Meeting with Jack Revis

Joe is shown parking his car on a city street. The area is obviously the "lower rent district". He puts some change in the meter and looks up at a 4 story, older building. As he enters the building he notices a rather odd looking European style sedan from the early 60's. The color of the car alternates from red to primer gray. Cut to Joe knocking on a door. We hear TV voices inside. A man yells "Hold on" , the TV is muted, and the door opens. A man, sweating and slightly disheveled, answers the door. He is in his late 30's.

The men enter the office, which is very messy. Joe looks around . A point of view shot shows stacks of magazines, newspapers, books, notebooks, odds and ends, etc. A large coffee maker sits on a counter, with cups, stirrers, empty cream containers, and empty gallon milk jugs littering the area There is a desk which Revis sits at. Joe sits directly in front of the desk, facing Revis. The point of view shot scans the desk. There are 2 computers, keyboards, and monitors on one side, facing Revis. On the other side is a 19" TV with a VCR on top, also facing Revis. The sound of the VCR running can be heard, but the TV is mute. Joe cannot see the TV or monitor screens. On the wall is a large digital clock showing the hour, minute, seconds, and tenths of seconds. The time is 03:41PM. Jack Revis sticks an earphone in his ear. He clicks one mouse, then the other. As he looks at Joe, he is obviously distracted by the 3 screens.

Joe: Right ! I've got a few weeks off from my regular job and I thought I could help you...

Revis suddenly sees something on one of the monitor screens. He grabs a mouse, begins clicking, and also types on a keyboard.

Jack Revis continues to focus his attention between Joe and the screens, mostly the screens.

Revis: OK, well the CD is a .. it's a very experimental sort of..... electronic, some techno and I think I have a OH BABY!!!

Jack Revis's head jerks as he hears something on the earphone, looks intently at the TV screen, concentrating.

Joe: Of course !! You know, after a hard day selling, I always hate having to come in and do the paperwork. This is a ... VERY nice place you have here.. Now about the CD ?

Jack Revis hands Joe a CD. Joe doesn't say anything, just stares at it for almost 30 seconds. Meanwhile, Revis is still clicking and glancing from screen to screen. Joe's brow furrows, then he suddenly smiles.

Revis: That's great.. that's great... yeah.. (talking to a monitor screen) SAY WHAT?!

Revis begins furiously typing, looking from screen to screen. He stops, sits back..... waits.. waits.

Joe: It's got a lot of possibilities. You know, it reminds me of an album my father had, "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass. I think everyone's dad had one !

Revis: Yeah... A friend of mine, Len Margolis, his dad had a copy, we used to look at that cover for HOURS !! I mean for the 60's that cover was risqué !!! We always focused on the left breast...you could really SEE the outline ...

Revis: We couldn't help but wonder what it could look like udder the cream, we would .. just.. STARE.

Revis: Yeah? And then Len's dad, he had these magazines.... yeah, hidden, me and Len we found 'em, and then we DIDN'T HAVE TO USE THE OLD IMAGINATION !

Revis: But then I got to thinking... you know, Len's dad was a county building inspector and he knew a lot of the pollce detectives in town.

Jack Revis looks at Joe, confused. His eyes narrow as he moves closer to Joe across the desk.

Revis: WELL I BET YOU DIDN'T STAY AWAKE ALL NIGHT THINKING THAT LEN'S DAD WAS GONNA GET A FINGERPRINT KIT FROM ONE OF THE DETECTIVES AND COME HOME AND FINGERPRINT THE MAGAZINES AND FIND YOUR PRINTS ON THERE ALONG WITH LEN'S AND MAYBE YOU'D JUST BE BRAVE AND THINK OH BUT HOW COULD HE GET MY FINGERPRINTS WELL MAYBE OH YES MAYBE HE GOT 'EM OFF THE JELLY GLASS YOU WERE DRINKING OUT OF ONE DAY WHEN YOU AND LEN WERE HAVING PEPSI BUT IT WASN'T REALLY PEPSI AT ALL CAUSE LEN'S MOM ALWAYS WOULD SERVE SOME GENERIC BRAND AND TELLLLLLLLLL YOU IT WAS PEPSI BUT YOU'D KNOW BETTER AND SO THAT'S HOW HE'D GET YOUR FINGERPRINTS JUST LIKE ON DRAGNET AND THEN HE'D FIND 'EM ON THOSE DIRTY DIRTY DIRTY MAGAZINES AND THEN TELL YOUR PARENTS AND AND ....THE SHAME !.... THE SHAME ! FINGERPRINT EVERY LAST ONE ! FIND US OUT !!!!!

Joe: Uh... no.. can't say I ever thought about it. BUT THAT HAPPENED TO YOU ?

Revis: (Calmer) No of course not .. I was .. uh.. slightly obsessed as a child. They never found out ....... but they COULD HAVE !

Revis: (talking to a monitor screen) OH YEAH !!! COME ON BABY !! SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!!

Joe: See my method of salesmanship is very straightforward : I agree with whatever the customer says... oh, within reason of course. I find some use that THEY in their INDIVIDUAL personal life would have for the product, and I always ALWAYS make sure to find some common ground that we have, even if I have to.. welllll ..... tell a little story...just a little make believe...a FANTASY, so to speak...

Joe: "Whipped Cream" the album ... sure my dad had it, but I never was OBSESSED with it, never found any MAGAZINES like that. I was just going along with you. It's my method. Tried and true, works every time !

Revis: (Glances at the screen, then Joe, back and forth) so ... you telling me you can sell the CD's, right ? And ....you can get .. (Directly at the screen) Come On COME ON...BLAST OFF TIME!!!

Joe: And of course whenever she has a public appearance, I'm sure I'll sell VERY WELL !

Joe: No, not at all. But some day I would like to learn. THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I WISH I HAD BEEN A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN, GIVING CONCERTS FROM COAST TO COAST !!!

Jack Revis's face is shown in a closeup. A slight tremor begins to come over it. The tremor gets more pronounced. He takes a deep breath.

Revis: Years .... AGO ! Don't .. get ... me ....... started ...... pleeeaaseeee ...

Jack Revis's face is again shown in a closeup. The tremor is even more pronounced. He looks as if he is going to explode.

Suddenly Revis is distracted by the screens. His eyes widen. He looks at the clock. A quick zoom shows 03:56 PM. We again see his face. Various quick shots of his hands typing & clicking, his eyes darting back and forth, etc. are shown. A closeup shows his mouth.

Revis: C'MON...GET IN THERE. GO...GO...GO...NOW TALK BACK. SHOW IT! SHOW IT !

Jack Revis throws his head back, as if relieved. He takes the earphone out, stands up and darts to a door. As he opens it we see that it is a small restroom.

Joe looks at the closed door. A point of view shot darts from the door to the back of the screens, back and forth. A medium shot shows Joe rise quickly as he bends across the desk and looks at the screens. His mouth drops. A point of view shows the screens: On the first monitor, a page with "LowAsTheyGoBroker.com" across the top and various stock charts, real time quotes, and other data are shown. On the TV screen is CNBC, the cable financial network. The VCR is in the RECORD mode, taping CNBC. On the other monitor, trade after trade is listed, some in red, some in black. Many of the gains and losses are in the hundreds, some in the thousands. The list is followed to the bottom. There, the words "DAY'S PROFIT" are shown. Beside them is seen ......... ........+ $ 22.19 . A closeup shows Joe's face. He is dumbfounded.

Joe: (under his breath) Oh .. my.. gosh. Twenty-two dollars profit?? That's all???

The sound of Jack Revis urinating is heard. Joe sits back in his chair. He looks pensive. The commode flushes. Jack Revis comes out.