KNIGHT MOVES
by
Brad Mirman
PROPERTY OF KNIGHT MOVES PRODUCTIONS
(third draft)
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FADE IN:
INT. AUDITORIUM - 1972 - DAY
TWO BOYS sit on opposite sides of a chessboard. One is NINE,
the other FOURTEEN. The room is SILENT, the tension between
the two young players severe. All the ADULT PLAYERS that have
been eliminated from this match by the two boys stand around
watching. On the wall is a BANNER
An old Chinese man, GRANDFATHER, going through a beautiful Tai Zhi Quan form. It is very peaceful and graceful. The form ends with a palm strike towards camera, blacking out the frame. (for possible INTERCUT use)
INT. SUPERFIGHT ARENA - NIGHT
Spotlights cut through the murky darkness while rock music PULSES. The sound of the crowd, barely visible in the darkness, is a RUMBLE in the dark, not unli
Out Of The Past Script
Wheres Bailey?
Deaf and dumb, eh?
Can you read lips?
Where is Bailey?
Coming back today?
Come on.
- Hello, Marny.
- Well, look who is back.
- Did you dye your hair?
- Why?
I keep thinking of you as a blond.
For all the thinking you do about me,
I could be bald-headed.
Ham on rye. Did you miss me, honey?
If I didnt, I cant think
of anybody else who did.
One things sure, Bail
The Mighty Ducks Script
...The Minnesota Pee Wee
Championship is up for grabs.
Both teams playing like theres
no tomorrow. Duluth, in the Hawkszone,
looking for a chance to win it.
Only a few seconds remain.
Theres a pass out to the blue line.
Intercepted by Gordon Bombay!
Bombay! Hes got a breakaway.
Across the blue line all alone
for a chance to win the game!
Hes pulled down from behind
by Fox
He is a bespectacled man in his thirties, hale but somewhat bookish. He stands, tuxedoed, in the wings of a theater, looking out at the stage, listening intently to end of a performance.
In the shadows behind him an old stagehand leans against a flat, expressionlessly smoking a cigarette, one hand on a thick rope that hangs from the ceiling.
The voices of the performing actors echo in from the of