Batman Page #4

BATMAN:

I won't kill you. I want you to do

me a favor.

NICK looks down. Far, far below, CARS wink silently past.

He looks up. And sees, in the mirrored lenses where

BATMAN's eyes should be, the twin reflections of his own

stricken face.

BATMAN (cont.)

Tell your friends. Tell all your

friends.

NICK HOWLS. Almost as an afterthought, THE BATMAN heaves

him roughly back onto the roof. And then -- casually,

without a moment's hesitation -- STEPS OFF THE LEDGE OF THE

ROOF, INTO MIDAIR.

Trembling, NICK crawls to the ledge and looks over...

finding ABSOLUTELY NO TRACE of the Batman.

NICK is still screaming as we PAN UP to the bilious yellow

globe of Gotham's moon. MAIN CREDITS ROLL:

BATMAN:

CUT TO:

INT. GOTHAM CITY DEMOCRATS' CLUB - NIGHT

An oversized CAMPAIGN POSTER fills one wall: "A NEW GOTHAM.

HARVEY DENT FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY". We TILT DOWN to find

the man himself, determined, dynamic HARVEY DENT,

addressing a crowd from behind his podium.

DENT:

... it is no longer enough to go

after the small-time punks and petty

criminals who infest the streets of

Gotham City. Crime and corruption

must be attacked at the root!

ANOTHER ANGLE - THE AUDIENCE

Civic-minded politicos decked out in fund-raiser finery.

They applaud DENT's tough talk wildly. They've just shelled

out $500 a plate for a chicken dinner, and by God they're

going to enjoy this.

Tuxedoed WAITERS move among the tables, deftly refilling

water glasses. As they do, we SEE an EMPTY PLACE SETTING --

the only one in the hall. Some well-meaning moneybags has

laid out half a grand and then neglected to show up.

The engraved placecard reads: BRUCE WAYNE.

ANGLE ON DENT:

DENT:

If elected, my first act as district

attorney will be to return an

indictment against Boss Carl

Grissom!

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT

A woman's apartment, decorated in pastel pinks and mauves.

Original paintings and sculptures everywhere. The place

reeks of money.

In the foreground: a MAN'S HAND, long, elegant, manicured.

Manipulating a DECK OF CARDS, doing a one-handed shuffle

with extraordinary finesse.

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