House of Cards Page #2
- TV-MA
- Year:
- 2013
- 51 min
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FRANCIS:
As for me - I’m the House Majority
Whip. In other words - I get things
done. When it comes to legislation
I make the magic happen. I
transform the impossible into the
probable.
5.
FRANCIS (CONT’D)
But it’s time to move up a rung.
I’ve paid my dues. I’ve backed the
right man. And now that he’s won
I’ll get my just reward. Give and
take, give and take, and so the
world spins.
TIGHT on Francis’ face, filling the frame.
FRANCIS (CONT’D)
Welcome to Washington.
TITLE AND CREDITS
Iconic shots of D.C. - the Capitol, the Washington Monument,
Lincoln Memorial, Reflecting Pool, etc. But we see them from
odd angles, cast in dark shadows or beneath moody skies. The
feeling should be ominous.
We shift to interiors - dark hallways and restaurant booths
where slow-motion, silhouetted figures conspire with one
another.
Interlaced with all of this are recurring shots of dextrous
hands expertly shuffling a deck of cards and dealing them
out. The FINAL IMAGE should be of the dealer unveiling his
hand to the camera: not four, but FIVE one-eyed jacks.
INT. FRANCIS’S CAR - NIGHT
Francis and Claire ride in the back the SUV. Steve drives.
CLAIRE:
(she runs her hand through
his hair)
You should get a hair cut.
FRANCIS:
You think?
CLAIRE:
Just a little trim maybe. What
suit are you going to wear?
FRANCIS:
For the meeting, or for the
CLAIRE:
For the announcement.
6.
FRANCIS:
My navy blue one, with the pin
stripes.
CLAIRE:
Good. You look handsome in that
suit.
She leans into him, slips her hand between his thighs. She
starts to kiss his neck.
FRANCIS:
(in a whisper)
We’re only five minutes from the
house.
CLARIE:
You’re going to make me wait?
FRANCIS:
(with a sly smile)
Patience is a virtue.
CLAIRE:
I’m not feeling very virtuous
tonight.
He smiles, leans in and kisses her.
INT. WASHINGTON HERALD - NEWSROOM - MORNING
A bustling bull-pen of writers, editors and assistants.
Mounted TVs blare with 24 hour news channels. The steady
clacking of keyboards wafts from a sea of cubicles.
ZOE BARNES (mid 20s) - a strong and hungry young reporter -
weaves through the cubicles toward a corner office.
Inside LUCAS GOODWIN (mid to late 30s) - the Deputy Editor -
is talking to BOB HAMMERSCHMIDT (early 50s) - the paper’s
grizzled Editor-in-Chief.
Zoe waits by the open door and listens in.
HAMMERSCHMIDT:
...Only a nine vote majority in the
House. Every bill that hits the
floor will be a cock-fight.
LUCAS:
Yeah it’ll be ugly.
7.
HAMMERSCHMIDT:
Any guess what’s on the legislative
agenda?
LUCAS:
No idea. All my regular sources
won’t say a word.
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