- Title: WF-2
- Summary: A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her madness proves to be a problem in the marriage. The film transpires to a positive role of madness in the family, challenging conventional representations of madness in cinema. DIRECTED BY JOHN CASSAVETES STARRING: GENA ROWLANDS, PETER FALK, FRED DRAPER
- Description:01:01:00 - OPENING AND CREDIT SEQUENCE. VIEW OF RIVER WITH MEN IN HARD HATS AND WADERS STANDING IN IT, HIP-DEEP WATER. CREDITS PETER FALK, GENA ROWLANDS, FRED DRAPER, a WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE. 01:01:25 - VIEWS OF MEN IN THE WATER SHAKING WATER OFF OF THEIR HANDS. MEAN CLIMBS OUT VIA ROPE. DIRTY JOBS, HARD WORKING BLUE-COLLAR MEN 01:01:49 - VIEW OF RURAL ROAD WITH TELEPHONE POLES. TRUCK COMES TOWARDS CAMERA, OPEN TRUCK WITH WORKMEN RIDING IN THE BACK STANDING UP. TRUCK PULLS OVER AND STOPS 01:02:06 - DIVE BAR ON SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE TRUCK HAS PARKED. WORKMEN GET OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK AND WALK TOWARDS BAR, BANTER CAN BE HEARD BY BLUE COLLAR WORKMAN 01:02:17 - INTERIOR BAR. DIVE BAR. MEN CLINK GLASSES OF BEER. BLACK MAN WALKS OVER TO JUKEBOX. WORKING MEN IN BAR. MAN CAN BE HEARD ON PHONE 01:02:41 - WORKING CLASS MAN - PLAYED BY PETER FALK TALKING ON PHONE HOLDING BEER IN HIS OTHER HAND 01:02:56 - FACES OF WORKMEN AT BAR WHILE MAN TALKS ON PHONE. HE SAYS THEY HAVE TO WORK ALL NIGHT. GROANS FROM MEN IN BAR 01:03:11 - MAN ON PHONE YELLING INTO PHONE "NO WAY FORGET ABOUT IT" SMOKES CIGARETTE. SLAMS DOWN PHONE. LOOKS TROUBLED WHILE THE OTHER MEN CHEER HIM ON 01:03:41 - FRONT OF SUBURBAN HOME. CHILDREN TWO BOYS AND A GIRL COME RUNNING OUT OF HOUSE. WOMAN - THE CHILDREN'S GRANDMOTHER - COMES OUT AFTER THEM CARRYING THEIR JACKETS 01:03:55 - ANOTHER WOMAN, THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER, COMES RUNNING OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH QUART OF MILK IN HAND, YELLING AT KIDS, GETTING THEM READY TO GO OUT, HANDS MILK TO WOMAN 01:04:10 - MOTHER HOPPING AROUND ON THE LAWN ON ONE SHOE GETTING THE CHILDREN READY TO GO, AS THE CAR IS BEING PACKED. PUTS HER SHOE BACK ON AND GOES BACK INSIDE 01:04:19 - MOTHER RUNS AND GETS DAUGHTER'S BICYCLE. BRINGS IT OVER AND PUTS IT INTO THE CAR. THE TRUNK DOESN'T QUITE CLOSE. GRANDMOTHER GETS INTO CAR TO TAKE THE CHILDREN AWAY FOR THE NIGHT. BOY LEANS OUT THE WINDOW TO GIVE HIS MOTHER A KISS 01:05:00 - GRANDMOTHER BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE CAR WITH CHILDREN HANGING ALL OVER HER. MOTHER TELLS HER TO CALL FOR ANY REASON AT ALL. CHILDREN STAYING WITH GRANDMOTHER FOR THE NIGHT. MOTHER IS APPARENTLY PARANOID, HARSHLY TELLING GRANDMOTHER TO CALL IF SHE NEEDS TO NO MATTER WHAT. GRANDMOTHER BACKS OUT OF DRIVEWAY 01:05:39 - MEDIUM SHOT OF MOTHER AS SHE FOLLOWS THE CAR INTO THE STREET DIRECTING GRANDMOTHER ON HOW TO DRIVE 01:05:48 - GRANDMOTHER DRIVING OLD 1970s CAR WITH CHILDREN DRIVES AWAY. MOTHER WAVES, CHILDREN WAVE. MOTHER IS CLEARLY NERVOUS 01:06:00 - WOMAN RUNS ACROSS LAWN OF SUBURBAN HOME. STOPS TO FIX HER SHOE 01:06:08 - INT SUBURBAN HOME. FRONT DOOR OPENS AND WOMAN COMES INSIDE WALKS AROUND AS THOUGH SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING. WALKS DOWN HALLWAY 01:06:27 - WOMAN WALKS OVER AND GETS BOX, DROPPING IT AS SHE DOES. PLACES BOX ON BED AND OPENS IT, STORE BOX WITH TISSUE PAPER. WOMAN BEGINS TO WHISTLE 01:06:50 - INT LIVING ROOM. WOMAN WALKS OVER AND PICKS UP CLOCK (?) FROM TABLE AND LOOKS AT IT. OPERA MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND. WOMAN WALKS BACK DOWN HALLWAY TO FRONT DOOR, STANDS WAITING 01:07:23 - WOMAN WALKING IN HOUSE NERVOUSLY WITH CIGARETTE. GESTURES WITH HANDS, SITS SADLY WITH HER FEET UP ON TABLE AND TAKES A DRINK 01:07:49 - WORK SITE ON CITY STREET AT NIGHT. MAN DIRECTS TRAFFIC. HUGE TRUCK FULL OF WORKMEN PULLS UP. MEN IN PROTECTIVE GEAR GET OUT AND START WORKING 01:08:18 - CAB OF TRUCK. FOREMAN ASKS ONE OF THE GUYS TO SUPERVISE THE CREW SO HE CAN TALK TO THE OTHER. THIRD MAN GETS OUT AND JOINS THE ROAD WORK CREW. FOREMAN IN CAB TALKS TO HIS FRIEND ABOUT HOW HE PROMISED HIS WIFE HE WOULD BE HOME. THEY DISCUSS THE FACT THAT HE DIDN'T CALL HER. FOREMAN DEFENDS HIS WIFE AND SAYS SHE'S NOT CRAZY. THEY GET OUT OF CAB OF TRUCK AND CLOSE THE DOOR 01:09:35 - WIFE AT HOME WITH HER FEET ON THE TABLE LOOKING MISERABLE. SMOKES CIGARETTE. STANDS UP WITH EMPTY GLASS. EMPTY SIX PACK ON THE TABLE. PHONE RINGS. 01:10:00 - HUSBAND (FOREMAN) ON PHONE IN PHONE BOOTH IN THE RAIN. WOMAN ON PHONE AT HOME. THEY TALK. "ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?" ROMANTIC EVENING IS RUINED. SHE SMOKES CIGARETTE SADLY. HE IS CALLED AWAY. HANGS UP PHONE. 01:11:03 - WIFE AT HOME HANGS UP ANGRILY. SMOKES CIGARETTE, OBVIOUSLY DRUNK. SHE STANDS UP 01:11:40 - NEW YORK CITY STREET AT NIGHT. WOMAN, WIFE, WALKS DOWN THE SIDEWALK. OTHER PEDESTRIANS AROUND. WALKING THROUGH 1970s NEW YORK CITY NYC 01:12:02 - INT BAR AT NIGHT. WOMAN WALKS IN. DIMLY LIT DIVE BAR. SAD PLACE, WATERING HOLE. ONLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AT THE BAR. DISCO BALL SLOWLY SPINS 01:12:11 - WOMAN LEAVES DEPRESSING DIVE BAR, SMOKING CIGARETTE, WALKS ACROSS THE STREET. TRAFFIC IN NYC AT NIGHT 01:12:35 - INT BAR. NICER PLACE. WOMAN WALKS IN NICELY LIT BAR. LOTS OF MEN AT THE BAR DRINKING. FACES OF BARFLIES. SHE SITS DOWN NEXT TO MAN FLICKING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AS HE PLAYS WITH STRAW 01:13:01 - WOMAN SITTING AT BAR TAPS OUT A TUNE ON THE BAR, FLIRTING WITH MAN. HE JOINS IN. SHE TELLS HIM THAT "NICK" STOOD HER UP. SHE TAKES CIGARETTE OUT OF HER PURSE AND PUTS IT INTO HER MOUTH. HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF IN A SOUTHERN ACCENT. SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS. HE LIGHTS HER CIGARETTE. THEY ORDER DRINKS. BARTENDER POURS HER A HEAVY DRINK. PICK UP IN BAR. THEY CLINK GLASSES AND DRINK 01:14:30 - CU WOMAN SWIGS DOWN ENTIRE GLASS OF LIQUOR. SLAMS GLASS BACK ONTO BAR. HEAVY DRINKER PROBLEM DRINKER 01:14:42 - MAN WITH WOMAN AT BAR TRYING OT BE FLIRTY. SHE STARTS TO SING. TRIES TO GET MAN TO SING. FLIRTING. PICK UP AT BAR. SHE KISSES HIM ON THE CHEEK AND HE ASKS HER TO GO HOME WITH HIM. OR TO GO BACK TO HER PLACE. HE KISSES HER ON THE CHEEK. DRUNK WOMAN AGREES AS HE SQUARES UP WITH THE BARTENDER 01:16:16 - EXT STREET AT NIGHT. NEON LIGHTS IN DISTANCE. HEADLIGHTS OF CAR LURCHING DOWN THE STREET. CONVERTIBLE WITH MAN AND WOMAN PULLS UP. HE BACKS CAR INTO DRIVEWAY. HER HEAD IS LEANING AGAINST HIM. 01:16:42 - MAN AND WOMAN IN CAR. SHE'S ALMOST PASSED OUT DRUNK. HE ASKS IF SHE'S OKAY. GETS OUT OF CAR GOES AROUND TO HER SIDE OF CAR OPENS DOOR ASKS HER NOT TOBE SICK. ALL BUT CARRIES HER TO THE DOOR 01:17:16 - INT FRONT HALLWAY OF HOUSE. MAN AND WOMAN STAGGER INSIDE, KISSING. GOOD ESTABLISHING OF ONE NIGHT STAND. DRUNK WOMAN IS STAGGERING AROUND, CAN BARELY STAND. THEY START DANCING AROUND HALLWAY 01:17:32 - CU DANCING MAN AND WOMAN. MAN KISSES WOMAN ON CHEEKS AND NECK. SHE PUSHES HIM AWAY "HEY BUDDY CUT IT OUT." 01:17:48 - MAN AND WOMAN TUMBLE TO THE GROUND IN THE DARK. SHE TRIES TO FIGHT HIM OFF, STANDS UP AND HITS HIM WITH HER PURSE. WORKS VERY WELL FOR ASSAULT OR DATE RAPE SCENE. 01:18:02 - INT LIVING ROOM DAY TIME. THE CAMERA SLOWLY OPENS ACROSS THE NICE DINING ROOM SET. LIGHT COMING IN THROUGH BLINDS ON WINDOWS. IN THE BACKGROUND WE SEE WOMAN WRITING IN BED 01:18:18 - WOMAN IN BED IN WHITE BLANKETS AND SHEETS, STRETCHING, WAKING UP. STARTS TO CRY 01:18:37 - VIEW THROUGH DOORWAY OF MAN IN OTHER ROOM GETTING DRESSED IN THE MORNING 01:18:45 - WOMAN IN BED STRETCHING IN THE MORNING 01:18:50 - MAN SADLY SHAKING HEAD AS HE WALKS 01:18:54 - WOMAN CRYING IN BED CALLS OUT HUSBAND'S NAME "NICK!" 01:18:59 - MAN FROM BAR CORRECTS HER FROM THE OTHER ROOM. 01:19:02 - CU WOMAN IN BED LOOKS HORRIFIED AND REGRETFUL, FALLS BACK ON PILLOW 01:19:12 - MAN WALKS THROUGH HOUSE WHILE TALKING TO WOMAN HE WALKS INTO ROOM AND SEES EMPTY BED. KNOCKS ON DOOR LABELED PRIVATE. ASKS IF SHE'S MARRIED 01:19:40 - MAN TRIES LOCKED DOOR, DOOR LABELED PRIVATE. TALKS THROUGH DOOR TO WOMAN YELLING ABOUT THE NIGHT BEFORE. MAN WALKS OVER AND SITS ON BED. WOMAN STORMS OUT OF DOOR IN BATHROBE AFTER HAVING TAKEN SHOWER. FAKES PUNCHING MAN. MAN SLIPS BY HER TO LEAVE 01:20:55 - MAN WALKS INTO KITCHEN AND STARTS PACING, TALKING TO HIMSELF 01:21:14 - WOMAN STARTS TALKING TO "MAMA" WHO ISN'T THERE THEN RUNS THROUGH THE HOUSE IN A PANIC LOOKING FOR HER KIDS 01:21:53 - INT CAR. HUSBAND IS IN CAR GOING DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET. VIEW OF CAR DRIVING DOWN STREET WITH LOTS OF STEAM. VIEW OF CAR FROM AHEAD WITH HUSBAND IN PASSENGER SEAT, LOOKS OUT OF WINDOW AND GETS OUT OF CAR 01:22:18 - MAN GETTING OUT OF VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE. GROUP OF MEN COWORKERS ALL GETTING OUT OF CARS IN MAN'S DRIVEWAY. HARDHAT MEN GOOFING OFF SINGING AS THEY TROOP INTO MAN'S HOUSE 01:22:46 - INT HOUSE. FRONT DOOR OPENS AND MAN LEADS ALL OF HIS COWORKERS INSIDE. MEN IN HARD HATS ALL COME IN AND SETTLE DOWN. "MAKE YOURSELVES COMFORTABLE" MAN LEAVES HIS COWORKERS AND GOES TO CHECK ON HIS WIFE 01:23:36 - DOOR MARKED PRIVATE OPENS AND MAN COMES INSIDE. WOMAN ON THE BED. MAN AND WOMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE MABEL AND NICK TALK. SHE PLAYS WITH HIS HAT, ECCENTRIC BEHAVIOR, SHE STANDS UP AND GOES INTO PRIVATE DOOR 01:24:41 - NICK OPENS DOORS AND WALKS INTO ROOM WHERE ALL HIS FRIENDS ARE. GUYS LAUGH AND HORSE AROUND, HE TELLS THEM TO SIT DOWN AND MAKE THEMSELVES AT HOME. WOMAN COMES OUT AND NICK INTRODUCES HER TO EVERYONE. SHE SHAKES MAN'S HAND AND ASKS HIM IF HE'D LIKE SPAGHETTI, SHAKES ANOTHER MAN'S HAND AND ASKS ABOUT SPAGHETTI, HUGS ONE OF THE MEN SHE HASN'T SEEN IN A WHILE. ANSWERS ONE OF THE MEN BY IMITATING HIS VOICE. WOMAN ACTING STRANGELY. LEAVES THE ROOM. MEN LAUGH 01:26:31 - VIEW THROUGH DOOR OF KITCHEN. MAN WHO GOT A DRINK OF WATER SITTING ON COUNTER WOMAN MABEL YELLS AT HIM AND KICKS HIM 01:26:37 - NICK IN OTHER ROOM WITH MEN, SMILES AS HIS WIFE SHOUTS IN THE BACKGROUND 01:26:44 - VIEW THROUGH DOORWAY OF KITCHEN. MABEL YELLS AT MAN TO GET OUT AS HE HUGS HER AND PATS HER BUTT. SHE ASKS IF HE WANTS SPAGHETTI 01:26:57 - CU DRAINING POT INTO SINK 01:27:04 - INT KITCHEN NICK HOLDS POT OF SAUCE. MEN WANDERING AROUND KITCHEN GETTING FOOD READY. MEN IN THE KITCHEN. NICK WALKS SAUCE OVER THE SINK. MABEL WANDERING AROUND IN APRON AS EVERYONE COOKS THE SPAGHETTI TOGETHER IN KITCHEN 01:27:40 - VIEW THROUGH DOORWAY INTO DINING ROOM. MEN GATHER AROUND TABLE. BRINGING HOT SPAGHETTI TO TABLE. 01:27:54 - TABLE SET FOR SPAGHETTI DINNER. MABEL AT END OF TABLE. ALL OF THE MEN SEATED AROUND THE TABLE APPLAUD FOR ONE MAN WHO MADE THE SPAGHETTI. EVERYONE STARTS EATING. WINE, GARLIC BREAD. MABEL SOLE WOMAN AT END OF TABLE SITS WITH FAKE STEPFORD SMILE. POLISHES SPOON ON HER DRESS. SMILES AS EVERYONE PASSES FOOD AROUND 01:28:22 - PAN ACROSS MEN SEATED AT TABLE HARDHAT BLUE COLLAR GUYS BOTH BLACK AND WHITE PASSING FOOD AROUND 01:28:37 - MABEL WAVES FINGER IN AIR GESTURING AS THOUGH SHE WANTS FOOD 01:28:41 - NICK AT ONE END OF TABLE AS FOOD IS PASSED AROUND IN FOREGROUND. MABEL AT THE OTHER END SMILING STRANGELY. SHE ASKS ONE OF THE MEN HIS NAME. HE REMINDS HER ABOUT HAVING DINNER TOGETHER A FEW WEEKS AGO. SCENES OF MEN EATING SPAGHETTI PASSING FOOD AROUND TABLE. MABEL MAKES WEIRD FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND STEPFORD-WIFE-TYPE FAKE SMILE WHILE MAKING SMALL TALK. NICK TELLS BLACK COWORKER TO TWIRL THE SPAGHETTI MAN TRIES AND DROPS SPAGHETTI. MABEL BRINGS A NEW PLATE, LOTS OF LAUGHING AND JOKING 01:30:50 - MABEL SITS IN APRON NOT ABLE TO GET A WORD IN MAKING STRANGE EXPRESSIONS. ASKS MAN WHAT HIS NAME IS. INTRODUCES HERSELF TO HIM AS THEY ALL SIT AROUND THE TABLE EATING. ASKS WHO'S NEXT TO HIM. SHE INTRODUCES HERSELF AND SEEMS VERY OFF. WEIRD BEHAVIOR. WOMAN ACTING OFF, UNPREDICTABLE. MEN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES 01:32:01 - WOMAN MABEL RAISES HER GLASS MAKES TOAST, EVERYONE RAISES WINE GLASSES AND BEER CANS DRINKS TO TOAST THEN DRINK TO HER 01:32:20 - MABEL WITH STRANGE EXPRESSION ON FACE. NICK LOOKS AT HER FROM ACROSS THE TABLE. THEY TALK ABOUT THE KIDS. HE WINKS AT HER 01:32:45 - GROUP SITTING AROUND THE TABLE DISCUSSING NICK AND MABEL'S CHILDREN. SHE ASKS EVERYONE HOW MANY CHILDREN THEY HAVE. NICK TALKS ABOUT THERE SUDDENLY BEING MORE CHILDREN AROUND. MEN LAUGH AND TALK BACK AND FORTH. TALKING ABOUT ROMANCE BEING IN THE AIR. MABEL STANDS UP AND MAN SINGS TO HER IN ITALIAN. BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN STARTS SINGING OVER HIM. FINISHES AND THEY ALL CLAP 01:36:26 - TABLE FULL OF PEOPLE CLAPPING 01:36:35 - BLACK MAN STARTS SINGING AGAIN. MABEL STANDS UP AND WALKS OVER TO HIM, PUTS HER FACE DOWN NEAR HIS LOOKING INTO HIS MOUTH AS HE SINGS. THE MEN AROUND THE TABLE FIND IT STRANGE. HE FINISHES SINGING AND EVERYONE CHEERS AGAIN 01:37:36 - MABEL AND EVERYONE CLAPPING 01:37:45 - MABEL TELLS OTHER BLACK MAN AT TABLE TO SING, HE SAYS HE CAN'T SHE TELLS HIM TO DANCE INSTEAD. SHE GRABS HIS FACE AND HOLS IN BETWEEN HER HANDS TELLING NICK HOW HANDSOME SHE THINKS HE IS. SHE TRIES TO GET HIM TO STAND UP AND SHE ACTS FLIRTY. TELLS EVERYONE TO DANCE 01:38:10 - MOOD OF THE TABLE SHIFTS AND BECOMES STRANGE. NICK TELLS MABEL TO STOP. SHE STARTS TALKING AND NICK YELLS AT HER TO SIT DOWN. EVERYTHING IS QUIET AND UNCOMFORTABLE. AWKWARD EXPRESSIONS ON MEN AT TABLE 01:38:55 - PHONE RINGS AS EVERYONE SITS AROUND TABLE UNCOMFORTABLY. CU EXPRESSIONS OF PEOPLE. THEN NICK GETS UP LIGHTS A CIGARETTE AND ANSWERS THE PHONE, TALKS TO HIS MOTHER ABOUT A PAIN SHE HAS WHILE EVERYONE SITS AT THE TABLE UNCOMFORTABLY AND QUIETLY. YELLS AT HIS MOTHER ABOUT GOING TO SEE A DOCTOR 01:39:43 - MABEL SITS AT TABLE GESTURING STRANGELY WHILE MEN LOOK ON UNCOMFORTABLY 01:39:55 - NICK IN FOREGROUND ON THE PHONE WITH HIS MOTHER WHILE SMOKING CIGARETTE, TABLE WITH MEN IN BACKGROUND. MEN GET UP FROM TABLE WITH PLATES IN HAND. AWKWARD ENDING FOR GROUP MEAL 01:40:06 - WOMAN MABEL PICKING UP AND PLAYING WITH SILVERWARE WHILE MEN SLOWLY WALK PAST HER IN BACKGROUND 01:40:19 - NICK ON PHONE WITH CIGARETTE IN MOUTH. MEN ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING THE HOUSE 01:40:25 - MABEL SITTING AT TABLE WITH SOUR LOOK ON HER FACE. MAN GETS UP TO LEAVE AND KISSES HER ON THE CHEEK. SHE ARRANGES SILVERWARE AND BALANCES SALT SHAKER 01:40:34 - LINE OF MEN FILING PAST NICK AS HE SITS ON BENCH. BLUE COLLAR MEN PICK UP THEIR HARDHATS, SHAKE NICK'S HAND AS THEY LEAVE. NICK LOOKS DOWN DEJECTEDLY, SHAKES HIS HEAD, STANDS UP ENTANGLED WITH PHONE CORD, FREES HIMSELF, AND WALKS TOWARDS CAMERA 01:41:19 - MABEL IS SITTING AT TABLE. NICK SITS DOWN AT FAR END OF TABLE 01:41:23 - WOMAN MABEL HOLDS UP HER THUMB 01:41:26 - MAN NICK PUTS HIS FACE DOWN INTO HIS HANDS AS HE SITS AT TABLE 01:41:31 - MED SHOT MABEL MAKES WEIRD FACES, STARTS THROWING THINGS AT NICK. MED SHOT NICK DUCKING. THEY ARGUE BACK AND FORTH HE CALLS HER "WACKO!" 01:41:50 - NICK IN FOREGROUND BACK TO CAMERA. MABEL AT FAR END OF TABLE. LONG TABLE WITH EMPTY PLACE SETTINGS. THEY ARGUE 01:41:55 - NICK NODDING ALONG TRYING TO PLACATE HIS WIFE 01:41:58 - MABEL MAKING STRANGE GESTURES AND NOISES 01:42:08 - NICK LISTENING TO MABEL TALK. MABEL TALKING AND GESTURING. WOMAN OVER THE TOP "I LOVE THOSE GUYS, I LOVE THEM" 01:42:15 - NICK YELLS "I KNOW THAT!" 01:42:16 - MABEL TALKING STRANGELY. NOT CONNECTING HER THOUGHTS. HOUSEWIFE ACTING STRANGE DISTURBED. HUSBAND YELLS "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG." SHE STARTS IMITATING HIM YELLING IN A DEEP VOICE "SIT DOWN MABEL!" 01:42:39 - NICK GESTURING TALKING ABOUT HIS FRIENDS, YELLING IN BLUE-COLLAR ARTICULATION "HE DON'T KNOW YOU DON'T MEAN IT" 01:42:55 - MABEL AT END OF TABLE COWERING AND HOLDING HER FACE AS THOUGH SHE'S BEEN HIT. WOMAN HOUSEWIFE LOOKING SAD AND HURT "I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG?" 01:43:15 - MED SHOT NICK, MED SHOT MABEL. BACK AND FORTH AS THEY EXCHANGE GLANCES. SHE ASKS HIM "HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO BE?" 01:44:01 - CU NICK AND MABLE WALKING INTO ROOM. WAIST HEIGHT. LOUD OPERA MUSIC PLAYING. MABEL BENDS DOWN INTO SHOT TO CLEAN SOMETHING OFF THE FLOOR, CLEANING FURIOUSLY. NICK BENDS DOWN AND KISSES HER. MAN KISSING AND EMBRACING WOMAN 01:44:27 - INT BEDROOM. OPERA MUSIC CONTINUES MABEL FLOPS DOWN FACE-FIRST ONTO BED. NICK ENTERS BEDROOM. LAYS DOWN BESIDE HER ON THE BED AND HOLDS HER. ROMANTIC SENSUAL SCENE OPERA MUSIC PLAYING. NICK KISSES MABEL. SCREEN GOES DARK 01:45:10 - INT BEDROOM NIGHT. BLINDS DRAWN AND ONLY A BEDSIDE LAMP IS ON. WS OF NICK AND MABEL IN BED. WOMAN SMOKES CIGARETTE. OPERA MUSIC IN BACKGROUND. MAN ROLLS OVER IN BED 01:45:33 - VIEW OF DRIVEWAY LOOKING DOWN TOWARDS SUBURBAN STREET. WHITE CAR TURNS INTO DRIVEWAY TOWARDS CAMERA AND STOPS. CAR DOORS OPEN AND THE CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDMOTHER GET OUT 01:45:55 - INT HOUSE DAY. VIEW FROM NICE BEDROOM OF VESTIBULE AND FRONT DOOR. FRONT DOOR OPENS AND BOY COMES INSIDE WALKS TO THE BED WHERE MOTHER AND FATHER NICK AND MABEL ARE IN BED. CHILD WALKING IN ON PARENTS 01:46:01 - MAN AND WOMAN NICK AND MABEL IN BED. MABEL SITS UP AND YELLS AT HER SON. VIEW OF BED FROM BEHIND NICK WITH HAND ON MABEL'S ARM TRYING TO KEEP HER CALM. VIEW FROM END OF BED. BOY STANDS THERE TALKING AS MABEL SCOOTS DOWN TO THE END OF THE BED AND GETS UP 01:46:19 - WOMAN IN BATHROBE WALKS ACROSS BEDROOM, GOES INTO DOOR MARKED PRIVATE 01:46:22 - FATHER AND SON IN BEDROOM. NICK LYING IN BED. CALLS SON OVER PULLS HIS HEAD DOWN AND GIVES HIM A KISS ON HIS CHEEK. BOY SMILES AND LEAVES. NICK LIES IN BED IN HIS BATHROBE LISTENING TO EVERYONE COME INTO THE HOUSE. BOY IN BACKGROUND RUNS UP THE STAIRS 01:46:46 - GRANDMOTHER APPEARS IN DOORWAY OF BEDROOM, TALKS TO NICK. NICK IS LYING IN BED WITH HIS BATHROBE ON. HE GESTURES TOWARDS WHERE MABEL IS. GRANDMOTHER TALKING TO NICK ABOUT WORKING HARD, SLIGHTLY NERVOUS. SLEEPY MAN IN BED. SHE OFFERS TO MAKE HIM A CUP OF COFFEE 01:47:25 - MABEL ENTERS THROUGH THE DOOR MARKED PRIVATE. TALKS TO GRANDMOTHER, YELLING AT HER FOR COMING BACK. GRANDMOTHER LOOKS NERVOUS, WOMAN ANGRY. NICK PIPES UP. FAMILY SQUABBLE IN BEDROOM, FAMILY MEMBERS ARGUING. NICK SITTING UP IN BED SAYING HE NEEDS TO GET SOME SLEEP 01:47:54 - YOUNG BOY, NICK AND MABEL'S SON, COMES RUNNING INTO BEDROOM. YOUNG GIRL FOLLOWS HIM IN. BOTH JUMP ON THE BED WITH MAN NICK LYING THERE. THIRD CHILD OLDER SON COMES IN AND CLIMBS ON BED 01:47:59 - MS LITTLE BOY TRIES TO DEMONSTRATE WHISTLING FOR HIS FATHER, JUST BLOWING AIR. PUTS FINGERS INN HIS MOUTH TO WHISTLE, BUT CAN'T DO THAT EITHER 01:48:11 - MS MAN IN BATHROBE NICK IN BED HOLDS GIRL HIS DAUGHTER 01:48:13 - MS BOY ON BED STRETCHING HIS NECK MOVING HIS HEAD, ASKS HIS FATHER NICK ABOUT WHISTLING. MAN HOLDING DAUGHTER WHISTLES AS BOY TRIES TO JOIN IN. MOTHER MABEL ENTERS AND YELLS AT EVERYONE THAT THE KIDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN SCHOOL. ANGRY MOTHER BREAKS UP FAMILY MOMENT. SHE PULLS THE KIDS AWAY. NICK LYING IN BED PROTESTS AND CALLS MABEL "MA". MABEL IN BEDROOM HUSTLING CHILDREN OUT THE DOOR YELLS AT HIM. NICK TELLS HER TO GET BACK IN BED, TELLS EVERYONE TO GET BACK IN BED 01:48:55 - MABEL SITS DOWN ON BED. CHILDREN CLIMB BACK IN BED. NICK AND MABEL AND CHILDREN, MABEL BEGINS WHISTLING IN A MOCKING WAY. THEY ALL START TO WHISTLE "JINGLE BELLS" TOGETHER. NICK CONDUCTS THEM LIKE A CHOIR, TELLS THEM ALL "NO GOOD WHISTLING, JUST AIR" THE BLOW AIR OUT IN TUNE. FAMILY IN BED TOGETHER. ONE OF THE CHILDREN CALLS OUT "GRANDMA WHERE ARE YOU?" THE OTHER JOIN IN 01:49:29 - GRANDMOTHER WALKS INTO BEDROOM. FULL SHOT OF BEDROOM NICK GETS UP AND PULLS HER INTO BED, FORCES HER TO LIE DOWN. 01:49:48 - GRANDMA IN BED HUGS THE CHILDREN. NICK ASKS THEM ABOUT THEIR NIGHT. MABEL IN BACKGROUND SHAKING HER HEAD. VERY ODD TABLEAU OF FAMILY, AWKWARD FAMILY SCENE. MABEL STANDS UP, TELLS THEM THEY'LL HAVE A PARTY WHEN THEY GET IN FRO SCHOOL. USHERS THE KIDS OUT THE DOOR, COAXES GRANDMOTHER OUT OF BED. GRANDMOTHER GOES TO TAKE THEM TO SCHOOL, TALKING NERVOUSLY ALMOST BABBLING. MABEL STANDS AT DOOR WAVING THEM ON, PUSHING FAMILY OUT DOOR. GETTING-KIDS-READY-FOR -SCHOOL SCENE WITH A VERY CREEPY VIBE 01:51:03 - MAN NICK LYING IN BED. TELEPHONE RINGS 01:51:15 - VIEW FROM BEDROOM OF HALLWAY. WOMAN MABEL ANSWERS PHONE. SAYS "NICK, IT'S THE CITY. THEY NEED YOU." MAN BEING CALLED INTO WORK. HE TRIES TO REFUSE YELLS ABOUT NOT BEING SUPERMAN 01:51:39 - VIEW OF NICK IN BED. MABEL REPEATS HIS WORDS INTO TELEPHONE, THEN JUMPS INTO THE BED WITH NICK. THEY GIGGLE AND KISS. MARRIED COUPLE EMBRACE IN BED 01:51:52 - CU OF NICK LYING DOWN WITH MABEL ON HIS CHEST. SHE GETS UPSET, ASKS IF HE THINKS SHE'S "WACKO" GETS UP OUT OF BED 01:52:11 - VIEW OF THE BED IN BEDROOM. MABEL EDGES TO END OF BED GETS UP, SAYS SHE CAN'T WAIT FOR KIDS TO GET HOME AND WALKS OUT OF BEDROOM. WALKS INTO HALLWAY AND STARES OUT FRONT WINDOW 01:52:25 - EXT CITY STREET DAY. PEDESTRIANS WALKING AROUND. WOMAN MABEL STANDS ON SIDEWALK. BUS APPROACHES AND DRIVES BY. SHE SHADES HER EYES AND SHAKES HER HEAD. WOMAN ON CITY SIDEWALK LOOKING CONFUSED, STARTS WALKING 01:52:51 - MABEL ON SIDEWALK. TRACKING SHOT WOMAN WALKS DOWN CITY SIDEWALK. LOOKS DISTURBED AND DISORIENTED. ASKS IF SOMEONE HAS THE TIME, STARTS YELLING AT WOMAN WHO JUST WALKS BY, VERBALLY ACCOSTING WOMAN 01:53:05 - WELL-DRESSED WOMEN ON SIDEWALK GETTING YELLED AT BY CRAZY HOUSEWIFE 01:53:23 - MABEL STANDS AND YELLS, IMITATES WALK OF CAREER WOMAN, CRAZY WOMAN ON SIDEWALK 01:53:31 - MABEL STANDS CROSSES STREET, STANDING IN THE ROAD GESTURING AT CARS 01:53:55 - WOMAN MABEL WALKS DOWN SIDE OF BUSY CITY STREET, COULD PASS FOR DOWN AND OUT WOMAN HITCHHIKING, CARS PASSING BY 01:54:08 - MS EX SIDEWALK DAY MABEL STANDS ON SIDEWALK. COCA COLA TRUCK FILLED WITH CASES OF COKE PULLS INTO BACKGROUND. CARS PASS BY. WOMAN STARTS GESTURING HAPPILY AND WILDLY. SCHOOL BUS APPROACHES. MABEL JUMPS UP AND DOWN EXCITEDLY. PARKED MAIL TRUCK IN BACKGROUND. SCHOOL BUS PULLS UP. KIDS GET OFF AND MABEL HUGS THEM EXCITEDLY 01:55:00 - WS SIDEWALK IN SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. WOMAN RUNS DOWN SIDEWALK WITH HER CHILDREN LAUGHING LIKE A CHILD. MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN RACE HOME FROM BUS STOP. SHE HUGS HER SON AS SHE CATCHES HER BREATH 01:55:18 - MABEL RUNS UP TO FRONT PORCH OF HOUSE AND COLLAPSES WITH HER KIDS. CHILDREN HOME FROM SCHOOL. "I HOPE YOU KIDS NEVER GROW UP!" SHE SAYS THE ONLY THING SHE DID WAS MAKE THESE CHILDREN. HOLDS HER HEAD, HER SON RUBS HER SHOULDERS 01:55:52 - CU MABEL AS SHE GETS HER SHOULDERS RUBS BY HER SON. SHE ASKS HER KIDS WHAT THEY THINK OF HER. WOMAN FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS FROM HER CHILDREN, INSECURITY. HER SON SAYS SHE'S SMART AND PRETTY AND NERVOUS. SHE HUGS HER SMILING SON 01:56:32 - MABEL TAKES HER SON'S HAND STARTS TALKING ABOUT HOW BIG THEY ARE AND HOW MANY LINES THEY HAVE. BOY FLEXES MUSCLE FOR HIS MOTHER, SHE FEELS HIS BICEP. SHE HUSTLES THEM INTO THE HOUSE 01:57:15 - FRONT VESTIBULE OF HOUSE. DOOR OPENS CHILDREN RUN IN FOLLOWED BY THEIR MOTHER MABEL. HOME FROM SCHOOL. KIDS TAKE OFF THEIR COATS. THEY ALL RUN TO THE FRONT DOOR AGAIN AND STARE OUT THE WINDOW. WOMAN AND CHILDREN LOOKING OUT FRONT OF HOUSE. THEY HIDE AS MAN APPROACHES. KNOCK ON DOOR, THEY FLING OPEN THE DOOR AND TRY TO SURPRISE HIM SHOUTING "HELLO" WACKY FAMILY PRANKS. MAN IS NOT SURPRISED, INTRODUCES HIMSELF. SHE INVITES HIM IN. MAN AND THREE CHILDREN COME INSIDE OF VESTIBULE HALLWAY 01:57:54 - CU MAN NODDING AS CHILDREN TRY SPEAKING SPANISH. PANS OVER TO MABEL WHO ASKS HIM IF HE'S UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND HER. SHE PICKS UP HIS HAND AND LOOKS AT HIS RING, TOUCHES HIS FACE. AWKWARD SCENE WITH DISTURBED WOMAN. SHE GETS HIM TO SMILE AND THEN HUGS HIM. WOMAN ACTS FRIENDLY BUT STRANGE. "YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH THE KIDS?" 01:58:24 - SCENE OF CHILDREN'S PARTY. BACK DOOR OF SUBURBAN HOUSE AND LITTLE GIRL RUNS OUT. BALLOONS IN THE YARD. OTHER CHILDREN FOLLOW ALONG CARRYING CAKE WITH MABEL AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE HALLWAY. PARTY, BACKYARD PARTY, COULD PASS FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY. CHILDREN PUTTING ON PARTY HATS. CAKE AND BALLOONS. MABEL ASKS MAN IF HE LIKES TO DANCE, TELLS CHILDREN IT'S TIME TO DANCE. MOTHER HAVING PARTY ACTING NERVOUS AND A LITTLE BIT STRANGE. 01:59:03 - AS SHE TIES BALLOON TO CHAIR MABEL STARTS BABBLING ABOUT MAKING CHILDREN INTERESTING. MAN ASKS FOR TEA. SHE HEARS SWAN LAKE PLAYING, WALKS AROUND WITH RED BALLOON. CARRIES TRANSISTOR RADIO OVER< USHERS CHILDREN TOGETHER 01:59:49 - MABEL DRAGS MAN IN SUIT OVER. WHILE HOLDING RED BALLOON AND RADIO TRIES TO GET EVERYONE TO DANCE. HOUSEWIFE TRYING TO DANCE BALLET 01:59:58 - BACKYARD PARTY WITH BALLOONS. MAN IN SUIT STANDS AND WATCHES AS WOMAN AND CHILDREN DANCE "DYING SWAN" FROM "SWAN LAKE". MOTHER AND CHILDREN DANCING IN BACKYARD. SHE CLAPS AND MAKES HIM CLAP AS THE CHILDREN FALL OVER 02:00:13 - LITTLE BOY IN KITCHEN ON TELEPHONE. SAYS HE'LL GET HIS MOTHER. SAYS "I LOVE YOU". PUTS PHONE RECEIVER DOWN ON STOVE AND GOES INTO BACKYARD 02:00:20 - DISTURBED FACE OF MABEL, HOUSEWIFE YELLS TO HER SON 02:00:25 - BOY STANDS HOLDING DOOR OPEN YELLING TO HIS MOTHER 02:00:27 - INT KITCHEN WITH PHONE OFF THE HOOK. WOMAN COMES IN AND GETS ON PHONE. BOY STANDS NEAR HIS MOTHER AS SHE TALKS TO HUSBAND ON PHONE. OTHER CHILDREN START COMING IN. SHE PATS EVERYONE'S HEADS AS CHILDREN GATHER AROUND HER. BABBLING NERVOUSLY. "HELLO, HELOO" HE HUNG UP 02:01:09 - CU MABEL AS SHE STARES AT DEAD PHONE. HANGS UP ANGRILY. STARTS TALKING TO CHILDREN WHILE CONTORTING HER FACE. WOMAN SPEAKS STRANGELY 02:01:28 - LITTLE BOY STROKES CHIN THOUGHTFULLY. RED BALLOON IN FOREGROUND 02:01:31 - HOUSEWIFE STANDING IN KITCHEN, SUGGESTS MAKING COSTUMES. CHILDREN JUMP UP AND DOWN HAPPY CHILDREN. MABEL STARTS DIRECTING CHILDREN TO GO DRESS UP. THEY LEAVE HAPPILY. SHE RAISES HER ARMS AND WALKS AWAY 02:02:04 - WOMAN LEAVES HER HOUSE AND WALKS INTO BACKYARD DANCING AND HUMMING SWAN LAKE. COULD READ AS DISTURBED OR COULD READ AS HIPPY-DIPPY EARTH MOTHER BEING JOYOUS 02:02:20 - MAN IN SUIT SHAKES HIS HEAD 02:02:24 - WOMAN DANCES THROUGH HER YARD. MABEL ASKS MAN HIS NAME 02:02:28 - MAN IN SUIT MAKES VERY CONCERNED FACE. OBVIOUSLY UNCOMFORTABLE 02:02:38 - MABEL TALKS TO MAN IN SUIT, ASKS HIM TO DANCE WITH HER. MAN SAYS HE WORRIES ABOUT LEAVING KIDS WITH HER. HE SAYS SHE'S ACTING STRANGE. MABEL GETS WEIRD LOOK ON HER FACE. 02:03:20 - IN HOUSE. MAN IN SUIT LOOKS AT EMPTY BOXES OF CLOTHES. "WHO DID THIS?" 02:03:27 - LITTLE GIRL IN MAKEUP SITTING IN PILE OF CLOTHES. ANSWERS MAN, SHRUGS 02:03:36 - MAN IN SUIT GETS ANGRY AT HIS DAUGHTER, GIRL ON THE FLOOR. STARTS YELLING AT HER, AND PULLING THE BORROWED CLOTHES OFF OF HER. RUNS OFF LOOKING FOR HIS SON 02:03:53 - MAN IN SUIT RUNS UP STAIRS. CAMERA FOLLOWS HIM INTO BEDROOM. HE SEES HIS CHILDREN, PLAYING DRESS UP, BOY IN HIS UNDERWEAR ON THE BED. YELLS AT HIS KIDS AND TELLS THEM TO GET DRESSED. MABEL SITS DOWN NEXT TO HIM ON THE BED, APOLOGIZES. LITTLE BOY IN HIS UNDERWEAR WITH PIRATE HEADSCARF RUNS DOWN THE STAIRS, CAMERA FOLLOWS 02:04:19 - LITTLE BOY IN PIRATE HEADSCARF AND UNDERWEAR RUNS DOWN STAIRS. NICK AND HIS MOTHER ENTER THE FRONT DOOR AT THAT MOMENT. FATHER COMES HOME TO FIND CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND. LITTLE NAKED GIRL GOES RUNNING DOWN HALLWAY. NICK AND HIS MOTHER TRY TO CATCH HER. NAKED LITTLE GIRL WITH MAKEUP ON. "WHO TOOK OFF YOUR CLOTHES?" SHE ANSWERS "MAMA" WHILE HUGGING HER GRANDMOTHER 02:04:54 - GRANDMOTHER TAKES LITTLE NAKED GIRL UPSTAIRS NICK GOES RUNNING UP BEFORE THEM 02:05:00 - INT STAIRWAY. NICK GOES BOLTING UP STAIRS AHEAD OF GRANDMOTHER AND HIS DAUGHTER. RUNS INTO BEDROOM WHERE MAN IN SUIT IS TRYING TO GET MABEL TO LEAVE HIS DAUGHTER ALONE. NICK YELLS "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" 02:05:09 - CU NICK SCREAMING "GET OUT!" TO MAN 02:05:10 - MABEL HAS CONCERNED LOOK ON FACE, STANDS UP TO TALK TO NICK. NICK SLAPS HER ACROSS THE FACE. MAN HITTING WIFE. DOMESTIC ABUSE. NICK SLAPS MABEL WHILE MAN HAS HIS DAUGHTER ON HIS LAP. CLASSIC LINE "SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO?" NICK THROWN MAN IN SUIT OUT. MAN CARRIES HIS DAUGHTER AWAY 02:05:27 - MAN IN SUIT COMES DOWNSTAIRS FOLLOWED BY NICK. MAN TELLS HIS SON TO PUT HIS SHOES ON. NICK LOOKS CONFUSED. SCENE OF FAMILY LEAVING INN A HUFF BEING THROWN OUT OF HOUSE. MAN IN SUIT TELLS HIS DAUGHTER TO CLEAN UP ALL OF THE CLOTHES STREWN ALL OVER THE PLACE. LITTLE GIRL PUTTING PINK BOA INTO BAG. MAN COLLECTS HIS CHILDREN, YELLING UPSTAIRS TO SON 02:05:57 - CONFRONTATION BETWEEN TWO MEN. CU BACK AND FORTH AS NICK AND MAN IN SUIT YELL AT EACH OTHER ABOUT CRAZY HOUSEWIFE MABEL. ARGUMENT, BEING THROWN OUT OF HOUSE. THE TWO MEN GRAPPLE AND FIGHT. FISTFIGHT IN SUBURBAN HOME SHOT CLOSE UP. MAN IN SUIT PUNCHES NICK WHO FALLS ONTO COUCH 02:06:13 - NICKY FALLS ONTO COUCH. MABEL COMES OVER TO HIM SCREAMING HIS NAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HE YELLS AT HER CHAOTIC SCENE COULD READ AS DOMESTIC ABUSE 02:06:19 - HALLWAY VESTIBULE. MAN IN SUIT AND HIS CHILDREN ENTER HALLWAY. NICK CHASES THEM YELLING "GET OUT OF HERE!" ARGUMENT IN SUBURBAN HOME, GETTING THROWN OUT. "I'LL KILL YOU AND YOUR KIDS!" THREATENING ASSAULT 02:06:33 - INT. CHILD'S BEDROOM. OLD WOMAN, GRANDMOTHER, NICK'S MOTHER, SITTING BY SIDE OF CHILD'S BED SMOKING CIGARETTE. SMOKING NEAR CHILDREN. SIGN OF THE TIMES. GRANDMOTHER TAKES GRANDDAUGHTER'S HAND AND TOUCHES HER HAIR. BOY HOLDS TEDDY BEAR IN BED. SHE STANDS UP AND WALKS OVER TO BUNK BED TOUCHES OTHER BOY'S HEAD, PULLS COVERS UP OVER CHILD. TUCKING IN CHILDREN. CHECKING ON CHILDREN, BEDTIME FOR CHILDREN. LEANS DOWN TO LOWER BUNK 02:06:53 - NICK, MAN ON PHONE YELLING INTO PHONE TRYING TO GET SOMEONE TO COME TO THE HOUSE. SLAMS PHONE DOWN 02:07:11 - INT LIVING ROOM, TIGHT SHOTS. MABEL SITS DOWN AS NICK STANDS AND PACES RANTS IN HIS BATHROBE. WIDER SHOTS OF LIVING ROOM. MAN IS UPSET BUT TRIES TO CALM HIS WIFE DOWN TELLS HER TO SIT THERE AND NOT MOVE. SHE SITS QUIETLY. COUPLE IN THEIR HOME, DOMESTIC TURMOIL. MABEL SITS QUIETLY AS NICK WALKS AWAY SHOUTING. CU NICK. MAN YELLS IN THE HOUSE. WALKS AROUND HOLDING LIQUOR BOTTLE AND BLANKET. DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY. "YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMMITTED!" GOING TO PUT WIFE IN MENTAL HOSPITAL MENTAL INSTITUTION. WALKS AROUND, REFLECTED IN WINDOW SITTING DOWN ON COUCH 02:08:07 - MABEL. CU WOMAN'S FACE AS SHE TALKS. CU NICK, MAN AT THE END OF HIS ROPE. BACK AND FORTH AS SHE TALKS. A MARRIAGE IN CRISIS, DOMESTIC PROBLEMS. SHE TRIES TO TALK HIM OUT OF IT. HE SHAKES FINGER AT HER. RAISED VOICES. SHE HOLDS UP FINGERS TO SHOW HOW CLOSE THEY ARE. HE SAYS "I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE" GOOD SCENE OF INTERVENTION FOR MENTAL ILLNESS OR DRUG ABUSE . TOSSES UP HIS HAND IN RESIGNATION. BLOODY NOSE. SHOUTS "SHUT UP" AT HER. WALKS OVER TO HER AND STANDS OVER HER VAGUELY THREATENING. KNOCK AT THE DOOR 02:11:24 - INT SUBURBAN HOME. MAN IN BATHROBE ANSWERS DOORBELL AT NIGHT 02:11:29 - MAN IN GLASSES AT DOOR, DOCTOR, POINTS AT HIS HEAD TO INDICATE CRAZY. HUSBAND NICK TELLS DOCTOR NOT THE WORRY THAT IT'S ALL OVER. WIFE MABEL LOOKS CURIOUS. DOCTOR CALLS OUT TO HER AND COMES IN ANYWAY. DOCTOR COMES INTO HOUSE, BLOWS MABEL A KISS SAYS HELLO TO GRANDMOTHER. MABEL STANDS THERE LOOKING SHOCKED 02:12:00 - DOCTOR SITS IN HALLWAY AND TALKS TO MABEL, LISTENING CAREFULLY TO HER RANT. HUSBAND NICK PACES THE HALL. NICK WALKS INTO FOREGROUND OF SHOT AND HOLDS A FINGER TO HIS LIPS, TELLING GRANDMOTHER TO KEEP SILENT, SHHH. MABEL TALKS TO DOCTOR. TRYING TO TEST HOUSEWIFE'S SANITY. ASKS IF SHE'S TAKEN PILLS. WOMAN ACTING CRAZY. HUSBAND HOLDS BLOODY TOWEL AND SMOKES. DOCTOR PUTS ARM AROUND CRAZY HOUSEWIFE MABEL AND LEADS HER TO THE LIVING ROOM, LISTENS TO HER WHISPER. GRANDMOTHER LOOKS NERVOUS. CRAZY MABEL SAYS THERE'S A CONSPIRACY. GOOD SCENE OF CONFRONTATION, INTERVENTION. WOMAN IS PARANOID. POINTS. CRAZY HOUSEWIFE ACTING BIZARRE , TALKING TO DOCTOR FAMILY FRIEND ABOUT MAKING A DRINK. WIFE IS ANGRY AT GRANDMOTHER, GRANDMOTHER WANTS DOCTOR TO GIVE HER A SHOT. MENTAL ILLNESS. MABEL SCREAMING "NO!" 02:15:41 - MAN TRYING TO COMFORT HIS WIFE, TALKING CALMLY TO HER. TELLS GRANDMOTHER TO BE QUIET. MAN AND WIFE TALKING TO EACH OTHER. NICK COMFORTS MABEL. FAMILY IN CRISIS. "DO YOU LOVE ME NICK?" 02:16:20 - CU GRANDMOTHER. GRANDMOTHER STARTS YELLING "THIS WOMAN CAN'T STAY HERE! THINK OF THE CHILDREN!" ARGUMENT. FAMILY YELLING. HE SAYS "I LOVE YOU." GRANDMOTHER YELLS AND RANTS AT DOCTOR ABOUT ALL OF THE CRAZY THINGS MABEL DOES. NICK MAKING WEIRD NOISES TO DROWN HER OUT OR SHUSH HER. MABEL AND GRANDMOTHER YELL AT EACH OTHER. FAMILY FIGHTS. APPEALING TO DOCTOR "THIS WOMAN IS CRAZY!" INTERVENTION SCENE. GRANDMOTHER IS SHOVED UPSTAIRS 02:17:50 - MABEL LOOKS NERVOUS AND CRAZY. HOLDS OUT HER HAND A FEW TIMES, SHIFTING AROUND. WOMAN IS HIDING SOMETHING. TRIES TO EXPLAIN, GESTURING WITH HANDS. NICK AND DOCTOR WATCH MABEL TALK. WOMAN HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN GOING CRAZY 02:19:02 - NICK GETS UP WALKS OVER TO MABEL AND CLAPS HANDS IN HER FACE, SNAP OUT OF IT GESTURE. WOMAN ACTS CRAZY FLAILING ARMS AROUND. CONCERNED HUSBAND. MABEL'S EYES ROLL BACK AND SHE COLLAPSES 02:19:52 - DOCTOR FILLING SYRINGE. NICK HOLDS MABEL. NICK THREATENS DOCTOR WHEN HE COMES TOO CLOSE. MAN PULLS UP HIS GLASSES AND WIPES HIS BROW. N
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1974
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: WF-2