(28) EXT. HIGHWAY -- DUSK * TAKE ME WITH YOU *

Prince and Vanity on his MOTORCYCLE
blazing down the HIGHWAY, twisting
through TRAFFIC. The CITY is behind
them, receding into the distance.

I can't disguise the pounding of my heart
It beats so strong
It's in your eyes, what can I say
They turn me on

I don't care where we go
I don't care what we do
I don't care pretty baby
Just take me with U

(29) Ext. COUNTRYSIDE -- DUSK

They pull off an access road, drop down
a small embankment, ride down a narrow,
dirt road.

Come on and touch the place in me
That's calling out your name
We want each other oh so much
Why must we play this game?

Don't care where we go
I don't care what we do
I don't care pretty baby
Just take me with U

I don't care if we spend the night at your mansion
I don't care if we spend the night on the town
All I want is 2 spend the night 2gether
All I want is 2 spend the night in your arms

LAKESIDE

The pull to a stop. A LAKE stretches
before them. Vanity gets off the bike,
walks around exploring, casting curious
glances at Prince. He stands by the
water, idly tossing stones--



VANITY
My psychic told me I was
going to be famous.

PRINCE
How much did that cost you?

VANITY
Fifty bucks. It was a good
investment.

He doesn't respond -- she suddenly feels
shy--

VANITY
No seriously -- My psychic did
tell me. I was in a play
once.

PRINCE
Oh, yeah -- what did you play?

VANITY
Isadora Duncan...

She stretches her arms like a butterfly,
does a little step--

VANITY
That means I can sing and
dance.
(a beat)
Want to help me?



PRINCE
(swiftly)
Nope.

VANITY
(surprised)
Pardon me?

PRINCE
Nope.

She's Perplexed--

PRINCE
Want to know why?

VANITY
(defensively)
Nope.


PRINCE
(a beat)
Because you wouldn't pass the
initiation.

VANITY
What initiation?

PRINCE
Well, for starters ycu have to
purify yourself in the waters
of Lake Minnetonka.

VANITY
What?

PRINCE
You have to purify yourself in
Lake Minnetonka.

Her brow furrows, she looks out across
the lake. He's calmly throwing stones.
Recognizing a challenge when she sees
one, she formulates a plan, faces him
seductively, shoots him an open look.
He stops suddenly, locks eyes with her,
feels his knees go weak. Her hold on
him is unmistakable. She pulls off her
blouse in one fluid motion, tugs off her
boots, drops her pants to the ground.
She's exquisite, takes a step toward
him. Passion rings in his veins ...

Suddenly she turns on her heels, moves
purposefully toward the water. He's
shocked, realizes that she's about to
go in--

PRINCE
Hey, wait a minute! Thats--

But she silences him savagely--

VANITY
We made a deal!

And before he can react she scampers
along a log, DIVES beneath the surface.
He can't believe it -- her spirit really
impresses him. She breaks the surface
coughing and sputtering, hops and jumps
to the shore--

PRINCE
Hold it.

VANITY
What?

PRINCE
That ain't Lake Minnetonka.

He tries to keep a straight face, jumps
on his motorcvcle, STARTS it up. His
words take a moment to sink in, then--

VANITY
(enraged)
You bastard. I don't believe
it. How could you do that to
me?!

She gathers up her clothes, tries
desperately to put them on. She slips
and falls -- Prince can't help laughing-

-

VANITY
Damn you -- I'll kill you.

She starts throwing stones. He laughs,
blasts up the path--

VANITY
(screaming)
You prick! Are you sick?! Is
this some kind of ritual --
getting your kicks! How many
girls have you done this to?

ACCESS ROAD

He blazes up the embankment, SAILS
through the air, drops expertly onto the
road. He fishtails to a slick stop.
Vanity is by the lake, flailing about,
throwing things, trying to get into her
boots--


VANITY
Bastard!

He laughs heartily, wants to kid her,
rides down the road as if he's leaving.
Having his fun, he slows, turns to go
back ...

...his smile dissolves instantly.
Vanity is in the middleof the road,
flagging down a small PICKUP TRUCK. She
hops in, slams the door. The truck
peels out, bears down upon him. He
gesticulates his arms wildly -- wants
to explain--



PRINCE
Hey ...

But the truck streaks past -- Vanity's
look is cold, triumphant.

2 be around U is so-oh right
U're sheer perfection (Thank U)
Drive me crazy, drive me all night
Just don't break up the connection

Just take me with U
Won't U take me with U?
Honey, take me with U

(30) INT. CLUB (1ST AVE. ST. BAR) -- NIGHT

MUSIC. The CLUB is PACKED! THE MODERN
AIRES is onstage, a hi-techno funk
group, performing their trademark, a
frenzied song entitled "Modern Aire"
The floor is dense with KIDS, all
performing the same syncopated dance.

PRINCE moves through the club slowly,
seems to be searching someone out. His
face is drawn and haggard, his spirits
strained. He cuts past the BAR, barely
acknowledges Jill, or the other
WAITRESSES by her side, KIM and KATY.
Jill looks concerned--

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

Pessimistic Attitudes
Never Will I Wear

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Be
I Want 2 Be
A Modernaire ....

KIM
Honey, you still chasing after
that fool?

Kim is 21 years and gorgeous, with dark
eyes, a smooth sculpted face, and taut
shapely legs. She is street-educated
and doesn't need encouraging to speak
her mind. Katy is also in her-early
20's, a tall, alluring Oriental, with an
attractive, intelligent face--

JILL
I'm doing what I'm doing.
It's my business.

KATY
He doesn't even look at you.
That's the last thing you want
from a man.

JILL
You just don't know him like I
do.

KIM
Honey... Look, Listen, and
then Feel. If you do them in
any other order, you're headed
for trouble.

Matt and Bobby (members of Prince's
group) stroll up--

Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Swim ( in the ) Water !!
I Want 2 Breathe .. Modernaire
I Want 2 Surface A New Human Being
Breath of Cold Despair .....

I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire, Modernaire

I Want 2 Be
I Want 2 Be
A Modernaire .....


BOBBY
Hey, Jill -- where's our
drinks?

JILL
They're coming -- just wait.

Matt stares hungrily at her breasts--

JILL
What you want isn't on the
menu.

BOBBY
Jill, in ten years they'll be
on the table.

She swats him with her order pad --
Bobby ducks, taunts her--

BOBBY
C'mon, c'mon ...

She goes to swing, Matt moves in,
squeezes her breasts--

MATT
(horn sound)
BooPoo!!

KIM
Get out of here, you jerks!

MATT
Sweetheart ... do you have a
real hot place where I could
stick my nose?

KIM
Sure -- try a microwave.


The Guys bust up, head for their tables-

Plastic Bags in LA
Tried 2 Take My Girl Away
If She Really Wanted My Love
I Guess She Would Have Stayed

I'm Sick of Pretty Liars
With Their Cool Cut Hair
I Rather Have A Dirty Long Hair(ed)Lover
When I Need Her .. She's There
I Want 2 Be A Modernaire
Modernaire ....
Modernaire ....

-

KATY
Those guys are deep.

KIM
Yeah -- deeply retarded.

Stevie Nicks @ Purple Rain premiere

(33) INT. DRESSING ROOM -- NIGHT

Prince and his band (Mark, Bobby, Matt,
Lisa) sit backstage, waiting to go on.
An air of tension permeates the room.
Lisa sits in the corner and fidgets,
casts sidelong looks to Prince. He sits
apart from the group, deathly silent,
locked in thouqht.

Wendy walks in and shares a look with
Lisa. She goes up to Prince, her voice
filled with nervousness--

WENDY
Hi ya, Prince. I heard
through the grapevine you had
a new tune written by two
great girls. By chance did
you hear it?

He stares at her -- if looks could kill
Wendy would be dead--

LISA
I knew it -- he didn't listen
to it. He probably dropped it
under his bike and rolled over
it.

Prince grunts, turns away -- Wendy is
amazed--

WENDY
Wow! Okay...you think about
this. I'm going to be real
honest with you. You're
really being full of shit.

LISA
Forget about it, Wendy. Let's
get out of here--

But Wendy, agitated, silences her with a
fierce gesture--

WENDY
(to Prince)
Every time we give you a song,
you say you're going to use
it, but you never do. You
always think that we're doing
something behind your back.
You're just being paranoid as
usual.

LISA

Wendy...

WENDY
(upset)
Shut up, Lisa, please!
(to Prince)

You should know by now that we
wouldn't hurt vou. We're not
out to put a dark cloud over
your head. It's just to make
you feel good, Prince --
that's what it's all about.
You've been this way with us
before, remember?

PRINCE
(maliciously)
The nominees for the best
actress are--

LISA
-- Fuck it, Wendy -- let's
break!

Wendy is shaking, tears spring to her
eyes--

WENDY
Do you know you can really,
really hurt people? Doesn't
that mean anything to you?
Doesn't that make you feel
like shit?

LISA
C'mon ...

WENDY
I'm tired of this ... I'm
really tired...

They leave the room, Wendy SLAMS the
door behind her. Prince casts a look to
Bobby, Mark, Matt--

PRINCE
You tired, too?

MATT
God got Wendy's periods
reversed. About every 28
days, she starts acting nice.
Lasts about a weekend.

Thud. The joke hangs suspended like a
ball and chain. Bobby gets up, the
others follow him to the door--

BOBBY
What difference does it make,
Prince. We're still a group,
right?

They cut out the door.

35) INT/BACKSTAGE ENTRANCE/CLUB -- NIGHT

Morris stands by the door surrounded by
several delicious BABES. One of them,
wearing a tight, red dress, looks
especially enticing. Morris leans in
closer -- her tasty breasts strain
against the spandex material--

MORRIS
Honey -- don't you ever try
and breastfeed no baby now.

GIRL
Why not?

MORRIS
Never mind ...

Jerome appears--

JEROME
What.

MORRIS
What?

JEROME
Right. What.

MORRIS
What??

JEROME
You got it.

Jerome snaps his head to the side -- Morris
looks, sees Vanity sitting at a table.
His eyes dance mischievously--

MORRIS
Ye-es
(to Girl)
What time is it?

GIRL
(coyly)
Tea time.

MORRIS
So, right.

(36) INT. DRESSING ROOM -- NIGHT

as Prince sits by himself in front of
the mirror, staring at a cassette on the
counter. We recognize it immediately as
the tape Jill gave him earlier,
containing Lisa's and Wendy's music. He
picks it up, snaps it into a ghetto
blaster. MUSIC, without lyrics, fills
the room. He adjusts the dials, sits
back and listens a moment. Suddenly the
door opens--

STAGEHAND
Prince, five minutes.

Be snaps off the music, drops the
cassette into his pocket, cuts out the
room.

(37) INT. BACKSTAGE -- NIGHT

He comes to the stage-area. His
Band.Members are standing about
anxiously, watching the final moments of
The Modern Aires' performance. He cuts
behind the curtain, peers at the
crowd...

...his eyes fall on Vanity -- his face
brightens instantly. Just then Jerome
and Morris approach her. Prince shakes
his head knowingly, offers a wry smile,
then joins his band.

(38) INT. VAN1TY'S TABLE AND CLUB -- NIGHT

She sits demurely. Morris' eyes are
wide and shining -- her beauty up close
astonishes him--

JEROME
Vanity, I'd like you to meet
Morris E. Day.

MORRIS
Hold it now -- just leave the
'E' alone.

JEROME
(clears throat)
Vanity...this is Morris Day


MORRIS
The pleasure's all mine.

she offers her hand -- he takes it
decorously--

JEROME
If you'd excuse me.

Morris signals him -- whispers into his
ear--

MORRIS
Too sexy ...
(a beat)
Have a waitress bring.a
bottle of their best
champacne.

He seats himself, fastens her with a
sexy, half-lidded look--

MORRIS
Your lips would make a
lollipop too happy.

VANITY
You think so, huh?

MORRIS
Ye-es.

Kim appears with a bottle of champacne
in ice--

KIM
Who's paying for this Morris?

MORRIS
I think you know that.
(a beat)
Jerome!

Jerome appears, opens the bottle with a
flair, performs a classy taste test.
Morris pulls out some cash, pays him,
who snatches the money, leaves--

MORRIS
Huh, keep the change--

He whispers to Jerome--

MORRIS
Get my change, will ya?

Jerome leaves, Morris purses his lips--



MORRIS
Oh, Lord...either somebody put
something in my drink, or you
are the finest (motherfucker)
I've seen in ages.

VANITY
Excuse me, what did you say?

MORRIS
Huh...you look nice tonight.

He leans in, speaks with a sexy voice--

MORRIS
It's rare that I out my cards
on the table when it comes to
meeting younq ladies, but ...
I'm going to make you love me.

VANITY
Is that a fact?

He folds his legs dramatically, his
Stacy Adams reflecting the light--

MORRIS
Just as sure as my Stacy Adams
are shiny.

Just then--

Ah my dear, it's rough at the top
Jerome, ehem, get your pad and pencil
I think it's gonna be kinda right
If my judge of character's correct
It's gonna be by the letter 2night
Now stop me when I get 2 17

Excuse me, baby
I bet U didn't know I had a piece of this restaurant, did U?
But it looks like I'm gonna have 2 buy the whole thing and fire that man
May I taste that?
Excuse me
That's kinda weak
Here, try mine
U know...

I... I have an Italian cook
Jerome Sa... Sagagagracci or something like that
It's funny, your eyes when U stare at me like that
It causes my... my stomach 2 quiver
Oh Lord!

Do U like diamonds?

I'm not usually so forward, but...
Would U like 2 make love 2 me?
I... I could make it so nice

Do U know what is meant by the words, uhh..
I hate 2 use them, they're... they're so harsh, American
U know what I mean?
And yet on the other hand, they're exciting words
The words, "Chili Sauce"
Oh Lord!

U know, I haven't made love in so long
But with U, I know it would be just like riding a bike
I'd remember everything I've ever learned
Baby, if the Kid can't make U come, nobody can
(Morris)
Yeah
(17)
Oh, um
What's it gonna be, baby?

the BEAUTIFUL ONES replace GSPOT & ELECTRIC INTERCOURSE

Baby, baby, baby - what's it gonna be?
Baby, baby, baby - is it him or is it me?
Don't make me waste my time
Don't make me lose my mind, baby

Baby, baby, baby - can't U stay with me 2night?
Oh baby, baby, baby - don't my kisses please U right?
U were so hard 2 find
The beautiful ones, they hurt U every time

Paint a perfect picture
Bring 2 life a vision in one's mind
The beautiful ones always smash the picture
Always, every time

If I told U, baby, that I was in love with U
Oh baby, baby, baby - if we got married, would that be cool?
U make me so confused
The beautiful ones U always seem 2 lose

Baby, baby, baby
Well, what's it gonna be, baby?

Do U want him or do U want me?
Cuz I want U!
Said I want U!

Tell me, baby, do U want me?
I gotta know, I gotta know
Do U want me?
Can I tell U a story?
Huh, I said the beautiful ones
Sometimes U lose
Let me tell U, baby
Sometime, sometime, sometimes U win
Yes U do
Listen here, I said sometime, huh
Sometime I get so confused
Yes I do, but I...
I said right now, right now
I know what I want, I want U

Baby, baby, baby - listen 2 me!
I may not know where I'm going, baby!
Looka here - I said I may not know what I need!
One thing, one thing's 4 certain, baby
I know what I want, yeah!

And if it please U, baby, please U, baby
I'll beg U down on my knees!
I want U!
Yeah, I want U!
Baby, baby, baby, baby - I want U!
Yes I do!

MORRIS
He doesn't like girls.

She's equal to the challenge--

VANITY
I know -- he likes women.

But Morris can barely suppress a smile,
and settles himself comfortably into his
chair -- for he knows what Vanity has
lost...at least this round--

MORRIS
Well ... he don't do too good
with them either.

She flashes him a quizzical look -- he
simply smiles.

41) EXT. ALLEYWAY #2, REAR CLUB -- NIGHT

Vanity leans against a brick wall,
hiding in the shadows. Suddenly
FOOTSTEPS approach. Prince appears,
gets on his Motorcycle--

VANITY
Hey...

He doesn't look up--

PRINCE
We have to go to your place.

VANITY
What for?

PRINCE
I want to show you something.

She's embarrassed by her apartment--

VANITY
No...no, we can't.

PRINCE
Why -- is there someone there?

VANITY
Why do you always think
there's somebody else?

He averts his eyes -- kick STARTS his
bike--

PRINCE
Let's go.


VANITY
(Getting on)
Yeah -- but we're not going to
my place.

He remains silent, snaps the bike into
gear, blasts down the ally into the
street.

(42) PRINCE'S HOUSE AND STREET -- NIGHT

Prince and Vanity whip down a
residential street. As he approaches
his house he slows, moves past it
quietly.

He makes a deft U-turn, crosses his
house again -- seems to be listening
intently...

After a moment, he cuts down a narrow
path, turns up a back alley. He rides
to a wooden gate, detaches a hidden
lever. The wood slats rotate like a
garage door -- Prince coaxes his bike
through.

BACKYARD

Vanity's mesmerized. They ride down a
narrow sidewalk, cut through a garden,
and emerge from the back of a garage.
He leans his bike against it--

VANITY
That was a grand entrance.
Where am I?

He silences her with a look, moves
quickly across the grass, comes to a
window. He stands on a pipe, looks in--


(43) PRINCE'S POV -- INT. LIVING ROOM -- NIGHT

His Mother and Father in the living
room. His Mother is sprawled out on the
sofa, obviously drunk, her dress hiked
along her thighs. Her head rests in his
Father's lap.


(44) EXT. BACKYARD -- NIGHT

Prince hops from the pipe, leans coolly
against the house. Intrigued. Vanity
looks in--

(45) VANITY'S POV -- INT. LIVING ROOM -- NIGHT

The mother and father kissing
tentatively, then violently, finally
pulling away. The Mother seems to be
taunting the Father, coaxing him into a
trap. He kisses her mouth lustily --
she pulls back snarling--.


(46) EXT. BACKYARD -- NIGHT

Vanity's scared -- tries to be cool--

VANITY
So -- friends of yours?

PRINCE
Yeah -- the freak show.

He walks off. She jumps off the pipe,
follows.


SIDE OF HOUSE

as they emerge around the corner.
Prince squats by a basement window,
adjusts an old coal chute, then slides
down it--

VANITY
Hey...

PRINCE (O.S.)
C'mon.

She hesitates a moment, then slides down
too.

(47) INT. BASEMENT, PRINCE'S HOME -- NIGHT

GOD the LOVE THEME

He turns on a LIGHT, disappears into an
ADJOINING ROOM. Vanity looks around
amazed. She stands in a small ANTE-
CHAMBER whose walls are covered with
thicks pads and foam.

Colorful MOBILES hang suspended from the
ceilings -- various INSTRUMENTS lie
about: a drumset, an electric guitar,
and a small upright piano. A stereo and
cassette player. are perched on a shelf,
and two speakers are recessed into the
walls. The entire room looks hand-
built, the wood carefully painted, or
stained.

She peers through the doorway into the
adjoining room. BLUE MOONLIGHT filters
in through the casement windows.
Various MURALS are painted on the walls,
MOBILES are suspended from the ceiling.
A bed sits in the middle of the floor, a
vanity table and mirror nearby.

She stands idly a mement, then moves
around the antechamber. Various
KNICKNACKS catch her attention. Small
wind-up TOYS lie about: a soldier, a
bear banging on a drum, a tractor and
car. A small MUSIC BOX sits on a shelf.
She turns the handle, a little TUNE
fills the room...

A cassette sits in the player. She
snaps it shut, hits the play button. A
DRUM BEAT fills the room, followed by a
WOMAN'S VOICE, seemingly speaking in a
foreign tongue. The combination is
hypnotic and sensual -- she finds
herself drawn in ...

Suddenly Prince grabs her by the waist,
lets out a SHRIEK. She draws a out
breath, jumps--

VANITY
If you think you scared me,
you didn't.

PRINCE
Oh, yeah ...

He puts his index finger directly in
front of her nose, moves it back and
forth hypnotically. She follows it
earnestly with her eyes. Suddenly, he
pulls his hand away, stretches it to the
ceiling like an escaping bird. They
both smile, lock eyes. Passion rings in
their veins...

The Woman's VOICE begins to moan deeply,
pleasurably--

VANITY
Who's the lucky girl? Sounds
like she was having a good
time.

PRINCE
She's crying -- it's
backwards. It makes me sad
when I hear it. It sorta
sounds like she's laughing,
doesn't it?

VANITY
So what did you do to her? Do
you always treat your women
like that?

PRINCE
I don't have anybody right
now.

Heat floods into her womb like soft fire-
-

VANITY
You look pretty...

She touches his chest delicately, fluffs
up his hair--

VANITY
King Kong?

PRINCE
Stop.

She hesitates -- but he reaches out
tentatively, touches her breast--

VANITY
No.

But their mutual desire is too strong.
Their lips seek one another out timidly,
almost deferentially...then fervently.



DISSOLVE TO:

(48) INT. BEDROOM -- LATER -- NIGHT

Vanity sits at the foot of the bed,
Prince stands before her. Her dress is
hiked along her thighs, her stockings
attached to garters. Their hands search
delicately across the contours of their
bodies, drawing quick breaths from their
lips. They kiss one another ardently,
then quickly, like sparrows pecking
seed. She goes to remove her dress, but
Prince stays her with a gesture, moving
his hands along her thighs, touching
delicately that spot between her legs.
A low, whispery moan escapes from her
lips.

Vanity lies back, drawing Prince toward
her. His lips move across her mouth,
her neck, her breasts. She moans
softly, pulls her dress above her
thighs, goes to remove it. Once again
he stops her, slowly turns her onto her
stomach.

She stands.on her knees, her head
resting on a pillow. His hands move up
along the back of her thighs, past the
garters to her panties. He tugs at them
gently, then rubs his hand firmly
between her legs. She moans suddenly,
the shudder moving through her like a
whirlwind ...

DISSOLVE TO:

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OH MY DAMN!!!!!!!!!!

Prince

In His First Motion Picture

Purple Rain

Befoe He Created the Music He Lived Every Bit of It

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OH MY DAMN!!!!!!!!!!

(49) INT. BEDROOM -- LATER -- NIGHT

MOONLIGHT glows throuch the casement
windows. MOBILES stir gently in the
night breeze.

Prince and Vanity are asleep. He rests
on his side, his hands gently surporting
his face. She lies behind him, one leg
dangling off the bed, one shoe discarded
on the floor

Suddenly a distant MOAN...QUICK
FOOTSTEPS -- A DOOR SLAMS. Vanity SNAPS
awake! Fear sweeps her like a shadow
from a passing cloud. She listens
intently, then--

-- Another DOOR SLAM, QUICK FOOTSTEPS,
and Prince's Mother
CRYING in the dark--

MOTHER
(o.s.)
(upstairs)
Please!

A bottle CRASHES to the floor. Then
silence...

...deep silence like snow in the room...

Vanity's racked with fear. She sits up
slowly, her eyes searching out Prince --
he's sleeping...

Suddenly more FOOTSTEPS, a DOOR SLAMS and the
Father's CRY--

FATHER
(o.s.)
No!!

WHACK! Something heavy CRASHES to the
floor...

Vanity rises from the bed in a panic!
She smoothes down her dress, searches
for her other shoe. She shoots another
look to Prince, but he sleeps
peacefully. Casting a glance upstairs,
she climbs throuch the casement window,
disappears into the night.

PRINCE is resting on his side, his eyes
opened.

(50) EXT. PRINCE'S HOUSE AND STREET -- NIGHT

Vanity moves quickly along the side of
the house, trying desperately to find
her wav. Suddenly a HAND reaches out of
the darkness, GRABS her by the throat.
She SCREAMS, swings her bag desperately
-- something CRASHES, into the bushes--

VOICE
Damn, baby, hold it! Hold
it!!
(wails)
Oh, God -- God! You broke my
nose!

She sees it's Morris -- she's beside
herself with fear and rage--

VANITY
You shit! What the hell are
you doing here?

He struggles in the bushes -- DOGS start
BARKING--

MORRIS
Shh! Shh! Shh! oh, Lord help
me outta here.
(a beat)
Hee, hee -- I know you
wouldn't want to spend the
whole night with ol' pencil
dick.

VANITY
Your nose alright?

MORRIS
My nose is fine, I'm just
wondering if I fucked my shoes
up...
(a beat)
C'mon ...

They cut across the yard, head to the
street. The CADDY is parked at the
curb. Jerome leans against it, reading
a newspaper--

VANITY
Hi, Jerome. Wow! Nice
hubcaps.

He grins proudly from ear to ear -- the
Caddy sports new chrome wire wheels--

JEROME
You like them, huh?

VANITY
Beautiful.

Morris MOANS dismally--

MORRIS
Jerome...you think these can
be fixed?

His shoes are badly scuffed, the leather
torn across the top--

JEROME
I think they're dead, man.


VANITY
God, I'm sorry.

MORRIS
Shit -- it's so rough out
here.

Just then a PATROL CAR cruises by. The
COP regards them suspiciously. Morris
and Jerome snap to attention--

MORRIS
You lock the door, baby?
Let's go!

They pile into the Caddy, pull out.


(51) EXT. HIGHWAY -- NIGHT

The CADDY blazes by in the night. The
CITY LIGHTS glimmer spectacularly in the
distance.

(52) INT./EXT. CADDY -- NIGHT

Jerome drives. Morris and Vanity sit in
the backseat. He gazes at her ardently--

MORRIS
Jerome!

Jerome snaps a look in the rear-view --
Morris gives him a deft nod. Jerome
opens the glove compartment, searches
through the cassette tapes. He finds the
one he wants, snaps it into the player.
RESTAURANT AMBIANCE fills the car...

Note: The restaurant ambiance will grow
in volume, and will be followed by
exaggerated dinner music, punctuated
with strings and delicate cymbals. The
MUSIC plays throughout this scene -- and
Morris times his words to the ebb and
flow of the piece to insure the proper
dramatic effect.

...dinner MUSIC begins--

JEROME
Cocktails before dinner?

MORRIS
Yes -- two piña coladas.

VANITY
Uh...make mine a virgin.

JEROME
Okay...

Jerome braces his knees against the
wheel, pours two premixed coladas into
plastic glasses--

JEROME
(to Morris)
Will you be having a virgin as
well?

MORRIS
Ye-es! For dessert!!
Whawhak!

Jerome stifles a laugh, pours a rum
miniature into Morris' glass. He hands
them back--

MORRIS
Thank you. Here you are,
dear.

They savor their drinks -- Morris'
fervor grows by leaps and bounds--

MORRIS
Jerome, uh, get your pad and
pencil, I think it's gonna be
kinda right. If my judge of
character is correct, it's
going to be about loving
tonight.
(a beat)
Stop me when I get to
seventeen.

Jerome places a pad by his side, pencil
at the ready. He settles the Caddy to a
cruising 55 -- Morris looks deeply into
Vanity's eyes--

MORRIS
Excuse me, baby...I bet you
didn't know I had a piece of
this restaurant, did you?
(a beat)
May I taste that?

He takes Vanity's drink, slurps a
little, burps--

MORRIS
Huh, excuse me, that's kind of
weak...here, try mine.

She does, and begins coughing violently-
-

VANITY
Good God!

MORRIS
Y'know...they say that saliva
is an aphrodisiac.
(a beat)
You look so lovely tonight.

VANITY
(coughing)
Why...thank you.

MORRIS
Probably you'd look better
under exotic...red...liqhts.
(another though)
I wish you could see my home.
It's...it's so exciting.

He leans close to her, speaks in a soft,
sexy voice--

MORRIS
In my bedroom, I have a brass
waterbed ...

VANITY
Oooh!

MORRIS
I have an Italian cook, Gino
Izogochograchi, or something
like that.

She giggles, looks at him deeply--

MORRIS
It's funny...your eyes -- when
you stare at me like that, it
causes my stomach to qui-
quiver. Oh, Lord...

An idea flashes across his mind--

MORRIS
Do you like diamonds?

VANITY
Uh, huh.

MORRIS
Yeah ...?

VANITY
Yeah.

MORRIS
I know it's rather masculine,
but -- try this one on.

He slides a large glass diamond on her
finger--

VANITY
Ohhh!

MORRIS
My God, darling it fits.

He studies her hands closely--

MORRIS
You must have strong hands,
but -- they're so soft...like
oils in my bubble bath.
(a beat)
Damn ...

He leans close to her--

MORRIS
Darling...?

VANITY
Yeah...?

MORRIS
I'm not usually so forward,
but -- would you like to make
love to me? I can make it so
nice ...

She giggles freely, looks at him with
big eyes--

MORRIS
Do you know what is meant by
the words, huh, I hate to use
them, they're so harsh, so
American...I mean, and yet on
the other hand, they're
exciting words. The words...
(pause)
...chili sauce. Oh, Lord.
(a beat)



MORRIS
You know, I haven't made love
in so long, but with you I
know it would be just like
riding a bike. I'd remember
everything I've ever learned.
(a beat)
Baby, if the kid can't make
you come, nobody can.

Jerome checks off his pad--

JEROME
(whispers)
Morris..!

MORRIS
Yeah...?

JEROME
Seventeen.

Morris fixes Vanity with his half-
lidded, pouty-lip look--

MORRIS
Huh, what's it gonna to be
baby?

She's on the spot, thinks fast--

VANITY
PULL OVER THERE!

MORRIS
What?!

JEROME
What?!

VANITY
Over there -- that's where I
live.

Jerome SKIDS the car to a stop. They're
directly in front of a slick, hi-rise
apartment building--

MORRIS
Here...?

VANITY
Yes.

MORRIS
Uh, what one is it?



VANITY
That one, right there, see?
On the 14th floor.

MORRIS
It's nice, huh?

VANITY
Oh, it's great. Real pretty.
Big open rooms, balconies,
fireplace -- the works.

He smiles lovingly--

MORRIS
Jerome!

Jerome puts the Caddy into
gear, pulls off into the night-
-

VANITY
Hey, wait! C'mon!
(a beat)
Okay -- where are you taking
me?

MORRIS
Home.
(smiling)
You and me are a lot alike.- I
like that. So, I'd like to
help you out. I think I have
something you may be
interested, in.

VANITY
Oh yeah -- what?

Jerome hands Morris a cassette -- Morris
waves it in front of her nose--

MORRIS
A little song and dance. That
is, if you can sing and dance.

VANITY
(defensively)
Prince is goinq to help me.

Jerome and Moris suppress their laughter-
-

JEROME
Motherfucker needs a haircut.


MORRIS
Hee, hee, uh, excuse me. No
he won't. He's never done
anything in his whole life for
anybody but himself.

VANITY
Guys better than you have
promised me things before.

MORRIS
I know that's right, but--

Jerome hands him a card with an address
on it. Morris hands the card to her--

MORRIS
(con't)
-- not Morris Day.
(he smiles)

Jerome pulls up in front of her motel.
Vanity reads the card--

MORRIS
Come by any time.

Listen
They say the first time aint the greatest
But I tell ya
If I had the chance 2 do it all again

I wouldn't change a stroke
Cause baby Im the most
With a girl as fine as she was then

(61) INT. BARN -- DAWN

DAWN LIGHT burns through the wooden
slats.. STEAM rises from the wet hay
scattered throughout. The air is thick
and damp. It begins to RAIN.

Vanity stands in the middle of the barn,
gazing at the storm. Beads of
perspiration glisten on her forehead.
She turns slowly, watches as Prince
retrieves old blankets from a nearby
stall. Their eyes search one another
out, their breathing becomes short,
expectant. She hesitates a moment, then
pulls off her blouse, discards it to the
moist, dusty floor.

(62) INT. BARN -- DAY

ANOTHER ANGLE
RAIN patters srtongly against the barn.
A deep THUNDER rolls. She's on top of
him, moving deliciously, her body
glowing in the purple, dawn light.
Moist, purple water shadows streak and
course her skin as she moves slowly,
then deliberately against him. He
watches her avidly, his hands firmly on
her thighs, and thrusts into her again
and again...and again.

(62A) EXT. BARN -- DAY

Leaves scatter as the bike whips thru
the wet path.

OldFriends4Sale said:

(60) EXT. GLADE AND BARN -- DAWN

as they ride down a leaf-strewn path and
pull to a stop near an old, weathered,
dilapidated BARN. It stands laarge and
silent like a painting. A low THUNDER
rolls across the land...

(61) INT. BARN -- DAWN

DAWN LIGHT burns through the wooden
slats.. STEAM rises from the wet hay
scattered throughout. The air is thick
and damp. It begins to RAIN.

Vanity stands in the middle of the barn,
gazing at the storm. Beads of
perspiration glisten on her forehead.
She turns slowly, watches as Prince
retrieves old blankets from a nearby
stall. Their eyes search one another
out, their breathing becomes short,
expectant. She hesitates a moment, then
pulls off her blouse, discards it to the
moist, dusty floor.






(62) INT. BARN -- DAY

ANOTHER ANGLE
RAIN patters srtongly against the barn.
A deep THUNDER rolls. She's on top of
him, moving deliciously, her body
glowing in the purple, dawn light.
Moist, purple water shadows streak and
course her skin as she moves slowly,
then deliberately against him. He
watches her avidly, his hands firmly on
her thighs, and thrusts into her again
and again...and again.

(62A) EXT. BARN -- DAY

Leaves scatter as the bike whips thru
the wet path.

Here you have it folks. The symbol of Prince and Appolonia's most intimate moment together and one of the many meanings of Purple Rain. Too bad, we've never seen it in it's entirety.

[Edited 7/2/12 9:06am]

50 shades of purple ...