Copycat Page #3
- R
- Year:
- 1995
- 123 min
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HELEN:
'Maybe it's better to just dream
on; avoid the disappointments of
life. Come on, move.'
She pushes a button on the remote, and we see the window
curtains open. BRIGHT SUNLIGHT STREAMS IN! We see that the
T-shirt HELEN wears says "Shrinks 'R' Us." She crosses to
the window with her glass of cognac, looks out.
VIEW:
A sweeping view of the bay, and across to Marin County. The
morning sun is dispelling the last of the night's fog.
HELEN opens window, puts a hand outside, trying to feel the
air, the freedom. Feeling quite restored from the dream
horror of the night...
O.S., THE PHONE RINGS. HELEN. A FRISSON.
CLOSE:
PHONE Her hand comes into FRAME and picks up thehandset and carries CAMERA TO CLOSEUP HELEN.
HELEN:
(carefully)
Yes?
(listens)
You son-of-a-b*tch! Son of
a b*tch...
Stiff with fear and rage, she slams down phone.
HELEN:
You filthy... son of a b*tch!
On the computer screen behind her the Chessmaster makes his
move:
the computer speaks in its tiny computer voice:COMPUTER:
(filter)
You Queen is in check.
Protect your Queen.
OVER CREDITS:
HOME MOVIE of a young woman dressed in a seat suit. It is
morning, and she is jogging on a park path. Her hair is in
a long braid. She is sweating, breathing heavily, clearly
near the end of a satisfactory run.
THE FILM REVERSES, THE FILM STARTS UP AGAIN IN EXTREMELY
SLOW MOTION. WE ARE NOW AWARE THERE IS ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW
AT WORK HERE.
NOW THE FRAME FREEZES AT A POINT WHERE IT MAKES THE JOGGER'S
OPEN-MOUTHED DEEP BREATHING LOOK LIKE
A SCREAM!
MUZZLE OF SEMI AUTOMATIC PISTOL BLASTS NINE SHOTS ALMOST
DIRECTLY INTO CAMERA. A BEAT OF SILENCE...
THE TARGET:
it is a silhouette of a man's head and torso;centered in the right side of the upper chest, near the
shoulder, is a small red circle. Still SMOKING, THE HOLES
FROM THE BULLETS are scattered all over the chest, and none
in the circle.
M.J. (V.O.)
convent shot better than that.
THE SHOOTER, RUBEN GOETZ, AND PARTNER M.J.
RUBEN:
Yeah, but she had divine guidance.
We now take in the shooter, RUBEN, and his companion M.J.
HALLORAN. M.J. is a small, deceptively vulnerable looking
young woman. She is neat, buttoned down, crisp. M.J.
appears to be about twenty-five. She is, in fact,
thirty-four and a homicide inspector with the rank of
sergeant. She is usually dressed in slacks and a loose
sweater or an oversize jacket that helps make her appear
even smaller and younger than she is.
RUBEN GOETZ is also in homicide, about twenty-six and junior
in authority to M.J. RUBEN is good-looking, good-humored
and laid back. He has a cellular phone attached to his
belt.
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