Body Double

Action, Jake.

Jake, action!

Cut. Look, Jake, what's the problem here?

I want you to open the coffin just a beat after you open your eyes.

Hey, get him out of here. Come on, raise the camera.

Joe, give me a hand here. Something's the matter.

- That's all right, Jake. Just relax. - Just relax.

Something's going on. Something's weird here.

Jake, are you okay, babe? Come on, come on, come on.

Come on. What's the matter? Speak to me, baby. Come on.

Come on, talk. What's the matter?

I don't know. I don't know what happened.

I was in the coffin, I closed my eyes, I thought everything was gonna be okay.

I opened my eyes and the camera was on top of me.

I don't know. I couldn't move. It's no big thing.

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

- I don't know what happened. I'm sorry. - I mean, you're--

Fire! Fire!

Now what happened? Joe, get up there!

Put some water on it! Throw some water on it! Oh, for--

This is great!

That's terrific! You got it under cont--

Look, Jake, you know, you really look exhausted, babe.

Listen, why don't you take a shower and go on home.

- We lost the sun anyway. - Let me try it one more time. I can do it.

I know you can. Oh, yeah. But we don't have any sun anymore.

Nuts with that extreme?

- And a Manhattan? - Yeah.

- Fries? Rings? - Right.

- Anything to drink? - Yeah, two large Cokes with ice.

Onions on everything.

- That's to go? - Yeah.

Four-ninety-nine.

Keep the change.

Okay, you too. See you, guys.

Hey, Scully! How's that picture coming?

Good, fine. I'll have a Jack Daniel's neat.

Are you serious, Scully? You quit drinking, remember?

Just get the drink, Doug.

What's the matter?

They cut your big scene?

Again.

Carol?

I thought you were a bartender, not a priest.

That's right, I'm a bartender.

Then 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 thought you were working.

I am. I got a week off, so I figured I'd go to some interviews. Stay busy.

- Great. - Do you know about any sublets?

No. I'll check around.

- Something available immediately? - Not offhand.

Okay.

- Hey. - The whole fucking world's here.

- Billy, how you doing? - You two know each other?

- Jake Scully, Sam Bouchard. - Scully. Jake Scully.

- Right here. - I'll see you in class later, Jake.

- We got class today? - Yeah, 3:00.

Right.

Good luck.

What've you been doing lately?

Well, I just started a low-budget, independent horror film.

The Vampire's Kiss. I play the vampire.

Vampire's Kiss.

Sounds interesting.

Before that, I did Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew.

Sounds interesting. Anything else?

You mean anything good?

You are working. That's good now, isn't it?

Yeah.

Jake.

- Hi. - Hey.

- Small town, huh? - Yeah.

- Scully? Jack Scully? - Jake.

Give them hell, man.

Hi.

Hello, I'm Jake Scully.

I remember that it was dark.

Really black.

And I was just a little kid.

And the wall behind me was...

cold...

and damp.

And I was hiding. I was--

Oh, yeah.

I was part of this game, Sardine. I was "it" and I was hiding.

And everybody was looking for me.

And the--

There was humming, 'cause I was behind a freezer in the basement.

And I had jammed myself in so hard behind the freezer

that I couldn't move.

I'm afraid.

What are you afraid of?

They're not gonna find me.

But they're not supposed to find you.

But 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.

Now particularize that.

Who can't find you?

My brothers. They were--

They're bigger than me. And they--

First time they ever let me play.

But if they're your brothers, they'll wanna help you, right?

No, no, they won't let me play again.

- They're bigger than you, aren't they? - Yeah.

Will they hurt you?

- Yes. - How?

They'll laugh at me for getting stuck behind the freezer

and for crying out for help...

like a big baby.

That's right.

You are a baby.

I know.

Yeah.

And 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. How am I supposed to--?

Sardines in a can are dead. They can't feel. They can't be afraid.

But you're alive and afraid. You're not a goddamn dead sardine.

Big shout, Jake.

Cry out!

- I can't, I can't, I can't. - Come on, Jake.

Come on. Leave the guy alone.

Do not interrupt this exercise.

Exercise? This looks like a mind-fuck to me.

What is your name? You're not a member of this class, are you?

That's right, I'm not.

I thought the class was for acting, not humiliation.

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

I think you better leave.

That's a good idea.

You want to act? Come on, Jake, class is out.

Come on. Come on, Jake, let's go.

- I'm sorry, Will. - Come on.

I can't do this today. I'm sorry.

This is called an "exit."

Shit.

What a fool I am.

Come on, Jake, you're too hard on yourself.

These guys, they can't get a job.

They put an ad in the trade and call themselves teachers.

What do they teach us? How to be more fucked up than we already are.

That's not it.

- Get another round? - Coming up.

Check!

Are you married?

Separated.

Me too, as of yesterday.

Oh, we weren't married, but it was almost the same thing.

What happened?

I'm sorry. That's none of my business.

It's okay. It's just--

It sounds so stupid.

These things usually do.

I caught her in bed with another guy.

Can you believe that?

Oh, man.

You had no idea?

No.

None.

Christ, I keep seeing it.

Carol lying there.

Her face was glowing.

Her face was glowing?

Yeah.

How do you do that? How do you get a girl's face to glow?

I got 16 years of good humping, not once did I even get a glimmer,

let alone a fucking glow.

Glowing?

- I'm sorry, man. That's tough. - No.

No, you're right. It's not that big a deal, really.

You kicked the bitch out, I hope.

- Nah, I didn't. - Why not?

It was her place.

Man, you've been through the shitter.

- Where you staying? - Oh, I got a friend with a floor.

Hey.

- You ready for some good news? - Yeah.

I got this five-week gig coming up.