Natural Born Killers Page #10

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DR. REINGHOLD

Well, for one, the media has done

a tremendous job of turning the

husband and wife mass murderers

into celebrities. But it's the

country's youth who have turned

the couple into the ultimate antiheroes.

Basically, the very thing

that makes them most lethal is the

exact same thing that captures the

public's hearts and minds -Mickey

and Mallory's operatic

devotion to each other. In a world

where people can't seem to make

the simplest relationships work

and the slightest emotional

commitment is considered

devastating, Mickey and Mallory

have a do-or-die romance of a

Shakespearean magnitude. To the

country's youth, 75 percent of

which are coming from broken

homes, that's appealing. They

have an 'us against the world'

posture which always appeals to

youth. And they've taken that

posture seventeen steps beyond.

It's not 'us against the world,'

it's 'we're gonna kill the world.'

They're exciting. I read their

file and I find myself turning

the page like it was a paperback.

Why do disillusioned youths get

into Mickey and Mallory?

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DR. REINGHOLD (CONT'D)

Why do disillusioned housewives

read romance novels? Why are you

filming this special? Because you

know as well as I do, you say,

'Tonight at nine Charles Manson

speaks,' everybody's going to tune

in to hear what he says. Mickey

and Mallory have shocked a country

numb with violence. They've

created a world where only two

exist and anybody who

inadvertently enters that world is

murdered.

EXT. COURTHOUSE -SHOTS OF CROWD -DAY

WAYNE (V.O.)

This attitude from the young

towards their ultimate anti-heroes

is nationwide. And spreading.

TWO LONDON TEENS

BOY and GIRL, dressed like the Knoxes.

TITLE CARD:
"LONDON"

LONDON BOY:

You take all the great figures

from the states... Elvis, Jack

Kerouac, Bukowski, James Dean,

Jim Morrison, Angela Davis, Jack

Nicholson, Jim Thompson, Martin

Scorcese... add a bloody pale of

nitro and you got Mickey and

Mallory. They're like rebels

without a cause, except they have

a cause. Only nobody knows what

it is.

LONDON GIRL:

(screaming)

Their cause is each utter!

TWO JAPANESE TEENS

a BOY and GIRL, dressed like the Knoxes. They speak in

Japanese, which is translated in English.

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TITLE CARD:
"JAPAN"

As Japanese Boy and Girl speak, we hear:

TRANSLATOR (V.O.)

Keep the faith, Mickey and

Mallory, keep the faith.

TWO FRENCH TEENS

a BOY and girl, dressed like the Knoxes. They speak in

French, and we hear the translation in English.

TITLE CARD:
"FRANCE"

TRANSLATOR (V.O.)

Mickey and Mallory have a love

that's L.A.M.F.

FRENCH BOY:

(in English)

They are super cool!

INT. WAYNE'S STUDIO -DAY

WAYNE:

And as to almost give this whole

misplaced admiration scenario a

cherry on the top, the rock band

Redd Kross entered the charts last

week at number 13 with their song

'Natural Born Killers, The Saga

of Mickey and Mallory.'

CUT TO:

CLIP:

from the Redd Kross video of "Natural Born Killers."

CUT BACK TO:

WAYNE'S STUDIO

WAYNE:

The third wicked twist to this

story is Grace Mulberry.

CUT TO:

55.

FRONT PAGE NEWSPAPER

Headline reads:
"MICKEY AND MALLORY KILL SIX TEENS

DURING SLUMBER PARTY!" In smaller bold face under it:

"One Teen Escapes Killers' Clutches." On the front

page is a photo of the teen who escaped. It's seventeenyear-

old Grace Mulberry. CAMERA MOVES INTO CLOSEUP of

the photo.

WAYNE (V.O.)

Of the six teens murdered that

night, seventeen-year-old Grace

Mulberry was the lucky one left

to tell the tale. And this

haunted young lady summoned up

the courage to take the stand,

tell what she saw that horrible

night, and then allow herself to

be cross-examined by the man who

killed her brother and girlfriends.

EXT. COURTHOUSE -DAY

All kinds of people are gathered around. It's a real

media event.

Grace's sedan pulls up to the courthouse. The many

spectators and reporters surround the car.

Grace, her father, and Bisbing emerge from the sedan,

and start walking up the courthouse steps.

Microphones and cameras are thrust at her as REPORTERS

ask questions.

Grace is afraid to face the crowd. Her head darts in

the direction of each question, but she doesn't answer.

She remains silent and scared.

FEMALE ORIENTAL REPORTER

Miss Mulberry! How does it feel

to be the only survivor of Mickey

and Mallory's reign of terror?

FAT MALE REPORTER

Miss Mulberry! Has the experience

marked you?

Some scruffy TRANSIENT sticks his head in Grace's face.

TRANSIENT:

Did ya watch your brother get

stabbed up?

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WAYNE:

How do you feel about Mickey cross-

examining you?

Grace, her father, and Bisbing shove their way through

the crowd. After Grace and her entourage enter the

courthouse, we hear the cry of:

VOICE (O.S.)

Mickey and Mallory!

CAMERA WHIPS toward the bottom of the steps as the car

carrying Mickey and Mallory pulls up. The reporters race

down the steps they just raced up. The Mickey and Mallory

fans go ape sh*t.

Mickey and Mallory, handcuffed, are being led up the steps

by SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. Wayne Gayle and other reporters

film them and shoot out questions. Microphones are thrust

into their faces.

WAYNE:

Mickey, how do you feel about

cross-examining Grace Mulberry?

MICKEY:

I'm keen with anticipation.

FEMALE ORIENTAL REPORTER

What do you think of this turnout,

Mallory?

MALLORY:

I ain't never had so much fun.

A CUTE REPROTER, a Tawny Little type, steps forward.

CUTE REPORTER:

Do you have any regrets?

MALLORY:

Not a one.

MICKEY:

Yeah, I always regretted we never

got around to looking up my old

history teacher, Miss Bainbridge.

Now there's a big bad b*tch not

good for herself or nobody.

BLACK REPORTER:

What's your favorite pastime?

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MICKEY:

You mean aside from what I'm being

tried for?

Mallory playfully elbows Mickey in the ribs.

MICKEY:

Oh, Id say watching TV.

All the reporters in unison:

REPORTERS:

What's your favorite show?

MICKEY:

'Have Gun, Will Travel.'

CUTE REPORTER:

Do you have anything to say to

your fans?

MICKEY:

(looking INTO

CAMERA)

You ain't seen nothin' yet.

CUT TO:

EXT. COURTHOUSE -DAY

Wayne by himself standing on the courthouse steps.

WAYNE:

(TO CAMERA)

No, apparently we had not seen

everything. Grace Lovelace gave

her tearful testimony. Then it

became Mickey Knox's turn for

cross-examination.

CUT TO:

SERIES OF COURT SKETCHES

An artist's sketch of Mickey cross-examining Grace on the

stand.

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BISBING (V.O.)

Grace was terrified of Mickey.

You have to understand most of

their victims were normal people

with normal lives that nothing

out of the ordinary ever happens

to.

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