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Synopsis: Copycat is a 1995 American psychological thriller directed by Jon Amiel and starring Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter and Dermot Mulroney. The score was composed by Christopher Young.
Production: Warner Home Video
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
R
Year:
1995
123 min
508 Views


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 the

handset 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!

END TITLE AND CREDITS:

INT. RIFLE RANGE - DAY

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.)

My third grade teacher at the

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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