Natural Born Killers Page #3

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People walk by in the f.g. and b.g. Scagnetti slips an

already-tied tie over his head.

INT. INTERROGATION ROOMC-DAY

DEWIGHT MCCLUSKY, a man in his fifties, wearing a

business suit, stands in the f.g. reading a book with

his back to the door. In the b.g., Scagnetti enters the

room.

SCAGNETTI:

Jack Scagnetti. You wanted to see

me?

McClusky turns toward Scagnetti.

MCCLUSKY:

Congratulations on the Curtis

Fox case, Scagnetti. You put an

end to a nightmare. The ladies of

this city can get to sleep again,

and they have you to thank.

SCAGNETTI:

Thank you, sir.

MCCLUSKY:

Dewight McClusky of the California

Prison Board. Take a seat, please.

Scagnetti lowers into a chair in front of the

interrogation table.

MCCLUSKY:

(referring to book)

This is damn good reading. I'm

surprised Hollywood hasn't found

you. This would make a better

movie than that Serpico sh*t.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

McClusky puts the book down, we see the title: CURTIS

FOX:
The Capture and Death of a Serial Killer, Author

Jack Scagnetti. McClusky sits on the edge of the table,

facing Scagnetti. He lifts a file off the table, then

tosses it in Scagnetti's lap.

MCCLUSKY:

I think you'll find that good

reading as well. Mickey and

Mallory's file. You familiar with

them?

Scagnetti opens it. It's the files, reports, and

photographs of Mickey and Mallory Knox. Scagnetti's face

lights up.

SCAGNETTI:

Who isn't?

MCCLUSKY:

You been followin' the news

coverage?

SCAGNETTI:

They've been separated since their

incarceration in a couple of

penitentiaries -

MCCLUSKY:

Susanville, Soledad.

SCAGNETTI:

They've killed a shitload of

inmates and guards -

MCCLUSKY:

Five inmates, eight guards and

one psychiatrist all in one year's

time... Very good. You do keep up

with the headlines.

Scagnetti nods.

MCCLUSKY:

Look, our situation in a nutshell

is, no prison wants 'em, no prison

will take 'em. I'm even talkin'

hellholes, where the warden's as

hard as a bar of iron. No one

wants those f***in' a**holes

behind their walls, dealin' with

'em day in, day out.

(CONTINUED)

9.

CONTINUED:

SCAGNETTI:

I can appreciate that.

MCCLUSKY:

So can we. So the solution to

our little problem is we had them

deemed crazy. And we're shippin'

'em to Nystrom Asylum for the

criminally insane.

SCAGNETTI:

Lobotomy bay?

MCCLUSKY:

You've heard of it?

SCAGNETTI:

So, how do I fit into this scheme?

MCCLUSKY:

The public loves you, Jack... You

don't mind if I call you Jack, do

you?

SCAGNETTI:

By all means.

MCCLUSKY:

You're a celebrated cop. Twenty-

six years on the force, a best-

seller out on paperback...

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