FRAME. Short, buffed out LITTLE BILL (late 40s). This is Jacks
Assistant Director.
LITTLE BILL
Jack.
JACK
Hey, Little Bill.
LITTLE BILL
Whatsa schedule look like?
Are we still on day after tomorrow?
JACK
I wanna do it the day after
the day after tomorrow.
LITTLE BILL
For sure? Cause I wanna call
Rocky, Scotty, Kurt and all those guys --
Jacks attention is with the backroom that Dirk entered. He s
sleep. Where were you? - I had to work late.
- King fired DeGrazzi. - Youre kidding. Why?
He does bad work. But at least he does it slowly.
- Who will replace him? - The guy you sleep with.
The video store guy.
I knew you were dating, but not that you were sleeping with him.
Thats great. Its like a promotion. Its not great?
- Guess wholl do my job. - Youre going to do it all?
- Will they give you
sleep as SCARFACE, a
menacing guard with a jagged scar running down his cheek, looms
close to COLEs cage and unlocks it.
SCARFACE
"Volunteer duty".
The PRISONERS in the other cages watch silently with narrowed eyes.
COLE
I didnt volunteer.
SCARFACE
You causing trouble again?
COLE
(controls his temper)
No trouble.
INT. EQUIPMENT ROOM - ETERNAL NIGHT
COLEs alone, struggling to get into what looks l
framed.
What? I was framed.
- What is this, Jimmy?
- I dont know, but its official.
Crack .
- On your feet, Leone.
- What do you want?
- Take him.
- What are you doing here?
- Youre being transferred.
- Transferred where?
- Thats not necessary.
- Step back! Hes in our custody now.
You got the wrong guy!
Transferred where?
Talk to me. Where am I going?
- Get in there now!
- Where am I going?
Hey!
sleep. Next to a digital clock that reads
3:07AM, the clean cut 14-year-old flips to his side.
A poster of Lee Ving of FEAR onstage, taped to the wall.
Pre-Calculus and Biology books on the floor. Cassettes
scattered on his tiny desk. A stereo in the corner.
The off-screen sound of breaking glass grabs Dannys
attention. He sits up and looks through the blinds.
EXT. HOUSE - SAME
Danny SEES a man r
framed
So I stopped saying nice things
about them
Oant hav e her
putting up any more pictures
And I feel like an insect
looking at so many flowers
This guys a box er. He has a match today
Hello
Hey man! Keepin a close watch?
Yeah
Oheck it out! Hes stealing something
Just kidding, man
Scared me
I did ev erything I could...
I can win this time
Im feeling so good,
Im surprising myself, ev en
All rig
frame. The
Player is VERONICA SAWYER.
INT. VERONICAS BEDROOM--DAY
VERONICA SAWYER, a sullen seventeen year old beauty, lies atop
her bed dressed in a chic but understated ensemble, her eyes
glazed open in a morning reverie. She blows up at her bangs
then slides off her bed, launching into voice-over narration
over the empty bed.
VERONICA (V.O.)
Heather told me she teaches people
Real Life.
INT. H
SLEEPING QUARTERS - SAME
Sleepily a SUPERVISOR picks up the phone.
SUPERVISOR
If this isnt an insanely
beautiful woman, Im hanging up.
INT. CONTROL CENTER - SAME
TECH ONE
Shut up and listen.
He holds the phone up to a speaker, increases the volume. A
strange FLUCTUATING TONE plays out in sequential patterns.
INT. SLEEPING QUARTERS - SAME
HEARING it, the Supervisor BOLTS UP, banging his head on th
Shes speaking into the telephone. Pretty mouth; in a few seconds well see that the rest of her is just as pretty.
KATIE
Bill? Oh, he says he doesnt feel
very well, but hes always like that
between books... cant sleep, thinks
every headache is the first symptom
of a brain tumor... once he gets going
on something new, hell be fine.
SOUND, B.G.: THE TELEVISION.
THE CAMERA DRAWS BACK. KATIE is sittin
sleeps soundly. In contrast, his bed-wall is a COLLAGE OF
PHOTOGRAPHS, twenty, maybe thirty of them. Almost a mural.
All of them photos of A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL, mid-twenties,
smiling out from beaches, parties and snowy scenes. Gorgeous brown
hair, heartbreaking smile. Effortlessly sexy.
RUDY
stares at the pictures for a moment, wistful. Nick snores, turns
over. Rudy climbs atop his bunk again,