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All the King's Men Page #4
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2006
- 128 min
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LUCY:
(leaning over to him)
Oh, go on, Willie, go on.
He opens the book again.
DISSOLVE TO:
Interior:
Willie's Law Office (Kanoma City), DayWillie positions the framed diploma on the wall. The camera
pulls back to show Tom and Lucy, looking on.
WILLIE:
Willie Stark... Bachelor of Law...
DISSOLVE TO:
Exterior:
Kanoma City Farm, DayClose shot of Willie, talking to a farmer.
WILLIE:
If you'll just let me take your
case...
DISSOLVE TO:
Exterior:
Farm, DayWillie walks beside a farmer who is plowing his field.
WILLIE:
Really, I'll wait for my fee. Just
as long as you want me to.
DISSOLVE TO:
Interior:
Willie's Law Office, NightThrough the window, on which is printed "Willie Stark:
Attorney at Law," we see Willie, alone, pacing back and forth
in his office.
LUCY'S VOICE
Go on, Willie, go on.
WILLIE'S VOICE
They're not going to kick me around
like I was dirt.
LUCY'S VOICE
If you lose you can give a little
more time studying your law books.
WILLIE'S VOICE
I'm going to be on that same street
corner tomorrow, Mr. Duffy!
DUFFY'S VOICE
By all means. Free speech, free
country, Willie.
WILLIE'S VOICE
That brick factory is owned by a
brother-in-law of one of the
commissioners. The county
commissioners rejected the low bid
on the schoolhouse.
Willie crumples a piece of paper in his hand and tosses it
against the window.
DISSOLVE TO:
Exterior:
Schoolhouse (Kanoma City), DayA plaque on the school wall reads KANOMA CITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Interior:
Schoolroom, DayTeacher faces her class. The clanging of a fire bell is heard.
TEACHER:
All right, children, this is a fire
drill.
The children rise and start to march out of the room in double
file.
TEACHER:
Remember now, walk quietly.
Exterior:
Schoolhouse, DayThe children's feet, as they climb down the fire escape.
Camera pans past children to an iron rod supporting the fire
escape. The brick around the rod starts to crumble and it
rips loose. The children scream out in fear and agony.
DISSOLVE TO:
Exterior:
Cemetery, DayThe whole town is there. Willie Stark, Lucy, Tom stand
modestly in the background. Quiet sobbing is heard as the
minister reads from the Bible. When he finishes the prayer,
he walks past the line of mourners, shaking their hands. The
ceremony is over. As they start to go, a man spots Willie,
goes over to him, and lifts Willie's arm in the air.
MAN:
Oh, Lord, I'm punished for voting
against an honest man.
This sudden action brings response; women begin to cry and
people push their way forward to grab Willie by the hand.
God bless you, Willie. If we had
only listened to you, Willie. You
were right, Willie. Let me shake
your hand, Willie. We should have
listened, Willie. You were right all
the time.
On Willie's face is the realization that something important
has happened to him.
DISSOLVE TO:
Interior:
Stark Farmhouse, NightAn article is pasted in a scrapbook. It reads: "VOICE IN THE
WILDERNESS. Recent school tragedy is a potent reminder that
a man named Willie Stark..." A hand draws a pencil underneath
the name.
WILLIE'S VOICE
A voice in the wilderness. A man
named Willie Stark...
Camera pulls back to show Willie at the table busy with his
scrapbook. He looks up at Lucy.
WILLIE:
How about that, Lucy, that's me.
She looks at him, unsmiling, and sits down to help him clip
various articles from other papers.
DISSOLVE TO:
Interior:
Stark Farmhouse, NightA series of clippings are being pasted in the scrapbook.
They read:
A. SCHOOL VICTIMS SUE COUNTY: STARK FILES DAMAGE SUIT
"Will prove graft cause of tragedy," says Attorney Stark.
Draft Stark to lead fight to rid state of graft.
C. CITIZENS COMMITTEE DEMANDS STATE-WIDE INVESTIGATION
D. Large photograph of Willie. Under it, the caption: RURAL
AREAS IN REVOLT:
DISSOLVE TO:
Interior:
Madison's Office, The Chronicle, DayThe clippings are spread out on Madison's desk. He looks up
at Jack.
MADISON:
Get up there. Get up there fast.
Your friend, Willie, is hotter than
a firecracker.
MADISON:
Stay there with him.
DISSOLVE TO:
Interior:
Harrison's Political Headquarters (State Capital),Day
A politician points to a map on the wall.
POLITICIAN:
Look, before this Kanoma City business
we had this whole area tied up. Now
we're losing to Hickville.
Camera pulls back, revealing the candidate, Harrison, Tiny
Duffy, and a woman, Sadie Burke.
POLITICIAN:
We must find a way to split that
vote.
HARRISON:
Well, all I know is, the way it is
now it looks like I'm not going to
win.
POLITICIAN:
I know a way... find a dummy.
SADIE:
Find a dummy.
(looks at Harrison)
That's what we've got.
POLITICIAN:
A guy from the sticks... strong enough
to grab some votes and dumb enough
not to ask questions.
DUFFY:
If you want to listen to a boy from
the sticks, I know just the guy.
DISSOLVE TO:
Interior:
Stark Farmhouse, DayJack sits at the dinner table, with Willie and Lucy. Tom
stands next to Willie. Pappy dozes in his chair.
JACK:
No more politics, eh, Willie?
WILLIE:
No, I worked too hard in my time to
get there. I think I'll just go on
practicing law and make a little
more money.
JACK:
The question I'd like to know is,
why all the speeches you're making
around the countryside?
Willie is about to answer when he hears the sound of
approaching cars.
WILLIE:
Wonder who that is?
He goes to the window, and we see a big black limousine
turning into his drive. He opens the door and waits as Sadie,
Duffy, Dolph Pillsbury, and other politicians climb the steps
to meet him.
DUFFY:
Brought some people all the way up
from the state capital just to meet
you.
(turns to others)
Folks, I want you to meet Willie
Stark, the next governor of our state.
Willie, Lucy, and Tom beam happily. Jack looks skeptically
at Sadie, whose only reaction is to smile, politely.
DISSOLVE TO:
Exterior:
Country Road, DayClose shot of three posters on a billboard. They read ELECT
JOE HARRISON (HAPPY JOE) GOVERNOR FOR GOVERNOR ELECT McMURPHY
The camera pans to the road, where an old Model T comes
bouncing along. As it passes we see a poster stuck on its
back:
WILLIE STARK -- GOVERNOR.Exterior:
Railroad Station, DayWillie Stark walks out on the platform at the rear of the
train and talks to some of the townspeople who have gathered
at the station.
WILLIE:
Folks, if you'll just bear patiently
with me for a couple of minutes, I'd
like to tell you what this state
needs. It needs a balanced tax
program. Now I'd like to give you
the facts and the figures.
Some of the townspeople start to move away.
DISSOLVE TO:
Interior:
Train, DayAs the train pulls away from the station, Willie turns around
to Jack.
WILLIE:
How did it sound, Jack?
JACK:
Fine, Willie, fine.
WILLIE:
(alarmed)
Say... I forgot to send a telegram
to Lucy... Conductor!
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