storyboards of firehouse scene.
joe, outside walt's door, looking at his script and shaking his head.
carla, at the counter, reading "the old mill" surreptitiously.
anne, who is putting up posters of the play. she sighs and walks forward, into joe, who is waiting at the traffic light, his bag on the ground beside him.
the park bench. ann, her feet up on the old typewriter, is sitting, reading the script. doug comes up.
joe, as he nods to himself, takes out a pad, starts to jot a note, fumbles with his glasses. joe saunters on, writing, we hear the beeping from the traffic light. joe hears a screeching of tires.
the car.
ann, runs out into the rain, joe runs along side her. in the b.g., we see the fireman closing the doors of the firehouse, and the firedog being restrained, on a leash, by him and shut up inside the firehouse.
bookshop.
doug, looking over at carla, with a small cast on her wrist and her head beneath a babushka, in the lobby.
walt, as he walks down the stairs.
next room, the mayor on the phone. hushed.
ann and joe, as they look on.
a state trooper and doug, as they walk through the crowd. marty walks up to the tv reporter.
marty, as he leads joe down into an alleyway, and into a backyard, hung with washing on the lines.
ann. she sees something down the other street. we see cal, the policeman, enter and start toward joe. we see ann restrain him, and speak to him in the b.g. for several moments. he shakes his head, and she reasons with him, and there is a pause and he looks at joe, and exits.
joe, holding the paper.
ann, who has also picked up the "for sale" sign, showing the printshop. she stands looking at joe. beat. cal enters. they look towards him.
extreme close up, she smiles.
extreme close up, joe. he looks toward ann, sheepishly.
ann, as she rips it up.
various reporters, scott being interviewed.
joe, as he stands across from ann's house, looking at it. he holds his suitcase.
joe, as he turns back into town.
bob barrenger being led through the crowd, a baseball hitting him in the back of the head, as troopers hustle him toward the courthouse. in the b.g., ann and joe emerging in the alleyway.
ann and joe, who starts to cross the street. we see the airport van.
marty and walt, standing near the monitor, looking on. shaking their heads.
the monitor. doug, seen through the monitor.
doug, seen "live" in the next room, starting to wipe his brow.
marty and walt watching doug, as he walks down the hall.
marty and walt, looking on.
ann. as she, holding the placard starts to cross the street. an old farmer smoking a pipe, driving a pick up is stopped by a p.a. talking on a walkie.
ann, who is next to cal, the policeman, now in leather jacket and leaning on his harley motorcycle.
the slate, which reads "the fires of home."
joe, sitting near the camera, looking through the script. reading along, mouthing the words. he wears the plaid jacket, one sleeve is pink, knitted.
the on-lookers. ann, cal, next to her, lounging on his motorcycle. grace and maude, spud and morris, the postman, the fake judge, who is also the man smoking the pipe in the first sequence and is smoking a pipe now, scott from the hotel, etc.
crew, and the film within the film. we see the lively stable across the way. on its side are painted various ads. among them, one which says: "stefan p. bazoomercom" and marty is standing next to it. looking on at the scene being filmed.
film within the film, the group at the camera watching, transfixed.
ann and cal, as they talk, the firedog comes over and ann gives him a biscuit. in the b.g., we see the man with the pipe get into his pickup and drive off. the postman goes off continuing his rounds.
ann and cal as they talk. next to them morris and spud congratulate each other. next to them, we see the fake judge and the bailiff.
joe, as he looks over at ann and smiles.
Ann, giving him a "thumbs up" sign as the Firedog comes and sits next to her. In the b.g., we see the pickup hit the pothole and bounce.