Montage [Script, 20-Pp Excerpt] by Michael Brown

7/29/2019 Montage [Script, 20-Pp Excerpt] by Michael Brown

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DARK SCREEN

SUPERTITLE

MONTAGE

City sounds are audible behind the dark screen.

EXT. BIG CITY STREET - BUSINESS DISTRICT

A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA records the street. As does another.

A PARKING LADY, wearing a blue uniform, walks from car to car.She holds CHALK and MARKS a tire on each car.

Trailing about a hundred feet behind her is CYRUS (CY) ATRMES.He is 75, and wears a three-piece white suit. Charismatic withsemi-wild eyes. White hair is trimmed shorter than the eyeswould like. He carries a folded PAPER BAG (covering an unopenedBOTTLE) and a RAG.

He WIPES OFF chalk from the tires, car to car.

The Parking Lady sees him and gets upset. She approaches.

PARKING LADYWhat're you doing, sir?

CYI'm wiping chalk off the tires.

PARKING LADYI put chalk on the tires so later I cansee who violated the time limit.

CYThat's correct.

PARKING LADYI knowthat's correct, sir. Tell me whyyou're breaking the law.

CYThat's where I disagree, dear. Theparking program's been privatized. The

fines you write are paid to acontractor. A friend of the mayor.

Cy holds up his dirty rag with a weak smile.

CYThis is pseudo civil disobedience. I'membarrassed as anyone. (beat) I'll beoff soon. (beaming) It's a big day atthe office.


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The Parking Lady lightens up a touch.

PARKING LADYOffice, huh. What's in the bag?

CYSherry. Hair of the poodle. (beat) Mydaughter wrote a letter that's been

ruining my using. I'm old, she shouldworry about that. Anyway, the gig'salmost up. Here.

Cy offers the bag/bottle to her.

CYIt's unopened. My gift to you.

PARKING LADYSo I should forget I saw you.

CYI hope not!

She glances at a surveillance camera, declines the bottle.

DARK SCREEN

CY'S VOICELet there be light. Again.

INT. MODERN LAW FIRM OFFICE, AFTERNOON

VIEW from CAMCORDER, dark to light, as LENS removed. Cy isvideo-recording within the OFFICE of a plush law firm.

Cy SITS down, in camera's view, next to M. ANDREW (ANDREW)SYKES, who is also wearing a suit (black). Andrew is 38,non-threateningly handsome. He has kind eyes; brown and grayhair a bit long for a professional. Both are lawyers. Andrew isabashed by Cy, but complies with the video exercise.

CY(to camera)

Greetings, watchers, to the PrivacyLawyers' Blog. With Cy Atrmes, that'sme, and (points) M. Andrew Sykes. Weresume our multimedia montage about ourcase Drake et al versus Avvent HealthSystems. Aka "Good versus Evil Inc."Today's the day. The Court decideswhether to certify us as a class action.

Cy approaches the camera, and LIFTS IT. He films the DOOR of theroom. It is BLOCKED by YELLOW "DO NOT CROSS" TAPE.

CY'S VOICE


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We're not to be disturbed, until theCourt's website posts the decision.

A MAN, a RECEPTIONIST, appears in view outside the door.

RECEPTIONIST(cautious, apologetic)

Cy, I'm sorry to bother you. But the

mayor's on the phone.

CY'S VOICE(in disbelief)

I just told you no calls, and you passme a call that's a joke?!

RECEPTIONISTThe caller ID's from City Hall and Irecognize his voice. It's no joke.

CY'S VOICE

Tell him I said it is.

DARK SCREEN

CY'S VOICEPoof.

Sound of a paper stack landing on a desk.

INT. LAW OFFICE, AFTERNOON

Cy stands across the desk where STEVEN, another lawyer, 62, isseated. Steven is silver-haired, affable and phony.

Steven eyes the thirty-page stack Cy tossed on the desk.

CYBefore, in our Avvent case, we had threeplaintiffs seeking twelve hundred bucks.Now, it's 60,000 and 23 million. JUDGEWALLACE certified the class.

STEVENWow, Cy. That's phenomenal news.

CYI bet you didn't think I had it in me.Doing something like this. And doing itto Avvent.

STEVENYou could always be larger than life,Cy. A guy just gets older than life atsome point. Most lawyers retire.

CY


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Clearly I was right not to.

STEVENDollar-wise, sure. But if that's"clearly" the right choice depends onthe person, and--

CY

-- Clearly to you. And what about ourman, M. Andrew-- he of the never-endingpotential? Six-Figure Sykes?

STEVENI stand corrected.

CYI tell you what, Steven. That kid'll goin the belly of the beast and light abonfire. He wants what I do, and more.

STEVENHe'll want a raise now. Compliment himfreely. It's free.

CYOr we could give him a dang raise. Someemployers do that for good work. Somepartners are happy for a colleague whengood things happen. Say when he welcomesa new child. Even if he's 61. They don'tcall his daughter a trophy tot. And ifhis wife gets breast cancer, they say

"Are you all right?" They don't sayhere's a new benefits policy.

STEVENChrist, Cy. That's fifteen years of pentup shit you just dumped on me. Did youcome in to tell me about the classaction? Or to tell me I'm an asshole?

CYI tell you that all the time. (parental)Without the swearing. You only listen

when I matter.

Steven holds up his hand, in a conciliatory gesture.

STEVENThink I don't notice you and Andrew?You've leaving me in the dust here.Genome privacy?

Cy points to his head.

CY


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New tricks.

Steven smiles to hide his annoyance.

DARK SCREEN

WENDY'S VOICEIs that little grin permanent?

INT. SUBURBAN HOME BATHROOM - EARLY EVENING

WENDY SYKES, putting on makeup, looks out of the corner of hereye at Andrew, standing in the doorway. He's ecstatic, butsuppressing it to deal with his wife's irritation. They're bothin formal wear. Wendy, 27, is noticeably younger than Andrew,petite and cute, with kinked brown hair and thick eyebrows.

ANDREWI wish, but the world's too bleak.(beat) Not ours.

WENDYI'll be ready in a minute, if that's whyyou're bugging me.

Andrew has a smartphone in his hand, shows her it.

ANDREWNo. I put an app on your smartphone. Cytold me about it.

WENDYEver get annoyed with the old dog's newtricks? I know I do.

Andrew, undeterred, shows her the phone.

ANDREWHe's actually helpful. The app detectsthis new kind of spyware that's onmillions of phones. Your phone'sinfected. The spyware collectskeystrokes. Every word you've evertyped, and your name, is being sent to abig data center.

WENDYBig brother would be bored readingeverything I write.

ANDREWBig brother doesn't do boring. Hisalgorithms dig your dirt. Then it's soldor sent to government cronies--

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-- You're a drag. You know that? Whenwe're at your party, I need a signal ifyou start talking like an ass. How aboutI pull on my ear?

ANDREWPoint to your ass.

DARK SCREEN

A radio turns on; a song plays.

INT. CAR, DUSK, A TOYOTA DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY

Andrew is driving, radio plays, Wendy is in the passenger seat.Their daughter Lily, 4, is in back, holding balloons.

LILYWill the chili have meat in it?

ANDREWSome will have meat, some won't. We'lltell you which, bud.

WENDY(to Lily)

When you're at the party, please don'ttalk about meat being gross. Some peoplelike meat, that makes them sad. And ifyou see gelatin, don't tell kids it'smade of cow bones.

ANDREWThey should eat cow bones withoutknowing.

DARK SCREEN

YOUNG MAN'S VOICE(filled with admiration)

How do you beat these big corporations?

INT. LAW FIRM LOBBY - NIGHT

A swank party. Cy sits next to Andrew, as a YOUNG MAN IN SUIT, ajunior attorney, gushes and sucks up to Cy. A pretty TEENAGEGIRL, 15, video-records the discussion with a camcorder. Cy,COCKTAIL in hand, soaks up the attention.

CYFirst, know who you're dealing with.These people transcend corporations.They are BizGov. A small group ofpowerful careerists who split their timeworking big business and big government.They wear one hat then the other. Their


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only ethic is money. Their onlyconsistency is money. They will not stopconsuming of their own will.

Wendy, at the end of the table and bored, watches Andrew.

CY(to Teenage Girl)

JOSIE- speech check?

JOSIENo slurring. Yay for you.

DARK SCREEN

STEVEN'S VOICEAndrew, can we talk for a second?

INT. LAW FIRM LOBBY - NIGHT

Steven has Andrew cornered at the party.

STEVENHuge class. You deserve two parties.

ANDREWThanks, Steven.

STEVENI spoke with Cy about maybe getting youa raise. But that didn't go far.

ANDREWI'm sure you did your best.

STEVEN...I'm worried about Cy. I know jurieslove him. And he's the face of yourclass action, the little ads with theold dog learning new tricks. But I'll beblunt. Cy doesn't know what the hellhe's doing, and you do.

ANDREWHe says you don't know what he's doing.

STEVENDon't get duped. Cy's mister chummy, buthe's alone in a hole. He talks aboutAvvent Health like they're some ...leviathan. Like they're planning agenocide.

ANDREWThere's no evidence of that.


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STEVENSee, you're a voice of reason.

ANDREWAvvent's a medical corporation. Theycouldn't profit from genocide. Butthey'll sell genetic data to those whodo, like defense contractors.

STEVEN(disbelief)

Christ. They won't use it for that. Theycall it "defense" for a reason.

ANDREWYes they do.

STEVENListen. (beat) A reliable little birdtold me Avvent is worried about the

class decision. They'd settle at $12million. But Cy's not interested. That'snuts. He listens to you. Talk sense tohim.

ANDREWMoney's not my thing. You'd have to talkdirectly to Cy about that.

STEVENI'll talk to you. I'm head partner.

Andrew looks over at Lily, and POINTS.

ANDREWI'm the father of that girl. I don'twant any settlement that hurts herinterests. I want Avvent's genomeproject shut down.

STEVEN(astounded)

Avvent won't agree to shut down abillion-dollar project backed by the

federal government. A settlement hascompromise. That's no compromise.

ANDREWSure it is. I want more. I want Avventdissolved. Them and the federalgovernment and every other institutionthat handles over a billion dollars. Ahuge institution draws sociopaths like abloating corpse draws vultures.

STEVEN


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You're crazier than Cy.

ANDREWIt's the world that's crazy. He and Ilook radical because we talk rationally.

Cy, clearly drunk, approaches the two men.

CY(to Steven)That's my bad boy. Get your own.

DARK SCREEN

WENDY'S VOICE(upset)

You choose to stay there.

INT. CAR - NIGHT

Wendy is driving, talking on her phone, animated. Lily is inthe back, asleep. Andrew is not there.

WENDYYou're not his babysitter... Oh, so he'syour master. That'll go well.

DARK SCREEN

JOSIE'S VOICEI don't see the point of my dad's stupidvideo blog.

CAMCORDER RECORDING

Josie video-records Andrew, seated alone at table. He doesn'twant to be recorded... but his boss Cy wants her recording.

ANDREWYour dad cares about bad things bigentities do.

JOSIE'S VOICEYou said "titties." (beat) He caresabout comparing himself to big

companies. They're so wrong, he's soright. Know what he reallyloves?(annoyed) Coaching my debate team. He'swayinto that.

ANDREWThat's not bad, is it?

JOSIE'S VOICEIt'd be fine if I didn't loath debate.


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ANDREWHe says you're superb at debate.

JOSIE'S VOICEI have to be. (beat) I'm going to recordeverything stupid he does. So viewerscan know the whole story.

Josie moves the camera away from Andrew, across the room. Thereare fewer party-goers at this late hour. Her camera locates Cy.He is 50 feet away, across the lobby and out of earshot. He isvisibly drunk, talking to others, acting animated and silly.

ANDREW'S VOICEPlease... don't record him. That'llembarrass him. And it won't get on theblog. He'll edit it out.

JOSIE'S VOICEI know. But that'll take work. It'll

annoy him. (beat) It's sweet how youstick up for my dad. You do that whenthe camera's off too.

Josie moves the camera back on Andrew. He's even moreuncomfortable than before.

JOSIE'S VOICEYou're sweet, aren't you? I see how youlook at your daughter. She's your littleturkey. Her mom's cuddle bug.

Andrew says nothing.

JOSIE'S VOICEI bet you'd crawl through hell beforeyou'd forget her one second.(sighs) Notthe case for all of us.

ANDREWYour father doesn't forget you. (motionsin reference to room) This is all foryou. It's just... very imperfect.

JOSIE'S VOICEM. Andrew. What's the M. for?

ANDREWMichael.

JOSIE'S VOICEYour name is wonderful. Why don't youuse that?

ANDREWMiddle school. Michael Sykes became


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"Psycho Michael."

JOSIE'S VOICEKids can be savage.

Andrew smiles at her precociousness.

ANDREW

So could I.

DARK SCREEN

Sound of a CAP being PUT ON a marker.

CAMCORDER RECORDING

Camcorder (held by Josie) records Cy, who is PASSED OUT, facedown on a TABLE.

Josie's HAND holds a MARKER, which she SETS down. Next to it isa post-it NOTE which says "Sleeping in your office."

She STICKS the note on Cy's HAND. The camera is put on a tripod,a passive-aggressive act; it records a motionless Cy.

DARK SCREEN

CY'S VOICE(groggy)

Dang it.

CAMCORDER RECORDING

Camcorder records Cy at the table. He lifts his head, stirsawake.

He sees the NOTE on his HAND, and READS it. He REMOVES it.

CY(shouting to no one particular)

Let's keep this party going!

Cy STANDS, stumbles to the camera. TAKES IT OFF the TRIPOD.

CY'S VOICE

(to self, regarding Josie)You left it recording?! That's wastingmy battery life away.

The view moves, as Cy records his surroundings. He walks out thelobby, down a hall. Most people have left. There are TWOPARTY-GOERS in the hall. A MAN (later known as THREE-CHEESE)talks to a WOMAN. Questionably romantic. Cy interrupts them.

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THREE-CHEESE(being a smart ass)

Iam drinking and conversing.

The Woman LAUGHS quickly, knows she shouldn't, stops.

The VIEW stays focused on Three-Cheese for a few seconds, thenmoves to hall. Then STOPS, TURNS, GOES BACK IN.

CY'S VOICEAnd who are you?

THREE-CHEESEPardon?

CY'S VOICEYou. Who are you to make a joke on me?Some nobody assistant to nobody. Whenyou get up in the morning, put on thatdumb sweater, put that gel in your hair.

Ever wonder, "Why do I bother?"

DARK SCREEN

Sound of door opening slowly.

INT. LILY'S BEDROOM - NEAR MIDNIGHT

Andrew, just home from the party, pops his head through the doorof Lily's room, and looks inside.

She is awake, scared. He walks to her bed, and sits next toher. A huge weight had already been on his mind. Something wentvery wrong with him. He sets it aside.

ANDREWWhat's wrong, bud?

LILYThe police are gonna take me to jail.

ANDREWWhy would they take you to jail?

LILY

I unbuckled my seat belt when the cardrived. Mom didn't see.

ANDREWOh. If the police ever talked to you,they'd see that you're a good kid, youjust did one bad thing. They wouldn'ttake you to jail. If they even thoughtabout it, I can't even say what I'd doto them. The words are too naughty.


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Lily looks at him, interested.

ANDREWBut I'd blank their blankety blanks.

She smiles.

DARK SCREEN

ANDREW'S VOICEWhat?!

INT. LIVING ROOM

Andrew's on the PHONE. He was sleeping on the COUCH, hasabruptly SAT UPRIGHT.

ANDREWGod...

He WALKS, in a RUSH, to the TELEVISION. Turns it on.

NEWSCAST ON TV

NEWS ANCHORCyrus Atrmes' employer, Cambridge Ellis,issued this statement. "Out of respectfor the victim and the policeinvestigation, we won't comment about CyAtrmes' arrest or the event he attendedat our law firm last night."

DARK SCREEN

LOCAL NEWS SHOW on TV. A round-table discussion of journalists.

CAUTIOUS JOURNALISTWe don't know the full facts--

SMARMY JOURNALIST #1-- We know enough. He's G-U-I-L-T-Y.

SMARMY JOURNALIST #2(righteous voice, gets louder)

This guy manages a huge lawsuit, and

60,000 peoples' medical data. He claimsAvvent Health can't be trusted. Yet lookwhat he did! And he went to Avvent foremergency treatment! How hypocriticalandironic is that?

SMARMY PANELIST #3Hypocrironic.

DARK SCREEN


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The three smarmy journalists LAUGH.

WENDY'S VOICE(very concerned)

Will you be all right, Andrew?

INT. KITCHEN - EARLY MORNING

Andrew is seated at his kitchen table, distraught, as Wendywatches sympathetically. He rubs his eyes, opens them wide.

ANDREWThis is...awful. I just need time tothink. (beat) Maybe I should resign.

WENDYYou should resign?! Why?!

ANDREWYou've said Cy'd throw me under the bus

if something went bad. Turns out he'sunder. If he wants to pull me down, hecould say I agitated him at the party,that's why he went off.

WENDYDid you?

ANDREWWhat do you think? You're right. Ishouldn't resign. He may do nothing tome.

WENDYAt least this has you thinking what he'scapable of. You didn't want to hear itbefore. He was dumping his dud cases onyou, and saw you winning. Then you gothim this huge case. He resents you.

ANDREWI don't know about that. But there's ashort window now before he reacts.

WENDYIf you quit that job, and quit thatfilthy case... I know Avvent is evil andall that, and it could be a ton ofmoney. But what's freedom worth? Do it.I'll throw you a party. Me and Lily.

DARK SCREEN

Sound of raspy breathing.

INT. JAIL - DAY


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Cy sits in a jail cell, beaten down, staring blankly. He has aLARGE BANDAGE on his neck.

Andrew walks in the corridor and approaches the cell. Cy reactswith disgust, while keeping his eyes on the ground.

ANDREWCy... I resigned. You probably knew

that. (beat) I heard the firm'sarranging your bail.

Cy's eyes remain on the ground.

CY(voice is RASPY/INJURED)

They've got the bail. It's PR that'staking the arranging.

ANDREW... I'm sorry about what happened.

Cy looks up, looks Andrew in the eye.

CY"Sorry" doesn't fit the situation.

ANDREWI didn't come here to fight.

Suddenly, Cy STANDS, in ANGER.

CYFighting's all you do well. Why elsecome?!

He lunges toward Andrew, FINGERNAILS claw through the bars. Cy'sSHADOW is eerily-shaped and large, almost unnatural.

Andrew quickly retreats from the jail cell caging Cy.

ANDREW(doubting reality) This isn't real--

DARK SCREEN

-- LOUD BUZZ sound.

INT. LAW FIRM CONFERENCE ROOM

A RECEPTIONIST picks up the PHONE that buzzed. Andrew sits in awaiting area near her.

RECEPTIONISTYes? Okay. (to Andrew) He'll be down.

INT. LAW FIRM CONFERENCE ROOM


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An ATTORNEY sits across the table from Andrew.

ATTORNEYI saw your resume, looked you up. All'sgood. (beat) So you worked at Cambridgewith Cy Atrmes.

Andrew shows discomfort.

ANDREWYes.

ATTORNEY(indifferently)

It's horrible what happened with Cy. ...So why'd you quit?

ANDREWPolitics.

ATTORNEYLet me guess. It was a good gig 'tilyour old boss crashed and burned, andyour new boss-to-be Steven Weyers is aflaming a-hole?

ANDREWI can't trash Steven's reputation.

ATTORNEYWhy not. He's trashing yours. Assumingyou don't grope brownie scouts. (beat) I

used Cy once to mediate this awfulfamily business dispute. These folks hadhad a six-year pissing match. (smiles)Morning of mediation, Cy struts in,wearing this bright green suit! Cy takesa long look at all of us, standing therein his green suit, and he says "Listenup, clowns. I've read your record. Youall think this case is about complexinjustices. I think it's about remedialmath." Bam. The truth, to the bone. Wecouldn't hide after that. Cy worked us a

huge deal in an hour. I'll never forgethim walking in, in that green suit.

The Attorney smiles, shakes his head.

ATTORNEYYou ever see him wear a green suit?

ANDREWNo.

ATTORNEY


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Well, I bet you saw something. And I bethe did. What do you think aboutemployment law?

DARK SCREEN

COMEDIAN'S VOICEThat's the last time I'll take the

fucking train. Except to kill someone.

Sound of audience laughter, applause.

INT. COMEDY CLUB - NIGHT

Cy, neck still bandaged, drinks alone at a small corner table.He pays no mind to the COMEDIAN on STAGE.

COMEDIAN(taking note of Cy)

Hey, odd-timer.

Cy breaks from thought and LOOKS UP at the Comedian.

COMEDIANYou get two-for-one rails, I get anaudience. Can ya clap?

CYI don't like your swearing.

The Comedian smirks, and looks at the audience.

COMEDIANHe doesn't like swearing. So he goes toa fuckingcomedy club.

Some in the audience CHUCKLE.

Abruptly, Cy STANDS and walks up to the STAGE, climbs on it.Faces the Comedian, who's stunned. A tense silence builds.

Cy then drops to his KNEES and PRAYS.

DARK SCREEN

Typing sound.

INT. HOME-OFFICE ROOM, LATE NIGHT

Andrew is at a COMPUTER, typing a legal-captioned document.

He stops. Has a thought. On the SCREEN, Andrew's CURSORminimizes the window. He then opens the WEB BROWSER.

Types in a web address, a BLOG pops up. It's titled "PrivacyLawyers' Blog." The screen is mostly BLACK.


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At page's CENTER is a YOUTUBE VIDEO BOX with a DARK SCREEN.

Andrew CLICKS. The video MAXIMIZES to FULL SCREEN.

A VIDEO CLIP loads and plays. It's a (real) video from an ErrolMorris documentary-- an interview of Sondra London, girlfriendof serial killer Danny Rolling.

SONDRA LONDONThe crimes Danny committed are hideous.They're almost beyond belief. Whenpolice examined the crime scenes thatwere left in Gainesville,there were manymany statements made at that time thatthis killer is trying to leave amessage. Upon asking Danny Rolling whatwas the message, the only thing he couldcome up with was that evil is real. Thatevil walks this earth like a naturalman.

Andrew sits back, rattled by what Cy did with the blog.

EXT. YARD OF HOUSE --EARLY MORNING

Lily stands in the yard, by the road. She looks at a SOCCER BALLshe had accidentally kicked in the road.

Cy approaches. She watches, scared, as Cy lifts the ball.

CYI'll get that. ...Looks like your

daddy's gone. Remember me?

Lily doesn't answer. Cy acknowledges her fear.

CYI'll roll it back.

Cy ROLLS the ball, very slowly. It slowly reaches Lily. Shepicks it up, keeping her eyes on Cy, now down the street.

EXT. PARK PLAYGROUND, MORNING

Cy is seated on a PARK BENCH, watching CHILDREN play. A smallgroup of PARENTS gather. Shoot looks at him.

A white WOMAN with frizzy brown hair guides her SON, 4, to thegroup of parents. She then approaches Cy.

BRUNETTE WOMANSir, can I ask what you're doing?

CYThinking.


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BRUNETTE WOMANWe're uncomfortable you're watching thechildren. Do you know any of these kids?

CYNo.

BRUNETTE WOMAN

Would you please leave?

CYNo, ma'am.

A CAR arrives at the PARK. A LARGE MAN, well-built and imposing,gets out of the car. The parents POINT him toward Cy. Heapproaches and stands next to the BRUNETTE WOMAN.

LARGE MANWe need you to leave, buddy. Now.

Cy sits still. Someone from the crowd of parents yells.

VOICE FROM PARENT CROWDLeave, pervert!

An AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN approaches Cy, along with her child,6, a cute SON with dimples. She holds her son's hand and sits onthe bench next to Cy. She positions her body and attentiontoward Cy, as if the accusers don't exist.

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMANAre you all right?

CYNo. My daughter died. She was 15. (looksup) We had a car wreck. I was drunk.

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMANI'm very sorry.

LARGE MAN(intervening)

The police are on their way.

Cy and the Woman pay no mind.

CYI was at this park with Josie, when shewas five. She was on that swing.

Cy points to the swing, about fifty feet away.

CYA man came up to me. Said "I'm Tim. Thatkid over there's my son Nate. He's inJosie's preschool class." Then he


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grinned, he said "I'm not supposed totell anyone this, it's a 'Big Secret.'Nate says he's going to marry Josie.They're going to live in this teal housedown the road. He's got it all workedout."

Cy leans back, smiling. The Large Man stands idly.

CYAfter that, I'd ask Josie what shethought of Nate. She wasn't having it.But I've always been pulling for him.(beat) Now I've told the secret. (toWoman's dimpled Son) How are you withsecrets?

The Son shyly grabs his mom's leg, hangs head.

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN

Not so good.

CYGood.

Two POLICE CARS arrive. Cy and Woman see them, but remainseated. Police officers start briskly walking over.

CYThe woman at the hospital who told me.She was kind. Like you. I tried to calmdown. Asked her if I could see Josie's

face one last time. She said ...(crying) "No, no, no, no."

Cy looks deeply into the Woman's eyes.

CYWas that because how Josie looked was...horrid?

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMANYes.

INT. COURTROOM - DAY

Cy STANDS at his table in the Courtroom, across the BENCH at thehead of the room where JUDGE RODNEY WALLACE sits. Judge Wallaceis an African American man, about 50, with slender features,fashionable horn-rimmed glasses, wearing a black robe. JudgeWallace looks down at Cy from the raised bench. Next to Cy ishis (unnamed) LAWYER. The Courtroom is packed with spectators.

JUDGE WALLACEMr. Atrmes, I accept the plea bargain.Many people will criticize me and the

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