sounds odd...but...
Its quiet...too quiet...
LOWELL (CONTD)
Hello, Sheikh...?
(no answer)
Hello, Sheikh...?
Silence. He hesitates, starts to lift his blindfold... He
lifts it. And he sees the Sheikh, and his gunmen, are gone.
The house empty. Only his Cameraman, the lanky man, left
there, standing by the door still in his blindfold...
LOWELL (CONTD)
Norman.
NORMAN
What? What?
LOWELL
Take your bli
X-Men
By
Ed Solomon
Revisions:
Chris McQuarrie
Tom DeSanto
Bryan Singer
February 24, 1999
BLACK
Sounds of a train rolling to a halt, a shrill whistle.
EXT. CAMP - DAY
UP ON the door of a weathered cattle car as a German
soldier steps into frame wearing that familiar gray of
the all-too familiar era.
He throws the door to reveal a mass of huddled and
frightened people inside.
The words are not nec
WITNESS
??
Screenplay by
EARL W. WALLACE
WILLIAM KELLEY
??
from a
story by
WILLIAM KELLEY
??
REVISED DRAFT
APRIL 23, 1984
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1 EXT. LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. COUNTRYSIDE - DAY
(TITLE SEQUENCE)
The faces of several young children are presented in
CLOSEUP, as they walk TOWARD US across a ploughed
field. On the SOUND TRACK, the haunting SOUNDS OF A
GREGORIAN FUNERAL CHANT. The CAMERA PANS UP to the
f
The mule and the boy finally reach a camp. A few tents dwarfed by a huge temple door jutting out of the sand. The camp is deserted except for some kids by the temple entrance holding large mirrors, reflecting light into the temple.
Omar leaves his mule in the shade, seizes two goatskins and slips inside the temple.
3 INT. TEMPLE - DAY
Omar makes his way uneasily down a pillared corridor that open
Fiddler On The Roof Script
A fiddler on the roof...
Sounds crazy, no?
But here, in our little village of Anatevka,
you might say
every one of us is a fiddler on the roof.
Trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune
without breaking his neck.
It isnt easy.
You may ask,
why do we stay up there
if its so dangerous?
Well, we stay because
Anatevka is our home.
And how do we keep our balance?
That I
element,
they want something extra to look at.
But if a girl isnt...
If a girl isnt what?
Dont worry, theyll look at me.
The whole world will
look at me and be stunned.
It was all right when you were
a child and made funny faces.
- Then, you were cute.
- My condolences, youre no longer cute.
Ma. Ma.
Ma! Bye.
Bye.
Right off the net! Fresh fish!
Hey, wait a minute.
No, its all right.
Im one of the
SOUND, tries to close his
eyes.
VOICE (V.O.)
Yes.
Parrish sits up again, frightened, but still there is no one
there, he seems fraught with indecision, should he get up,
should he not, what is happening? He looks out: absolute
stillness and silence, CRICKETS chirp down by the river, a
light FLICKERS from a shadboat, Parrish closes his eyes but
then they flutter open, he glances up at the ceiling
Sounds great.
And its got, no, its got this big mutant,
with this, like, two brains.
Its really cool. Youd like it.
Darren! Darren, wait up!
How come you didnt stop?
Look, why dont you
just take off, OK?
I did you a favor, but I didnt know
youre gonna bug me about it
- the rest of my life.
- Its OK. Here, forget it.
Oh, no. My dads home.
Guess he didnt get that job.
What does he do?
Hauls junk.
I
Sound, speed and... action!
Maddy!
Maddy.!
Whoa!
Hey! Fart knocker!
Im gonna kill you!
Stop it!
Cut it out! Cut it out! Aah!
Not so tight! Let go!
- Hi. - Oh, come on!
Why dont you pick on someone your own size?
Ah, climber girl.
Go contaminate someone else.
Oh, look.! Here come Captain Cool.!
Loser number three.
Look, Im having a barbecue at my house, if you guys wanna come over.
- Definitely. -
Death Sentence Script
OK.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Is this yours?
- Dad.
Didnt think so.
Hey.
Hey, I was gonna
do that for you later.
Now you wont have to.
- OK. OK, are you hungry?
- Yeah.
- Cereal?
- OK.
All right.
- So the plan...
- The plan.
Cara, Dads about
to reveal "the plan."
Ill pack up the car,
pick you up right after school,
and then well drive
straight... through.
- Sounds good.
- Does not.
-