Wine Mama (70) Certain Influence

Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013

WINE MAMA (70)

CERTAIN INFLUENCE

INT: BRIAN'S HOUSE-KITCHEN-SATURDAY-6 P.M.

BRIAN AND SANDY SANDING DOWN BURNT MATERIAL ON COUNTER TOP

BOTH WEARING BREATHING MASK, MUMBLING TO EACH OTHER

BRIAN

"I still say that you could probably run the Gatortail with or without me, your really good at this!"

SANDY

"Parts of it...maybe, but you have that finesse that precludes any originality I might bring to the table...it is your baby after all!"

BRIAN

"Look at this electrical socket, all burned out, lucky it didn't catch fire within the wall, no telling what might have happened if it traveled up in the loft..."

LAND LINE PHONE RINGS, SANDY ANSWERS

"Cashman residence, can I help you?"

BILL WARD-COLUMBUS WINERY

"Hello, may I speak to Mister Cashman please, this is Bill Ward with Columbus Winery?"

SANDY

"Just a sec Mister Ward, he's right here!"

BRIAN GRABBING PHONE

"Hey Bill, what's up?"

BILL WARD

"Surprised to hear from you, saw in the paper where they said you were seriously burned in a house fire, are you okay?"

BRIAN

"Yea, well the media had me already assuming the consistency of charcoal...yea I got some burns, but nothing my local Korean doctor couldn't handle, so what's up...how's my sludge doing?

BILL WARD

"Well, thank goodness, I've been worried to death, the whole family has sent you prayers, well we ended up using the 4177 accelerator like you wanted, and the yeast just started popping, it's been very well behaved for about a week now, I'm measuring 70% at a gravity of 1.8, did you want to go ahead and get the Brandy in there, cause if we don't start cutting it, it will muck up."

BRIAN

"So your ready to start drawing, do you have enough barrels?"

BILL WARD

"It's tradition for the crop owners to come down and witness the first draw, but if your not feeling up to it, then I understand...and yea, fresh oak ones...I figure about 600 should do it!"

BRIAN

"Oh hell yea, when did you want to get started, cause Sandy and me were trying to put the kitchen back together or at least make it usable?"

BILL WARD

"This afternoon if you can make it, say about two?"

BRIAN TALKING OFF PHONE

"Hey Sandy, you got your chance at a Saturday running the Gatortail after all...Bill wants me to come and witness the first draw out of the vat?"

SANDY

"Of course...I'll watch your baby, while you tend to the others!"

BRIAN BACK ON PHONE

"Yea Bill, no problem, I'll see you at two, is there anything I need to bring, wear, what?"

BILL WARD

"Yea, your party hat...no just yourself, we have a rubber suit and boots for you to wear when you get over here."

BRIAN

"What are you going to have me do?"

BILL WARD LAUGHING

"Back strokes...no, no, no but you will be standing on the edge of the vat, in the wine...once we draw the must off the top, you'll be holding the tube, the pumps kind of take over from there...hey bring your camera, your phone...do a little speech, my boys will video your place in infamy, it is your first, so enjoy the moment, cause after this we take it down to the cave for a year, let it get busy and mature."

BRIAN

"Heard that, well maybe I'll try to bring my partner here, it came up so soon...thanks again Bill...I'll see you at two, bye!"

HANGING UP PHONE SANDY AND BRIAN START JUMPING AROUND KITCHEN WHILE EMBER DUST RISES UP ALL AROUND

SANDY

"Oh shit, maybe we better stop cause this crap is getting all over the place."

THEY BOTH STOP AND LOOK AT EACH OTHER, DUST HANGING IN THE AIR

THEY FALL TO THE DIRTY FLOOR AND START MAKING LOVE, PUSHING THEIR BREATHING MASK AGAINST EACH OTHER

BRIAN

"You know, we probably could have..."

SANDY

"...I know, I know, waited...but we were going to shower anyway, so what's the deal?"

BRIAN

"There is no deal, we flower together, we shower together...

SANDY

"Under any kind of weather!"

BRIAN

"That's right!"

(scene switch)

INT: COLUMBUS WINERY-BREAK ROOM-2 P.M.

BRIAN FITTING ON RUBBER SUIT, GLOVES, AND BOOTS

BILLS WIFE TAKING PICTURES WITH HER I-PHONE

BILL WARD

"Yea Brian, your face definatly took a pretty good hit there, so do you always bouce back like that?"

BRIAN

"Yea, it's that Polish blood, if it's not the vodka, it's the Port wine, and in between that we fight off violent flames and make Love to our Amazon women!"

EVERYBODY LAUGHING

BILL WARD

"Well, come on everybody, on to the vat room."

AS BRIAN APPROACHES, HE SLIPS ON A HOSE FALLING HEAD FIRST INTO THE VAT

SEVERAL WORKERS REACH OUT AND PULL HIM UP

BRIAN SPITS OUT A LITTLE PARTIALLY FERMENTED GRAPE SLUDGE

BILL WARD

"Man, are you okay Brian, my goodness, I'm so sorry that was there?"

BRIAN SMILING

"Oh yea, I was a little over my head on that one...hey, can I do another round, I got a little buzz on that one, pretty tasty if I might say so, anybody for a dip...we got plenty?"

EVERYBODY LAUGHING

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