of the father and the son continues, the pans in the shelf begin to fall down with a very loud sound which makes the dancing even more cheerful in some sense. The mother comes up, who isn’t pleased at the sight of her drunken husband and child’s dance. However, she just frowns at them and lets the dancing go on.
The third stanza is the controversial part of the poem. It may look like the
rhyme as WE TRACK SLOWLY over seared asphalt where the
faint hieroglyphs of hopscotch lines are still visible.
CAMERA comes to rest on a burnt and rusted tricycle... next to the
tiny skull of its owner. HOLD ON THIS IMAGE as a female VOICE
speaks: *
VOICE * 3 billion human lives ended on August 29th, * 1997. The
survivors of the nuclear fire called * the war Judgment Day. They
lived only to * fac
Rhyme]
- Papa is home.
- Where are you going?
Whats wrong?
lm sorry.
- Where are you going?
- lm sorry, Roxeanne.
lll call you. lm sorry.
- lll call you. No, dont.
- Yalk to me. Dont...
- Just...
- No, no, dont. Dont.
- Why are you doing this?
- Dont, Roxeanne.
Charles-Henri!
- Just tell me where youre going.
- lll call you.
Are you coming back?
- Are you free? Ah, Isabel.
- Hey! Hi.
lm sorry. l
KNIGHT MOVES
by
Brad Mirman
PROPERTY OF KNIGHT MOVES PRODUCTIONS
(third draft)
_ 1
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
rhyme.
The others stare at him, uncertain. Stuckey laughs. The
others follow suit.
EDWARD
(looking at his watch)
Well! Its late. Weve been
at this long enough.
Stuckey rises. Edward ushers Vance and Jake toward the door.
EDWARD
Gentlemen, enjoy the party. The
magicians wonderful.
Vance and Jake exit.
EDWARD
(calling after them)
Watch your left pocket.
A BUTLER has entered the room.
BUTLER
Phone c