Grosse Pointe Blank Page #8

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A teen-aged Martin Blank: shy boy with a nervous smile. He

poses with his mother, an older woman with a kind smile...

but her eyes are dark; aged by a life of work and worry. On

the opposing page is a gilt funeral announcement that reads:

"IN LOVING MEMORY... VISTOR ALLEN BLANK...."

MARTIN:

turns the page.

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A photograph of a tall, thin girl: a bright smile from within

a bulky winter coat. A girl he's always wondered about: DEBI

NEWBERRY. Handwritten on the photo in girlish loops: "Would

you rather...?!"

CAT:

Meow!

INT. KITCHEN - SAME

Martin pulls himself away from the album and the cat follows

him, moaning hungrily--

MARTIN:

Food soon...

Martin opens a restaurant-style refrigerator. It holds various

bottles of vitamins, spirulina, wheatgrass, digestible

hydrogen peroxide, fluoride treatment, oxygenated mouth rinse,

and thirty cans of CATFOOD.

MARTIN:

Tuna or liver?

CAT:

Meow.

MARTIN:

Tuna it is.

He opens a can for the cat and a bottle for himself. While

the cat eats, he returns to the cardboard box. Finds a

YEARBOOK. Flips it open....

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A picture of a senior class "Blues Brothers" party: a group

of teens mug to the camera in Blues Brothers get-ups.

Sprinters race for a finish line, their chests stretching

for the tape.

DEBI NEWBERY'S SENIOR PICTURE

A more mature version of the girl in the album. Her name

appears under his picture...

INT. GROCER'S KITCHEN - NIGHT

Track light fills the gourmet-rustic kitchen. GROCER stands,

wearing a burgundy Fila sweat suit, pushing beets into a

vegetable juicer. Next to the juicer are piles of celery and

carrots, as well. A low-key BLIP is heard from another room.

Grocer tops off the glass and takes it out of the kitchen.

INT. GROCER'S GREAT ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Grocer enters the main room of the villa-style A-frame. He

moves to an antique oak desk and sits in front of a COMPUTER.

ON-SCREEN GRAPHICS

"Click OK for remote access caller"

OK is clicked.

"Availability for two days in Detroit area"

"Terms"

"$560,000"

"When"

"Now"

"OK/ FAX materials"

Grocer leans back in his chair and sips the juice. After a

moment, the FAX machine on the desk rattles. The computer

beeps.

"confirmation number of wire transfer#: AJ6687-OI99471"

Grocer hits the return button after taking in the number. A

graphic appears:

"Connection is terminated/ Status idle"

Grocer's FAX begins to moan and chatter. Grocer raises his

juice glass to the computer in a lazy toast.

INT. PLANE - NIGHT

Martin reclines in first class, soaring toward the Midwest

on the red-eye. He has already scanned his magazines and

they are piled in the empty seat next to him. He sets aside

a Powerbar. Martin reads Kill Without Joy. After a moment,

he sets the book down and takes up Iron John.

INT. DETROIT AIRPORT TERMINAL - EARLY MORNING

At the edge of the airport bar sits LARDNER and MCCULLERS,

two Government Spooks, agency unknown. They are both in

blazers, no ties, early thirties, and they watch the passing

crowd.

LARDNER:

You always say that. You always say

that. I'm telling you, you never met

the man.

MCCULLERS:

Seventeen months ago I was posting a

walk in Lisbon, and he was there. He

never saw me. But I saw him, though.

LARDNER:

Lisbon?

MCCULLERS:

In Portugal, yes.

In the background, Martin passes by them as he walks down

the hall. Without directly regarding him, the two stand,

drop some cash on the bar, and begin to leave.

LARDNER:

Here's the news:
He hasn't been in

Portugal since '90. I know that from

the file. Why don't you read the

file, man?

MCCULLERS:

In fact, I think I talked with him,

in Bonn.

Lardner can neither confirm nor deny this.

LARDNER:

You always say that. You always have

to know everybody. Why don't I just

take the weekend off and let you

kill him. Since you two are so close.

They exit.

EXT. EXIT RAMP, DETROIT AIRPORT - MORNING

INSIDE MARTIN'S CAR

Martin, in a black Lincoln Town Car, veers off of the airport

artery and on to a turnpike. The radio broadcasts the news.

BROADCAST (V.O.)

...with highs today in the upper

seventies. Related stocks on Wall

Street today as scandal continues to

rock the joint U.S.-Japanese Tech

Center...

MARTIN'S CAR

blows past CAMERA and on down the road. After a beat, a mid-

eighties Ford Country Squire station wagon follows, occupied

by two figures.

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