COPYCAT
Third draft by
Frank Pierson
Participating writers:
Ann Biderman
Jay Presson Allen
INT. LECTURE HALL BERKELEY - DAY
The hall is full. On the stage, DR. HELEN HUDSON is
speaking. HELEN is a forensic psychologist. Behind her is
a projected diagram: PREDISPOSITION, DISSOCIATION, TRAUMA,
FANTASY, VIOLENT FANTASY, FACILITATORS, MURDER, and
TRAUMA-REINFORCEMENT which she can point to with a las
Blackness. Then a hint of green becomes EARTH. It lies across an expanse of space. Richly colored. Fertile.
A GIGANTIC ASTEROID cuts into frame, Burning into EARTHS ATMOSPHERE and striking down in the currant area of Guzumel, Mexico.
Voice : An impact equivalent to ten thousand nuclear weapons detonating simultaneously.
A HUGE DINOSAUR FOOT steps down hard and is VAPORIZED with a deafening ROAR.
Just Married Script
Your attention, please.
Flight 217 from Venice, Italy,, now arriving at Gate 34..
Please claim all baggage at carousel number two...
in baggage claim.
Your attention, please.
Flight 217 from Venice, Italy,, now arriving at Gate 34..
Please claim all baggage at carousel number two...
in baggage claim.
Aaah. Hot!
I l be by tomorrow for my stuff!.
Oh, uh, call first.
ause I might
McCabe And Mrs. Miller Script
Damn it, I told you.
Think Im stupid.
Thats exactly what I said, six of them.
Good evening.
Holy Mother of God,
keep me pure in thought, word and deed.
-Say, thats the back door, aint it?
-Yeah.
I was about to put up a bottle
on the house.
That will be the day.
Was he wearing a gun?
He sure didnt stay very long.
He aint going nowhere.
Hes just putting on his packing.
Ali Script
Thank you very kindly.
Ladies and gentlemen, right now wed like to introduce...
the star of our show, the young man youve all been waiting for.
So lets all get together and welcome him to the stage with a great big hand.
How about it for Sam Cooke?
Before we do anything, we?d like to say how are you doing out there?
- Is everyone feeling all right? - Yeah!
How are you doing?
- You doin
courthouse in the middle
of that eviction case, which the judge...
...he didnt appreciate.
Where is your car?
Around the corner.
Is now a better time?
Because I wanted to give you this.
Well, your hunch was right
on the nose, Nancy.
Just wish you could have
clued us in a little earlier.
- Safe as usual.
- All right, Nancy, right here.
Hi, Nancy.
- Thank you.
- Bye.
Nancy, what are we going to do
The boy looks up, confused and frightened, concerned to see his mother crying in public. She looks at him tenderly.
Her brow furrows. She stops crying. She stares just above his eyes.
Somethings happening: she looks with wonder at the top of his head... his eyes roll upward, trying to see - its a crown!
He raises his hands. He touches it.
A beam of light illuminates the crown, casting its glow
ALIEN NATION
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Original Screenplay by Rockne S. OBannon
Rewrite by James Cameron
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October 1987
FADE IN:
EXT. MOJAVE DESERT - DAY (TELEVISION IMAGE)
A LONG LENS SHOT of a far distant metallic object hovering
just above the ground -- maybe two or three miles away.
The heat waves and the light refraction off the desert-
scape make the object undulate rhythmically, keeping its
true shape and appea
chines.
- I was bloody useless.
- Too right.
Thanks, Don.
Listen. Dad believed
there would always be a place
for craftsmanship.
And whether you realise it or not,
that is what you all are.
Craftsmen.
So lets make shoes.
Lets make shoes?
Dont worry, love.
Dont get it on your jacket.
Ill get some roll.
Pat, what order is the company
working on at the moment?
Its a big one, love.
Chambers Wholesale.
GONE IN 60 SECONDS
by Scott Rosenberg
4/6/99
"I wonder," Toad said to himself presently, "I wonder
if this sort of car starts easily?"
Next moment, hardly knowing how it came about, he
found that he had hold of the handle and was turning
it. As the familiar sound broke forth, the old
passion seized on Toad and completely mastered him,
body and soul ... He increased his pace, and as the
car devour