Human Nature Page #4

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INT. AUDITORIUM - DAY

Puff testifies before the committee.

PUFF:

I don't think there's anyone in the

world who doesn't know by now that I

was raised in the wilderness by an

ape. Well, to be fair, by a man who

thought himself an ape, but it amounts

to the same thing gentlemen, does it

not?

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EXT. FOREST CLEARING - DAY.

This has a faded, "memory" look also. A naked, bearded, dirty

middle-aged man and a naked, dirty ten year old Puff walk

along like apes, crouched over and dragging their knuckles.

PUFF (V.O.)

My father escaped from a New Jersey

mental institution in 1963.

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EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT

It's raining and deserted. Puff's father, in pajamas, comes

tearing around the corner. He runs crazily towards the camera,

waving his arms, puffing out his cheeks.

PUFF (V.O.)

He had been committed the previous

year after applying one too many

times at our local zoo for the job

of "apprentice ape."

Puff's father passes a newspaper vending machine, stops,

goes back and examines the headline. It reads: President

Kennedy Assassinated. Puff's father looks heavenward and

clutches at his temples in despair.

PUFF (V.O.)

My father saw what the human race

had come to while he was... in

captivity. He felt something had to

be done to create a better world.

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EXT. SUBURBAN HOUSE - NIGHT

Puff's father climbs out a second story window with a small

bundle in his arms. He runs off into the night.

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