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158 EXT. THE DERELICT BUILDING - DAY ##BLACK AND WHITE SEQUENCE##158

The pickup truck bumps across the railroad tracks, then pulls

up in front of the LARGE DERELICT BUILDING. Leonard gets out

of the pickup, looking around.

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He heads into the house, down the DIMLY-LIT, DECAYING FORMER

HALLWAY, treading carefully on the LOOSE, ROTTEN FLOORBOARDS.

He notices a door at the end of the hallway. He opens the

door to see that it leads down to the basement.

Leonard hears a CAR APPROACHING. He slips into the kitchen

and looks out the dirty, broken front windows.

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THE JAGUAR is approaching fast. It parks next to the PICKUP

TRUCK, and the driver emerges; a young man in his 30's,

smartly dressed in BEIGE SUIT and BLUE SHIRT. This is JIMMY,

the young man from Natalie's photograph. He looks at the

truck then at the house.

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Leonard steps back into the shadows of the crumbling kitchen.

Jimmy approaches the doorway, peering into the dark hallway.

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JIMMY:

Teddy?!

Jimmy steps cautiously inside. Leonard emerges from the

kitchen.

LEONARD:

Jimmy?

JIMMY:

What the f*** are you doing here?

LEONARD:

Do you remember me?

JIMMY:

(laughs)

Yeah, I remember you.

LEONARD:

You Jimmy Grantz? *

JIMMY:

Expecting any other Jimmy's out here,

Memory Man? Where the f***'s Teddy?

Leonard comes out of the gloom, stopping in front of Jimmy,

studying his face. Leonard has a JACK HANDLE in his hand.

JIMMY (cont'd)

Well?

FLASHBACK TO:

162INT. LEONARD'S APARTMENT BATHROOM - NIGHT ##BLACK AND WHITE 162

SEQUENCE##

Leonard's wife, head wrapped in a water-beaded clear plastic

shower curtain, THRASHING around, GASPING for breath.

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Leonard HITS Jimmy around the head with the jack handle.

Jimmy goes down, but STRUGGLES as Leonard drags him deeper

into the dark hallway. Leonard bends over the groaning Jimmy,

frisking him, finding nothing.

JIMMY (cont'd)

You f***ing retard, you can't get away

with this -

Leonard holds the jack handle above him.

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LEONARD:

Strip!

Jimmy starts taking off his suit.

JIMMY:

You're making a big f***ing mistake. My

associates are not people you want -

LEONARD:

Don't say anything else.

JIMMY:

I knew I couldn't trust that f*** -

LEONARD:

Quiet!

Jimmy drops his shirt.

LEONARD (cont'd)

Pants, too.

JIMMY:

Why?

LEONARD:

I don't want blood on them.

JIMMY:

(sudden fear)

Wait! Did he tell you what I was

bringing?

LEONARD:

Strip!

JIMMY:

Look, there's two hundred grand stashed

in the car. Just take it!

Leonard shoves Jimmy to the ground.

LEONARD:

You think you can bargain with me?!

JIMMY:

Take the money and walk away!

LEONARD:

I don't want your f***ing money!

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JIMMY:

What?! What do you want from me?!

Leonard looks up.

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Leonard's wife, smiling.

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Leonard is losing it.

LEONARD:

I want my f***ing life back!

Jimmy SWINGS at Leonard with a BROKEN FLOORBOARD, STRIKING

his shoulder. The jack handle goes flying. Jimmy SWINGS

again, misses. Leonard GRABS him, taking him down. The two of

them STRUGGLE on the floor. Leonard gets ON TOP of Jimmy,

CHOKING him. Jimmy tries to speak, but can only make GURGLING

noises. As Leonard watches Jimmy fight for air we:

166 INT. LEONARD'S APARTMENT BATHROOM - NIGHT - ##BLACK AND 166

WHITE SEQUENCE##

Leonard's wife THRASHES her head from side to side,

STRUGGLING to breathe though the clear plastic shower

curtain.

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Jimmy's arms THRASH, his hands catching Leonard's face,

SCRATCHING his cheek. Leonard tips his head back and

increases his efforts. Jimmy STOPS struggling. Leonard keeps

his hands around Jimmy's throat until he is confident that he

is DEAD.

Leonard BREATHES as he stands up. He nods to himself with

satisfaction. He looks around for his POLAROID CAMERA. He

snaps a FLASH picture of Jimmy's body, and stares intently at

the POLAROID as it begins to DEVELOP.

We see the IMAGE OF THE STRANGLED JIMMY appear (POST)

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Leonard stands above Jimmy's body, examining the picture he

has just taken, nodding to himself, catching his breath.

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Leonard grabs Jimmy' s body by the legs, DRAGGING him back *

towards the basement. He opens the door and BACKS down into

the DARKNESS, pulling Jimmy behind him.

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Leonard BACKS DOWN the stairs, dragging Jimmy's BODY, head

BUMPING down each step. In the middle of the room, Leonard

DROPS the legs. Moving fast, Leonard pulls the BEIGE SUIT *

TROUSERS from the body, REMOVES HIS OWN SCRUFFY JEANS AND *

PLAID WORK SHIRT. Leonard dresses in Jimmy's BLUE SHIRT and*

BEIGE SUIT. He grabs the Polaroids from his PLAID WORK SHIRT *

and sticks them in his suit jacket pocket. He dumps his old*

clothes onto Jimmy's body. A faint RASPING comes from Jimmy's *

throat. Leonard, frightened, bends down to listen.

JIMMY:

(barely and audible rasp)

Sammy... remember Sammy...

Leonard is SHOCKED. Jimmy is silent. The sound of a CAR

outside. Leonard JUMPS to his feet.

170 INT. KITCHEN, DERELICT BUILDING - DAY - CONTINUOUS

Leonard looks out to see Teddy getting out of his GREY SEDAN.

Leonard leafs through his Polaroids finding the one of Teddy.

There is nothing on the back. He sticks his Polaroids back in

his pocket, pausing at the one of the STRANGLED JIMMY.

LEONARD (V.0.)*

What have I done? *

171 EXT. DERELICT BUILDING - DAY 171

Leonard emerges to find Teddy trying the Jaguar's doors.

LEONARD:

(distraught)

Hey! Mister! I need help!

Teddy looks up.

TEDDY:

What's wrong?

LEONARD:

There's a guy in here, hurt bad! We gotta

get him to a doctor!

Teddy moves towards the house. Leonard leads him in.

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