Natural Born Killers Page #5

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The song is completed in a single shot.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. RESTAURANT -MED. CLOSEUP OF WAYNE -DAY

holding a piece of paper in front of his face and reading

from it outloud. We hear Wayne's voice OVER MALLORY'S

SINGING before the last scene dissolves.

WAYNE:

(reading outloud)

'After taking a few days to

reflect on your offer, I've come

to the conclusion that you are one

hundred percent correct. A

national TV interview would be

very advantageous to both Mallory

and I. The only obstacle is

they're shipping me out to the

funny farm in four days. However,

that is your problem and not mine.

I feel confident you'll manage.

Here's to us making television

history. Sincerely, Mickey

Knox.'

Wayne drops the letter down from in front of his face.

WAYNE:

Am I God or what?

We now see the restaurant adorned with the standard

Denny's decorum. Wayne's team is gathered in a booth

that surrounds the remains of a greasy meal. In response

to his last remark, they all pretend they are praying to

him.

(CONTINUED)

24.

CONTINUED:

The team consists of SCOTT, the cameraman, who wears wild

T-shirts (presently a T-shirt with the movie She Devils

On Wheels splashed on the front); ROGER, the soundman,

who wears wild Hawaiian shirts and Bermuda shorts; and

UNRULY JULIE, Wayne's assistant, a young lady who wears

Bermuda shorts, a baseball jersey, and a dark sports

coat no matter how hot the weather is at any time.

Roger's never seen without his recorder. Scott's never

without his camera, and Unruly Julie always has her giant

notebook. These disheveled film types are all in their

twenties and are a marked contrast to Wayne's stylish

yuppie demeanor.

Unruly Julie pops the cork on a champagne bottle. The

guys hold out coffee mugs, which Julie fills. Julie,

however, drinks straight from the bottle.

(NOTE:
This scene is to be played at a rapid fire His

Girl Friday pace.

WAYNE:

Drink up! This is a celebration.

This is the day we received word

we were gonna make television

history. We're gonna have the

first sit-down, in-depth interview

with the most charismatic serial

killer ever, one day before he's

being shipped to a mental hospital

for the rest of his life. This

is one of those golden moments

that happens maybe only four times

in a lucky journalist's career.

This is Wallace with Noriega, this

is Elton John confessing his bisexuality

to the Rolling Stone,

this is the tearful reporting of

the Hindenberg disaster, this is

Truffaut setting the record

straight on Hitchcock, this is a

Robert Capa photo, this is

Woodward and Bernstein meeting

Deep Throat in an underground

parking lot, this is John Reid

reporting 'The Ten Days That Shook

The World,' this is the hippies'

bloody palms at Kent State, the

Maysles brothers at Altamont, this

is the Nixon/Frost interviews...

ROGER:

This is Raymond Burr witnessing

the destruction of Tokyo by

Godzilla.

(CONTINUED)

25.

CONTINUED:

Everybody laughs.

SCOTT:

What's the schedule, mein feuhrer?

As Wayne talks, Unruly Julie writes furiously in her

notebook. She never speaks, just writes.

WAYNE:

We got tonight and tomorrow to get

our sh*t together. The day after

that they're shippin' Mallory.

That's when we do the Mickey Knox

interview 'cause the next day he

goes.

SCOTT:

Would the network really not run

it without the interview?

WAYNE:

Are you kidding? The last thing

they expected was Mickey Knox to

get up close and personal. They

wanted a follow-up episode and

would've taken anything I had given

them. I'm not gonna tell Mickey

Knox that. I'm gonna make him

think his grey matter depends on

it. When I told Woody and the

brass about this coup, they

practically sh*t a brick. I'm

talkin' an adobe brick. They

want to expand the show to an

hour, and they want it on

immediately.

ROGER:

How immediate is immediately?

WAYNE:

Next week's episode.

Wayne's team all spit out mouthfuls of champagne.

ROGER:

We don't got enough footage for

an hour follow-up.

SCOTT:

(pointing at Roger)

What he said.

(CONTINUED)

26.

CONTINUED:

WAYNE:

Rape and pillage the first episode,

just change the order a bit.

Those sons of a b*tches out there

ain't gonna know the difference.

All that sh*t is just filler for

the interview anyway. We film a

new intro. Show some old footage

from the first episode so they get

a brief history of Mickey and

Mallory. We introduce a new angle

... what the prison board is up

to. We see some of that new sh*t,

then the rest of the show is the

interview. Now what's so f***in'

hard about that? Oh, Julie, make

a note:
I need Woody to get me

thirty seconds of the Live at Five

broadcast to promote next week's

show. We'll do a feed right from

the jail while we're wrapping up

with Mickey.

Unruly Julie scribbles in her notebook. Wayne snaps at

Scott.

WAYNE:

You, too, Scott, Betacam and a

remote, keep it simple.

Scott closes his eyes in concentration, and repeats

Wayne.

SCOTT:

Betacam with remote and two-way

comm link. Got it.

(opens eyes)

How about the interview... What

camera do you want to use?

Wayne closes his eyes.

WAYNE:

I see... high contrast sixteen

millimeter black and white, and I

mean black and white, where the

black's black and the white's

white. This is for posterity,

so f*** video. Film! Film!

Film!

Wayne pounds on the table.

27.

CLOSEUP OF JULIE

writing in her notebook: "Film... film... film!"

BACK TO SCENE:

WAYNE:

So Unruly Julie's comin' with me

and planning the interview.

(points at Roger

& Scott)

You two go down to the editing

bay, take the old footage and the

new footage, put it together, and

see what we got. Get it into

shape so when we finish the

interview, we can just stick it in.

SCOTT:

When do you want the assembly?

WAYNE:

Tomorrow.

CUT TO:

INSERT -TITLE CARD: "TOMORROW"

CUT TO:

INT. TV STATION CORRIDOR -DAY

CAMERA LEADS Wayne, who's talking to Unruly Julie. As

they march quickly through the halls Julie writes

furiously in her notebook.

WAYNE:

At that point I'll ask him if he

believes in God. If he says yes,

I'll ask him what he thinks God

would make of his actions. And is

he worried about burning in hell?

If he says no, I'll say, 'Well,

Mickey, what do you believe in?'

And hopefully, he'll say something

like a live round of ammo, the

expression on the face of a man

he just split up the middle,

Mallory's eyes, sex, drugs, and

rock 'n' roll. He's bound to say

something provocative.

(CONTINUED)

28.

CONTINUED:

Wayne and Unruly Julie enter the video editing room.

Scott and Roger are sitting at the editing bay.

Everybody is wearing, and looks like they slept in,

the same clothes as the night before, except Wayne,

who's in another sweater and looks alert and snappy.

WAYNE:

Okay, boys, let's have it.

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