Body Double

Action, Jake.

Jake! Action.

Cut.

Jake, what's your problem?

Open the coffin a beat after you open your eyes.

Hey, hey! Raise the camera!

Something's the matter with him.

That's all right, Jake. Just relax.

Something's going on.

Something's weird.

Give him some air.

What's the matter? Speak to me.

Come on. Talk. What's the matter?

I don't know what happened.

I was in the coffin. I closed my eyes.

The camera was on top of me.

I couldn't move. No big thing.

Just for a second there, I couldn't move.

Uh-huh.

I don't know what happened.

Fire!

What happened?

Joe, get up there!

Put some water on it!

Throw some water on it!

This is great.

That's terrific.

You got it under control...

You know, you really look exhausted.

Why don't you take a shower and go on home?

We lost the sun anyways.

Let me try it one more time.

There isn't any sun anymore.

Nuts with that extreme.

And a Manhattan?

Yeah.

Fries?

Right.

Rings?

Two large Cokes with ice.

Onions on everything.

Is that to go?

Yeah.

$4. 99.

Keep the change.

Have a nice day.

You, too.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Shh.

Ooh!

Ohhh!

Hey, Scully.

How's that picture coming?

Good.

Fine. Great.

Jack Daniels, neat.

Scully, you quit drinking, remember?

Just get the drink, Doug.

What's the matter?

They cut your big scene?

Again.

Carol?

You're a bartender, not a priest.

That's right. I'm a bartender.

Keep the fucking glass filled.

Keep your own glass filled.

I'm sorry, Doug.

I'm sorry.

Just don't pay any attention to me.

I...|

Need a place to stay?

Yeah. I guess I do.

Jake, what are you doing here?

I figured I'd go to some interviews,

stay busy.

Do you know about any sublets?

No. I'll check around.

Something available immediately?

Not offhand.

What ho!

Whole fucking world's here.

You know each other?

Jake Scully. Sam Buchard.

Jake Scully!

See you in class.

We've got class?

Yeah. At 3:00.

Right. Good luck.

What have you been doing?

A low-budget independent horror film,

Vampire's Kiss.

I play the vampire.

Vampire's Kiss?

It sounds interesting.

I did Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew.

Sounds interesting. Anything else?

You mean anything good?

You are working.

That's good. Isn't it?

Yeah.

Jake!

Hi.

Small town, huh?

Scully.

Jack Scully.

Jake. Give 'em hell, man.

Hello. Jake Scully.

I remember that it was dark.

Really black.

I was just a little kid.

The wall behind me was cold.

And damp.

I was hiding...

Oh, yeah.

I was part of this game, "Sardine. "

I was "It. "

Everybody was looking for me.

And there was humming...

because I was behind the freezer in the basement.

I had jammed myself in so hard behind the freezer...

that I couldn't move.

I'm afraid.

Uh-huh.

What are you afraid of?

They're not going to find me.

But they're not supposed to find you.

I'm afraid because I can't move.

Well, why don't you cry out?

I can't. I'm afraid.

Besides, I'm the sardine,

and they're not supposed to find me.

Particularize that.

Who can't find you?

My big brothers.

It was the first time they ever let me play.

Your brothers will want to help you, right?

No. They won't let me play again.

They're bigger than you.

Yeah.

Will they hurt you?

Yes.

How?

They'll laugh at me

for getting stuck behind the freezer,

for crying out for help...

like a big baby.

That's right.

You are a baby.

I know.

Yeah.

You're afraid.

Yeah.

You must act.

I can't. I'm afraid.

You'll never escape.

I know.

You'll die.

Yeah.

Bullshit!

You've got to act!

Fuck the fear.

You got to cry out for help.

Come on. Use your body.

Cry for help! Come on!

You can do it, Jake.

I want you to cry out.

I can't.

I'm a sardine.

Sardines in a can are dead.

They can't feel.

But you're alive and afraid,

not a goddamn dead sardine.

Dig down, Jake!

Cry out!

I can't.

Come on, Jake.

Leave the guy alone.

Don't interrupt this exercise.

Exercise? This looks like a mind fuck to me.

What is your name?

You're not in this class.

That's right. I'm not.

I expected a class for acting, not humiliation.

What gives you the right to fuck around with this guy's head?

You'd better leave.

That's a good idea.

I'm going to act.

Class is out. Come on.

Come on. Let's go.

Sorry, Will.

Come on.

I can't do this today.

This is called an exit.

Shit.

What a fool I am.

Come on, Jake.

You're too hard on yourself.

They can't get a job.

They put an ad in the trade,

call themselves teachers.