Animal Kingdom Page #15

LECKIE (O.S.)

Justin. We're leaving.

119 INT. CAR - DAY 119

Leckie and Norris are quiet. J stares out the back window notknowing what he’s heading home to. The car is on the freeway.

The dark shapes of the city skyline loom in the distance.

120 INT. LOUNGE / CODY HOUSE - DAY 120

Pope is watching TV, jiggling his legs.

SMURF (O.S.)

I can tell you one thing...

Smurf appears in the kitchen doorway wearing rubber gloves.

SMURF:

You can say what you like about Craig,

but at least he was clean.

(turns)

Hi, sweetie. Where have you been?

(CONTINUED)

Animal Kingdom - GREEN REVISIONS 88.

CONTINUED:

J has entered from the hall, nervous. Pope watches him.

J:

I've been at Nicky's house.

POPE:

Yeah? How is she?

J:

She's good, yeah.

J heads to the bedroom. The PHONE RINGS. Pope watches J.

121 INT. KITCHEN / CODY HOUSE - DAY 121

J stands in the bedroom.

SMURF (O.S.)

We should do a little shopping. Thatfridge is starving to death.

J's anxious. He can hear Pope on the phone in the other room.

POPE (O.S.)

He's here. He's just walked in.

J looks through the window to the backyard. Daisy sniffs aroundthe sheet of corrugated iron.

POPE (O.S.)

F***in take it easy, Darren.

J steps slowly to a back door. He can see a bracelet stickingout from under the iron.

122 EXT. BACK YARD / CODY HOUSE - DAY 122

J walks apprehensively to the iron sheet. He picks up the

bracelet. It's Nicky's. He looks at the iron. A tuft of hair iscaught on its edge. J's heart races.

J shifts the iron. It BANGS on the cement. Nothing underneath. J

pulls his phone from his pocket and dials a number. He waits.

And then Nicky's distinctive RINGTONE sounds from inside the

house.

The back door cracks open as Pope charges from the house and

across the back yard towards J.

J runs to the back fence, climbs it nimbly into the lane behind

the house.

Animal Kingdom - GREEN REVISIONS 89.

123 EXT. LANEWAYS / STREETS - DAY 123

J tears down the laneway. Pope appears behind him, clamberingover the fence and giving chase. They fly into street trafficthen down another lane. Pope narrows the gap, then J turns a

corner. By the time Pope rounds the corner, J is gone.

124 INT. HENRY-EMERY HOUSE - DAY 124

Gus is at the kitchen table doing paperwork. Andy plays videogames. He looks up, hearing a THUMP at the back door.

J is outside, dishevelled and anxious. Gus opens the door.

J:

Sorry.

GUS:

Nick isn’t here. Is everything OK?

Gus steps out the way, letting J enter.

GUS:

Nick didn't come home last night. We

thought she was with you.

J:

I think she was gonna stay at

Danielle's. I’m just gonna go the

toilet if that’s OK?

125 INT. BATHROOM / HENRY-EMERY HOUSE - DAY 125

J shuts the door. He sits on the closed toilet seat. He sees:

Nicky’s pajamas in a heap on the floor; make-up strewn around.

J's heart races. He cries.

126 INT. KITCHEN / CODY HOUSE - DAY 126

Darren stands with Smurf holding his car keys. Pope entersthrough the back door, catching his breath, still on fire.

POPE:

Where does the girl live? What’s her

address?

DARREN:

Why -

SMURF:

What's wrong, dear?

(CONTINUED)

Animal Kingdom - GREEN REVISIONS 90.

CONTINUED:

POPE:

(anger building)

What's her address?

DARREN:

You went there. We went there the

other day.

POPE:

(enraged)

I F***IN FORGOT! TELL ME WHAT’S THE

F***IN GIRL’S HOUSE!

127 INT. BATHROOM / HENRY-EMERY HOUSE - DAY 127

J rinses and dries his face. And then his phone starts RINGINGLOUD in his pocket. He pulls it out, answers it.

J:

Darren?

DARREN (OVER)

You gotta get out of there. Pope justleft here in a bad way. I think he’sheading over there.

J:

How does he know where I am?

DARREN (OVER)

I dunno. Just get out of there.

128 INT. HENRY-EMERY HOUSE - DAY 128

J enters the living area again. He is frightened. He doesn’twant to leave Gus and Andy in the house with Pope on the way.

J:

Can you give me a lift somewhere?

GUS:

I dunno, J. I’ve got work to do.

J:

It’s just that I’m late. To the shopswould be good.

Gus considers J’s disposition.

GUS:

I should get out of the house, Isuppose. Give us a minute.

(CONTINUED)

Animal Kingdom - GREEN REVISIONS 91.

CONTINUED:

Gus exits, leaving J standing, anxious, watching Andy with hisvideo game. Gus returns with Andy’s shoes.

GUS:

Hey, buddy. We're going for a ride.

J wants the whole process to hurry up. Shoes on, Gus and Andyhead to the back door. J follows.

129 INT. GARAGE / HENRY-EMERY HOUSE - DAY 129

The car is in the garage, dark. J gets in the passenger seat,

waiting anxious, as Gus gets Andy into the back seat.

Gus gets behind the wheel. He starts the engine and presses thegarage door controller in the glove box. The door rises slowly.

Sunlight streams in. Gus backs the car out.

130 I/E. GUS’S CAR - DAY 130

J looks down the street. It’s empty. Gus puts the car in Driveand moves off. J cranes around to look out the back window, downthe street. Then -

CRACK. The car is clipped hard from the front. It spins wildly,

then comes to a rest. Through the window, J can see Pope behindthe wheel of Darren's car, undoing his seat belt. Pope's car isjammed between Gus's car and another parked in the street. Popecan't open any doors - he's trapped inside.

J clambers into the backseat, past Gus who is dazed, bloodtrickling down his forehead.

J stumbles out the backdoor into the street. He looks back. He

locks eyes with Gus, who looks back at him, vacant. And theneverything slows. J notices moments - a neighbour in a dressinggown. J runs. MUSIC CUE...

INT. SUPERMARKET - DAY

J sits on a bench, mobile in hand. Leckie and two detectiveswalk through the supermarket, handguns discreetly drawn. Theyfind J and help him up.

INT. CAR PARK / POLICE COMPLEX - DAY

A car appears under the rollerdoor to an underground carpark.

J is led from the car to the elevator. Surrounded by detectivesin suits with guns, the elevator doors close.

Animal Kingdom - GREEN REVISIONS 92.

131 EXT. RAILWAY EMBANKMENT - DAY 131

Nicky's body is slumped in long grass beside railway tracks.

133 INT. HENRY-EMERY HOUSE / KITCHEN - DAY 133

Gus is on the phone. Alicia’s on her knees, crying beside him.

Andy stands alone watching, distressed and confused.

134 INT. BROWN-SAYLES HOUSE / LOUNGE - DAY 134

Catherine holds Evie, staring through the curtained window.

136 INT. DARREN'S APARTMENT - DAY 136

Pope and Darren are cuffed on the floor, neither talking. Darrenis anguished, Pope stony-faced.

INT. CODY HOUSE - DAY

Smurf sits at the kitchen table dunking a tea bag, while plainclothes and uniformed police move around her.

139

INT. CAR - DAY 139

Leckie drives alone on a desolate outer suburban street. He

pulls up outside a nondescript brick house. END MUSIC.

140 EXT. SAFE HOUSE 1 - DAY 140

Leckie walks to the front door of the house and knocks.

VOICE (O.S.)

Who is it?

LECKIE:

Detective Senior Sergeant Leckie.

The sound of LOCKS being undone precedes the door opening.

141 INT. FRONT HALL / SAFE HOUSE 1 - DAY 141

Leckie enters. At the door is an unfriendly Protective SecurityGroup (PSG) officer in sweatshirt, jeans, sneakers.

LECKIE:

How are you?

DOOR PSG:

Alright.

LECKIE:

Where is he?

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