Capote Page #11

things, but I have to fly back

East.

PERRY:

When?

TRUMAN:

An hour. I'm sorry.

PERRY:

You can't.

TRUMAN:

I'm sorry.

PERRY:

Who are you going there to seeHICKOCK

(0. S . )

(from next cell)

Capote, get it straight in your

book - we never intended on killing

that family -

PERRY:

I told him that.

HICKOCK (0. S. )

No premeditation -

PERRY:

I told him!

Perry searches the cell for something else to give to Truman

to keep him there. Then, he stops. He has nothing left to

give, and is unwilling to talk about that night at the

Clutters. He becomes very still. Truman speaks gently -

TRUMAN:

Your writings are magnificent. I

hope these help you do more.

Green

No response. Truman places the books on the floor just

outside Perry's cell -- Perry's writings in one stack and the

new dictionaries in another right next to it.

TRUMAN (cont'd)

I have so much material - from the

trial, from our visits, your

journals. I have to organize it

all, and I have to start the

process of writing.

(no response)

I'll visit soon. Perhaps this fall.

(backingaway) . I miss you already. Write me every

five minutes.

He turns and goes. We stay with Perry as Truman leaves. We

hear Dick speak to Truman.

HICKOCK (0,s.)

Be good now.

Hear Truman's footsteps receding. Then, a long shot of the

hallway as the Guard lets Truman out the gate at the end of

the row. Silence.

8 9 OMIT (MOVED TO: BOA) 89 *

9 0 OMIT (MOVED TO 878) 90 *

9 0A IWI'. K8P , DEATH ROW, PERRY' 8 CELL 90A *

Perry looks down at the books sitting on the floor outside

his cell. He crouches, puts his hand through the bars and

touches the cover of the new dictionary. He's alone.

FADE OUT.

Over black - the sound of a JET airplane - loud, then

passing.

9 1 OMIT

9 2 OMIT

9 3 OMIT

9 4 OMIT 94 *

9 5 EXT. BEACH - DAY 95 *

FADE IN:
BRIGHT WHITE SKY. Sounds of seagulls. Ocean, sand,

cottage houses in greenery set back from the beach.

9 6 EXT. RENTED COTTA

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