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Truman and Nelle check in. People stare. Nelle notices.

Green

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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.

INT. SPARE COURTROOM - DAY

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