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-MOONLIGHTING- written by Gordon Caron (pilot) FIRST DRAFT August I, 1984 REV. 9/11/84 REV. 9/19/84 REV. 9/24/84 REV. 9/24/84 REV. 10/4/84 REV. 10/11/84 REV. 10/22/84 REV. 10/23/84
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"MOONLIGHTING" SET LIST EXTERIORS MADDIE'S HOUSE Front Door . Front Yard/Driveway Int. David's Porsche DETECTIVE AGENCY Century City Skyscraper "BONAVENTURE" HOTEL Underground Garage Entrance Int. Fiat "EASTERN" BUILDING Street and Entrance Roof and Clock POLICE STATION Side Entrance . UNDERGROUND GARAGE (NEAR POLICE) Street Entrance BEVERLY HILLS COMMERCIAL BLDG. Street Entrance INTERIORS MADDIE'S HOUSE Bedroom Upstairs Hallway Foyer with Stairway Living Room Kitchen Breakfast Room DETECTIVE AGENCY Corridor Elevator Outer Office (with Reception Area) David Addison's Office "BONAVENTURE" HOTEL Underground Garage (with Ticket Machine) Passageway to Escalators Escalators Lobby 2 Glass Elevators 3 Corridors "Top of Fives" Restaurant "EASTERN" BUILDING Lobby Freight Elevator POLICE STATION Interrogation Room Corridor #1 (with Bench) Corridor #2 (with Side Entrance) UNDERGROUND GARAGE (NEAR POLICE (with Pay Telephone) Int. David's Porsche BEVERLY HILLS COMMERCIAL BLDG. Lobby 2 Elevators 3 Corridors 4 Double Doors to Office 5 Accountants' Offices
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(X) EXTERIORS KAPLAN'S APARTMENT BLDG. Pool Area Front Entrance Street Int. Jaguar BAR (NEAR KAPLAN'S APT.) PAWNSHOP Street Entrance SIDEWALKS AND STREETS Jogging Sequence NEWSSTAND Int. Jaguar STREETS (VARIOUS) Int. Jaguar (moving) STREET AND INTERSECTIONS "Fiat" - Cadillac Chase + Int. "Fiat" (moving) INTERIORS KAPLAN'S APARTMENT BLDG. Kaplan's Apt. Bedroom BAR (NEAR KAPLAN'S APT.) (with Phone Booth) PAWNSHOP Counter Back of Store (with Curtain) ATTORNEY'S OFFICE UNDERGROUND GARAGE (ATTORNEY'S BUILDING) PUBLIC LIBRARY Entrance "Vast Caverns" Map Room HEINZ'S HOUSE Kitchen Hallway (with Phone) MOHAWK'S APARTMENT
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NOTE: An Asterisk (*) next to a scene number indicates that scenes have been omitted prior to that number.
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v REV. 10-4-84 "MOONLIGHTING" ACT ONE FADE IN: TIGHT ON THE BACK OF A DIGITAL CLOCK RADIO And we HEAR A CLICK...and the SMALL BUZZ of an ALARM... and we see a MALE HAND reach INTO FRAME and SWITCH IT OFF. And we... SHOCK CUT TO: A PAIR OF ANKLES ...as hands guide a pair of sweat-pants over then UP and FRAME. we... SHOCK CUT TO: RUNNING SHOES ...being tied. NO SOUND save for gentle breathing. ' The light soft and dim...filtered through UNSEEN drapes. And we... SHOCK CUT TO: A PAIR OF HANDS ...as they PULL a GYM SHIRT over the back of a head and down a neck. Nothing unusual...save for the fact that one of the wrists has TWO WATCHES strapped to it. SHOCK CUT TO: JONATHAN KAPLAN'S FACE ' A nice face...the southern side of thirty...and the clear eyes of a man who takes care of himself. And he BENDS DOWN and KISSES the back of SUSAN KAPLAN who lies sleeping on one side of their large bed.
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Bt REV. 10-4-84 (X) . 1a \. - CONTINUED 5 SUSAN (her eyes opening at his kiss) Jonathan? KAPLAN (a whisper) Sleep. And as KAPLAN TURNS and makes his way out of the apart- ment...we... . 'SHOCK CUT TO: J
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THE BACK OF ANOTHER CLOCK ...a simple wind-up job...and SUDDENLY the BELL GOES OFF. And a hand REACHES OUT...cutting the alarm. And we FOLLOW THE HAND back to its owner...a blond young man sporting a MOHAWK...his eyes not clear at all and we... SHOCK CUT TO: A NAKED BACK ...and we can't help but notice the scars...and the gun in the shoulder holster...suddenly obscured by the dirty grey sweatshirt he pulls over himself...as we... SHOCK CUT TO: HIS FACE ...as he pulls on a pair of goggles...black...sinister... across his eyes...and then drops a pair of "WALKMAN" headphones over his ears...as we... SHOCK CUT TO: A CASSETTE TAPE ...that he loads into a miniature stereo with a click... a bullet in the chamber of a gun...and SUDDENLY...an EXPLOSION OF SOUND... MUSIC "You gotta be mine... Cause you're so fine... I like your style... It makes me wild... ...and we... SHOCK CUT TO:
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v —~ ~ THE SIDEWALK «+..LOW TO THE GROUND...MOVING by us QUICKLY...and we HEAR only EARLY MORNING SOUNDS...and then we SEE them... SNEAKERED FEET...Kaplan's feet...making their way down the street...jogging...the SOUND of a RUNNER'S HARD BREATH. .. ON KAPLAN ...his face relaxed...having found his pace...alone on the early morning street... SIDEWALK we watch KAPLAN'S SNEAKERED FEET fly across the pavement...the pace unwavering...his breath a metroncme keeping time...and on the edge of the FRAME. we can see them...falling into-place behind another pair of feet...BARE FEET. ANOTHER ANGLE ...and now we see him, the GOGGLED JOGGER...right behind KAPLAN...moving up on him... FAVORING KAPLAN ...hearing someone behind him...or perhaps just sensin§ it...and reflexively moving to his left to let him pass... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the barefooted runner pulls up alongside of Kaplan and STAYS THERE...the two of them running side by side... ON KAPLAN ...puzzled by this...turning and looking over at... 10 11 13 14 15 16
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THE BAREFOOTED JOGGER - KAPLAN'S P.O.V. ...who turns to Kaplan...his single furrow of blond hair and the black goggles making him an odd sight... and SUDDENLY he SMILES. KAPLAN - THE BAREFOOTED JOGGER'S P.0.V. ...and SUDDENLY...the SOUNDTRACK EXPLODES with the MUSIC playing in the barefoot jogger's head... MUSIC "She looks so great... Every time I see her face... She puts me in a state... State of shock... ...and we WATCH Kaplan's nonplussed expression as this strange man runs alongside him...BY HIM...WITH HIM... . into his . . ANOTHER ANGLE ...as Kaplan abruptly increases his speed...moving from a jog to a sprint...and the barefoot runner loses little more than half a stride before he quickens his own pace and falls into place beside him. TIGHT ON KAPLAN ...and for the first time we see sweat forming on his brow...and he suddenly begins to SLOW... ANOTHER ANGLE ...and we watch as the barefooted runner SLOWS as well... ON KAPLAN ...as he sighs...and finally...abruptly...simply STOPS. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the barefooted runner stops as well...several yards ahead of Kaplan. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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O N - FAVORING KAPLAN ...as he waits for the barefooted shadow to turn to him... to explain...say something... KAPLAN (finally; to the guy's back) Do I know you? (and then) Is there something you want from me? ON THE BAREFOOTED RUNNER ...and though we can SEE KAPLAN standing him... talking to him...all we can HEAR IS... ‘MUSIC - puts me in a state... State of shock!... ...and we SEE KAPLAN finally stop talking...giving up... giving a mild SHRUG and TURNING...and at the same time the hand of the barefooted runner makes its way up in- side his sweatshirt...searching for the well-hidden gun... FAVORING KAPLAN ...as he TURNS...and begins to JOG down the street in the opposite direction...shaking his head...clearly puzzled by the stranger he met on his run... ON THE BLOND MAN ...as he PULLS the GUN from under his shirt...about to raise it and fire at Kaplan's back... ON KAPLAN ...as he starts to make his way ACROSS the STREET... ON THE BLOND MAN ...as he COCKS the revolver... 24 25 26 27 28 29
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l/-. ANOTHER ANGLE ON KAPLAN ...half-way across the street...GLANCING over his shoulder to catch a look at the blond man and SUDDENLY he SEES it... TIGHT ON KAPLAN'S EYES ...at the moment of REALIZATION...the KNOWING that he is about to be blasted out of his sneakers... THE GRILL OF THE CHEVROLET ...and from out of nowhere as it lifts KAPLAN off the ground... . ...as he ROLLS UP and OVER the WINDSHIELD...ONTO the ROOF and CRASHES to the GROUND...the SOUND of tires SQUEALING on asphalt...coming to a HARD, FAST STOP... ON THE BLOND MAN ...not guite sure what has happened...and then real~ izing...clearly STUNNED...QUICKLY RETURNING HIS GUN to his holster under his shirt...RIPPING the earphones off his head... FEMALE (0.C.) (hysterical) I didn't see him! I didn't see him! I swear...I didn't see him! ANGLE ...as he makes his way over to Kaplan's body...KNEELING beside it...TEARING OPEN his SHIRT in a seeming effort to give him air and then... TIGHT ON KAPLAN ...we can't help but notice the way the blond man gently REMOVES one of the WRISTWATCHES from Kaplan's wrist and... 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
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g { REV. 9-19-84 ON THE BLOND MAN ...deftly PUTS IT IN his own POCKET without the hysterical housewife noticing... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as cars begin to STOP...a Police car...and a crowd of eight or ten early morning dog walkers and joggers gather, the crackle of POLICE RADIOS and the spinning red beacon of their reflectors lighting up the morning... ON THE BLOND MAN ...as he lifts himself up and off the ground...making way for the OFFICERS... BLOND MAN . (to one of the policemen) It was weird. The guy just ran into the street without looking. LONG SHOT ...and we watch...as the BLOND MAN and the OFFICER CON- TINUE to TALK...the OFFICER TAKING NOTES...and behind them...the other officer works on Kaplan...pounding on his chest...offering mouth to mouth... ON THE BLOND MAN ...as he TURNS from the OFFICER...his conversation fin- ished...puts his headphones back over his ears...and begins to JOG AWAY from the scene... REVERSE ANGLE ...and as HE gets CLOSER to US...we can't help but notice that the look of surprise and shock has completely dis- solved from his face. And as the blond man jogs CLOSER and CLOSER tO us...we... DISSOLVE TO: 37 38 39 40 * 41 42 *
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REV. 9-19-84 WHITE ...and OUT OF FOCUS. And we don't know where we are... what we're looking at. And then...we can just make it out...the soft line of a cheek...a WOMAN'S cheek...as SLOWLY...DELIBERATELY...we come INTO FOCUS and see it. THE FACE. Soft and oddly STILL. A beautiful woman's face. And THEN...as the CAMERA starts to MOVE...we re- alize that we are looking ‘at-a PHOTOGRAPH. An incredibly striking photograph of a spellbinding woman---MADDIE HAYES. And as we CONTINUE DOWN this LONG HALLWAY we realize that this is just one of many pictures...that we are moving through a virtual gallery of Maddie Hayes photographs...some so large they extend from floor to ceiling...Scavullos...Hamiltons...Hurrells. And we MOVE THROUGH a DOORWAY and INTO... INT. MADDIE'S BEDROOM - DAY Huge. Long white drapes hang from the windows and blow the early morning breeze. A steamer trunk and a collection of half-unpacked luggage is sprawled across the floor. And at the far end of the room we can make out a huge bed...also white...save for the slightly darker form of a woman who lays sprawled out across it...portions of her body wrapped in silk sheets. TIGHTER ON THE WOMAN ...as the CAMERA climbs up her sleeping body...past the sheets that wind around her thigh...and across her back to the long mane of glossy hair...we can't help but wonder if this is the same beautiful woman whose pictures line the hallway. TIGHTER STILL ...a8 SUDDENLY there is the SOUND of a CRASH...and the woman's head bolts from her pillow with a START...and she TURNS TOWARD US...and... MADDIE What the hell...? ...and we SEE her...the living, breathing, MADDIE HAYES. And she is even more of a killer in the flesh than she 43 44 45 46
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- CONTINUED is through a lens. And as the UNSEEN CRASHING CONTINUES... she PULLS HERSELF OUT OF BED...wrapping the sheet around her naked body and making her way out of the bedroom and into... THE HALLWAY ...past the different pictures of herself...as we HEAR... ANDRE (0.C.) That's it! No more waiting! Andre is through! ...and there is yet another CRASH...as Maddie makes her way to a RAILING that overlooks... THE FOYER ...where plates FLY from an unseen kitchen...HIT the wall, and CRASH into a thousand pieces falling to the big, beautiful, Italian tiled floor... ON MADDIE ; ...clearly confused by all this...leaning over the rail- ing and calling down... MADDIE Andre? Anybody? What is going on? MADDIE'S P.O.V. ...as SUDDENLY a appears in a white Chef's hat... Chef's blouse and Chef's pants...and he turns and looks up at Maddie... ANDRE You want to know what's going on? I'll tell you what's going on! This... (he pulls a pay- roll check out of his pocket) THIS is what's going on! 46 47 48 49 50
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ANOTHER ANGLE REV. 10 ...as a middle-aged woman...apron around her waist... pencil in her hair...SUDDENLY appears below the railing next to Andre... ON MADDIE SELMA (mechanically) Morning Miss Hayes...How was the trip? MADDIE (quickly) Selma? What's he talking about? Why is he smashing my China? SELMA (turning to him) What are you talking about? Why are you smashing her China? ANDRE - . . You tell her I'm an artist! I do not work for free. SELMA (loocking back up at Maddie) He sez he's an artist. He don't... ...cutting her off...starting down the long, winding stairway to the foyer... MADDIE What does he mean..."free"? Nobody's asking him to work for free, ANDRE You tell the bank that! SELMA (to Maddie; this is hard) The household staff's paychecks. They all bounced. Again. 9-19-84 52% 53
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REV. 9~19-84 11 CONTINUED MADDIE Bounced? What do you mean... bounced? SELMA (she looks at Andre; she knows what's coming) You shouldn't have asked, Miss Hayes... ANDRE (livid) Bounced? You want to know what bounced means? It means... (he grabs a dish) This dish...? (and@ SMASHES IT against the wall) ...no bounces! (waving his check) This check...bouncy, bouncy, bouncy. (he grabs a vase) This...? (and SMASHES IT on the ground) ..»no bounces! (waving his check) This check...pingidy, pongidy! (he POINTS to a breakfront) That...? ...and _he walks over to it; THEN gives it a PUSH...as... SELMA ...races over to the breakfront...and catches it just before it hits the ground... SELMA We get the idea... 53 54
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() : 12 v CONTINUED ...and with a great deal of struggle...pushes it back against the wall... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as Maddie makes her way over to the temperamental chef... MADDIE Andre...whatever the problem is...I'm sure it's just some mistake. ANDRE That's what the accountant say. Over and over again! - . Well...is no more mistakes’ . : Andre guit! ) ...and with that...he PUSHES his way PAST THEM BOTH... T over to the FRONT DOOR...OPENS IT...then TURNS DRAMAT- ICALLY to the two of them... ANDRE Au revoir! ...and SLAMS IT CLOSED BEHIND HIM...which sends... THE BREAKFRONT ...toppling OVER into the middle of the foyer floor with a CRASH as... MADDIE AND SELMA ...JUMP with a START... MADDIE SELMA Aaaaaah! ohmygodalmightyhell! ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the two women stand there...eyeing the destruction... breathing hard...then slowly looking up at each other...
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13 CONTINUED Maddie still wrapped in her sheet...Selma forcing a smile for her employer... MADDIE Let me get that accountant on the phone. (making her way over to it) How long has this been going on? Checks bouncing? SELMA (meekly; watching Maddie dial) Little over a month. Just after you left for the cruise. ON MADDIE ...shaking her head...and we can HEAR the SOUND of a phone ringing on the OTHER END OF THE LINE...and then the SOQUND of it being picked up... MADDIE (suddenly; quickly) Yes...this is Maddie Hayes and... ...and she STOPS...realizing there is no one on the other end...and we can't help but hear... PHONE {FILTERED) "We're sorry...but the number you have reached is no longer in service and there is no new number. ...and Maddie's face goes white...and she quickly presses down the switchhook...dials again and after a single RING... PHONE (FILTERED) "We're sorry...but the number you have reached... 58
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REV. 10-4-84 14 - CONTINUED ...and Maddie REPLACES THE RECEIVER and just STANDS THERE for the LONGEST TIME... MADDIE (somewhere else; not even looking at her) Have Peter bring the car around. I want to go over there in person. SELMA (after a long moment) Peter quit early this morning. Took the car with him as security. MADDIE (a long moment « of her own) It's alright, Selma. 1It's alright. Just call me a cab... (turning) I'll go get dressed... SELMA (starting off) Yes M'am... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the two of them start their separate ways...and then Selma TURNS...CLEARING HER THROAT...STOPPING Maddie in her tracks... SELMA I just want you to know M'am... . if it does turn out that... (and she STOPS; thinks better of it; and then) Well...nothing persconal M'am... but I'm just like the rest of 'em. I got family. I got bills. You understand...don't you, M'am? 59 60
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(f“) . 15 \ CONTINUED » MADDIE (not turning back to look at her) I'm sure it's just a mix-up Selma. SELMA (trying to smile) ! I'm sure you're right, M'am. ) ...and as the two women start off their separate ways... we... DISSOLVE TO: EXT. BEVERLY HILLS STREET - DAY [ ...as a YELLOW CAB PULLS UP to a CURB and deposits Maddie... : 1 who QUICKLY CROSSES the sidewalk and MAKES HER WAY INTO... INT. A BEVERLY HILLS COMMERCIAL BUILDING - DAY ...one of those low-slung, three~-story affairs. And Maddie passes by the elevator...electing to take the stairs. AaAnd from the GROUND FLOOR LOOKING UP...we watch i as she CLIMBS to the SECOND FLOOR...and... FOLLOWING MADDIE ...makes her way to a set of DOUBLE DOORS, painted with gold leaf: "SAWYER AND SAWYER Certified Public Accountants" ...and THROUGH the FROSTED GLASS all we can SEE is DARKNESS.. . ON MADDIE R . ...as she stands there for the LONGEST TIME...this is 60 61 62 63 64
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ON MADDIE REV. 10-4-84 16 CONTINUED what she was afraid of...but she PUSHES against the door just the same...and to her surprise... THE DOOR open... INT. SAWYER AND SAWYER - DAY DARK...and abandoned. And as Maddie makes her SLOW and MEASURED way into the place...we can't help but notice that there are NO DESKS...NO LIGHTS...NO PEOPLE...just occasional puddles of scattered papers strewn across the floor. ...as she STOPS...and stands there...alone...in the middle of all the nothing. And even in the darkness... we can still make out the beginning of a tear making its way down her face. And we... DISSOLVE TO: OMIT TIGHT ON A SET OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS "LEVINE, WEBB, SHEPARD AND SHEPARD, Attorneys at Law" on the LETTERHEAD...and we PULL BACK to REVEAL a middle- aged attorney...ALAN WEBB...Clutching a sheath of docu- ments...pacing back and forth across the big office as Maddie stands in a corner...her eyes following him around the room... 64 65 66 67 68-62 70
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- CONTINUED 17 MADDIE (filled with rage) What are you telling me? That it's over? That I have no re- course? That people can steal everything I've worked so hard for since I was fourteen and there's nothing I can do about it? ALAN {(glancing up over the papers at her) The truth? (after a moment) Maddie? Yourbeen done. been done good! Those business managers of yours have taken every dime you had in the bank. MADDIE Oh, Alan... (falling into a chair) I'm broke? WEBB No. You're not broke. MADDIE It sure sounds like broke. WEBB {seating himself) And it's going to feel like broke. But they only took your liquid assets. Cash in the bank. Stock certificates. That kind of thing. You do have other sources of income. MADDIE Like what? REV. 10-4-84 70
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CONTINUED 17a WEBB Well for one thing...you've in- vested in some companies. a whole list of them here. through the documents) Got a dog grooming outfit. MADDIE {cutting him off) Alan, Alan, alan...! There's REV. 10-4-84 70
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CONTINUED 18 WEBB (CONT'D) Got a finger nail boutigque... MADDIE (not listening) Tell me it gets better. Say, "Maddie, it gets better". WEBB This is kind of interesting. A family portrait studio. MADDIE (pointing across the room) Hand me that wastebasket. I'm going to throw up. ' WEBB Don't throw up yet. You also own a piece of a bait and tackle shop, a dirty book store and a detective agency. And last year...that entire group of investments produced... (he flips to the next page; stunned) Four-hundred thousand, three hundred and eleven dollars. MADDIE (lifting her head) Hey! That's not bad! That's great! I made that much? WEBB No. You lost that much. Ap- parently these investments are maintained as write-offs. MADDIE Oh Alan... REV. 10-4-84 ...and as she looks at Alan with nothing but despair... we... SHOCK CUT TO: 70
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19 INT. UNDERGROUND GARAGE DAY REV. ...as Maddie and Alan make their way through the maze of parked cars... ANOTHER ANGLE WEBB Let's not lose our heads here. It's not the end of the world. (turning to her) You are Maddie Hayes. MADDIE What's that supposed to mean? WEBB It means...five years ago you were one of the country's hot- test models. 7You don't think there are companies out there that wouldn't pay through the ying yang tb have you stand next to a car...or...pose in their clothes...or...I don't know...fondle their fridge or something? I mean there are always Auto Shows... MADDIE Blechhhh! WEBB Maddie...there are worse ways to make a buck. kind of sorry...kind of sad... MADDIE {(after a moment) You're a good lawyer, Alan. You're a good friend. WEBB (holding out his keys) You're only saying that because I'm loaning you my car. ...as the two of them stop...and Alan looks at her... 10-4-84 72% 723
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REV. 10-4-84 20 CONTINUED MADDIE (taking them) You're right. ANOTHER ANGLE ...and MADDIE slides into a parked Mercedes, Alan lean- ing down... WEBB I'll draw you a check so you can get your car back...in the meantime... (handing her a list) I want you to go home...pull - yourself together and then | visit each of these businesses. Liquidate what you can. Some of the managers may offer to buy- you out on the spot. The main thing is, put them on no- tice. Close them up. You can't afford to sustain these kind of losses anymore. MADDIE (starting the engine) I don't like this, Alan. I don't like being poor. Poor doesn't become me. WEBB (a2 smile) You have such a pretty chin. Be sure to keep it up. ...and Maddie SMILES back...and we HEAR the SQUEAL OF THE TIRES against the pavement as the car turns...and quickly makes its way out of the garage...and we HOLD on ALAN...as he stands and watches his car disappear from view...and we... SHOCK CUT TO: 72A 73
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21 THE BOTTOM OF AN ELEVATOR DOOR ...as it slides OPEN and a PAIR of beautifully tapered ankles in expensive, eel-skinned pumps, pump their way out of the elevator. TIGHT ON A PAIR OF "RISKY BUSINESS" SUNGLASSES ...attached to the highest cheekbones in the history of broadcasting. WIDER ANGLE ...to REVEAL Maddie...making her way down an office building corridor...a "don't mess with me" expression painted across her face...as we... . ; . ' SHOCK CUT TIGHT ON A PHONE ...as one of the "lines" lights up...and a HAND reaches INTO FRAME.. .PICKS UP THE RECEIVER and... MS. DIPESTO (mechanically; and without enthusiasm) City of Angels Investigations. Lost or stolen property our specialty. You dropped it? We'll spot it. He cheats? We'll peek. Little one's gone? We'll find him before dawn. No job is too big. No job is too small. We're here to please--- one and all. We're licensed by the state of California and hap- . pily accept all major credit cards. (and then) How can I help you? (and then) No thanks. We already subscribe. ...and as she SLAMS THE PHONE back down onto the cradle she looks up and... 74 75 76 77
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CONTINUED 22 MS. DIPESTO (after a moment) Wow. TIGHT ON A BEAUTIFULLY MANICURED HAND REV. 10-4-84 ...as it gently pushes the pair of sunglasses ever so slightly down its nose...eyes moving around the room... The lady is lethal. she knows it. lips pursed. ...and we... ' MADDIE (not even look- ing at her) Can you tell me the name of the person in charge? . MS. DIPESTO (looking up; barely able to speak) That would be Mr. Addison. Should I tell him you're here? (reaching for the phone) wWho are you? (thinking better of it) Doesn't matter. He'll see anyone. SUPER TIGHT ON DAVID ADDISON'S FACE ...not a bad face, either. Easy to look at. ties...kind of blond...kind of brown. not even remembeér him if it were not for the small spark of madness in his eyes...EYES that dart to the LEFT... and then to the RIGHT... SHOCK CUT TO: Mid thir- And you might 77 81
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REV. 10-4-84 (X) - . ) CONTINUED 81 DAVID (to no one in particular) He's surrounded. And no one is in the clear. He dribbles like mad as he looks for a hole. {seeing something; a small GASP) Suddenly...he sees it! FURTHER BACK 82 ...and now we SEE him...seated in a large swivel office chair with casters...as he SUDDENLY PUSHES HIMSELF off the side of his desk with his legs...and he and his chair go whizzing across the room...TOWARDS the OFFICE DOOR...
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REV. 9-19-84 23 ON A BALL ...that he holds above his head... ON DAVID ...as he coils his arms...cocks the ball...releases it... DAVID And it's up...! ON A BASKET ...a wastepaper basket in fact...propped on the metal hinges that extend from the top of his office door... as the BALL DROPS cleanly into it... ON DAVID - . ...as he WHISTLES...and CRASHES into the door... DAVID ...and it's IN!1!! ...and he cups his hands...and hollers "YEAH" into them... creating the SOUND of thousands cheering... DAVID And the fans leap to their feet! (leaping to his own feet) Grown men cry. Women throw un- derwear. And even as the Pres- ident shakes his hand on the White House lawn...he silently promises himself, his Mother and his God, that no matter how big he becomes...he's never... ever...going to change. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the OFFICE DOOR unexpectedly OPENS...and the waste- basket TUMBLES from its perch...landing cleanly over... 83 84 85 86 87
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24 DIPESTO'S HEAD ...a startled Maddie standing just behind her... ON DAVID ...as he TURNS...and SEES her...not Dipesto...JUST MADDIE...and is CLEARLY dumbstruck. DAVID {after a long moment) Hi. MADDIE (an Alaskan refrigerator) Hello. .+ DAVID - (thrilled; slowly making his way over . to her) "Hello"? (and then) Wow. ON MADDIE ...as she indicates...with a glance of her eyes...the woman standing next to her with a garbage pail over her head... ON DAVID ...finally SEEING this...mildly embarrassed... DAVID My goodness, Miss Dipesto... You're looking a little pale today... (a wink to Maddie) And who have we here? MS. DIPESTO (totally unintel- ligible through the wastebasket) Mpht regmph flky muph milman... 90 91
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CONTINUED 25 REV. 10-22-84 DAVID Now, now...no reason to be shy. (pulling the can off of her; kissing her on the top of her head) Let's see a little confidence... a little charisma...a little Dale Carnegie. Remember...lesson one...imagine your whole audience is naked... (he steps back to let both her and Maddie admire the view) Boggles the mind, doesn't it? (moving back in; Dipesto; an intimate Amscray...willya? (letting her go; taking Maddie by the hand and with a single motion leading her into the office and closing the door on Dipesto's face) Terrible problem, shyness. Believe me...I know. But don't worry. We're get her the best help there is. Better than the best. She's come a long way already. Why...when I found her, she was nothing but a poor urchin...out on the street...urchining. But you don't want to hear that... MADDIE (the truth) I don't want to hear that... DAVID S0000...0kay. So my name is David Addison and your name is...? MADDIE Maddie Hayes. DAVID (Cont'd) ...Maddie Hayes and... (stopping for a moment) Don't I know you? 91 R R R ]
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. 26 CONTINUED MADDIE No. don't believe we've ever met. DAVID (pulling himself out of his chair) No. Wait a second. Can't fool me. The eyes don't lie. (pointing to them) Not these babies. Photographic. See sbmething once and it's locked in there... (snaps his fingers) ...for life. . .. MADDIE . (trying her best) . Really? I didn't think there was anything locked in there... DAVID No, no, no, no. There's no changing the subject. You're looking at a bloodhound. Once I'm onto something... MADDIE That's all well and good, Mr. Addison, but... . DAVID I'11 get it...I'll get it... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as he STANDS THERE and STARES at her...for the LONGEST time. MADDIE (finally; getting it over with) Alright...well...you might have my picture... 91 92
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28 FOLLOWING DAVID ...as he looks at her...clearly impressed...shakes his head...TURNS...and returns to his desk...once again throwing himself into his chair. DAVID {looking at her; GRINNING) ON MADDIE ...leaping up from her chair...starting towards him... all she can take... MADDIE Listen, Bub...you knock that High School Locker Room grin off your fade or 'I'll it off for you! ANOTHER ANGLE ...and she is leaning over his desk now...damn near on top of him...as he cowers in his chair... MADDIE (CONT'D) I'm not Miss March or Miss May or Miss Anything Else. For your information my name is Madolyn Hayes...and I own this place! ON DAVID ...as what she is saying starts to sink in. And he looks up at her...and it takes a second for it all to register... DAVID Madolyn Hayes? Madolyn Hayes? You're...Maddie Hayes? FAVORING MADDIE ...she doesn't like the way this is going... 93 94 95 96 97
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CONTINUED 97 DAVID I The Maddie Hayes? The Blue ] Moon Girl? Blue Moon Shampoo? ON DAVID 98 ...and he's got her. And he leaps out of his seat. DAVID {(thrilled) ' Sure! (quoting) "Blue Moon Shampoo. The only shampoo with milk, honey and a tablespoon of moonbeams in every bottle.™ MADDIE (frustrated beyond belief) Mr. Addi... DAVID (cutting her off) Wow. You're her. She's you. The girl from the bottle. The girl in the The girl that was everywhere! I knew I'd seen you. (stepping back; looking -at her again) God. I gotta tell you. I love you. I've always loved you. Really. Truly. . (and then) So0000...What is it you want to tell old Dave? MADDIE (she looks up; hears the silence; goes for it) You're fired. ...and he LOOKS AT HER...not guite sure he heard correctly...
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N . 30 ( \ CONTINUED DAVID Come again? MADDIE Mr. Addison...the City of Angels Investigation Company is wholly owned by me and my company, Madhays Inc. I've suffered some sudden financial reverses...and that... coupled with the fact that this company has registered significant losses during all of its three years of operation, forces me to... DAVID Fired? - - MADDIE (CONT'D) ...ask you, to close its doors. And that does mean immediately. S I will expect all expense ac- T counts and credit cards main- tained in the company name to be surrendered to me or my rep- resentatives. I will expect the timely return of all com- pany cars... DAVID The company car? My company car? The Porsche? (and then) Both of them? ...and Maddie doesn't even acknowledge this...just TURNS... and starts out the door of his office...as we BEGIN... THE LONGEST TRACKING SHOT ...in the history of television...and WE follow Maddie who is closely FOLLOWED by David through the bullpen...
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CONTINUED ON DAVID REV. 31 MADDIE (still talking) Realtors are already at work trying to locate an interested party to sublet this space so obviously the sooner you inform your employees of the situation the easier it will be for every- one. Naturally we'll honor what- ever severance agreements might have been negotiated into any individual's contract. And of course there will be an addition- al two weeks' pay to any employee who isn't covered by a severan... (her voice trailing off; and then; , - finally STOPPING; TURNING to him; noting his expression) Mr. Addison...are you "getting” all this? {(and then) This isn't easy for me either. I don't enjoy putting people out of work. 10-4-84 ...just standing at her...watching her... kind of mad...kind of smitten...SPEECHLESS. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as Maddie waits for a reply...and realizing she is not going to get one... MADDIE Well, Mr. Addison...if you'll excuse me...I believe I've finished my business here. 99 100 101
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REV. 10-4-84 32 THE HALLWAY ...and after a moment...David is OUT THE DOOR and INTO THE HALLWAY as well...following her...WALKING FAST to catch up...just steps behind her... DAVID (right behind her) Y'know what's amazing? From the television commercials, and the billboards and all that stuff...you'd never guess what a cold bitch you are. ON MADDIE ...as she STOPS dead in her tracks...TURNS...and SLAPS him...HARD...right across the FACE. And the two of them stand there...staring...glaring at each other. And then...after a moment:..she TURNS and. starts again down the hall. And we HOLD on David...as he stands there...rubbing his cheek...watching her go... DAVID (calling after her) Hey! Let's do this again sometime. ...and we... CUT TO BLACK END OF ACT ONE 102 193
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REV. 10-4-84 ACT TWO FADE IN: EXT. THE CITY - NIGHT 103z ...a SHOT that SEEMS to be FROM ON HIGH...SKYSCRAPERS LIT ! UP like Christmas Trees and the white and red light trails of the nighttime traffic making its way home at the end of a busy day. And we PULL BACK SLOWLY to REVEAL that this is the VIEW FROM... INT. DAVID'S OFFICE - NIGHT ...David SITTING in his desk chair in the DARK...silently watching the night out his window. VOICE (0.C.) The time has come to go, To pack our bags and blow... ...and David TURNS to DISCOVER... . . DIPESTO . 103C ...STANDING in his OFFICE DOOR with a box of her belong- ings under her arm... DIPESTO (CONT'D) To hit the streets... "Til next we meet... And "til then it's on with the show!" (and then) I'm going to miss working for you, Mr., Addison. You were the most fun boss I ever had. ANOTHER ANGLE - 103C ...as David SMILES at her... DAVID Hey...I wasn't kidding. This" guy's landing on his feet. Hell... the word's out out there. I've al- * ready gotten five calls on my private line here from other agencies begging me to come over. And you know as soon as I set up somewhere I'm going to be hiring everybody back.
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REV. 9-19-84 (X) 34 CONTINUED 103 ...and Dipesto doesn't SAY ANYTHING...just stands there SILENTLY for a 1ONG MOMENT... DAVID (finally) But I'll understand if you can't wait. DIPESTO let you know, Mr. Addison. {and then) You take care. ...and with that she TURNS...and DISAPPEARS FROM HIS DOORWAY. ON DAVID . : 103: ...as he HEARS the SOUND of the AGENCY DOOR SLAM closed behind her. And he sits there for just a moment longer... ON HIS HAND 1031 ...as we watch it slink across the desktop and then SUD- DENLY LUNGE for the phone...as we... CUT TO: OMIT 104-106
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A TELEPHONE 35 REV. 10-4-84 ...as a hand reaches into FRAME and ANSWERS IT. And we PULL BACK TO REVEAL SELMA...standing in MADDIE'S ALCOVE... dressed in a hat and coat...a suitcase by her side... clearly about to make her way out the door for the last time... ON DAVID (mechanically) Hayes residence. (and then) No. sorry. She's not here right now. ...the panic beginning to show in his face... ...and we... . DAVID - Ah...well...my name is David Addison and I have something important to discuss with Miss Hayes concerning her financial affairs. (and then) You wouldn't happen to know - where she is...would you? (and then) Pressing? Yeah...I'd say it's pressing. Hell...I'd say it's Crushing! ) HOCK CUT TO: INT. THE LOBBY OF THE BONAVENTURE HOTEL - NIGHT ...as Maddie and DR. NEAL SPELNER...a man who makes up for what he lacks in God-given looks with impeccable grooming and overwhelming sartorial splendor...make their way THROUGH THE LOBBY... DR. SPELNER What a lot of people don't re- alize is that plastic surgery is not a nine-to-five profession... 106a 106B * * 107
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REV. 9-24-84 36 CONTINUED 107 DR. SPELNER {CONT'D) * Take myself. 1I'm never really "off duty". I mean...I look at a person...crossing the street...or standing next to me at the market... ...and the ELEVATOR DOORS SLIDE OPEN...and the TWO OF THEM... INT. THE ELEVATOR 108 ++.STEP IN... DR. SPELNER (CONT'D) - * ...and all I see is where to : nip...where to tuck...where to re-build...teshape...add..sub=" tract. 1It's hell. I mean... my mind never shuts down. ...and as the ELEVATOR RISES...we can't help but notice nighttime, DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES visible through the glass rear wall of the elevator... DR. SPELNER (CONT'D) That's why when Dr. Friedman told * me that he knew a virtually flawless woman I said..."Buddy... that's like a trip to Bermuda. You have to give me her name." » ON MADDIE 109 ...looking like she's going to barf... ON SPELNER *110 ...admiring her... DR. SPELNER * (after a moment) . You having a good time so far? You're not saying anything.
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—— ~ REV. 10-4-84 37 CONTINUED MADDIE (trying her best) I'm speechless... DR. SPELNER That sounds good. I like that. ...and the ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN...and... INT. THE TOP OF THE FIVES - NIGHT ...Maddie and Dr. Spelner step out...REVEALING this elegant restaurant located on the top floor of the hotel...floor-to-ceiling glass windows and a knockout 360-degree view of nighttime Los Angeles... Ever eaten here before? The light is very flattering. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as we FOLLOW THEM...as they make their way to the Maitre D'... DR. SPELNER Reservations for two under the name Spelner. Dr. Spelner. By the way...I could take care of that little thing on your chin in fifteen minutes in my office. ...and we... SHOCK CUT TO: BLACK ...and then SUDDENLY a CONE of FLAME...a MATCH...and it . lights CANDLES ON A CAKE. And then we WATCH...as the CAKE is LIFTED and CARRIED through the DARKNESS... - UNSEEN VOICES Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday to you... Happy Birthday Dear Jennifer... Happy Birthday to 110 111 112 113
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38 ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the cake is set down in the middle of a white- linened dining room table. And we SEE JENNIFER...just eight years old...lean forward and BLOW OUT THE CANDLES... and there is a ROUND of applause and then THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. And we can see the group...MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS... MOTHER (0.C.) What did you wish for? ON JENNIFER ...and there is the SOUND of a TELEPHONE RINGING... JENNIFER I'm not supposed to tell you. ...and the RINGING stops having been answered... JENNIFER (CONT'D) (with a giggle) I wished every day were my birthday. GRANDMA (O.C.) Grandpa...it's for you. ON GRANDPA ...and we SEE him for the first time. Seventy if a day. His hands across his belly...watching his granddaughter... lost...and not having heard. ON GRANDMA ...standing under the archway where the kitchen meets the dining room... GRANDMA Heinz. Der Fernsprecher. ON GRANDPA ...as he is SUDDENLY lurched from his reverie...and PULLS himself out of his chair and... 114 1142 115 116 117
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/:> INT. THE KITCHEN 39 REV. 9-19-84 118 ...as he carefully closes the doors to the dining room and seats himself at the kitchen table...amid the dirty dinner dishes...the laughter and chatter from the party leaking into the room even as he picks up the phone... Hello? HEINZ INT. THE BLOND'S APARTMENT - NIGHT *119 ...and standing in the hallway between the bedroom and bathroom is the®BLOND MAN...the phone pressed to his BLOND MAN I got it and I gotta get rid of it. INT. THE KITCHEN . 120 ...Heinz speaking softly...trying not to be heard... Tomorrow night, as we had planned. HEINZ (and then) What makes you think people are following you? (and then; . not pleased) Alright then...an hour from now. ...and with that, Heinz INT. THE LIVING ROOM ...aé he walks back Grandpa! HANGS UP the phone... JENNIFER We saved you a piece with a flower! I'1ll have to wrap it up and take HEINZ it with me. That was the alarm company. the store. Someone broke into 121
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CONTINUED ON MADDIE ...as she WATCHES both him and the Maitre D' TOWARDS the ENTRANCE of the restaurant...and a : PICKS AT SALAD... (X) 41 SPELNER Urgent? (pulling himself up from his seat) Oh my. (to Maddie) I'11 be right back. MADDIE (between her teeth) I1'1ll be here. VOICE Who's the geek with the phony tan? REV. 9-19-84 WALK BACK ...and Maddie LOOKS UP to DISCOVER David...standing across the table... DAVID Don't be alarmed. The Good Doctor is about to be summoned to Our Lady of Ladies in Pasadena where a nose job has gone South. Seems one of his colleagues slipped at the moment of truth and now his patient can liter- ally blow in her own ear. (seating himself) Oh wow...lobster...my favorite... MADDIE What are you doing here...? DAVID (handing her some keys) Just came to return my company cars and tell you I think you're making a big mistake closing down City of Angels Investigations.
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CONTINUED REV. 42 MADDIE If you don't leave this table this instant...I'll...I'll scream! DAVID Ooh my! That would bring the geek back here. Tell me about him anyway. Hope you two aren't planning anything serious. MADDIE (rising from the table) Mr. Addison... DAVID (cutting her off; across the restaurant) Yeah. That would be a waste. The guy...the guy's not of this earth...y'know? I'm willing to wager...and we're talking con- siderable money here...that this guy wears bikini underwear. (turning to her) Tell me you're in a position to know and break my heart forever. MADDIE * (starting across the restaurant) Good-night, Mr. Addison... {to the Maitre D' as she passes) Tell Dr. Spelner I'll be right back. DAVID (jumping up; following her) Deny that the man blows bubbles with his drool. A simple true- false statement. Of course he does. Do birds fly? Do ducks duck? 10-4-84 121D * %
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REV. 10-4-84 THE FIAT 141 ...SQUEALS to a STOP. And then...a MOMENT LATER...from out of FRAME...A BLACK CADILLAC with tinted windows PULLS UP ALONGSIDE of the smaller car. ANOTHER ANGLE 142 ...as the tinted window on the front passenger side mech- anically dissolves into the car door...revealing a well- groomed, middle-aged man...RICHARD SIMON...who SMILES at the blond man sitting in the FIAT. SIMON I was wondering if I might con- vince you to pull over so that my friends and I could discuss a certain wristwatch with you. . ON THE BLOND MAN 143 ...totally non-plussed. He looks at the Cadillac for a long moment...then TURNS...facing front...as... SIMON * Forgive me. 1Is this conversa- ' tion making you nervous? There's nothing to be nervous... * ...but before Simon can complete his line...the blond man leans forward and lays on his HORN...its SOUND OBLITERATING * SIMON. * BLOND MAN * (screaming into space) SHUT UP!!! ON SIMON ...waiting...watching...totally unfazed by this demon- stration of hysterics. And SUDDENLY the HORN STOPS...
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(X) 47-48 CONTINUED SIMON (after a moment; patiently) REV. 10-4-84 I just want to make it clear that all we're asking for is an opportunity to negotiate for the watch. I'm well aware that the man you work for wants it... THE EARTHMOVER ...begins to move back INTO the construction site... clearing an opening just large enough for... SIMON (0.C.) badly. All I'm asking: for is'a chance to talk. THE FIAT ...as it SUDDENLY ROARS from its spot and begins BARRELING down SUNSET as... THE CADILLAC That's... ...tries to force its way throudh the narrow gap created by the earthmover as... THE BLOND MAN ...drives like a madman...his eyes darting up into the rearview every few the space behind him for... THE BIG BLACK CAR .+ .ROARING FORWARD, the small Fiat just five car away...and we... OMIT SHOCK CUT TO: 143A 143B 143C 143D 143E 143F 144-159
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TN S REV. 10-4-84 49 THE LADIES' ROOM DOOR ...as it OPENS just a crack...and we SEE MADDIE.,..her eyes darting around the room, checking for stray Davids. And satisfied there are none about...she opens the door fur- ther...finally venturing out into the restaurant...starting to make her way back towards her table... DAVID (0.C.} Was it something I said? ...and she TURNS TO DISCOVER... DAVID ...standing there...right behind her... DAVID I mean, I come all the way down here...change the underwear... tie the tie...you have any idea how much it costs to park in this place?...and@ you won't even talk to me? ON MADDIE ...and she STOPS...and she looks at him... MADDIE Talk. DAVID (going for it) Listen. I understand. You have financial problems. But that's no reason to shut us down. MADDIE Oh no? Do you have any idea how much money you lost last year? DAVID That's because we were supposed to lose money. It was our Jjob to lose money. And we lost money - great. Now...you turn around and say "make money"...and we're going to make money great. 159. 1591 159¢
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CONTINUED 49A MADDIE (starting off again) This is a ridiculous conversation. DAVID (following her) I happen to be a terrific private detective. MADDIE « (turning to him) There is -absolutely nothing in your work record to indicate that. DAVID Well I have extraordinary cred-’ entials and a tremendous depth of experience. Let's talk about Yale...Let's talk about Princeton. MADDIE What about Yale and Princeton? REV. 10-4-84 159
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A FAMILY FAVORING DAVID REV. 10-4-84 51 ...sitting and eating their meal...clearly puzzled by this... ...all SMILES... DAVID (CONT'D) I was going to say "Hey...let's see if we can't push a couple of tables together and get to know each other...but...it sounds like you have to go, huh Doc? SPELNER I'm afraid so... (turning to Maddie) I feel badly leaving you like this...but... (a nervous SMILE to David) ...you seem to be in good hands. DAVID The best. MADDIE (clutching Spelner's arm) Let me come with you! SPELNER (enjoying this) I know. We were really begin- ning to hit it off...weren't we? (and then) I've already paid the Captain. Why don't you sit with your friend and enjoy your dinner. (and then) I'll call you tomorrow. MADDIE (defeated) I'm sure you will. ...and Spelner TURNS...and walks out... DAVID (watching him go) Lovely man. Where were we? 159t
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REV. 10-4-84 52 FAVORING MADDIE ...not about to put up with more of this...heading back towards the table... MADDIE You were fired... (grabbing her sweater off of her seat) ...and I was leaving. DAVID (right behind her) I'm sorry to hear you say that. I think we would have made a terrific team. ...and she TURNS without answering...although it is hard - to miss the way she ROLLS HER EYES...and STARTS TOWARDS... OMIT THE HAT-CHECK ...unattended. No hat-check girl in sight. DAVID Nobody's home... MADDIE ~ (a backward glance) That seems to be going around. ...and as they wait...we... SHOCK CUT TO: OMIT ON THE BLOND ...as he glances up into the rearview...still unable to lose the bigger car...and then SUDDENLY looking forward... his eyes growing with SURPRISE AS... 159G 159H *1591 160-168 169
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REV. 10-4-84 O 2 OUT THE WINDSHIELD - THE BLOND'S P.O.V. 170 ...RED LIGHTS BLINK seven car lengths ahead... ANOTHER ANGLE 171 ...toc REVEAL CEMENT HIGHWAY STATIONS right in the center of the road...indicating a CONSTRUCTION ZONE... ON THE FIAT 172 ...having no place to go...TURNING WILDLY and... ANOTHER ANGLE 173 onto the sidewalk...MOWING DOWN garbage pails and newspaper machines...FORCING PEOPLE to RUN out of its path...and in the mnear distance we can‘'still SEE the CADILLAC...FOLLOWING the exact same path... ' . THE FIAT 174 ...as it races along the sidewalk...the blond man SEEING SOMETHING. ..TURNING HARD...into... INT. AN UNDERGROUND GARAGE 175 ...0ff the sidewalk...and the car quickly barrels down the LONG CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY TOWARDS... THE BANK OF TICKET MACHINES 176 ...their long red and white arms down to prevent traffic from continuing without a ticket. And SUDDENLY...the Fiat through...SMASHING an arm. . OMIT 177-178 THE PASSAGE TO THE ESCALATORS 179 N ...as the FIAT comes ROARING UP TO IT. And the car door flies open...and the blond man JUMPS OUT...
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REV. 10-4-84 (X) 52B-C FOLLOWING HIM 180 ...as he dashes INTO THE PASSAGEWAY and LEAPS onto... THE ESCALATOR 181 ...taking the moving steps TWO AT A TIME...glancing ever so slightly over his shoulder to be sure that no one is there. ON THE BLOND MAN 182 ...reaching the TOP:of one escalator...JUMPING OFF and around the corner and LEAPING ONTO ANOTHER...his breath hard...his face pale and painted with FEAR...and he rides up and UP and U P...finally finding himself at the top of the stairway...stepping off and around a corner to DISCOVER... INT. THE BONAVENTURE LOBBY 183 ...that he is in the LOBBY of this huge, super-modern hotel, filled with conventioneers and visiting out-of- towners making their way in and out of the place...seated at the small lounges that surround it...gazing into the windows of the small shops that line the perimeter... ON THE BLOND MAN 183a ...standing there...BREATHING HARD...amazed at where he has found himself...and then NOTICING... ONE OF THE HOTEL ENTRANCES 183B ...SIMON and SEVERAL OTHER MEN trotting into the HOTEL... FOLLOWING THE MEN 183C ...as they peel off and each take an entrance... OMIT 183D-1832
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REV. 10-4-84 54 ANOTHER ANGLE *183FF | ...STEPS INSIDE...quickly presses a floor button and makes his way all the way to the back of the elevator...a modern, glass affair that climbs up the side of the building and | looks out over nighttime Los Angeles...and after a MOMENT | the elevator doors CLOSE. TIGHT ON THE BLOND 187* ...as he breathes a SMALL SIGH OF RELIEF...convinced he ! has given them the slip. And the ELEVATOR STOPS at a i floor...the DOOR OPENING...SEVERAL PEOPLE making their way IN. And AFTER A MOMENT...the elevator STARTS to CLIMB AGAIN. And the blond man TURNS...and £6r the first time...really takes in the INCREDIBLE VIEW. And we can't help but notice...just OVER HIS SHOULDER...ANOTHER ELEVATOR... and in that elevator...pressed against the glass...SIMON. ' ANOTHER ANGLE 188 ...as the ELEVATOR.once again STOPS. And several people move to EXIT. And the blond man moves with them...making his way out of the car and into... THE HALL 189 ...and as he STEPS OUT INTO the HALL he can't help but notice that the ELEVATOR in the next bank has ARRIVED as well...and the first person to disembark is... SIMON 190 ...who is STANDING in the HALLWAY and SMILING at... THE BLOND MAN : 191 FREEZES in his tracks...but only for a moment... TURNING QUICKLY...sticking his hand into the CLOSING ELEVATOR DOORS...CATCHING his elevator just as it is about to leave...FORCING the doors APART and THROWING into the now EMPTY ELEVATOR... ANOTHER ANGLE 192 ...and we WATCH...as the blond man TURNS...and SEES through the ELEVATOR GLASS...
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REV. 10-4-84 55 THE OTHER ELEVATOR 193 ...RISING along with his...SIMON NODDING at him through the glass... ON THE BLOND MAN 194 ...as he begins to PRESS BUTTONS...FRANTICALLY trying to make the machine GO DOWN instead of UP...and we... SHOCK CUT TO: OMIT : THE RESTAURANT ELEVATORS *194C . Maddie...now carrying her them... David right behind her... DAVID Maybe you want to take the night and think about it? MADDIE Ha! ON MADDIE . : *194D ...TURNING...pressing the CALL BUTTON FRANTICALLY...David LOOKING ON...AMUSED... DAVID Give it a chance. We're a long way up. You really want to get away from me all that bad? MADDIE You can't begin to know. (to David) - What's so funny? DAVID (taking her hand off the button) You. You need me, Maddie Hayes.
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N CONTINUED (X) 552 MADDIE (taking back her hand) I need you to leave. DAVID You need me to live, Lady. You are one, cold, icy broad. You got your nose so high in the air it's snowing on your brain. REV. 10-4-84 194D
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REV. 10-4-84 (X) 56 CONTINUED MADDIE You're a helluva salesman, Addison. DAVID You need somebody like me around. I'm fun, Maddie Hayes. When was the last time you had fun? MADDIE I have lots of fun. Tons of fun. DAVID wWith who? The "Plain Wrap" poster boy you were with tonight? (taking her hand) « Did I mention that this is a limited time offer? : MADDIE (snatching it back) Leave...me...alone! You hear me? I don't want to be a detective with you. I don't want to have fun with you. And I don't want to talk with you. ...and with that she gives the CALL BUTTON one more stab and TURNS...her back to him... DAVID (after a long moment) Hey...I can take a hint. ...and he gives the CALL BUTTON one more shot...and we... SHOCK CUT TO: 194D
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T) . . 57 TIGHT ON THE BLOND MAN 194B ...still PRESSING FLOOR BUTTONS...and... ANOTHER ANGLE 195 ...as the ARRIVAL BELL RINGS...and he JUMPS with a START... and the doors SLIDE OPEN...and he TURNS... THE BLOND MAN'S P.O.V. 196 ...to SEE that the OTHER ELEVATOR HAS STOPPED AS WELL... and is EMPTY. ON THE BLOND MAN . 197 ...not sure whether to get or AGAIN to SEE . . R THE OTHER ELEVATOR 198 ...has just STARTED DOWN... ON THE BLOND MAN 199 ...not knowing what to do...STARING STRAIGHT AHEAD at... THE ELEVATOR DOORS . 20C ...WIDE OPEN...looking out into the hall. No one... NOTHING THERE. ON THE BLOND MAN 201 ...staying in the elevator...WAITING...WA I T I N G... W A I T I N G...for someone to either appear in the doorway or for... SHOCK CUT TO: MADDIE AND DAVID 201A waiting for the elevator...her back to him...
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58 CONTINUED 2012 no words passing between them...as if total strangers... and SUDDENLY...the arrival bell DINGS... ANOTHER ANGLE 201E ...as the two of them TURN...and move ever so slightly... planting themselves in FRONT OF... THE ELEVATOR DOORS 201C ...which SLIDE OPEN...and there...STANDING SQUARELY .IN THE CENTER of the DOORS is the BLOND MAN...an unusually GLAZED look in his eye... MADDIE (after moment;: waiting for the BLOND MAN to step out) Excuse me... ...but the man DOESN't MOVE...just STANDS THERE and... TIGHTER ON THE BLOND MAN 201I- ...as he OPENS HIS MOUTH and pulls out the WRISTWATCH... ON DAVID AND MADDIE 2011 ...watching this... DAVID (slowly; " never taking his eyes off the blond man) We're talking major weird here. ANOTHER ANGLE 201: ...as the blond man takes the watch and moves to place it around Maddie's wrist...
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. CONTINUED 201F MADDIE (terrified; trying to be ) polite) No thank you. Really. No thank you. b DAVID There's got to be cooties the | size of oysters on that thing. ) MADDIE ) (backing away) It's very sweet...but really... no thank you. TIGHT ON A .MENU. . . 201G ...as it is LOWERED OUT OF FRARME and we SEE the face of ) li—) HEINZ...SPOTTING the BLOND MAN...RISING from his table... HEINZ'S P.0O.V. 201H ! ...as the blond man SLIPS the BAND OVER Maddie's WRIST... TIGHT ON THE BLOND MAN . 2011 ...standing there...saying nothing...beginning to WEAVE... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the two of them stand there and watch... MADDIE (scared; . moving closer to David) Addison...? Addison? Why is he doing that? DAVID Gravity.
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N 60 CONTINUED ...and SUDDENLY the blond man's body PITCHES FORWARD... and like a STIFF BOARD OF WOOD...falls to the ground... and we can't help but notice the knife in his back... the handle sticking straight up in the air. ON MADDIE ...as she screams a GUT-WRENCHING SCREAM. ON DAVID ...looking at the body on the ground for a long moment... and then... DAVID Boy..:that's got to hurt...fal- ling on your nose like that. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as people...hearing the RUSH TOWARDS THEM...Heinz trying desperately to get to them...but his OLD BODY being PUSHED and JOSTLED... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the people begin to descend on Maddie and David... and the scene becomes CHAOS...and the two of them share a glance of both confusion and terror. And as they do...we... CUT TO BLACK END OF ACT TWO 201K 201L 201M 201N
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. REV. 9-19-84 ACT THREE FADE IN: A LIGHTBULB *241 +..SUDDENLY LIT...a single bulb in an old-fashioned, desk- top, goose-neck lamp. ON DAVID 242 ...as he puts his hand in front of his eyes to protect them from the light... . DAVID Wooo! Didn't realize you guys were going to take x-rays... ANOTHER ANGLE , 243 ...to REVEAL that three POLICE TYPES in shirtsleeves are circling David who sits in a simple wooden chair in the center of this DETECTIVE'S OFFICE. * INVESTIGATOR #1 So you say you never met -this fellow...Klaus Gunter before this evening? ON DAVID , 244 ...as he pulls a pair of sunglasses out of his breast pocket and slips them on... DAVID Nope. ANOTHER ANGLE . 245 ...as one of the investigators snatches the glasses off of David's nose and throws them OUT OF FRAME. - INVESTIGATOR #1 (handing him a photograph) You ever heard of Jonathan Kaplan?
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62 CONTINUED DAVID (looking at the picture) Who he? INVESTIGATOR #2 Died this morning in a traffic accident. Your friend Gunter was the only witness. DAVID He was not my friend. It was just a casual thing. BHe was lonely. I was on shore leave. The elevator door opened and he threw himself at my feet. Happens to me all the time. #2 And you have no idea how the knife got in his back? DAVID Oh...I suppose somebody had to put it there. INVESTIGATOR #1 Just answer the gquestion. DAVID And if I don't? ...and no one says anything for a moment as the inves- tigators EXCHANGE GLANCES. DAVID (CONT'D) This is America, you know. I am entitled to a phone call, am I not? INVESTIGATOR #1 (grudgingly; pointing to it) Phone's right there. ON DAVID ...as he smugly pulls his chair out from under himself and walks slowly across the room to the phone...picks up the receiver and starts to dial... 245 246
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CONTINUED 63 DAVID (as he waits for the line to be answered) What do you guys like on your pizza? : ON THE INVESTIGATORS ...as they exchange glances once more...they've never seen one like this in captivity. ON DAVID ...5till waiting for a reply... ...and we... MADDIE ...staring at the floor...as she sits on a wooden bench in a CORRIDOR just outside the INTERROGATION ROOM...her And we PULL BACK QUICKLY to REVEAL the INTERROGATION ROOM DOOR OPENING...and David and the three investigators come strolling out...each chewing on a slice of pizza...all of them wearing big smiles... face taut with concern. DAVID Guys. 1It's okay. 1It's on me. SHOCK CUT TO: i INVESTIGATOR #2 (leaning down to Maddie) Miss Hayes? 1If you'll just step inside...we'd like to ask you a few questions now. DAVID (leaning down to tell her as well) Nothing to it. A real bunch of pussycats. I told them you were my partner so they'd go eas... 246 247 248 249
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ON MADDIE 64 ...leaping up from her seat...going after him with her purse. MADDIE I am not your partner! (to the others) I am not his partner! don't know this man. I don't like this man. I would greatly appreciate it if you would lock this man up! ANOTHER ANGLE ...as DAVID GRABS HER PURSE...and the three investigators descend on Maddie...pulling her and her purse and David apart...calming her down and pointing her towards the - Interrogation room... - DAVID (as they lead her off) We're not going to hold that against her...are we fellas? Woman's been under a lot of stress. {(watching her go) Look at that lower back. Tense. Tight. (and then) Kinda nice though... ...and as Maddie moves into the Interrogation room and David stands studying her lower back...we... DISSOLVE TO: INT. THE POLICE CORRIDOR - NIGHT ...and at the far end of the hall we can see the INTER- ROGATION ROOM DOOR OPEN...and a TIRED, WEARY MADDIE make her way out of it and starts down the long corridor TOWARDS US. And we... 250 251 252
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N REV. 10-4-84 65 FOLLOW HER ...making her way TOWARDS the large, double-doored EXIT of the POLICE STATION...putting her weight against them...PUSHING them OPEN...SUDDENLY assaulted by... WHITE LIGHT ...BLINDING. And we don't quite know where we are or what's going on. And we can SEE VERY LITTLE...but we can HEAR... VOICE Here she comes...let's roll! ON MADDIE ...as confused as we are...shielding eyes her hand...shifting slightly... MADDIE'S P.O.V. ...and now we can just make out the TV CAMERAS and NEWS PEOPLE who stand in front of the sun-guns pointed right at us. ANOTHER ANGLE ...a5 a woman...MARY HART... plants herself alongside Maddie...a microphone in her MARY Mary Hart for Entertainment Tonight. I'm standing just out- side a Los Angeles Police Station where "Maddie" Madolyn Hayes, best known as the Blue Moon Shampoo girl has just been re- leased following questioning relating to the apparent murder of Klaus Gunter in a downtown restaurant. (to Maddie; thrusting the microphone in her face) I understand you're denying any involvement in tonight's mishap? 260 261 262 263 264
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REV. 10-4-84 / . 66 CONTINUED : 264 MADDIE (totally flustered; trying to move ' past her) Yes...I...That light is so bright... MARY * (following her)} : Is it true that you and a pro- fessional investigator have formed a detective agency and that your first case will be the unmasking of the person who murdered Klaus Gunter. MADDIE . . (stopping; . turning to her; truly startled) : What? What did you say? MARY * ) I asked about the rumors that I you're about to form a detective agency. The Blue Moon Agency... I believe that's the name I heard... ON MADDIE 265 ...and she SAYS NOTHING...just LOOKS at Hart for the * longest time...and then begins to scan the crowd...and then... MADDIE'S P.O.V. 266 . ...SHE SEES HIM...behind one of the TV CAMERAS...David... and he gives her a small wave... (0.C.) * Would you care to make a state- ment? ON MADDIE 267 ++.livid. And she starts to move forward...past Mary... * towards David...
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REV. 10-4-84 67 CONTINUED MADDIE (over her shoulder; to Mary) Stick around. I think there's going to be another murder! ON DAVID ...as he realizes what is about to happen...and quickly cups his hands around his mouth and... DAVID People? Let's cut. Print. Ship. That's a wrap. Let's take ten. Really. Thank you. You're beautiful. Don't ever shave. . .- ' . : .~ ...and she is almost there...on top of him...and he turns and starts to RUN... EXT. THE STREET - NIGHT ...as David races down it...Maddie right behind him... MADDIE (calling to him) Addison!... . ANOTHER ANGLE ...as he TURNS and RUNS INTO... INT. AN UNDERGROUND GARAGE - NIGHT . ...and DASHES behind a parked car...but not before Maddie SEES where he is... MADDIE (stopping; breathing hard; calling to him) Addison!... 267 268 269 270
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REV. 10-4-84 68 CONTINUED 271 MADDIE Addison...I want you out of my life! Do you hear me? DAVID (peering over the top of the car) Now let's not say things we don't mean. . MADDIE I mean it! Out of my life! DAVID (standing up) One little television crew. . That's.what all fuss is about...right? One little ° . television crew. Have you ever seen the show, huh? Very nice. Very tasteful. All the * stars are on there. MADDIE A man died! He was murdered! Right in front of me! ANOTHER ANGLE : 272 ...as the two of them stand there...and the meaning of what she's saying sinks in...and David comes out from behind the car...and walks over to her... DAVID (finally) You're right. You're one-hun- dred and fifty percent right. I wasn't thinking of you...or the way you felt. I was think~ ing about me. About how to maximize the situation for my own good. Dumb. Very dumb. And I'm very sorry. ...and he waits...for her to say something...anything. But nothing is forthcoming.
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69 CONTINUED 272 DAVID (clearing his throat) I'm going to go now. Out of this garage. Out of your life. (waiting a moment; and then) Here I go. MADDIE * Good-bye. ...and he turns...and starts out of the garage...about ten yards...and then he turns around to face her again... DAVID This' is me gaqing. MADDIE * Good. ...and he turns again...goes another ten yards...and turns back one more time... DAVID Good-bye. MADDIE * Good-bye! ...and with that he TURNS...and WALKS OUT OF THE GARAGE... ON MADDIE 273 ...as she LOOKS UP to SEE that HE IS INDEED GONE... ANOTHER ANGLE 274 ...and begins walking...SLOWLY...towards... A PAY PHONE 2742 ...that hangs Maddie PULLS THE RECEIVER off the hook and quickly dials "4-1-1-"... on the wall just next to the exit. And
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REV. 10-4-84 (X) 69A-B CONTINUED MADDIE Yes...could I please have the number of Imperial Taxi Ser... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as a RED PORSCHE comes SCREAMING into the garage... down to the end...hanging a LOUD and FAST U-TURN...and then BARRELLING BACK TOWARDS... OMIT ) MADDIE ...terrified... 274A - 274B 275 276
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REV. 9-19-84 70 ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the car SCREECHES to A STOP just YARDS in front of her...and the driver's door flies open and there sits... DAVID jumps out... DAVID Before you jump to conclusions... this is really your car...not my car. I am out of your life. ...and he indicates that she seat herself in the car... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as she does so...David holding open the car door dutifully... DAVID Didn't want to see you stranded here in the middle of nowhere... ...and with that he slams the door closed... DAVID Of course now...I'm stranded here in the middle of nowhere. MADDIE (without feeling; moving over) Get in. DAVID (ripping open the car door; . jumping in) - I love it when you beg. ...and he closes it with a BANG...and with another SCREECH of the tires...the car is out the garage door and we... DISSOLVE TO: 278 279
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REV. 10-4-84 71 EXT. MADDIE'S MANSION 280 ...as the Porsche PULLS UP and into the circular driveway... INT. THE PORSCHE 281 ...as Maddie moves for the door... MADDIE (coolly and with- out looking at him) Thank you again for the ride Mr. Addison. It was very thought- * ful of you. Feel free to use * the car to drive home. 1I'll * have someone pick it up in the * morning. * *DAVID . . Of course. * ...and Maddie STEPS OUT OF THE CAR...and we HOLD for a MOMENT...and then David kills the engine and he too gets out of the car... EXT. THE DOOR TO MADDIE'S HOUSE 282 ...as she steps up to it with her key withdrawn...pulls a NOTICE OF BANK SALE from the door...and AFTER A MO- MENT...David STEPS INTO FRAME BEHIND HER... MADDIE (sensing him there; turning to him) Mr. Addison... DAVID Miss Hayes. I get the feeling I'm leaving you with the wrong impression of me. MADDIE Mr. Addison...don't think me rude...but I've had a hard day. I woke up this morning to find that all my money had been sto- len from me. I went to visit a business that I own and was called a bitch by a person I'd never met before. I went out to dinner and got to watch a man die at my feet. Then I was (MORE)
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T 72 CONTINUED MADDIE (CONT'D) driven downtown to be questioned by police. 1I've had TV cameras and microphones, not to mention the likes of you poked in my .face...so forgive me...but I'd like to go into my own house... alone...and take about forty- five sleeping pills. I hope you understand. 1It's nothing personal. I just hate you. DAVID I respect you so much for ling me that. . MADDIE . Great. . Beat ...and she TURNS...and INSERTS her KEY in the door lock and... INT. THE HOUSE ...as she comes through the door and SWITCHES ON THE LIGHT...David three steps behind her...and MADDIE GASPS. REVERSE ANGLE ...to REVEAL a STILETTO pressed against the flesh of her neck...and a MAN standing behind David. DAVID (to Maddie) Hey...wanna hear something weird? There's a guy back here pressing the barrel of a gun into the small of my back. ...and SUDDENLY the man's gun is UP...and he SMASHES the BUTT of it into... DAVID'S BACK ...and we HEAR the WIND being KNOCKED OUT of him...as his body HITS... 282 283 2831
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| | | ] REV. 10-4-84 73 THE FLOOR ...and the man presses the toe of his shoe onto David's shoulder...cocks his gun and holds it inches from the top of David's head... DAVID (simply) Gulp. . ON MADDIE ...and we can't help but notice the way her FLESH .is QUIVERING with fear against the blade being held to her throat. And we MOVE slightly to REVEAL that the man holding the STILETTO is SIMON. -And we... FADE TO BLACK . END OF ACT THREE 283C 283D * *
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————— 2N N REV. 10-4-84 ACT FOUR FADE IN: TIGHT ON AN OVEN BURNER KNOB ...and a HAND reaches INTO FRAME and TURNS the KNOB "ON"... ANOTHER ANGLE ...and we SEE SIMON pass his hand over the burner...and his face tells us that it is indeed HEATING UP. And he TURNS...and makes his way back out of MADDIE'S KITCHEN and into... INT. MADDIE'S LIVING ROOM ...where David and Maddie SIT on a SOFA...David rubbing his forehead where it struck the floor...Maddie looking much the worse, for wear...her face painted with fear. " as SIMON enters the room we FOLLOW HIM,..watching while he PEELS OFF HIS SPORTSJACKET and places it fas- tidiously over the back of a chair...throwing a NOD at... HIS PARTNER ...who sits across from Maddie and David...his pistol trained on the two of thenm. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as SIMON ROLLS UP HIS SLEEVES and LOOSENS HIS TIE, pacing up and down in front of Maddie and David...very much a performer... SIMON {quickly; coolly; glancing at them only occasionally) I think it will speed things along considerably if you know who I am and what I'm about. I'm...a businessman. Just like the corner grocer or the fellow who owns the local car dealership. (MORE) 284 285 286 287 288 *
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REV. (X) (‘”'\;, . 75 CONTINUED SIMON (CONT'D) I'm interested solely in my bottom line. And just like the corner grocer or the fellow who owns the local car dealership I'll do anything to protect that bottom line. You with me so far? - And tonight...my bottom line hinges on getting the truth from out of the two of you. MADDIE The truth about what? SIMON (turning; looking at them .. . . . . . . : About a wristwatch. I'm told that a certain wristwatch ac- ,C—j cidentally fell into your hands. e You should know that there are a number of people who want that wristwatch very badly. Who are willing to kill to get it. 1It's your good fortune that we met first. You can give me the watch and be spared any additional discomfort. MADDIE (after a moment) But we don't have it. I gave it to the police. SIMON And...? MADDIE . No "and...". That's it. I gave it to the police. ...and SIMON SMILES... ON DAVID ...as his eyes wander from the couch to... 10-4-84 288 289
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76 THE FIREPLACE REV. 10-4-84 ...and NEXT TO IT...a holder with FIREPLACE TOOLS...a poker...a broom...a log lifter... MADDIE (0.C.) What's so funny? SIMON (0.C.) What's so funny is... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as SIMON walks over to Maddie... - SIMON (CONT'D) ...I almost believe you. MADDIE Why- is funny? You should believe me. I'm telling the truth. SIMON - (turning to David) ...80 you know why it's funny? ON DAVID ...as he QUICKLY SHIFTS his EYES...from the fireplace equipment...to SIMON... DAVID Because you don't know what is and isn't the truth. you're going to assume that whatever she tells you is a lie. And then...you're going to apply... (searching for the word) ...duress...and you're probably going to want to keep applying it until she changes her story. SIMON Very good. 290 291 292
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- -~ .I‘/D REV. 10-4-84 77 CONTINUED DAVID I couldn't have done it with- out your help. MADDIE (panicked) But I really did give it to the police! ON SIMON ...as he CROUCHES DOWN in front of Maddie... SIMON (damn near a whisper; TOUCHING her hair) How do I know that? ...and SUDDENLY... DAVID'S FOOT ...JAMS into the GUNMAN'S CHEST...forcing him to DROP the gun while at the VERY SAME MOMENT... THE FIREPLACE POKER ...is PULLED from the fireplace toocl holder and... DAVID the POKER DOWN on the crouching SIMON'S KNEES... . SIMON Aaaaaaah! DAVID (to Maddie) Get the gun! ON MADDIE ...as she LEAPS off her seat and onto... 292 *293 294 295 296 297
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REV. 10-4-84 78 . ) THE FLOOR 298 ) ...where she and the Gunman wrestle for the pistol while... | ) DAVID AND SIMON *299 AT EACH OTHER...their eyes locked...David with the poker...Simon with nothing but a smile...each WATCH- * ING...STALKING the other...waiting for A MOVE...a FEINT... as... ) MADDIE AND THE GUNMAN 300 | ...TUSSLE on the floor for the pistol...and she GRABS it... and JUMPS TO HER FEET...and it's CLEAR that she's NEVER HELD a GUN before... MADDIE . What' do I:do now? i ON DAVID 301 j ...locked in a STARE-DOWN with SIMON...who sits on the * ' floor ready to SPRING...David standing above him with the poker SLUNG OVER his shoulder ready to SWING... ! DAVID (never taking his gaze off the man) Pull the trigger! * ON MADDIE 302 ...and SHE DOES... OMIT 302a ON THE GUNMAN *302B ...as he HITS THE GROUND and... A CHINA CABINET *302C ...explodes as a bullet hits it...
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REV. 10-4-84 (X) . 79 ON MADDIE 302E ...as she closes her eyes and keeps firing and... A PAINTING 302F ...gets shot off the wall...and SUDDENLY... - DAVID - 302G ...COMES AROUND with the poker...and SIMON DUCKS...the reflexes of a cat...and as the POKER SMASHES an ORIENTAL VASE...SIMON SMILES... ON MADDIE 302H ...as she once again takes aim and... AN ASHTRAY 3021 . J ...ricochets off a coffee table...and SUDDENLY... DAVID 3027 «..SWINGS AGAIN...and this time SIMON LEAPS over the POKER...much to David's SHOCK and AMAZEMENT... ANOTHER ANGLE 302K ...as MADDIE WATCHES this...SHIFTING her AIM as the Gunman slowly moves TOWARDS her...and she PULLS the trigger... and... THE ' 302L . ...dives for the floor...and... A LAMPSHADE 302M ...flies off a lamp...as...
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THE BOOCKEND REV. 10-4-84 (X) 79A ON DAVID ...his eyes...his concentration RIVETED to SIMON who stands across from him... DAVID (finally) C'mon, man. I'm doing all the work here. What's your strategy? You trying to bore me to death? ANOTHER ANGLE ...as David switches the poker to his left hand and FIRES A RIGHT, right into Simon's abdomen...KNOCKING THE wind out of him and sending him CRASHING into the wall...as... . ...blasts off a book shelf sending a of books toppling to the floor... ON SIMON ...looking up from where David's blow delivered him... and the smile completely DISAPPEARS from his face...and even as he CLUTCHES his STOMACH...his FOOT flies up and... ANOTHER ANGLE ...cleanly KICKS the poker out of David's hands...as... STATUE ...peering up from the floor...a big smile on his face... SIMON That's six. ANOTHER ANGLE " ...as Maddie continues to fire...but all we HEAR is the click of the EMPTY GUN... 302N 3020 30 302 302R 3028 .
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REV. 10-4-84 80 OMIT ON THE GUNMAN ...seizing the moment to RUSH MADDIE and tear the gun from her... ON DAVID ...as he PULLS HIMSELF UP from the heap he's in on the floor...just in time to get hit with... SIMON'S FISTS ...both of them...his hands woven together as he comes around with a roundhouse punch and catches David right in the jaw...which sends his head crashing right back . the walkl...and his‘body...right back ,down onto the floor... ANOTHER ANGLE ...to REVEAL the gun back in the GUNMAN'S HANDS... pressing the last fresh bullet into the chamber and then herding Maddie towards David...who is lifting himself up off the floor... SIMON (pulling his jacket back on) Now if there are no further objections...why don't we all adjourn to the kitchen... ON DAVID AND MADDIE ...as they take the hint and START OUT of the room... side by side... 303-308 309 310 *311 312 313
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REV. 10-4-84 81 CONTINUED MADDIE How's your jaw? DAVID Fine. Just fine. (SPITTING out a over his shoulder; to Simon) Plenty more where that came from. (and then) Just makes it easier to floss. ...and as they WALK OUT OF FRAME...we... THE BURNER ON THE STOVE ...now RED HOT. And we PULL BACK TO REVEAL David and Maddie sitting in chairs...TIED and BOUND. Simon once again PACING in front of them...his accomplice keeping his gun trained on them... SIMON Now...about the watch. MADDIE The man gave it to me. He did. But when the Police questioned me, I told them about it and they took it from me. ON SIMON ...thinking about this...then TURNING and heading for... THE REFRIGERATOR ...digging through it for a moment...then closing the door. SHOCK CUT TO: 313 314 *315 316
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N " ....watching this... REV. 10-4-84 82 ANOTHER ANGLE ...as he returns to a mystified Maddie and David SIMON (approaching the stove) ...and he holds up a slice of bologna...which he then releases and drops onto... THE BURNER ...and it begins to FRY...BUBBLE...INSTANTLY SHRIVELING... finally burning... ON MADDIE AND DAVID ON SIMON them watching...then SNAPPING his fingers cueing the GUNMAN to walk over and grab David by the back of the neck and push his head towards the burner... SIMON Now if we take your friend here... and apply some...what did you call it? Duress? And I ask again..."where's the watch"? ON MADDIE ...watching...trying not to lose her composure... MADDIE I swear to you...I gave it to the police! ON DAVID ...his face just inches from the burner...and the Gunman trying to press it closer... 317 318 319 *320 321 322
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REV. 10-4-84 83 CONTINUED SIMON Think carefully... DAVID I'd like to take this opportu- nity to initiate a discussion about fried foods... ...and David's face gets closer to the red hot burner... ON MADDIE ...watching...not wanting to...but having no choice... MADDIE There is no other answer! That's only .answer! 1I'll make up something else if you want me to but the truth is what I'm telling you! The Police have the watch! S ...and the Gunman keeps PUSHING DAVID'S FACE...his HAND SHAKING with all the resistance that David is offering... and David's head shakes...and he GRITS his TEETH...and his face gets CLOSER and CLOSER to the HOT RED SPIRAL on top of the stove... ON THE GUNMAN ...putting all his weight on the side of David's face... PUSHING it INTO and TOWARDS the BURNER... ON DAVID ...and@ now he can FEEL THE HEAT...and he BEGINS TO SWEAT... still SHAKING...fractions of an inch from the burner... ON MADDIE ...tears POURING DOWN HER FACE now... MADDIE . I swear!...I swear!...The Po- lice!...The Police!...I swearl... I swear!...! 322 323 *324 325 326
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A 0 Nt PP REV. .10-4-84 85 CONTINUED 330 ...and with that he TURNS...and SHUTS OFF the LIGHTS... and he and the GUNMAN DISAPPEAR out the BACK DOOR... * ON DAVID AND MADDIE 331 THERE...tied to their chairs...and for the LONGEST TIME there is nothing but the SOUND of them both breathing...the ONLY LIGHT the moonlight that trips in through the venetian blinds... MADDIE (finally; a voice in the darkness) Addison? 1I've never been so scared in my life. Maddie SUDDENLY begins to JUMP...HOP...PUSHING her CHAIR AROUND so that she is BACK to BACK with him... DAVID What are you doing? MADDIE I'm untying you. So you can leave. So this night can be over. So I can go to bed and wake up in the morning and start life all over again. There...
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;(:j R REV. 10-4-84 86 CONTINUED ...and David's hands are free...and he STANDS UP from his chair... MADDIE Now if you'll please untie me. ON DAVID ...standing there in the darkness...not moving... MADDIE Please? DAVID (clearing his throat) This might be a good time for you and I to,have a little chat. MADDIE Addison...! Untie me! . Now! DAVID No. I don't think that would be too smart. See...It's not guite over. MADDIE (she can barely stay seated) do you mean "it's not gquite over"! 1It's all over! I gave the watch to the police! Mr. ‘Simon...whoever in the hell he is...will go to the police... they'll give him the watch and it will all be over. (and then) I gave them the watch. I did. DAVID (opening cabinets) No you didn't. You have any booze in the house? (finding a bottle of liguor) Booze might really help. 331 332 * * %
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=< REV. 10-4-84 87 CONTINUED MADDIE What do you mean "I didn't". I did! I know I did. I saw me do it. I was there. ON DAVID ...as he makes his way over to the chair with a shot glass of bourbon... DAVID I want you to take a sip of this... ...and he tries to pour some between her 1lips...and she SPITS it back out into his face... . . MADDIE . I gave them the dead man's watch! DAVID (wiping the bourbon from his eyes) No! As a matter of fact you gave them the watch my Mother gave me for graduating high school. FAVORING MADDIE ...and she just LOOKS AT HIM...SPEECHLESS...not quite believing what she's hearing... . DAVID (rising from his crouch) Switched watches when I grabbed your bag at the Police Station. (pulling it from his pocket) I had it. I had it all the time. MADDIE You maniac...You almost got us killed! 332 333 334
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CONTINUED 88 DAVID Think again, Lady. The only thing keeping us alive is that we know where that watch is. And the Galloping Gourmet doesn't. MADDIE I don't believe you. "One big case...that's all I need." Deny that you said that. That's what this is all about! DAVID Were you out on a break. Didn't you see that guy try to make a skin omelette out of my face? What do you think he would have done if he had gotten-the watch? * Let us go? MADDIE I don't believe you. You did this so we'd have to work together. DAVID Are you crazy? I wanted you as a partner...sure. Your name... your money. Not YOU! You think I want some blonde ball of fluff following me around everywhere I... MADDIE (cutting him off) BALL OF FLUFF?! You're calling me a ball of fluff? You? The sissy fighter? DAVID What did you call me? MADDIE A sissy fighter. Oh, I wish you could have seen yourself. Didn't anyone ever teach you how to throw a real punch? Real men don't punch like that. They put their whole bodies into it. You...you punch with... (thinking about it) wrists! REV. 10-4-84 334 *
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89 CONTINUED 334 DAVID ENOUGH! !! ANOTHER ANGLE 335 ...as David once again STOOPS DOWN to where she is sit- ting...looks her right in the eye and... DAVID Look...think what you want... those guys are killers. And they're going to come back. We have to get out of here. Now. Tonight. MADDIE I'm not goimg.anywhere with.you. - DAVID You're not going anywhere... period...until I untie you... and I'm not going to do that until I know that you're calm and that you completely under- stand the situation. (and then) Are you calm? ON MADDIE 336 ...if looks could kill... DAVID You don't look very calm. MADDIE I understand...and I'm calm. DAVID The muscles in your face look tight. MADDIE I'm calm!
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T 90 CONTINUED DAVID You look like you have a charlie- horse in your cheek. MADDIE I'm calm, damn it! ON DAVID ...jumping back with a start... DAVID Okay then...I'm going to take you at your word. going to untie you now. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as he walks behind her...and begins to untie her... DAVID (working on the knot) Yeah, Maddie Hayes... (and he removes the rope) Like it or not... ...and he moves AROUND HER...standing in front of her now...OFFERING HER HIS HAND as she rises from her seat... DAVID (CONT'D) ...it's you and me. ON MADDIE ...and she SMILES...A TERRIFIC SMILE...and hauls off and nails him with A LEFT CROSS TO THE CHIN... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as David HITS the FLOOR...and Maddie TURNS...and starts out of the kitchen... 336 337 338 339 340
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91 ) CONTINUED 340 ' MADDIE ) (over her shoulder) That's how you throw a punch. ) ) ON DAVID 341 ...lying there...staring up at the ceiling... DAVID Yeah. I'm really looking for- ward to working with you, Kid. ...and we... FADE OUT * . . END OF ACT FOUR
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REV. 9-24 9z ACT FIVE FADE IN; BLACK ...and we HEAR the SOUND of a LIGHT BEING SWITCHED on to REVEAL... *INT. CITY OF ANGELS INVESTIGATIONS -~ NIGHT ...as David and Maddie make their way into the offices. The place is EMPTY...DESERTED...the middle of the night... * DAVID (in ...1 figure we can each take a couch. I even think there are blankets hidden away in one of these closets. FAVORING DAVID ...as he ATTACKS one of the office closets...tossing out file folders and boxes of typewriter ribbons and finally coming up with... DAVID Ta-da! (and he holds a pair of blankets up over his head) From the company picnic. (turning around; looking at Maddie) You used to throw a great com- pany picnic. (and then) wWhy are you looking at me like that? - MADDIE I was sure you were going to ‘try and take me to your place. ‘DAVID I think I'm insulted. (and then) Would you have gone for it? (and then) Never mind. ...and he TURNS and walks INTO... -84 342 343 344
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{ REV. (X) 93 INT. AN OFFICE ...as David throws the blankets on a couch and sets to work fashioning a bed out of it. OMIT ON MADDIE DAVID (over his shoulder; indicating the phone) You want to call anybody...let ‘em know you're okay...boyfriend or something... MADDIE (rolling her eyes) Please... DAVID What? .MADDIE . just haven't. heard the word boyfriend since the eighth grade. DAVID Excuse me. Forgive me. You want to call your gigolo sure and dial nine first. 10-22-84 345 345A-345B 345C ...as she pushes herself out of the doorway...comes over and begins helping David make the bed... ON DAVID MADDIE ‘(after a moment) Back at my house? That was very brave what you did. 345D ...a5 he stops dead in his tracks...and AFTER A MOMENT... looks up at her...
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REV. 10-22-84 (X) 94 MADDIE (finishing her thought) Stupid...but brave. DAVID (smiling; continuing to make the bed) Ooocoh. She's hostile when she hasn't had her nap. MADDIE I'm not hostile. I'm exhausted. And uncomfortable. And a little scared. (and then) Do you DAVID Absolutely. (and then) What's it like being so pretty? MADDIE You're changing the subject. DAVID I am? I thought the subject was you. MADDIE No. The subject was you and your plan. (stopping; looking at him; after a LONG " MOMENT) You don't have a plan...do you? DAVID Are you calling me a liar? MADDIE I'm not calling you anything. I'm just looking for some assur- ance...some sense that someone is in charge here...that someone has...sat down...thought about the. predicament we're in...and arrived at some idea as to how we can get out of it. 345D
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CONTINUED ON MADDIE REV. (X) 95 DAVID I've done all that. MADDIE And...? DAVID (moving towards her; stroking her hair) There really are moonbeams in that stuff...aren't there? ...livid...pushing him away. MADDIE You think this is all terribly funny, don't you? DAVID (moving back towards her) Maddie. Get it straight. I'm the best. (and then) At everything. ...and the two of them stand there...toe to toe...for the LONGEST TIME... MADDIE (finally) You'd better be. 10-22-84 345D 345E ...and with that she TURNS...and goes to the office door... holding it ope ON DAIVD he turns n...signalling for him to leave... ...and makes his way out of the office... DAVID (as he passes) If you need anything... 345F
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REV. 10-22-84 (X) 96-96A CONTINUED 345F MADDIE (cutting him off) I won't... ...and SUDDENLY there is a BANG...the office door closes on him. And David SMILES...and... INT. THE OFFICE - NIGHT 345G ...as Maddie...alone at last...reaches over and shuts off the OFFICE LIGHT...and she SHAKES HER HEAD...and stretches... about to reach behind her and unfasten her dress when she HEARS A SOUND... ON DAVID . ...his tie pulled away his collar...standing in the dark...just outside the office door...a harmonica pressed to his lips...a SLOW, SOULFUL version of BLUE MOON float- ing out of it... ON MADDIE 3451 ...and we WATCH FROM ABOVE...as the music seeps through the door...and her head hits the pillow...and we can't help but notice the slow, begrudging SMILE that makes its way across her face. And we HOLD for the LONGEST TIME...watching Maddie...watching the smile...and fi- nally....we... DISSOLVE TO: OMIT i 346-351 EXT. THE STREET - DAY 352 ...as the two of them make their way down it...
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97 CONTINUED 352 DAVID The key to this case is the watch. Agreed? MADDIE Agreed. DAVID Okay, then...what we've got to figure out is...what it is that makes the watch so valuable. Agreed? MADDIE (warily) Agreed. : . -- DAVID . So then clearly what we need is some expert in the field of value. ANOTHER ANGLE 353 ...as David TURNS...and with a flourish of his arm... DAVID Ta-da... ...to REVEAL... EXT. A PAWNSHOP - DAY 354 ...three pawn balls hanging from a stem above the place... ‘the windows filled with used merchandise... MADDIE It's a pawnshop. DAVID You peeked. ...and we... SHOCK CUT TO:
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REV. 10-23-84 98 EXTREME CLOSE-UP ON THE WATCH 355 ...as SEEN THROUGH A JEWELER'S CRYSTAL. And then the watch is lowered OUT OF FRAME... ANOTHER ANGLE 156 ...to REVEAL a PAWNBROKER behind the counter examining the watch as Maddie and David look on. PAWNBROKER (looking up at them; with a shrug) Three dollars? DAVID (cupping his hands; calling out into . the. store) . R Thief! fThief!’ MADDIE (FREEZING DAVID with a stare) Three dollars? * DAVID . (turning to the . pawnbroker) There must be some mistake. You said yourself...it's a one- of-a-kind. * ¥ ¥ PAWNBROKER A worthless one-of-a-kind. You ever look at this thing? 1It's not even really a watch. CLOSE-UP ON THE WATCH 357 ...as the pawnbroker shows it to David and Maddie...a square face surrounded by Roman numerals with the word "EASTERN" across the top and gilded lattice-like detailing . climbing up the sides. PAWNBROKER (0.C.) It's got no hour hand...it's got no stem for setting the time...
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REV. 10-23-84 99 ON MADDIE AND DAVID 358 ...Clearly amazed by this... PAWNBROKER (O.C.) ...and my guess is...just from what it weighs... ON THE PAWNBROKER 359 ...as he takes out a tool and opens the watch... PAWNBROKER (nodding his head) ...there's no works in it. ...and he turns it around to REVEAL... CLOSE-UP ON THE WATCH . 360 it is just an empty case... PAWNBROKER (0.C.) And from what I can tell... there never were... FAVORING MADDIE *361 ...as she takes it from the pawnbroker...and examines it... * MADDIE * (handing it to * : David) * Explain that. * DAVID (holding the watch up to his face) A compact for people with very small faces. PAWNBROKER (CONT'D) ...the inside of the case is damaged. Somebody etched some numbers in there... DAVID Numbers?
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CONTINUED ON MADDIE ...and she is (X) 100 DAVID (showing them to Maddie) The plot thinnens. NOT AMUSED. MADDIE (to David) Great. So we're being stalked over a worthless watch. DAVID Well I don't know that it's worthless. What about these numbers? MADDIE What about them? DAVID Well...maybe they mean something. MADDIE Like...? DAVID - (a shrug) I don't know. MADDIE You don't know much...do you? (turning quickly to go; - over her shoulder to the pawnbroker) "Expert in the field of value"! PAWNBROKER (not understanding; to Davigd) Did I say something? REV. 361 361A
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REV. 10-23-84 (X) 100A CONTINUED DAVID (over his shoulder; as he turns to follow her) She's strange. She doesn't get out much. ...and with that DAVID TURNS RUNS...DOWN the AISLE and OUT the DOOR after Maddie...as... OMIT . 362- 361A 364
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REV. 10-4-84 101 THE PAWNBROKER : 365 ...puzzled by this...TURNS...and starts toward... THE BACK OF THE STORE 366 .. .SEPARATED from the front by a CURTAIN...which the man PULLS ASIDE TO REVEAL... PAWNBROKER (with a start) HEINZ *367 «..STANDING THERE...an o0ld and feeble looking man...no apparent threat to anyone...save for something chilling in his eyes...a STEELY sense of purpose... L <" 'HEINZ i : : . Forgive me. I didn't mean to startle you. I used the back door. At my age the walk from the parking lot...
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! i REV. 10-4-84 (X) 101A ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the PAWNBROKER TURNS YET AGAIN...and starts back out towards the front of the store...Heinz following... PAWNBROKER How can I help you today? HEINZ Two young people were just in here. Asking you about a watch, perhaps? PAWNBROKER (amused) A "watch perhaps" is right. HEINZ Tell me about it. The watch. When I was coming in the back - door I thought I 'overheard you- .mention there were numbers etched in the case. Do you remember the numbers? . PAWNBROKER I remember they were there. Do. I remember what they were? No. I couldn't say that. (and then; impatient) Is there something I can show . you? TIGHT ON HEINZ'S SLEEVE ...and we SEE the BLADE of a KNIFE spring forth SILENTLY from the sleeve of his COAT... HEINZ Think. What were the numbers! ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the SMALL BELL above the PAWNSHOP DOOR RINGS... and a GROUP OF OLDER WOMEN enter the store... 367B 367C
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REV. 10-484 (X) 102 CONTINUED 367C PAWNBROKER (about to turn from HEINZ) . I don't have time to think. I'm in business to make money. (to himself; as he walks . | away) Watches that aren't watches. People that don't want to buy. ANOTHER ANGLE 367D ...as Heinz...with great resolve...grabs the Pawnbroker and SPINS HIM AROUND... . » PAWNBROKER Hey...! HEINZ (D The. numbers! PAWNBROKER (about to haul off) Take your hands off of my shoulder you old... TIGHT ON THE PAWNBROKER 367E ...as SUDDENLY his face changes...lax...drawn... TIGHT ON A "SERVICE" BELL 367F ...as one of the OLD WOMEN RINGS it for service... ON HEINZ AND THE PAWNBROKER 367G ...as the Pawnbroker's body falls limply out of frame... and we watch as Heinz retracts the bloody blade back into his sleeve...the SOUND of the SERVICE BELL RINGING all the while...
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REV. 10-23-84 103 INT. MADDIE'S JAGUAR - DAY 372 ...David behind the wheel...Maddie in the seat beside him...and NO ONE SAYS a WORD for the longest time... DAVID (finally) Are we not speaking? I'm always the last to know on these things. ...and NOTHING IS SAID...Maddie simply sitting...paying him no mind...not a word...not a glance... DAVID {(after a long moment) Maddie...Mysteries don't all fall into place, one~two-three, boom. So now we know the watch isn't a watch. What does that mean? I don't that means. But it must mean some- * thing. And that's important. Maybe the numbers inside the K:? watch mean something. Maybe the ) fact that it doesn't have an hour hand. I don't know. All I do know is... (turning to her) You gotta trust me. ON MADDIE . . 373 ...and she can't quite believe what she is hearing... MADDIE Trust you? (and she turns and looks at . him) Trust you?! (and then) . : Are you a well person? People * fire you and you make googly eyes at them. Men try and fry your face and you make jokes. You seek out expert information from pawnbrokers. You talk with your mouth full...you don't signal when you turn...and worst of all... you don't even have a plan!
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REV. 10-4-84 N 104 CONTINUED 373 DAVID You through? MADDIE No...I am not through. I would like to know how someone like you...someone with no obvious facility for deductive reason- ing...no knowledge of business administration...a sissy fighter... DAVID Are we going to start that again? MADDIE (CONT'D} How does someone like that get to be the head of a detective agency? . N . ...and there is a LONG MOMENT of SILENCE...and then... N, MADDIE (suddenly aware * that he is PULLING OVER) What are you doing? EXT. A NEWSSTAND - DAY 374 ...as the JAGUAR PULLS OVER TO IT... INT. THE CAR 375 ...as David hits a SWITCH...and Maddie's window ROLLS DOWN.. .
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REV. 10-4-84 105 CONTINUED DAVID (to Maddie) Tell the man you want the morn- ing paper. EXT. THE NEWSSTAND - DAY ...as a none-too-pleased Maddie sticks her head out the window and... MADDIE (to the grizzled newsman) Morning paper? (turning back to David) . You sure there aren't . . magazines you want? 1It's not like we have a lot to do. ...and we watch as she hands the newsman a quarter...and... INT. THE JAGUAR ...as it PULLS FROM THE CURB... DAVID Turn to the obituary page. MADDIE You shopping. for a funeral home? How appropriate. DAVID that) See if there's anything listed for a.Jonathan Kaplan. ON MADDIE ...as she turns the pages of the newspaper... 375 376 377 378
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REV. 10-4-84 106 CONTINUED 37¢ - MADDIE (suspicious; not understanding; reading) "Kaplan, Jonathan. Beloved husband of Susan. Amateur pilot. Passed away after having been accidentally struck by a car. Graveside service pending at Mount Sinai Memorial Park." * * DAVID I remembered the police telling me that Kaplan had been hit by a car yesterday morning and that the only witness was our buddy Mr.-Mohawk at the-elevator. MADDIE (turning to him; softening) This sounds suspiciously like a plan. DAVID (pissed; he can't even look at her) Me? A plan? Couldn't be. Everyone knows I have no facil- ity for deductive reasoning. Hell...I can barely walk and chew gum. Dumb David...always ‘chomping on his shoes and blow- ing bubbles with his feet. Me? Plan?? MADDIE - (this is hard) . I'm sorry. DAVID No you're not. (and then) I'm not even sure there's a connection. (and then) I'm grasping at straws.
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9 107 CONTINUED MADDIE (tentatively; TOUCHING HIS ARM) Keep grasping. ON DAVID ...and the touch of her hand STARTLES HIM...and he TURNS and LOOKS at her... ON MADDIE ...and she takes her hand back...and SMILES a small SMILE... ON THE TWO OF THEM ...as David keeps driving...and Maddie keeps smiling. And David smiles a small smile as well. And we... FADE OUT END OF ACT FIVE 378 379 380 381
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ACT SIX FADE IN: AN ICED TEA GLASS ...TALL and WET and filled with vermouth. And a WOMAN'S HAND REACHES for the glass...PICKING IT UP off the con- crete...and as she CARRIES IT to her lips...we can't help but notice the SWIMMING POOL BEHIND HER and the APARTMENTS that surround it. And as she drinks her drink...her eyes dart up the apartments on the SECOND LEVEL and to the COUPLE standing outside one of the apartment doors RINGING A BELL in the LATE AFTERNOON SUN. WOMAN (calling up to them) Are you looking for me? ON. MADDIE .AND DAVID. . ...as they TURN from the APARTMENT DAVID Susan Kaplan? THEIR P.0.V. ...and we can SEE IT ALL NOW...the CHAISE LOUNGES arranged HELTER SKELTER by the almost ABANDONED POOL...and the lone lady...laying on her back...a bottle and a glass and an overflowing ashtray by her side...SUSAN KAPLAN. SUSAN Who wants to know? FAVORING DAVID ...as he leans over to Maddie... DAVID (a private whisper) Getting people to open up is very tricky. Let me handle the interview. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as Maddie and David start down theé steps towards the pool... ' 382 383 384 385 386
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109 CONTINUED 386 DAVID (2 big smile) Funeral home said we could find you here. (and then) Hi. My name is... SUSAN (cutting him off; to Maddie) I know you. You used to be on television. ON MADDIE AND DAVID 387 ...as Maddie TURNS and LOOKS TO DAVID for some kind of - APPROVAL TO SMILES...first AT MADDIE and then AT THE WOMAN...the hardest smile of his life... MADDIE (after a moment) I'm Maddie Hayes...and this is my... (hesitating) ...business associate David Addison. (and then; the two of them pulling up chairs) We know this is a bad time, Mrs. Kaplan... SUSAN (cutting her off) You're thinking...she doesn't look like a grieving widow. (and then; with a SHRUG) . I guess she isn't. (and then) Did you know my husband Jonathan? " ON MADDIE AND DAVID 388 ...as each waits for the other to answer...and the SILENCE ) HURTS.
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REV. 10-11-84 110 CONTINUED DAVID . (finally) Sort of. ...and he looks at Maddie and shrugs...he's sorry...that was the best he could do off the top of his head... MADDIE (jumping in) Mrs. Kaplan...we were wondering if you could tell us anything about a strange watch. With one hand and no stem? DAVID (picking up the ball) We're collegtors. . Watches from .around the world. ...and Maddie looks at him and mouths the word "collectors?" in disbelief... SUSAN (a laugh) My great inheritance. (and then) I don't have it. Johnny was wearing it when the car hit him. The police say they don't have it. They claim he wasn't even wearing it, but he always wore two watches. The one his father left him didn't even work. Isn't it funny? His father was a watchamker...a clockmaker. He passed away about a month ago. It's béen a terrific month in my family folks... ...and she takes a heavy pull on her drink... MADDIE Strange thing for a watchmaker to leave his son. SUSAN Strange? Johnny's dad? He was a flyer in the second World War and was shot down over Germany. He used to tell us this story that just before the war ended, (MORE) 338 * % * % *
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CONTINUED e e e S REV. 10-11-84 111 388 SUSAN (CONT'D) this Nazi who could see the writing on the wall asked him, if when he was released he would smuggle four million dollars in diamonds from Germany to America. Anyway...the way Johnny's dad would tell the story...in the Fifties...when the German officer finally made his way to America to claim the diamonds...he stiffed him. He hid them someplace. Some secret place. DAVID You don't sound like you believe it. SUSAN No.flies on you. DAVID Somebody has to tell me what that means. SUSAN Hey. I have eyes. The guy lived in a little tiny house. He drove around in ten-year-old cars. He never missed a day's work. If there were any diamonds in his life, I sure didn't see the proof of it. But try telling ‘that to Johnny. He was sure the old man had these diamonds in a vault somewhere. That he was going to out-wait the Nazi. Even if it meant never seeing the money himself. Even if it meant leaving it to his son. So Johnny never got a regqular job. Oh...he piloted once in a while, but mostly he just slept and jogged and waited for his old man to kick off. * * %
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‘\{ CONTINUED 112 MADDIE Which he did about a month ago. SUSAN He sure did. A week after he passed away...a guy comes to the door...a collector, like you two...offers us five-thou- sand dollars for the watch. Five-thousand! 1It's not like his father left us anything else. Not even the money to bury him with. But Johnny won't sell. Sentimental value he says. Let me tell you...I could use five-thousand senti- mental dollars right now. DAVID The gentleman who came to your door?...the collector?...tall man with dark hair?...about thirty-five? SUSAN . Not even close. This guy was mid-sixties if he was a day. REV. 10-11-84 338
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.REV. 10-11-84 113 ON DAVID AND MADDIE ...as they exchange a look...and we... SHOCK CUT TO: EXT. THE STREET OUTSIDE SUSAN'S APARTMENT =~ DAY ...as the SUN BEGINS TO SET and the two of them make their way back towards the car... DAVID (mock serious) "Mrs. Kaplan...we were wondering if you could tell us about a strange watch. With a black mouse and two round ears?" . (looking at her) - And you swore on your application that you'd never done this before. MADDIE . (ignoring that) So this really isn't about the watch at all. 1It's about four million dollars in diamonds. DAVID If you believe Kaplan's father- in-law. &and I do. MADDIE So what do we do now? DAVID Beat everybody to the diamonds. MADDIE (dubious) Right. You know how to do that? * DAVID Hey! Do flies fly? Does Spock * beam up? * MADDIE And you know where they are? * DAVID I think I can safely narrow it down to a planet. 389 390
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REV. 10-4-84 114 ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the two of them make their way AROUND and INTO... INT. THE JAGUAR ...as Maddie and David climb in...and David REACHES UP and REFLEXIVELY GRABS... DAVID For what it's worth...I don't think anyone else knows where they are either. Otherwise they'd be chasing them instead of... THE REARVIEW MIRROR ...which he adjusts...and as he DOES...HE and WE BOTH SEE... e . SIMON ...sitting in the back seat...a CORD around his neck...his face an ICY BLUE...his TONGUE HANGING out of his MOUTH... FAVORING DAVID «..Sitting there...staring into the mirror...SPEECHLESS. MADDIE Otherwise he'd be chasing what? DAVID (slow; absently; his eyes never . . leaving the mirror) Us. He'd be chasing them instead of us. . (and then) Maddie? 1If I asked you to do something for me, would you do it without saying "why"? MADDIE Why? 391 392 * 393 394 395
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CONTINUED ...and David's up...and HOLD HER HEAD IN PLACE...keeping her from looking in the back seat. 115 DAVID Withdraw the question. (and then) Maddie...let's both get out of the car. MADDIE ‘Excuse me? DAVID Let's both just leave the car. We'll rent a car...we'll call a cab. (reaching for the door handle) Let's both just get out of the car. (baffled) DAVID (turning to her; carefully) It's nothing to get upset about. Really. just...and now I don't want you to look but... (big smile; nothing at all the matter) ...there's a dead man in the back seat. MADDIE There is? MADDIE (her face pressed between his hands) How do you know? I mean...how. do you know he's dead? DAVID It's either that...or the man uses an obscene amount of blue rouge. 395
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REV. 9-24-84 116 ON MADDIE ...as she NODS...understanding...and David LOOSENS his GRIP...and Maddie moves for the CAR DOOR...and then SUDDENLY TURNS and LOOKS AT... SIMON ...just sitting there...a LINE of DRIED BLOOD around his NECK where it was SLIT...his EYES beginning to BUG OUT of his head... ON MADDIE ...as she SCREAMS the LOUDEST SCREAM in the history of broadcasting... . MADDIE . N REVERSE ANGLE ...whips her head around front... DAVID I told you not to look! MADDIE What do we do!!1?22 DAVID We get out and walk away. MADDIE And just leave him? DAVID Trust me...he won't hold it against us. EXT. THE STREET ...as the two of them CLIMB OUT of the car...BADLY SHAKEN... and BEGIN WALKING down the sidewalk...neither one able to look at the other... 396 397 398 399 400
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' ) CONTINUED REV. 117 DAVID (after a moment) It's a signal. Somebody's let- ting us know they're on to us. MADDIE Who? DAVID I don't know. MADDIE (suddenly; walking ahead of him) That's it. 1It's over. DAVID - ' ‘What are you talking about? MADDIE I'm talking about me. Playing detective. It's over. I'm going to do what I wanted to do in the first place. I'm going to call the police and give them the watch. 10-4-84 ...and we WATCH...as they ROUND a CORNER and CONTINUE DOWN... EXT. A COMMERCIAL STREET - DUSK ...Maddie walking fast...David trying to keep up... DAVID You can't do that. You wouldn't do that. This is my big case. Our big case. MADDIE Watch me. ...and she TURNS INTO... 400 »
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CONTINUED ...and with that she CLOSES THE BOOTH DOOR...fishes through 118 MADDIE (to the bartender; without breaking her strigde) Pay phone? BARTENDER (peinting) In the back. DAVID (following her) Maddie...we're so close. Think about all we've found out. We're that far away from crack- ing this thing. We're that far away from... MADDIE (stopping; CUTTING HIM OFF) Dying! That's what we're that far away from. I have known you less than forty-eight hours and in that time I have been driven from my home...watched a man die at my feet...and had another left in the back of my car. David...I've had it. (turning; stepping into the phone booth) I don't want to die with a knife in my back or my throat slit. her purse for change...starting to dial... ON DAVID ...watching her...beginning to panic... DAVID (turning; heading for the bar) . You need a drink... 402 403
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119 INT. THE PHONE BOOTH ...as5 Maddie waits...phone pressed to cheek... ANOTHER ANGLE MADDIE (to herself) I'll tell them about Heinz... give them the watch... (and ‘then) Hello? Police? Yes...I'd like to speak with someone in author- ity. (and then) Yes it's a matter of life and death. (and then) No. No one is threatening me right this moment. (and then) Yes...I'll hold. ...as David returns with a drink... DAVID (pushing OPEN the booth door) Drink this. MADDIE (taking it from him; taking a pull) What is this? : DAVID Just a little Kamikazee to take the edge off. (and then) Maddie...think about what you're doing. We're so close to crack- ing this thing. (and then; pulling the watch from his pocket) It's these numbers on the back. I'm sure of it. If we can fig- ure out what they stand for we can find the diamonds... 404 405
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REV. 10-4-84 120 CONTINUED MADDIE (into the phone; ignoring him) Yes...I'm still holding. DAVID (calling to the bartender) Let me have another kamikazee for the lady. MADDIE Are you trying to get me drunk? DAVID Me? Get you drunk? .. . MADDIE - s David...give me the watch. DAVID Why don't you take the night and think about this. A good sleep on a nice firm sofa...? ON MADDIE ...as she SLAMS DOWN the PHONE in frustration... MADDIE Damn it...! ...and begins to.dig through her purse for more change... 405 406
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REV. 10-4-84 121 CONTINUED DAVID (watching her) Who you calling now? MADDIE (dropping change into the phone) Taxi. . (and then; DIALING) I do not plan on spending another night in that office. I'm sleep- ing in a bed...in a hotel. {and then; into PHONE) Hello? I need a cab to take me to Beverly Hills... ON DAVID ...a2s he pushes himself OUT OF THE BOOTH and CLOSES THE DOOR...s0 that he and we are both unable to hear the conversation. And he TURNS...looking MORE DEJECTED than we've ever seen him...and heads over to the JUKE BOX... and DROPS a QUARTER IN...and after a MOMENT...MUSIC STARTS. VOICE (0.C.) David...I need the watch. ...and David TURNS to SEE... MADDIE ...standing there. Holding her drink. MADDIE David...it's over. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as he PULLS the watch from his pocket...and without looking at her...holds it outstretched in his hand. And after a moment...Maddie TAKES it and pockets it. MADDIE Thank you. I'll call the police from the hotel. (and then) Are you going to be okay? 406 407 408 409
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122 ON DAVID ...as he NODS...wordlessly. ON MADDIE ...uneasy...uncomfortable... MADDIE I guess I'll wait for my cab outside. ...and as she starts to move... DAVID (0.C.) You want to dance? ANOTHER ANGLE . ...as Maddie and turns and looks at him... MADDIE What? DAVID Dance? You want to dance? With me? Here? Now! MADDIE I don't know what you're talking about. People don't dance here. This isn't a place where people dance. ON DAVID ...as he pushes a table and some chairs out of the way... DAVID (taking her hand; pulling her to him) C'mere... ON MADDIE ! ...and she does...depositing her drink on one of the tables...winding her arms around him...beginning to move with him... 410 411 412 413 414
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123 CONTINUED 414 MADDIE David...I'm not going to change my mind... ON THE TWO OF THEM 415 ...as they begin to spin around the room... DAVID (his chin buried in her shoulder) I know that. All I'm asking for is a dance. ON MADDIE : 416 ...her eyes this...but kind of liking it... MADDIE This is weird. DAVID . Weird yes...but destined to catch on. You'll see...soon people will be dancing everywhere. FOLLOWING THEM 417 ...as THEY DANCE...past the cigarette machine and the juke box.and the beer nuts rack...spinning past the pin ball machine and the television set...the dark room and the music from the juke making it romantic nonetheless... ‘MADDIE I don't think I've ever danced . in a place like this before. - DAVID Yeah...it's like all the big clubs. It's who you know. ...and with that they dip...and Maddie LAUGHS...and David DRAWS HER BACK IN...CLOSE to him...
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124 CONTINUED MADDIE (looking at him) Can I ask you something? DAVID Anything. My life's an open book. The only thing I won't discuss is me and the President. MADDIE Do you really think I'm cold? DAVID (looking at her) Did I say that? (and then) I didn't say that. . " - (and then) . How could I have said that?. (and then) You? Cold? I'm burning up over here. . ...and that would seem to be answer enough, for she looks away from him...and BURIES HER HEAD in his chest...and we HEAR the SOUND of a HORN HONKING... BARTENDER (looking out the window) Cab is out front waiting for you. ON THE TWO OF THEM ...as David looks down at Maddie... DAVID (gently) Cab is out front waiting for you. MADDIE (still dancing; seeming not to hear) You would tell me if you thought I was cold...wouldn't you? 417 418
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REV. 9-24-84 125 CONTINUED DAVID Sure I would. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as the two of them separate...Maddie pulling herself from him...and she turns...and goes to the door... ON MADDIE ...as she reaches to open it...and then turns back to him just one more time... MADDIE For what it's worth...dead bodies and .all...I did have . fun. Tons of ‘fun. ON DAVID ...and he SMILES...and he SHRUGS... DAVID Later. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as Maddie SMILES...and Maddie SHRUGS... Yeah. Later. ...and PULLS OPEN the door...and finally:steps through it. And aftet a moment...is GONE. ON DAVID ...and we HEAR the SOUND of the CAB'S ENGINE as it PULLS AWAY from the unseen curb...David just standing there... watching the door of the bar. 2And we can't help but notice the way his hand climbs into his pocket...and PULLS OUT a... 418 419 420 421 422 423
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(] s 126 WRISTWATCH ...the same wristwatch he gave Maddie. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as David smiles and begins to whistle the song on the juke box as he spins the wristwatch on his middle finger... DAVID (to himself) Yeah. Later... ...and we... FADE OUT END OF 'ACT SIX 424 425
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ON MADDIE ACT SEVEN FADE IN: EXT. AVENUE OF THE STARS - DAY ...as a TAXI ROARS UP to a BUILDING...screeches to a HALT...and PARKS ITSELF RIGHT NEXT TO THE CURB. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as Maddie climbs out of the cab and looks up at... A CENTURY CITY SKYSCRAPER ...all steel and glass... . ...as she looks at it and CURSES under hef breath...she is not a happy .lady. And after a moment...she starts into the building...as we... CUT TO: A BUILDING CORRIDOR ...a glass painter busily at work painting the words: "BLUE MOON DETECTIVE AGENCY" on a pane of frosted glass... and we SEE MADDIE round the corner...and make her way over to... THE OFFICE DOOR ...and the PAINTER SMILES UP AT HER as he paints the last letter. And.Maddie makes a face...and pulls a handkerchief out of her pocket...and SMEARS the paint across the glass... INT. THE BLUE MOON DETECTIVE AGENCY ...as the door OPENS and Maddie STEPS INSIDE... 426 427 428 429 430 431 432
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kit e e e 128 CONTINUED MS. DIPESTO (without looking up) Welcome to Blue Moon Detective Agency. We'll help solve your case---we'll help find your mate. If it's answers you need--- we're eager to please. From stuff that's been took---to people who rook. We're always on the case with a smile on our face. We're an agency with class---we'll really move our... (glancing up; realizing) Oh my God! 1It's her! . NADDIE. Where is he! MS. DIPESTO (calling to the others) Look who's here! 1It's her! (and then; ' rising from her chair) I don't mind telling you Ms. Hayes...just how much all we little people appreciate... ON MADDIE ...not waiting to be told...heading towards his office... . MS. DIPESTO (CONT'D) (following her) ...your getting personally in- volved with our agency. OFFICE WORKER #1 (0.C.) Three cheers for Ms. Hayes! THE OFFICE Hip, hip, hooray!...hip, hip, hooray!... 432 433
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" MADDIE 129 INT. DAVID'S OFFICE ...covered with computer paper...David sitting behind his desk inputting something into the machine when SUDDENLY his office door FLIES OPEN... THE OFFICE (0.C.) (FILTERED) ...hip, hip, hooray! TIGHT ON THE HEEL OF MADDIE'S SHOE ...as she KICKS the door closed with it. ON DAVID ...as he looks up to DISCOVER... ...looking right at through him... MADDIE You stole it from me---didn't you? ANOTHER ANGLE ...as David pushes his chair out from behind his desk and RISES...all smiles... DAVID : You look angry...what are you angry about? I heard the kids singing out there when you came in. God...they love you. They think you're the greatest boss in the world. Did you see the office we fixed up for you? Mauve. One of my favorite colors... MADDIE (cutting him off; moving towards him; picking up a SCOTCH TAPE dispenser from his desk) I want it back...NOW! 434 435 436 437 438
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130 CONTINUED DAVID Can't do that, Maddie. Can't give it back to you. Not when I'm so close to cracking this thing. I can't let you do that to our future. MADDIE Our future?! There is no "our future". There's my future and your funeral...if you don't give me back that damn watch. DAVID (moving towards her) Maddie...put that down. You .. - . know you're going ‘to do . . anything with it... ON MADDIE ...as she winds up and throws it and... ON DAVID, ...as he DUCKS...and the huge picture window behind him SHATTERS... DAVID (after a moment; ‘whistling; looking out the window and down) Boy are there a lot of unamused people down there. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as Maddie picks up a stapler... MADDIE I mean it, David... 438 439 440 441
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REV. 131 DAVID Okay, okay, okay...no more office supplies! (and then) Just listen to me. 1I've got something better than the watch. MADDIE What are you talking about? DAVID I know how to figure out where the diamonds are. MADDIE (lowering the stapler) How? e DAVID It's like I said last night... The answer is in the numbers on the back of that watch. So okay...I steal the watch from you and I come back here and I start feeding the numbers into the computer here. I mean... I don't even know what I'm looking for...but I can just smell that I'm on the right track. Okay. Now the computer starts generating numbers. All kinds of numbers. Phone numbers. Nothing. It starts generating zip codes. I'm starting to get discouraged. The computer assigns (MORE) 10-4-84 441 *
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REV. 10-4-84 . 132 CONTINUED 441 DAVID (CONT'D) a letter of the alphabet to each number and generates words. What does the word "Poopla" mean to you? I don't mind telling you...I was starting to feel pretty low. * (he moves across the room to his chair) Exhausted...I throw myself into this chair... (he throws himself into his chair) Delirious...I start to babble... {he starts to babble) ) . "Where .could the diamonds be?" I cry. "Where could the didmonds be?" Now I look at my globe. - ON DAVID 442 ...as he looks at the globe that sits next to his desk... and gives it a SPIN... DAVID } I'm looking at my globe...and I'm watching these numbers go by? These little numbers all ) over the globe?...and I remem- j ber something Susan Kaplan said. (pulling himself out of the chair...starting b . . towards her again) She said her father-in-law had been a pilot. She also said . her husband had been a pilot. (2 big smile) Don't you get it?
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REV. 9-24-84 133 CONTINUED MADDIE No! I don't get anything. DAVID Latitude and longitude. That's how pilots find their way. The numbers inside the watch are the latitude and longitude of where the diamonds are hidden. The pawnbroker was right. The watch isn't a watch. 1It's a set of directions from one pilot to another. MADDIE (shaking her head) David...I'm totally lost. DAVID Precisely...that's why we need a map. ...and on Maddie's puzzled expression we... SHOCK CUT TO: TIGHT ON A PAIR OF OLD WOODEN DOORS ...as they FLY OPEN with an ECHOEY BANG...and Maddie and David come flying through them... DAVID The map room? ANOTHER ANGLE ...to REVEAL that they are making their way through the vast caverns of the LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY...the and musty DOWNTOWN BRANCH... MADDIE (spotting it) Over there... ...and they RUSH towards the AREA Maddie indicated with her gaze. And we HOLD...even as they walk OUT of FRAME. 442 443 444
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CONTINUED 134 REV. 9-24-84 ...as a man steps INTO IT...his EYES FOLLOWING David and Maddie's path. HEINZ. And we... A BOOK ...being PULLED FROM A SHELF. And there is no mistaking the face. CUT TO: And David LOWERS the LARGE and DUSTY VOLUME onto a wooden table...opening the covers... ON THE BOOK - DAVID AND MADDIE'S ...as they FLIP THROUGH IT...a SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS marked in latitudes and.longitudes and further delineated minutes and seconds and degrees... MADDIE (OVER) Do you know what you're looking for? DAVID (OVER) A good woman, a fast car, and... ...and she stops at a certain page...part of DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES SEEN FROM ABOVE. DAVID (OVER) ...this! And his FINGER SCANS the numbers... ...rushing across the tops of buildings...finally stopping at one. ...and we... . MADDIE (OVER) The southeast corner of Ninth and Broadway? DISSOLVE TO: 444 445 446
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REV. 9-24-84 135 A STREET SIGN *446A the CORNER of NINTH STREET and BROADWAY. And we HOLD just LONG ENOUGH for that to REGISTER and then the CAMERA BEGINS TO TILT UP...taking in the building that sits on that corner...climbing its aqua-tile front...finally arriving at the TOP of the building which is crowned by a suspiciously familiar looking clock...a clock with a sguare face surrounded by roman numerals...the word "EASTERN" across its top and gilded lattice work climbing up its sides. And SUDDENLY a hand ENTERS the FRAME...a hand holding a watch...a suspiciously familiar looking watch...with a square face surrounded by roman numerals...the word "EASTERN" printed across its face and gilded lattice-like detailing climbing up the sides. REVERSE ANGLE *446B ...to REVEAL David and Maddie...standing on street ' corner the building...’ DAVID I think this is significant. ...and on the two of their dumbfounded expressions...we... SHOCK CUT TO: OMIT 447-451 INT. THE BUILDING LOBBY =~ DAY 452 ...as the two of them enter. Typical downtown lobby with a row of elevators and a small newsstand. And David quickly scans the place and then turns to the man behind the news- stand... ' DAVID Any of these elevators go all - the way up to the roof? NEWSSTAND MAN Just the freight, I think. (pointing) Down the hall and to the left.
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REV. 9-24-84 139 THEIR P.O.V. . *469 ...the CLOCK...an almost EXACT COPY of the WATCH. Several stories tall in its own right. A real mother. MADDIE (finally) Gee...it's pretty big when you're standing next to it. ...and David SAYS NOTHING...although we HEAR a HARD SWALLOW on the SOUNDTRACK... ON DAVID 470 ...as he looks at the thing once more...takes a deep breath and begins to peel off jacket and tie... DAVID . Hickery,.dickery, dock... ...and TURNS...and walks over to the lattice work...and 'PULLS HIMSELF UP and OUT OF FRAME... DAVID (0.C.) Hey!...this isn't so hard! MADDIE (calling up) . Really? DAVID (falling back down into FRAME; looking discouraged) No. Not really. ...and the two of them look at each other...and David SHRUGS... DAVID . Don't worry. I'll do it. Just gonna take me a second.. Y'know men have all these slippery hormones that women don't have... , makes it harder for them to- climb. Did you know that? ' MADDIE (watching him) Nope.
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ON DAVID 140 REV. 10-4-84 471 ...as he takes several steps back to get a RUNNING START... DAVID Yeah. The further you evolve from apes the less climbing you have to do the more of these slippery hormones you get. (and then) Not that women are any less evolved. 1It's just...they did come second. I meéan...first there was man...and then there was woman. So we're about fif- teen minutes ahead of you guys terms of evolution. (and then) You believe that? - Nope. DAVID Good girl... ...and with that he RUNS...and JUMPS...and GRABS onto the lattice work...but despite the fact that his feet are too big for the holes in the lattice work, he mangages to once again PULL HIMSELF UP and OUT OF FRAME...and once again slides back DOWN INTO FRAME... ANOTHER ANGLE 472 ...as MADDIE SHAKES HER HEAD...PUSHES DAVID aside...hikes up her skirt and grabs the lattice work... MADDIE Pardon me, Mr. Wallenda... DAVID What are you doing? ...and pulls herself UP and OUT of FRAME. DAVID (calling up to her) Wow. You're doing beautifully, kid. I'm right behind you. Don't look back to try and see me...just know...I'm right in back of you...and yes...I am looking up your dress.
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S REV. 9-24-84 141 ' ON MADDIE 473 ...as she makes her way to the top of the lattice work... the HOLLYWOOD HILLS behind her...all kinds of traffic below her... MADDIE (looking down; not pleased) Well, I'm here. What do I do now? FROM ABOVE 474 ...hold the two of them in FRAME...her at the top of the lattice work...him down below on the roof... DAVID (calling.up to her) . ' Climb onto the minute hand and check around the number "4". That's where the hand on the watch is pointing. ON MADDIE 475 ...hanging onto the lattice work and looking over at... THE MINUTE HAND . 476 ...more than an easy jump away... FOLLOWING MADDIE 477 ...as she JUMPS...MISSES with her BODY...GRABBING the * minute hand with her hands and... FROM ABOVE 478 ...hanging on for dear life...as the traffic twenty stories below rushes by... ON DAVID 479 ...watching this...panicked...
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—— CONTINUED It's okay. move. ON MADDIE 142 DAVID Don't panic. Don't ...not believing what she's hearing... MADDIE Don't move?! What do you mean "don't move"? ANOTHER ANGLE REV. 9-24-84 ...as David TURNS...and RUNS...out of FRAME and into... THE BOWELS OF THE CLOCK ...duct work, steel girders and a huge set of chimes fill this abandoned, three-story-tall area located within the clock... MADDIE (0.C.) (her voice echoing off the wall) David? Where did you go? Where are you going? Don't leave me here... ON. DAVID ...as he scans the old paint cans and garbage dumpsters and oil drums...and kicks aside a tarpaulin to DISCOVER... A LADDER ...tall and wooden and just right... ON MADDIE ...still hanging...clearly terrified... Day=-vid!!!! MADDIE 479 480 481 482 483 484.. 485
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-Maddie is- 143 CONTINUED ...and SUDDENLY we HEAR a SOUND... THE MINUTE HAND ...giving way...beginning to tear from the stem in the center of the clock... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as David returns with a very long ladder... MADDIE David! Hurry! .+.which he leans up against the clock next to where - DAVID C'mon Maddie! Grab onto the ladder and come on down. MADDIE I'm afraid to move! DAVID Don't be afraid. There's noth- ing to be afraid of. MADDIE I'm trying... ...and with tries to move herself...hand over hand...closer to the ladder...and SUDDENLY we HEAR another SOUND...and ‘the minute hand SWAYS again...and... MADDIE SCREAMS,, .and... THE BOLTS IN THE CENTER OF THE CLOCK 485 486 487 488 489
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{ REV. 9/11/84 144 THE MINUTE HAND ...with Maddie hanging onto it, begins to GIVE... DAVID Hang on Maddie! ON MADDIE ...as she feels the HAND move...and reaches and GRABS ONTO... THE LADDER ...and as she climbs onto it...her foot slides through the rungs and SMASHES... . THE NEON BULB ...in the number four...and Maddie doesn't even notice.the velvet bag that tumbles from inside the light fixture drop- ing to... THE DECK BELOW MADDIE ...struggles to gain her balance on the ladder...the momentum of the grab PUSHING... THE LADDER ...0ff the surface of the building as... MADDIE ...hangs on with everything she's got as... LONG SHOT ...the ladder begins to tip and... 490 491 492 . 493 494 *495 *4952 *495E *495C
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Lo REV. 9/11/84 (X) 144A DAVID *495; ...holds onto the bottom...while... THE LADDER *495] ...tips further away from the building...finally... ANOTHER ANGLE *495] ...falling...its bottom caught under the lip of the clock... MADDIE *496 hanging on...the street and the cars some twenty stories below... : MADDIE'S HANDS : 497 ...as she tightens her grip on the ladder... 498 ON MADDIE'S FACE ...as she tries to see what is below her...
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145 CONTINUED DAVID Don't look down... ...and Maddie TURNS to DISCOVER... MADDIE'S P.O.V. ...David...as he shimmies out onto the ladder... DAVID (holding out his hand) Maddie... MADDIE I'm afraid to let go! ' DaviD One hand. Just...give me one hand. MADDIE Closer. You have to come closer. ANOTHER ANGLE ...as David shimmies out several inches more...and we hear the LADDER CREAK... ON THE LIP OF THE CLOCK ...as the LADDER gets CLOSER and CLOSER to its edge. ON MADDIE ...as she lets go with one hand and reaches forward towards David... ON THEIR HANDS ...inches apart... 498 499 500 501 502 503
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REV. 10-4-84 146 ON DAVID ...as he lurches out onto the ladder inches further... ON THE END OF THE LADDER ...as it creeps closer to the edge of the lip of the clock... ON THEIR HANDS ...as they connect...and... ON MADDIE ...as she lets go from the ladder with her other hand and... LONG ...her body drops...now suspended by one arm which David holds...and we WATCH...as slowly...he pulls her up...the cars and the pedestrians racing around obliviously below... ANOTHER ANGLE ...as Maddie climbs over David...and shimmies across the ladder and back onto... THE ROOF ...breathless...shaken. And MOMENTS LATER...David shimmies off the ladder...onto the roof and is standing by her side... and he TOUCHES her SHOULDER...and she TURNS...and buries herself in holds him...and they hold each other... ON MADDIE ...her cheek pressed to his shoulder...catching her breath... and then... MADDIE (seeing something) David... ...and she tears herself away from him and moves to... 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511
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147 THE VELVET BAG 512 ...laying on the deck...a GERMAN name printed in gold across it...and she TURNS and hands the bag to David...who opens it and pulls out... DAVID Diamonds! ON THE DIAMONDS 513 ...beautiful...they catch the light...shimmering and shin- ing in David's hands... VOICE (0.C.) Thank you both, very much. ON DAVID AND MADDIE . . . . . 514 . ...as they TURN to DISCOVER... . HEINZ - 515 ...rising from the rooftop stairway...gun drawn... HEINZ (holding out his hand) If you'll be so kind. ANOTHER ANGLE 516 ...as David separates from Maddie...and backs away from Heinz... . DAVID Come get it. HEINZ Don't be foolish, young man. If I pull this trigger and you die I'll still have the diamonds. Wouldn't we both rather I avoid that unnecessary step? ON DAVID 517 ...as he SUDDENLY TOSSES the pouch to...
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REV. 9-24-84 148 MADDIE ...who CATCHES it handily...as... DAVID ...rushes back to the ladder...sitting on it...quickly inching his way out over the side of the building... DAVID Maddie. Little help? ANOTHER ANGLE ...and understanding immediately...she TOSSES the POUCH of DIAMONDS back to... DAVID ...who also catches them handily as he sits on the ladder some one hundred and fifty feet in the air... DAVID Like I said, Pop...come and get them. ON HEINZ ...watching this...considering this. And he moves SLOWLY to the ladder...holstering his gun...wrapping his legs around the edges of the thing... ON DAVID ...not believing this...not believing that the man will actually shimmy out there... DAVID You gotta be yankin' me... . ON MADDIE ...watching...not believing either... 518 519 520 521 522 523 524
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REV. 9-24-84 149 CONTINUED - . . 525 HEINZ You didn't think I'd do it. You wait forty years to become a rich man... (pulling himself a little closer) ...you'll do almost anything. ON DAVID 526 ...watching... DAVID Don't do this. ~ ON HEINZ . . 527 . . closer... HEINZ I have no choice... ANOTHER ANGLE 528 ...and we WATCH...as the heavy old man makes his slow way out onto the ladder...and we can't help but notice the way the ladder dips more and more the further out that Heinz ventures... ON DAVID 529 ...and this is not lost on David...as he notices his body sinking lower and lower as the heavy man makes his way closer and closer DAVID . This is crazy. Don't do it. ON THE LIP OF THE BUILDING 530 ...as Heinz moves closer and closer...
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REV. 9-24-84 150 CONTINUED DAVID No!!l! ON HEINZ ...as he remains steadfast...the determination in his eyes...as he creeps CLOSER and CLOSER...the WOOD of the ladder MOANING WITH PAIN... ON DAVID ...as his body sinks further and further... DAVID No! ANOTHER ANGLE ...and Heinz is just a foot away now...and he looks at David...and smiles...and HOLDS OUT HIS HAND... HEINZ If you please... ...and with that he REACHES...LUNGES for the POUCH...and David PULLS BACK...and the LADDER lists and... ' ON THE LIP OF THE BUILDING ...the CRACK in it GIVES...and... LONG 'SHOT ...as the LADDER BREAKS and... 530 531 532 533 534 535
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R HEINZ 151 ON DAVID ...GRABS the LADDER as it COLLAPSES and HITS... THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING ...held together by threads of wood... DAVID ...holding onto a rung of the ladder with one hand...the other CLUTCHING... THE POUCH OF DIAMONDS - ...from which dangles... - ...twenty stories up...hanging by the pouch with both hands as... - DAVID ...the strain his face...HOLDS onto the ladder with a single hand...and tries to hoist up Heinz and the pouch with the other... DAVID (to Heinz) Don't let go! ON HEINZ ...holding onto the pouch...and twenty stories below him... CARS AND PEOPLE ...hustling and bustling... ON THE POUCH ...and we can't but notice...the TIGHTER Heinz clings to the pouch...the more it stretches...and as it does... diamonds drop out...striking... 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544
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‘0 L/ 152 HEINZ .».in the face...on the nose...in the eyes...making holding on all the more difficult... HEINZ Can't...hold on...much... ON THE POUCH ...as it slips from his fingers and... ON HEINZ ...as he falls...TUMBLING to the STREET BELOW...and... MADDIE . ...SCREAMS...and... DAVID to the ladder...never looking down...just hear- ing the SOUND of HEINZ screaming. And then NO SCREAM at ALL. LONG SHOT ...and we watch...and AFTER A MOMENT, David begins to hoist himself back up the ladder...making his way closer and closer to the top where... MADDIE HANGING OVER the EDGE of the building...OFFERING HIM a HAND...HELPING to PULL HIM UP...as we... DISSOLVE TO: TIGHT ON A NEWSPAPER ...and we SEE the HEADLINE "MODEL TURNED DETECTIVE FOILS HEIST". And next to it a PICTURE of Maddie and David. And we PAN off of the PAPER and onto the SILVER SERVING SET as a HAND REACHES into FRAME and PICKS UP THE SILVER COFFEE POT and we PULL BACK to REVEAL... 545 546 547 549 550 551 552
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A 4 s A e REV. 10-4-84 - 153 B THE BREAKFAST ROOM ...where Maddie and David sit looking at each other... MADDIE (pouring herself a cup of coffee) So what was so urgent? DAVID Well it isn't anything urgent... really...it's just...in light of all we've been through... together...I would formally... officially...like to restate my proposition. (and then) You. Me. Business. _ MADDIE , . (enjoying this) - Gee...I don't know... S DAVID AN What's not to know. It was great. It was terrific. I mean...we make a terrific team. And with your name...your rep- utation... MADDIE Let me think about it. DAVID Oh. I get it. I know what it is.- (and then) let me just tell you some- thing. This case has been a real growth experience for me. U I've changed. I'm a different guy. I know what you're think- . ing. You're thinking about all the crummy things I did to you. Ruining your date with Doctor Facefixer. Entertainment Tonight. (MORE) 553
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CONTINUED REV. 10-4-84 154 DAVID (CONT'D) Stealing the watch. well... that's the old me. That's the me before I knew the value of a partner. A real partner. A person who you depend on with your life. You don't play with people like that. You don't lie to people like that. you don't pressure people like that. MADDIE David...I'm just going to have to think about it... DAVID (a- long, moment ° of his own) Well...how long do you think you'll need to think about it? MADDIE I don't know. I'd like...a day. DAVID (rising from his seat) A day? A whole day? Can't you just think about it now? I could leave the room. Go read the paper. MADDIE (rising from her seat) David...It's a very tempting offer but I'd like a day to think about it. 553
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s 1 A REV. 10-4-84 (X) 155 ) - CONTINUED 553 DAVID (as he TURNS; and begins to walk) A day...you're right...a day is not an unreasonable thing to ask. A day? A day. Sure. (and then) Do you mean...like...this time tomorrow? ...and the two of them make their way into... OMIT 553A-553B THE FRONT DOOR T . o 553C ...as David OPENS it... i f.(-—\ MADDIE I suppose. Yes. I would have an answer for you this time tomorrow. REVEALING... OMIT 554-556 OVER A HUNDRED PRESS PEOPLE 557 ...staked out on the lawn of Maddie's mansion...
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ON DAVID 156 REV. 9-24-84 ...as he stands by the front door...surrounded...smiling at an amused Maddie... ...and we... DAVID (calling to them) People...there isn't going to be any statement today...how- ever if you be back here tomorrow... THE END FREEZE FRAME 558
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