Wolf (1994)

Michelle Pfeiffer: Laura Alden

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• Will Randall : What do you do?

  Laura : Why do you care?

  Will Randall : I don't. I was just making polite conversation.

  Laura : I'd rather not discuss what I do.

  Will Randall : You know, I think I understand what you're like now. You're very beautiful and you think men are only interested in you because you're beautiful, but you want them to be interested in you because you're you. The problem is, aside from all that beauty, you're not very interesting. You're rude, you're hostile, you're sullen, you're withdrawn. I know you want someone to look past all that at the real person underneath but the only reason anyone would bother to look past all that is because you're beautful. Ironic, isn't it? In an odd way you're your own problem.

  Laura : Sorry. Wrong line. I am not taken aback by your keen insight and suddenly challenged by you.

• Stewart Swinton : If you find me so attractive, how about me fucking you to death right now darling, how would that be?

  Laura Alden : I don't know I'll have to try it.

• Laura : What are you, the last civilized man?

• Will Randall : I want you to lock me up before it gets dark.

  Laura : Then what?

  Will Randall : Then maybe it won't happen.

  Laura : I don't know where else to put you but the barn. Everything else has windows.

  Will Randall : The barn sounds good. Barn sounds great.

  [Gripping the amulet around his neck] 

  Will Randall : I'm gonna beat this, Laura. I'm gonna beat this. Your phone is ringing.

  Laura : How do you know?

  Will Randall : [smiling]  I can hear it

  Laura : I'll be right back

• Laura : [answers phone]  Hello?

  Detective Bridger : Laura Alden?

  Laura : Yes?

  Detective Bridger : This is Detective Carl Bridger, NYPD.

  Laura : Yes, I know who you are

  Detective Bridger : And as you see, we now know who you are.

  Laura : Did you just dial? How long have you been ringing?

  Detective Bridger : About 2 minutes, but I've been trying to reach you ever since you left the hotel.

  Laura : What can I do for you?

  Detective Bridger : You can come in tomorrow with Mr. Randall and give me the statement that I asked for today.

  Laura : All right. Um... Do you still want blood and tissue samples for Mr. Randall?

  Detective Bridger : I'm afraid they'd be useless. We seemed have messed up the tissue samples that we took from the body.

  Laura : Why? What happened?

  Detective Bridger : There was canine DNA found in all the tissue samples, so that could mean that the victim was attacked by some kind of animal after she was killed. Or it may mean that one of the lab assistants had a dog and she forgot to wash her hands. So...

  [Laura hangs up] 

• Stewart Swinton : I'm not a fool, Laura.

  Laura Alden : I know that.

• Stewart Swinton : Hello, Miss Alden. May I call you Laura? Laura if you scream, I'll kill you. I'll just break your neck okay?

  Laura : This is a surprise. How'd you get in?

  Stewart Swinton : I smooth-talked the guard.

  Laura : Well if anyone could do it.

  Stewart Swinton : Now Laura, don't play anymore games with me. You know, don't you?

  Laura : Know what?

  Stewart Swinton : What's happening to me.

  Laura : No!

  Stewart Swinton : You're playing games with me and I asked you not to. You pretended not to know Will, and now this. Don't. Don't pretend anymore. You know what happened to Charlotte, don't you?

  Laura : All right. I do know Will and I do know what's happening to you. Will told me, but only after I asked if there were anymore at home like him.

  Stewart Swinton : I'm not a fool, Laura.

  Laura : I know that.

  Stewart Swinton : If you find me so attractive, how about my fucking you to death right now, darling? How would that be?

  Laura : I don't know. I'd have to try it first.

  Stewart Swinton : Oh you're very good.

  Laura : Thank you.

  [knees him in the groin] 

• Stewart Swinton : Here, Miss Alden. Take my seat.

  Laura : No, that's all right.

  Stewart Swinton : Please.

  Laura : No I want to stand.

  Stewart Swinton : You don't know me, do you? I'm Stewart Swinton.

  Laura : No.

  Stewart Swinton : I've been out to visit your father several times, but we never really met. I'm a very close friend of Will Randalls. He's the husband of...

  Laura : I know who he is

  Stewart Swinton : Oh you've met?

  Laura : No, I just know the name.

  Stewart Swinton : Ah. Well this is such a terrible, terrible thing. I'm just in shock over it. Will Randall was more than a friend and a colleague, he was my mentor.

  Laura : And you were his protege?

  Stewart Swinton : Yes, a better word. It's a true pleasure

  [holds her hand] 

  Stewart Swinton : What an interesting sent you have Miss Alden. At once, new and familiar, very familiar.

  Laura : Thank you.

  [Notices that his hand is bandaged] 

  Laura : Were you bitten

  Stewart Swinton : What?

  Laura : Were you bitten?

  Stewart Swinton : [curiously and suspiciously tilts his head]  What an odd question. What a very odd question. What made you ask such a question?

  Laura : I don't know. People... . When people are bitten, oftentimes it's on the hand.

  Stewart Swinton : What are you here for?

  Stewart Swinton : I.. they want some information about the publishing house and I'm standing in for my father.

  Detective Bridger : Stewart Swinton! Come on in.

  Stewart Swinton : Would you have a drink with me when we're done here, Miss Alden? I'd really like to get to know you and perhaps I could tell you a little about Will.

  Laura : Thank you. Thats very sweet. Of course. I'd love to.

  Stewart Swinton : Wonderful. Well.. don't break our date now.

  Laura : Oh, I won't.

  [She leaves the police station as he enters the office] 

• Laura : [knocking at door]  Hi. I thought I'd just come on up. Have you been waiting for me?

  Will Randall : I can't see you.

  Laura : Come on Will, open the door. You can't do this to me twice. Open it.

  [to maid] 

  Laura : excuse me I wonder if you could do me a favor.

  [Maid opens the door for her] 

  Will Randall : [handcuffed to the radiatior]  Please go.

  Laura : Why? What's happened? What... What have you done? Where did you get those?

  Will Randall : I want you to go.

  Laura : No. Tell me why you've done this.

  Will Randall : It's getting late and I think I'm dangerous, especially at night.

  Laura : And you're afraid that once it gets dark, you'll attack me?

  Will Randall : Yeah. I think I'm turning into something else.

  Laura : Into the thing that bit you? Into the wolf?

  Will Randall : Yes.

  Laura : Tell me where the key is

  Will Randall : I don't have a key. I don't even know where I got the handcuffs.

  Laura : You don't have a key? Well, what was your plan? To sit chained to the radiator till you grew paws?

  Will Randall : [chuckling]  God, you almost make this seem like it isn't happening. I don't.. I don't have a plan. I didn't think past not hurting anyone. I don't think there's any way to open these.

  Laura : Well, you don't know who you're dealing with. You see, when you're a druggie and a delinquent and you want to get Daddy, you get arrested, you come in contact with the criminal element of society, and... Well, you pick up shit.. A-ha

  [takes a paper clip from a folder to use as a picking lock] 

  Laura : that you think you're never going to need, and then, one day, you meet a guy who chains himself to the radiator and it all falls into place.

  [Leans down to unlock the handcuff from the radiator] 

  Will Randall : Well... Why do you want any of this nightmare?

  Laura : You mean instead of the gaiety and warmth of my normal life? I don't know. Because I like you. Because you're a good man and that's very exotic to me. I never thought I'd meet a good man who looked at me the way you do.

  Will Randall : You don't know I'm a good man.

  Laura : Oh, yes, I do.

  Will Randall : Then why is this happening? I thought only the evil were cursed.

  Laura : Oh, no, not at all. I could have told you that. No the worst things happen to the best people. Oh! I almost had it. You know, you might consider that you're not cursed at all. That you're sick. I mean, there are brain tumors that can cause all of your symptoms.

  Will Randall : Tumors? What are you saying? Are you serious?

  Laura : Oh, yeah, yeah.

  Will Randall : Oh, God. If only that could be true.

  Laura : How we lower our sights. I say.. we get you examined for physical causes before we take for granted that you're becoming

  [unlocks the handcuffs] 

  Laura : There we go. Okay on your feet. Let's get you re-handcuffed.

  Will Randall : Well maybe it isn't necessary.

  Laura : Mmm-mmm. Hands behind your back

  [handcuffs him from behind] 

  Laura : There. Well, you seem pretty helpless now.

  Will Randall : Yes.

  Laura : Great

  [unbuttoning his shirt she notices amulet around his neck] 

  Laura : Hmmm. It's interesting. What is it?

  Will Randall : It's a good luck charm.

  Laura : Really? Does it work?

  Will Randall : Well, today isn't turning out too bad. Laura?

  Laura : Yes?

  Will Randall : Nothing. Not a thing.

• Detective Bridger : Your wife was found dead this morning, Mr. Randall. I'm sorry. She was murdered sometime late last night. Her body was found in the park.

  Will Randall : How was she killed?

  Detective Bridger : Her throat was torn out.

  Laura : Sit down.

  Will Randall : No, I... I want to stand up.

  Detective Bridger : Would you mind telling me when you saw your wife last, Mr. Randall?

  Will Randall : Last night. Last night, here in the lobby. About... About 6:00.

  Detective Bridger : Did you argue?

  Laura : Don't answer anything else, Will.

  Detective Bridger : I was just trying to clear up a fact, Miss Smith. The clerk who was on last night said that Mr. Randall and his wife had argued.

  Laura : So you already know they argued. These are not straight questions. Jusy refuse to answer.

  Detective Bridger : Well, I would like to ask Mr. Randall's whereabouts last night. I mean certainly that's a straight question.

  Laura : Mr. Randall was with me last night. All night. I arrived at 6:30 and I didn't leave. You can check that with the desk.

  Detective Bridger : I will. Uh... We've taken some blood and tissue samples from your... The victim. We're trying to match them up with any known offenders, and it would really help if you would submit some blood and tissue samples just to .

  Laura : Forget it. Not without a court order.

  Detective Bridger : Oh, it's just a request. Okay. Well, here's my number in case you want to reach me about anything. Here. I would appreciate it if you came down to the station later on today and gave us a statement. Both of you.

  Laura : All right.

  Detective Bridger : And thank you for your cooperation.

• Raymond Alden : Is my daughter all right? Have you found my daughter?

  Detective Bridger : I thought she was with you the whole time?

  Raymond Alden : Laura!

  Laura : [comes out wearing a black sweater]  What's happening? I heard gunshots. I was afraid to come out.

  Raymond Alden : Are you with Will Randall?

  Detective Wade : Where's Randall?

  Laura : I'm not sure. I just hung up on him. As far as I know, he's on his way to Teterboro Airport. I told him I wasn't going with him and he hung up on me.

  Cop : We'd like to check the cottage.

  Raymond Alden : Of course

  Laura : What's happening?

  Raymond Alden : They think Tom shot Stewart Swinton.

  Laura : What?

  Raymond Alden : Laura, Tom's dead. And George, too. He was run down

  Detective Bridger : With Stewart Swinton's car.

  Laura : He was after Will. I... I knew it. At the police station, he kept asking me where Will was.

  Detective Wade : There's a plane at Teterboro chartered by Laura Alden.

  Detective Bridger : Stewart Swinton was looking for Will Randall. Do you remember this? He asked us if Randall was on the Alden estate.

  Detective Wade : And when he found out that Laura Alden was gone, he took off, remember? He just bolted.

  Raymond Alden : All this might not have happened, but I was so dead set against Will Randall because he was after my daughter.

  Laura : You were just trying to save me from a disastrous relationship. I would have left him within a week. He was much too tame for me.

  Detective Bridger : Yeah. That's what I thought when I saw you together at the Mayflower. Well, I hope this time you will come in and give us a statement.

  Laura : [smiling]  it would be my pleasure. Could I send you something to drink, detective? Another vodka tonic?

  Detective Bridger : [confused]  Another... .uh.. No, thanks.

  Laura : Let me know if you change your mind.

  Detective Bridger : [to his partner]  How the hell does she know what we've been drinking?

  Laura : I can smell it. I can smell it a mile away.

• Will Randall : [looking at pictures on table]  Are all of these you?

  Laura : Yes. My father keeps this cottage empty just for me, so when I show up I'll have a place to stay that's as far away from him as possible. Pictures were thrown in by the decorator. He had a mawkish side.

  Will Randall : [notices a picture of a woman]  Is this you.

  Laura : My mother. She died when I was 12.

  Will Randall : I'm sorry.

  [Notices a picture of a young man] 

  Will Randall : And this?

  Laura : My brother. He died last year.

  Will Randall : Oh, yes, I remember. He had some kind of an accident?

  Laura : No, he killed himself. He was diagnosed borderline schizophrenic. And I guess he got tired of the title. He lived with me on and off.

  Will Randall : Nice face.

  Laura : Yeah. Yeah, he was pretty nice for a little brother.

• Laura : [Will is laying in bed as she checks his temperature]  Elevated but you'll live. Is this the same kind of attack you had the other night?

  Will Randall : [weakly]  I don't know. Don't be upset with me. If I tell you this, okay? You are beautiful. And the nicest girl.

  Laura : Are you hungry? Can I get you something to eat?

  Will Randall : I can't eat.

  Laura : Then go to sleep. Next thing you know it will be morning and I'll be at your door with coffee and eggs and toast.

  Will Randall : And bacon?

  Laura : Oh, you think I can't get bacon? Well I just may surprise you.

  Will Randall : I don't know where I'm going.

  Laura : Someplace nice.

  [she covers him with a blanket] 

• Will Randall : [outside overlooking the lake]  This is really something.

  Laura : Isn't it? This is where I used to come to bury my pets. And this is where I realized that one day I would die. Standing right here on this spot, I realized that one day I would be over.

  Will Randall : I want to tell you something. A few days ago, something happened to me. I was driving in New England and I hit an animal.

  Laura : Oh, God.

  Will Randall : A wolf.

  Laura : In New England? Are you sure?

  Will Randall : I'm absolutely positive. And when I tried to touch it, it but me.

  Laura : Did you get checked for rabies?

  Will Randall : Yes. No, I'm fine. But this is really going to sound insane. Since it happened, I feel as though the wolf passed something along to me. A scrap of its spirit in my blood or something. I don't know. Suddenly my senses are all incredibly acute. I feel just so... great. I mean I'm just not the kind of person who walks around feeling great. I don't know. I'm... I'm different. More alive. Stronger.

  Laura : [laughs]  Well, sounds strange, but...

  Will Randall : It's better than living in Bosnia

  Laura : No,no. I wasn't going to say that. I was going to say that, whatever it is, if you feel great, maybe you should just accept it as a gift.

  Will Randall : Well, I'm afraid it will have a price.

  Laura : There is that. Would you like to stay for dinner? If it's not peanut butter and jelly and I don't tell my father?

  Will Randall : Yes.

  Laura : Well... Let's get back before it gets dark.

  Will Randall : You cold?

  Laura : No but we will be.

  [Will groans in pain] 

  Laura : What is it?

  Will Randall : I don't know.

  Laura : Here, sit down.

  Will Randall : No, I think... I think I want to get inside. Inside

  Laura : Well, all right. All right. It's not that far. Here, lean on me.

  Will Randall : No.

  Laura : [put his arm over her so he can lean on her]  Oh, come on, don't be silly. You are talking to an almost professional psychiatric nurse.

• Laura : [they're driving to the Alden estate]  it's not much farther now.

  Will Randall : What if I killed her?

  Laura : What if you killed her? Excuse me aren't you the guy I spent the night with? You look so much like him.

  Will Randall : I could've gone out after you fell asleep and not remembered it

  Laura : Goddamn you, Will. Why does it always have to be the worst news, the worst pain, the worst defeat?

  Will Randall : Because what if it is?

  Laura : It's not.

• Laura : [will comes from behind her]  you scared me. You were right. The phone was ringing. It was that... That detective, Bridger. Well, he... . He traced me, and he... Now he's threatening to subpoena the entire state of New York if I don't give him a statement tonight. Will you be all right if I go in?

  Will Randall : [nodding]  Yes. Don't look so scared. Maybe there's happy endings even for people who don't believe in them.

  Laura : Yeah.

  Will Randall : I want you to know something. I've never loved anybody this way. I've never looked at a woman and thought, "if civilization fails, if the world ends, I'll understand what God meant if I'm with her."

  [Laura locks him in the barn] 

• Laura : Hello.

  Will Randall : Laura I've been trying to call you

  [she hangs up he calls again] 

  Will Randall : Don't hang up. Will you let me explain?

  Laura : No.

  Will Randall : Why?

  Laura : Because first of all I'm not a fan of men who mysteriously disappear in the morning.

  Will Randall : Hey listen, listen, listen to me. I had an accident, God damn it. I sleepwalked last night. I hit my head and knocked myself out, and I drove to the doctors at 6:00 this morning.

  Laura : But it didn't occur to you to come back to the cottage and tell me?

  Will Randall : No. No it didn't occur to me to come knocking on the door of your cottage at 6:00 in the morning with a scalp wound and ask you to take care of me again. And finish drying. The sound of that towel is driving me crazy.

  Laura : Are you telling me that you hear what I'm doing over the phone?

  Will Randall : Yes. It's one of my new gifts. Laura, please can I see you? Can we have dinner tomorrow? I'm at the Mayflower. Laura?

  Laura : I'll be at your hotel tomorrow evening at 6:00. You better be there and you better look like you fell.

  Will Randall : I will be and I did. Room 825. What did you...

  [she hangs up] 

  Will Randall : makevme for breakfast?

  [He gets up and look at himself in the mirror] 

  Will Randall : I'm not only the president of the Hair Club for Men, I'm also a member.