The Bourne Identity Page #19

BOURNE:

-- this is a tire dealership, right?

TELEPHONE VOICE (OVER)

No sir, this is a navigational

chart registry. I'm afraid you

have the wrong number.

Dial tone. BOURNE making a note. And as he does --

TIME CUT -- one minute later -- call number two --

NEW VOICE (OVER)

(French, male, hassled)

(Marseille-Tropez Marina, how can I

help you?)

BOURNE:

(Hey, so this is the Marina, right?)

NEW VOICE (OVER)

(Yes, sir. Can I help you?)

BOURNE:

(he's got the number)

(This is the one in Marseille, right?)

NEW VOICE (OVER)

(Last time I looked.)

TIME CUT -- one minute later -- call number three --

OPERATOR RECORDING (OVER)

(The number you have dialed has

been disconnected. If you think

you've reached this message in

error--)

TIME CUT -- one minute later -- last call --

RECORDED VOICE (OVER)

"You've reached the office of Simon

Rawlins at Alliance Security

Maritime Division. Paris office

hours are from nine a.m. to six p.m.

If this is an emergency, please

call our twenty-four hour help line

at..."

BOURNE hangs up. Scribbles down the number. Backing away

and --

INT. TREADSTONE RESEARCH DESK -- NIGHT

CONKLIN and the RESEARCH TECHS jamming on the console --

CONKLIN:

-- let's check that Interpol window

again --

RESEARCH TECH #1

-- I'm on it --

CONKLIN:

-- I want that red car -- the

girl -- we gotta get lucky here --

RESEARCH TECH #2

Sir.

(Conklin turns--)

I've got a code here from NSA --

they're not gonna give us Keyhole

satellite clearance unless we have

sign-off from upstairs.

CONKLIN turns and --

ABBOTT:

No.

(sitting there tensely)

We can't risk it.

CONKLIN:

Our last sighting was forty-eight

hours ago. Even if they stayed in

the car, the grid is huge.

(please)

This is it. He's trained --

conditioned -- they're built to

disappear. You give him another

day to run and we may never find him.

ABBOTT:

This doesn't go upstairs.

CONKLIN left hanging. ABBOTT clear on this one.

EXT. EST. SHOT -- LA DEFENSE -- DAY

Monolithic tech. Reflection city.

INT. ELEVATOR -- LA DEFENSE -- DAY

BOURNE dressed for success. Suit. Cleaned up good.

Catching his reflection in the elevator's mirrored ceiling.

Nerves on edge.

INT. OFFICE LOBBY -- DAY

ALLIANCE SECURITY MARITIME DIVISION. Glossy posters of

yachts, tankers and luxury sailboats. BOURNE standing there.

Sucking it up. God knows what he's walking into here and --

INT. ALLIANCE SECURITY -- DAY

A SECRETARY leading BOURNE through a suite of offices and

into --

INT. PETER RAWLINS' OFFICE -- DAY

Meet RAWLINS. He's a young, jolly Brit -- pink and

overfed -- and quite shocked to see...

RAWLINS:

Mr. Kane...

(hastily tidying up)

Come right in...please...have a seat.

BOURNE:

Thanks.

BOURNE just trying to feel his way through this...

RAWLINS:

Well...

(really thrown)

I must admit, when my assistant

told me you were here I was,

really -- I was quite -- I was

surprised.

BOURNE:

Really.

RAWLINS:

We thought you were gone for good.

BOURNE:

Did you?

RAWLINS:

Well, I mean it's a tough business,

isn't it? Cutthroat.

A long awkward beat. Neither of them sure where to go.

RAWLINS (CONT'D)

(finally)

Look, our bid -- it was

competitive -- but definitely at

the high end of competitive -- when

we didn't hear back from you, we

did some re-analysis of the numbers,

and honestly, we'd really like a

chance to do a bit better.

(pitching now)

I'm assuming you're still in the

market. It's the same vessel?

BOURNE:

Yes.

RAWLINS:

We just picked up a job quite like

the one we were bidding for you.

Gorgeous boat, hundred-and-seventy-

five-foot pleasure cruiser. I

think we learned a few things that

might allow us to make our proposal

for your job, as I said, a bit more

competitive.

BOURNE:

Okay.

Another beat. Rawlins holding back until now...

RAWLINS:

Was it the break-in?

BOURNE:

Excuse me?

RAWLINS:

We also thought we hadn't heard

from you -- we've had a bit of a

publicity nightmare, people have

been talking.

(the meat)

Our offices were broken into --

vandalism mostly -- shortly after

we last spoke.

BOURNE:

I hadn't heard.

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