Manhunter Page #28

It's raining The DRIVER moves slowly down a residential

street looking for an address. He squints...

DRIVER:

Twenty-three twenty-six..- Twenty-

three twenty-eight. Here you go.

(pulls up to curb )

Want me to wait?

GRAHAM (O.S.)

Yes .

CUT TO:

INT. HOUSE - WIDE ANGLE - NIGHT

It's open plan. The dining area and kitchen are raised.

The Sherman family are engaged in 7:00 PM suburban family

chaos:
GEORGE SHERMAN is trying to watch the news. He

hollers up the stairs for his daughter to turn down her

stereo. His 11-year-old son, FRED, at the dining room

table is supposed to be doing homework. Instead he rolls

up balls of paper and does jump shots from his chair into

the wastepaper can,

SHERMAN:

(to son)

Cut out the basketball and go back

to the algebra,

George Sherman goes back to NBC news. The DOORBELL RINGS.

Thirteen-year-old TINA SHERMAN comes down the stairs.

TINA:

I'll get it.

DOOR:

Tina opens it.

TINA:

screams.

GEORGE SHEBMAN:

runs to the door. In a WIDER SHOT, we see there is a sho-

gun resting inside the door jamb. It's within reach or

Sherman's hand. We see why Tina Sherman screamed:

132.

WILL GRAHAM'S FACE

is pulled down slightly on the left side, making his left

eye moon-shaped. There is a half-healed wound and butter-

fly bandage where Dollarhyde stabbed him. He is standing

in a black raincoat with a black hat.

SHERMAN:

What do you want?

GRAHAM:

Are you George Sherman?

SHERMAN:

Yes. Who are you?

GRAHAEI:

My name's Will Graham. I...

SXERMAN:

(suddenly realizing

who he is)

Oh, Jesus... Come in.

(to wife)

Honey...!

His wife starts to come forward.

GRAHAM:

No, that's okay...

(pause)

How are you?

There's a searching look on Graham's face. Totally strange.

SHERMAN:

We're fine. Fine. We're all well.

We're okay!

(beat)

That man, Crawford, called and...

told me...

(beat)

... how 'bout a drink? Coffee or

something?

GRAHAM:

No, I'm okay. I just wanted to...

(beat)

... stop by and...

SHERMAN:

I can't thank you enough, I..,

Graham shakes his head. He doesn't want to be thanked.

No one knows what to say. Graham looks at them:

133.

SHERMAN FAMILY:

standing in awkward places. They ate nothing special. They

are normal human beings living their lives. To Graham they

are very special: they are alive.

GRAHAM:

I just wanted to stop by and... see

you... I guess. That's all.

Graham stands there as if engraving each one in his memory.

Then he nods. Then he leaves.

GEORGE SHERMAN:

closes the door. There's an awkward look on his face. He

didn't get to say what he wanted to say to Graham.

CUT TO:

EXT. SHERMAN HOUSE - WIDE FROM DOOR: GRAHAM - NIGHT

-- in the MIDDLE of the FRAME -- walks down the sidewalk

away from us towards the waiting cab. The rain pelts his

black hat and black raincoat. 'Before he reaches the cab...

CUT TO:

EXT. BEACH (MARATHON, FLORIDA)- GRAHAM - DAY

sitting with his back to us. Beyond him the sun reflects

off the crashing surf and burns out everything except the

silhouetted image of Graham.

GRAHAM IS WATCHING

the fenced-in area of beach he and Kevin built at the opening

of the film. A baby tortoise crawls over sand mountains and

is swept away by surf into the life-supporting sea.

CLOSE:
GRAHAM

drinks a beer. He senses a presence and starts to turn...

WIDE REAR SHOT:
BEACH + CRAHAM

turns towards us. Molly ENTERS THE FRAME. Her coat is

under her arm. She drops it and her flight Sag in the sand

and continues walking to Graham.

134.

GRAHAM:

stands as she comes near him. The aqua highlights of the

water eat into their figures as they look at each other.

Molly touches the wounded side of his face. Then:

MOLLY:

Let's forget who said what to whom...

GRAHAM:

You got a deal...

Graham takes Molly's hand.

WATER'S EDGE

Molly and Graham walk to the water's edge and look out to sea.

The highlights burn out sections of the two people.

MOLLY:

So how'd we do...?

Graham looks at her. He touches the side of her cheek and

her hair. She pushes against his hand with her face to make

closer contact.

GRAHAM:

We did okay.

(beat)

Most of them made it...

REARSHOT:
GRAHAM + MOLLY

Graham -- in the sunbleached violet shorts -- lays an arm

across Molly's shoulder. Molly's arm moves around Graham's

waist. They look out to sea. In front of them, the surf

kicks up drops of spray which take light and become brilliant

atoms.

THE END:

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