As Paul glances around...
CUT TO
PAUL, looking past MARCIA.
CUT TO
DESSERT TROLLEY, some distance away, being pushed by a waitress. It is ANNIE.
CUT TO
PAUL AND SINDELL.
SINDELL
I thought you were over it.
PAUL
I am. Well, maybe not completely --
He glances toward the trolley.
CUT TO
THE DESSERT TROLLEY, moving inexorably closer to PAUL. ANNIE reaches down and pulls out a very sharp knife.
CUT TO
PAUL AND SINDELL.
PAUL
I don't know if you can ever be
totally over something like that --
I just don't think about it as much
anymore, and when I do, it's not so
terrifying.
CUT TO
ANNIE, with the knife raised.
CUT TO
PAUL, staring up at ANNIE.
PAUL
I mean, once they found her body,
my nightmares stopped.
CUT TO
PAUL AND ANNIE -- only it isn't Annie, just a WAITRESS. She stands by the trolley, the knife in her hand, ready to slice whatever anyone wants.
WAITRESS
Would you care for anything?
PAUL
(smiles)
Cut me something sinful...
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PAUL. The smile holds. In the background now, soft music: someone might be playing "Liberace."
HOLD ON PAUL.
FINAL FADE OUT.
THE END
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"MISERY"
by
William Goldman
Based on the Novel by
Stephen King
