Minority Report Page #29

Anderton and Agatha walk past a LARGE METAL GATE, she stops.

Knott slows down ahead of them, starts to look this way and

that. Anderton starts to back away...

ANDERTON:

Agatha...

AGATHA:

Wait.

WE HEAR A BELL RING and suddenly the GATE OPENS, and a beat

later, KIDS SWARM OUT OF A SCHOOL. Knott turns around, is

about to spot them when...

AGATHA:

Can you see his shoe?

In front of them one of the kids trips OVER HIS SHOE LACES.

AGATHA:

Tie his shoe.

Anderton drops down to help him, Agatha does the same so

that...

Knott sees nothing but A SWARM OF KIDS.

KNOTT:

(into his radio)

He's not here. I'll check one

block east.

Knott moves off across the street. Anderton smiles at the

kid as he helps him with his shoe...

ANDERTON:

Here you go, buddy...

KID:

I can do it myself!

Anderton finishes tying the kid's shoe, stays low as a

TEACHER ushers the kids off, REVEALING: PART OF A GIANT FACE

WEARING SUNGLASSES.

Anderton slowly stands up, looks at A BILLBOARD, spinning in

the wind as it's hoisted upward by a GIANT CRANE, it SPINS

AROUND, we see that it's for REVO -- on it is A HUGE GRINNING

FACE WEARING SUNGLASSES. Anderton turns and looks at...

AN OLD HOTEL:

A dozen stories up, WORKMEN motion for the CRANE OPERATOR to

hold up as they continue to get the steel frame prepared.

ANDERTON:

Agatha. Can you see that?

Anderton looks at Agatha, she's looking away.

ANDERTON:

That's the man in the window.

He looks at his watch. COUNTING DOWN: EIGHTEEN MINUTES.

INT. RUFUS' CYBER PARLOR - DAY

As Witwer looks at the equipment, turns to Rufus.

WITWER:

What was he looking for?

EXT. STREET - DAY

As Anderton takes Agatha by the arm, but she stays put.

AGATHA:

Don't go inside.

He looks at her.

AGATHA:

You don't have to.

(then)

Walk away.

He looks at her, then turns and walks to the hotel. We see

THE BILLBOARD as it's hoisted up towards the hotel.

INT. RUFUS' CYBER PARLOR - DAY

As Witwer stands there looking at the Anne Lively murder.

Confused.

WITWER:

This is what he wanted to see?

RUFUS:

No... This is what she wanted him

to see.

WITWER:

(watches, then)

I'll need a copy of this.

INT. HOTEL - DAY

Once grand, now pretty much a flophouse. The skinny and

skagged-out CLERK looks up from the tattoo magazine as

Anderton walks to the desk and looks around...

CLERK:

Room's are ninety-five a night plus

tax.

(regarding Agatha)

Or fifteen an hour.

ANDERTON:

You mind if I take a look at your

register?

CLERK:

Yeah, I mind --

The guy starts to get up and Anderton pulls his gun, puts the

muzzle in the guy's eye.

ANDERTON:

How about now?

He spins the register around so that Anderton can read it.

CLERK:

Help yourself.

Anderton looks at the register...

ON THE REGISTER:

As Anderton runs the BARREL OF THE GUN down the inky list of

names scrawled in the book. Most of them Smith or Jones. He

stops when he gets to L. CROW.

ANDERTON:

He's here.

AGATHA:

Anderton, leave.

He looks at her.

AGATHA:

You have a choice. Walk away.

(holds out her hand)

Right now.

He stands there a moment, torn. He starts to close the

register and follow her to the door. But then he stops,

takes his hand back.

ANDERTON:

I can't. I have to know.

AGATHA:

Please --

ANDERTON:

I have to find out what happened to

my life.

(then)

Agatha. I'm not going to kill the

man. I don't even know him.

She looks frightened.

ANDERTON:

Don't you understand, going

upstairs is the only way I'll ever

find out what's underneath all of

this. Who's setting me up.

(then)

I have to know.

Anderton turns to the clerk.

ANDERTON:

What room's Crow in?

CLERK:

Ten-o-six.

Anderton and Agatha ride up. The elevator looks out at the

other buildings, people working in offices across the way.

Anderton looks at his watch: COUNTING DOWN ELEVEN MINUTES.

INT. HALLWAY - DAY

Anderton and Agatha walk up the hall, stopping at a door

marked 1006. Anderton knocks. No answer. He tries the

door. It's open.

INT. ROOM - DAY

Anderton steps into the empty room, just a bed (made), a

night table and a dresser. He pulls out a drawer: it's

empty. Turns on the bathroom light -- no personal effects --

turns it off.

AGATHA:

He's gone.

Anderton stands in the room, thinking. He looks out the open

door into the hallway.

ANDERTON:

Wait a minute...

ANDERTON'S POV - THE ROOM ACROSS THE WAY

The number on the door to this room is also 1006.

INT. HALLWAY - DAY

Anderton steps into the hallway and looks at the door he just

came through. The "6" is lower than the other three numbers.

Now Agatha watches as Anderton reaches up and pivots the

number "6" into a "9", making the number now even with the

other three.

ANDERTON:

It's the wrong room.

He turns and looks across the hall at the real 1006. He

looks at his watch. COUNTING DOWN: EIGHT MINUTES...

AGATHA:

Anderton...

Anderton knocks on the door. No answer. Agatha recoils as

Anderton suddenly kicks the door open.

INT. THE REAL 1006 - DAY

Someone definitely lives in this room. The bed's unmade.

Clothes are strewn about, hanging from open drawers.

Anderton steps around a half-eaten meal that sits on the

floor.

He looks down and stares at a pile of POLAROID PHOTOGRAPHS

that sit on the dresser.

All of them are of CHILDREN. Some sitting on beds in hotel

rooms like this one, looking afraid. Others in parks and

schoolyards unaware that their picture was taken...

ANDERTON:

Jesus...

EXT. STREET - DAY

LEO CROW, the man we saw in the prevision, walks along the

sidewalk. He's unsteady, and keeps bumping into people. In

person we can see that the man's small, with countable wisps

of hair combed over one side of his head. His eyes are dark,

almost black, more insect-like than human.

INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY

Anderton quickly rifles the stack of photographs. He

suddenly stops and stares at one of them. The impact of the

image makes his legs buckle, forcing him to sit down on the

bed.

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