Minority Report Page #4

ANDERTON:

Look at the kid. In this one, he's

on the left of the man in the suit.

JAD:

Yeah? So?

ANDERTON:

Now look at him...

Anderton moves his hand so the image changes and the kid is

now to the right of the man, but FACING BACKWARDS. He now

moves back and forth between the images...

ANDERTON:

It's a park.

He runs the image and we see the kid back on the left facing

front, then on the other side facing back...

EXT. PARK ACROSS FROM THE MARKS BROWNSTONE - MORNING

The HANDSOME MAN IN THE SUIT watches the house. Behind him,

we see A KID ON A PUSH MERRY-GO-ROUND, as he goes by we see

him facing one way, then the other...

The man glances about, then crosses the street. He climbs

the steps to the front door. Doesn't even get to knock

before Sarah opens it.

SARAH:

Come on...

The man follows her inside. A beat later, Howard steps into

FRAME. He never really left for work.

INT. PRECRIME - MORNING

As Anderton runs with his team -- five in all. Witwer trails

behind them.

FLETCHER:

There's only sixteen of those old

merry-go-rounds left in the city.

Two of which are in Georgetown.

One in Barnaby woods, the other

Woodley.

Anderton looks at the readout Fletcher hands him.

ANDERTON:

Woodley's all Victorian. It's

gotta be Barnaby Woods.

(keeps moving)

I want two cameras: one Spyder, one

floater.

Witwer watches as Anderton pulls a .45 from his waistband.

Jacks the clip and checks it.

WITWER:

As I recall, they outlawed

compression firearms in the

District ten years ago.

ANDERTON:

(replacing the clip)

They did. Make yourself

comfortable. We'll be back in an

hour.

WITWER:

You mind if I tag along?

Some looks amid the team. They know Anderton doesn't want

him here.

ANDERTON:

I'd love to take you along,

Inspector, but there's no room on

the ship.

EXT. DEPARTMENT OF PRECRIME - ROOF - MORNING

Anderton and his team head for a HOVERSHIP. Anderton climbs

in beside EVANNA, the female pilot. Even with everyone

onboard, one seat is conspicuously vacant. KASI, an African

American cop, sets some equipment on it, smiles at Anderton.

EVANNA:

Time Horizon six minutes.

As the hovership lifts off.

EXT. MARKS HOUSE - GEORGETOWN - MORNING

Howard walks up the steps to his house, takes out his key.

His hand shaking, he inserts the key into the lock. A long

beat. He makes a decision and he finally turns it.

INT. MARKS HOUSE - KITCHEN - MORNING

We hear LAUGHING from the second floor. Howard picks up the

scissors from the table.

INT. HOVERSHIP - MORNING

As Anderton looks at his watch. COUNTING DOWN 5:38...

5:
37...

INT. MARKS HOUSE - MORNING

As we HEAR FOOTSTEPS and Howard steps behind a door, watches

as the Lover, wrapped only in a towel, comes WHISTLING into

the kitchen, grabs a couple of sodas from the refrigerator,

then heads back out.

EXT. D.C. - MORNING

Overhead, the precrime Hovership ROARS past. In the

distance, we see familiar Washington buildings, along with

some new ones.

INT. MARKS HOUSE - MORNING

Howard starts up the stairs. We hear the sound of WATER

RUNNING.

INT. MARKS HOUSE - MORNING

Howard gets to the door, slowly pushes it open with the point

of the SCISSORS.

INT. BEDROOM - MORNING

As we see Sarah's reflection in the bathroom mirror as she

wraps her arms around her lover, kicks the door closed with

her foot.

We now see HOWARD MARKS standing there, reflected in the full

length mirror on the other side.

EXT. PARK - MORNING

The only sound, the SQUEAK OF THE MERRY-GO-ROUND as the kid

goes round and round. All of a sudden several PRECOPS drop

down on DESCENDERS. The kid looks off at them, confused as

to why it's now raining cops... he slowly looks UP and sees

THE HOVERSHIP floating above him...

INT. BEDROOM - MORNING

We hear GIGGLING O.S. as Howard Marks sits down on the bed,

and starts to weep, he slides onto the floor...

EXT. PARK - MORNING

As Anderton studies his portable screen, the image of the kid

with the house behind him. He looks up and realizes that the

PARK IS SURROUNDED ON FOUR SIDES BY HOUSES. And THEY ALL

LOOK ALIKE...

INT. PRECRIME HOVERSHIP - MORNING

As Evanna watches the image, watches Howard Marks kill his

wife over and over. The rest of the team is anxious.

MECHANICAL VOICE

Time Horizon. One minute.

EVANNA:

Chief, we're catching up to the

future.

EXT. PARK - MORNING

As Anderton calmly looks around at the surrounding houses,

all we hear is the SQUEAK of the merry-go-round.

ANDERTON:

Jad?

INT. PRECRIME ANALYTICAL ROOM - MORNING

As Jad answers the call. Witwer is right there watching.

JAD:

Go ahead.

ANDERTON (PHONE)

Did he close the front door?

JAD:

What?

ANDERTON (PHONE)

Did Marks close the front door?!

Jad looks over the prevision a moment. He sees the image of

the front door... the stairs just beyond it...

JAD:

Negative -- front door is open!

The front door is open!!

EXT. PARK - MORNING

As Anderton scans the houses, sees one across the park with

the door open --

INT. BEDROOM - MORNING

As the two lovers now stumble wet from the bathroom onto the

bed, neither of them see Howard sitting there on the floor on

the other side of the bed, his head in his hands. They start

to make love. Howard doesn't move.

EXT. PARK - MORNING

As Anderton makes a headlong dash for the house. The other

cops right behind him...

INT. PRECRIME HOVERSHIP - MORNING

As Evanna takes off...

MECHANICAL VOICE

Time Horizon, thirty seconds --

EVANNA:

Hold on!

The craft pitches as she heads over the park now...

INT. BEDROOM - MORNING

As the motion of the two lovers now begins to rock Howard

back and forth. He looks at the SCISSORS in his lap, also

rocking back and forth to the rhythm of the two in the bed.

EXT. HOUSE - MORNING

As Anderton blows through the open front door...

INT. BEDROOM - MORNING

As Howard now stands up, looks down at the bed, his face

turning from disgrace to rage as he raises the scissors over

his head.

INT. HOUSE - MORNING

As Anderton sprints up the stairs, the other cops behind him.

INSERT - HIS WATCH COUNTING DOWN the last few seconds...

INT. BEDROOM - MORNING

As Sarah opens her eyes, sees Howard standing there over the

shoulder of her lover and gasps.

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