Minority Report Page #10

Anderton has to tilt his neck to see the top of the tiers as

a fifth tier rises up from the ground...

GIDEON:

Someone was assigned to sit at

night and listen for the bells.

... until the bodies and their markers are stacked nearly to

the roof of the facility and Gideon turns to Anderton and

smiles.

GIDEON:

Hence the expression...

ANDERTON:

(softly, staring at all

the prisoners)

... Graveyard shift.

GIDEON:

Not to mention, "Saved by the

bell".

Gideon starts to roll off. Anderton stands there, looking at

all of them.

ANDERTON:

I'd forgotten there were so many.

Gideon rolls onto a PLATFORM attached to a long arm and

wheels around to face Anderton.

GIDEON:

And to think they'd all be out

there killing people if it wasn't

for you.

Anderton moves onto the platform they lift up and away.

INT. ANDERTON'S APARTMENT - DAY

Dark. We hear someone make the lock, then the door opens and

we see Danny Witwer standing there looking in. He closes the

door, turns on the light and takes in the total disarray.

He bends down, picks up a BLACK INHALER and examines it. He

puts it in his pocket and starts to look around.

He moves through the dark apartment to the table where

Anderton keeps his Holo-Computer equipment. He looks at it a

moment, then starts pressing buttons. And now we hear...

SEAN (O.S.)

Hey, Daddy!

He pulls his weapon, wheels around and points it at the holo

image of SEAN (age 4) ON THE BEACH as he wings a Frisbee.

SEAN:

Catch!

Witwer ducks as it sails by. He looks around, notices the

LASER PROJECTORS all around the room. And now he sees THE

IMAGES OF SEAN... everywhere. He slowly puts away his gun.

WITWER:

My God...

INT. DEPARTMENT OF CONTAINMENT - DAY

As Anderton rides the platform with Gideon looking at all of

the "prisoners".

GIDEON:

They get to spend twenty years

asleep, somewhere between life and

death, all the while getting their

bodies pumped up with nutrients

they'd never get if they were out

on the street.

(stops the platform)

Okee pokee, here we go...

A video screen comes into view, we see it's showing THE

DROWNING WOMAN Anderton saw inside the temple.

GIDEON:

John Doe drug addict was gonna put

down a woman named Anne Lively at

Roland Lake.

They move upward, once more gliding up to a video screen as

it comes into view, we see it's showing THE DROWNING WOMAN

Anderton saw inside the temple.

ANDERTON:

That's her --

Anderton looks at the screen. The PREVISION PLAYS OUT:

Daytime. A lake. The redheaded woman is shoved under water

by two BLACK-GLOVED HANDS, her mouth open to scream.

Anderton looks at the MAN lying there -- tall, shaved head,

nearly skeletal.

ANDERTON:

Why's he still a John Doe? Why

wasn't he ever ID's from an

EYEscan?

GIDEON:

On account of those are not his

eyes. He had 'em swapped out to

fool the scanners.

Anderton sees the dark red scar-lines around his eyes.

GIDEON:

You get it done on the street for a

few hundred bucks these days.

Anderton looks at the screen as the SCREAMING WOMAN appears

again, stares at her face.

GIDEON:

Okay, so you want just the female's

prevision.

Gideon hits a button on his remote and the VIDEO SCREEN

DIVIDES INTO THREE SECTIONS. In the first section, we see

various angles of the woman being drowned by John Doe. A

similar series of shots on the second screen.

But the THIRD SCREEN IS BLANK.

GIDEON:

Huh, we don't seem to have her

data.

ANDERTON:

Try again.

GIDEON:

(works the computer)

No... we have the two previsions

from the twins right here, but...

(indicates the blank

screen)

... I can't pull up any data from

the female. Probably just a

glitch.

Anderton stares thoughtfully at the first two images of Anne

Lively being drowned.

GIDEON:

Hey, you wanna know where the word

came from, "glitch?"

ANDERTON:

(looks at the face)

Just tell me about the intended

victim. This Anne Lively...

Gideon works the computer.

GIDEON:

Looks like she was a neuroin addict

like John Doe here, but I show an

address history that includes the

Beaton Clinic.

ANDERTON:

So she cleaned up. Where is she

now?

Gideon again works the computer, then sits back.

GIDEON:

Huh. How ironic...

He spins the screen so that Anderton can see one word there:

"MISSING"

GIDEON:

You finally crawl your way out of

one hole, only to fall into

another.

Anderton takes a small plastic CARD from his wallet and

slides it into A SLOT on the computer. Instantly the MOVING

IMAGE OF ANNE LIVELY downloads onto the card.

GIDEON:

Careful, Chief...

Anderton looks at him.

GIDEON:

You dig up the past, all you get is

dirty.

DISSOLVE TO:

THE WHITE LIQUID

THE FACE OF THE FEMALE PRECOG emerges from the milk, her blue

eyes suddenly blink open. Something has begun...

INT. BURGESS' LIVING ROOM - DAY

Burgess sits on the couch, a blanket covering his legs,

nursing a cold. He looks at THE MOVING IMAGE OF ANNE LIVELY

on the small card.

BURGESS:

And you say the third prevision

was, what, a little fuzzy or

something?

ANDERTON:

I'm saying the third prevision

wasn't there. And that's not all.

I spent a few hours down there and

it turns out there's a dozen more

cases with missing previsions.

Burgess sneezes, takes out his handkerchief.

BURGESS:

You'd think we'd have found a cure

for the common cold by now.

WIFE (O.S.)

It's stress.

His WIFE walks in who hands him a steaming mug. He looks at

it.

BURGESS:

What's this?

WIFE:

Herbal tea with honey.

BURGESS:

Yeah, well I hate herbal tea...

almost as much as I hate honey.

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