human,
a rotting shell.
Dont tease.
Ouch!
Stop it!
Im warning you.
Look, darling. Tully is here.
Ah!
Tully!
Romping with Gate.
These are your
last paying clients,
may I remind you?
If it gives you pleasure.
Something has to,
like a decent coat,
something dressy for evening.
Ask for a loan-- beg.
No loans. I am not a bum.
Dont say it.
Ill get the money.
I have a plan.
This is all so humiliating.
W
looms in a LOW ANGLE, part of the clutter behind the gymnasium.
A CAT enters FRAME.
CAMERA DOLLIES FORWARD, prowling with him through the landscape of trash receptacles and shadows.
CLOSE ON CAT
Which freezes, alert, sensing something just beyond human perception.
A sourceless wind rises, and with it a keening WHINE.
Papers blow across the pavement.
The cat YOWLS and hides under the dumpster.
bones,
arise!
"Now is the time!"
Speak the word of the Lord!
The word of the Lord
The word of the Lord of Zion
The word of the Lord
The word of the Lord of Zion
The word of the Lord,
the word of the Lord of Zion
Prophecy
[In the word of the Lord!]
the name, a generation
the name, a generation
the name, a generation
Prophecy
We
Prophecy
[He is coming!]
The Lord
Arise
[He will save th
bone.
OPPOSITE STANDS THE ROMAN ARMY
This is the mighty army of the Danube, yet it seems like
these men -- buried in the shadows and as frozen and worn
as their leader -- have come to the very edge of the world
to be swallowed by this wilderness.
NUMIDIAN ARCHERS, tall Africans, out of place in this
freezing land, stand behind their leader -- JUBA -- who
has the whip-like body of a dancer. Each c
Bone Collector Script
Hows it look?
The cops bodys about 300 yards
down in an abandoned tunnel.
-Howie?
-Right behind you, captain.
Keep back till
I process the scene, okay?
Watch out! Its falling!
So where the hell is the car?
I dont know.
Thats the last time
I take a goddamn redeye.
We can take a cab.
Im gonna fire this son of a bitch.
Hes always got some excuse.
Well, come on.
Well be home bef
STAND BY ME
Writer: I was twelve going on thirteen first time I saw a dead human being.
It happened in the summer of nineteen-fifty-nine. A long time ago.
But only if you measure in terms of years.
I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were
only 1281 people, but to me it was the whole world.
Radio: Hey its the bossman Bob Cormier here. Its a beautiful Friday
morning i
human strength born of
desperation, Whittlesley throws them off. He pulls out his wallet.
WHITTLESLEY
Cash. Cash, you see? American money.
Whittlesley throws the money down on the deck. The breeze scatters the
bills across the bow and all the men, including Captain Franco,
scramble for the money, chattering in Portuguese. While they are
occupied, Whittlesley slips by unnoticed and disappears belo
humans go.
And I think you could say, Roger is
a rather handsome animal in his way.
I could see no reason
why my pet...
didnt deserve
an attractive mate.
At least I was determined
to do my best.
Of course, dogs are a pretty
poor judge of human beauty.
But I had
a rough idea...
of what
to look for.
Hmm!
Unusual breed.
Very unusual.
Hmm!
Oh, surely not.
Well now,
what have we here?
Hmm.
Well, a lit
bone that Ill bury for me own
In my bonny, bonny bank in the backyard
- Ah, thats a grand sight! -Jock!
Oh, Jock!
- Hello, Jock. - Oh, oh, Its you, lassie.
Notice anything different?
- Eh, uh, y-youve had a bath? - No, not that.
Youve had your nails clipped?
Uh-uh. Guess again.
Well, I wouldnt a-be a-knowin then.
Why, lassie, a bonny new collar.
- Do you like it? - Aye.
Mmm, it must be very expen
bone
- But Im busted
- Oh, well, well, well
- My brother said
- Hey, there aint a thing I can do
- Well
- My wife and my kids
are all down with the flu
- Said its true
- And I was just thinkinabout
calling on you
Cause Im busted
Cause
Well, I am no thief
but a man can go wrong
When hes busted
Well, you know the food
that we canned last summer is gone
And Im busted
See the fields ar