Free When Harry Met Sally by Nora Ephron

eighties.”
    MARIE     Get over yourself.
    JESS     I did.
    MARIE     Where did I read that?
    JESS     
New York
magazine.
    HARRY     Sally writes for
New York
magazine.
    MARIE     Do you know, that piece had a real impact on me. I don’t know that much about writing, but …
    JESS     Look, it spoke to you, and that pleases me.
    MARIE     It had a wonderful, unique—is the word “style”?
    JESS     If you say that’s the word, that’s the word.
    MARIE     I … I mean … I really have to admire people who can be as … as … articulate …
    JESS     Nobody’s ever quoted me back to me before.
    CUT TO:
    EXT. WEST BROADWAY—NIGHT

Harry, Jess, Marie, and Sally are walking up the avenue, all four of them in a row, ad-libbing about the meal and what a nice night it is. They walk past a shoe store, and Marie suddenly yanks Sally over
.
    MARIE     Oooo, I’ve been looking for a red suede pump.    
(beat)
    What do you think of Jess?
    The two men keep walking
.
    SALLY     Well, uh …
    MARIE     
(interrupting)
    Do you think you could go out with him?
    SALLY     I don’t know …
    MARIE     —because I feel really comfortable with him.
    SALLY     You want to go out with Jess?
    MARIE     If it’s all right with you.
    SALLY     Sure. Sure. I’m just worried about Harry. He’s very sensitive, he’s going through a rough period, and I just don’t want you to reject him right now.
    MARIE     I wouldn’t. I totally understand.
    SALLY     Okay.
    EXT. WEST BROADWAY—NIGHT

Harry and Jess apparently in the midst of an identical conversation. They’re stopped in front of a running-equipment store
.
    JESS     If you don’t think you’re going to call Marie, do you mind if I call her?
    HARRY     No.
    JESS     Good, good.
    HARRY     But for tonight you shouldn’t … I mean, Sally’s very vulnerable right now. I mean, you can call Marie, it’s fine, but just, like, wait a week or so, you know? Don’t make any moves tonight.
    JESS     Fine. No problem. I wasn’t even thinking about tonight.
    The women join them
.
    JESS     ( CONT’D )    Well.
(beat)
I don’t feel like walking anymore, I think I’ll get a cab.
    MARIE     I’ll go with you.
    JESS     Great.
(he leaps into the street as he spots a cab)
Taxi!
    The cab SCREECHES to a halt, and Jess and Marie get into it and it pulls away, leaving Sally and Harry on the curb
.
    FADE OUT .
    FADE IN:
    DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE
    Another OLDER COUPLE, both Asian, sitting together on the love seat
.
    ASIAN MAN     A man came to me and said, “I found nice girl for you. She lives in the next village, and she is ready for marriage.” We were not supposed tomeet until the wedding. But I wanted to make sure, so I sneaked into her village and hid behind a tree and watched her wash the clothes. I think, if I don’t like the way she looks, I don’t marry her. But she looked really nice to me. So I said okay to the man, we get married. We are married for fifty-five years.
    FADE OUT .
    FADE IN:
    EXT. THE SHARPER IMAGE—DAY—ESTABLISHING
    INT. THE SHARPER IMAGE—DAY

One of those places with gifts for people who have everything. Harry and Sally are browsing through. He shoots a basketball into a mini-sized hoop
.
    HARRY     I have to get this, I have to.
    SALLY     Harry, we’re here for Jess and Marie.
    HARRY     I know we’ll find them something, there’s great stuff here.
    SALLY