| Scene 56 USED CAR LOT - TERRY & DEBBIE A big greasy guy is pulling an engine out of a car with a wench when he hears somebody coming. He ducks out of sight quickly Terry and Debbie come up. DEBBIE Chuck? Chuckie? It's me The big burly guy peeks around the car and then wanders over. CHUCK Hey, you gave me a start, pussycat. What's up? DEBBIE Chuck, this is Terry. Terry sticks out his hand and Chuck puts his greasy meat hook in it. Terry wipes his hand off on his pants. CHUCK Little short, ain't he? DEBBIE Listen, Terry had his cherry Merc copped. And since you know about every stolen car in the Valley CHUCK Merc, huh? Got a Plymouth in tonight, but no Mercs. TERRY Do you know where we might look for it. I gotta find it. That car's my whole life. Chuck takes out a flask, takes a big pull on it and hands it to Terry. CHUCK Well, Terry, you sure stepped in it sounds like. Hopeful it'll be just a couple of joy riders and you'll find it somewhere in the morning. Now, if it's a strip job...well...also, some nut been taking 'em and burning them... Yeah, I'll keep my eyes open but I'm sure you'll find it one way or t'other. TERRY One way or the other?! He takes the flask from Terry, who looks off hopelessly. DEBBIE Thanks, Chuck. CHUCK Sure thing. Hey give me a little one. Debbie kisses him and his arm goes around her, his big hand covering her fanny. Terry looks around and sees this. He looks away sadly TERRY Come on Debbie ... Debbie? |
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| Here's a scene that was in the second draft of the screenplay dated May 10, 1972. Its no secret that a lot of good scenes wind up on the cutting room floor just so a film can be released with a desirable running time. George Lucas has said that at one point Graffiti was about a three-hour movie before it was really edited. It was my assumption that some of the scenes like the one below were filmed but then cut to quicken the pace of the film. However according to Candy Clark, this was not the case with the following scene. In a recent conversation, Candy remarked that she didn't remember acting in a scene like the one below. It's too bad, this scene, ripe with great dialogue and imagery, would have fit perfectly into the film. P.S. Notice that the missing car is a Merc and not an Impala like in the film. |
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