chairs. REGGIE and SYLVIE
appear, their conversation continuing.
SYLVIE
With a rich husband and this years
clothes you will not find it difficult
to make some new friends.
REGGIE (sitting)
I admit I moved to Paris because I was
tired of American Provincial, but that
doesnt mean Im ready for French Traditional.
I loathe the idea of divorce, Sylvie,
but -- if only Charles had been honest
wit
chair. Her eyes are tired -- red from
crying. She is mid thirties -- attractive, but her looks come
more from effort than nature -- expensive hair cut -- the right
cosmetics. She has a corporate look to her.
Cardenas steps into the hall and walks over to her.
CARDENAS
Miss Braslow -- Im District Attorney
John Cardenas. You arrived at what
time tonight?
??
JOANNE
A little after eleven.
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CARDENAS
HIGHLANDER
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Screenplay by
Gregory Widen
and
Peter Bellwood & Larry Ferguson
February 6, 1985
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FADE IN:
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
New York Rangers v. Edmonton Oilers.
15,000 screaming fans leap to their feet.
Gretsky steals the puck, streaks across the ice, beats two
defenders, shoots and scores.
Oilers 6, Rangers 0. Oiler fans bellow approval
One silent SPECTATOR, in overcoat, slacks and scarf
chair uncomfortably.
MISS PERKY
(continuing)
Any questions?
CAMERON
I dont think so, maam
MISS PERKY
Then go forth. Scoot Ive got
deviants to see.
Cameron rises to leave and makes eye contact with PATRICK
VERONA, a sullen-looking bad ass senior who waits outside Ms
Perkys door. His slouch and smirk let us know how cool he
is.
Miss Perky looks down at her file and up at Patrick
MISS PERKY
(con
chair,
my table, my bed,
my breeze and my sun.
I sit in exile.
I sit in fake land.
Because I dream, I am not.
Because I dream, I am not.
I had started writing down
everything that crossed my mind.
My family had become characters
in a fiction.
And I spoke of them
as if they were strangers.
As far back as I remember,
it was the smells and the light
that solidified
my first memories.
My grandmother