Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Page #4

ERIKA:

Usually when I wake up in a cold

bed, it’s at home.

BLOMKVIST:

Sorry.

ERIKA:

What are you doing?

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BLOMKVIST:

Writing the press release.

ERIKA:

Saying

BLOMKVIST:

You’re taking over as publisher.

You’re sorry for any nuisance

Wennerstrom was caused. I can’t be

reached for comment.

ERIKA:

You’re giving up.

BLOMKVIST:

Just taking a few steps aside.

For you.

ERIKA:

This makes me sick.

OMIT:
INT. BOOKSTORE - STOCKHOLM - DAY

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INT. MCDONALD’S - STOCKHOLM - DAY

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Salander sits alone at a table waiting for someone with

a coffee and a gift haphazardly wrapped with a Christmas

bow, the price tag still on it, a paperback book -My 60

Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer. She notices the price

tag is still on it. Peels it off. Dials a call on her

cell. Hangs up when it goes to voice mail.

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EXT. PALMGREN’S APARTMENT - ESTABLISHING

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INT. PALMGREN’S APARTMENT - STOCKHOLM - DAY

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She knocks on a door. Hears classical music playing

softly inside, but no one answers. She tries the door.

It’s unlocked. The gift in hand, she pushes it open.

She comes into an apartment which looks like it could

belong to a professor. Sees a chess piece on the floor.

Then a trail of them that lead her to an overturned chess

table and, next to it, a body.

The gash on the old man’s head could have been caused

by a fall into the corner of the table, or from a blow to

it. She quickly tries to determine if he’s breathing.

Calls for an ambulance.

INT. BLOMKVIST’S APARTMENT - STOCKHOLM - EVENING

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It’s doubtful there’s a stranger Christmas gathering

going on anywhere in the world. Standing around with

eggnog are:

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Blomkvist; his teenage daughter Pernilla; his sister

Annika and her Italian husband; Erika and her weirdly

understanding artist husband Greger, whose arm is around

her waist; a few other friends (and perhaps lovers).

GREGER:

You needed a better attorney. You

needed your sister.

BLOMKVIST:

She offered.

ANNIKA:

He declined.

BLOMKVIST:

As she hoped.

ANNIKA:

Never a good idea mixing family and

business.

BLOMKVIST:

And I still would have lost.

GREGOR:

Did you have ... anything on him.

BLOMKVIST:

I had a lot. It just wasn’t any

good.

ERIKA:

It wasn’t even about Mikael. It

was Wennerstrom sending a message to

the press as a whole - and the FSA:

Don’t ask questions.

Blomkvist’s daughter seems concerned for him.

BLOMKVIST:

I’m fine, Nilla. You don’t have to

worry about me.

PERNILLA:

Mom’s worried.

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