IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
WRITTEN BY
LORI H. SCHWARTZ AND CLAUDETTE POWELL
REPRESENTED BY THE ARTIST'S AGENCY, MIKE WISE.
ACT 2
SCENE G
INT. A ROOM IN A CHEAP TRUCKER MOTEL-THE SHADY LANE
DREW ENTERS, CARRYING MIMI OVER THE THRESHOLD. A CLERK THROWS A HANDFUL OF RICE ON THEM THEM.
HOTEL CLERK
DREW CLOSES THE DOOR AND IMMEDIATELY DROPS MIMI.Congratulations, you two lovebirds!
DREW
That was the longest doorway of my entire life.
MIMI
Listen, idiot. This is the last room they had. If Ihadn't let you to pretend to be married to me, you'd
be sleeping in the snow!
Freezing to death is looking pretty good to me right
now.
THE PHONE RINGS. DREW ANSWERS.
DREW
SPLIT SCREEN: DREW ON THE PHONE IN MOTEL ROOM/ LEWIS AND AMBER SITTING IN A HOT TUB IN AN ELEGANT CABIN, HOLDING CHAMPAGNE GLASSES.Lewis?! Thank God you found us! Where areyou? How's Amber?
LEWIS
Oh we're fine. We hitched a ride from this guy whoowns a hotel. It's a little rustic, but we're trying to
tough it out.
I'm so glad you're okay. We're snowed in and wecouldn't get a tow truck.
Looks like we're all stuck for the night.
DREW
MIMI GRABS THE PHONE.(Looks at Mimi) Yeah. Can I say hi to Amber?
MIMI
DREW GRABS THE PHONE BACK AND THE SPLIT SCREEN ENDS.Amber, is he keeping his hands to himself?Remember to use the moves I showed you if he
gets fresh.
DREW
Hello, hello? We lost the connection. Did you hearglasses tinkling?
MIMI
(Eyeing the bed) I'm beat. I'm going to bed. Where
are you sleepin'?
Well, obviously we'll have to share the bed.
No way. You're not gonna start fondling me in thedark.
DREW
Believe me, Mimi, I wouldn't do that in broaddaylight. Come on. We'll share the bed and just -
stay on our separate sides.
MIMI
Okay, but we have to erect a barricade in themiddle. Men have a tendency to loss control when
they see me in my sexy lingerie.
DREW
That's because they're overcome with nausea.(He looks around)
Here's an extra blanket, I'll hang it from the
ceiling.
DREW STARTS TO HANG THE BLANKET. WE HEAR ALL SORTS OF CONSTRUCTION NOSIES COMING FROM THE BATHROOM - A SANDBLASTER, DRILL, CHAINSAW - A TREE FALLING. DREW REACTS IN HORROR. TIME PASSES - DREW KNITS A ROBE, DREW GROWS A BEARD, DREW LEARNS TO SPEAK FRENCH.Fine. I'm gonna go in the bathroom and take offmy makeup.
DREW
Are you done yet?
MIMI
(Off camera)
Okay. I'm coming out, but you have to turn off thelights!
DREW
With pleasure...
MIMI RUNS OUT OF THE BATHROOM AND JUMPS UNDER THE COVERS
BEHIND HER SIDE OF THE BLANKET.
DREW ENTERS. ON THE RACK NEXT TO THE SINK IS A TOWEL WITH MIMI'S COMPLETE FACE PRINT ON IT.
DREW
So that's what happened to the shroud of Turin...
INT: THE MOTEL ROOM
DREW ENTERS AND WALKS AROUND TO HIS SIDE OF THE BED. THROUGH THE BLANKET,
BACKLIT BY THE
BATHROOM LIGHT, DREW SEES A SILHOUETTE OF MIMI UNDRESSING. IT LOOKS
LIKE THE ELEPHANT MAN. DREW REACTS IN TERROR.
MIMI'S SIDE OF THE BLANKET, MIMI SEES DREW'S SILHOUETTE.
IT LOOKS LIKE A MAN RIDING AN ELEPHANT.
INT. THE MOTEL ROOM.
DREW AND MIMI GET INTO BED, EACH ON THE PROPER SIDE OF THE BLANKET.
DREW
Mimi, are you hungry?
For what?!
Food. I've got some donuts in my bag.
Yeah, I am a little - peckish.
DREW STICKS A PACKAGE OF A DOZEN DONUTS THROUGH AN OPENING AT THE
SIDE OF THE BLANKET. AFTER A MOMENT, HE BRINGS BACK THE BOX TO REVEAL THAT
JUST HALF OF ONE DONUT IS LEFT.
DREW
Hey, that's not fair. Give me some of those...
HE PULLS BACK THE BLANKET TO GRAB MORE DONUTS. MIMI HIDES HER FACE.
MIMI
Don't look at me. I'm not wearing any makeup!
So what?
Nobody's ever seen my face naked!
What's the big deal? Give me some donuts.
Stop staring at me. I'm not an animal. I'm awoman!
DREW
Mimi, calm down. You look fine without yourmakeup.
I do?
Yeah, the horror factor really goes down a lot.
Thanks.
MIMI UNCOVERS HER FACE.
DREW
Why do you wear so much makeup, anyway?
Maybe it's because I have alot to hide...
You shouldn't feel like that. I think you look betterwithout it.
Really?
Yeah.
Too bad you can't hide your disgustingness withanything. Maybe you could try bigger,dorkier
glasses.
Yeah, well, goodnight Mimi.
THEY LIE BACK DOWN WITH THE BLANKET HANGING BETWEEN THEM.Goodnight, pig.
MIMI
(Hands him some donuts through the blanket)
Here.
Thanks.
MIMI'S DREAM
EXT: A MISTY HILLSIDE
CLOSE UP ON LEWIS, WHO IS DRESSED IN 18TH-CENTURY COSTUME. HE IS HOLDING TWO PISTOLS. PULL BACK TO REVEAL DREW AND MR. WICK, ALSO DRESSED IN PERIOD GARB. THEY ARE ABOUT TO HAVE A DUEL. LEWIS SOLEMNLY HANDS EACH OF THEM A PISTOL.
LEWIS
(To Drew and Mr. Wick)
You know the rules. Ten paces. No biting. Nohitting below the belt.
MR. WICK
(To Drew)
Are you sure you want to do this, Carey?
DREW
Yes, I'm sure. To have a woman like her, I wouldgladly give my life.
You'll never have her, Carey. She's mine.
THE TWO MEN TAKE THEIR TEN PACES. LEWIS RUNS AWAY IN FEAR WHEN THEY
BRANDISH THEIR WEAPONS. JUST AS THEY'RE ABOUT TO TURN AND FIRE, MIMI, DRESSED
IN HIDEOUS 18TH CENTURY COSTUME, RUNS BETWEEN THEM.
MIMI
Stop! Stop! This is madness!
MR. WICK
Out of the way, my love. I'll make sure thisbarrel-shaped rogue never lays his hands on you
again.
Barrel-shaped?
Oh, Mr. Wick. Please don't hurt him. He didn'tmean to soil my virtue. He couldn't help himself!
That's right. Your beauty is like a fine, dark lager.It makes me crazy with desire.
I know what you mean.
(He looks lasciviously at Mimi, who basks in his
attention.)
She is a vixen. But you'll only have her over my
dead body!
MR. WICK FIRES. DREW IS HIT.
DREW
Yikes. That really hurts.
(He falls to the ground)
MIMI
Oh, no! Drew!
(She runs over and cradles his head in her arms)
Please don't die! I was only pretending to want
Mr. Wick! It was really you that I loved.
THEY EMBRACE.Oh, Mimi. Now I can die a happy man.
THE BLANKET/BARRICADE HAS FALLEN FROM THE CEILING. DREW AND MIMI ARE SLEEPING IN EACH OTHERS' ARMS, MIMI HAS A BIG SMILE. THEY ARE BOTH SNORING LIKE BUZZ SAWS.
SCENE I
DREW'S DREAM
INT. MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT.
DREW IS THE EMCEE, AND HE'S ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER. THE PAPPARAZZI ARE SNAPPING FURIOUSLY. HE OPENS THE ENVELOPE.
DREW
And now, the moment we've all been waitingfor...second runner up goes to - Miss USA!
MISS USA COMES OVER TO ACCEPT HER FLOWERS FROM DREW. IT'S MIMI!!
DREW RECOILS AS SHE TRIES TO KISS HIS CHEEK.
DREW
MISS GERMANY COMES OVER, DRESSED IN LEIDERHOSEN, TO ACCEPT HER FLOWERS, AND IT'S A MIMI TWIN!! SHE TRIES TO KISS DREW, TOO.(A little shaken)
And - uh - the first runner up, who will assume the
title of Miss Universe if she should be unable tofulfill her beauty duties - goes to - Miss Germany!
DREW
THE WINNER RUSHES OVER. IT'S ANOTHER MIMI, DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL NATIVE GARB! SHE GRABS THE CROWN FROM DREW AND THEN...KISSES HIM ON THE MOUTH! THE OTHER CONTESTANTS FILL THE STAGE FOR A BIG PRODUCTION NUMBER. THEY ARE ALL MIMIS, DRESSED IN HORRIFYINGLY TACKY VERSIONS OF COSTUMES FROM THEIR COUNTRIES!AAAAGH!!
(He tries to continue, but he's very shaken.)
And - um - the winner - the next Miss Universe
is...Miss Trinidad and Tobago.