Natural Born Killers Page #3

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As we read the remarks, we hear a doctor's voice read

aloud.

FEMALE PSYCHIATRIST (V.O.)

When pressed about the reason for

the murders... patient became

hostile...

INT. PSYCHIATRIST'S OFFICE -DAY

Looking trashy, wild, and animalistic, Mallory's a sex

machine dressed in a prison gown. She sits in a chair,

looking directly AT the CAMERA.

MALLORY:

I don't owe you a explanation! I

don't owe you sh*t! I'm not here

for your entertainment. If I don't

tell you what you wanna hear, what

are you gonna do? Throw me in

jail? I'm already there, you

stupid pigfucker. You gonna give

me some more time? I've already

got life. What else you got to

threaten me with? Death? I'd

like to see you f***in' try. I

haven't met one motherf***er here

who's shown me sh*t.

INT. DEATH ROW CORRIDOR

Still on SCAGNETTI'S POV:

We look UP FROM the file and SEE McClusky's leaning

against a cell door.

We hear somebody singing "LONG TIME WOMAN" inside the

cell.

We MOVE TO McClusky, who, looking INTO the CAMERA,

gestures toward the cell.

(CONTINUED)

13.

CONTINUED:

MCCLUSKY:

Here she is... you know her, you

love her, you can't live without

her... Mallory Knox.

We PAN FROM McClusky TO the inside of the cell where we

see Mallory, her BACK TO us, singing and dancing.

INT. PRISON -MALLORY KNOX'S CELL -DAY

CLOSE ON Mallory's face singing "Long Time Woman."

MALLORY:

(singing)

'99 years is a long, long time.

Look at me, I will never be free,

I'm a long time woman...'

MCCLUSKY (O.S.)

Hey, Knox! Somebody out here

wants to meet you.

Mallory justs keeps on truckin'.

MALLORY:

(singing)

'Been workin' on the road now.

Been workin' by the sea.

Been workin' in the cane fields,

and I wanna be free...'

MALLORY'S POV

We stare at McClusky and Scagnetti for a second. Then,

like a bull, we charge/DOLLY STRAIGHT AT them. MALLORY

SCREAMS O.S. We SMASH headfirst INTO the bars. Mallory's

POV FLINGS UP, looking AT the ceiling, then FALLS BACKWARD.

MED. TIGHT SHOT -FLOOR

Mallory falls INTO FRAME, out cold.

CLOSE ON SCAGNETTI

THROUGH the cell bars.

SCAGNETTI:

Jesus Christ!

CAMERA PANS OVER TO CLOSE ON McClusky.

(CONTINUED)

14.

CONTINUED:

MCCLUSKY:

Don't worry about it. She does

that all the time.

BACK TO MALLORY:

on the floor, still unconscious with blood trickling down

her scalp.

MCCLUSKY (O.S.)

Follow me.

INT. PRISON -LONG CORRIDOR -DAY

CAMERA is at the end of a long corridor. McClusky and

Scagnetti approach from the other end. Scagnetti's

studying the files.

PHIL WURLITZER comes up behind the two men.

WURLITZER:

You duckin' me, Dewight?

MCCLUSKY:

Hey, Phil, how the hell are ya?

WURLITZER:

(to Scagnetti)

This son of a b*tch is chairman of

the prison board, but it's like

pullin' teeth to get him down to

a prison.

MCCLUSKY:

The only reason I'm here now is to

set him straight, and I'm on the

next flight out.

(to Scagnetti)

Jack, this is the superintendent

of the jail, Phil Wurlitzer. He's

the man who's got the power of the

pen here.

Wurlitzer shakes hands with Scagnetti.

WURLITZER:

Pleased to meet ya, Jack. I read

your book. I'm impressed. Good

work on Curtis Fox.

SCAGNETTI:

Thanks.

(CONTINUED)

15.

CONTINUED:

MCCLUSKY:

From now on, you'll be dealin'

with Phil. He can answer all the

questions you got about the

arrangements. I'm gonna be

bidding you good luck and adieu in

about twenty minutes. My flight

back to Sacramento leaves LAX in a

hour.

WURLITZER:

And I want you to know, we'll all

cry a river when you're gone.

They all laugh.

SCAGNETTI:

What's the travelling arrangements?

WURLITZER:

Well, Mickey and Mallory can't be

together. So, we'll put you on

one of our prison busses and

you'll take Mallory first, then

you'll come back for Mickey.

SCAGNETTI:

And where do you keep Mickey?

WURLITZER:

We got his stinkin' ass in the

deepest, darkest cell in the whole

place. But it just so happens

that right now he's got a special

visitor.

SCAGNETTI:

Who?

WURLITZER:

Wayne Gayle.

SCAGNETTI:

(surprised)

Wayne Gayle!

INT. JAIL -VISITING AREA -DAY

WAYNE GAYLE, a young, energetic, commando journalist ala

Geraldo Rivera is sitting on the visitor side of the

county jail visiting area.

(CONTINUED)

16.

CONTINUED:

Wayne is alone and the visiting area is empty. Apparently

some arrangement was made for the visit. Wayne has a

miniature tape recorder in his hand and is testing it.

WAYNE:

(into recorder)

Testing one... two... three...

testing... one... three... over,

over, over, Mickey Knox meeting.

Wayne shuts off the recorder, rewinds and plays it back.

It works beautifully. He hits the record button and

conceals the recorder in his sport coat pocket.

The door opens on the prisoner side and Mickey Knox is

lead into the room by two SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. Mickey's

wearing the county jail blue jumpsuit. He has a thick

and wide leather belt around his waist with a metal ring

built into each side. Long sturdy chains with handcuffs

on each end are wrapped across his body and through the

rings, binding his arms to his sides. His hands and

feet are double cuffed.

The Deputies both have their guns drawn, ready to blow

Mickey in half at the slightest provocation. For a man

wrapped and bound in chains, Mickey seems strangely in

control of his environment. Even restrained as he is by

the symbols of society (the chains, jail, guards, guns,

jumpsuit), he remains a dangerous, intimidating and

fascinating figure.

Wayne takes in the image of Mickey.

WAYNE:

(to himself)

Showtime.

Mickey's roughly shoved into his seat on the prisoner's

side of the glass. The Deputies move to their place, off

to the side by the wall.

WAYNE:

Hello, Mickey. We've never been

introduced, but I'm Wayne Gayle.

I don't know if you've ever heard

of me or remember me. I was one

of the reporters outside the

courthouse during your trial -

MICKEY:

Everybody knows who you are.

You're famous.

Wayne pauses and retorts.

(CONTINUED)

17.

CONTINUED:

WAYNE:

I could say the same thing about

you.

(smiles)

I want to thank you very much for

seeing me...

Mickey is silent.

WAYNE:

I have a television show. It's

very popular. Every week we do a

profile on a different serial

killer. You don't mind if I call

you a serial killer, do you?

Mickey shakes his head no.

WAYNE:

The episode we did on Mickey and

Mallory was one of our most

popular ones.

MICKEY:

Did you ever do one on Wayne Gacy?

WAYNE:

Yes.

MICKEY:

Whose ratings were higher?

WAYNE:

Yours.

MICKEY:

How 'bout Ted Bundy? Ever do one

on him?

WAYNE:

Yes. Yours got the larger Nielson

share.

MICKEY:

Good... yuppie piece of sh*t.

WAYNE:

What I'd like to do -

MICKEY:

How 'bout Manson?

WAYNE:

Manson beat you.

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