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In her room, Regina adds another article: "Fischer Withdraws

from Monaco."

We INTERCUT between articles and mini-scenes of Bobby's long

road to the championship.

81 IN A NATANYA HOTEL ROOM (70'S ROCK CONT.) 81

Bobby works out with weights as Lombardy watches skeptically.

23...

LOMBARDY:

24... Push. PUSH...! 25!

Bobby is wasted but he won't stop.

BOBBY:

One more set.

He begins another set. Lombardy starts again at "1".

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IN A TOURNAMENT HALL (70'S ROCK CONT.) 83

RADIO ANNOUNCER (V.O.)

Today, rising American chess champion,

Bobby Fischer won his twentieth

consecutive game... a world record.

Bobby writes "mate" on his scorecard. The player opposite

him has been crushed. Bobby hands the pen to Lombardy.

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OUTSIDE THE TOURNAMENT HALL (70'S ROCK CONT.) 84

Bobby is surrounded by FEMALE FANS swooning over him.

loving it. He turns to Lombardy.

Bobby's

BOBBY:

You sure we can't stay here a couple

more days?

Lombardy grins. Bobby is enjoying the fruits of stardom.

85 IN A HOTEL ROOM (70'S ROCK CONT.) 85

Bobby lies in bed, listening to a tape recording. The CULT

PREACHER is understated but authoritative. Like a father.

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CULT PREACHER (V.O.)

The tide of history is changing,

friend. God's plan has left them

behind, so they plot to take the

world away from God...

Lombardy passes by in the hallway, looks in.

LOMBARDY:

What are you listening to?

BOBBY:

The Worldwide Church of God. These

people are into some heavy sh*t.

CULT PREACHER (V.O.)

They will do anything in their power

to destroy us. If we have any hope

of surviving, we must expose them

before the whole world...

Lombardy walks out, shaking his head.

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IN A PARK (70'S ROCK CONT.) 86

Another interview.

BOBBY:

I mean, what do we really know about

radiation? ICBM'S? There are lots

of things our government doesn't

tell us.

Regina adds an article: "Fischer Boycotts Fed for 2nd Time"

87 BACK TO THE PARK (70'S ROCK CONT.) 87

An interviewer speaks to him, off-camera

INTERVIEWER (O.S.)

So, Bobby, when did you last see

your mother?

BOBBY:

....Uh...Haven't seen her in a few

years, actually.

88 IN THE MOSCOW APARTMENT 88

As Regina tacks up the latest cover of Bobby's face. It's as

if she can hear him being interviewed.

INTERVIEWER (O.S.)

And your father...?

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89 IN THE PARK 89

Bobby's eyes flash.

BOBBY:

Look, I thought you wanted to talk

about chess.

He summarily walks out of frame.

90 IN THE MOSCOW APARTMENT 90

Regina looks deep into her son's eyes.

91 A HOTEL HALLWAY 91

That same face. Manic mode. Giving orders.

BOBBY:

--What'd Vancouver come back with?

MARSHALL:

They've agreed to let you approve

the lighting.

BOBBY:

Good. What about the clocks? The

BHB model with the button on top

saves two seconds on each move.

*

*

MARSHALL:

Flying them in from Germany.

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BOBBY:

And the placement of the table?

MARSHALL:

They say there's not enough room in

the hall.

BOBBY:

That's bullshit! Tell them I insist *

on a ten foot radius.

MARSHALL:

But if there isn't enough room-

BOBBY:

I SAID, TELL 'EM! Now... What about

the money?

MARSHALL:

They won't budge.

BOBBY:

Then I won't play.

MARSHALL:

Bobby-

BOBBY:

Did you read Time magazine?

(quoting)

Quote. Bobby Fischer is changing

the face of chess, single-handedly

making it the fastest growing sport

in the world. Unquote.

(MORE)

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BOBBY (CONT'D)

You know how much Joe Namath makes?

$250,000. That's 12K per game. And

he's never won a single championship.

I'm EIGHT TIME U.S. champ. You know

what I make?

MARSHALL:

So what you're saying is you want to

play for the Jets?

Bobby senses Lombardy's gaze, turns to him.

BOBBY:

...What--?

LOMBARDY:

Just wondering what any of this has

to do with chess.

At the end of the hallway, FANS are waiting.

BOBBY:

(to Lombardy)

Gotta pen?

Lombardy obliges; a fan hands Bobby an autograph book.

BOBBY (CONT'D)

Tu jeux aux echecs?

The kid nods eagerly. Bobby grins.

BOBBY (CONT'D)

Better not be good. I don't need

any more competition.

The fan is thrilled as Bobby signs with a flourish.

92 INT. THE SAME BROOKLYN DINER - DAY 92

Early 70's music. Joan is in booth, anxiously smoking a

cigarette. Marshall is already talking as he sits down.

MARSHALL:

Joan, I'm between three airports and

hell. I have ten minutes in New

York to see my wife, kiss my kids

and talk to you. How the hell have

you been? You're looking great.

JOAN:

I have to see him. Every time I

call, they say his phone is broken.

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MARSHALL:

That happens.

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JOAN:

You mean he breaks them. I want to

take him to see a doctor.

MARSHALL:

That just won't be possible. He's

already in Vancouver ...Joan, it's

been a while since you saw him, right?

JOAN:

Over a year.

MARSHALL:

I can tell you he's in great shape.

Joan opens her purse and produces a pile of letters.

JOAN:

Every week his letters get more crazy.

Go ahead, take a look.

MARSHALL:

They're private letters to you Joan.

I respect his privacy.

Joan stares at him. Her face hardens.

JOAN:

I showed them to a psychiatrist

friend. He said Bobby is displaying

signs of delusional psychosis.

MARSHALL:

Chess is a crazy world. Some of the

things he says about the Soviets are

true. In Tunis we found listening

devices in his hotel room...

JOAN:

(reading)

'The Communists infect my mind with

words that just keep repeating'.

Marshall blanches. He's not entirely without conscience.

JOAN (CONT'D)

'The Jews are helping them too. The

Jews want to keep the chess federation

all to themselves just like they own

New York and own and control most

Governments in the world'...

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