The Next Three Days Page #4

Synopsis: Life for John and Lara Brennan (Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks) is miserable after she is convicted of a murder she says she did not commit. Three years later while struggling with the demands of work and raising his son alone, John is still trying to establish her innocence. When her final appeal is rejected, Lara becomes suicidal, forcing John to exercise the only option he has left: Break her out of prison.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Production: Lionsgate
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
51%
PG-13
Year:
2010
133 min
$21,100,000
Website
771 Views


WHITE 9-10-09 11.

21 CONTINUED:
21

Yeah.

LUKE:

JOHN:

Did you hit him?

Yeah.

LUKE:

Good.

JOHN:

Where did you hit him?

LUKE:

Near the swings.

Wow.

JOHN:

I bet that hurt.

Yeah.

LUKE:

22 INT. COUNTY JAIL - ENTRY HALL -- DAY 22

- John waits in a long line, mostly women. He glances over

at the pleasant and colorful play area in the corner and

sees children playing. Luke plays by himself.

- John puts his key ring in a plastic container. The guard

takes it and puts the keys with other visitors' belongings.

John guides his son toward the metal detector. Luke walks

through and the buzzer goes off.

John instinctively moves forward to help. A guard stops him

with a hand on his chest. On the other side of the metal

detector another guard runs a wand over Luke, pulls something

from his pocket, looks at it curiously.

It's a toy!

JOHN:

The guard runs the wand over the child again; no screech.

The guard waves John through. No beep. John kneels and

pulls on Luke's jacket.

JOHN (CONT'D)

Don't worry. We'll get it back.

23 INT. COUNTY JAIL - CORRIDOR -- DAY 23

They walk along the hall with all the other visitors.

WHITE 9-10-09 12.

24 INT. COUNTY JAIL - CONTACT VISITING ROOM -- DAY 24

John stares out the window at the city beyond. Life seems

so close.

He looks back into the large communal visiting room; a dozen

round tables and plastic chairs. The concrete block walls

are covered with naive paintings in bright colors and messages

of hope. Luke plays at his feet with a basket of Legos.

The door at the far side buzzes, a guard opens it and

prisoners in red jump-suits marked VISITING ROOM enter.

Lara enters and looks around. She is pale, thin and her

hair has returned to its natural color. Lara hurries to him

and gives him a real kiss. She breaks and steps to Luke,

who plays with his back to her.

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Paul Haggis

Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners, 2004's Million Dollar Baby and 2005's Crash, the latter of which he also directed. more…

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