Natural Born Killers Page #7

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Black & white snapshot of donut shop.

WAYNE (V.O.)

... this donut shop, Alfie's

Donuts. When -

INTERVIEW -DALE WRIGLEY

Dale's name appears below him ON the SCREEN.

(CONTINUED)

34.

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DALE:

This '68 Cadillac Coupe De

Ville pulled up about three spaces

away. Gerald came walking out

with our coffee and -

(begins to tear up)

--my bear claw. When the driver

of the car asked him something,

Gerald started giving him what

looked like street directions.

When he finished, the driver waved

'thanks,' brought up a shotgun

and -

PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE)

of donut shop.

WIDER PHOTO:

Alfie's donut and parking lot. On this photo, a white

grease pencil circles where Gerald was shot. We hear a

SHOTGUN BLAST and a SCREAM OVER this.

PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE)

of Mickey and Mallory. We hear LAUGHTER and a CAR

PEELING OUT OVER this.

EXT BLEACHERS -DAY

Wayne talks to us.

WAYNE:

Apparently bored with banditry and

murder, the two outlaws proved

what renaissance psychopaths

they really are. To break up the

monotony in between bank jobs, or

what have you, they started

butchering whole households at

random.

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MONTAGE:

of newspaper front page stories and headlines of family

households butchered by the Knoxes.

35.

INT. WAYNE'S STUDIO -DAY

Wayne, dressed in a pink shirt and suspenders, talks to

us in front of a blue screen that has "WAYNE GAYLE'S

AMERICAN MANIACS" logo behind him.

WAYNE:

Unfortunately, the story didn't

end with their capture. It just

became more surreal. Their

subsequent trial turned into a

sick circus...

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EXT. COURTHOUSE -DAY

The CAMERA captures the crowd in front of the courthouse.

They're a very mixed lot.

WAYNE (V.O.)

... As spectators, reporters, law

students, tourists, gawkers, the

interested, the curious, the

devoted, and the demented were

drawn to the Los Angeles county

courthouse like moths to a flame.

INT. WAYNE'S STUDIO -DAY

Wayne talks to us.

WAYNE:

The Mickey and Mallory Knox murder

trial was so event filled it made

the crime spree that took place

before pale by comparison. The

first point was the decision of

Mickey's to act as his own council.

Now this in itself is not unheard

of, for instance, Ted Bundy acted

as his own council as well. What

was unexpected was how well

Mickey's performance would be.

INT. JUDGE'S DEN -DAY

Wayne interviews JUDGE BURT STEINSMA in his den at home.

WAYNE (V.O.)

We spoke with Burt Steinsma, who

was the presiding judge during

the Knox trial.

(CONTINUED)

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JUDGE STEINSMA:

Mickey was surprisingly

effective. When I was told I

was to be the judge of this trial

and then I was told Mickey Knox

would be handling his own defense,

I got a headache that lasted five

days. But at first I breathed a

sigh of relief. Mickey showed up

very prepared, and proved to be

an excellent amateur lawyer.

INT. WANDA BISBING'S OFFICE -DAY

Interview with state prosecutor WANDA BISBING, an

attractive woman in her forties.

WAYNE (V.O.)

However, this opinion isn't shared

by the state's prosecutor on this

case, Wanda Bisbing.

Wayne's with Bisbing.

WAYNE:

Judge Steinsma said that Mickey

showed up very prepared and proved

to be an excellent amateur

attorney.

BISBING:

Oh, that's rich. Well,

considering that Mickey Knox

turned his court into a mockery

and personally made him look like

a fool, I'd say that's very

benevolent of Judge Steinsma. As

far as Mickey being an excellent

amateur lawyer, maybe I'm old-

fashioned, but when I went to law

school, we were taught the object

was to win the case, which I did.

INT. WAYNE'S STUDIO -DAY

Wayne talks TO us.

(CONTINUED)

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WAYNE:

The nation caught fire to Mickey

and Mallory fever, Mickey and

Mallory mania, if you will, as the

merits to Mickey's talent as a

defense attorney became apparent.

Law students from all ends of the

country converged on Los Angeles

as legal history took a new

course. But that was only the

lemon next to the pie. And that

pie is you, the American people.

That pie is the way the strangely

charismatic, and make no mistake,

they are charismatic, Mickey and

Mallory have captured the public's

interest, fear, and in some cases,

admiration.

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EXT. COURTHOUSE STEPS -DAY

Wayne interviews three long-haired guys: CHUCK, STEVE,

and JEFF.

WAYNE:

What do you think of Mickey and

Mallory?

CHUCK:

Hot.

JEFF:

Hot.

STEVE:

Totally hot.

CHUCK:

Mickey and Mallory's the best

thing to happen to mass murder

since Manson.

STEVE:

Forty-eight people known. They're

way cooler than Manson.

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38.

WAYNE:

interviewing MORGAN and PAGE, two young girls.

WAYNE:

What do you think of Mickey and

Mallory?

MORGAN:

Well, he's just... I dunno...

charismatic.

PAGE:

They're so romantic.

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NEW SHOT -WAYNE

interviewing an INTENSE COP.

INTENSE COP:

I'm here to watch the judge give

those two sh*t asses (BLEEP) the

stiffest sentence the law allows.

I want to see their faces when

the state says 'they are the worst

scum sucking, degenerate, douche

bag, filthy, I don't know whats

ever sh*t (BLEEP) out.

(referring to crowd

behind him)

And these a**holes (BLEEP) are

making heroes outta sickos. You

wanna know who a hero is? You

wanna know? I'll tell ya who a

Goddamn hero is. Mike Griffin.

Mike f***in' (BLEEP) Griffin is

who these misguided a**holes

(BLEEP) should be revering. You

know why Mike Jerome Griffin is

a hero? I'll tell ya why.

Because he was killed in the line

of duty. Do you want to know how

he died?

WAYNE:

Yes.

INTENSE COP:

I'll tell you. Mike Jerome

Griffin was killed in the line of

duty by those two anti-heroes.

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NEW SHOT -WAYNE

interviewing RUSSEL VOSSLER, Harvard law student.

WAYNE:

Tell me, Mr. Vossler, how many

days of the trial have you

attended?

RUSSELL:

Ahhh yess, I've been fortunate

enough to attend two days. Law

history in the making. I've been

a participant.

WAYNE:

And you being a Harvard law

student, what is your opinion of

Mickey Knox's performance?

RUSSELL:

Ahhh, Mickey's pistolero savvy in

the courtroom trial rivals, dare

I say, conquers that of master

Melvin Belli. He's like a

magnificent loose cannon, firing

point blank in the prosecutor's

face. It is my anticipation -

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LONG-HAIRED GUYS

Chuck, Jeff & Steve as Wayne speaks.

WAYNE:

You're talking about a man and a

woman who killed innocent people.

STEVE:

Don't get us wrong...

CHUCK:

We respect human life and all.

JEFF:

It's a tragedy.

STEVE:

But... if I was a serial killer,

which I'm not, but if I was, I'd

be like Mickey.

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WAYNE:

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