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Notting Hill (1999), written by Richard Curtis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8PfLIc8MI INT. MAX AND BELLA'S CORRIDOR - NIGHT Max heads for the door impatiently. He opens it and turns back without looking at William and Anna standing there. MAX Come on in. Vague food crisis. William and Anna move along the corridor to the kitchen. INT. MAX AND BELLA'S KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Bella is there. BELLA Hiya -- sorry -- the guinea fowl is proving more complicated than expected. WILLIAM He's cooking guinea fowl? BELLA Don't even ask. ANNA Hi. BELLA Hi. Good Lord -- you're the spitting image of... WILLIAM Bella -- this is Anna. BELLA Right. (pause) MAX Okay. Crisis over. He rises from his stove position. WILLIAM Max. This is Anna. MAX Hello, Anna ahm... (He recognizes her -- the word just falls out) Scott -- have some wine. ANNA Thank you. Door bell goes. INT. MAX AND BELLA'S CORRIDOR - NIGHT Max opens the door -- it is Honey. MAX Hi. She does a little pose, having worn a real party dress. MAX Yes, Happy Birthday. They head back along the corridor. MAX Look, your brother has brought this girl, and ahm... INT. MAX AND BELLA'S KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT They enter the kitchen. HONEY Hi guys. (sees Anna) Oh holy fuck. WILLIAM Hun -- this is Anna. Anna -- this is Honey -- she's my baby sitter. ANNA Hiya. HONEY Oh God this is one of those key moments in life, when it's possible you can be really, genuinely cool -- and I'm going to fail a hundred percent. I absolutely and totally and utterly adore you and I think you're the most beautiful woman in the world and more importantly I genuinely believe and have believed for some time now that we can be best friends. What do you think? ANNA Ahm... I think that sounds -- you know -- lucky me. Happy Birthday. She hands her a present. HONEY Oh my God. You gave me a present. We're best friends already. Marry Will -- he's a really nice guy and then we can be sisters. ANNA I'll think about it.