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tunning violence. Looped.
Soldiers in a foreign war shoot an unarmed civilian at point-
blank range; a man is set on by a frenzied crowd wielding
clubs and machetes; a woman is necklaced while her killers
cheer and howl.
... |
TOWN - MAIN ST. - LATE AFTERNOON 1
We come up on... a streetlight. There is no illumination...
and no movement. We hold on it for a long moment when
suddenly... The streetlight bobs... and then begins to sway.
We slowly begin to rise up on the streetlight to reveal... a
... |
SHOOTING SCRIPT
April 11, 1991
THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 11/6/90
FADE IN:
A1 EXT. ADDAMS MANSION FRONT STEPS - CHRISTMAS EVE A1
A GROUP OF CAROLERS, their eager faces upturned, SINGS an
endless and cloying roundelay of "Little Drumme... |
REVISED 10/07/08
INT. PAUL'S APARTMENT. BEDROOM - DAY
BLINDING WHITENESS
We hear a MAN GASPING softly. Rhythmically.
A LUMINOUS PALE SHAPE slowly forms out of the searing
whiteness. Gradually we realize we're moving across the
AL... |
1976
SYNOPSIS
En route back to Earth from a far part of the galaxy, the crew of the
starship SNARK intercepts a transmission in an alien language,
originating from a nearby storm-shrouded planet.
Mankind has waited centuries to contact another form ... |
- Hesse
ALIEN III
THE SCREEN IS BLACK
A pinpoint of light appears.
Red. An ember.
Unseen BELLOWS blow.
GLASS FURNACE
The embers glow. Flame.
The fire GROWS.
A RIVER OF MOLTEN GLASS
Heated by the furnace to over 1,300 degrees fahrenheit.
White Hot.
GLASS FACTORY
Flickering fl... |
ne of them picking up acceleration and
racing toward us. Our perspective changes, and we catch a quick
glimpse as it HURTLES past, and into the gravitational pull of a large
brownish planet. Kicking up SPARKS of FRICTION as it hits atmosphere.
It seems to be manmade. Or at least artificial.
EXT. PLANET ... |
URIGA
along the silent, empty corridors, coming at last to a door with two
guards standing rigid in front of it. Full armour, powerful
shockrifles, expressions empty and cold.
INT. MEDLAB
Along a row of screens, where we see the first signs of life readouts,
lights, data -- all shifting and collating on... |
ay 28, 1985
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ALIENS
FADE IN
SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE - SPACE 1
Silent and endless. The stars shine like the love of
God...cold and remote... |
1
EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
A dense forest on a dark, misty night.
YOUNG EDWARD CARNBY (age 10), small, thin, and terrified,
runs for his life.
2
The forest is pitch black. Young Edward ducks between trees,
... |
e decor is a mixture of chi-chi and rustic, with swagged
silk curtains, handwritten menus and pale pink tablecloths
decorated with arrangements of moss, twigs and hideous
exotic flowers. The clientele is young, wealthy and
confident, dressed in the height of late-eighties style:
pouffy Lacroix dresses, slinky... |
, the main title is
superimposed.
An American Werewolf in London
We continue to retreat from the moon, looking on as it
grows farther from us, continuing credits until the
full moon is the size it appears to us from earth.
2 EXT. CROSSROADS ON THE MOORS - NIGHT
... |
27TH JULY 2012
Against BLACK SCREEN a TITLE CARD appears:
"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best
shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and
where the other begin... |
July 30, 1986
FADE IN
EXT. FERRY LANDING - NEW ENGLAND SHORE - DAY
The sparkling waters. The chirping spring day. We are on an isolated
stretch of country shore , and a quiet, sheltered island is visib... |
n Raimi. All rights reserved.
Shooting Script 2/26/91
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1 GRAINY BLACK AND WHITE - CLOSE-UP - A MAN'S DESPERATE FACE 1
This is Ash, mid twenties, square jaw firmly set and a pair of
haunted eyes which dart about quickly in fe... |
d the mountains.
In the middle of a field stands a bare-chested man facing the
sunset. He is HARRIS, forty-ish, greying but handsome, and
very fit. His hands are outstretched as if embracing an
invisible entity. He seems filled with some sort of
transcendental power. Now, an air of fulfillmen... |
Daphne Du Maurier
FINAL DRAFT 2nd Revision March 2, 1962
FADE IN:
FULL SHOT - GRANT STREET - SAN FRANCISCO - DAY
It is mid-afternoon, and there is a tempo and pace to the
people walking, the doorman HOOTING for taxicabs, the
policemen directing traffic.
... |
its roll as we
FADE UP ON:
INT. HOSPITAL, INNER-CITY TRAUMA WARD - NIGHT
It's 1967, the Summer of Love and --
BOOM! Entry doors swing open as PARAMEDICS wheel in a FEMALE BLEEDER,
VANESSA (20s, black, nine months pregnant). She's deathly pale,
spewing founts of blood from a savagely slashed throat -- ... |
, snowy pavement.
ANGLE ON a PALE FIGURE standing across the street. He looks
feverish and strung-out, in serious need of a fix. This is
JARED NOMAK, 20s. He starts towards the clinic.
INT. COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK - ENTRANCE - NIGHT
Potential DONORS... |
l unexplored
because there are as yet no words to
enable us to get there.
(beat)
But I was there for the end. I took part
in it. And I think my words can help shed
light on what hap... |
ts left on the block.
A MIDDLE-AGED AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN carries his single bag of
groceries. The man listens and watches carefully, as he
negotiates the darkness between the few pools of light on the
street.
We won't see his face until he reaches th... |
e see an Italian village at the height of the plague. Funeral
processions, decrepit houses with their windows boarded up...
the stench of death all around.
TITLE: EUROPE. THE DARK AGES
Through the filth a KNIGHT walks his horse. He is weary but
... |
re of a piece of solid
matter, less of a mystery. It's the
EXT. WHITE BUNGALOW (OR HOUSE) DAY
1. FILLING THE FRAME like a picture postcard. Modest, old-fashioned,
spotless a vision of small town normalcy and virtue.
This is the home of MARGARET WHITE and her daughter CARRIE. It seems
to h... |
INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS
1.
Pitch black. We hear FOOTSTEPS sneaking up an old wooden
staircase. Two people moving as one.
Topping the stairs, they creep down the hall to the closed
doo... |
her exquisite face and she drinks it in, as if
the wind itself were telling something to her...
Catherine sees a FLICKERING LIGHT in the sand. She pulls the
reins and the horse stops moments before the dune drops into
nothingness. She dismounts, affectionately scratches the
horse's neck, and follows the L... |
ir from the
pillow and examines it curiously.
There is a noise outside and Ed gets up to investigate.
INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
Ed walks through the dark hallway and into the living room of his small house.
INT. LIVING ROOM
By the front door, hanging on the wall, is a
framed picture of Eve, Ed's w... |
kwell 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. LOVER'S LANE
A romantic turn-off used exclusively for parking. A river gushes by.
Crickets chirp. The trees blow in the autumn wind. A single ca... |
Frank Cappello
EARLY PRODUCTION DRAFT
November 14, 2002
FADE IN:
EXT. ISTANBUL - DUSK
Glimpses of an ancient city. Almost motionless against
the tide of time.
Sea swelled along an endless wall. Billowing s... |
PREDISPOSITION, DISSOCIATION, TRAUMA,
FANTASY, VIOLENT FANTASY, FACILITATORS, MURDER, and
TRAUMA-REINFORCEMENT which she can point to with a laser
pointing device. We see her from a considerable
distance... the back of the balcony. Her voice is crisp and
assured.
HELEN
Our society creates these so... |
ently wielded.
INT. MYSTERY ROOM - DIMNESS
X-CLOSE. A SCALPEL returned to its place in a neat array
of TAXIDERMY TOOLS. Long surgical TWEEZERS taken. A steady
HAND grasps a CLAY BIRD FORM. Then sets the second eye.
Unhurried. Meticulous... |
of a
perched crow large in the f.g.
TIGHT ANGLE - FRESH GRAVE
As a spade smooths the walls of a new double-decker plot.
DIMITRI (O.S.)
We're losing the light; let's pack
it in.
ANGLE - DIMITRI AND ALEXI
TWO GRAVEDIGGERS. Scoop digger parked f.g. towering gothic-
style church b.g. Roll... |
ke a cube. There is a kind of door on each side. Each
door has a handle. On the walls are weird-looking pictures.
They doesn't seem to look like anything seen before. The man
stands up in the middle of the room. The camera pans around him.
Then he makes some sounds and opens a door in one of the walls.
As he looks... |
ate.
A mix of subtle sounds begin to fade in. As they get louder, we
can discern what sounds like a busy office area. It is actually
a frantic television studio with the hum of panic in a national
emergency.
The woman's moans get louder and more desperate as the
background sounds reach full volume and t... |
ITY - DAY
We hear THE SOUND OF A STRONG WIND. DEBRIS flutters through the
streets. A LARGE ALLIGATOR slithers into frame, stops and looks
around.
MONTAGE: as MORE GATORS explore the empty streets, knocking over
GARBAGE CANS, upsetting the MANNEQUINS in A DEPARTMENT STORE WINDOW.
A GATOR crawls out through... |
ed Draft Jan. 1st, 1996
OPEN TO:
A FLASH OF LIGHTNING rips the HOLLYWOOD PICTURES LOGO away,
and we find ourselves in the middle of...
1 STORMY SEA - NIGHT 1
... |
FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE - Rev. 11/2/96
FADE IN:
1 INT. FLORIDA COURTROOM - DAY 1
Northern Florida in the midst of a heat wave. Air
conditioners fighting a losing battle. The gallery is
full. The JUDGE a stern, old hand... |
anie Browne is jarred from a peaceful sleep
as the alarm clock BUZZES. She hits the snooze button and
plops back down onto the pillow. After a few seconds of pure
sleeping bliss, she wills herself up.
She moves through her Ikea furnished bedroom, past a "Hang in
th... |
HIGHWAY (DESERT) - NIGHT
Three trucks from Chemical Technologies carry barrels of
toxic waste. They pass a sign: PROSPERITY, NEVADA, POP
454.
INT. THIRD TRUCK (HIGHWAY, DESERT) - NIGHT
A sleepy trucker called PIG PEN drives the third truck.
SELF-HELP TAPE (V.O.)
I wi... |
s. The gas giant Neptune slowly spins
into view. Brilliant and blue and cold against the void.
EXT. NEPTUNE - MODEL A BLACK SILHOUETTE
stands out against the planet, tiny against Neptune's scale.
EXT. NEPTUNE - MODEL DRIFT CLOSER
t... |
r - I
Exterior - E
Day - D
Night - N
Twilight - T
LOCATION CODING
CAR - Car
B - Bridge
CAB - Surrounding area outside cabin
W - Woods
M.R. - Main Room
D.R. - Dining Room
K - Kitchen
C - Cellar
W.S. - Work Shed
L.B. - Linda's Bedroom
S.B. - Shelly's Bedroom
C.B. - Cheryl's Be... |
DE IN:
DE LAURENTIIS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LOGO
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
RENAISSANCE PICTURES LOGO
FADE OUT.
00 BLACKNESS ... |
EXT. DESERT -- DAY
The white sun beats down on the rocky terrain. There's not a
cloud in the blue sky and the wind is at a standstill.
Far in the distance, a MEDIUM SIZED FLAT-BED TRUCK makes its
way to the entrance of a large cavern opening. Two VUL... |
e.
The BLACK SILENT SCREEN senses this moment before a distant blues harp introduces a contemporary band's cover of Blood, Sweat, and Tears' campy, yet haunting, gospel, "And When I Die."
As the Introduction closes, RESONATES... A FLASH OF LIGHTING!
A CRACK OF THUNDER!
... |
r "FOWLER BROTHERS KILLED IN COAL MINE MISHAP." Another series of
articles reads, "JEWISH PROFESSOR DENIED ADMITTANCE TO HINDENBURG"
and "PROFESSOR RABINOWITZ KILLED IN AVALANCHE." Etc...
Continuing along the wall, the newspaper articles all focus on the
fates of the original SURVIVORS of the FLIGHT 180 CRASH.
... |
of CHILDREN CHANTING increases.
DREAM CHILDREN
(in chorus)
One... two... Freddy's coming for
you.
On "you" there is a RUMBLE and a flash -- like quick
lightning only evil. (Choice flashes from Nightmare on
Elm Street 1 & 2).
Meagan turns at 1665. A beautiful white, two-story
house, thic... |
Gradually we can begin to hear, in the BG, the SOUNDS of
CHILDREN playing.
CUT TO:
2 EXT. SOFTBALL FIELD - DAY
In the BG a few dozen CHILDREN, in camp uniforms, are enjoying
a game of softball.
... |
view. A few scattered streetlights. Dilapidated cabins.
An abandoned campsite. CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE.
We continue to drift towards it, hearing the faint sound
of seductive music and an occasional giggle. A small
HOUSEBOAT floats into our foreground, its interior light
flickering as TWO BODIES move around i... |
- the basic elements are all the same, just
mixed differently.
A gloomy night, no moon. And a slightly ominous pattern
emerges...
Green, thriving lawns and meticulously tended homes abut
brown yards and porches littered with old newspapers and
pizza join... |
Sep 6th, 1984
1.
FADE IN:
EXT. FULL MOON - NIGHT (AND CREDITS. ROLL)
Clouds obscure the starless heavens for a moment, heavy and
ominous in the black firmament. Then suddenly they clear,
exposing a full m... |
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George Clooney Seth Gecko
Brenda Hillhouse Hostage Gloria
Harvey Keitel Jacob
Juliette Lewis ... |
present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable
to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed
to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what
is good and acceptable and ... |
FADE IN
INT. BARGE - DAY
Crewman EPPS (29), wearing a life vest and tool belt, jumps
down into the darkness. She stands in a great hollow cavern,
oily, wet, resonant with the sound of creaking, rusty steel
and WATER MOVING OVER ITS HULL on the other side.
INT. BARGE - LATER - DAY
Epps comes to ... |
FADE IN
INT. BARGE - DAY
Crewman EPPS (29), wearing a life vest and tool belt, jumps
down into the darkness. She stands in a great hollow cavern,
oily, wet, resonant with the sound of creaking, rusty steel
and WATER MOVING OVER ITS HULL on the other side.
INT. BARGE - LATER - DAY
Epps comes to ... |
for male and female psychiatric
patients. Its primary clientele are those who have histories
of committing criminal offenses and are either committed to the
Department of Mental Health by the Circuit Courts of the State
or who are admitted under authority of an appointed guardian.
FADE IN:
... |
PRODUCTION DRAFT
November 10, 2010
Production Draft - PINK
Revised, November 16, 2010
Production Draft - BLUE
... |
thing.
RAND PELTZER
walks through the owd. An American businessman.1-He
wears a tas eful g3,y suit. He's thin, with distinguished
good looks and thin brown hair. He's 56 years old.
Rand looks around; fascinated by the vast array of people
and merchandi... |
ltzer first
found Gizmo the Mogwai. As LOCALS bustle past, ANGLE FAVORS
the stairs to the basement curiosity shop.
2 INT. MR. WING'S STORE
MR. WING, the storekeeper who took Gizmo home after the
Gremlins' night of carnage, opens the door, beginning his day.
... |
By
Takashi Shimizu
Production Draft - BLUE
Revised, January 26, 2004
1 INT. PETER & MARIA'S BEDROOM - DAY ... |
, ILLINOIS
OCTOBER 30
EXT. SMITH'S GROVE STATE HOSPITAL. DAY
A cold brick building. Isolated. Surrounded on all sides by
... |
DUNGEON - TUNNELS - NIGHT (DISTORTED)
The agonizing SCREAMS continue as we MOVE rapidly through a
labyrinth of winding underground tunnels. Glowing torches light
the way. Blurry, indistinct silhouettes of grim FIGURES wearing
black-cowled robes flash along the dank, craggy walls.
As we BLAST around dark c... |
September 8, 1999
INT MIDWIVES OFFICE DAY.
FAIRLY RUNDOWN OFFICE. OLD AND DIRTY HEALTH NOTICES TACKED
TO A BULLETIN BOARD. "COMMON SENSE FOR NURSING MOTHERS,"
ET CETERA.
A LOWER-CLASS WOMAN, PREGNANT, WITH A SMALL CHILD IN TOW,
OPENS THE DOOR, AND ... |
11/10/98
Initial Shooting Script
NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THIS SOFT COPY.
BEGIN MAIN TITLE SEQUENCE.
At the very edge of hearing, the tone of human VOICES.
Unintelligible, babbling, eerie. Then a l... |
irs of feet running up the track, slipping in the mud . . . desperate.
WIDE SHOT . . . reveals TWO GIRLS running up the track, distraught.
JULIET HULME: nearly 16 - tall, blond and willowy,
and
PAULINE RIEPER: 16 - dark-haired, shorter and stockier than Juliet.
It is 1954. Both girls are dressed in overc... |
at glistens in the morning sun.
As the camera skims overtop, titles start to roll. Ahead
of us an odd-looking service van comes into view, sputtering
along a dirt road. Getting closer, we can see the driver, a
thin, bookish man with a neat mustache. This is AUSTIN GRIMALDI.
The truck pulls up to a strange Vic... |
November 1, 1987
FADE IN:
1 TITLES
The screen is composed of large, straight-edge areas of black
and white that rest against each other in a manner that suggests
some kind of pattern, without making a final sense; it is as if
we are too close to something that, could we see it from a
distance, would b... |
M - INTERVIEW 1
In a photographic DARKROOM: old optical enlargers, porcelain
trays, timers, and stills hanging out to dry.
GEORGE MATLIN, a slightly obese, nearsighted man in his
seventies.
OLD MATLIN
... |
an Film Productions Ltd
(C) Clive Barker 28.7.86 115 Flood Street,
London. SW3
01-352-4195
1 TITLE SEQUENCE
In darkness, a blood-curdling cacophony: the squeal
of unoiled winches, the rasp of hooks and razor... |
& Tony Randel
1st Draft May 8 1991 Bobbi Thomson
Revised May 29 1991 William Morris Agency
Revised June... |
begins to shake. Slow motion. Graceful.
WE HEAR a low rhythmic THUMP, THUMP, THUMP...
The surface slowly peels off like flecks of dried old paint
as we pull back a little wider and realize that we're looking
at an OLD DOOR.
THUMP, THUMP, THUMP...
The door continues to rattle. Something o... |
tractive, late twenties, warmly
sophisticated. Something makes her smile. She turns to the
driver and thinks real hard as she says this.
KIRSTY
Okay. Cubic root of nine thousand two
hundred and sixty one.
TREVOR is her husband, late twenties as well. God gave him
brain... |
EXT. DESERT HILLS - DAY
Open on a GEIGER COUNTER scanning over a rocky terrain.
A SAND STORM blows over the landscape. We are lost somewhere
in the middle of the New Mexico desert.
According to the instrument, the area contains high levels of
radiation...
... |
gloved hand dangling a rat. The hand shoves the
frightened rat into the tube and closes the door behind
it. The rat s stark white fur bristles and it begins to
pad down the tube s length.
After several feet, the tube opens up into a dimly lit
cubicle. The rat hesitates and stops.
The SOUNDS of gentle BR... |
We see a LITTLE GIRL dancing around in a grainy super 8 home
movie. A LITTLE BOY wearing a monster MASK enters the frame.
He struggles to lift a double barrel shotgun. He points it
at the girl and pretends to SHOOT.
GIRL (V.O.)
... |
lling
along behind her. Even dressed down, this city girl can't
hide her natural beauty and panache.
She makes her way across the street and to an SUV. she opens
the trunk and tosses in the suitcase among several other
bags.
She closes it, and walks to... |
ges of STAINED GLASS and lead.
FOOTSTEPS ECHO across the marble floor.
REVEAL - JULIE JAMES
A little older, a little wiser, yet still very pretty, no doubt. But
she's all alone in the house of the Lord.
And those doleful eyes of hers clearly telegraph a very heavy burden
still rests upon her soul.
... |
advancing himself stays the further ahead
of himself,
By not confining himself to himself,
sustains himself outside himself.
--LAOZI
2.
FADE IN... |
hen Rea Santiago
Christian Slater Daniel Malloy
Kirsten Dunst Claudia
FADE IN:
INT. ROOM - NIGHT (SAN FRANCISCO)
A small bare room, illuminated only by the streetlight
coming through the window.
A hand presses a cassette into a recorder and fiddles
with a small micr... |
STUDIO DRAFT 3-18-2014
OPEN ON:
Rain. Lashing a windowpane. A PIANO PLAYS somewhere off
screen. Beethoven's Fur Elise.
... |
The 13ths.
AGAIN, DARKNESS.
OPEN ON:
The year is 2455. The place is Old Earth. Barren, void of life, a
hazardous and violent planet. The sky is blood red with spiked clouds of
dark gray. It is beautiful, but frighteningly foreign.
BLUE LIGHTNING CRACKLES as several figures rush through a... |
Peter Benchley
From the novel
by
Peter Benchley
OVER BLACK
Sounds of the innerspaces rushing forward.
Then a splinter... |
Howard Sackler
FADE IN:
UNDERWATER - DAY
Dramatically lit by sunlight filtering down from the surface.
A dim shape, massive, threatening, swims towards us from the
distance. Then it divides -- what was one is tw... |
WOMEN'S CORRECTIONAL HOSPITAL - DAY
ANITA "NEEDY" LESNICKI, 17, sits on her hospital bed in
pajamas. She's a plain-faced girl with a haunted
expression. As she stares out the window, she winds
colored yarn around a pair of Popsicle sticks to create a
"g... |
SCOTCH MARMO
3/14/92
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EXTREME CLOSEUP of glowing honey-colored stones. Their shapes ABSTRACT
as THE CAMERA EXAMINES air bubbles and crystalline patterns.
MOVING UP AND OVER this amber abstractio... |
EXT. BOAT - DAY 2
Illegal Costa Rican parasail operator ENRIQUE CARDOSO helps
Americans BEN HILDEBRAND and twelve-year-old ERIC KIRVY --
already wearing life-vests -- strap themselves into a two-
person PARASAIL HARNESS.
3 EXT. BOAT - DAY 3
Ben and Eric clamber onto a makeshift PLATFOR... |
escent of white
sand at the jungle fringe, utterly deserted.
ISLA SORNA
87 miles southeast of Nublar
Two SHIP HANDS, dressed in white uniforms, have set up a
picnic table with three chairs on the sand and are carefully
laying out luncheon service -- fine china, silver, crystal
decanters with red a... |
ic CRY of a LOON.
SLOWLY FADE IN TO:
EXT. BLACK LAKE - NIGHT
The loon continues its hypnotic call, as the steamy mist lifts
off the dark water, which doesn't even ripple. The loon
continues her nocturnal cry, as we savor the beauty of the lake,
the elegance of the bird, and ... |
S
Copyright 2004 All Rights Reserved
BLACK. THE SOUND OF CHANNELS BEING TURNED ON A TV. TITLE UP:
"SOME TIME AGO".
NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
It's hard for us... |
"Come, ye children, listen to me. I will teach you
the fear of the LORD."
PSALM 34:11
THE MOJAVE DESERT - DUSK
Vast. Barren. No signs of life.
A BLOOD RED SUN is sinking behind the d... |
tuart
Revised Draft
September 8, 1987
FACE IN ON
THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN
sunny and placid then slowly WE BEGIN DESCENDING UNDERWATER
Moving down from the brigh... |
a limb. He
has a bottle of wine, some sandwiches, a Walkman. Suddenly
the lights turn on.
PEEPER
(whispering)
Showtime!
We see a young mother walk into the room outside the Peeper's
window. She is wearing business attire.
PEEPER (CONT'D)
Rough day at the office Mrs. Dunleavy?
(t... |
Disturbing. WE LAP DISSOLVE between details of
their twisted anatomies: headlamp eyes, bright metal claws,
broken glass teeth.
EXT. NEVADA ROADS - DESERT - DAY
Two vehicles, one a Volkswagen "bus" decorated with stylized
flames, the other a '66 Thunderbird, speeding along a series
of eerily empty deser... |
L
EXT. TWO-LANE HIGHWAY - NIGHT
We see a clean moving POV illuminated by headlights. We're
floating down an old two-lane highway through a desolate,
desert landscape. This gliding, eerie POV continues as
credits roll. when the credits end, the headlights seem to
dim and soon we're moving through BLACKNE... |
FLORIDA, BEACH - GRAHAM + CRAWFORD - DAY
The highlit aqua water burns out sections of the two men
imposed in front of it. The beach is white sand. JACK
CRAWFORD -- mid-forties, large -- came down from Washington.
His suitcoat over the driftwood log and his rolled-up white
sleeves says City, not Florida Keys. W... |
Guillermo del Toro
June 19th 1996
NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THIS SOFT COPY.
FADE IN:
THE SCREEN... |
rrors are the gates
through which death comes and goes. Tell no one."
Orphée, Jean Cocteau
1 OMITTED 1
1A INT. NIGHT - HARLEM SUBWAY STATION 1A
A sub... |
n King
FADE IN ON:
A SINGLE CIGARETTE. A MATCH. A HOTEL ICE BUCKET that holds a
bottle of champagne. The cigarette is unlit. The match is of
the kitchen variety. The champagne, unopened, is Dom Perignon.
There is ... |
he closer
sound of a car - its headlights illumine an oleander bush and
the limbs of an Eucalyptus tree. Then the headlights turn - a
street sign is suddenly brightly lit. The words on the sign
read... "Mulholland Drive." The car moves under the sign as
it turns and the words fall once again into darkness.
... |
rises up. WE PUSH IN on it, towards a CITY along the Nile,
it's name written in hierarchic. WE KEEP PUSHING IN until
the golden map turns to golden sand and we find ourselves
DESCENDING on this ancient Egyptian city. Only it's not
ancient.
... |
channels.
After we've heard different channels, the scanning stops on a
channel with jazz music.
With a loud sound, the credits stop, the black screen moves away
to the right and is replaced by :
FILM SET - BEDROOM - INTERIOR DAY
(it is actually day-time, but the scene in the film being shot is
suppos... |
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