GATSBY
It will be...
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. GATSBY’S CASTLE - TERRACE - NIGHT
Nick wanders out as a light rain beings to fall.
NICK (V.O.)
I remembered how we had all come to
Gatsby’s, and guessed at his
corruption... While he had stood
before us concealing an
incorruptible dream...
A FINAL MEMORY: Gatsby and Daisy together on the dancefloor...
Daisy leans in and whispers happily to Gatsby...
DAISY
Its perfect... From your perfect,
irresistible imagination.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. GATSBY’S CASTLE - WHARF - NIGHT
Nick stumbles along the dock; the rain falling steadily now.
NICK (V.O.)
The moon rose higher... And as I
stood there, brooding on the old,
unknown world, I thought of
Gatsby's wonder when he first
picked out the green light at the
end of Daisy's dock.
Nick looks to the end of the dock, where he first saw Gatsby
that warm summer night...
NICK (V.O.)
He had come such a long way...
And suddenly, shimmering ghostly through the rain, Gatsby’s
silhouette can be seen once more, gazing out across the bay.
NICK (V.O.)
And his dream must have seemed so
close that he could hardly fail to
grasp it.
Gatsby turns back towards Nick, and smiles...
131.
NICK (V.O.)
He did not know that it was already
behind him...
Nick smiles back.
NICK (V.O.)
Gatsby believed in the green light,
the orgastic future that year by
year, recedes before us...
PUSH PAST GATSBY: Out over the water, toward the green light
eternally pulsing at the end of Daisy’s dock...
NICK (V.O.)
It eluded us then, but that’s no
matter - tomorrow we will run
faster...
Gatsby reaches out--
NICK (V.O.)
Stretch out our arms farther... And
one fine morning...
As we PUSH PAST Gatbsy’s outstretched hand, THE OPENING IMAGE
RETURNS: The green light pulsing in the abstract dark...
Nick’s final words appear as TYPE ON THE SCREEN.
NICK (V.O.)
So we beat on, boats against the
current, borne back ceaselessly,
into the past.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. SANTITARIUM - NICK’S ROOM - SUMMER - DAY
Nick pulls a final page from his typewriter, sets the page on
top of his completed manuscript and we clearly see the title:
“GATSBY.”
Nick considers this and then handwrites:
“THE GREAT...”
DISSOLVE THROUGH THE FINAL TITLE - “THE GREAT GATSBY” - TO:
The green light. It pulses one last time... Then, fades to
BLACK.
THE END.
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