INT. HALLWAY--DAY
Maloney and Kelly walk slowly down hallway and stop in front of Apt. 1-H. Kelly rings doorbell.
NEIGHBOR (O.S.): (man's voice) Who is it?
NEIGHBOR, 75, has no foreign accent.
KELLY: It's the FBI. We'd like to speak with you.
Neighbor opens apartment door.
INT. LIVING ROOM--DAY
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE, 72, turns off television set.
NEIGHBOR: Have a seat.
Maloney and Kelly enter apartment and sit down on couch. Neighbor sits down on chair next to his wife.
NEIGHBOR (CONT'D): How can we help you?
KELLY: We'd like to ask you some questions about your neighbors in Apartment 1-G. The Greenbergs. Do you know them?
NEIGHBOR: We say hello to each other in the hall.
MALONEY: How are they as neighbors?
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE: They're good neighbors. They're very quiet. We've never had any trouble with them.
KELLY: How long have the Greenbergs been your neighbors?
NEIGHBOR: Two years. Maybe three years.
MALONEY: Have you ever seen their son?
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE: I saw him a few times around Thanksgiving. When he was staying over to visit them.
NEIGHBOR: I bumped into him in the hall a few times.
KELLY: What did he look like?
NEIGHBOR: He has long, kinky hair and a mustache.
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE: He looks like a hippie.
KELLY: Do you know whether he owns a car or has a driver's license?
NEIGHBOR: I don't know.
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE: I wouldn't know anything about that.
KELLY: Did you ever notice him getting any visitors at his parent's apartment when he would stay there?
NEIGHBOR: I never saw him in the hall with any visitors.
KELLY: We have some photographs of some Weather fugitives that we'd like you to look at now. We think the Greenbergs' son is helping them hide out.
Kelly shows them a photograph.
C.U. PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUNG MAN
KELLY (CONT'D) (V.O.): Have you ever seen him around this building?
NEIGHBOR (V.O.): Not around this building. Just on TV.
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE (V.O.): Just in the newspapers and on TV.
C.U. PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUNG WOMAN
KELLY (V.O.): What about her?
NEIGHBOR (V.O.): Never saw her before.
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE (V.O.): I never saw her around this building.
Maloney and Kelly stand.
KELLY: Well, that's all the questions we have for now. But we'd like you to let us know if you see the Greenbergs' son visiting them again.
NEIGHBOR: We'll be watching out for him. If you want us to.
KELLY: Let me take down your phone number. We'll be telephoning you from time to time.
NEIGHBOR: Our phone number is 459-6008.
MALONEY: Well, thank you for your cooperation. If all citizens were as cooperative as you, senior citizens wouldn't have to be afraid of being mugged on the street.
KELLY: Have a good day!
NEIGHBOR: Same to you.
Maloney and Kelly leave apartment. Neighbor closes door.
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE: It's like Nazi Germany. Now we have to spy on our neighbors.
NEIGHBOR: We have no choice. If we don't cooperate with them, they might get nosey about Alfredo's construction business.
INT. GREENBERGS' APARTMENT--DAY
GREENBERG'S MOTHER, 50, is a physically attractive women who wears slacks. She is stretched out on her bed reading a library book.
C.U. BOOK COVER of "Eleanor Roosevelt's Autobiography"
Sound of doorbell buzz. Greenberg's Mother slowly gets up from bed, walks from bedroom into living room and to door.
GREENBERG'S MOTHER: Who is it?
MALONEY (O.S.): It's the FBI. We'd like to speak with James Greenberg.
GREENBERG'S MOTHER: I don't know where he is.
INT. HALLWAY--DAY
MALONEY: Are you his mother?
GREENBERG'S MOTHER (O.S.): Yes, I am.
MALONEY: And you're Mrs. Jacob Greenberg?
GREENBERG'S MOTHER (O.S.): Yes.
MALONEY: May we come in and speak with you for a few minutes, Mrs. Greenberg?
GREENBERG'S MOTHER (O.S.): No.
MALONEY: When did you last see your son?
GREENBERG'S MOTHER (O.S.): He visited us around Thanksgiving. But I haven't heard from him since then.
MALONEY: Do you know where he's living now?
GREENBERG'S MOTHER (O.S.): I have no idea.
MALONEY: Aren't you worried about what might happen to him?
GREENBERG'S MOTHER (O.S.): I worry constantly about him.
MALONEY: Did he ever talk about any of the Weather fugitives when he visited you?
INT. GREENBERGS' APARTMENT--DAY
Greenberg's Mother grimaces.
GREENBERG'S MOTHER: I can't answer anymore of your questions now. I just got out of the hospital and I feel very weak. Please go away.
Greenberg's Mother walks slowly back to bedroom.
INT. HALLWAY--DAY
MALONEY: We're sorry to hear that. But we only have a few more questions. Do you think it's more likely that he'd be living in San Francisco than in Chicago now?...Mrs. Greenberg?...Are you there Mrs. Greenberg?
Maloney shrugs.
MALONEY (CONT'D): Let's get going.
KELLY: Should I ask O'Connor to put a tap on her phone?
MALONEY: Might as well. Let's see who she calls. And what she tells other people about her son.
EXT. ANN ARBOR STREET--DAY
Jim is walking from campus toward downtown Ann Arbor. Car pulls up beside him and honks. Jim looks up towards the car.
INT. JULIE'S CAR--DAY
Julie sits in driver's seat. Smiling, she rolls up window.
JULIE: Jim!
EXT. ANN ARBOR STREET--DAY
JIM: Julie! How have you been?
Jim walks over to car.
JULIE: I've been looking for you. Hal gave me a check for you from the Black Economic Development Council. To pay for that great research you gave me on the University of Michigan's President's Club.
JIM: A check? I didn't expect any money for that research.
JULIE: The check's at my house. Hop in! I'll drive you over there now, so I can give it to you.
Jim gets in car. Car moves forward.
INT. JULIE'S CAR--DAY
JULIE: I haven't seen you in the "Ann Arbor Power Structure" class lately.
JIM: I've been busy going to the People Against The Air War meetings.
JULIE: We can still use you in the class. To do more research on white church property and stock investment in Ann Arbor.
JIM: I probably won't be able to make anymore classes, Julie. But I'll let you know if I come across any new information in the library on the white churches.
EXT. HOUSE--DAY
After Julie parks car in front, Jim follows Julie into house.
INT. JULIE'S APARTMENT--DAY
Jim follows Julie into apartment.
JULIE: Have a seat, while I get the check.
Julie points to sofa in sparsely furnished living room. Jim sits down and looks around room while Julie goes into her bedroom. On living room wall, there's a poster of African-American man and a poster of a Vietnamese woman. Julie returns from bedroom with a check in her hand, and she sits down next to him.
JULIE (CONT'D): Here it is.
Julie hands Jim the check.
C.U. CHECK
The check is for $200. It is made out to "Jim Wilson" and is signed "Hal Thompson."
JIM (V.O.): That's very generous of Hal.
Jim puts check in his pocket.
JULIE: Hal was very pleased with the research you did.
JIM: How did you come to get involved with the Black Economic Development Council?
JULIE: I was very religious. Then Hal and the Black Economic Development Council started reading the Black Manifesto in the local churches. Which demanded reparations for the years of slavery. I felt a responsibility to get involved.
JIM: Are you from Michigan?
JULIE: No. I grew up in Delaware. In Wilmington.
JIM: What does your father do?
JULIE: He's an executive with DuPont.
JIM: DuPont?...I guess he doesn't like you to be so involved with the Black Economic Development Council.
JULIE: I don't tell him much about what I do these days. He thinks I spend all my time studying hard so I can get into a good law school.
Jim laughs.
JIM: I guess he wouldn't understand if you told him that you're able to learn more by hanging out with Hal than by studying to get into law school.
JULIE: No. He wouldn't understand. He's religious. But he's still just a liberal Republican in his politics. And he still thinks there's nothing morally wrong about working for DuPont.
JIM: Well, at least his DuPont mentality didn't stop you from turning out the way you did. You know, I still like you a lot, Julie.
Julie touches Jim fondly.
JULIE: Then why haven't you been coming the the power structure research workshop class lately?
JIM: I think the War is still the main issue.
Julie backs away from Jim.
JULIE: But what about racism?
JIM: I think it's important to raise that issue, too. But at this moment, I think we have to stand by our Indochinese sisters and brothers until the Pentagon stops bombing them.
JULIE: That's not what Hal thinks.
JIM: The mass base Hal is attempting to organize may have different priorities than the mass base I'm trying to organize.
JULIE: Well, I guess only time will tell what the mass organizing focus around Ann Arbor should be..You want me to drive you back to the campus now, Jim?
JIM: If you're going that way.
JULIE: It's not out of the way. I have to pick Hal up at the library downtown. There's another church meeting in Ypsilanti tonight.
JIM: Oh, that's too bad. I would have invited you to come hear me sing at the Ark Coffeehouse. Tonight it's "Open Mike Night".
JULIE: That's nice to know. But the one time I went to hear music at the Ark Coffeehouse, I was bored out of my mind.
Julie walks towards apartment door and Jim follows her out of the apartment.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
The Fugitive Generation (xvii)
INT. AUDITORIUM--NIGHT
AIR FORCE COLONEL WASHINGTON, 53, is standing on stage, behind speaker's podium. University of Michigan PRESIDENT FLAME, 61, sits in chair behind podium. Dressed-up people over 40 years of age are sitting in audience listening attentively.
Jim, Marlene, Rachel and other People Against The Air War members enter the auditorium. Quietly, they sit down in rear of the auditorium.
AIR FORCE COLONEL WASHINGTON: We have an obligation not only to ourselves, but to future generations, to keep our New Military the strongest military in the world. And I am sure that the University of Michigan will continue to serve our great country. By continuing to provide the Department of Defense with the technology it needs to do its job in the future.
The audience applauds. While it's applauding, Marlene walks down the side aisle of the auditorium quickly and onto the stage. She is carrying slide show equipment. Once on the stage, she puts slide show equipment on the floor.
MARLENE: Hello. Some of us from the People Against The Air War came here tonight because we're opposed to what the Air Force is continuing to do in Indochina. We want to show you our slide show about the automated air war which continues to be waged in Indochina.
President Flame stands up and walks to podium, next to Air Force Colonel Washington.
PRESIDENT FLAME: People came tonight to hear the speaker talk about "The New Military and The University." Not to hear a debate on the war. If you people want to show your slide show, you can hold your own meeting some other time.
The audience applauds President Flame. After applause ends, Jim stands up in rear of auditorium.
JIM: (shouts out) Let her show her slide show! People at this meeting have a right to see the slide show! And students on this campus have a right to ask this guy why his military is still bombing our sisters and brothers in Indochina?
The People Against The Air War students applaud. An ELDERLY VETERAN, in a suit and tie, starts to yell from his seat.
ELDERLY VETERAN: (yells) Sit down, ya bum! We didn't come to listen to you!
JIM: The Colonel had his chance to speak. Now People Against The Air War should get a chance to show you the slide show.
Elderly Veteran gets up from seat and approaches Jim in an enraged, menacing way. Marlene quickly runs off stage, blocks Elderly Veteran's path towards Jim, and positions her body in a self-defense, karate stance. Elderly Veteran attempts to push past Marlene. But Marlene pushes him back. Elderly Veteran pushes harder again against Marlene. But again Marlene shoves him back.
After the second, longer shoving exchange with Marlene, the Elderly Veteran clenches his fists. But by then, four male anti-war students have surrounded him. Elderly Veteran looks at them and returns to his seat.
President Flame confers with Air Force Colonel Washington on stage, then faces audience again.
PRESIDENT FLAME: On behalf of the University of Michigan, I'd like to apologize for this disgraceful disruption. Because of this disruption, we've decided to cancel the question and answer period we had scheduled. Let's thank our speaker for his informative lecture.
Some scattered applause. Then people begin standing up and leaving.
MARLENE: Let's go to the "Michigan Daily" office and tell them what happened.
INT. COLLEGE NEWSPAPER OFFICE--NIGHT
Marlene is being interviewed by WOMAN EDITOR of "Michigan Daily." Jim, Rachel and some other members of People Against The Air War are conversing near office door.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE--NIGHT
Jim helps Marlene put slide show equipment in back office. They're each laughing.
JIM: Do you feel like going out to get some coffee and cake with me? To celebrate you protecting me from that right-wing hothead.
MARLENE: O.K. That sounds like it would be fun.
Marlene switches off office lights.
INT. COFFEESHOP--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim are sitting in a booth, talking and laughing while eating cake.
MARLENE: What do you do when you're not doing anti-war work?
JIM: Well, I'm actually a musician. A folksinger.
MARLENE: I guess that's more fun than being a student.
JIM: A lot more fun. But I don't really write folk songs for money. I do it either to use music to raise consciousness or to just express my feelings.
MARLENE: Those sound like good reasonss. But what brought you to Ann Arbor?
JIM: I couldn't afford Berkeley. And I wanted to get away from the East Coast. So it was either Madison or Ann Arbor. And Ann Arbor is closer to the East Coast than Madison is. The only place to live these days is in a youth ghetto. Even though it is a fantasy world.
MARLENE: What do you mean when you say "fantasy world"?
JIM: Once you get off-campus and have to work 9 to 5, you're involved in a real death culture. The campus world is a fantasy world. The real world of 9 to 5 work is a death culture.
MARLENE: Where are you living?
JIM: Just a few blocks away. On Joseph Place. I rent a room in a divided-up house. Do you want to walk over there and check it out?
MARLENE: O.K. But I can't stay too long, since I have to get up early. For a women's student union meeting tomorrow morning.
The WAITRESS places check on table. Jim picks up check.
MARLENE: I'll pay half the check.
Jim reads check.
JIM: Your share, with the tip, is a dollar-fifty.
Marlene hands Jim $1.50. Jim places $3.00 on table. Then they leave coffeeshop.
EXT. STREET--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim walk slowly, while laughing and talking.
EXT. JOSEPH PLACE HOUSE--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim go inside.
INT. HALLWAY--NIGHT
Jim and Marlene stand in front of door to Jim's room. Jim turns key.
JIM: It's not too large a room. But it's comfortable.
Jim opens door.
INT. JIM'S ROOM--NIGHT
Marlene smiles.
MARLENE: So this is where you live.
JIM: Have a seat!
Jim motions for Marlene to sit down on the chair, takes off his jacket and sits down on the mattress. Marlene leaves her coat on.
JIM (CONT'D): Tell me, Marlene. What keeps someone like you so committed to the anti-war movement? I mean, where do you get all your energy for activism from?
MARLENE: It's the people. The people you meet in the anti-war movement seem to be better people. They're the people I most like to have around me. It's the people that keep me going.
JIM: I guess I feel that way, too. Maybe that's why we were meant to do anti-war work together.
MARLENE: Well, that's one way of explaining it.
Marlene gets up from chair.
MARLENE (CONT'D): I should get going now. If I want to be able to get up for that meeting tomorrow.
Marlene walks toward door, while Jim stands up.
JIM: You sure you don't want me to walk you home?
Marlene shakes her head.
MARLENE: It's only a few blocks away.
Marlene and Jim then exchange glances. Marlene gives Jim a kiss and a big hug. Jim kisses and hugs here in return. They kiss and embrace each other passionately by the door. Marlene then suddenly steps back.
MARLENE (CONT'D): Goodnight, Jim. I'll see you by the table Monday morning.
Marlene opens door.
JIM: Have a good meeting tomorrow, Marlene.
Marlene leaves. Jim closes door and takes out guitar.
INT. JIM'S ROOM--NIGHT
Jim writes on a piece of paper. Then he puts paper on floor, picks up guitar and reads from paper as he sings softly.
JIM: (sings softly)
"Oh, you've won my heart
With your softness
Kind, gentle blond-haired
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene.
It's been so long
Since I felt love
Compassionate, soulful
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene.
(chorus)
I'm a working-class lover
You're the fairest I see
I got sisters and brothers
You're the one most like me.
(more verses)
Hearing your voice
Feeling you close
Makes me just think of
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene.
Watching you shine
Moves me inside
Wanting to just kiss
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene. (chorus)
Against the war
Serving the poor
Overwhelmed by your beauty
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene.
So brave and strong
Romance reborn
I'm madly in love with
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene. (chorus)
EXT. LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY--DAY
Maloney drives car, with Kelly in front seat, on Long Island Expressway.
EXT. EXIT SIGN FOR UTOPIA PARKWAY--DAY
Car leaves Long Island Expressway.
EXT. QUEENS APARTMENT BUILDING--DAY
Car stops in front of high-rise Queens apartment building.
INT. CAR--DAY
MALONEY: What's the address again?
Kelly looks at paper in his hand.
KELLY: One-Eighty-Nine-O-Four.
MALONEY: Which one of these buildings is that?
KELLY: That one on the right.
Maloney parks car.
EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING--DAY
Maloney and Kelly walk into building lobby.
INT. BUILDING LOBBY--DAY
Maloney and Kelly stand in front of apartment mailboxes.
C.U. WALL OF MAILBOXES--DAY
MALONEY (V.O.): There are six different apartments where the last name is "Greenberg" in this building.
KELLY: The Greenberg we want lived in apartment 1-G.
MALONEY: Let's see if their neighbor knows anything.
AIR FORCE COLONEL WASHINGTON, 53, is standing on stage, behind speaker's podium. University of Michigan PRESIDENT FLAME, 61, sits in chair behind podium. Dressed-up people over 40 years of age are sitting in audience listening attentively.
Jim, Marlene, Rachel and other People Against The Air War members enter the auditorium. Quietly, they sit down in rear of the auditorium.
AIR FORCE COLONEL WASHINGTON: We have an obligation not only to ourselves, but to future generations, to keep our New Military the strongest military in the world. And I am sure that the University of Michigan will continue to serve our great country. By continuing to provide the Department of Defense with the technology it needs to do its job in the future.
The audience applauds. While it's applauding, Marlene walks down the side aisle of the auditorium quickly and onto the stage. She is carrying slide show equipment. Once on the stage, she puts slide show equipment on the floor.
MARLENE: Hello. Some of us from the People Against The Air War came here tonight because we're opposed to what the Air Force is continuing to do in Indochina. We want to show you our slide show about the automated air war which continues to be waged in Indochina.
President Flame stands up and walks to podium, next to Air Force Colonel Washington.
PRESIDENT FLAME: People came tonight to hear the speaker talk about "The New Military and The University." Not to hear a debate on the war. If you people want to show your slide show, you can hold your own meeting some other time.
The audience applauds President Flame. After applause ends, Jim stands up in rear of auditorium.
JIM: (shouts out) Let her show her slide show! People at this meeting have a right to see the slide show! And students on this campus have a right to ask this guy why his military is still bombing our sisters and brothers in Indochina?
The People Against The Air War students applaud. An ELDERLY VETERAN, in a suit and tie, starts to yell from his seat.
ELDERLY VETERAN: (yells) Sit down, ya bum! We didn't come to listen to you!
JIM: The Colonel had his chance to speak. Now People Against The Air War should get a chance to show you the slide show.
Elderly Veteran gets up from seat and approaches Jim in an enraged, menacing way. Marlene quickly runs off stage, blocks Elderly Veteran's path towards Jim, and positions her body in a self-defense, karate stance. Elderly Veteran attempts to push past Marlene. But Marlene pushes him back. Elderly Veteran pushes harder again against Marlene. But again Marlene shoves him back.
After the second, longer shoving exchange with Marlene, the Elderly Veteran clenches his fists. But by then, four male anti-war students have surrounded him. Elderly Veteran looks at them and returns to his seat.
President Flame confers with Air Force Colonel Washington on stage, then faces audience again.
PRESIDENT FLAME: On behalf of the University of Michigan, I'd like to apologize for this disgraceful disruption. Because of this disruption, we've decided to cancel the question and answer period we had scheduled. Let's thank our speaker for his informative lecture.
Some scattered applause. Then people begin standing up and leaving.
MARLENE: Let's go to the "Michigan Daily" office and tell them what happened.
INT. COLLEGE NEWSPAPER OFFICE--NIGHT
Marlene is being interviewed by WOMAN EDITOR of "Michigan Daily." Jim, Rachel and some other members of People Against The Air War are conversing near office door.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE--NIGHT
Jim helps Marlene put slide show equipment in back office. They're each laughing.
JIM: Do you feel like going out to get some coffee and cake with me? To celebrate you protecting me from that right-wing hothead.
MARLENE: O.K. That sounds like it would be fun.
Marlene switches off office lights.
INT. COFFEESHOP--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim are sitting in a booth, talking and laughing while eating cake.
MARLENE: What do you do when you're not doing anti-war work?
JIM: Well, I'm actually a musician. A folksinger.
MARLENE: I guess that's more fun than being a student.
JIM: A lot more fun. But I don't really write folk songs for money. I do it either to use music to raise consciousness or to just express my feelings.
MARLENE: Those sound like good reasonss. But what brought you to Ann Arbor?
JIM: I couldn't afford Berkeley. And I wanted to get away from the East Coast. So it was either Madison or Ann Arbor. And Ann Arbor is closer to the East Coast than Madison is. The only place to live these days is in a youth ghetto. Even though it is a fantasy world.
MARLENE: What do you mean when you say "fantasy world"?
JIM: Once you get off-campus and have to work 9 to 5, you're involved in a real death culture. The campus world is a fantasy world. The real world of 9 to 5 work is a death culture.
MARLENE: Where are you living?
JIM: Just a few blocks away. On Joseph Place. I rent a room in a divided-up house. Do you want to walk over there and check it out?
MARLENE: O.K. But I can't stay too long, since I have to get up early. For a women's student union meeting tomorrow morning.
The WAITRESS places check on table. Jim picks up check.
MARLENE: I'll pay half the check.
Jim reads check.
JIM: Your share, with the tip, is a dollar-fifty.
Marlene hands Jim $1.50. Jim places $3.00 on table. Then they leave coffeeshop.
EXT. STREET--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim walk slowly, while laughing and talking.
EXT. JOSEPH PLACE HOUSE--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim go inside.
INT. HALLWAY--NIGHT
Jim and Marlene stand in front of door to Jim's room. Jim turns key.
JIM: It's not too large a room. But it's comfortable.
Jim opens door.
INT. JIM'S ROOM--NIGHT
Marlene smiles.
MARLENE: So this is where you live.
JIM: Have a seat!
Jim motions for Marlene to sit down on the chair, takes off his jacket and sits down on the mattress. Marlene leaves her coat on.
JIM (CONT'D): Tell me, Marlene. What keeps someone like you so committed to the anti-war movement? I mean, where do you get all your energy for activism from?
MARLENE: It's the people. The people you meet in the anti-war movement seem to be better people. They're the people I most like to have around me. It's the people that keep me going.
JIM: I guess I feel that way, too. Maybe that's why we were meant to do anti-war work together.
MARLENE: Well, that's one way of explaining it.
Marlene gets up from chair.
MARLENE (CONT'D): I should get going now. If I want to be able to get up for that meeting tomorrow.
Marlene walks toward door, while Jim stands up.
JIM: You sure you don't want me to walk you home?
Marlene shakes her head.
MARLENE: It's only a few blocks away.
Marlene and Jim then exchange glances. Marlene gives Jim a kiss and a big hug. Jim kisses and hugs here in return. They kiss and embrace each other passionately by the door. Marlene then suddenly steps back.
MARLENE (CONT'D): Goodnight, Jim. I'll see you by the table Monday morning.
Marlene opens door.
JIM: Have a good meeting tomorrow, Marlene.
Marlene leaves. Jim closes door and takes out guitar.
INT. JIM'S ROOM--NIGHT
Jim writes on a piece of paper. Then he puts paper on floor, picks up guitar and reads from paper as he sings softly.
JIM: (sings softly)
"Oh, you've won my heart
With your softness
Kind, gentle blond-haired
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene.
It's been so long
Since I felt love
Compassionate, soulful
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene.
(chorus)
I'm a working-class lover
You're the fairest I see
I got sisters and brothers
You're the one most like me.
(more verses)
Hearing your voice
Feeling you close
Makes me just think of
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene.
Watching you shine
Moves me inside
Wanting to just kiss
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene. (chorus)
Against the war
Serving the poor
Overwhelmed by your beauty
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene.
So brave and strong
Romance reborn
I'm madly in love with
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene, Marlene,
Marlene, Marlene, Marlene. (chorus)
EXT. LONG ISLAND EXPRESSWAY--DAY
Maloney drives car, with Kelly in front seat, on Long Island Expressway.
EXT. EXIT SIGN FOR UTOPIA PARKWAY--DAY
Car leaves Long Island Expressway.
EXT. QUEENS APARTMENT BUILDING--DAY
Car stops in front of high-rise Queens apartment building.
INT. CAR--DAY
MALONEY: What's the address again?
Kelly looks at paper in his hand.
KELLY: One-Eighty-Nine-O-Four.
MALONEY: Which one of these buildings is that?
KELLY: That one on the right.
Maloney parks car.
EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING--DAY
Maloney and Kelly walk into building lobby.
INT. BUILDING LOBBY--DAY
Maloney and Kelly stand in front of apartment mailboxes.
C.U. WALL OF MAILBOXES--DAY
MALONEY (V.O.): There are six different apartments where the last name is "Greenberg" in this building.
KELLY: The Greenberg we want lived in apartment 1-G.
MALONEY: Let's see if their neighbor knows anything.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Fugitive Generation (xvi)
INT. HEALTH FOOD RESTAURANT--DAY
Jim and Marlene converse as they eat lunch. Both smile and laugh frequently.
JIM: How did you come to get so politically active?
MARLENE: I guess it was the War. When I was a freshman, the SDS chapter was already broken up. But I was against the War. And when they invaded Cambodia and shot the students at Kent State and Jackson State, I really got active and radicalized.
JIM: What were you into before you got into activism?
Marlene laughs.
MARLENE: Oh, I was your All-American girl in high school. Cheerleader. Prom queen. In all the clubs.
JIM: I'm glad you became radicalized. The cheerleaders I knew in high school never got involved in the anti-war movement.
MARLENE: Most of my old high school girlfriends didn't get involved either.
JIM: Do you know what you're going to do after you graduate?
MARLENE: I don't know. Maybe teach. I try not to think about it.
JIM: I don't blame you. It's a real death culture out there. Once you get off campus you realize what a fantasy world a place like Ann Arbor is.
Rachel enters restaurant.
RACHEL: Hey, Marlene? Did you see this?
Rachel reads aloud from the "Michigan Daily" student newspaper.
RACHEL (CONT'D): "Air Force Colonel Washington will be speaking about `The New Military' on Friday night."
MARLENE: Why don't you bring it up at the People Against The Air War meeting tonight? Maybe people will want to have a picket?
Jim smiles.
INT. STUDENT UNION BUILDING LOUNGE--NIGHT
About 25 students are sitting around in a circle on floor of lounge, listening to Jim speak.
JIM: I think we can be more effective if we do more than picket outside. I think we should go inside the auditorium to show the slide show about the air war. And then debate the morality of the war with the Air Force Colonel.
MARLENE: I call myself. I like that idea. If the Colonel is willing to speak on campus, then he should be willing to debate the air war with students on campus.
Jim and Marlene converse as they eat lunch. Both smile and laugh frequently.
JIM: How did you come to get so politically active?
MARLENE: I guess it was the War. When I was a freshman, the SDS chapter was already broken up. But I was against the War. And when they invaded Cambodia and shot the students at Kent State and Jackson State, I really got active and radicalized.
JIM: What were you into before you got into activism?
Marlene laughs.
MARLENE: Oh, I was your All-American girl in high school. Cheerleader. Prom queen. In all the clubs.
JIM: I'm glad you became radicalized. The cheerleaders I knew in high school never got involved in the anti-war movement.
MARLENE: Most of my old high school girlfriends didn't get involved either.
JIM: Do you know what you're going to do after you graduate?
MARLENE: I don't know. Maybe teach. I try not to think about it.
JIM: I don't blame you. It's a real death culture out there. Once you get off campus you realize what a fantasy world a place like Ann Arbor is.
Rachel enters restaurant.
RACHEL: Hey, Marlene? Did you see this?
Rachel reads aloud from the "Michigan Daily" student newspaper.
RACHEL (CONT'D): "Air Force Colonel Washington will be speaking about `The New Military' on Friday night."
MARLENE: Why don't you bring it up at the People Against The Air War meeting tonight? Maybe people will want to have a picket?
Jim smiles.
INT. STUDENT UNION BUILDING LOUNGE--NIGHT
About 25 students are sitting around in a circle on floor of lounge, listening to Jim speak.
JIM: I think we can be more effective if we do more than picket outside. I think we should go inside the auditorium to show the slide show about the air war. And then debate the morality of the war with the Air Force Colonel.
MARLENE: I call myself. I like that idea. If the Colonel is willing to speak on campus, then he should be willing to debate the air war with students on campus.
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INT. STUDENT UNION BUILDING LOUNGE--NIGHT
About 25 students are sitting around in a circle on floor of lounge, listening to Jim speak.
JIM: When people realize the War is still going on, they'll join us. What we have to do is show people on campus that the University of Michigan is still producing weapons in its laboratories for the automated air war in Indochina. And that the most effective way they can contribute to stopping the air war in Indochina is to demand that their university shut down its war labs.
Rachel raises hand.
MARLENE: Rachel?
RACHEL: What about demonstrating at the offices of those companies in Ann Arbor that still have weapons contracts with the Pentagon?
MARLENE: I call myself. I like that idea. The people who produced the slide show provided me with a list of the companies that help produce the electronic battlefield for the air war. And companies with Ann Arbor corporate headquarters--like KMS and Hoover Ball & Bearing--are on the list. Let's plan an anti-war demo in February at KMS. And in March, let's demonstrate at Hoover Ball & Bearing.
INT. ACADEMIC BUILDING LOBBY--DAY
Students hurry to and from classes. Jim is standing against wall of lobby, next to a table. Marlene suddenly approaches with the slide show equipment in her hands. Marlene smiles when she notices Jim.
MARLENE: Good to see you so early in the morning. You're so reliable.
JIM: I signed up to table all morning.
MARLENE: That's true. But a lot of people sign up to table at 9 a.m.. But then they don't show up until 11.
Marlene puts slide show projector on lobby table. She plugs in equipment, focuses first slide on wall across lobby and hands Jim the switch to use to rotate slides and project next slide and voice/over.
MARLENE (CONT'D): Just keep pressing the switch. And I'll be back when my morning class ends at 10:30. Then we can re-set the projector and show the slide show again.
Jim presses the switch. As Marlene walks away the sound of the slide show voice-over can be heard.
SLIDE SHOW V.O.: The war in Indochina is not over...
C.U. HALL CLOCK
Time is 10:30.
Jim is standing between table and wall, conversing with a long-haired male student. After conversation ends, Jim notices Marlene walking towards him.
MARLENE: How's it going?
JIM: People stopped by for awhile and watched bits and pieces of the slide show. Everybody seems against the War around here.
MARLENE: Let me re-start the slide show. We'll just stay here until 1:00. And then we'll dump everything off at the student government office.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE--DAY
Jim and Marlene are about to leave office.
JIM: Well, Marlene. How about some lunch?
MARLENE: O.K. I know a good place where we can talk.
About 25 students are sitting around in a circle on floor of lounge, listening to Jim speak.
JIM: When people realize the War is still going on, they'll join us. What we have to do is show people on campus that the University of Michigan is still producing weapons in its laboratories for the automated air war in Indochina. And that the most effective way they can contribute to stopping the air war in Indochina is to demand that their university shut down its war labs.
Rachel raises hand.
MARLENE: Rachel?
RACHEL: What about demonstrating at the offices of those companies in Ann Arbor that still have weapons contracts with the Pentagon?
MARLENE: I call myself. I like that idea. The people who produced the slide show provided me with a list of the companies that help produce the electronic battlefield for the air war. And companies with Ann Arbor corporate headquarters--like KMS and Hoover Ball & Bearing--are on the list. Let's plan an anti-war demo in February at KMS. And in March, let's demonstrate at Hoover Ball & Bearing.
INT. ACADEMIC BUILDING LOBBY--DAY
Students hurry to and from classes. Jim is standing against wall of lobby, next to a table. Marlene suddenly approaches with the slide show equipment in her hands. Marlene smiles when she notices Jim.
MARLENE: Good to see you so early in the morning. You're so reliable.
JIM: I signed up to table all morning.
MARLENE: That's true. But a lot of people sign up to table at 9 a.m.. But then they don't show up until 11.
Marlene puts slide show projector on lobby table. She plugs in equipment, focuses first slide on wall across lobby and hands Jim the switch to use to rotate slides and project next slide and voice/over.
MARLENE (CONT'D): Just keep pressing the switch. And I'll be back when my morning class ends at 10:30. Then we can re-set the projector and show the slide show again.
Jim presses the switch. As Marlene walks away the sound of the slide show voice-over can be heard.
SLIDE SHOW V.O.: The war in Indochina is not over...
C.U. HALL CLOCK
Time is 10:30.
Jim is standing between table and wall, conversing with a long-haired male student. After conversation ends, Jim notices Marlene walking towards him.
MARLENE: How's it going?
JIM: People stopped by for awhile and watched bits and pieces of the slide show. Everybody seems against the War around here.
MARLENE: Let me re-start the slide show. We'll just stay here until 1:00. And then we'll dump everything off at the student government office.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE--DAY
Jim and Marlene are about to leave office.
JIM: Well, Marlene. How about some lunch?
MARLENE: O.K. I know a good place where we can talk.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Fugitive Generation (xiv)
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE--DAY
Marlene and Jim are sitting behind desk where leaflets are piled. Rachel enters office.
RACHEL: I see the leaflets are ready. I'll pass some out on the Diag, in front of the library.
Marlene hands her some leaflets.
MARLENE: Did you finish that paper?
RACHEL: I stayed up till three in the morning. But I finally finished it.
Rachel turns around and starts walking out the office.
RACHEL (CONT'D): See you at the meeting tonight.
Some students from previous night's meeting enter office. Marlene hands them each leaflets.
EXT. STUDENT UNION BUILDING--DAY
Marlene and Jim are handing out leaflets to students walking in and out of building. Most students eagerly take a leaflet.
JIM (loudly): People Against the Air War meeting tonight at 7:30! The war is still going on! Come to an anti-war meeting tonight!
Marlene runs out of leaflets and walks over to Jim, who soon finished handing out his remaining leaflets.
MARLENE: That's all the leaflets we have.
JIM: They went fast. People here seem more interested than they are back East in taking leaflets.
Marlene looks at her watch.
MARLENE: I should try to make my history class now. See you at the meeting tonight, Jim.
Jim smiles.
JIM: Let's hope people show up.
Marlene walks across street to academic building. Jim gazes at her from behind until she enters the building.
Marlene and Jim are sitting behind desk where leaflets are piled. Rachel enters office.
RACHEL: I see the leaflets are ready. I'll pass some out on the Diag, in front of the library.
Marlene hands her some leaflets.
MARLENE: Did you finish that paper?
RACHEL: I stayed up till three in the morning. But I finally finished it.
Rachel turns around and starts walking out the office.
RACHEL (CONT'D): See you at the meeting tonight.
Some students from previous night's meeting enter office. Marlene hands them each leaflets.
EXT. STUDENT UNION BUILDING--DAY
Marlene and Jim are handing out leaflets to students walking in and out of building. Most students eagerly take a leaflet.
JIM (loudly): People Against the Air War meeting tonight at 7:30! The war is still going on! Come to an anti-war meeting tonight!
Marlene runs out of leaflets and walks over to Jim, who soon finished handing out his remaining leaflets.
MARLENE: That's all the leaflets we have.
JIM: They went fast. People here seem more interested than they are back East in taking leaflets.
Marlene looks at her watch.
MARLENE: I should try to make my history class now. See you at the meeting tonight, Jim.
Jim smiles.
JIM: Let's hope people show up.
Marlene walks across street to academic building. Jim gazes at her from behind until she enters the building.
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INT. STUDENT UNION MEETING ROOM--NIGHT
MARLENE, 21, a long-haired blonde woman wearing overalls, is standing in front of group of students and Jim.
MARLENE: The Indochinese people continue to suffer from the Pentagon's air war in Indochina. As you saw in the slide show, the Pentagon has substituted laser-guided automated weapons for U.S. combat troops. So now the war in Indochina is fought on an automated, electronic battlefield.
U.S. military casualties are lower than a few years ago. But the people of Indochina continue to die in great numbers on the Pentagon's automated, electronic battlefield.
The Pentagon no longer bombs much of North Viet Nam. But it continues to bomb heavily in South Viet Nam, in Laos and in Cambodia.
When I was in Paris, one of the Vietnamese delegates to the peace talks spoke with our delegation. And she urged us to let people on our campuses know that peace will not come in Indochina as long as the Nixon Administration continues to seek military victory by waging automated air war.
And the reason I set up this meeting is I'd like to start an anti-war group, to let people in Ann Arbor know that we're opposed to the continuation of the air war in Indochina by the Nixon Administration!
Marlene sits down on the chair next to table with slide projector on it as students and Jim applaud. RACHEL, 21, a sturdy woman wearing jeans and flannel shirt, raises her hand. She looks more mannish than Marlene.
MARLENE (CONT'D): Rachel?
RACHEL: I propose that we start a group called "People Against The Air War." And that we call a meeting for tomorrow night.
Students and Jim applaud. Marlene smiles.
MARLENE: O.K. We'll call ourselves "People Against The Air War." I'll make up a leaflet tonight to publicize a meeting for tomorrow night.
Marlene takes yellow pad out of her knapsack. She hands pad to student who is sitting in first row of audience group.
MARLENE (CONT'D): People should sign the mailing list before they leave. And if you can help leaflet for the meeting tomorrow night, stop by the student government office at noon to pick up some leaflets. Also, if anybody is interested in helping me with the leaflet tonight, don't leave yet.
After signing mailing list, all the students, except Rachel and Marlene, leave room. Jim remains in room and approaches Marlene and Rachel. Marlene smiles at him and stops talking to Rachel.
JIM: I can help you with the leaflet. I just moved to Ann Arbor. But I've done anti-war work in other places.
RACHEL: Great! We can always use somebody new who's willing to do the shitwork!
Marlene and Jim laugh.
MARLENE: What's your name?
JIM: Jim.
MARLENE: My name's Marlene. And this is Rachel.
Jim smiles at Rachel. Rachel nods and looks Jim over quickly.
RACHEL: Well, since you're willing to help Marlene do the leaflet tonight, I think I'll split. I have a term paper I have to turn in tomorrow morning. See you tomorrow.
Rachel puts on her knapsack and walks from room.
MARLENE: Don't kill yourself doing that term paper, Rachel.
Marlene turns back to Jim.
MARLENE (CONT'D): Let's first take this slide projector to the student government office. Up there we can run off a leaflet on the mimeograph machine.
Marlene packs up slide projector and slide show. Then she puts on coat, throws her knapsack over her shoulders and carries slide projector and slide show in her hands.
JIM: Need any help carrying all that stuff?
MARLENE: No. It's pretty light.
Marlene and Jim walk from room.
INT. STUDENT UNION BUILDING HALL--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim walk slowly in hall.
JIM: How come you're able to use the student government office to do anti-war work?
MARLENE: The radical slate got elected last Fall. I'm one of the radicals that was on the slate. So we're able to use the student government office until at least next Fall.
JIM: That's how a student government office should be used.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE DOORWAY--NIGHT
Marlene puts slide projector on floor. She takes out a key and opens door to student government office.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE--NIGHT
Marlene turns on lights to office. Large room contains desks, chairs and inner offices.
C.U. CLOCK
Time is 9:15.
Jim sits in front of typewriter.
C.U. CLOCK
Time is 9:45.
Marlene stands next to him, while Jim looks at paper and types stencil. When Jim can't deciper what's written, she picks up paper. Then she reads, while Jim types.
MARLENE: (reads) "The war is still not over. Peace still has not come to Indochina."
INT. INNER OFFICE--NIGHT
A Gestetner mimeograph machine is printing up leaflets, while Jim stands next to it. Marlene opens up ream of paper and hands paper to Jim, who turns machine off. Jim loads paper into paper-feed, then turns machine on.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE--NIGHT
Four piles of leaflets are on one of desks. Marlene is wearing her coat. She and Jim smile at each other.
MARLENE: Well, thanks for helping me out. I'll run over now to the "Michigan Daily" office with one of the leaflets. The editor is anti-war. And she's a friend of mine. So she usually sticks news about any anti-war meeting we're holding in the newspaper...If I can get to her office before the paper goes to press.
JIM: What time does it go to press?
MARLENE: Usually by eleven.
Jim looks at clock on wall.
C.U. CLOCK
Time is 10:50.
JIM: You don't have much time to get there.
MARLENE: It's just across the street. And I'm a fast runner.
Jim smiles. Marlene picks up her knapsack and Jim follows her out of office.
EXT. SIDE ENTRANCE STUDENT UNION BUILDING--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim walk out of building at fast pace.
JIM: I'll see you tomorrow then, Marlene. I'm glad I came and heard you speak tonight.
Marlene smiles.
MARLENE: I'm glad you came, too, Jim.
They wave goodnight to each other. Marlene runs across street. Jim walks slowly in opposite direction.
MARLENE, 21, a long-haired blonde woman wearing overalls, is standing in front of group of students and Jim.
MARLENE: The Indochinese people continue to suffer from the Pentagon's air war in Indochina. As you saw in the slide show, the Pentagon has substituted laser-guided automated weapons for U.S. combat troops. So now the war in Indochina is fought on an automated, electronic battlefield.
U.S. military casualties are lower than a few years ago. But the people of Indochina continue to die in great numbers on the Pentagon's automated, electronic battlefield.
The Pentagon no longer bombs much of North Viet Nam. But it continues to bomb heavily in South Viet Nam, in Laos and in Cambodia.
When I was in Paris, one of the Vietnamese delegates to the peace talks spoke with our delegation. And she urged us to let people on our campuses know that peace will not come in Indochina as long as the Nixon Administration continues to seek military victory by waging automated air war.
And the reason I set up this meeting is I'd like to start an anti-war group, to let people in Ann Arbor know that we're opposed to the continuation of the air war in Indochina by the Nixon Administration!
Marlene sits down on the chair next to table with slide projector on it as students and Jim applaud. RACHEL, 21, a sturdy woman wearing jeans and flannel shirt, raises her hand. She looks more mannish than Marlene.
MARLENE (CONT'D): Rachel?
RACHEL: I propose that we start a group called "People Against The Air War." And that we call a meeting for tomorrow night.
Students and Jim applaud. Marlene smiles.
MARLENE: O.K. We'll call ourselves "People Against The Air War." I'll make up a leaflet tonight to publicize a meeting for tomorrow night.
Marlene takes yellow pad out of her knapsack. She hands pad to student who is sitting in first row of audience group.
MARLENE (CONT'D): People should sign the mailing list before they leave. And if you can help leaflet for the meeting tomorrow night, stop by the student government office at noon to pick up some leaflets. Also, if anybody is interested in helping me with the leaflet tonight, don't leave yet.
After signing mailing list, all the students, except Rachel and Marlene, leave room. Jim remains in room and approaches Marlene and Rachel. Marlene smiles at him and stops talking to Rachel.
JIM: I can help you with the leaflet. I just moved to Ann Arbor. But I've done anti-war work in other places.
RACHEL: Great! We can always use somebody new who's willing to do the shitwork!
Marlene and Jim laugh.
MARLENE: What's your name?
JIM: Jim.
MARLENE: My name's Marlene. And this is Rachel.
Jim smiles at Rachel. Rachel nods and looks Jim over quickly.
RACHEL: Well, since you're willing to help Marlene do the leaflet tonight, I think I'll split. I have a term paper I have to turn in tomorrow morning. See you tomorrow.
Rachel puts on her knapsack and walks from room.
MARLENE: Don't kill yourself doing that term paper, Rachel.
Marlene turns back to Jim.
MARLENE (CONT'D): Let's first take this slide projector to the student government office. Up there we can run off a leaflet on the mimeograph machine.
Marlene packs up slide projector and slide show. Then she puts on coat, throws her knapsack over her shoulders and carries slide projector and slide show in her hands.
JIM: Need any help carrying all that stuff?
MARLENE: No. It's pretty light.
Marlene and Jim walk from room.
INT. STUDENT UNION BUILDING HALL--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim walk slowly in hall.
JIM: How come you're able to use the student government office to do anti-war work?
MARLENE: The radical slate got elected last Fall. I'm one of the radicals that was on the slate. So we're able to use the student government office until at least next Fall.
JIM: That's how a student government office should be used.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE DOORWAY--NIGHT
Marlene puts slide projector on floor. She takes out a key and opens door to student government office.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE--NIGHT
Marlene turns on lights to office. Large room contains desks, chairs and inner offices.
C.U. CLOCK
Time is 9:15.
Jim sits in front of typewriter.
C.U. CLOCK
Time is 9:45.
Marlene stands next to him, while Jim looks at paper and types stencil. When Jim can't deciper what's written, she picks up paper. Then she reads, while Jim types.
MARLENE: (reads) "The war is still not over. Peace still has not come to Indochina."
INT. INNER OFFICE--NIGHT
A Gestetner mimeograph machine is printing up leaflets, while Jim stands next to it. Marlene opens up ream of paper and hands paper to Jim, who turns machine off. Jim loads paper into paper-feed, then turns machine on.
INT. STUDENT GOVERNMENT OFFICE--NIGHT
Four piles of leaflets are on one of desks. Marlene is wearing her coat. She and Jim smile at each other.
MARLENE: Well, thanks for helping me out. I'll run over now to the "Michigan Daily" office with one of the leaflets. The editor is anti-war. And she's a friend of mine. So she usually sticks news about any anti-war meeting we're holding in the newspaper...If I can get to her office before the paper goes to press.
JIM: What time does it go to press?
MARLENE: Usually by eleven.
Jim looks at clock on wall.
C.U. CLOCK
Time is 10:50.
JIM: You don't have much time to get there.
MARLENE: It's just across the street. And I'm a fast runner.
Jim smiles. Marlene picks up her knapsack and Jim follows her out of office.
EXT. SIDE ENTRANCE STUDENT UNION BUILDING--NIGHT
Marlene and Jim walk out of building at fast pace.
JIM: I'll see you tomorrow then, Marlene. I'm glad I came and heard you speak tonight.
Marlene smiles.
MARLENE: I'm glad you came, too, Jim.
They wave goodnight to each other. Marlene runs across street. Jim walks slowly in opposite direction.
Monday, May 4, 2009
The Fugitive Generation (xii)
INT. MANPOWER TEMP OFFICE--DAY
Jim walks into the Manpower Temp office. MANPOWER SUPERVISOR, 59, a white man, sits behind desk. On his right, 3 men in their late 20s sit on a bench against the wall. Jim walks up to the Manpower Supervisor's desk.
JIM: I'm looking for some temporary work.
MANPOWER SUPERVISOR: Fill out these two forms. And then have a seat on the bench. If something comes in for you before 10 o'clock, we'll send you out today.
Jim looks at clock on wall behind Manpower Supervisor's desk.
C.U. The time is 7 o'clock.
Jim fills out forms, hands them to the Manpower Supervisor and takes seat on bench.
C.U. The time is 8:45.
Jim is still sitting on bench. The 3 men who had been sitting there are now gone. On Jim's left, 2 different men, 35, are now also sitting on bench. The telephone rings, Manpower Supervisor picks up receiver on desk.
MANPOWER SUPERVISOR: Hello?...He didn't show up?...O.K. I'll send somebody else over right now.
Manpower Supervisor puts down receiver. He looks at the application in front of him and writes address on a card. He looks at Jim and motions.
MANPOWER SUPERVISOR (CONT'D): Wilson!
Jim walks up to desk.
MANPOWER SUPERVISOR (CONT'D): I have a job for you. A janitorial job at Bendix. Dusting and cleaning some of the equipment there. You can take the bus out there now, and report to the personnel office. Here's the address.
He hands card to Jim.
EXT. BENDIX PLANT ENTRANCE--DAY
Jim gets off bus and walks toward Bendix plant entrance. Surrounding the Bendix plant grounds is a tall wire fence. At entrance is a checkpoint-charley with a uniformed BENDIX SECURITY GUARD. Jim stops at the checkpoint-charley.
JIM: I'm from Manpower. I'm supposed to go to Personnel.
BENDIX SECURITY GUARD: It's in the building over there.
He points toward small building in front of factory. Jim walks into small building.
INT. BENDIX PERSONNEL OFFICE--DAY
BENDIX PERSONNEL MANAGER, 35, sits behind a desk. Jim sits on chair at side of desk.
BENDIX PERSONNEL MANAGER: Everybody who works inside this plant has to get security clearance from the FBI in Washington. Even temp workers. So before I send you inside to Mr. Duncan, we'll fingerprint you and photograph you. And then we'll send your fingerprints and photographs down to the FBI.
He picks up his phone receiver and dials three digits.
BENDIX PERSONNEL MANAGER (CONT'D): Hello, Frank? We got a temp worker here who needs to be fingerprinted and photographed.
He puts down receiver.
BENDIX PERSONNEL MANAGER (CONT'D): He'll be right out.
A uniformed BENDIX PERSONNEl SECURITY GUARD enters from a backroom with a flash camera and fingerprinting equipment. He stands next to an empty desk and motions for Jim to come over. After fingerprinting Jim, the Bendix Personnel Security Guard takes a photograph of Jim, who has a wide grin as he is photographed. The guard then returns to his backroom.
INT. BENDIX LAB--DAY
MR. DUNCAN, 32, wearing suit and tie, hands Jim a rag and a featherduster.
MR. DUNCAN: So that's why you have to be very careful when you dust this equipment. Because it's very delicate.
JIM: I think I can do the job.
MR. DUNCAN: You can usually finish dusting and cleaning all the labs and equipment in less than 5 hours. And we don't mind if you then sit around in the janitor's lounge and read a newspaper for the rest of the time. The main thing is we don't want you to quit after a few days. You're the third guy I've had to train to do this job in the last week. And I'm tired of having to spend a few hours everyday training a new guy.
Jim nods.
MR. DUNCAN (CONT'D): Now I'll leave you on your own for now. But I'll be checking to see how you've done at the end of the day.
C.U. CLOCK IN LAB INDICATES 12:10
Jim begins dusting scopes of lab equipment.
C.U. CLOCK IN LAB INDICATES 2:10.
Jim is dusting the scopes of some of the bigger lab equipment, while BENDIX TECHNICIANS, wearing white lab coats, record data from other lab equipment.
BENDIX TECHNICIAN I: They say they'll be closing up at 3 today because of another bomb threat.
BENDIX TECHNICIAN II: Another one! This is the third bomb threat in two weeks.
BENDIX TECHNICIAN I: They say they'll be calling in the FBI to investigate. They think it's either the Weather Underground or somebody who works here.
BENDIX TECHNICIAN II: You sure you didn't tell your wife to call in a bomb threat so you could get off early today?
The Bendix Technicians both laugh. Jim finished dusting lab equipment quickly and leaves lab rapidly.
INT. COLUMBIA SPECTATOR STUDENT NEWSPAPER OFFICE--DAY
Louise sits behind desk, reading copy. Eddie walks up to her, holding a letter.
EDDIE: Hey, Louise! Another letter from that Greenberg guy. The envelope was postmarked Kent, Ohio this time.
LOUISE: Let me see it.
Eddie hands her letter. Louise reads it and smiles.
LOUISE (CONT'D): He's predicting that Columbia will be shut down again in April. He's crazy if he believes that's going to happen this Spring.
EDDIE: Are we going to print it?
LOUISE: No. I don't want to give the FBI an excuse to come back here again.
INT. U. OF MICHIGAN GRADUATE LIBRARY STACKS--NIGHT
Jim is browsing in stacks among some books about 1960s activism. He suddenly notices that Patty is sitting with her notebook open in a carrel. Jim slowly walks over to the carrel.
JIM: Patty! I never thought I'd meet you here. You didn't strike me as somebody who studies in the stacks.
PATTY: I usually don't. But I have this overdue paper from last year that I really have to finish. And I thought I finally found a place where I wouldn't bump into anybody who would distract me.
Jim laughs.
JIM: Maybe it's cosmic that you bumped into me?
PATTY: I told you we'd be seeing each other again around campus. What have you been up to lately?
JIM: Manpower sent me out to Bendix to work as a janitor. But I quit after a day, when I heard about all the bomb scares they get. I don't want to be working inside there if somebody decides to bomb the plant for producing weapons for the Viet Nam War.
PATTY: I thought the war in Viet Nam was over. I mean nobody's getting drafted anymore.
JIM: It's still going on. And there's even some kind of meeting scheduled for tomorrow. To talk about how the war's been automated. Do you want to go with me?
PATTY: Well, I'm not really into anti-war meetings. Especially when I have this paper I have to finish.
JIM: I guess I should let you get back to doing the paper, then.
Jim touches Patty on the shoulder in an affectionate way.
JIM (CONT'D): Nice bumping into you again, Patty.
Jim goes back to browse in stacks. Patty starts writing in her notebook, while looking at an open book.
Jim walks into the Manpower Temp office. MANPOWER SUPERVISOR, 59, a white man, sits behind desk. On his right, 3 men in their late 20s sit on a bench against the wall. Jim walks up to the Manpower Supervisor's desk.
JIM: I'm looking for some temporary work.
MANPOWER SUPERVISOR: Fill out these two forms. And then have a seat on the bench. If something comes in for you before 10 o'clock, we'll send you out today.
Jim looks at clock on wall behind Manpower Supervisor's desk.
C.U. The time is 7 o'clock.
Jim fills out forms, hands them to the Manpower Supervisor and takes seat on bench.
C.U. The time is 8:45.
Jim is still sitting on bench. The 3 men who had been sitting there are now gone. On Jim's left, 2 different men, 35, are now also sitting on bench. The telephone rings, Manpower Supervisor picks up receiver on desk.
MANPOWER SUPERVISOR: Hello?...He didn't show up?...O.K. I'll send somebody else over right now.
Manpower Supervisor puts down receiver. He looks at the application in front of him and writes address on a card. He looks at Jim and motions.
MANPOWER SUPERVISOR (CONT'D): Wilson!
Jim walks up to desk.
MANPOWER SUPERVISOR (CONT'D): I have a job for you. A janitorial job at Bendix. Dusting and cleaning some of the equipment there. You can take the bus out there now, and report to the personnel office. Here's the address.
He hands card to Jim.
EXT. BENDIX PLANT ENTRANCE--DAY
Jim gets off bus and walks toward Bendix plant entrance. Surrounding the Bendix plant grounds is a tall wire fence. At entrance is a checkpoint-charley with a uniformed BENDIX SECURITY GUARD. Jim stops at the checkpoint-charley.
JIM: I'm from Manpower. I'm supposed to go to Personnel.
BENDIX SECURITY GUARD: It's in the building over there.
He points toward small building in front of factory. Jim walks into small building.
INT. BENDIX PERSONNEL OFFICE--DAY
BENDIX PERSONNEL MANAGER, 35, sits behind a desk. Jim sits on chair at side of desk.
BENDIX PERSONNEL MANAGER: Everybody who works inside this plant has to get security clearance from the FBI in Washington. Even temp workers. So before I send you inside to Mr. Duncan, we'll fingerprint you and photograph you. And then we'll send your fingerprints and photographs down to the FBI.
He picks up his phone receiver and dials three digits.
BENDIX PERSONNEL MANAGER (CONT'D): Hello, Frank? We got a temp worker here who needs to be fingerprinted and photographed.
He puts down receiver.
BENDIX PERSONNEL MANAGER (CONT'D): He'll be right out.
A uniformed BENDIX PERSONNEl SECURITY GUARD enters from a backroom with a flash camera and fingerprinting equipment. He stands next to an empty desk and motions for Jim to come over. After fingerprinting Jim, the Bendix Personnel Security Guard takes a photograph of Jim, who has a wide grin as he is photographed. The guard then returns to his backroom.
INT. BENDIX LAB--DAY
MR. DUNCAN, 32, wearing suit and tie, hands Jim a rag and a featherduster.
MR. DUNCAN: So that's why you have to be very careful when you dust this equipment. Because it's very delicate.
JIM: I think I can do the job.
MR. DUNCAN: You can usually finish dusting and cleaning all the labs and equipment in less than 5 hours. And we don't mind if you then sit around in the janitor's lounge and read a newspaper for the rest of the time. The main thing is we don't want you to quit after a few days. You're the third guy I've had to train to do this job in the last week. And I'm tired of having to spend a few hours everyday training a new guy.
Jim nods.
MR. DUNCAN (CONT'D): Now I'll leave you on your own for now. But I'll be checking to see how you've done at the end of the day.
C.U. CLOCK IN LAB INDICATES 12:10
Jim begins dusting scopes of lab equipment.
C.U. CLOCK IN LAB INDICATES 2:10.
Jim is dusting the scopes of some of the bigger lab equipment, while BENDIX TECHNICIANS, wearing white lab coats, record data from other lab equipment.
BENDIX TECHNICIAN I: They say they'll be closing up at 3 today because of another bomb threat.
BENDIX TECHNICIAN II: Another one! This is the third bomb threat in two weeks.
BENDIX TECHNICIAN I: They say they'll be calling in the FBI to investigate. They think it's either the Weather Underground or somebody who works here.
BENDIX TECHNICIAN II: You sure you didn't tell your wife to call in a bomb threat so you could get off early today?
The Bendix Technicians both laugh. Jim finished dusting lab equipment quickly and leaves lab rapidly.
INT. COLUMBIA SPECTATOR STUDENT NEWSPAPER OFFICE--DAY
Louise sits behind desk, reading copy. Eddie walks up to her, holding a letter.
EDDIE: Hey, Louise! Another letter from that Greenberg guy. The envelope was postmarked Kent, Ohio this time.
LOUISE: Let me see it.
Eddie hands her letter. Louise reads it and smiles.
LOUISE (CONT'D): He's predicting that Columbia will be shut down again in April. He's crazy if he believes that's going to happen this Spring.
EDDIE: Are we going to print it?
LOUISE: No. I don't want to give the FBI an excuse to come back here again.
INT. U. OF MICHIGAN GRADUATE LIBRARY STACKS--NIGHT
Jim is browsing in stacks among some books about 1960s activism. He suddenly notices that Patty is sitting with her notebook open in a carrel. Jim slowly walks over to the carrel.
JIM: Patty! I never thought I'd meet you here. You didn't strike me as somebody who studies in the stacks.
PATTY: I usually don't. But I have this overdue paper from last year that I really have to finish. And I thought I finally found a place where I wouldn't bump into anybody who would distract me.
Jim laughs.
JIM: Maybe it's cosmic that you bumped into me?
PATTY: I told you we'd be seeing each other again around campus. What have you been up to lately?
JIM: Manpower sent me out to Bendix to work as a janitor. But I quit after a day, when I heard about all the bomb scares they get. I don't want to be working inside there if somebody decides to bomb the plant for producing weapons for the Viet Nam War.
PATTY: I thought the war in Viet Nam was over. I mean nobody's getting drafted anymore.
JIM: It's still going on. And there's even some kind of meeting scheduled for tomorrow. To talk about how the war's been automated. Do you want to go with me?
PATTY: Well, I'm not really into anti-war meetings. Especially when I have this paper I have to finish.
JIM: I guess I should let you get back to doing the paper, then.
Jim touches Patty on the shoulder in an affectionate way.
JIM (CONT'D): Nice bumping into you again, Patty.
Jim goes back to browse in stacks. Patty starts writing in her notebook, while looking at an open book.
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