Kill Bill

OVER BLACK:

We hear labored breathing.

BLACK FRAME:

QUOTE APPEARS:

"Revenge is a dish

best served cold"

- Old Klingon Proverb -

QUOTE FADES OUT:

WE STAY ON BLACK

...breathing continues...

Then a MAN'S VOICE talks over the breathing;

MAN'S VOICE(O.S.)

Do you find me sadistic?

CUT TO:

BLACK AND WHITE CU of a WOMAN

lying on the floor, looking up. The woman on the floor has

just taken a severe spaghetti-western-style gang beating. Her

face is bloody, beaten up, and torn. The high contrast B/W

turning the red blood into black blood.

A hand belonging to the off-screen Man's Voice ENTERS FRAME

holding a white handkerchief with the name "BILL" sewn in the

corner, and begins tenderly wiping away the blood from the

young woman's face. Little by little as the Male Voice

speaks, the beautiful face underneath is revealed to the

audience.

But what can't be wiped away, is the white hot hate that

shines in both eyes at the man who stands over her, the

"BILL" of the title.

In another age men who shook the world for their own purposes

were called conquerors. In our age, the men who shake the

planet for their own power and greed are called corrupters.

And of the world's corrupters Bill stands alone. For while he

corrupts the world, inside himself he is pure.

BILL'S VOICE(O.S.)

I bet I could fry an egg on your

head about now, if I wanted to.

He continues wiping away the blood.

BILL'S VOICE(O.S.)

No kiddo, I'd like to believe, even

now, you're aware enough to know

there isn't a trace of sadism in

my actions... Okay - Maybe towards

these other jokers - bot not your.

OVERHEAD SHOT:

We see for a moment, A WIDE SHOT looking down at the woman on

the floor. Bill(from behind) bent down over her. Four others

in black suits, standing over her(three are female, one is

male). And about four DEAD BODIES lying in their own blood.

We also see we're in a wedding chapel that's been redecorated

by blood death and gunfire. And firstly or lastly, depending

on the viewer, that the woman on the floor is dressed in a

white bridal gown.

This woman is our Heroine, and from this moment forth she

will only be referred to as The BRIDE.

Back to CU of The BRIDE.

The BRIDE on the floor. Her pretty face is wiped clean.

BILL'S VOICE(O.S.)

No Kiddo at this moment, this is me

at my most masochistic.

While still in her CU The Bride speaks for the first time in

the picture. She looks up at the man standing over her and

says;

THE BRIDE:

Bill, I'm pregnant. It's your baby.

After saying the "y" in "baby", we hear a BANG and The Bride

receives a bullet in the side of her head.

CUT TO:

BLACK SCREEN:
Presentation Credit

"The 4th Film by

QUENTIN TARANTINO"

CUT TO:

B/W CU of a Young MAN in a TUXEDO. Shot to death.

The BRIDE speaks to us in a VO;

THE BRIDE(V.O.)

That's Tim, Arthur's best friend.

CU A PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN in a frilly pink dress with two

bullet holes in her.

THE BRIDE(V.O.)

That's his girlfriend Janeen.

CU A PLUMP YOUNG WOMAN, shot to death, wedding bouquet still

clutched in her dead fist.

THE BRIDE(V.O.)

That's my best friend from work

Erica.

AN OLDER MAN IN A BLACK SUIT shot fulla holes.

THE BRIDE(V.O.)

That's the minister. I think his

name was Reverend Hillhouse.

A DEAD OLDER WOMAN by his side in an old-fashioned flower

print dress.

THE BRIDE(V.O.)

That's his wife.

A DEAD OLDER WOMAN slumped over an organ.

THE BRIDE(V.O.)

Organ player, don't know her name.

A YOUNG MAN IN A TUXEDO WITH HIS FACE BLOWN OFF.

THE BRIDE(V.O.)

That's Arthur. Arthur Plympton. The

name on his driver's license was

Charles Arthur Plympton, but for

some reason he preferred Arthur.

Maybe if he went by Carles people

would have called him Charlie. If

that was his reason for going by

Arthur I can understand it.

Nothing wrong with the name

Charlie, except he didn't look like

a Charlie, he looked like an

Arthur.

Obviously you'll have to take my

word on this. Speaking of names, I

was about two seconds away from

becoming Mrs. Charles Arthur

Plympton.

And then finally, The Bride.

THE BRIDE(V.O.)

And that, that's me. I'm the Bride.

We do a DISSOLVE from the Bride looking dead in the bridal

gown

To

The Bride, still in B/W, still in a bridal gown, but the

asswippin she took in the scene before must have been in the

past, because she looks like a million dollars

now.......three million even.

INT. CAR(MOVING) - NIGHT

The Bride behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Karman Ghia

convertible. Her long blodne hair whipping in the wind. A

PROCESS SHOT PLAYS behind her.

THE BRIDE(V.O.)

Looked dead, didn't I? Well I

wasn't, but it wasn'T for lack fo

trying, I can tell you that.

Actually Bill's last bullet put me

in a coma. A coma I was to lie in

for five years.

When I woke up, ...I went on what

the movie advertisements refer to

as a Roaring Rampage of Revenge. I

roarded and I rampaged and I got

bloody satisfaction. In all, I've

killed 33 people to get to this

piont right now.

I have only one more.

The last one.

The one I'M driving to right now.

The only one left.

And when I arrive at my

destination.....

.... I'm gonna Kill Bill.

TITLE SEQUENCE:

As a female-sung ballad of heartbreaking lament plays on the

soundtrack, we see the credits of "Kill Bill" play over the

Bride in her bridal gown, driving to the film's climax.

The sequence ends with the Bride arriving at Bill's home.

WE FADE TO BLACK

BLACK FRAME:

TITLE APPEARS:

Chapter one

"2"

CUT TO:

EX CU The BRIDE's EYEBALL IN GLORIOUS COLOR

WE CUT OUT ONE...TWO...THREE...TO A

CU of The BRIDE IN GLORIOUS COLOR

She's sitting in a parked pickup truck. Her eyes focused on

something.

The BRIDE'S POV:

A very homey three-bedroom house in the affluent suburb of

Pasadena, California. A purple Dodge Neon sits parked in the

driveway. A tricylce, a big wheel, and a few toys sprinkle

the grass on the front yard. A mailbox with the name "The

BELLS" on it sits out in front of the lawn. We hear but don't

see ice cream truck bells.

SUBTITLE APPEARS AT SCREEN BOTTOM:

"The city of

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA"

We hear a Car Door Open and Close....THEN....The Bride Walks

into the shot, heading for the front door.

EX CU:
A long, white female finger pushes a doorbell.

EXT. RESIDENTIAL PASADENA STREET - DAY

The front door opens and an attractive black HOUSEWIFE the

same age as The Bride stands in the doorway.

The Housewife's face shows immediate recognition of the

blonde on her doorstep.

The BRIDE

on the porch; we do a quick Shaw-Brothers-style Zoom into her

eyes.

FLASHBACK - SPAGHETTI WESTERN STYLE

(That means our Heroine is remembering something, and we see

it with an orange filter.) We're back inside the wedding

chapel. The Bride is taking the beating of her life by four

people in black suits. A black woman PUNCHES HER in the

face... WE see it's the black housewife, five years earlier.

The BRIDE ON THE PORCH

We Zoom quick out of her eyes to CU, a VENGEANCE THEME PLAYS

LOUD ON THE SOUNDTRACK.(Whenever we hear this theme

throughout the picture, we'll quickly learn what accompanies

it is The Bride goin Krakatoa all over whoever's ass happens

to be in front of her at that moment.) As the Vengeance Theme

plays, a Vein in The Bride's forehead begins to pulsate. When

the Vengeance Theme stops, The Bride ATTACKS The Housewife.

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