The American Page #3

JACK *

She had nothing to do with it. *

PAVEL *

A pity. *

"The American" June 21st, 2010 page 6B. page 6B.

Beat. *

PAVEL *

I’ve made arrangements for you in a *

small town in Abruzzo while I sort *

this out. *

JACK looks at him. There is tension between the two men. *

PAVEL *

Don’t talk to anyone. And Jack, *

above all else don’t make any *

friends... you used to know that. *

PAVEL reaches into his inside pocket. JACK watches closely. *

PAVEL produces an envelope and pushes it across the table. *

PAVEL *

Turn right outside the bar, then *

second left, Via Magenta. You’ll *

find a dark blue Fiat Tempra with *

Pescara plates. I’ve marked a small *

town on the map, Castelvecchio. *

Stay there and lay low ‘till you *

get my call. *

PAVEL rises. *

JACK watches him go. *

"The American" June 21st, 2010

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EXT/INT. CAR- DAY 13

JACK walks down a narrow street lined with parked cars.

He passes an dark blue FIAT Tempra from around 1995.

JACK waits until he’s certain no one’s following him before

he doubles back on himself, grabs the key from its hiding

place on top of the rear right tire and climbs inside.

Checking the rear view mirror and the road ahead, JACK opens

the glove compartment and finds a PLAIN MANILLA ENVELOPE.

Inside the envelope is:

-a PASSPORT bearing Jack’s photo in the name of Edward Clarke

-a DRIVER’S LICENSE in the same name

-several thousand euros in CASH

-A MOBILE PHONE in a cellophane bag.

-and a MAP.

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EXT. AUTOSTRADA- DAY - TITLES OVER THIS PART 14

A long tunnel:
one of the longest in Europe.

JACK at the wheel.

It seems like night: black ceiling, strip lights, shadows.

Vast fans suspended from the ceiling shift the traffic fumes.

A button of light, expanding...

...as we burst into daylight, blinding Jack.

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EXT. ITALIAN LANDSCAPE- DAY - TITLES CONTINUED 15

We’re in another world and Jack puts on his sunglasses.

"The American" June 21st, 2010

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JACK'S CAR is driving thru an amazing, hard but breathtaking

landscape and finally winds its way up a twisting mountain

road towards...

...a ramshackle, lonely, desolate Italian HILLTOP TOWN.

The town sits beneath it’s own castle. Medieval towers,

gables, streets and church bells: framed by the snow-capped

mountain peaks beyond.

This is not the Italy of E.M. Forster or of Bella Tuscany.

This is the Italy where the Crusaders built their fortresses.

The Italy where Sergio Leone conceived of his great Westerns.

A CHURCH BELL tolls...

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EXT. CROSS ROADS- LATE AFTERNOON 16

JACK slows down, taking in the roadsigns.

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