Concussion Page #3

Synopsis: While conducting an autopsy on former NFL football player Mike Webster (David Morse), forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) discovers neurological deterioration that is similar to Alzheimer's disease. Omalu names the disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy and publishes his findings in a medical journal. As other athletes face the same diagnosis, the crusading doctor embarks on a mission to raise public awareness about the dangers of football-related head trauma.
Production: Sony Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
PG-13
Year:
2015
123 min
$23,268,108
Website
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TEDDY PENDERGRASS (OVER)GRACIE *

Think I'd better let it Liver nine-hundred fifty-two

go/Looks like another love grams.

T.K.O.-

JUMP TO:
he hands her another.

CHERRY PAGES 1.21.15 6.

TEDDY PENDERGRASS (OVER)BENNET

Takin' the bumps and the Small tissue container.

bruises/Of all the things of Freeze me a liver sample,

a two-time loser--please, Gracie. *

And lifts for the bone saw.

JUMP TO:
Bennet reaches toward the head. Cradles an orb off

to Gracie as if a fresh loaf of bread.

BENNET (CONT’D)

(Gracie takes dictation--)

Possible causal relationship

between early head trauma and self-

medication leading to narcotics

abuse and overdose-

SULLIVAN:

(from across room)

You’re not her shrink, Bennet-

BENNET:

If I know how she lived, I’ll know

why she died.

ANGLE on a window letting out on the chamber. Wecht standing

there watching, shirt and tie, cinching the knot, turning for

the stairs, as-

TEDDY PENDERGRASS (OVER)

Just tryin' to hold on, faith is

gone/It's just another sad song-

JUMP TO:
Gracie’s smock splashed with fluids and blood. (So

is everyone else’s). Bennet’s pristine. Until some small

fleck spray lands, and--

He immediately slips off his plastic smock. Gracie - knows

him - slips a fresh one on.

TEDDY PENDERGRASS (OVER) (CONT’D)

Takin' the bumps and the bruises/Of

all the things of a two-time

loser/See I try to hold on, my

faith-

Now silence. Body reassembled. Bennet’s fingers resting on

the girl’s hand. Feeling for spiritual pulse. On Bennet’s

face, peace. As Gracie zips up the body bag. And Sullivan

glares-

BENNET:

Careful, Daniel. One day I might be

rushing through your autopsy.

(MORE)

CHERRY PAGES 1.21.15 7.

(and throwing the usedknife into ‘hazardous

waste’--)

BENNET (CONT'D)

18 OMIT

19 INT. WECHT’S OFFICE - ALLEGHENY COUNTY CORONER - DAY

Sits across from CYRIL WECHT, Chief Medical Examiner. 60’s,

celebrity pathologist: array of pictures with Elvis’ body;

JonBenet Ramsey's files; at the JFK assassination hearings.

Both in suit and tie. Wecht’s eating a bagel. Pulls a bottleof Johnny Walker from his drawer and pours a couple.

WECHT:

You know the reason you’re not backin Nigeria?

BENNET:

I remind you of you.

WECHT (CONT'D)

Only less handsome.

Wecht motions to Bennet’s collar. Something there. Bennetbrushes it off. And we realize: they are in identical suits.

Except - Wecht points - to Bennet’s chest pocket-WECHT

(CONT’D)

I don’t have any. What the hell arethey for, anyway? Just fill up withschmutz-(

nods at autopsy chamber)

What the hell’s going on in there?

BENNET:

I’m doing my work. I’m fine.

WECHT:

You’re not fine. Danny hates yourguts. I’ve never seen anything likeit.

(pause)

You take too much time, Bennet.

BENNET:

The dead are my patients. I treatthem with respect.

WECHT:

Treat them however you want, but doyou have to talk to them? Maybejust talk to them in your headwhile you’re - you know - working-(

MORE)

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Peter Landesman

Peter Landesman is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, novelist and painter. He wrote a number of cover stories for the New York Times Magazine, New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and others, including investigations into global arms trafficking, sex trafficking, refugee trafficking, the Rwandan genocide, and the creation and smuggling of forged and stolen art and antiquities. He also reported from the conflicts in Kosovo, Rwanda, and Pakistan and Afghanistan post-9/11. more…

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