Sally, surprised, comes to a halt, as does Harry. The entire crowd turns toward the two of them
.

JESS
    (
CONT'D
)    If Marie or I had found either of them remotely attractive, we would not be here today.

Everyone laughs and raises their glasses to Harry and Sally
.

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MUSIC HERE

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EXT. 96TH STREET—CHRISTMAS TREE STAND—DAY

Sally, in jeans and a plain jacket, has just bought her Christmas tree, and the salesman has finished putting plastic netting around it. Sally starts to carry the tree. It's very heavy; the top of it is dragging slightly behind her, and she's leaving a little trail of pine needles behind her
as she starts home, but she's going to carry this damn tree home alone if it kills her
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INT. HARRY'S APARTMENT—DAY
Harry paces in the kitchen, the phone to his ear, as he makes a cup of tea
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HARRY
    
(into phone)
    Hi, it's me. It's the holiday season, and I thought I might remind you that this is the season of charity and forgiveness …

INT. SALLY'S APARTMENT—DAY

Sally brings in the tree
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HARRY'S VOICE
    (
CONT'D
)    
(on answering machine)
… and although it's not widely known, it's also the season of groveling. So if you felt like calling me back, I'd be all too happy to do the traditional Christmas grovel. Give me a call.

INT. HARRY'S APARTMENT—DAY
Harry at the counter, hangs up, carries his cup to the table, sits, and looks through his mail
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INT. SALLY'S APARTMENT—DAY
Sally works at her computer. The phone RINGS. She stops working and listens to the answering machine
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SALLY'S VOICE
    
(on answering machine)
Hi, I'm not home right now. Call you right back.

Machine BEEPS
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HARRY'S VOICE
    
(on answering machine)
If you're there, please pick up the phone. I really want to talk to you.

INT. HARRY'S APARTMENT—DAY

Harry is lying on his bed, talking on the phone
.

HARRY
    (
CONT'D
)    The fact that you're not answering
leads me to believe you're either (a) not at home, (b) home but don't want to talk to me, or (c) …

INT. SALLY'S APARTMENT—DAY
Sally, not picking up
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HARRY'S VOICE (CONT'D)
    
(on answering machine)
… home, desperately want to talk to me but trapped under something heavy. If it's (a) or (c), call me back.

The phone CLICKS off. HOLD on Sally
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EXT. STREET—HOT DOG STAND—DAY
Harry and Jess are stopped at a hot dog stand
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HARRY
    Obviously she doesn't want to talk to me. What do I have to do? Get hit over the head? If she wants to call me, she'll call me. I'm through making a schmuck out of myself.

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INT. HARRY'S APARTMENT—DAY
Harry singing on the phone. The backup MUSIC machine is going
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