Manhunter Page #25

116.

GRAHAM (CONT'D)

There's a lattice porch back there,

but he was ready with his glasscutter.

(beat)

So he was either casing far ahead and

we didn't check back far enough or...

MONITOR:
LEEDS TAPE

The Leeds' gray Scottie perks up his ears and runs in the

glass kitchen door. The camera pans off the dog to Valerie

Leeds coming in the door: behind her the door is vulnerable

with its big glass pane. Her kids follow her through the

door...

CRAWFORD:

It's getting late and...

GRAHAM:

(explodes)

Don't talk to me!!

Crawford's surprised.

EXTREMELY CLOSE:
GRAHAM

Watching. Then he grabs the phone and punches numbers.

GRAHAM:

It's Graham. The Jacobi stuff is

still in the storeroom?

METCALPE (V.O.)

Yeah. You know what time it is?

GRAHAM:

Have one of the guards down there

call me.

METCALFE (V.O.)

If the guy's not asleep...

GRAHAM:

Do it.

He hangs up on Metcalfe.

VTR MONITORS:

Graham's hand freezes the Leeds' rape and plays the Jacobi

tape. The Jacobis' cat moves, jumps on the table.

117.

GRAHAM:

(to himself)

You knew that was the Jacobis'

cat ...

The Jacobi boy pushes the bicycle out of the basement door

with the padlock.

GRAHAM:

(to himself)

You brought a boltcutter... 'cause

you thought there was a padlock...

Next Mrs. 3acobi -- warm, smiling -- watches Donald ride

the bike. Now Graham plays the Leeds' tape, too. The dog

runs to camera...

GRAHAM:

(to himself)

And the Leeds' dog doesn't have a

collar... But you know it's the

Leeds' dog, don't you, my man?!

His tail wagging, his tongue out; he's a friendly dog. Mrs.

Leeds enters and pets him.

GRAHAM:

(to himself)

See the woman?

Crawford is staring at Graham strangely. This is why

Crawford drafted him. But Crawford doesn't look like he

wants to be alone in the same room with Graham anymore...

GRAHAM:

The bloom on the woman. You can

almost feel her. You can see her

again and again. Anytime you want.

(beat)

The doggy doesn't have a collar.

But you know the Leeds' dog, don't

you?

(beat)

And you know the Jacobi cat. And

the padlock on the door and you

know you need a boltcutter and

every other goddamn thing 'cause...

(shouts)

YOU'VE SEEN THESE F***ING FILMS!

(beat)

Haven't you, my man?

The PHONE RINGS. Crawford answers. His attention is riveted

on Graham.

CRAWFORD:

It's the guard in the storeroom.

118.

GRAHAM:

(to Crawford)

We want the cans the Jacobi home

movies came in.

(beat)

They're in the far corner of the

room under the windows.

CRAWFORD:

(into phone)

There's some film cans in the far

corner of the room underneath one

of the windows.

Crawford is very quiet.

CRAWFORD:

He found them...

Graham pushes aside the videotape sleeve and picks up the

Leeds' home-movie can.

GRAHAM:

(reads label)

What it's going to say on the

Jacobi film can is the same as it

says on the Leeds' film can:

Gateway Lab, St. Louis, Missouri.

CRAWFORD:

(into phone)

Is there a label on the Jacobi can

that says what lab processed it?

Crawford hears. Then he deflates.

CRAWFORD:

(to Graham)

No. It's Bob's Photo Store in...

GRAHAM:

Have him peel the top label back.

CRAWPORD:

(into phone)

See if there's another label

underneath.

Crawford hears, Graham's watching him.

GRAHAM:

It does, doesn't it?

119.

CRAWFORD:

(punches another

number)

I want a chopper on the roof in

three minutes. To Meigs Field.

(bear )

At Meigs have them warn up and

flight-prep the Gulf Stream.

Graham's already out the door. Crawford races after him.

CUT TO:

INT. DOLLARHYDE'S HOUSE, KITCHEN - REBA - NIGHT

has been placed on the kitchen table. It is chrome and

pale yellow Formica. Her face is bruised and swollen from

where Dollarhyde hit her. She feels, around on the bed.

She's very frightened. She's trying to control herself...

REBA:

... You're scaring me with this.

There's no answer. We don't know if there's anyone else in

the room.

REBA:

(searching).

Am I alone in this room? Are you

here...

(shrill)

Why are you doing this?!

DOLLARHYDE (O.S.)

(even)

Some remarkable events have

happened in Birmingham and Atlanta.

Do you know what I'm talking about?

Reba shakes her head.

DOLLARHYDE (O.S.)

(in a low voice)

Two groups of people were changed.

Leeds. And Jacobi. The police

think they were murdered.

(beat)

Do you know what they call the

being that visited these people?

You can say.

REBA:

The Tooth...

In a flash Dollarhyde grips her mouth, shutting off the

sound.

120.

DOLLARHYDE (O.S.)

(low)

Think carefully and answer

correctly.

His arm exits FRAME.

REBA:

It's Dragon. Dragon... Red Dragon.

DOLLARHYDE (O.S.)

Francis did a thing for you today

so I couldn't have you. And he

was wrong.

(beat)

I AM THE DRAGON!

(beat)

Give me your hand.

Reba's hand is gripped by Dollarhyde's. He brings her

fingers up to his face. For the first time in this scene

we are seeing Dollarhyde's face. The fanged dentures are

in his mouth. Dollarhyde makes Reba's hand feel his teeth.

O.S., we hear Reba start whimpering and try to pull away.

Dollarhyde holds her hand there.

DOLLARHYDE:

Now you know how the Dragon

kills...

CUT TO:

INT. GULF STREAM - ELECTRICIAN - NIGHT

finishes patching together cables.

TECHNICIAN:

Try it...

CRAWFORD:

(into radio phone)

This is Jack Crawford, FBI. Who

am I speaking to?

FOGEL (V.O.)

This is Chester Fogel. I'm the

managing director at Gateway...

CRAWFORD:

(into phone)

All we know is this man owns a van

and he works at Gateway. We have

physical characteristics...

FOGEL (V.O.)

We have 516 employees here...

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