If your reading through Joe Torre's screenplay, with the working title, "How I learned to stop worrying, and love L.A.", stop and put it down. There's been some revisions. A new central character has been added; a wayward seeker of truth, named Manny. The new opening takes place at a religious monastery, somewhere high up in the Berkshires... A wise Zen Master, played by Terry Francona, consults the forlorn Manny; both have shaved heads and are wearing meager robes. They sit across from each other, eyes closed in the lotus position, on the stone floor of a main hall of the monastery. They remain motionless as their conversation is heard in narration...
Zen Master: What is it you seek, Weed Hopper?
Manny: Only eternal enlightenment for my soul, Zen Master.
