The Exorcist Page #2

KARL:

Rats?

CHRIS:

Uh huh. 'Fraid so.

Chris walks to the fridge with her cup of coffee.

KARL:

But it's clean?

CHRIS:

All right then we've got clean rats.

Chris takes a carton of milk out of the fridge and pours some

into her coffee.

KARL:

No. No rats.

CHRIS:

I just heard them Karl.

Karl shrugs his shoulders

KARL:

Maybe plumbing?

Chris puts the carton of milk away.

CHRIS:

Yeah or maybe rats now will you just get those traps.

KARL:

Yes, I go now.

CHRIS:

Well don't go now Karl the stores aren't open yet.

Karl picks up a huge jar. And heads out the door.

KARL:

I'll go see.

WILLIE:

(Shouting at Karl)

They're closed!

EXTERIOR- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGETOWN- FILM SET- DAY

We are looking at the building of Washington University when

suddenly we are transported to the film set on campus. Lights,

camera's, crew members all of the place. A group of crew members

are surrounding one man, the director Burke Dennings. Burke

doesn't respond to any of them until he hears a voice calling

from a trailer.

CHRIS:

(calling)

Burke? oh Burke?

CREW MEMBER:

Is this scene really essential Burke?

Burke turns to see Chris walking toward him. He walks to her.

CREW MEMBER:

Can you just consider on whether or not we can do without it?

Chris walks to Burke with her script in hand.

CHRIS:

Burke take a look at this damn thing it just doesn't make sense.

BURKE:

Why it's perfectly plain, your the teacher at the college, you

don't want the building torn down.

CHRIS:

C'mon I can read for Christ sake.

BURKE:

Well what's wrong?

CHRIS:

Well why are they tearing the building down?

BURKE:

Shall we summon the writer? He's in Paris I believe.

CHRIS:

Hiding?

We see a crowd of people looking on. Standing out is a young,

dark, handsome Jesuit Priest .

BURKE:

F***ing.

Chris bursts into laughter and hugs Burke as the crowd including

the priest burst into laughter.We cut to a crew member with a

clapper board.

CREW MEMBER:

Scene 39, hotel, take 4!

As he claps the board we hear the assistant director's voice on a

mega phone.

CREW:

Okay Action!

The crowd of movie extras cheer and chant as an actor with a mega

phone plays his part. Chris is being touched up with make up

before she makes her appearance. She walks toward the set.

ACTOR:

(with mega-phone)

Has there been enough killing

After the actor says each line, the crowd cheer. Chris walks into

the crowd of extras, as we see Burke on the directors chair

smiling and laughing. Chris reaches the guy with the mega-phone

and turns on character. She takes the mega-phone and begins.

CHRIS:

(with mega-phone)

Wait a minute, please, hold it! Hey c'mon we're all concerned

with human rights for god's sake, but the kids who wanna get an

education have a right too!

The crowd cheer.

CHRIS:

(with mega-phone)

Can you understand it's against your own principles for gods

sake.

The crowd cheer.

CHRIS:

You can't, you can't accomplish anything by sending kids

out........

The crowd cheer cutting her short. We focus on the young priest

who is walking away from the campus.

CHRIS:

(with mega-phone)

Order! Order! If you wanna effect any change you'll have to do it

within the system.......

The crowd cut her short again with an almighty cheer. We move in

front of the young priest who continues to walk from the set.

CREW:

Okay cut! That's a rap!

EXTERIOR- GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY- ENTRANCE- DAY

We see Chris descending a flight of stairs walking toward a car.

CHRIS:

I think I'll walk home tonight Mike.

MIKE:

All right.

She hands her leather case to him.

CHRIS:

And take that and drop it by my house.

She walks off and waves goodnight to the crew across the road. As

she turns the corner and walks down the road, Mike Oldfield's

Tubular Bells begins to play. She walks through the leaf covered

street on Halloween and sees a group of kids in costume run past

her. She carries on walking and sees to nuns waking in the wind,

with the gowns blowing. She approaches the local chapel and over

hears a voice.

KARRAS:

There's not a day in my life when I don't feel like a fraud. I

mean priests, doctor, lawyers I've talked to them all, I don't

know anyone who hasn't felt that.

She sees that's it's the young Jesuit who was at the campus

earlier, and that he is talking to another priest. We don't hear

the rest of the conversation because of a low flying aeroplane.

INTERIOR- MACNEIL HOUSE- DINNING ROOM- DUSK

We cut to the dinning room where Chris's house sitter and nanny,

Sharon is sitting at a type writer eating an apple.

CHRIS:

(calling from outside)

Hello?

SHARON:

In here!

Chris walks into the dinning room.

CHRIS:

Hi

SHARON:

Hi, how'd your day go?

CHRIS:

Oh not to bad, kinda like the Walt Disney version of the Ho Chi

Minh story, but other than that it was terrific.

Chris picks up her mail.

CHRIS:

What have we got here?

Sharon gives her a letter.

SHARON:

Here.

CHRIS:

Oh great, anything else?

SHARON:

And you got an invitation.

CHRIS:

What's this?

SHARON:

Dinner at the White House.

CHRIS:

Your kidding me. What is it a big party or something?

SHARON:

Just five or six people.

CHRIS:

No kidding.

Chris walks toward the cabinet and pours herself a drink. We hear

a small voice call from the hall.

REGAN:

Hi mom.

Regan runs in and hugs and kisses Chris.

CHRIS:

What did you do today?

REGAN:

Um........Stuff.

CHRIS:

What kind of stuff?

REGAN:

Well, me and Sharon played a game in the back yard, and we had a

picnic down by the river.

Chris sits down.

REGAN:

Oh mom, you should have seen this man came along on this

beautiful grey horse. (to Sharon)

Wasn't it pretty?

CHRIS:

Really, what kind was it a mair or guilding?

REGAN:

Think it was a guilding. It was grey. Oh it was so beautiful, the

guy let me ride it all around.

CHRIS:

Your kidding?

SHARON:

Yeah for about half an hour.

REGAN:

It was so nice, oh I loved it. Oh mom can't we get a horse?

CHRIS:

Well, not while we're in Washington.

REGAN:

Oh............

CHRIS:

We'll see when we get home okay.

REGAN:

When can I have one?

CHRIS:

We'll see Regan. (to Sharon)

Now about those party invitations.......

Regan opens the jar of candy for the trick or treaters and takes

some candy. Regan runs of and Chris chases her.

CHRIS:

Regan come back here.

Chris catches Regan and wrestle her to the floor. Regan is

giggling constantly.

CHRIS:

All right give it up, give it up, now! You'll be sorry.

INTERIOR- SUBWAY- DAY

We cut to a train screaming through a subway station. When the

train goes past we see the young Jesuit priest standing at the

platform. As things get quiet he hears and Irish voice behind

him.

HOMELESS GUY:

Fa-dah! Can you help an old altar boy? I'm a Cat-lick!

A train goes past illuminating the homeless guys face. The young

priest just walks on.

EXTERIOR- NEW YORK STREET- DAY

The young priest walks down a garbage infested, New York city

street. Kids making noise and jumping on cars are the only source

of noise. The young priest walks up a porchway and enters a

building.

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