BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Screenplay

EIJNIS is silent.
EI?NIS
(uncomfortable)
Somethin' I been meanin' to tell you,
bud. It's likely November before I can
get away again, after we ship stock and
before the winter feedin' starts.
JACK
(stunned)
Nclvember? What in hell happened a
ncgust? Christ, Ennis, you haa a fuckin'
xeek tc say some little word about this.
JACK
(cont'd)
Acd xhy 's it ve're always in the friggin'
cold weather? We ought a go south, ,.,:here
it's warm. We ought a go to t.lexico.
EXtJIS
I.lexico?
(tries tc lighter! the maod)
Hell ...y ou know me. 'Bout all the
travelin' I ever done is goin' around the
coffeepct, lookin' for the handle.
An uncomiortable silence.
A beat.
ENNIS
(cont 'd)
Lighten up on m, Jack. We can hunt in
November, kill a nice elk. ?ry if I can
get Gon wroe's cakin again. We had a
goad tine --ha= year.
JACK starts popping his glove 02 his leg again.
JACK
(bitter disappointment)
Never enough time, never enough.
(looks at Ennis)
You know, friend, this is a goddamn bitch
of a unsatisfactory situation. You used
a come away easy. Kow it's like seein'
the Pope.
EIJNIS
Sack, I got a work. Them earlier days I
usfd a quit the jobs. YOU foroet how it