--
-- but, for some reason, its not a human cry, but the
CROWING OF A ROOSTER -- and when we PULL BACK OUT we see that
what were now watching is the Crowing Rooster and four
blazing camera lenses that was the logo of the old PATHE
NEWSREEL. The stentorian VOICE OF PATHE booms OVER:
VOICE OF PATHE
October 11, 1931: Los Angeles!
Dithering, Bernard Herrmann-like strings swell up.
CUT TO (B&W)
A
packed surface.
Once. Twice. Passing the dog.
A third bounce sends it skidding. It flips; its blades
snapping off like toothpicks. It lands belly-up,
soundless except for the whine of its engine.
The man with the gun rolls out before the explosion.
INT. MAIN COMPOUND
The half a dozen men, playing cards, monitoring equipment,
listening to music -- spring to their feet, startled.
EXT. COMPOUND
The
String...
-...walks into the bar.
-Wants a drink. That was funny.
Youre a funny guy.
Oh, l dont know.
l mean, its such a giant city.
How can you possibly meet anyone?
You want the secret to making friends?
-Sure.
-l picked this up in the service.
Youll have a lot of buddies
if you remember this one rule:
lnterested is interesting.
Wow. What do you mean?
Well, everybodys got a story, okay?
And all
(V.O.): Richard...
DR. ROBERTS, a large surgeon, pulls Kimble over to a group of surgeons gathered around a bar. Smoking cigars.
ROBERTS: Cancun. Nat just talked everybody into it...
A hospital equipment rep, NAT, is buying drinks.
KIMBLE: So, whats the deal? If the hospital buys ten new -
NAT: No, no, no, no strings attached, Dr. Kimble. Industrial Hospital Supply has no ulterior motives.