Natural Born Killers Page #2

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When this sequence is over, we:

CUT TO BLACK.

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OVER BLACK SCREEN, we hear:

CAPTAIN SQUERI (V.O.)

Send Scagnetti in here.

FADE IN:

INT. POLICE STATION -SQUERI'S OFFICE -DAY

CAMERA is positioned in the middle of the office. The

door is in the middle of the FRAME.

JACK SCAGNETTI flings the door open and steps inside

Squeri's office. Squeri's never seen.

SCAGNETTI:

You wanted to see me, Capt'n?

CAPTAIN SQUERI (O.S.)

Scagnetti, go up to interrogation

room C. Dewight McClusky, chairman

of the prison board, is waiting to

meet you. You're gonna deliver

two prisoners from the county jail

to Nystrom Insane Asylum in

Bakersfield.

SCAGNETTI:

This is bullshit. I'm a detective.

You want an errand boy, call Jerry

Lewis.

(CONTINUED)

7.

CONTINUED:

Scagnetti spins around and leaves the room, slamming the

door shut behind him. Captain Squeri shouts after him.

CAPTAIN SQUERI (O.S.)

Jack!

INT. POLICE STATION CORRIDOR -DAY

Police Detective Scagnetti walks rapidly down the

hallway, wearing an old, wrinkly, black suit jacket.

People walk by in the f.g. and b.g. Scagnetti slips an

already-tied tie over his head.

INT. INTERROGATION ROOMC-DAY

DEWIGHT MCCLUSKY, a man in his fifties, wearing a

business suit, stands in the f.g. reading a book with

his back to the door. In the b.g., Scagnetti enters the

room.

SCAGNETTI:

Jack Scagnetti. You wanted to see

me?

McClusky turns toward Scagnetti.

MCCLUSKY:

Congratulations on the Curtis

Fox case, Scagnetti. You put an

end to a nightmare. The ladies of

this city can get to sleep again,

and they have you to thank.

SCAGNETTI:

Thank you, sir.

MCCLUSKY:

Dewight McClusky of the California

Prison Board. Take a seat, please.

Scagnetti lowers into a chair in front of the

interrogation table.

MCCLUSKY:

(referring to book)

This is damn good reading. I'm

surprised Hollywood hasn't found

you. This would make a better

movie than that Serpico sh*t.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

McClusky puts the book down, we see the title: CURTIS

FOX:
The Capture and Death of a Serial Killer, Author

Jack Scagnetti. McClusky sits on the edge of the table,

facing Scagnetti. He lifts a file off the table, then

tosses it in Scagnetti's lap.

MCCLUSKY:

I think you'll find that good

reading as well. Mickey and

Mallory's file. You familiar with

them?

Scagnetti opens it. It's the files, reports, and

photographs of Mickey and Mallory Knox. Scagnetti's face

lights up.

SCAGNETTI:

Who isn't?

MCCLUSKY:

You been followin' the news

coverage?

SCAGNETTI:

They've been separated since their

incarceration in a couple of

penitentiaries -

MCCLUSKY:

Susanville, Soledad.

SCAGNETTI:

They've killed a shitload of

inmates and guards -

MCCLUSKY:

Five inmates, eight guards and

one psychiatrist all in one year's

time... Very good. You do keep up

with the headlines.

Scagnetti nods.

MCCLUSKY:

Look, our situation in a nutshell

is, no prison wants 'em, no prison

will take 'em. I'm even talkin'

hellholes, where the warden's as

hard as a bar of iron. No one

wants those f***in' a**holes

behind their walls, dealin' with

'em day in, day out.

(CONTINUED)

9.

CONTINUED:

SCAGNETTI:

I can appreciate that.

MCCLUSKY:

So can we. So the solution to

our little problem is we had them

deemed crazy. And we're shippin'

'em to Nystrom Asylum for the

criminally insane.

SCAGNETTI:

Lobotomy bay?

MCCLUSKY:

You've heard of it?

SCAGNETTI:

So, how do I fit into this scheme?

MCCLUSKY:

The public loves you, Jack... You

don't mind if I call you Jack, do

you?

SCAGNETTI:

By all means.

MCCLUSKY:

You're a celebrated cop. Twenty-

six years on the force, a best-

seller out on paperback...

McClusky grabs Scagnetti's book and reads from the back

cover.

MCCLUSKY:

A modern day Pat Garret. A hellbent

lawman with a deadly axe to

grind with maniacs.

McClusky lowers the book.

MCCLUSKY:

You're a breathing icon of justice

and that's why you were chosen to

deliver Mr. and Mrs. Knox. We,

the prison board, knows that once

you get them on the road if anything

should happen, an escape attempt, an

accident, a fire, anything... Jack

'Supercop' Scagnetti would be there

to look out for his public's best

interests.

(CONTINUED)

10.

CONTINUED:

SCAGNETTI:

I see.

MCCLUSKY:

You write the script, Jack, call

it, 'Showdown in Mohave: The

extermination of Mickey and

Mallory,' whatever... Have we

found our man?

HOLD ON Scagnetti.

CUT TO:

INT. COUNTY JAIL -CELL BLOCK CORRIDOR -SCAGNETTI'S

POV -DAY

McClusky stands next to a big iron door. He bangs on it

with his fist. We STAY ON Scagnetti's POV through this

scene.

MCCLUSKY:

Pete, open it up! I'm comin'

through with a visitor!

A BUZZER SOUNDS.

McClusky opens the door and we FOLLOW him down the

corridor. As soon as the door opens, we can hear a

FEMALE VOICE SINGING the song "Long Time Woman."

McClusky turns to Scagnetti as they walk.

MCCLUSKY:

Well, Jack, I'll tell ya, in all

my years with the penal institution,

and I'll tell ya that's no small

number, Mickey and Mallory Knox are

without a doubt the most twisted,

depraved group of fucks it's ever

been my displeasure to lay my eyes

on. I mean, those two rat shits

are a walkin' reminder of just how

f***ed up our system really is.

The song "LONG TIME WOMAN" is getting LOUDER as they

proceed.

SCAGNETTI (O.S.)

Who's the song bird?

(CONTINUED)

11.

CONTINUED:

MCCLUSKY:

Mickey's better half herself,

Mallory Knox. This little lady

drowned her father in a fish tank.

FLASHBACK -INT. LIVING ROOM -CLOSEUP OF HOME AQUARIUM

-NIGHT

with fish swimming around. Suddenly, Mallory's father's

head is shoved into the tank.

CUT BACK TO:

PRISON CORRIDOR (PRESENT)

MCCLUSKY:

While the two together burned her

mother alive in her bed.

FLASHBACK -INT. BEDROOM -MED. CLOSEUP OF MALLORY'S

MOTHER -NIGHT

lying asleep in bed, mouth open. What looks like a gas

nozzle appears at the TOP OF the FRAME, pouring gasoline

all over her face. She coughs and gags. CAMERA PANS

UP and we see Mickey holding a gas can.

CLOSEUP OF MALLORY

with a lit match by her face. She tosses it in front of

her. We hear the sounds of Mallory's MOTHER IGNITING.

CUT BACK TO:

STILL SCAGNETTI'S POV -PRISON CORRIDOR (PRESENT)

SCAGNETTI (O.S.)

Why?

McClusky's still walking ahead of us.

MCCLUSKY:

Because they wouldn't give them

their blessing for marriage.

SCAGNETTI (O.S.)

Ain't love grand?

McClusky laughs.

(CONTINUED)

12.

CONTINUED:

MCCLUSKY:

Ain't love grand. That's a good

one.

Still SCAGNETTI'S POV: We look DOWN FROM McClusky TO

Mallory's file in our hands. It contains her picture

and lists her color of hair, color of eyes, height,

weight, race, etc. Beneath that is a column which reads:

PSYCHIATRIC REMARKS.

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