Last Crusade

INT. STUDY – EARLY EVENING

The light is dimming. A copy of *Radio Times* sits on the armrest.  
Joanna is seated, reflective.

                         JOANNA
           I saw the new Indiana Jones last night.

                         GYLES
           Oh yes! The Last Crusade.

                         JOANNA
           Mmm. That’s what they’re calling it.

                         GYLES
           You didn’t like it?

                         JOANNA
           I didn’t say that.  
           I just don’t think Spielberg is really interested anymore.

                         GYLES
           Oh, I thought it was marvellous.  
           I thought Marcus Brody was fantastic.

[Joanna turns toward him.]

                         JOANNA
           You’re not serious.

                         GYLES
           Yes! He’s wonderful. So funny.

                         JOANNA
           He was a man of poise and competence.  
           They turned him into a clown.

                         GYLES
           It’s meant to be comic.

                         JOANNA
           It wasn’t dignified.  
           They debased the character.

[A pause.]

                         GYLES
           I thought the stamp joke was good.

                         JOANNA
           The what?

                         GYLES
           You know—the librarian in Venice, stamping books.  
           And every time Indy slammed the floor with the pole,  
           it echoed through the whole library—  
           and the man just kept stamping,  
           getting more and more puzzled by how loud it was.

                         JOANNA
           (quietly)  
           I see.

                         GYLES
           It was delightful.

                         JOANNA
           Was it?

FADE OUT.