Natural Born Killers Page #12

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Mickey points at Grace with the pencil in his hand.

MICKEY:

Point of fact, weren't Tim's hands

registered as lethal weapons?

GRACE:

Yes, they were.

CLOSEUP of Mickey's hand holding the pencil.

MICKEY:

That means his hands are

considered a weapon like a gun

or a knife. Am I correct on that

point?

GRACE:

Yes, you are.

CLOSEUP of Mallory cracking a slight smile.

MICKEY (O.S.)

Yet, in your testimony just now,

you described that Tim...

CAMERA MOVES INTO a TIGHT CLOSEUP of Grace. Her eyes

widen.

MICKEY (O.S.)

... kicked me four times in the

head.

CUT TO:

INT. GRACE'S HOME -NIGHT

The night of the murder. Tim cuts loose and hammers

Mickey with four punishing kicks to the head.

CUT TO:

65.

INT. COURTROOM -CLOSE ON MICKEY -DAY

MICKEY:

And his trained martial artist's

kicks had little to no effect.

CUT TO:

INT. GRACE'S HOME -NIGHT

CAMERA is LOW ANGLE as Tim backs up after his attack. We

notice the high school ring he wears on his right fist

as he steps into a fighting stance, ready for Mickey to

drop.

Mickey, however, spits out a stream of blood, and smiles

at him.

CUT TO:

INT. COURTROOM -CLOSE ON MICKEY -DAY

MICKEY:

Then, after shrugging off four

blows to the head like I was

Superman, I lifted Tim-nineyears-

of-Jeet-Kune-Do-Mulberry

off the ground and threw him

across the room.

Mickey, with arms raised over his head, pantomimes

throwing Tim's body.

CUT TO:

INT. GRACE'S HOME -NIGHT

WIDE SHOT as Tim flies INTO FRAME, crashing into the

living room wall.

CUT TO:

INT. COURTROOM -DAY

We quickly PAN DOWN a number of items with white evidence

tags on them. We STOP AT Mickey's buck knife. Mickey's

hand comes INTO FRAME and picks up the knife.

MICKEY:

Then I took...

66.

CLOSE ON MICKEY:

as he brings the knife INTO FRAME.

MICKEY:

... this knife and proceeded to

tear him limb from limb. And this

man, whose hands are lethal

weapons -

CLOSE ON BISBING

as she stands.

BISBING:

Objection, defense is intimidating

the witness with the murder

weapon.

JUDGE (O.S.)

Sustained. Mr. Knox, put the

knife down.

BACK TO SCENE:

Mickey is locked on Grace.

MICKEY:

--Had little to no defense.

GRACE:

(yelling)

I don't know how you did it, but

you did it!

JUDGE STEINSMA:

Mr. Knox! The knife!

Mickey glances to the Judge, then slowly places the knife

back on the table.

MICKEY:

How do you think a human being

could possibly be capable of

doing something like that?

Mickey locks eyes with Grace.

GRACE:

(yelling)

I don't know!

Mickey is on top of her.

(CONTINUED)

67.

CONTINUED:

MICKEY:

Now... I don't believe that,

Grace. I think you have a

definite opinion on how I was

able to do those things you

described. Now, I'm going to

ask you again. And I want you to

remember you are under oath.

Grace collects herself.

MICKEY (O.S.)

In your opinion, Miss Mulberry,

how was I able to murder your

brother Tim in the manner you

described?

CLOSE ON BISBING

looking on for an answer.

The Judge looks down at Grace. Grace looks back into her

open palm.

CLOSEUP -RING

BACK TO MICKEY:

bearing down on her, waiting for an answer.

BACK TO GRACE:

as we slowly DOLLY CLOSER she looks up at Mickey timidly.

GRACE:

(softly)

You're not human.

Mickey smiles.

GRACE:

I thought about it a lot. And the

only thing I could figure is that

you're not human.

Bisbing hides her disappointment by looking down.

Mickey straightens up as Grace continues.

(CONTINUED)

68.

CONTINUED:

GRACE:

You're a vampire, or the devil,

or a monster, or cyborg, or

something like that. But you're

not human.

Grace breaks down. Putting her hands to her head to

stop the pain.

CLOSEUP -MICKEY

smiling down at her.

CLOSEUP -MALLORY

smiling proudly at Mickey.

CLOSEUP -JUDGE STEINSMA

betraying no emotion looks down at Grace.

CLOSEUP -GRACE

sobbing, she tries to collect herself by clutching the

ring tighter.

MICKEY:

rolls his pencil in his hand then CAMERA TILTS UP

as he leans INTO a CLOSEUP.

MICKEY:

(softly)

Thank you. Grace, there is one

other thing...

BACK TO SCENE:

GRACE:

(softly into her lap)

What...

Mickey smiles.

MICKEY:

You're right.

69.

GRACE:

tearfully looks up and meets Mickey's demonic glare as

he plunges his pencil deep into her chest. Grace's eye's

go wide as Mickey's vicious attack continues.

CAMERA WHIPS TO CLOSEUP of Bisbing jumping up screaming

as pandemonium breaks out behind her in SLOW MOTION.

CLOSEUP -PENCIL

puncturing Graces' blood-soaked chest in SLOW MOTION.

CLOSEUP -JUDGE STEINSMA

slams his gavel while directing the Sheriff Deputies

in SLOW MOTION.

CLOSEUP -SHERIFF DEPUTIES

are running to Mickey in SLOW MOTION.

EXTREME CLOSEUP -GRACE

A tear rolls out of her widen eye in SLOW MOTION.

CLOSEUP -MICKEY

His attack is unending in SLOW MOTION.

MEDIUM SHOT:

Grace goes limp. As the Sheriff Deputies reach Mickey

from all sides the pencil breaks off inside Grace in

SLOW MOTION.

CLOSEUP -BLOODY ERASER

End of the pencil in Mickey's hand in SLOW MOTION.

SIDE ANGLE:

as Grace's head falls back into a CLOSEUP. Her mouth

plops open and as her eyelids close, they pinch out a

tear that rolls down her cheek in SLOW MOTION.

70.

CLOSEUP -MICKEY'S TORSO

as the Sheriff Deputies wrestle him away from Grace.

Mickey still has the bloody end of the pencil.

CLOSEUP -GRACE'S HAND

dropping INTO FRAME and as her fist opens, the ring falls

in SLOW MOTION.

CLOSEUP -RING

hitting the floor and rolling OUT OF FRAME.

DOLLY ALONGSIDE the rolling ring on the floor until it

hits a shoe and stops.

EXTREME CLOSEUP -MICKEY'S EYES

looking down at his feet.

EXTREME CLOSEUP -MICKEY

dropping the bloody pencil stub. CAMERA FOLLOWS it in

SLOW MOTION.

EXTREME CLOSEUP -BLOODY PENCIL STUB

hitting the floor next to the ring in SLOW MOTION.

CLOSEUP -MICKEY

looking over to Mallory.

CLOSEUP -MALLORY

surrounded by Sheriff Deputies. She smiles at Mickey.

MALLORY:

Show off.

Mickey smiles and glances toward judge.

MICKEY:

No further questions, Your Honor.

Mickey turns forward still wrestling the Deputies.

71.

MICKEY'S POV

of a Sheriff Deputy stepping in front of him with a riot

club.

DEPUTY #1

Lights out, Prick.

Deputy swings the club.

CUT TO BLACK:

FADE IN:

EXT. COURTHOUSE REAR -DAY

Mickey, dressed in county blues, is led out of the courtroom

by sheriff's deputies. He's cuffed hand and leg.

Reporters throw out questions, photographers shoot

photos, Mickey is somewhere else, no mugging to the

crowd this time.

WAYNE (V.O.)

After the deadly brewhaha in the

courtroom, the judge, honorable

Burt Steinsma, passed down a

sentence that was to make legal

history.

INT. JUDGE'S DEN -DAY

Interview with Judge Steinsma in his den at home.

MOS SHOT of Wayne and Judge talking.

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