Joker Page #26

HIS WAND OF FLOWERS, at Sophie's door.

Hold.

95.

96 INT. ELEVATOR, HALLWAY - LATE AFTERNOON 96

FROM BEHIND JOKER STEPPING ONTO THE ELEVATOR, TURNING TO FACE

US AS THE DOOR STARTS TO CLOSE, FINALLY REVEALING HIS LOOK--

Green hair slicked back like one of the Wall Street a**holes

he killed... White grease paint smeared over his face... red

nose painted on... dark blue peaks over and under his eyes...

his mother's red lipstick crudely outlining his broken

smile... Under the harsh flickering fluorescent lights, he

looks like an insane version of his mask.

The door closes on his new face. Ding.

97 EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING - LATE AFTERNOON 97

Joker steps out of his building into the setting sun, just as

Garrity and Burke are getting out of their unmarked Ford LTD

Crown Vic--

DET. GARRITY

Hey Arthur, where you going?

DET. BURKE

Yeah, thought you were coming down

to the station this morning.

And Joker takes off running--

Garrity gives chase on foot as Burke hurries back into the

car--

98 EXT. 174TH STREET, TWO LANES - CONTINUOUS 98

Joker darts out from his block into the avenue, sprints

across the busy, two-lane street without looking--

Running right in front of an oncoming YELLOW CAB on the far

side of the street--

BAM!

The cab hits him and Joker goes crashing into the windshield.

Bounces up and over the car. Landing hard on the pavement--

The car directly behind the cab skids to a stop just before

running over Joker's face. Swerving into the other lane and

CRASHING INTO an oncoming truck.

Cars on both sides of the street skidding trying to stop--

Crashing. It's chaos.

96.

Joker pops back up from getting hit. He's in pain. But not

dead.

Garrity has drawn his service revolver as he makes his way

through the pile up. And Burke, now blocked because of the

crash has jumped out of his car--

Joker takes off running, limping down the street toward an

entrance for the elevated train--

99 EXT. ELEVATED TRAIN STATION, STEPS - CONTINUOUS 99

Joker hustling up the stairs, dripping sweat, his white

grease-paint running down his face. He gets to the top of the

stairs, looks back and catches a glimpse of Garrity and Burke

at the bottom--

100 EXT. PLATFORM, ELEVATED TRAIN STATION - CONTINUOUS 100

Joker makes his way down the crowded platform, the passengers

starting to file on a waiting Lexington Ave/Pelham Express

Train heading downtown. The train's packed with protesters

heading to the rally at City Hall. Many carrying signs...

most of them in "Joker" masks... a few painted up to look

like the "Joker" mask. Joker fits in with all of them.

He looks through the crowd of clowns and sees the two cops

getting to the top of the stairs, looking up and down the

platform for him. Pulling out their badges on chains from

around their necks. Identifying themselves as cops.

Joker's willing the doors to close. But they don't.

The two detectives run onto the train just as the doors are

finally closing--

101 INT. LEXINGTON AVE/PELHAM EXPRESS (MOVING) - CONTINUOUS 101

Joker moves through the loud train pushing through the rowdy

protesters-- Into the next car, all of them packed.

AS THE TRAIN GOES UNDERGROUND, the lights flicker on and off--

car GOING BLACK FOR A FEW SECONDS as the train turns and dips

and speeds down the tracks.

Joker glances back at Burke and Garrity pulling out their

badges on chains around their necks. Smith & Wesson service

revolvers by their sides. Shouting at the crowd, identifying

themselves as cops.

97.

Joker hears some on the train shouting back in anger at the

police, keeps moving... past clown-faced protestors carrying

signs, "RESIST"... "AM I A CLOWN?"... "SAVE A CITY, KILL A

YUPPIE"...

The two cops push through the car, scanning all the "clown"

faces... So many look like Joker. They just shove protesters

out of the way, shouting at them all the while. A few more

voices rising up in protest--

Joker feels Burke and Garrity behind him getting closer. In

the flickering light sees a DRUNK GUY (20's) wearing a

'Joker' mask and pulls it right off his face--

The drunk guy turns ready to fight.

He throws a punch at Joker, and Joker steps out of the way--

The guy pummels someone else--

A FIGHT BREAKS OUT, spilling down the car.

Joker slips the clown mask over his clown face--

AND JUST STANDS THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHAOS, at home

with the chaos all around him--

Garrity and Burke spot Joker's rust colored suit in the

middle of the unruly mob--

Burke pulls his gun--

BURKE:

(shouting)

EVERYBODY DOWN, GOTHAM PD!

The crowd doesn't drop to the ground. They just keep fighting

with each other--

Burke sees Joker just standing there. Keeps yelling for the

crowd to get down, get down, but they don't listen to him--

He starts shoving protestors down, out of the way-- and

AND THEN THE MOB TURNS ON HIM AND GARRITY, starts closing in

around them--

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