BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Screenplay

LINDA ZIGGINS
(puzzled)
Over in 'remont County?
EIJ-I.11 S
No, north a here.
LINDA SIGCINS
1 bidn't order none a them.
(goes behind her counter)
Let ms get the crder list. They got it,
I can get you a kunderd. I got to order
mcre postcards anyway.
ENPI 1 S
One's enough.
EXT: EEL i4AR TRULER HOUSE: AFTERNOSN: 150
The wind, as ever, blows.
ENNIS bolts 3 new mailbox onto his house just to the risht Of
the frort door. Fulls a set of stick-on nurhrs from his
shirt pocket. Peels the Oce off and precisely applies it,
then the Seven: Seventeen. Steps back, admires his work.
Picks up the pliers, wal:qs around the side of che =railer to
the driveway. Zndoes a bungee cord on a dirty mezal garbage
can, and throws the remaining numbers into the can. luts the
lid back on, fixes the bungee.
Looks up and sees a Chevy Cazaro pull into his drivel.~ay
bnhind his truck. Gecrge Szrait's "ALL I*Iv ?X'S LIVE IN
TEXAS" blares from the car stereo.
Engine cuts, music stops.
AL1.U J3. steps out of the Caxtro and closes the dcor.
ENMIS smiles.
gLldA JX. walks up to her frther.
ENKIS
(happy to see his girl)
sellc, darlin' ....
AL35 J R .
(]"st as happy)
Hey, Daddy ....
An awkward EIJMIS gives hi.s oldest daugkter a hug. :lLElA JR.
retxns her daddy's embrace.
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