When Harry Met Sally by Nora Ephron Page B

Kennedy was shot, she said, “Ted Kennedy was shot?”
    JESS     No.
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    INT. HARRY’S BEDROOM—NIGHT

Harry in bed reading, trying not to look at the last page, but finally he can’t help himself. As he flips to the last page, the phone RINGS. He reaches for the phone and answers it
.
    HARRY     Hello.
    SALLY     
(through filter)
    Are you alone?
    HARRY     Yeah. I was just finishing a book.
    SALLY     
(through filter)
    Could you come over?
    HARRY     What’s the matter?
    INT. SALLY’S BEDROOM—NIGHT
    SALLY     He’s getting married.
    HARRY     
(through filter)
    Who?
    SALLY     Joe.
    INT. HARRY’S BEDROOM—NIGHT
    HARRY     I’ll be right there.
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    INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE SALLY’S APARTMENT—NIGHT

Sally opens the door. She wears a bathrobe. She is crying and looks terrible
.
    SALLY     Hi.
    HARRY     Are you all right?
    SALLY     Come on in.
    Harry follows her inside and closes the door
.
    INT. SALLY’S APARTMENT—NIGHT
    SALLY     
(through tears)
    I’m sorry to call you so late.
    HARRY     It’s all right.
    She goes on sobbing, then pulls back and gives a huge wheeze
.
    SALLY     I need a Kleenex.
    HARRY     Okay.
    SALLY     Okay.
    Sally starts into the bedroom
.
    INT. SALLY’S BEDROOM—NIGHT

Sally enters the room, looks for the Kleenex. Harry sits on the bed
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    SALLY     He just called me up. Just wanted to see how you were. Fine, how are you? Fine…. His secretary’s on vacation, everything’s all backed up, he’s got a big case in Newark, blah blah blah, and I’m thinking, I’m over him, I really am over him, I can’t believe I was ever remotely interested in any of this, and then he said, “I have some news.”
    Sally starts to cry again
.
    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    She works in his office. She’s a paralegal. Her name is Kimberly.
He just met her
. She’s supposed to be his transitional person, she’s not supposed to be the one.
(beat)
All this time I’ve been saying he didn’t want to get married.
(beat)
But the truth is he didn’t want to marry
me
. He didn’t love
me
.
    HARRY     If you could take him back right now, would you?
    SALLY     No. But why didn’t he want to marry me? What’s the matter with me?
    HARRY     Nothing.
    SALLY     I’m difficult.
    HARRY     You’re challenging.
    SALLY     I’m too structured. I’m completely closed off.
    HARRY     But in a good way.
    SALLY     No, no, no. I drove him away.
    Crying even harder now
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    SALLY     ( CONT’D )    And I’m going to be forty.
    HARRY     When?
    SALLY     Someday.
    HARRY     In eight years.
    SALLY     But it’s there, it’s just sitting there like this big dead end. It’s not the same for men. Charlie Chaplin had babies when he was seventy-three.
    HARRY     Yeah, but he was too old to pick them up.
    She smiles a little, then starts crying again
.
    HARRY     ( CONT’D )    Oh, c’mere, c’mere.
(he gives her a
hug)
It’s going to be okay. You’re gonna be fine, you’ll see.
    Sally sniffles into Harry’s shirt
.
    HARRY     ( CONT’D )     Go ahead, it’s not one of my favorites anyway. It’s gonna be okay.
    Harry holds her. He gives her a kiss, starts to break the hug
.
    HARRY     ( CONT’D )    I’ll make you some tea.
    SALLY     Harry, could