Nocturnal Animals Page #11

Bobby Andes is standing outside on the curb smoking. He is

thinner and his complexion is sallow. Tony walks towards him

and the two men shake hands.

ANDES:

You look different.

TONY:

No beard. Thinner. You look

different too.

ANDES:

Yeah.

He takes a drag off of his cigarette.

ANDES (CONT’D)

I’ll tell you what we’ve got. We

have an attempted hold up of a

supermarket in the mall just before

closing time. We caught one fella

and one got killed but one got

away.

TONY:

What do you want me to do?

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ANDES:

See if you recognize the fella we

caught. You might also take a look

at the dead one too, although it is

not really necessary. We know who

he is.

TONY:

Who?

ANDES:

Steve Adams, the one that you

called “Turk” and that I e-mailed

you about last year.

Andes takes another long drag from his cigarette and gestures

towards the door.

ANDES (CONT’D)

Come on in.

He flicks his cigarette onto the pavement and turns to lead

Tony into the station.

59 INT. POLICE STATION, WEST TEXAS. DAY -- CONTINUOUS. 59

Tony follows Andes down the hall. We pass a bathroom with an

open door and a prisoner handcuffed to the sink.

Tony and Andes are now in the same glass room that Tony sat

in before.

ANDES:

Are you afraid of looking these

fellas in the eyes? Lettin them see

you?

TONY:

No.

ANDES:

Good. I think it might help this

fella talk.

He nods at the officer by the door. Four men are sent in.

Tony stares at one of the men. The man’s eyes pass over Tony

without recognition. Tony turns to Bobby Andes.

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TONY:

Yes. (He whispers)

ANDES:

Yes. Yes what?

TONY:

That’s him. The one on the left.

TONY (CONT’D)

That’s Lou. The one who made me

drive into the brush and left me

there.

Andes motions to the officer at the door to lead the others

out. He nods at Lou to stay back. Lou begins to sweat.

ANDES:

This fella? He don’t seem to

understand. Lou, hey you. Is your

name Lou?

LOU:

You know my name. I told you.

What’s going on?

ANDES:

You ever see this man before, Lou?

Think carefully. You ever seen him?

Lou is staring at Tony.

LOU:

No. I don’t know him. Who is he?

ANDES:

Tell him Tony, tell him who he is.

TONY:

Last summer, this man Lou and his

friends forced us off the road on

the Interstate. Then two of them

forced their way into my car with

my wife and daughter and then this

man-

ANDES:

This man here? Lou?

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TONY:

Yes. Lou made me drive his car and

took me into the desert where he

made me get out. Later my wife and

daughter were found dead at the

same place.

Andes now leans up against the wall and gets his face very

close to Lou’s.

ANDES:

What do you say to that, Lou? What

do you know about this man’s wife

and daughter?

Lou looks afraid.

LOU:

I don’t know what you are talking

about. I never saw him in my life.

ANDES:

What do you know about Ray and

Turk?

LOU:

Who?

ANDES:

Who? What are you an owl? Are you

an owl Lou?

LOU:

I never heard of them.

ANDES:

You never heard of them?

LOU:

No sir.

Andes leans back against the wall and stares intently at Lou.

Lou begins to tremble.

ANDES:

Officer, you can take him out.

An officer leads Lou out. Tony, relieved, sits down.

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ANDES (CONT’D)

Are you sure this is the man?

TONY:

Absolutely. Yes.

ANDES:

Would you swear it in a court of

law under penalty of perjury?

TONY:

Yes.

ANDES:

Good. We’ve got Lou now. We will

charge him with Murder.

TONY:

You have enough evidence?

ANDES:

Oh you bet. We got you and his

prints on both the car and the

trailer.

TONY:

Then he went back to the trailer

after leaving me?

ANDES:

Looks like it. Probably he went

back and told them where he left

you, and that’s why they went back

with the bodies. They were going to

kill you. I’m betting your friend

Ray is the third guy in the holdup.

TONY:

Now what?

ANDES:

You’ll have to come back for the

trial. Meanwhile, I’m gonna find

Ray.

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60 INT. MORROW GALLERY - SUSAN’S OFFICE. NEXT MORNING. 60

Susan is sitting at her desk going through e-mails. Susan’s

assistant ALEX, 26, tall and stunning enters the room.

ALEX:

Don’t forget you have a board

meeting at the museum this

afternoon at 3:
00.

Susan is distracted.

SUSAN:

What did you say?

ALEX:

You didn’t sleep again did you?

Alex sits down.

SUSAN:

You know me. I never sleep. My ex

husband used to call me a

“nocturnal animal”.

ALEX:

Your ex husband? What ex husband? I

didn’t know that you had an ex

husband. Since when?

SUSAN:

When I was in graduate school. It

was only for a couple of years.

It’s weird, I’ve been thinking

about him a lot lately and then a

few days ago he sent me a book he’s

written. It’s violent and it’s sad.

He called it “Nocturnal Animals”

and dedicated it to me.

ALEX:

Did you love him?

SUSAN:

Yes. I loved him. He was a writer.

I didn’t have faith in him. I

panicked and I did something

horrible to him. Something

unforgivable. Really.

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ALEX:

You left him?

SUSAN:

I left him. In a brutal way, for

the handsome and dashing Hutton.

ALEX:

Who is indeed very handsome and

dashing.

SUSAN:

Yes. Do you ever feel like your

life has turned into something that

you never intended?

She looks at her and pauses a moment.

SUSAN (CONT’D)

No. Of course you don’t. You just

started living your life.

She looks closely at Susan.

ALEX:

You really didn’t get any sleep did

you?

SUSAN:

No.

61 INT. MUSEUM EXHIBITION SPACE, LOS ANGELES. THAT AFTERNOON.61

Our screen is filled with the image of a Damien Hirst calf

floating in formaldehyde. The calf has been shot with arrows.

Our camera pulls back and we see that Susan is standing

staring quietly at the sculpture.

The space is gigantic and white. A show is being installed.

There are graphic abstract paintings on the walls.

As Susan turns to walk away, a painting catches her eye and

she stops dead in her tracks. It is a large black and white

painting that says REVENGE.

SAGE ROSS, 38, walks over to Susan. She is the museum’s

director and is tense and tight in her manner. She is dressed

in an absurd “conceptual” top and flat men’s shoes.

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SUSAN:

Where did this come from?

SAGE:

What do you mean where did it come

from? You bought it for us. Don’t

you remember. It was part of the

series we showed about 8 years ago.

Great isn’t it?

SUSAN:

Yes.

Sage is holding a phone with a black and white image on the

screen and the loud sound of breathing coming from it.

SUSAN (CONT’D)

What is that?

SAGE:

Oh my god, it is so cool. It is an

app that let’s me watch Willow

while she is sleeping in her crib!

SUSAN:

Really? Do you not trust your

nanny?

SAGE:

No, I do, but I hate her. And I

like to be more involved with

Willow during the day. Here, look.

There she is in her crib. The sound

is amazing. I can hear her breathe

and even talk to her if I want to.

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