The Devil's Advocate Page #10

CULLEN:

I didn't kill anybody.

KEVIN:

I'm telling you how it looks. You

discover the crime. You call it

in. You've got blood on your person and clothes, and -

(before Cullen can cut him off)

--and -- your prints are on the murder weapon.

CULLEN:

How do you know that?

KEVIN:

There's a second print in blood -it's

a partial of a hand -- on the wall next to th-

CULLEN:

I have keys! I called the cops from the house! I touched the

goddamn wall!

(to Barzoon)

I was panicked! I panicked!

KEVIN:

We need twelve people who can see past all that. I'd get out infront of this fast.

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CULLEN:

I panicked! Is that a crime?

I touched the wall!

BARZOON:

He's right, Alex. People need to hear these things.

KEVIN:

You're not happy tomorrow? The

next day? We'll move over. But

right now -- this moment -- you need immediate representation.

CULLEN:

I've got a fourteen-year-old stepdaughter who I care more about than anything in the world. They won't let me call her from

downtown. They won't let me talk to her after I'm out. I gotta go deal with that first.

KEVIN:

We need to issue a statement.

Cullen looks to Milton. Waiting. Help me.

MILTON:

He's a winner, Alex.

And they'll never see him coming.

CULLEN:

I'm gonna make some very tough phone calls. Then I'm gonna take a pill and try to get some sleep. My place. Eight A.M. tomorrow. Alone.

(beat)

And you better be every f***ing inch as good as you think you are.

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88 OMITTED 88

89 EXT. SOHO BOUTIQUE STREET - DAY 89

A woman with short dark hair -- her back to us -- looking in a shop window. Her reflection in the glass, it's Mary Ann. She's cut and colored her hair.

Jackie and Diana already going in and -CUT

TO:

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90 INT. SOHO BOUTIQUE AND DRESSING ROOM - DAY 90

White wine and couture. Mary Ann holding a blouse.

MARY ANN:

(whispering)

This is three thousand dollars.

JACKIE:

Know what you need to do? Buy it.

Wear it once. And then throw it

away. That'll loosen you up.

DIANA:

I say spend it all. If you're never gonna see your husband, you might as well have a relationship with his money.

(as she strips)

I swear, if he wasn't afraid of me

shooting my mouth off, Eddie would've put a cellulite clause in the pre-nup.

JACKIE:

Dr. Robert, I'm telling you, he's the miracle man. You've seen my new tits, I mean who does it

better than that?

DIANA:

It's not my tits I'm worried about.

Mary Ann turns. Jackie beside her. Topless. Smiling.

JACKIE:

Real or not?

(her breasts)

They look real...

(she shimmies)

They move real...

MARY ANN:

(trapped there)

Must be real.

JACKIE:

Feel them. Go ahead. That's the

ultimate test.

Before Mary Ann can stop her, Jackie is taking her hand,

guiding it to her breast, and holding it there.

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JACKIE:

(smiling)

Feel real?

MARY ANN:

Yes.

(pulling away)

Absolutely. Real.

JACKIE:

(backing away)

Dr. Robert. When you're ready.

Mary Ann looking away as Jackie walks off.

as it was, and yet different.

And then, she turns and sees -

91 OMITTED

63.

Everything is

92 INT. SOHO BOUTIQUE - DRESSING ROOM (FX) - DAY 92

(EFX) Jackie pulling a dress down over her head.

She's taking her time because it's a delicate, clingy...

93 INT. SOHO BOUTIQUE - DRESSING ROOM (FX) - DAY 93

... complicated outfit -- turning -- and for one brief moment we see a serpent's head -- disappearing now into the dress as she struggles inside the material -- her body -- the body inside the dress -- transforming -- ribs and spikes and huge moving muscles strain the limits of the material, and then, suddenly, it's over.

94 INT. SOHO BOUTIQUE - DRESSING ROOM - DAY 94

Jackie's face appears. She straightens the seams.

Turning now -

JACKIE:

What do you think?

But Mary Ann is gone.

CUT TO:

95 OMITTED 95

thru thru

102 102

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103 INT. LAW FIRM - STAIRCASE/OFFICE - DAY 103

Kevin, coming out a door with Heath and an associate.

KEVIN:

... first thing -- I need this ASAP -- I want articles, clippings,

TV interviews, I want everything you can get on Alex Cullen.

HEATH:

(walking off)

You better get a semi truck.

104 INT. LAW FIRM - STAIRCASE/OFFICE - DAY 104

Christabella climbing the stairs. Short skirt. Great

angle. Halfway up, she stops to fix her stockings.

(CONTINUED)

104 CONTINUED:

CHRISTABELLA:

Enjoying yourself?

KEVIN:

(caught)

Sorry. I'm just...

CHRISTABELLA:

Just what? Looking?

KEVIN:

Guilty.

CHRISTABELLA:

Congratulations on Cullen.

KEVIN:

Thank you.

CHRISTABELLA:

What an incredible situation, even

if you lose you become a star.

KEVIN:

What if I win?

CHRISTABELLA:

If you win...

(smiles)

If you win it's everything.

KEVIN:

Any advice?

CHRISTABELLA:

Cullen is a pig. He's a pig

beyond reasonable doubt. I

suggest you keep him as far away

from the jury as possible.

KEVIN:

I'll keep it in mind.

CHRISTABELLA:

(leans in,

whispering)

You can look all you want, but I

don't f*** married men.

KEVIN:

What a relief. I was starting to

think you were perfect.

66.

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Kevin...

PAM (O.S.)

He turns instantly -- Pamela standing behind him.

PAM:

Your wife is on the phone.

She sounds upset...

Christabella smiling as Kevin rushes off.

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105 INT. LOMAX APARTMENT - DAY 105

Mary Ann very upset. Kevin has just come home.

MARY ANN:

I don't care if they can hear me!

I don't care! I don't like it here.

And these women, my God... I mean,

I'm seeing things for Christ's sake!

KEVIN:

You just left them in the store?

MARY ANN:

Yes!

KEVIN:

Look, calm down, all right?

Listen to me... Mare? First,

you do this radical thing with your hair...

MARY ANN:

You hate it.

KEVIN:

Stop. I think it's fine. But I

also think it's traumatic.

You've got the pressure of fitting in with new friends,

a new place... add three bottles of wine and -

MARY ANN:

No! It wasn't the wine. It

wasn't the wine or my hair or talking to Kathy, because I know that's what you're gonna say -(

CONTINUED)

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KEVIN:

What about Kathy?

MARY ANN:

What about her? She's pregnant again.

KEVIN:

Oh, and that's got nothing to do with it...

MARY ANN:

Kevin, I never see you anymore.

Now that you've got this big case,

it's just only gonna get worse. I

don't know anybody here. These

women scare the living sh*t out of

me. If you can believe it, I'm actually looking forward to having your mother come and visit.

KEVIN:

What about the apartment?

MARY ANN:

Exactly! You just go out -- you

buy a few new suits and you're fine. I've got this whole place to fill up and I know we have all this money and it's supposed to be fun, but it isn't! It's like

a test! The whole thing is like one big test! I'm lonely.

KEVIN:

Let's make a baby.

MARY ANN:

Don't tease me.

KEVIN:

I wouldn't do that.

Unless you asked.

MARY ANN:

You hate my hair, don't you?

106 INT. LOMAX APARTMENT - DAY 106

His hand moves against her cheek, and then down the back of her neck. She moves into his body and -

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