background SOUND of the bells
grows ominous. A shooting star silently flashes across
the sky -- then scores of them. She gets to her feet and
picks up the heavy sword. Its growing darker -- colder
-- the leaves have turned to autumn brown, now blown about
by a gust of wind.
Presently she sees a WOLF approaching, slowly but straight
toward her -- then two, three -- finally the whole pack.
She gr
autumn, my mood
would be very different.
- Goodnight!
- Come back soon!
I would want no more privileged
glimpses into the human heart.
Only my neighbour, Gatsby,
would be exempt from my reaction.
Gatsby, who represented everything
for which I have an unaffected scorn.
For Gatsby turned out all right
in the end.
It was what preyed on him,
what foul dust floated
in the wake of his dreams.
At least
His is the only one still occupied, and it doesnt look that permanent. In the window is a cardboard, handwritten sign that reads "Kwans Shaolin Kung Fu". What remains visible behind the poster and the security grate is an IMPRESSION of people moving and milling around.
INT. WORKOUT AREA - SAME NIGHT
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF KWANS SHAOLIN KUNG FU SCHOOL.
The students are doing their own thing, and the
It is 7:14 P.M., Monday, September 22, 1975, and we are watching the network news programs on CBS, NBC, ABC and UBS-TV, the network of our story. The AUDIO is OFF; and head shots of WALTER CRONKITE, JOHN CHANCELLOR, HOWARD K. SMITH and HARRY REASONER, and of course, the anchorman of our network, HOWARD BEALE, silently flit and flicker across the four television screens, interspersed with the news
Then huge CLOSEUP of EYES opening, gazing into mirror, HAND applying makeup, sudden BLACKNESS, then -
PRINCE (CONTD)
Thats right... a world of never-ending happiness,
You can always see the sun -
Day or night.
BURN IN MAIN TITLE: "PURPLE RAIN"
PRINCE (CONTD)
So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills,
You know the one - Doctor
Everythingll Be Alright -