I dont know. Count Basie.
The man pulls of the blindfold, examines the record cover of
the disc hes been trying to learn, needs to put on glasses
to do so, is irritated by his mistake. He ejects the record.
A pile of other jazz records are strewn across a cluttered
table which includes classical sheet music and a paper
keyboard. One hand idly mimes at the keys.
INT. RIPLEYS APARTMENT. DAY.
An
WASTIKA on his left
tit. On top of Derek in the bed is his barely-of-age
girlfriend, STACEY. The covers are completely off and a
BLACK ROSE is tattooed across her right shoulder blade.
Danny watches her fuck, only for a second.
DANNY
(softly)
Der !
Danny walks over and shakes him. Startled, Derek
forcefully grabs his little brothers arm.
DEREK
(controlled)
What?
Stacey stops and looks over. Frust
glass windows of various sizes, some featuring biblical scenes
and saints.
WILLIAM (V.O.)
... and some not so genuine.
EXT. GOLBORNE ROAD - DAY
WILLIAM (V.O.)
And whats great is that lots of
friends have ended up in this part of
London -- thats Tony, architect
turned chef, who recently invested
all the money he ever earned in a new
restaurant...
Shot of Tony proudly setting out a board outside
glass table. The surrounding officers snap
to attention as a SECOND OFFICER quickly brings over a large
transparency. We SEE a grainy image of a large vague OBJECT.
GENERAL GREY
Looks like a big turd.
The two Officers exchange a glance.
COMMANDING OFFICER
We estimate it has a diameter of
over five hundred and fifty
kilometers and a mass roughly one
fourth the size of our moon.
The General turns t
bottle is more
distinguished than its wine.
And the coffee.
Fortunately, I have been called
to London. I leave tonight.
- On the Orient Express?
- How else?
Evviva! I have a traveling companion.
Eccellente.
Well, where shall we dine?
I am desolate, Monsieur Poirot.
There is not one single first-class
sleeping berth on the entire train.
- What? In December?
- In December, signor.
Has Bulgaria decl
glass shades cast a golden glow on the tables. The patina of age is everywhere. It is very quiet.
LIBRARIAN
A slightly stout, studious looking girl in her late twenties circulates quietly among the tables picking up books and putting them on her cart. Everything seems completely normal and peaceful.
POV
A single eerie musical note signals the presence of something strange looking down on the Libr
few CUSTOMERS fiddle about.
A MAN wearing a black suit, black tie, and wire rim glasses holds hands with a PRETTY BLONDE GIRL in cutoffs and bare feet. They look through magazines.
Another black suit wearing MAN holds hands with a RED-HEADED GIRL in a prep school uniform. They look through the beer cooler in the back of the store. Both girls are around seventeen.
MCGRAW enters the store.
down the street, sharing a bottle of wine. They open an umbrella and stand underneath it, smooching and giggling. We follow the STREAM OF WATER from their umbrella to the street, where it swirls into drain holes in the MANHOLE COVER that they re standing on. Suddenly...
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CLANG!! The manhole cover pushes up under their feet. He flinches- bites down on her lip, drawing blood. She yelps.
glasses. A series of QUICK CUTS...
...Whaley cuts through Carls weatherproof overalls with
large scissors...
...his hand pulls the SHUTTLE of TWINE from Carls pocket...
...examines the open, empty KNIFE SHEATH at Carls belt...
...the right palm is turned to reveal a long cut along the
mound of the thumb...
...Carls wrist, its WATCH stopped at 1:47...Whaley removes
it, notes the time, and drops it
glasses, out of breath.
VIG
Dag.
Troy turns, upset, murmurs "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys.
TROY
"Gettin bugged drivin up and
down the same old strip, gotta
find a new place where the kids
are hip, I get around --"
SOLDIER #1
I didnt think Id see anyone get
shot over here.
VIG
It looked like the guys head blew
three feet into the air --
FANTASY SEQUENCE IN SLOW MOTION
The Iraqis head pops three