lovely watch. Do you have a receipt?
No.
-Clerk, arrest this man. -Objection your honor.
Defense is fondling a juror.
Sustained.
You"re not a thief. Neither is Howard Marchek.
Receipts come, and receipts go.
He did what any compassionate human would"ve done in a situation like this.
He offered a fellow citizen a fair deal.
Are we to reward that kindness with a jail term?
For all our sakes, l hope
compassionate.
Their parents died when they were young and left them alone,
so they have to stick together. Yeah.
I shouldve used that argument to get on Eva about that Dandridge fund.
- You know what? I wouldve done it. - Look at you cosigning.
Mike, please, you need to let that go. Every time. Okay.
Theyve been putting money in that account ever since they were teenagers.
- What are they doing
CHERRY FALLS
SCREENPLAY BY KEN SELDEN
FIRST DRAFT
FEBRUARY 14, 1998
FADE IN:
EXT. TOWN - NIGHT
The hanging sign says Entering Cherry Falls, Ohio
We see Cherry Falls - A small town in rural Northeastern Ohio. This is
Norman Rockwell land, red barns on dirt roads, a square in the center of
town. But things are hidden here. The barns are locked, the shades are
drawn.
Dissolve to:
EXT. LOVERS LANE
A
STEPMOM
Ronald Bass
Second Revised Draft
Previous Drafts by:
Gigi Levangie
Elizabeth Chandler
Jessie Nelson &
Steven Rogers
INT. RACHELS BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING
A billowy white screen. An alarm clock BLARES. As MAIN TITLES
BEGIN, the lovely sleeping face of RACHEL KELLY rolls into frame.
Then out of it. Alarm keeps BLASTING. Back she comes, pulling the
sheets OVER her head. Motionless now, as we
love to read it.
Thank you, Amir jan.
Ill read it tonight.
He hates me
because I killed her.
My mother.
Amir,
dont ever say such a thing.
Dont ever think it.
But its true.
No, Amir jan.
Its a dangerous thing, being born.
Dangerous for the mother,
dangerous for the child.
Your father would die for you.
You know that,
dont you?
Amir jan.
- Come on, do it.
- Its wrong, Amir agha.
Do you have to be
s