collect
the money and get the hell outta here.
Well! Are we amusing you?
- What... is this?
- Uh, well, Im done. Im finished.
- Uh... What do you think?
- What is it?
Well, its a shoe rack... with a twist.
Uh... You ready?
Just turn the crank here, those drop back,
these split. Gives you twice the space...
Stop boring me with your absurdities.
Whats it made of?
Its called wood. Its oak.
Oak. An o
collecting a sou from each boy.
Napoleon, 9, stands apart from the group, drinking his
milk, a book under his arm, lost in thought, gazing across
the cornfield at the school buildings, which are
beautifully colored by the late sunlight.
BREMOND
(overly cheerful)
Good afternoon, Bonaparte.
Napoleon ignores him.
BREMOND
What are you reading?
No reply. Dufour moves behind Napoleon.
BREMOND
(angling
oblivion.
[ Man ]
Are you currently in good health?
I suppose so. Mm-hmm.
What makes you doubtful?
Every doctor Ive ever seen.
Early disease left me
with a weakened heart.
Did you have any illnesses
that kept you out of school?
I had typhoid fever and rickets.
Also rheumatic fever.
Measles, chicken pox, pneumonia...
and several bouts of influenza.
[ Clears Throat ]
Pomeroy, what are you doing?
Yo
collection...
the tendency is to push itas far as you can.
The only thing that reallyworried me was the ether.
There is nothing in the worldmore helpless and irresponsibleand depraved...
than a man in the depthsof an ether binge...
and I knew wed get intothat rotten stuff pretty soon.
[ Radio: Female Newscaster ]A House subcommittee reportsays illegal drugs killed...
American G.I.slast year...
of
House on Haunted Hill
By
Dick Beebe
Story by
Dick Beebe & William Malone
Adapted from the screenplay by
Robb White
Blue Revisions: 13 Jan 1999
Production Draft: 2 December 1998
NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPTS CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THIS SOFT COPY.
FADE IN:
BLACK SCREEN
And in the darkness, a TICKING sound is heard. Soft and
steady -- soothing -- and then a BANG!
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