MARK
December 24th, Nine PM
Eastern Standard Time
From here on in
I shoot without a script
See if anything comes of it

VOICE MAIL #1

ROGER & MARK'S OUTGOING MESSAGE
"Speak" ... ("Beeeep!")

MOM
That was a very loud beep
I don'...

MARK
Tell the folks at home what you're doing Roger

ROGER
I'm writing one great song --

MARK
The phone rings.<...

[MARK]

How do you document real life
When real life is getting more
Like fiction each day
Headlines -- bread-lines<...

[A HOMELESS MAN]

Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Somewhere else!

ROGER
Where are you going?

MARK
Maureen calls...

ROGER
You're such a sucker!

MARK
I don't supp...

[ROGER]

One song
Glory
One song
Before I go
Glory
One song to leave behind
Find one song
One last ref...

[ROGER]

What'd you forget?

[MIMI enters, holding a candle and looking for a match;]
[her electricity is down, too.]

MAUREEN
Hi. You've reached Maureen and Joanne.
Leave a message and don't forget "Over the Moon" -- My performance, protesting the
e...

Mark:
enter, tom collins, computer genius, teacher, vagabond anarchist who ran naked through the parthenon.

Mark and Collins:
...

BENNY
Joy to the world--
Hey, you bum -- yeah, you, move over
Get your ass off that range rover

MARK
That attitude t...

MARK
And so into the abyss...The lot. Where a small stage is partially set up.

JOANNE
(playing with some wires)
"Line in"...

(ANGEL and COLLINS attend an AIDS Life Support group.
PAUL, the support leader, sits on the downstage railing above. GORDON,
one of the ...

MIMI
What's the time?
Well it's gotta be close to midnight
My body's talking to me
It says, "Time for danger"
It says "I w...

ROGER
Who do you think you are?
Barging in on me and my guitar
Little girl -- hey
The door is that way
You better go you k...

STEVE
Will I lose my dignity
Will someone care
Will I wake tomorrow
From this nightmare?

GROUP #1
Will I lose m...

ANGEL
New York City --

MARK
Uh huh

ANGEL
Center of the universe

COLLINS
Sing it girl --<...

THREE HOMELESS PEOPLE
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing --
Out of town
S...

MARK
I'll meet you at the show.
I'll try and convince Roger to go.
(MARK exits)

ANGEL
Alone at last...

CO...

ANGEL
New York City --

MARK
Uh huh

ANGEL
Center of the universe

COLLINS
Sing it girl --
<...

JOANNE
(on cellular phone)
Steve -- Joanne
The Murget case?
A dismissal!
Good work counselor
(The pay phone rings.

FIVE HOMELESS PEOPLE
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are singing
On TV - at Saks
<...

MARK
Maureen's performance.

MAUREEN (in front of a microphone)
Last night I had a dream. I found myself in a desert called Cyb...

RESTAURANT MAN
No please no
Not tonight please no
Mister -- can't you go --
Not tonight -- can't have a scene

ROGER<...

ROGER
I should tell you I'm disaster
I forget how to begin it

MIMI
Let's just make this part go faster
I have yet --...

MAUREEN
Are we packed?

JOANNE
Yes and by next week
I want you to be

MAUREEN
Pookie?

JOANNE

COMPANY
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear.
525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in...

Mimi
How long till next year?

Roger
Three and a half minutes

Mimi
I'm giving up my vices
I'm going back- ...

MRS. COHEN
Mark, it's the wicked witch of the west your mother
Happy new year from Scarsdale
We're all impressed that the riot...

Maureen: I think we need an agent!
Mark: We?
Joanne: Thats selling out.
Mark: But it's nice to dream!
Joanne: We may have our d...

Maureen:
Every single day,
I walk down the street
I hear people say 'baby so sweet'
Ever since puberty,
Everybody stares a...

All: In diapers, report cards,
in spoke wheels
in speeding tickets
in contracts
dollars in funerals and births.
five hundr...

Without you, the ground thaws, the rain falls, the grass grows.
Without you, the seeds root, the flowers bloom, the children play.
The ...

ROGER & MARK'S ANSWERING MACHINE
"Speak" ... ("Beeeep!")

ALEXI DARLING
Mark Cohen
Labor Day weekend
In East Hamp...

(The COMPANY forms two main groups. As the music begins,
a group of dancers start a sensual life and death dance, while a
group of actor...

(In a church. Angel's memorial)

MIMI
Angel was one of my closest friends.
It's right that it's Halloween, because it was her ...

MARK
(On the pay phone)
Hi. It's Mark Cohen. Is Alexi there?...No, don't bother her.
Just tell her I'm running a little late for ou...

MIMI (to ROGER)
It's true you sold your guitar and bought a car?

ROGER
It's true -- I'm leaving now for Santa Fe
It's tru...

Don't breathe too deep
Don't think all day
Dive into work
Drive the other way
That drip of hurt
That pint of shame
Go...

ROGER & MARK'S ANSWERING MACHINE
"Speak..." (Beep)

ROGER'S MOTHER
Roger, this is your mother
Roger, honey, I don't ge...

ALL SEVEN HOMELESS
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
How time flies
When...

ROGER
Your eyes
As we said our goodbyes
Can't get them out of my mind
And I find I can't hide
From your eyes
The ones...

MIMI
I jumped over the moon!!

ROGER
What?

MIMI
A leap of mooooooooooooooo--

JOANNE
She's back!...