I beg you. I beg you! Show mercy to a guilty
man!
The Valet knocks gently on the door. The voice stops.
VALET
Open the door, Signore! Please! Be good now! Weve brought
you something special. Something youre going to love.
Silence.
VALET
Signore Salieri! Open the door. Come now. Be good!
The voice of Old Salieri continues again, further off now, and louder. We hear a
noise as if a window is being
I have your attention, Gotham
City?
9 EXT. FROM AN ELEVATED STAGE AT THE CENTER OF THE 9
PLAZA--EVENING
A dewy-eyed young lovely, wearing a snow bunny fur, a
tiara, and a banner streamed across her chest that reads
ICE PRINCESS, continues into her mike. An Elegant Lampost
Clock, near the stage, ticks fifteen minutes till seven. *
ICE PRINCESS
Its time for tonights Lighting
of the Tree! How bout t
I am guiltless--she ran, I pursued.
Archdeacon: NOW YOU WOULD ADD THIS CHILDS BLOOD TO YOUR GUILT
ON THE STEPS OF NOTRE DAME.
Frollo: My conscience is clear!
Archdeacon: YOU CAN LIE TO YOURSELF AND YOUR MINIONS
YOU CAN CLAIM THAT YOU HAVENT A QUALM
BUT YOU NEVER CAN RUN FROM,
NOR HIDE WHAT YOUVE DONE
FROM THE EYES
THE VERY EYES OF NOTRE DAME!
Clopin: AND FOR ONE TIME IN HIS LIFE OF POWER AND CON
I dont know how the hell you
talked me into this, Jarvis.
??
ANGLE ON HAWES
??
Sitting in the passenger seat examining the mask is ALLEN
HAWES. He is a rather unusual-looking guy in his mid-
twenties, nervously smoking a cigar.
??
HAWES
Hell, I must be crazy. If the old
institution ever found out about
this...boy, theyd throw our butts
back in an strait-jacket em
permanent.
??
TOMMY (o.s.)
You di
--
SISTER GENEVIEVE, a Belgian Catholic Nurse, approaches
from the Refugee camp. 40s, haggard, suffering
dehydration. She pushes past the Police, unafraid.
SISTER GENEVIEVE
(in French)
Etes-vous Doctor Johnson?
(in English)
-- I am Sister Genevieve from the
Yambuku Mission --
Johnson offers a bottle of Perrier -- Sister chugs it.
SISTER GENEVIEVE
Bless you, Doctor --
JOHNSON
Save the blessi
I who have
destroyed a world am now forced to
subsist like a parasite. Once, infinite
power was my manifest. Now look at the
pride of Colu -- feeble attempts to
maintain even this meager anthropomorphic
form!
L-RON
At least you have what passes for legs.
Brainiac gives L-Ron a withering look.
BRAINIAC
What did your search of the craft yield?
L-Ron holds up the containment jar, inside which scurri
I am not.
Silence. Until,
GIRLS VOICE (O.S.)
Youre pushing it again.
An exasperated sigh.
BOYS VOICE (O.S.)
Well, hurry up. My foots falling
asleep.
GIRLS VOICE (O.S.)
Mo-mmm. Larrys pushing it.
Mom?
MOM (O.S.)
(from the next
room)
Larry, dont push it.
And now, we finally pan over to discover two KIDS playing with
a Ouija board. For future reference, the players are FAITH
(age eleven), and her br
I remember where I was -- pissing
off my balcony at the neighbors
dog!
Others laugh.
ALTEREZ
(yells at Crais on TV)
Get to the goddamn ball scores!
ON THE TV SCREEN, an on-location interview with a CAL-TECH
PROFESSOR comes up. Her name and title appear across the
bottom of the screen.
CAL-TECH PROFESSOR
From the time mankind first gazed up
at the stars there had been
speculation about a visit by
I think someone broke into my
house.
JIMMY
No shit?!
PAMELA
No shit.
CUT TO:
INT. LIVING ROOM - MINUTES LATER
Pamela sits on the couch taking hits off a lit cigarette.
Jimmy paces the room, portable phone pressed against his ear.
JIMMY
(into phone)
3037 Keystone.. yeah... gotcha.
Jimmy hangs up the portable...
JIMMY
(continuing)
Said to give em fifteen minutes.
Theyll send someone by.
Jimmy grabs
An old preserved movie theatre. The kind only found in a small town. Very picturesque. The marquee in front reads:
"SNEAK PREVIEW TONIGHT
STAB
Rated R"
A line has formed around the block, GUYS and GIRLS - mostly college age.
CLOSE on a girl, MAUREEN, no more than 18. A friendly face with innocent eyes. She stands in line with her boyfriend PHIL, same age. A handsome counterpart.
MAUREEN
I hat