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room. Truman walks over slowly. After a moment, he checks

to make sure he's alone. Then he LIFTS THE TOP of one of the

caskets. It's Bonnie Clutter's body, in a long-sleaved navyblue

dress; but her head is wrapped in layers and layers of

white cotton gauze, and lacquered with a shiny substance -

like an enormous cocoon. Truman stares.

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Green

INT. WALKER HOTEZ, TRUMAN'B ROOM - NIGHT 2 6

Truman on the PHONE to Jack in Brooklyn. One of Truman's

trunks is open, displaying bottles of liquor, packaged and

tinned gourmet food, and stacks of unused yellow legal pads.

He drinks, standing at the window.

JACK (OVER PHONE)

I think I scared a friend of yours

this morning. He came looking for

you while I was writing.

TRUMAN (ON PHONE)

You hate my friends.

JACK:

I wouldn't say hate. So long as

they don't knock on my door.

TRUMAN:

I saw the bodies today.

JACK:

Which?

TRUMAN:

The Clutters. I looked inside the

coffins.

JACK:

That's horrifying.

TRUMAN:

It comforts me - something so

horrifying it's freeing. It's a

relief. Normal life falls away.

(beat)

But, then, I was never much for

normal life -

JACK:

NO , YOU weren ' t . TRUMAN

People here won't talk to me. They

want someone like you, like Nelle.

Me they hate.

JACK:

I can't think of a single quality I

share with Nelle.

TRUMAN:

Well -

JACK:

Maybe manliness.

TRUMAN:

My point exactly.

JACK:

It's why I left the Midwest in the

first place. I knew I could only

find someone like you in New York

City.

On Truman, gazing at the EMPTY TOWN SQUARE below.

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A SHOPKEEPER sweeps the sidewalk. There are THANKSGIVING

DECORATIONS in his shop window.

A SCHOOL BUS picks up a SMALL BOY at the intersection of a

DIRT ROAD and the paved COUNTY ROAD.

A SMALL BRIDGE over the Arkansas river. Below them, men are

sifting the riverbed with nets, moving slowly downstream.

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2 8 INT. WALKER BOTEL, LOBBY - EARLY MORNING 2 8

Nelle waits by the FRONT DESK. The ELEVATOR DOORS open and

Truman emerges. He is DRESSED SOBERLY - NO LONG SCARF, NO

LONG COAT. He walks toward Nelle, then TURNS as if he's a

runway model, walks away, turns again and walks back. He

stops a few feet in front of her. Nelle refuses to smile.

NELLE:

Let's go.

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Green

EXT. HOLCOMB TOWN ROAD - EARLY MORNING 29 *

Danny Burke walks down the road with a bookbag over his

shoulder. Nelle approaches him, Truman keeps his distance.

NELLE:

Danny?

(Danny stops)

Would you mind terribly if I walked

with you for a bit?

He shrugs. They walk together. ,

A30 EXT. LAURA KINNEY HOUSE - AFTERNOON

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Laura opens door to Truman and Nelle.

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