LOCK on
the wall: 7:00 a.m.
PULL BACK TO REVEAL - A bleary-eyed MALE NURSE beginning
his day. Alone inside a small wood and glass cubicle, he
rips off yesterdays day-at-a-time calendar page, revealing
todays date: October 11, 1931.
Goes to the Victrola inside the cubicle. Cranks the turntable
up to speed. Puts the huge needle down on a spinning 78: we
hear the song crackling through the empty hal
plate, is a photo
of his pretty twenty year old daughter, GARBY.
GERNSBECK
(sarcastic)
My two favorite prisoners. Merritt.
Ralph 124C41.
MERRITT
What do you want, Verne? Im a busy
man.
GERNSBECK
Nowlan. Bester. Better stick around.
Nowlan and Bester nod, and keep their guns ready.
Gernsbeck lifts two manila folders, giving a false smile.
GERNSBECK
Ive been looking over your files,
gentlemen. Inte
TRACKING DOWN the line of empty, open capsules. Frozen twilight. The final four capsules are sealed, lids in place.
ANGLE - INSIDE CAPSULE
NEWT, then RIPLEY. HICKS next, his head and chest bandaged. Then BISHOP in his caul of plastic. But the lid of Bishops capsule is misted with hothouse condensation.
CLOSER
A tear of fluid streaks the condensation.
An alarm SOUNDS.
A monitor begins to scroll da
Dogma
Screenplay by Kevin Smith
Produced by Scott Mosier
Directed by Kevin Smith
Cast List:
Linda Fiorentino Bethany
Jason Mewes Jay
Kevin Smith Silent Bob
Matt Damon Loki
Ben Afflek Bartleby
Chris Rock Rufus
Salma Hayek Serendipity
Alan Rickman Metatron
Emma Thompson God
Dwight Ewell Gang Leader
Ethan Suplee NoMan the Golgothan
EXT. ASBURY PARK BOARDWALK - DAY
Jersey spring day. Beyond the wood
plated Rolls Royce,
if you pay for it.
Dont know, Tom.
Seems expensive.
Seems...this seems
to be a waste of my time.
That is nicker
in any shop,
and youre complaining
about ?
What school of finance
did you study?
Its a deal, its a steal.
Its the sale
of the fucking century.
In fact, Ill keep it.
All right, keep your alans on.
Heres a ton.
[Both] Jesus Christ!
You could choke
a dozen donkeys on th
it after a while.
When I crawled out the other side,
she was waiting.
Whacko! I got that big German hand
across the head.
Then it was prison for me.
- What prison?
- Grandmas closet.
She used to lock me in there,
two, three hours at a time.
No light, no water, no food.
Just enough air to breathe.
- That would make me crazy.
- Im tough as nails.
Come on. Lets go. Give me your arm.
Arty, come on.
lock,
the most brilliant man ever.
Hes pissing into the wind.
How brilliant can he be?
Youll see.
What happened, deadeye?
You miss with the first shot?
It took two hits to even slow it down.
Are you kidding?
Two of these shouldve almost killed it.
Go tell it that, Scoggs.
You missed. Dont get mad at me
because you cant shoot worth a shit.
If you hadnt left the pen open,
I couldve had a good sleep
plate. Hes reading a German newspaper.
Nicholas jabs the last piece of egg, skewers the last bit of
ham and last square of toast. Plates clean.
He sips his last swallow of juice, dabs his mouth with a
napkin, picks up his briefcase and heads to a back door.
NICHOLAS
(without looking)
Thank you.
ILSA
Have a nice day.
EXT. VAN ORTON MANSION, BACKYARD -- MORNING
Nicholas walks down a garden pathway
the time I was two,
Alean and my dad had split.
Clean sheets.
She figured shed make a pit stop
at Nannys rooming-house
- till she got back on her feet.
- Here you go, Einstein.
Why must we equate
intelligence with white men?
What of W.E.B. DuBois?
Alain Locke!
Alexandre Dumas.
Next youll tell me
Jesus was a Negro.
And Jesus! Mohammed!
Dinah Shore.
Clean sheets.
Clean sheets.
Excuse me.