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Synopsis: he Possession is a 2012 American supernatural horror film directed by Ole Bornedal and produced by Sam Raimi. It was released in the US on August 31, 2012, with the film premiering at the Film4 FrightFest. The story is based on the allegedly haunted dybbuk box. Bornedal cited films like The Exorcist as an inspiration, praising their subtlety.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Production: Lionsgate Films
  6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
45
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
PG-13
Year:
2012
92 min
$49,100,000
Website
1,845 Views


ROLAND:

Actually, Beatrice, I was about to

get started on those Ash

footnotes!--.

BEATRICE:

It's important. It's about Ellen...

Ominous silence. Roland registers Beatrice's insistence.

She disappears down the hall. Roland has to follow her into

--.

INT. MUSEUM - ASH FACTORY - BEATRICE'S ROOM - DAY

A musty cavern of cardboard boxes and yellowing papers.

Behind them, almost bricked in, sits Beatrice. Who flings a

letter over to Roland.

BEATRICE:

I can't bear it. Another letter

from that impossible woman, Leonora

Stern. She wants a piece from me

for some ghastly new journal about

Ellen Ash's sexual relations -

ROLAND:

With... Ash?

BEATRICE:

With anyone. This woman's obsessed

with sex.

(CONTINUED)

6.

CONTINUED:

ROLAND:

You protect Ellen from questionable

suitors, Beatrice. I've always

admired that.

BEATRICE:

Ellen was a faithful wife. And I'm

faithful to her. She needs

protection. I'm the only one now

who cares...

NOISES in the corridor. Two academics poke their noses in.

One, his rival, a trendy young lecturer, FERGUS WOLF; the

other, a bluff elderly Scottish professor, JAMES BLACKADDER,

Roland's boss.

FERGUS:

Hi, Roland. Still here?

ROLAND:

Fergus...

(beat)

Congratulations on your

appointment...

Downcast, Roland shrinks back in defeat. Blackadder

blusters in.

BLACKADDER:

Ah, Roland... I want you at the

London Library. Come along,

Cropper's in town for the auction...

Blackadder whisks Roland out from the room.

INT. MUSEUM - ASH FACTORY CORRIDORS - DAY

They walk down the corridor with Fergus, Blackadder putting

on his coat.

ROLAND:

I feel sorry for poor Beatrice.

Even the feminists hate her now for

championing a dull wife -

BLACKADDER:

(exasperated)

Beatrice Nest and her bloody letters

of Ellen Ash are completely

irrelevant to modern scholarship.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

7.

CONTINUED:

BLACKADDER (CONT'D)

She's wasted twenty-five years

looking up every recipe for

gooseberry jam and jaunt to

Broadstairs. That's what I get for

hiring a Ph.D from...

(can barely say it)

... New Zealand.

FERGUS:

The old witch. She's the best

keeper of the Ash Museum you'll find

BLACKADDER:

Yes. Like Ellen, Beatrice is best

behind closed doors...

Blackadder and Fergus swoop off. Roland watches them go,

turns 'round to see -- Beatrice scurry back into her room

like a crab. Obviously overheard their comments. Roland

sighs -

CUT TO:

EXT. LONDON STREETS (PICCADILLY) - DAY

The spinning wheel. On his bicycle, with his panniers and

clips, Roland swerves through noisy traffic, heading for -

EXT. LONDON LIBRARY (ST. JAMES'S SQUARE) - DAY (PRESENT)

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Juliet Snowden

Juliet Snowden is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer, best known for writing Knowing and Ouija. She is also known for co-writing screenplays with her husband Stiles White. more…

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