MINORITY REPORT
by
Scott Frank
REVISED DRAFT
May 16, 2001
BLACK
We hear a woman WHISPER:
WOMAN'S VOICE
Murderer.
FADE IN: A SERIES OF IMAGES
Some coming at us fast and furious, some slowed down, and
some still as photographs, none making sense to us yet:
A HAND picks up a PAIR OF SCISSORS... THE FACE OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN. The SCISSORS POKE THROUGH THE EYE. A NEWSPAPER BOY
rides by on a recumbent bike. A NEWS PAPER HITS THE GROUND.
SNIP go the scissors and now we see...
A MAN'S face watching us -- muscular, handsome -- with a
KID'S FACE beside his own. The same man's face with the
kid's face on the other side of him, now facing backwards.
SNIP go the scissors and we now see...
A WOMAN admires herself in a mirror. WATER runs into a
BATHTUB. A HAND REACHES FOR A DOORKNOB. WE MOVE THROUGH IT,
leaving the DOOR OPEN BEHIND US. A FLIGHT OF STAIRS. SNIP
go the scissors and we now see...
The woman UNBUTTONS HER BLOUSE as THE MAN -- now half-nude,
WATCHES from a doorway. We START UP THE STAIRS. A DOOR at
the top, slightly ajar. SNIP go the scissors and we see...
The WOMAN at the mirror. The MAN comes up behind her and
enfolds her in his arms. SNIP and we see...
A KISS on the NECK. SNIP. SNIP. And we CONTINUE ON UP THE
STAIRS. We're at the door now. SNIP. A HAND now dips into
the rush of WATER from the spout, testing it. SNIP SNIP SNIP
and we see...
THE WOMAN smiling into the MIRROR, pleased with her
reflection. SNIP SNIP and we see...
The WOMAN and the MAN on the bed making love. ANOTHER MAN'S
face rising over the bed now as he watches. The WOMAN looks
over her lover's shoulder, sees the face and sits up...
The man by the bed is smaller than the lover, older, but
ENRAGED as he now raises THE SCISSORS and we PULL AWAY TO
REVEAL:
That we're looking at the image as it plays out inside the
dark pupil of a HUMAN EYE. The eye BLINKS and now we go...
WIDER, we're looking now at A FEMALE FACE staring up at us --
eyes blue as gas flames -- floating in some sort of WHITE
LIQUID as she looks up at us and speaks:
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