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Synopsis: When retiring police Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tackles a final case with the aid of newly transferred David Mills (Brad Pitt), they discover a number of elaborate and grizzly murders. They soon realize they are dealing with a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) who is targeting people he thinks represent one of the seven deadly sins. Somerset also befriends Mills' wife, Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), who is pregnant and afraid to raise her child in the crime-riddled city.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): David Fincher
Production: New Line Cinema
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 25 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.6
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
1995
127 min
2,902 Views


CAB DRIVER:

Crazy fucks.

The driver pulls away and the cab rages down the street.

Somerset watches the parade of neon passing on the avenue. He

slumps back in the seat and closes his eyes.

CAB DRIVER:

Where you headed?

Somerset opens his eyes.

SOMERSET:

Far away from here.

INT. SOMERSET'S APARTMENT -- NIGHT

The curtains are closed. The SOUNDS of the CITY are here as they

will be everywhere in this story. A CAR ALARM is SOUNDING,

shrill and clear. Somerset's life is packed into moving boxes,

except for some clothing in a closet and hundreds and hundreds of

books on the shelves of one wall. Somerset is lying on the bed,

dressed only in his underwear.

He reaches to the nightstand, to a wooden, pyramidical metronome.

He frees the metronome's weighted swingarm so it moves back and

forth. Swings to the left -- TICK, swings to the right -- TICK.

Tick... tick... tick... measured and steady.

Somerset situates on the bed, closes his eyes. Tick... tick...

tick. The metronome's sound competes with the sound of the car

alarm. Somerset's face tightens as he concentrates on the

metronome. His eyes close tighter. Tick... tick... tick. The

swingarm moves evenly. Somerset's breathing deepens.

Tick... tick... tick. The car alarm seems quieter.

Tick... tick... tick. Somerset continues his concentration. The

metronome's sound seems louder.

Tick... tick... tick. The sound of the car alarm fades, and is

GONE. The metronome is the only sound.

Somerset's face relaxes as he begins to fall asleep. Tick...

tick... tick...

INSERT -- TITLE CARD

SUNDAY:

INT. SOMERSET'S APARTMENT -- MORNING

Somerset picks items off a moving box: his keys, wallet,

switchblade, gold homicide badge. Finally, he opens the

hardcover book he had with him on the train. From the pages, he

takes the pale, paper rose.

INT. TENEMENT APARTMENT -- DAY

Somerset stands before a wall which is stained by a star-burst of

blood. A body lies on the floor under a sheet. A sawed-off

shotgun lies not far from the body. The apartment is gloomy.

DETECTIVE TAYLOR, 52, stands on the other side of the room, looks

through a notepad.

TAYLOR:

Neighbors heard them screaming at each

other for like two hours. It was nothing

new. But, then they heard the gun go off.

Both barrels.

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Andrew Kevin Walker

Andrew Kevin Walker (born August 14, 1964) is an American BAFTA-nominated screenwriter. He is known for having written Seven (1995), for which he earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as several other films, including 8mm (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and many uncredited script rewrites. more…

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