Silence. Gradually the sound of distant traffic becomes audible. A LOW ANGLE bounded on one side by a chain-link fence and on the other by the one-story public school buildings. Spray-can hieroglyphics and distant streetlight shadows. This is a Los Angeles public school in a blue collar neighborhood.
ANGLE BETWEEN SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Where a trash dumpster looms in a LOW ANGLE, part of the clutter b
buildings. No people
anywhere. The only sounds are the WIND and COLES BREATHING.
EXT. ANOTHER CITY STREET - MINUTES LATER (NIGHT)
COLES light reveals abandoned vine-covered automobiles.
Moving to the nearest car, COLE searches in the vines for
something. Finds it. An insect.
COLE takes the bug in his gloved hand. As he clumsily inserts it
into a collection tube, something makes him turn.
Theres s
Traffic
by
Stephen Gaghan
EXT. COLUMBUS, OHIO - DAY
The state capital of Ohio. Its an impressive building for
a city this size.
SUPERTITLE: COLUMBUS, OHIO - STATE CAPITAL
INT. OHIO STATE SUPREME COURT - DAY
In chambers striving for august, JUSTICES listen to a lawyer
MR. RODMAN, argue his case before the highest court in Ohio.
Mr. Rodman enjoys the sound of his own voice.
MR. RODMAN
This informan
building. Jack.
JACK
Upp. Hupp!
KRISTEN
Jack? Apartment 501. This is her number.
JACK
Okay.
KRISTEN
Her name is Melanie Parker.
JACK
Melanie Parker.
KRISTEN
Now, if you want her to take Maggie to
school for you -- if you want her to
take Maggie to school for you, bring
Maggie to her house before eight, so you
dont miss them. If not, call Mel and
let her know that you dont need her to
builds. The window-tinted drive-by
slowly heads down the residential street, cruises past
the Bronco in the driveway, and slows to a stop. The
music stops and TWO BLACK MEN spring from the car.
They move with purpose. The larger figure, crowbar in
hand, moves to the truck. The GUN wielding passenger
hurries to the front door and stands guard. Inside the
car, another man methodically waits.
INT. B
complex.
Look, the cafeterias down the hall...
to the right and downstairs.
Hey, is that a new kid
or something?
Napoleon, this is Pedro.
Would you mind showing him
where his locker is?
Sure. Come on.
You know, theres, like,
a buttload of gangs at this school.
This one gang kept wanting me to join
cause Im pretty good with a bow staff.
Do you ride the bus
to school?
No. I ride my bike.
- What kin
buildings beyond has been shattered by some unimaginable force like a row of kicked-down sandcastles. Wind blows through the desolation, keening with the sound of ten million dead souls. It scurries the ashes into drifts, stark white in the moonlight against the charred rubble.
A TITLE CARD FADES IN:
"LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2029"
ANGLE ON A HEAP OF FIRE-BLACKENED HUMAN BONES
Beyond the mound is a
building.
Go! Go!
Get over there.
Get over there on the double.
Evasive.
Non-threat.
Exit clear.
We have no visual indication...
that any incoming artillery
have arrived...
or, indeed, are on the way.
We can report the air raid
sirens are going off.
The military has been silent,
though a couple of hours ago...
we heard a huge noise...
and it was confirmed
that four KC- ...
KC- supertankers
had le
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