draws back the board.
RAFE
Ill bust you open, you...German!
The words ring something deep in the mans booze-broken
brain. He begins to cough, convulsively; it brings a blossom
of blood to his mouth. He wipes it with his hand, but blood
clings to his teeth. He chokes out --
DANNYS FATHER
I fought the Germans.
He looks at Danny in shame, with the realization of what hes
just done. He turns and stag
shot. I may
look like the old Daniel OBrien,
but on the inside, nothing is the
same.
SUSAN
Is that so?
OBRIEN
Oh yeah. See, Susie, a man doesnt
do the hard time and just pick up
where he left off. Oh no. The big
house does things to a man.
SUSAN
The big house?
OBRIEN
The big house.
SUSAN
Jesus, Daniel. It wasnt Rykers
Island. It was work camp for white
collar criminals.
OBRIEN
A cage by any other
shot.
Hey, Dad. Look. Its the good stuff.
None of that pussy Skoal. Right, Dad?
Dad?
Mom!
Dad! Mom!
Where are you?!
Dad!
Mom! Where are you?!
You can come out now.
So there / was.
A lot of kids would have been scared
but / was tough about it.
/ walked till the cops picked me up...
...and put me into a foster home.
One guy / fostered out to
for about a month.
Hed take me hunting with him
and his d
A high AERIAL SHOT of the island features the Statue of Liberty prominently in the foreground then TRAVELS ACROSS the harbor, OVER the Battery and Lower Manhattan to Greenwich Village.
EXT. EAST 77TH STREET - DAY
A car is being hoisted up by a municipal tow truck while its owner is having a terrible screaming argument with a parking enforcement officer. DANA BARRETT comes home pushing a baby bugg
"WHO SHOT ROGER RABBIT?"
(working title)
Written by
Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman
THIRD DRAFT
September 2, 1986
WHO SHOT ROGER RABBIT?
This movie starts the way all movies should... with a
cartoon. Its not a Disney or a Warners. Its not a
Fleischer, an MGM, or a Lanz. This is a lesser known
studio.
FADE IN:
ON A "MAROON CARTOON"
Accompanied by zany CARTOON MUSIC, the TITLE CARD reads:
MAROON
Zulu Dawn
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1. SCRIPT APPEARS ON BLACK SCREEN:
One hundred years ago the British Colony of Natal in Southern
Africa was surrounded by a
vast and independent Zulu Kingdom.
In 1879, a banle took place that was forever to alter the
course of colonial history:
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I SANDHLWANA
2 EXT. DAWN.
Four Zulus are seen in silhouette herding cattle up a hill.
3. LONG SHOT - Two Zulus are seen in silhouette high
up the top one, looks at it critically, but with satisfaction.
INSERT SHOT - CAMPAIGN POSTER
The thick-looking papers are, in fact, political campaign posters. They feature the face of a handsome, fortyish man, with the block lettered caption: DR. THOMAS WAYNE FOR CITY COUNCIL - A BETTER TOMORROW FOR GOTHAM.
DR. WAYNES VOICE
Bruce? Hurry up, son, were going
to be late. Martha?
BACK TO SCENE
draws up her opera cloak about her
shoulders. As she does this and leaves the box, we hear...]
NARRATOR
It invariably happened, as everything happened in those days, in the same way. As
usual, Mrs. Julius Beaufort appeared just before the Jewel Song and, again as usual,
rose at the end of the third act and disappeared. New York then knew that, a
half-hour later, her annual opera ball would begin.
shot.
I shouldnt have moved.
Come on, you made a choice.
It was wrong, but thats it.
Its over.
By the way, you look like hell.
- Morning, Mrs. Schwartz. Schnatzie.
- Good morning, Gracie.
Hart.
Yes, sir.
ETA, minutes.
No problem. Breakdown?
Yes, sir. Negative.
Do not need assistance.
Ten-four. Yes, sir, I know its hot.
Hey, you cannot park--
Its an emergency. Official business.
Aside, please. Tha
puss-cats, kissed them, always did; if a cat let me kiss it, I kiss it - Cat on a fence Il kiss it - always, always, I will - didn I? I did because I was different wasn I, I was - gotta be different again, haven I darl -
He realizes the seat beside him is empty and panics.
David
Where-oh-where, Gillian? Where did she go, where-oh -
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His weird begaviour draws attention.
Gillian
(returning)