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Numbers are supposed to be spelled out, unless they're large (999,999, e.g.). Plus, we already know he's talking to the driver. If you needed a parenthetical, it would be to indicate that he's talking to himself.
"(into phone)" This is when you need a parenthetical. Good job.
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ELMAR (into his phone) Wait a second. I'm confused. Did your screen I[-]D'ed me as your Orthopedist when I called?
Grammar. Not sure "orthopedist" needs to be capitalized.
disparate * adj. * dissimilar; things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.
desperate * adj. * feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
Which one is it?
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ELMAR (CONT'D)
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Then why the hell are you telling me
about your Lumbar verteb-fuck
problems?
Huh???
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ELMAR (CONT'D) I don't care, Tony, if [you] break your whole spine and spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair[] --
Chuckle-worthy line, though. Work on your grammar.
"Sir[--]"
"Goodbye[!]" Impact. But don't overdo it.
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DRIVER
Sir, you need to leave.
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BATMAN
I'm considering it.
I Don't care if you wrote this in five seconds, this many errors (and within the first [Gasp!] two pages) is inexcusable. Not a good start.
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ELMAR
Fuck[,] no.
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ELMAR
Sure as hell the lights said "Free"
when I got in, so I'm not going
anywhere[,] buddy.