The Dark Knight Rises Page #11

EXT. SELINA'S BUILDING, OLD TOWN, GOTHAM - LATER

Selina exits and hails a cab. Wayne watches her go. Then

pulls out. Checking his tracker.

EXT. MUSEUM, GOTHAM - LATER

Town cars dispense Gotham society in tasteful masquerade.

Wayne pulls up to the Valet. Paparazzi line the entrance.

Wayne uses his cane to get out of his Lamborghini...

PAPARAZZI:

Another stiff too old to climb out

of his sports car.

PAPARAZZI 2

No, that's Bruce Wayne! Hey, Wayne,

where you been hiding?

Lenses swing onto Wayne, who pushes a button on his key fob

- a pulse. The cameras die. Wayne heads to the door.

WAYNE:

I'm not sure if my assistant put me

on the guest list -

GREETER:

Right through here, Mr. Wayne...

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INT. MUSEUM - CONTINUOUS

A lavish ball - the expressively attired dance under falling

confetti... Even Bruce Wayne is struck by the ostentation.

He spots Selina dancing with a deeply smitten Rich Twit. She

wears a small, velvet pair of cat ears. And the pearls.

MIRANDA (O.S)

Bruce Wayne at a charity ball?

Wayne turns to find Miranda Tate, amazed, a small mask her

only concession to fancy dress.

WAYNE:

Miss Tate, isn't it?

MIRANDA:

Even before you became a recluse,

you never came to these things...

WAYNE:

True. Proceeds go to the big fat

spread, not the cause. It's not

about charity, it's about feeding

the ego of whichever society hag

laid it on.

MIRANDA:

Actually, this is my party, Mr.

Wayne.

WAYNE:

Oh.

MIRANDA:

And the proceeds will go where they

should, because I paid for the big

fat spread myself.

WAYNE:

That's very generous of you.

MIRANDA:

You have to invest to restore

balance to the world. Take our

clean-energy project...

WAYNE:

Sometimes the investment doesn't

pay off. Sorry.

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MIRANDA:

You have a practiced apathy, Mr.

Wayne. But a man who doesn't care

about the world doesn't spend half

his fortune on a plan to save it...

(Gentle.) And isn't so wounded when

it fails that he goes into

hiding...

Wayne looks at Miranda. Intrigued.

MIRANDA:

Have a good evening, Mr. Wayne.

Wayne watches Miranda glide away. Then turns to Selina.

WAYNE:

Mind if I cut in?

Rich Twit turns, annoyed - Wayne hands him his cane. Takes

Selina by the waist. She glares at him.

WAYNE:

You don't seem very happy to see

me.

SELINA:

You were supposed to be a shut-in.

WAYNE:

Felt like some fresh air.

SELINA:

Why didn't you call the police?

WAYNE:

I have a powerful friend who deals

with this kind of thing. (Admires

her cat ears.) Brazen costume for a

cat burglar.

SELINA:

Yeah? Who are you pretending to be?

WAYNE:

Bruce Wayne, eccentric billionaire.

Who's your date?

SELINA:

His wife's in Ibiza. She left her

diamonds behind, though. Worried

they'd get stolen.

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WAYNE:

It's pronounced 'Ibeetha'. You

wouldn't want these folks realizing

you're a crook not a social

climber.

SELINA:

(flash of anger)

You think I care what anyone in

this room thinks about me?

WAYNE:

I doubt you care what anyone in

this room thinks about you.

SELINA:

Don't condescend, Mr. Wayne. You

don't know a thing about me.

WAYNE:

Well, Selina Kyle, I know you came

here from your walk-up in Old Town

- modest place for a master jewel

thief. Which means either you're

saving for your retirement - or

you're in deep with the wrong

people.

SELINA:

You don't get to judge me because

you were born in the master bedroom

of Wayne Manor.

WAYNE:

Actually, I was born in the Regency

Room.

SELINA:

I started off doing what I had to.

Once you've done what you had to

they'll never let you do what you

want to.

WAYNE:

Start fresh.

SELINA:

There's no fresh start in today's

world. Any twelve-year-old with a

cell phone could find out what you

did. Everything we do is collated

and quantified. Everything sticks.

We are the sum of our mistakes.

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WAYNE:

Or our achievements.

SELINA:

The mistakes stick better. Trust

me.

WAYNE:

You think that justifies stealing?

SELINA:

I take what I need to from those

who have more than enough. I don't

stand on the shoulders of people

with less.

WAYNE:

Robin Hood?

SELINA:

I'd do more to help someone than

most of the people in this room.

Than you.

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