Paris, Texas: the script

Travis: Can I tell you something?
Jane: Sure. Anything you like.
Travis: It's kind of long.
Jane: I got plenty of time.
Travis: I knew these people…
Jane: What people?
Travis: These two people. They were in love with . The girl was very young, about seventeen or eighteen, I guess. And the guy was quite a bit . He was kind of raggedy and . And she was very , you know.
Jane: Yeah.
Travis: And together they turned everything into a kind of an . And she liked that. Just an ordinary trip down the was full of adventure. They were always at stupid things. He liked to make her laugh. And they didn't much for anything else, because all they wanted to do was be with each other. They were always .
Jane: Sounds like they were very happy.
Travis: Yes, they were. They were real happy. And he… he loved her more than he ever thought possible. He being away from her during the day when he went to work. So he'd , just to be home with her. Then he'd get another job when the money . Then he'd quit again. But pretty soon, she started to .

Jane: About what?
Travis: Money, I guess. Not having . Not knowing when the next check was coming in.
Jane: Yeah, I know that feeling.
Travis: So he started to get kind of inside.
Jane: How do you mean?
Travis: Well, he knew he had to work to her, but he couldn't stand being away from her, either.
Jane: I see.
Travis: And the more he was away from her, the he got. Except now he got really crazy. He started all kinds of things.
Jane: Like what?
Travis: He started thinking that she was seeing other men on the sly. He'd come home from work and her of spending the day with somebody else. He'd at her and break things in the .
Jane: The trailer?
Travis: Yes. They lived in a trailer home.
Jane: Excuse me, sir, but were you in to visit me the other day? I don't mean to pry.
Travis: No.
Jane: Oh. I thought I your voice for a minute.
Travis: No. Wasn't me.
Jane: Please go on.
Travis: Anyway, he started to real bad. And he'd stay out late to her.
Jane: What do you mean, test her?
Travis: To see if she'd get .

Travis: He wanted her to get jealous. But she didn't. She just about him. But that got him even .
Jane: Why?
Travis: Because he thought if she never got jealous of him, that she didn't really care about him. Jealousy was a of her love for him. And then one night… one night she told him that she was . She was about three or four months pregnant, and he didn't even know. And then suddenly everything changed. He stopped drinking, got a job. He was convinced that she loved him now, because she was carrying his . And he was going to dedicate himself to making a home for her. But a funny thing started to happen.
Jane: What?
Travis: He didn't even it at first. She started to change. From the day the baby was born, she began to get with everything around her. She got mad at everything. Even the baby seemed to be an to her. He kept trying to make everything all right for her. Buy her things. Take her out to dinner once a week. But nothing seemed to her. For two years he struggled to pull them back together, like they were when they first met. But finally he knew that it was never going to .

Travis: So he hit the bottle again. But this time he got . This time, when he came home late at night, she wasn't worried about him, or jealous. She was just . She accused him of holding her by making her have a baby. She told him that she dreamed about . That was all she dreamed about: escape. She saw herself at night running naked down a , running across fields, running down riverbeds, always running. And always, just when she was about to get away, he'd be there. He would stop her somehow. He would just appear and stop her. And when she told him these dreams, he them. He knew she had to be stopped, or she'd leave him forever. So he tied a cowbell to her ankle, so he could hear at night if she tried to get out of bed. But she learned how to muffle the bell by stuffing a into it, and inching her way out of the bed and into the night. He caught her one night when the sock fell out, and he heard her trying to run to the highway. He caught her, dragged her back to the trailer, and tied her to the stove with his . He just left her there, and went back to bed, and lay there listening to her . Then he listened to his son scream. And he was surprised at himself, because he didn't feel anything anymore. All he wanted to do was . And for the first time, he wished he were far away. Lost in a deep, vast country where nobody knew him. Somewhere without , or streets. And he dreamed about this place without knowing its name. And when he woke up, he was on . There were blue flames burning the sheets of his bed. He ran through the flames toward the only two people he loved. But they were . His arms were burning, and he threw himself outside and rolled on the wet ground. Then he ran. He never looked back at the fire. He just ran. He ran until the sun came up and he couldn't run any further. And when the sun went down, he ran again. For five days he ran like this, until every sign of man had .
Jane: Travis.

He couldn't stand (be) away from her.
He started (imagine) all kinds of things.
He'd accuse her of (spend) the day with somebody else.
He wanted her (get) jealous.
He stopped (drink) and got a steady job.
He was going to dedicate himself to (make) a home for her.
He kept (try) to make everything all right for her.
Nothing seemed (satisfy) her.
She accused him of (hold) her captive.
She dreamed about (escape).
She learned how (muffle) the bell.
He heard her (try) to run to the highway.
He dreamed about this place without (know) its name.
Jealousy is not a reason for (control) someone.