The Witching Hour
Screenplay by ANNE RICE
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FADE IN:
EXT. A SCOTTISH MOOR - NIGHT - 1670 A.D.
Far off, a massive stone castle looms. Trees silhouetted an
the horizon against the star-dotted, qreen-purple sky. The branches of one tree seem to reach
for the stars...
TRACKING IN - the tree is A HOODED FIGURE: SUZANNE - 20, golden hair spilling from her hood,
dazzling green eyes. Nestled in the f
Stone Alexander has again opened his gates...
for his annual celebrity gala and auction for charity.
And here comes the world famous, globe trotting Dr. Gillen Lane.
Tell us, are you a buyer or seller this afternoon?
Oh, Im just here to drink some fine champagne.
And support a worthy cause.
Alexander, the beloved media mogul turned political dynamo,
has recently been named chairman of the Europea
stoned his car.
-Is that why Ted Turner wants to fire him?
Thats fine.
Good fieId producers sometimes eIicit
that response.
His crew wasnt kiIIed and he got the story.
He can do this.
Robert, I want you to meet Tom Johnson,
the new president of CNN.
Youre the man
that turned around the LA Times.
-Nice of you to characterize it that way.
-So who are you gonna fire here?
Robert, heeI.
ActuaIIy, Ted
stone
I want to sink to the bottom of the ocean
And lie there, lie there with you
Lie there with you till Im gone
It happened again...
last night.
-Ohh. -Mmm.
Its hard to explain.
It starts out like an earthquake...
And I look over at the girl next to me...
and whoever she is, shes not Nicole.
And all I feel is emptiness.
And thats when it happens.
This great big black hole...
opens up over m
stones.
AT THE REAR, shepherd #3, a bronze-skinned BEDOUIN BOY, uses his
goad to urge an unruly ram back into the procession. The BOY
grows impatient as the animal refuses to cooperate.
AT THE FRONT, shepherds #1 and #2, THE ELDERS, have themselves a
big laugh at the boys expense.
The resentful BOY whacks the RAMS DERRIERE with his goad! The
startled animal BLEATS NOISILY and takes off running
finishes. Applause. Theyre the entertainment at a
cocktail party to celebrate a silver wedding anniversary.
Some partygoers congratulate Fran on her performance. A
distinguished looking man, pushing his wife in a wheelchair,
approaches Ripley, offers his hand.
HERBERT GREENLEAF
Most enjoyable. Herbert Greenleaf.
RIPLEY
Tom Ripley. Thank you, sir.
HERBERT GREENLEAF
(pointing at Ripleys borrowed
ja
finished.
- Yes, Jim. But hurry, will you?
Well hurry.
Thats telling him, old boy.
With this Willet Creek dam coming up. -
- The man who goes to the Senate cant
ask any questions or talk out of tone.
- We have to be absolutely sure of him.
- I say Horace Miller.
Hell take orders all right.
Suppose we dont
go through with this dam?
Postpone it until next session
of Congress. Or drop it all togeth
STONE
"QUEEN"..........................................MERYL STREEP
"CARPENTER"................................CHRISTOPHER WALKEN
Z (O.S.)
(over a dark screen)
All my life, Ive lived and worked in
the big city...
We see:
EXT. AN ANT MOUND - DAY
The camera swoops towards the entrance, then dives inside,
past a couple of tough-looking soldier ants who stand at the
gates of the ant colony like insec
South Park:
Bigger, Longer and Uncut
By
Trey Parker
Matt Stone
&
Pam Brady
FADE IN:
Very happy, Disneyesque MUSIC swirls in.
PAN DOWN from a pretty blue sky, to a small quaint town
nestled in the hills. A wooden sign tells us this is South
Park.
EXT. SOUTH PARK AVENUE - DAY
Birds fly into the air, TOWNSPEOPLE smile to each other as
they walk by.
It is a scene reminiscent of, if not directly rippe
finished.
Paquita?
Were on the flight tonight.
About time too, fuckin Eulogia...
COPY COMPLETED
I know youre Ieaving today.
I know youre not coming back.
I know the fever
wiII take me over...
and III die from the heat.
You give me fever.
When you kiss me,
fever when you hoId me tight.
Fever!
PIease Iisten to me, baby.
I am dying for you.
These hot embers inside me...
burn onIy for you.
You give m