Manhunter Page #14

CRAWFORD:

Book code?

60.

BOWMAN:

'One hundred prayers' could be the

page number. The paired numbers

and the scriptural references could

be line and letter. But what book?

CBAWFORD:

Not the Bible?

BOWMAN:

No. Galatians 15:2? Galatians

has only six chapters. The same

with Jonah 6:
8 -- Jonah has four

chapters. Lecktor wasn't using a

Bible.

GRAHAM:

Then the Tooth Fairy named the

book in the part Lecktor tore out.

BOWMAN:

Right .

(beat)

What about sweating Lecktor?

GRAHAM:

They tried sodium amytal on him

three years ago to find where he

buried a Princeton student.

(beat)

He gave them a recipe for potato

chip dip.

BOWMAN:

it has to be a book the Tooth Fairy

would know Lecktor has in his cell.

GRAHAM:

He'd know it from articles he's

read about Lecktor...

CRAWFORD:

Willingham, when he tossed his

cell, took Polaroids so they could

get everything back in place...

BOWMAN:

Have him meet me with pictures of

Lecktor's books...

CRAWFORD:

Where?

BOWMAN:

Library of Congress.

Bowman's our the door.

61.

GRAHAM:

Twenty-five minutes. We won't

make it in time.

CRAWFORD:

(looks at watch)

We let Lecktor's message run as is

and decode it after. Or we pull

it, work our the code and put ours

in next week.

GRAHAM:

Can we still get Lecktor's message

out of the paper?

CRAWFORD:

Yes. And I'm leery of running

Lecktor's message without knowing

what it says.

GRAHAM:

And if we pull it, we lose a week...

We only have two to the next full

moon .

CRAWFORD:

It's your call, Will. What do we

do?

Graham has to decide. Long pause. Then he looks up:

GRAHAM:

Run it.

CRAWFORD:

What if it encourages the Tooth

Fairy to do something besides

write?

GRAHAM:

We will feel sick for a very long time.

CUT TO:

INT. ST. LOUIS AIRPORT NEWSSTAND - FLOOR - DAY

The floor is in focus. In the b.g., are busy, out-of-focus

images:
newspapers, magazines, people passing. We don't

know why we are HOLDING on the empty floor. Then, a stack

of "Tattlers" hits the floor. The headlines include: "HEAD

TRANSPLANT and ASTRONOMERS GLIMPSE GOD!"

CUT TO:

INT. WASHINGTON HOTEL ROOM - WILL GRAHAM - NIGHT

asleep in bed. Sheets are twisted between his legs.

62.

His arms are widespread. The phone RINGS. Will Graham

doesn't hear it. It keeps RINGING. MOVE IN on Graham.

Finally, he stirs, then fights his way up out of sleep.

PROFILE:
GRAHAM

sits up. His hand snakes out and grabs the phone to make it

stop ringing.

GRAHAM:

Who is it?

CRAWFORD (V.O.)

Will, Bowman just broke the code. It

was a James Beard cook book. You

need to know what it says right now.

GRAHAM:

What'd it say?

CRAWFORD (V.O.)

I'll tell you in a second. Now

listen to me:
everything is okay,

I'm taking care of it, so stay on

the phone when I tell you.

GRAHAM:

Tell me now.

CRAWFORD (V.O.)

It says:
'Graham home, 3860 DeSoto

Highway, Marathon, Florida. Save

yourself. Kill them all.

(beat)

It's your home address, Will. The

bastard gave him your home address.

GRAHAM:

Get me a plane...

CRAWFORD (V.O.)

Wait, Will...

GRAHAM:

Get me a plane!

CRAWFORD (V.O.)

I'll pick you up in...

GRAHAM:

I won't be here.

On the move...

CUT TO:

63.

INT. GRAHAM HOUSE, MARATHON, FLORIDA, BEDROOM - MOLLY

NIGHT:

She's asleep. Kevin enters.

KEVIN:

Mom. ..

Kevin looks over her shoulder out the window as if he's

scared of something.

MOLLY:

What time is it?

KEVIN:

Mom, someone's outside. There's

noises ...

MOLLY:

starts and sits up...

INT. GRAHAM HOUSE - HALLWAY & KITCHEN

are empty. Dark shadows play against darkened walls. O.S.

we hear crashing wave. Moonlight makes trees whipped in

the wind throw dappled shadows across the corridor. Molly

enters the frame in CLOSE SHOT. We TRACK WITH her in a

THREE-QUARTER REAR SHOT behind the back of her head. She

feels vulnerable. The dappled leaves whip across her face

in a sudden gust. Molly's head snaps around.

MOLLY'S POV:
GLASS PORTICO

with the tree moving in the wind. Beyond is the ocean with

moonlight on the surf. Nothing.

MOLLY:

moves into the kitchen. A streetlight hits part of the

kitchen with a dim phosphorescent green.

KEVIN (O.S.)

Mom?

MOLLY:

(whispers)

Go into your room and lock the door.

KEVIN (O.S.)

Mom?

64.

MOLLY:

Go ahead!

He catches Molly's eye:

MOLLY'S POV:
KITCHEN WINDOW

A silhouette shape moves past the window. The angle of the

streetlight plays its shadow on the wall against Molly.

FRONTAL CLOSEUP:
MOLLY

frozen. She hears the outer screen door being opened...

BEHIND MOLLY & OVER HER SHOULDER TO KITCHEN DOOR

The shape is at the door. Molly takes a couple of steps,

and can't go any further.

MOLLY:

breathless, opens the door. Fast.

DOOR:

reveals Florida State TROOPER.

TROOPER:

Are you all right, ma'am?

MOLLY:

(fast breathing)

Yes. Why?

(beat)

What's going on

CUT TO:

EXT. GRAHAM HOUSE - TROOPER + MOLLY - NIGHT

As Molly comes out of the house, we PULL BACK and CRANE UP

INTO a very HIGH ANGLE WIDE SHOT revealing: Four state

trooper cars parked on Graham's property. On the road are

two roadblocks 100 yards apart on either side of Graham's

house. All their flashers are going. Molly looks around in

confusion. We see her turn to the sea, a coast guard launch

pulls to 100 yards off the beach. Its searchlight plays on

the water's edge then across the property. Molly look; at

all the policemen...

CUT TO:

65.

EXT. AIRPORT - GULF STREAM JET - DAY

advances on us, its engine screaming. Its front wheel brakes

to a stop right before CAMERA.

DOOR:

opens. Running down the stairs and across the tarmac is

Will Graham in shirtsleeves with a Car-15 assault rifle with

collapsible stock. His eyes scan the perimeter.

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