Apt Pupil Page #16

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TODD:

What are you talking about?

EXT. BIKE PATH - DAY

Todd is standing with his bike on a dirt path. He is looking

out at something. The wind blows throw his hair. A distant

glimpse of some buildings off to the side tell us he is on a

hill.

DUSSANDER (V.O.)

You are going to spend the rest of this

quarter, all of your vacation and the first

three weeks of January studying. During your

free period you will study. During lunch,

you will study. And after school and on

weekends you will come here and do the same.

EXT. BIKE PATH - TUNNEL - DAY

Todd pedals his bike furiously toward the camera. He approaches

a tunnel lined with corrugated metal below an overpass.

TODD (V.O.)

Not here, at home.

DUSSANDER (V.O.)

No. At home you will dawdle, you will talk

on the telephone, watch TV. Here, I can make

sure that nothing distracts you from your

studies.

Todd emerges from the tunnel.

DUSSANDER'S DREAM #3: EXT. PRISON YARD - NIGHT

Spotlights, like those from a guard tower, criss cross over a

small compound surrounded by an electrified fence. Inside the

pen, wolf-like dogs snarl and gnash their teeth. The spotlight

catches the source of their aggravation...

Dussander, caught ghoulishly in the roving light, stands in

uniform outside the pen. He is laughing. In his hand is his

Luger. He fires through the fence, killing one of the dogs.

They go wild. He laughs harder. He shoots again, and then

again. It is like shooting fish in a barrel.

The light beam passes the pen to reveal that the dogs have

transformed into human prisoners. They maneuver helplessly to

avoid Dussander's bullets. But he fires faster, his laugh

growing more extreme. His movements in between shots becomes a

sort of dance. One prisoner flies against the fence in a pools

of sparks. As Dussander's waltz reaches it's climax, one

prisoner remains in the pen. He looks up. It is Todd. Angle

on Dussander's toothy grin. The gun comes up...

INT. DUSSANDER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT - IMMEDIATELY AFTER

Dussander wakes up. A CLANKING SOUND echoes from the street.

Dussander looks like he could have been having a wonderful sex

dream, but he turns his head toward the direction of the street.

He clicks on the light. Dressed in the SS uniform, he gets up

and moves toward the window.

Through the window, bathed in the glow of a street lamp, a

derelict, who we will come to know as ARCHIE, rummages through

Dussander's trashcans. Under his arm are a few of the empty

bourbon bottles.

INT. BECKY'S TOYOTA - NIGHT

The car pulls into the driveway of Todd's house. Becky is

smoking a joint and blowing the smoke out the window. They both

look a little tipsy, as if they have been to a party. She holds

the joint up to Todd. He contemplates, then takes it. Todd's

first toke of marijuana isn't very small. Becky looks on,

surprised. She reaches out for the joint and Todd waves her

off. He pulls again, this time ingesting a huge hit. He holds

it, then exhales. He gives the roach back to Becky.

TODD:

Their light is still on. I'll get out on

your side. Don't say anything.

Becky gets out. Todd slides over and does the same. She

crushes the joint out on the pavement and puts the rest in her

purse.

INT. DUSSANDER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Dussander watches Archie collect the cans and bottles. There is

something about Archie that makes Dussander wonder if he has

seen him before. Archie looks up, right into Dussander's

window, as if he were expecting him to be there. The two stare

at one another for a long moment. Suddenly Dussander is aware

that he is dressed in the SS uniform.

He quickly steps back from the window. His breathing is short

and erratic as he waits in the shadows for Archie to finish.

After a long moment, the noise from the street stops. We hear

only the faint steps of Archie walking away.

INT. TODD'S BEDROOM - BOWDEN HOUSE - NIGHT

Todd and Becky's lips are locked in a passionate kiss. In their

exuberance they fall onto the bed. As they try to undress and

kiss at the same time, Becky begins to moan. Todd brings his

fingers to his lips.

TODD:

Shhh.

Their clothes tumble off around them.

TODD (CONT'D)

Don't move.

He slides off her and opens the drawer by his bed. He pulls out

a condom. By now she is naked. Todd slips out of his underwear

and falls on top of her. The RADIO plays in the b.g. as Todd

begins to grind away with his hips. She moans softly with

delight.

The CAMERA MOVES off of them to reveal a man in a lab coat

setting up a volt meter. This is one of the scientists from

Todd's laboratory nightmare. The CAMERA continues TO PAN across

the bedroom, showing the other scientists preparing for the

electricity experiment. The CAMERA STOPS on Dussander,

clipboard in hand, observing everything carefully.

Todd releases with a final thrust. Becky is MOANING in a series

of high, fast yelps. Todd lies still on her body. Becky is

speechless, still quivering from the unusually intense love

making.

INT. DUSSANDER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

The bedroom is dark except for the glowing tip of a cigarette.

Dussander is in bed, wide awake...

INT. DUSSANDER'S KITCHEN - DAY

TITLE:
JANUARY 1985

Todd sits alone at the table, eating while he studies.

Dussander crosses the frame behind him, drink in hand. Todd is

noticeably annoyed by Dussander's presence.

EXT. BIKE PATH - TUNNEL - DUSK

It is raining. Todd is riding fast. He wears a raincoat with

the hood up. He talks to himself loudly, but we can't make out

what he is saying. He enters the tunnel.

The muddy run-off inside the tunnel catches Todd by surprise.

He loses control of the bike and falls into the mud.

TODD:

F***.

Todd gets up and tries to free his bike, but the mud and water

do not make the job easy. He is almost finished when a gruff

voice catches his attention.

ARCHIE (O.S.)

Hey, kid, you having some trouble?

Todd looks up and sees a figure moving toward him in the shadows

of the tunnel. Todd quickly pulls out a pocket knife. He flicks

open the blade and hides it behind his leg.

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