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A toothbrush in the glass by the sink

"The American" June 21st, 2010 page 9A. page 9A.

A Nikon camera with a long lens on the kitchen table.

One jacket hanging on a hanger.

It is sparse and spartan.

"The American" June 21st, 2010 page 10. page 10.

23 INT. LOGGIA ABRUZZO, JACK'S ROOM- NIGHT 23

JACK is lying on top of his bed, fully clothed and wide

awake.

Taped to the inside of the wooden bed frame...

...is his WALTHER semi-automatic handgun.

24 EXT. CASTEL DEL MONTE, OLD TOWN CENTRE-EARLY MORNING 24

A shot of Castel del Monte from afar.

JACK has his NIKON F6. He’s wandering round town, looking at

the sights:
the mediaeval architecture, the square, the

church.

25 EXT. CASTEL DEL MONTE, CHURCH- DAY 25

The CHURCH is at the top of town.

A PRIEST, dressed in black, surveys the world below him:

Locals are going about their business.

The PRIEST notices JACK.

26 EXT. CASTEL DEL MONTE, ALLEYWAY- DAY 26

JACK turns casually down one of the town’s many narrow

alleyways.

The alleyway bends left and right in a series of blind

corners and dark tunnels, the street enclosed by arches,

criss-crossed by flying stone buttresses and flanked by

outside stairwells. It’s a stalker’s heaven- or hell-

depending on how dangerous the prey.

JACK proceeds along the alleyway until he gets to a

crossroads where FOUR NARROW ALLEYWAYS converge. Each

alleyway leads uphill or downhill with varying degrees of

steepness.

From an upstairs window he can hear the soundtrack of a game

show on television. From another alleyway comes the sound of

a barking dog.

No dog is visible.

JACK knows this dog and knows it lives behind a hidden

archway which is on his right hand side. He lives nearby and

visits the dog every day to give it a biscuit.

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The HIDDEN ARCHWAY resembles an archer’s slit but is big

enough for a grown man to slip through. Unlike a window, the

‘slit’ is actually just a crack in a triangular convergence

of two separate and slightly overlapping ancient stone walls.

The confluence of two stone surfaces makes the narrow gap

between them very, very difficult to spot.

JACK slips through the HIDDEN ARCHWAY, making sure no-one

sees him.

Inside are a few steps with 3 front doors connecting to it.

27

INT. BEHIND ARCHWAY- DAY 27

Rotting doors lead to abandoned cellars and storerooms.

The MONGREL tied to a post is barking savagely, his leash

keeping him inches from sinking his bared fangs into JACK.

JACK stares at the dog: a mysterious creature of fear and

fury, he throws him a biscuit, the dog calms down.

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