
The Girl on the Train
- R
- Year:
- 2016
- 112 min
- $75,311,445
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1.
INT./EXT. TRAIN, ARDSLEY-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK - MORNING
We hear a train’s mournful clatter as trees flash by and then
the train itself passes in a silvery streak.
A woman draws an “x” on her foggy window-- looking out
through it directly at us:
This is RACHEL and she is THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN.
RACHEL (SOFT V.O.)
...My husband used to tell me I
have an overactive imagination. I
can’t help it. I mean, haven’t you
ever been on a train and wondered
about the lives of the people who
live near the tracks? The lives
you’ve never lived.
RACHEL’S POV:
Out the window: A series of backyards slowlypasses:
A MAN walks towards his front yard.
An OLDER MAN works on a vintage car in his yard.
CHILDREN slide down playground equipment.
A LONE BOY throws a ball. His dog chases after it.
CUT TO:
TITLE:
RACHELRACHEL (V.O.)
These are things I want to know.
Rachel sits alone, sketching in a small notebook.
CLOSE ON:
Rachel’s expectant eyes as the train begins toslow.
RACHEL (V.O.)
... Twice a day I sit in the third
car from the front where I have the
perfect view into my favorite
house:
Number 15 Beckett Road...RACHEL’S POV:
Standing on the upstairs deck of a house, agorgeous blonde, MEGAN, wears a light opened robe with only
white underwear and bra underneath. She stretches her back
like a cat. Her curved silhouette is intoxicating.
The train comes to a brief stop at the station and, outside
the other window, Rachel can see work crews fixing the
tracks. And beyond them, the Hudson River.
(CONTINUED)
2.
CONTINUED:
RACHEL (V.O.)
...I don’t know when exactly. I
suppose I started noticing her
about a year ago and, gradually, as
the months went past, she became
important to me...
As the train creeps forward RACHEL SPOTS--
A BLUE HOUSE WITH A WHITE PICKET FENCE...
...She quickly averts her eyes from the view of the house--
repressing an inner pain. Focusing on her sketch book.
Rachel’s eyes land on a MAN IN A SUIT, red hair, 50, pasty
and plain-- typing on a laptop. He looks up at Rachel. There
is something disconcerting about the exchange.
RACHEL (V.O.)
I’m not the girl I used to be. I
think people can see it on my face.
INT. TRAIN - NIGHT
Rachel’s profile has flipped: she now rides in the opposite
direction, on the EVENING TRAIN.
She watches the familiar houses glide past.
RACHEL’S POV:
This evening, Megan sits with her equallybeautiful husband, SCOTT next to a backyard fire pit.
Each holds a glass of wine. The roaring fire glows on their
faces as they watch the passing train.
SCOTT spins Megan around and begins to kiss her.
RACHEL (V.O.)
She’s what I lost. She’s everything
I want to be...
Rachel returns to her sketchbook.
Headed back to New York, Rachel POV: Rachel stares at the
burnt out fire pit behind 15 Beckett Road.
Megan is on the balcony in her robe while Scott rakes leaves.
CLOSE ON:
Scott as he looks up from raking and seems to lookdirectly at Rachel.
3.
INT. GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL - MORNING
Rachel’s train arrives and she wades through a sea of
commuters in the Grand Hall. She wears a plain dress and
carries a work satchel.
STATION ANNOUNCER (O.S.)
...now departing track nineteen,
upper level.
INT. GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL - MOMENTS LATER
Rachel sits in a row of chairs getting her shoes shined.
She’s the only woman among eight male customers.
Rachel sketches in her sketch book and sips from a squirt
bottle.
RACHEL (V.O.)
...I imagine she’s a painter...
She’s creative.
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