Enemy of the State Page #7

A poster reads:

THE KEYHOLE '12' SERIES

MAKING THE WORLD AN HONEST PLACE

On another poster, a man's running shadow in a target

bulls-eye with a caption reading:

YOU ARE A SECURITY TARGET

Beneath a sign reading U.S. North-East Coastal Region,

an ANALYST reviews time-coded, digital SAT videos of

Washington, D.C. As seen from space, the Capitol

appears to be nothing more than a greyish mass. The

ANALYST keys commands into his system.

CLOSE ON MONITOR - The overhead SAT view of Washington

moves in closer, soon streets are discernible, then

cars and buses - then an accident in an intersection

with flashing ambulance lights and a bus. A body lies

twisted in the street - it's ZAVITZ.

The ANALYST enters additional commands. The ZAVITZ/bus

accident freezes, then plays in reverse as if recorded

by the eye of God. The scene continues reversing,

following close on Zavitz as he back-tracks into

Harrison's Department Store.

INT. ANOTHER VIDEO LAB - SAME TIME

CLOSE ON ANOTHER ANALYST facing three monitors showing

additional views of ZAVITZ's escape as captured by a

traffic camera, an ATM camera and the security inside

Harrison's.

FIEDLER (O.S.)

We've checked everything. NRO tapes,

traffic surveillance monitors -

INT. IMAGE ENHANCEMENT LAB

TWO TECHIES huddle by a monitor overseen by FIEDLER, a

computer expert. The monitor displays the Harrison's

surveillance tape of the ZAVITZ/DEAN meeting.

FIEDLER (CONT'D)

- and two ATM cameras. The one

showing promise, though, is this

security camera from the department

store.

(to TECHIE)

Freeze there.

The TECHIE hits a command. ZAVITZ and DEAN freeze on

screen.

FIEDLER (CONT'D)

Times ten.

The TECHIE boxes the area to be enhanced. He types

commands. The boxed area increases ten-fold.

FIEDLER (CONT'D)

Focus on the drop.

The enlarged view shifts to DEAN's gift bags. The

picture's fuzzy. Someone passes by, blocking the view

at a crucial moment.

FIEDLER (CONT'D)

Enhance, then forward, frame by

frame...

More keystrokes. The computer takes over, clarifying

the image with passes of resolution.

HICKS leans in closer as the image of the bag inches

forward.

FIEDLER (CONT'D)

Just before the view's blocked,

Zavitz reaches in his jacket for

something. When the view returns,

there's a shape change in Dean's

bag. See the shadow variance? We

reverse imaged it--

FIEDLER points to another screen displaying a digitally-

enhanced image of the shadowed object and its

approximate shape.

FIEDLER (CONT'D)

Something's definitely been added.

It's not a video cassette, the

shadow's wrong.

REYNOLDS steps forward. His eyes are red. It's been a

long night.

REYNOLDS:

What's your opinion?

FIEDLER:

It's hard to say for certain, these

things are--

REYNOLDS:

I'm not asking you to say for certain.

This is what you're trained to do,

right?

FIEDLER:

Yes sir.

REYNOLDS:

Then what's your goddam opinion?

FIEDLER:

(beat)

Zavitz had digital compression

equipment. He could've downloaded

into something. A disk, a chip,

anything small enough to put in his

pocket and run with. Whatever he

put it in, he dropped it in that bag.

REYNOLDS:

(to HICKS)

Get it.

REYNOLDS heads for the door.

HICKS:

We'd have to--

REYNOLDS:

Get it.

INT. RANGE ROVER - NIGHT

DEAN drives with STACY as ERIC sleeps in the back seat.

Various hats and souvenirs tell us that they've just

come from a Redskins game.

They drive in silence for a moment before...

STACY:

Bobby?

DEAN:

Yeah.

STACY:

How'd you get the information on

DePinto?

DEAN:

What do you mean?

STACY:

Who did you work with to get the--

DEAN:

A guy named Brill. Same guy as always.

STACY:

Yeah, but you said you've never met

him. How did you--

DEAN:

Honey, I don't like to talk about

this stuff in front of Eric.

STACY:

Have you been working with Rachel?

DEAN:

No.

STACY:

(beat)

Sorry.

DEAN:

It's okay.

The RANGE ROVER pulls into the driveway.

INT. DEAN'S HOME/ENTRY FOYER - NIGHT

The DEAN's enter the doorway. ERIC and STACY are first.

They stop, faces shocked. DEAN hasn't noticed yet. His

hand automatically goes to the alarm key pad.

CLOSE ON THE PAD - The LED reads: ARMED. DEAN punches

the code -

STACY:

Oh my God -

DEAN turns.

The house is ransacked. The ALARM suddenly BLARES,

adding mayhem.

CLOSE-UP ON THE CEILING VENT - The CAMERA PUSHES IN

TIGHT revealing a concealed, fiber-optic video lens the

size of a pin-head.

EXT. DEAN'S STREET - CONTINUOUS

Several cars and a florist van are parked on the quiet

street.

INT. FLORIST VAN - CONTINUOUS

The van is really an electronic surveillance post

jammed with the latest equipment. A TECHIE with

headphones eyes a monitor.

CLOSE ON THE MONITOR showing the PIN HOLE SURVEILLANCE

VIEW of STACY walking through a disheveled room in a

state of shock while DEAN pulls out his cellular phone

and dials.

DEAN:

(through the TECHIE's headphones)

This is Robert Dean at 3325 Sutton

Place. I want to report a break-in.

INT. RACQUETBALL COURT - MORNING

A black ball slams against a wall. PULL BACK to DEAN,

who's angry, frustrated and drenched in sweat. He's

embroiled in a hard, fast game with his friend, JERRY.

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