Wine Mama (7)-Welcome to the Vineyard

Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013

WINE MAMA (7)

WELCOME TO THE VINEYARD

EXT: HUDSON VINEYARD-A.M.

SHOWING SANDY'S RANGE ROVER FOLLOWED BY BRIAN'S VAN ENTERING LONG GRAVEL PATHWAY, DOWN TO MAIN HOUSE WITH A LONG BARN BEHIND IT.

THEY GET OUT OF VEHICLES, BOTH STRETCHING

BRIAN LOOKING AROUND

BRIAN

"Well, it definitely needs some TLC, but it's not as bad as it looked on the video."

SANDY

"I didn't think I would ever step foot in this place again."

WALKING OVER TO BRIAN, GIVING HIM A BIG HUG

BRIAN

"Don't worry Sandy, it's all gonna be good, it may not be easy, but it's gonna be okay!"

SANDY

"I just can't thank you enough for all you've done."

SHOWING THE TWO WALKING DOWN THE LONG ROWS OF DEAD VINES

BRIAN

"No, actually...thank you for helping my dream come true! You know I did years with surveillance systems, put together media systems, radio and tv stations down in New Orleans, then I designed a bunch of nightclubs, restaurants, a couple of day clubs, worked in some of the great kitchens, did sound and light shows, and then I saw Puff Daddy promoting this vodka, and then I got to thinking what was missing in the market?"

SANDY

"So, you wanted to promote vodka?"

BRIAN

"Well, there's plenty of grain vodka, potato vodka, but when they started doing the combination of fermenting, then distilling over in places like France, I was pretty impressed with the quality of the product, like your Chiroc and Grey Goose...there's a whole bunch of them now!"

SANDY

"Well, how are we going to compete with all these other brands, what's going to set us a part?"

BRIAN

"Well, that's just the point...we won't, we'll be making Port Vodka, at one-hundred proof to boot!"

SANDY

"All I know is that you just invested six-hundred and twenty thousand dollars in this, so you must feel pretty strongly about this idea of yours?"

BRIAN

"Yea, but it's more about what I have to do to get it started...keep in mind, I'm a pretty focused person, I mean anybody can just dream stuff up, but I apply my energy, I think and do, it separates from the common folks, you see what I mean?"

SANDY

"No question, but doesn't all this make you nervous?"

BRIAN

"Yea, it's a lot like this guy Rush Limbaugh, the last thing he will ever do is waste his time catering to the masses...he doesn't try to please everybody, you like him or you don't."

SANDY

"Rush Limbaugh, isn't he that racist talk show host?"

BRIAN

"He's not racist, he just doesn't waste his time on deadbeats, it's not skin color, it's the mentality of  all types of people, the ones that never buy anything, his business model is about people who are loyal to his ideas. It's like when I opened up the Gator Tail...no body was doing specialty meats out here, with the type of service and atmosphere I was offering. So, I brought it to fruition and boom, I start making major coin...you can apply this principle to just about anything and make out like bandits!" 

SANDY

"I could really learn some things from you, I just have to start listening and taking some notes. I've just been so lazy and stressed out...it's been a while since I've been productive with anything!"

SHOWING SANDY AND BRIAN PULLING WEEDS WITH GLOVES ON

(scene switch)

POTATO SWITCH TRUCK PARKED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HUDSON VINEYARD

TWO FORMER BUSINESS OF FRANK HUDSON, PETER GOODWIN AND SAM THOMSON LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS, WATCHING BRIAN AND SANDY WHILE THEY WORK

PETER

"Hey Sam, look at those two Love Birds, they think they have this shit all locked down!"

SAM LAUGHING

SAM

"Yea Pete, let them play, Frank's going to get what's coming to him, at least his soul...just watch!"

PETER

"So, what's the first move?"

SAM

"Well for starters, we're going to make Sandy disappear, then we bring Brian to his knees..."

BOTH LAUGHING

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