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INT. CEO OFFICE, MIRANDO COMPANY HEADQUARTERS, MANHATTAN AFTERNOON

SUBTITLES:
10 years ago. 2006.

An expansive, modern CEO office. Late afternoon sunlightpierces the 74th floor of the Mirando Company. The company'sgreen tree logo covers one of the walls.

A woman stands at the window, her back filling the SCREEN.

She looks down at the lesser Manhattan skyscrapers. This isLUCY MIRANDO (40s).

On the window are arrows pointing at the various Mirandosubsidiaries scattered throughout Manhattan: Mirando OrganicHarvesting, Mirando Peachy Delight Baking Company, MirandoChemicals, Mirando Tenderloin Fine Dining Supplies, MirandoBiotech, Mirando Hungry Pirates Burgers, MirandoTransformatives, Mirando Happy Pups Good Boy! Treats.

Lucy's breath mists over the arrows. She mumbles to herselfin a small voice, practicing some kind of speech.

A hand reaches in - holding a cosmetics brush - and begins togently brush Lucy's face.

From O.S a spray of HAIR SPRAY coats Lucy's hair.

WIDE:
Lucy is surrounded by a MAKEUP ARTIST, a HAIR STYLISTand MIRANDO COMPANY EMPLOYEES, including Lucy's seniorassistant FRANK DAWSON (60).

MAKE-UP WOMAN

I'm a huge fan.

Lucy looks at her, surprised.

MAKE-UP WOMAN (CONT'D)

Of your Tenderloin Fricassee readymeal.

They both glance at an ADVERTISING POSTER framed on the wall -

a photograph of a FARMER gently stroking a cow's face. Theslogan: THE SECRET INGREDIENT IN OUR TENDERLOINS? TENDERNESS.

MAKE-UP WOMAN (CONT'D)

So what's all this about? The

reporters out there...

FRANK:

Ms. Mirando doesn't want to have a

conversation right now, dear.

2.

LUCY:

(Smiling)

It's okay, Frank. I'm not mysister!

(To the Make-Up Lady)

I am announcing a miracle.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM, MIRANDO COMPANY HEADQUARTERS - DAY

The conference room is packed with REPORTERS and TV CREWS.

A spotlight shines on a small potted tree in the corner ofthe stage. It looks uncannily similar to the Mirando Companylogo.

Lucy stands on the stage. She's charismatic, modern, maybeslightly vulnerable. The sight calls to mind a Steve Jobsproduct launch or Gwyneth Paltrow delivering a TED talk.

LUCY:

On a Spring morning three years agoa Chilean farmer named Senor Victor

Zamora Villacorta was tending tohis pigs when he chanced uponsomething very strange.

A beat. Lucy has the reporters' attention. Lucy outstretchesher long, graceful arm and clicks on the touchscreen behindher.

A PHOTOGRAPH fills the screen of a CHILEAN FARMER posing forthe camera. He looks wise, old, kind - straight out ofChilean Farmer Central Casting.

LUCY (CONT'D)

I recently had the opportunity tomeet with Senor Villacorta at his

hilltop farm.

Each time Lucy says Senor Villacorta's name, she does so with

a slight Chilean twang.

LUCY (CONT'D)

We sat out on his porch and drankwine as the sun went down.

Another PHOTOGRAPH appears on the screen, this time of Lucyand Senor Villacorta drinking wine at sunset. A picture-

perfect rustic setting.

LUCY (CONT'D)

He said the sweetest thing to me.

"Lucy!

(MORE)

3.

LUCY (CONT'D)

Why couldn't this miracle havehappened forty years ago when I waslooking for a wife! I could havemarried a supermodel!" Well, I'm

sorry Senor Villacorta. It turns

out we don't choose when we get tosave humanity.

Lucy makes a peculiar hand gesture. The words "SavingHumanity" appear on the screen in hundreds of languages, invarious styles of calligraphy.

LUCY (CONT'D)

(urgently)

The world's population is at seven

billion. 805 million of our fellow

humans struggle with hunger each

day, including 30 million right

here in the United States.

A PHOTO-MONTAGE of WORRIED-LOOKING HUMANS from across the

globe fills the screen behind Lucy. They look lost, helpless,

in need of a leader.

LUCY (CONT'D)

And by 2050? We'll somehow have to

feed a staggering 9.6 billion

people. The world is running out of

food and we are not talking about

it. We needed a miracle. And then

we got one - on Senor Villacorta's

little hilltop farm.

The lights dim. Music swells.

LUCY (CONT'D)

Say hello to Mary.

A photograph fills the screen of Senor Villacorta cradling a

VERY ODD-LOOKING PIGLET in his arms. The room falls silent as

the fascinated Reporters stare at the very odd piglet.

LUCY (CONT'D)

All the other piglets in the litter

were normal. But this peculiar

little lady turned out to be about

the least normal thing you can

imagine. Our scientists at the

Mirando Ranch in Arizona have been

raising Mary with love and care

ever since, observing her and

performing various studies. And I

can tell you the results right now.

(MORE)

4.

LUCY (CONT'D)

(Beat)

Mary is like nothing on earth.

FRANK watches Lucy speak from below the stage. He quietlymouths 'like nothing on Earth' in time with her.

LUCY (CONT'D)

And so, please welcome to the stagethe inspirational ... Senor VictorZamora Villacorta!

SENOR VILLACORTA walks onto the stage and stands in his

predesignated spot. He's dressed in his full farmer's outfit.

There's a smattering of dutiful applause from the reporters.

SARCASTIC REPORTER

Uh, no offence to Senor...

LUCY:

Villacorta.

SARCASTIC REPORTER

But we'd prefer to see the pig.

LUCY:

(Smiling)

You will. But not yet.

BRITISH REPORTER

You're announcing the birth of theworld's most amazing pig and you'renot showing us the pig? You're atemptress!

The British reporter gives Lucy a sleazy, misogynistic grin.

Lucy responds with a mock-scolding look.

BRITISH REPORTER (CONT'D)

(Winking)

You're much more fun than the last

Chief Executive!

LUCY:

Of course I am. Peter. Yes, she's

my sister, but Nancy and I are verydifferent human beings with verydifferent business ethics. Verydifferent. The only thing we shareis our last name.

Lucy smiles, but her composure is slightly rattled. A

question from the audience ends the brief silence.

5.

REPORTER C:

What's so great about this piganyway?

LUCY:

She has an impressive reproduction

rate.

The Reporters look underwhelmed.

LUCY (CONT'D)

(A small smile)

A regular sow averages five or sixpiglets in a litter and two littersin a year. Mary has mated with oneof our best hogs while she’s beenliving with us in Arizona, andshe’s had a few piglets. Would youcare to see them?

Lucy makes a hand gesture. A FILM fills the screen of A

HUNDRED very odd-looking piglets grazing the beautiful,

grassy acres of the Mirando Ranch.

A beat while the reporters take it in. Then the room ERUPTSwith a volley of QUESTIONS and CAMERA FLASHES.

Under the stage, Frank SMILES. This is going exactly to plan.

SARCASTIC REPORTER

How the hell did one pig have somany babies?

LUCY:

(Beat)

She got big.

The reporters take in the implication.

LUCY (CONT'D)

And her babies are going to get big

too.

REPORTER B:

Show us a picture of the big pig!

LUCY:

(Smiling)

Simon! Patience! Last week we sent

twenty-six of Mary's Super Pigletsto the twenty-six countries aroundthe world where our Mirando branch

offices are located.

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