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Truman and Nelle check in. People stare. Nelle notices.
Green
15 OMIT 15
16 EXT. FINNEY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, GARDEN CITY - CONTINUOUS 16 *
Truman and Nelle trot up the COURTHOUSE STEPS.
17 INT. FINNEY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, LOBBY - MOMENTS LATER 17 *
Truman approaches the GUARD DESK.
TRUMAN:
Mr. Alvin Dewey, please.
GUARD:
Third floor. In what used to be
the Sheriff ' s Off ice.
Truman CURTSIES .
18 INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE - DAY 18 *
In the reception area, ALVIN DEWEY and the two other KBI
AGENTS assigned to the Clutter case are getting their jackets
on and straightening their ties. They've completely taken
over the office. They are: HAROLD "Brother" NYE (34); and
ROY "CurlyN CHURCH (60 - bald). They all smoke.
Sheriff WALTER SANDERSON - 601s, kind, overweight - is off iceless
(though he and his wife DOROTHY still live on the fourth
floor of the Courthouse. ) WALTER lurks in the background,
nowhere to go, emptying one of many FILLED ASHTRAYS, BOTHERED
by the SMOKE. Truman and Nelle enter as:
CHURCH:
The wife said no more smoking in
the house. I told her, "Fine.
Walter's got a couch upstairs in
his apartment. I'll stay with him
and Dorothy till we're done here."
(to Walter)
(MORE )
CHURCH (cont ' d)
I've got my bag and a carton of
cigarettes in the car.
WALTER looks uncomfortable. Dewey shakes his head at Church.
DEWEY:
Roy.
TRUMAN:
Mr. Dewey. Truman Capote from the
New Yorker.
Silence. The Agents stare at him.
TRUMAN (cont 'd)
Hello.
Silence. Nye is looking at Truman, particularly puzzled.
TRUMAN (cont ' d)
Bergdorf's.
NYE:
Sorry?
TRUMAN:
The scarf.
NYE:
Oh.
(then)
Nice.
TRUMAN:
Thank you.
(turns to Dewey)
I wonder when we could arrange an
interview? Some time to talk.
Dewey stubs out his cigarette.
DEWEY:
About what?
TRUMAN:
We're not looking for any inside
information - I don't care one way
or another if you catch whoever did
this - I'm writing an article not
about the Clutter killings, but how
they're affecting the town, how you
all are bearing up -
Green
DEWEY:
I care.
TRUMAN:
Excuse me?
DEWEY:
I care.
(puts on his hat, pulls
out another cigarette)
I care a great deal if we catch
whoever did this.
TRUMAN:
Yes -
DEWEY:
As do a lot of folks around here.
TRUMAN:
Of course.
Dewey walks out. Nye and Church start out after him.
NYE:
(to Church)
New Yorker?
CHURCH:
You have press credentials?
NYE:
What's the New Yorker?
CHURCH:
Magazine.
TRUMAN:
Magazines don't give out -
CHURCH'
You can come to the news conference
with the rest of them.
(tips his hat to Nelle)
Sears and Roebuck.
Nelle and Truman are left alone.
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