Absolute Power Page #19

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294 INT. KATE’S APARTMENT BUILDING HALLWAY -DAY 294

Kate Whitney, getting into the elevator. Off to work.

She pushes for the lobby.

The doors close and the elevator starts down.

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INT. ELEVATOR -DAY 295

Kate checks her purse to see if she has everything.

296

INSERT -ELEVATOR BUTTON 296

The "L" is lit ---

but when the elevator gets there, it does not stop but

goes straight on down to the basement.

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INT. ELEVATOR -KATE -DAY 297

That’s strange. She instinctively moves to the rear of

the car.

ODD SOUNDS from the basement. Kate’s just the least bit

tense.

298

INT. ELEVATOR IN BASEMENT -DAY 298

The ODD SOUNDS are LOUDER.

And the doors don’t open when they should.

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INT. ELEVATOR -KATE -DAY 299

and now she’s starting to get a little scared.

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INT. BASEMENT -ELEVATOR DOORS -DAY 300

The doors sliding open and the Super standing there with

tools.

SUPER:

(smiling)

Sorry, Miss Whitney, but this

thing’s giving us a little

trouble.

Kate nods, smiles back, relieved.

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301 EXT. KATE’S APARTMENT BUILDING -DAY 301

Kate, leaving her building, going toward her car, getting

in.

Down the block is a police car. Two surveillance cops

inside. Kate starts to drive --and so do they.

Kate turns a corner ---

and so do they ---

and as they do, they pass Luther, parked on the

corner. Watching. Satisfied, he drives off in another

direction.

302

EXT. OUTER CITY ROAD (WASHINGTON) -DAY 302

Luther, heading out of the city. The sun is higher in

the sky.

303

EXT. COUNTRY ROAD -DAY 303

Several cars. Traffic is moving slowly. Luther

continues to drive.

304

EXT. KATE’S OFFICE BUILDING -DAY 304

Kate, coming out of her office building, hurrying along

the sidewalk. Lunch hour.

*

She goes past some brownstones --the two cops walk *

behind -

--the window of one of the brownstones is open, shadowy

movement from inside -

--Kate hurries past, not paying attention... Cops don’t

either.

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EXT. BROWNSTONE -DAY 305

Now a figure begins to appear in the window -The

figure holds something long and thin, like a rifle

barrel -

--it’s a large woman with a long mop --as she shakes

it -Afternoon

and the sun is strong.

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306 EXT. SULLIVAN MASTER BEDROOM -DAY

306

Sunlight, streaming in an open bedroom window. Whose

bedroom, though?

Two maids are cleaning it ---

and now we realize where we are: Walter Sullivan’s

bedroom, but it’s all been changed, different rug,

different fabrics, different furnishings.

The maids work silently and well. A final sweep of a

dust rag here, a last tug at the bedspread there.

Done. They go to the door, take a last look around.

Perfect.

They go.

HOLD ON the empty room.

Keep HOLDING.

Now, silently, the vault door opens --a gardener steps

out, clicker in hand.

The gardener --it’s Luther --he clicks it, tosses it

back inside -

--the door starts to close ---

but before it shuts, we can see he’s returned what he

took the night of the robbery.

And as he moves silently toward the door.

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EXT. GAS STATION (WASHINGTON CITY LIMITS) -DAY 307

The outskirts of Washington. Mid-afternoon now.

Luther’s at a pay phone.

308 INT. SETH’S OFFICE -DAY 308

Seth, as he picks up the phone -LUTHER

(V.O.)

Kate okay?

SETH:

Where are you?

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309

EXT. PAY PHONE -DAY 309

Luther. Fast.

LUTHER:

I’m not staying on long enough for

you to track this, just answer me.

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INT. SETH’S OFFICE -DAY 310

SETH:

She couldn’t be in better hands -talk

about catching a break,

Secret Service called me. They’re

taking over surveillance -

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EXT. PAY PHONE -DAY 311

The telephone swinging back and forth ---

and in the b.g., a car MOTOR ROARING away.

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INT. KATE’S APARTMENT BUILDING -ELEVATOR -DAY 312

Kate, coming down the elevator again --in her jogging

clothes now. She has pushed the lobby button.

The elevator stops suddenly on the second floor ---

The Super gets in, smiles.

SUPER:

Got it working fine, Miss Whitney.

Kate nods, smiles back -

312A

EXT. WASHINGTON STREET -DAY 312A

Luther, driving like crazy through the city.

312B

EXT. KATE’S APARTMENT BUILDING -DAY 312B

Kate, getting into her car in front of her building,

driving off --no one is behind her.

312C

EXT. WASHINGTON -ANOTHER STREET -DAY 312C

Luther, HONKING his HORN as he barrels around a corner,

scattering traffic.

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312D

EXT. JOGGING PARK ENTRANCE -DAY 312D *

Kate drives into the park past a sign reading: *

"PARKING LOT." *

312E

EXT. ROAD NEAR JOGGING PARK -DAY 312E

Luther, gunning along --up ahead the park is visible

now.

312F

EXT. JOGGING PARK -PARKING LOT -ENTRANCE ROAD -DAY 312F

Kate, following an arrow that leads to the parking lot.

Luther, in the park, now, suddenly shouting "Sh*t"as

we -

312G

EXT. JOGGING PARK -PARKING LOT -DAY 312G

A "DETOUR" sign.

Kate, entering the parking lot.

312H

EXT. JOGGING PARK -PARKING LOT AREA -DAY 312H

Luther, out of his car now, running like crazy through

the park. Ahead is a sign saying: "JOGGING PATH."

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EXT. JOGGING PARK -PARKING AREA -DAY 313

Not many other cars so she gets a space in front,

overlooking the river, and as she stops, takes out her

keys -

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BURTON AND COLLIN 314

Collin at the wheel, ROARING in behind her, rear-ending

her hard.

--there is a SCREECH of BRAKES and a SCREAM -

314A

EXT. JOGGING PARK -TRAIL -DAY 314A

Luther as he hears the terrible sound, keeps running.

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EXT. PARKING LOT -INT. KATE’S CAR -DAY 315

Kate in her car as it teeters at the edge and then starts

its long fall to the jogging path far below.

)B( ABSOLUTE POWER -Rev. 5/16/96 112.

316 EXT. JOGGING PARK -PARKING AREA -DAY 316

Burton and Collin in their car, driving like hell away.

316A

EXT. JOGGING PARK -TRAIL -DAY 316A

Luther, running INTO VIEW, stopping dead, helpless now,

staring at the worst thing in the world -

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OMITTED 317

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EXT. JOGGING PARK CLIFF -DAY 318 *

Kate’s car, careening against a rocky ledge, then cart

wheeling the rest of the way down, landing horribly,

spinning, finally coming to rest upside down and -

CUT TO:

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EXT. BOTTOM OF CLIFF -DAY 319 *

Luther running to the car; hands shaking, he manages to *

pull front door open and reach inside ---

now there are cries as other joggers stop and stare

and -Kate,

as Luther pulls her body out of the wreckage.

LUTHER:

(terrified)

... Kate...?

--no response --it’s impossible to tell if she’s

alive ---

in the distance now, the sound of an AMBULANCE.

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EXT. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ENTRANCE -EVENING 320

The AMBULANCE, SIREN SCREAMING.

PULL BACK to reveal -Early

evening now, getting dark, and the ambulance

braking in front of the emergency room of a large city

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