Magnolia Page #3
NARRATOR:
The coroner ruled that the unsuccessful
suicide had suddenly become a succesful
homicide. To explain:
CUT TO:
EXT. ROOFTOP - FLASHBACK.
Replay of shot. Sydney steps up on the rooftop. CAMERA pushes
in towards him quickly, this time moving into his COAT POCKET --
NARRATOR:
The suicide was confirmed by a note,
left in the breast pocket
DISSOLVE INTO:
INT. COAT POCKET - THAT MOMENT
CAMERA catches glimpses of the note, " I'm sorry..."
"...and in this time..." "...so I will go " "...and be with God..."
NARRATOR:
At the same time young Sydney stood
on the ledge of this nine story building,
an argument swelled three stories below --
QUICK DISSOLVE TO:
INT. BUILDING/HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT
CAMERA pushes in towards the door of ROOM 638. We hear same screaming
and yelling coming fram behind the door;
NARRATOR:
The neighbors heard, as they usually
did, the arguing of the tenants --
QUICK DISSOLVE TO:
INT. APARTMENT #638 - THAT MOMENT
An ELDERLY COUPLE (early 60s) are savagely fighting and
throwing things. The OLDER MAN is backing away from the OLDER WOMAN
who is coming at him with a SHOTGUN.
NARRATOR:
-- and it was not uncommon for them
to threaten each other with a shotgun
or one of the many handguns kept in the
house --
OLDER MAN:
Put it down, put that f***in' thing
down Fay --
OLDER WOMAN:
-- I'II f***ing tell YOU. I'll shoot you
in the face and end this argument and
we see who's right --
NARRATOR:
And when the shotgun accidentaly went off,
Sydney just happend to pass --
The OLDER WOMAN stumbles a bit on some furniture and the SHOTGUN
goes off -- FIRES past the OLDER MAN's head -- and SMASHES the
window behind him -- SYDNEY falls past and gets shot in the stomach,
then falls out of FRAME -- (They're oblivious to this)
OLDER MAN:
You CRAZY F***IN' B*TCH WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
OLDER WOMAN:
SHUT THE F*** UP.
FREEZE FRAME on the two of them yelling and screaming:
NARRATOR:
Added to this, the two tenants turned
out to be:
Fay and Arthur Barringer.Sydney's mother and Sydney's father.
CUT TO:
CAMERA moves through the scene as POLICEMAN and DETECTIVES
question the OLDER COUPLE. Neighbors and lookie-loos around.
NARRATOR:
When confronted with the charge, which took
some figuring out for the officers on
the scene of the crime, Fay Barringer
swore that she did not know that the gun
was loaded.
FAY BARRINGER:
I didn't know -- I didn't know --
ARTHUR BARRINGER
She always threatens me with the gun,
but I don't keep it loaded --
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