production assistants who greet them and show them the way, walkie-talkies held to their ears.
A small convertible enters the parking lot, carrying the director and his assistant.
The car stops. The director and his assistant get out of the car, shake a few hands. A TV reporter precedes them, filming them with a hand-held camera.
Escorted by assistants, they go over to a limousine which is parkin
production line.
Long, scrupulously clean metal work benches are arranged along
one entire wall. Laid out on the benches in neat rows are
dozens of plastic bags - some filled, some unfilled. Instruments
on trays - various types of tweezers, scissors and other less
familiar utensils. Round, stainless steel containers filled
with hairs of differing lengths and other body matter.
JEROME approaches a
Chicken Ad
TRUMAN
Good morning.
RON OR DON?
Hey! Good morning, Truman.
RON OR DON?
Good morning, Truman.
RON OR DON?
Good morning, Truman!
TRUMAN
Hey! How are you guys?
RON OR DON?
Beautiful day, int it?
TRUMAN
Ah...always.
RON OR DON?
Ah. And hows your lovely wife?
TRUMAN
sGood. Good. How about yours?
RON OR DON?
Ohhh...Couldnt be better!
TRUMAN
Ahhhh...
RON OR DON?
Uh..nice talkin to ya, Truman
products.
Like the new universal life policy were launching next month.
And...
Well anyway heres to you, Warren.
Hey, Warren.
How do you feel about these young punks taking over our jobs?
Seems like some kind of conspiracy to me.
Now Ive known Warren here.
Probably longer than most of you people whove been alive.
Warren and I go way back.
Way back... to the horse and buggy days -
- at Woodman, bu
this vinyl, in those days...
-...and its up to you to center it.
-It would teeter crazily on the spindle.
And that was, of course, we had
no control over that aspect of it.
They were still good records.
Good product.
If you punched a hole in them,
youd have a good time.
Its scary but its true
So do what the Good Book tells you to
I guess it was in about 1958
in Greenwich Village.
My partner Chu
Production Designer David Brisbin
Costume Designer Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Music Bill Stafford
Executive Producer Gus Van Sant
Co-executive Producer Allan Mindel
Producer Laurie Parker
Screenplay Gus Van Sant
Additional dialogue by William Shakespeare
Director Gus Van Sant
Produced by New Line Cinema
VIEWS OF THE CITY OF Portland Oregon digressing into the seedy
areas of the small city.
ARCADES, a
chicken.
CATHY
Well, hello there!
The animal (a COMPSOGNATHUS) just stares at her. Cathy squats
down on her haunches.
CATHY (contd)
What are you? A little bird or
something?
She opens her hand. Shes got a handful of goldfish crackers.
CATHY (contd)
Are you hungry? You want a goldfish?
The compy bobs forward a few steps, cautiously.
CATHY (contd)
Come on. I wont hurt you.
The compy draws closer. C
product or my money.
You got to give me another chance!
Please!
Brothers dont wait to get paid.
Money talks.
Bullshit runs the marathon.
So, see you,
and I wouldnt want to be you.
The number of addicted
infants born in Manhattan...
... has risen over the past few years.
Hospital officials say...
... that the care required by these
tiny victims of the cocaine epidemic...
... has severely impacted
products...
li
want me to be their spokesperson,
their voice?
li
li
I think right now
we shouId focus on the positive.
li
- Tonight was good.
- Yeah? You think so?
li
Cause I was worried it was, um,
I dont know, pathetic!
li
Amazing triumphs at a nursing home!
li
Thats great copy, Vic.
li
Im a publicist, not a magician.
li
You want big news,
you have to have big fights.
li
A superhero n
TWELVE MONKEYS
An original screenplay by
David Peoples
&
Janet Peoples
Inspired by
LA JETEE, a Chris Marker Film
Production Draft
June 27, 1994
FADE IN:
INT. CONCOURSE/AIRPORT TERMINAL - BAY
CLOSE ON A FACE. A nine year old boy, YOUNG COLE, his eyes wide
with wonder. watching something intently. We HEAR the sounds of
the P.A. SYSTEM droning Flight Information mingled with the
sounds of urgent SHO