Natural Born Killers Page #8

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talking with MARVIN, a black man.

MARVIN:

They're like that crazy mother in

the first Dirty Harry movie.

'Member that crazy ass mother?

They're like him. Mickey and

Mallory be doin' some cold-blooded

sh*t. When I hear about some of

the sh*t they be doin' on TV, I

say 'Damn, that's f***ed (BLEEP)

up.'

BACK TO:

TWO YOUNG GIRLS:

Morgan & Page as Wayne speaks.

PAGE:

(laughing and

blushing)

We sit in the courtroom all day

and try to catch Mickey's eye.

CUT TO:

INT. GOLD'S GYM -DAY

Wayne's sitting in the gym. Behind him MUSCLE MEN are

working out. Their grunting sounds fill the b.g. Wayne

looks up and just OFF CAMERA to the people he's

interviewing.

WAYNE:

What do you think of Mickey and

Mallory?

EXTREME CLOSEUP -SIMON HUN/NORMAN HUN

two brothers/bodybuilders, in a HEAD SHOT.

SIMON:

I admire them.

NORMAN:

I do, too.

WAYNE:

(confused)

But how can you say that?

(CONTINUED)

41.

CONTINUED:

SIMON:

They're mesmerizing.

NORMAN:

Hypnotizing.

SIMON:

Have you seen Pumping Iron?

WAYNE:

Yes.

NORMAN:

Then you've seen the scene where

Arnold Schwartzenegger is talking

to Lou Ferigno.

WAYNE:

Yes.

SIMON:

Through the power of the simple

word -

NORMAN:

And a snake-eye glare.

SIMON:

--and a snake-eye glare, Arnold

was able to totally psyche out

any confidence Ferigno had.

NORMAN:

He squashed him mentally before

physically defeating him.

SIMON:

He had the edge. The mind's edge.

NORMAN:

Mickey and Mallory have that edge.

SIMON:

Only on a much grander scale.

NORMAN:

They've hypnotized the nation.

SIMON:

Schwartzenegger was the king of

the edge before they came along.

The CLOSEUP of the brothers ZOOMS BACK.

(CONTINUED)

42.

CONTINUED:

WAYNE:

You say this and yet... you two

are both victims of Mickey and

Mallory.

CAMERA has ZOOMED BACK to reveal that both Simon and

Norman are in wheelchairs (their legs maimed or gone).

SIMON:

Yes.

NORMAN:

Yes.

WAYNE:

How can you say that you 'admire'

them?

NORMAN:

It's like this, Wayne. Two people

are standing in a dark room

waiting for the other to attack.

These two people can't see each

other, yet they know they're

there. Now, they can either stand

in that dark room forever waiting

until they die of boredom, or one

of them can make the first move.

WAYNE:

Why can't they just shake hands

and be friends?

NORMAN:

They can't because neither knows

if the other is a deranged

senseless killer like the Knoxes.

So, you may as well make the first

move.

WAYNE:

And they made the first move?

NORMAN:

Unfortunately, yes.

SIMON:

But you see, that's okay, Wayne.

WAYNE:

Why?

SIMON:

They passed the 'edge' along to

us.

(CONTINUED)

43.

CONTINUED:

WAYNE:

How so?

SIMON:

By taking away our legs. Now we

have to fight harder to get ahead

than anyone else you'll find in

this gym. Probably the whole

city. They gave us the fighting

spirit. Before this happened I

was content. Now I'm pissed off.

Now I'm half a man and I've got

to work like the devil to get

whole again.

WAYNE:

But you'll never be whole again.

SIMON:

Never is a very long time, Wayne.

A word only the weak use. I'm not

a sore loser. Even if I don't

have a leg to stand on, I'm going

to get up and fight this world

until I'm on top again.

NORMAN:

That's the Mickey and Mallory way.

SIMON:

And that's the way of the world.

NORMAN:

They're just shocking the world

into remembering the primal law.

SIMON:

Survival of the fittest.

WAYNE:

One last question. Usually Mickey

and Mallory kill all of their

victims. Why did they let you

two survive?

The brothers pause, then turn to Wayne.

NORMAN:

They had us tied down during one

of their house raids, you've seen

the headlines, and they were

taking a chansaw to our legs

before they were gonna kill us.

(CONTINUED)

44.

CONTINUED:

SIMON:

Just for fun, I guess.

NORMAN:

And then Mallory stops Mickey and

says, 'Hey, these are the Brothers

Hun.'

SIMON:

Mickey stops sawin' on my leg and

says, 'Oh my God, I'm your biggest

fan!'

NORMAN:

Apparently, they've seen all our

films.

SIMON:

They were especially influenced

by Conquering Huns of Neptune.

NORMAN:

So, Mallory calls 911 and they

took off.

SIMON:

They actually apologized.

INT. WAYNE'S STUDIO -DAY

Wayne talks.

WAYNE:

The couple proved so popular that

a motion picture glamorizing their

exploits was made...

CUT TO:

POSTER:

for the Mickey and Mallory movie called Thrill Killers

is shown. It has a drawing of the Movie Mickey and Movie

Mallory in a romantic pose ala Gone With The Wind, both

with guns in their hands. Around them are smaller

drawings of cars, people shooting, people fighting,

explosions, etc.

The adlines are:
"RIPPED FROM TODAY'S HEADLINES --THE

TRUE STORY OF MICKEY AND MALLORY." "THE COUPLE THAT

LIVED FOR LOVE AND LOVED TO KILL."

(CONTINUED)

45.

CONTINUED:

The poster lists the credits: "Starring Jessie Alexander

Warwick and Buffy St. McQueen." "Written and Directed by

Neil Pope."

WAYNE (V.O.)

The movie Thrill Killers proved to

be a tremendous box office success,

making stars out of the before then

unknown -

CUT TO:

STILLS:

of Movie Mickey and Movie Mallory holding weapons,

posing together, creating mayhem.

WAYNE (V.O.)

--actors Jessie Alexander Warwick

and Buffy St. McQueen.

CUT TO:

MOVIE TRAILER FOR THRILL KILLERS -SHOT OF MOVIE MICKEY

dressed in a fast-food uniform.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

Meet Mickey Knox!

MOVIE MICKEY:

I'm gettin' off this minimum wage

train. Break my back for you and

throw away my youth for nothing.

When I'm thirty, have a big wall

drop down in front of me called

the future. Realize I've been

doin' time in a burger flippin'

jail.

He rips off his uniform.

MOVIE MICKEY:

Listen to me, Jimmy-dick, I want

cash, lots of it, cars, fast cars!

And I want it now! Not later, now!

I wanna wail, baby, wail!

SHOT OF MOVIE MALLORY

on her hands and knees crawling TOWARD CAMERA.

(CONTINUED)

46.

CONTINUED:

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

And his lovely wife Mallory.

MOVIE MALLORY:

I need ya, Mickey. I gotta have

ya. I'm no good for no one else.

When I'm with you, I burn, baby.

Burn like blue flame.

SHOT OF MOVIE MICKEY AND MOVIE MALLORY

driving fast and laughing their heads off.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

Together they're the thrill

killers. The true story of the

couple that shocked the world...

SHOT OF MOVIE KNOXS

FIRING GUNS.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

... with a bloodlust of violence...

SHOT OF MOVIE MICKEY AND MOVIE MALLORY

kissing.

ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

... and unbridled passion.

SHOT OF MOVIE MALLORY

with a knife to a COP'S throat. Movie Mickey holds a

shotgun.

MOVIE COP:

When society catches up with you,

I'd hate to be in your boots.

MOVIE MICKEY:

Let me tell ya about society and

its boots. It uses those boots

for steppin' on people like me

and her!

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