The Thirteenth Floor Page #3

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DOUGLAS:

Didn't happen to talk to Fuller the night before last, did you?

ASHTON:

Yes, I did.

DOUGLAS:

Did he mention my name? Did he give you something for me?

ASHTON:

What would that be?

DOUGLAS:

A message or a note, maybe.

ASHTON:

No, sorry.

DOUGLAS:

Did you see him talking to anybody else?

ASHTON:

I'm a very busy man. Listen, if you like, I can arrange something

for you too. You see anything you want?

DOUGLAS:

Can you tell me where the bathroom is , please?

INT. THE 13TH FLOOR

WHITNEY:

You all right? You sure? All right, take it easy. Hey, man. Take

it easy. I told you, 120 minutes. It's too long. You're really

pushing your luck.

DOUGLAS:

What happened?

WHITNEY:

The memory transference with your link it froze. Started

overlapping! Thought I'd be shooting hoops with Ferguson for the

rest of my life.

INT. THE BAR 1973

FERGUSON:

You got a smoke?

ASHTON:

Sure.

FERGUSON:

Thank you. Mind if I ask you a question? Can you tell me where I

am?

INT. THE 13TH FLOOR

WHITNEY:

It works?

DOUGLAS:

Oh, it works.

WHITNEY:

How about Anston? My bartender?

DOUGLAS:

He's got much better haircut than you. Much better.

WHITNEY:

I wish I could see it for myself. How's the lighting? Textures?

DOUGLAS:

Colorization needs work, but the units don't notice.

WHITNEY:

What are they like?

DOUGLAS:

They're as real as you and me.

WHITNEY:

You see the old man was right! All those years of work! Did you

find out what he was doing there?

DOUGLAS:

Yeah, He was having sex with girls.

WHITNEY:

You're kidding me.

GUARD:

Excuse me , Mr. Hall? A man in the lobby says he needs to talk

to you.

DOUGLAS:

Thanks. Have him call my office in the morning.

GUARD:

He says it's urgent. He's a friend of Mr. Fuller's

INT. LOBBY

DOUGLAS:

You're a friend of Fuller's?

TOM:

You're Hall, right?

DOUGLAS:

How can I help you, Mr. Tom Jones. You know, like the singer.

How about some privacy?

DOUGLAS:

What do you want to talk about?

TOM:

About the night the old man died.

DOUGLAS:

I'll be right back, Joe.

INT. THE GARAGE

DOUGLAS:

So where'd you meet Fuller?

TOM:

in my bar the other night. Waiting for you.

DOUGLAS:

Is that what you wanted to talk to me about?

TOM:

I want to talk about money now. Something in the seven figures.

DOUGLAS:

What money?

TOM:

Come on. You think you can get away with it?

DOUGLAS:

Get away with what?

TOM:

You took the old man, a**hole! Listen to me. He was at the bar.

You pick him up, leave together. Next day he's an obit. You do

the math, a**hole!

INT.CAR NIGHT RAIN

CLARK:

Omni Hotel. How can I help you?

DOUGLAS:

Miss Jane Fuller, please.

JANE:

hello? Who is this?

INT. HOTEL NIGHT

DOUGLAS:

The night your father was killed, he tried to reach me. He wanted

to meet at some bar.

JANE:

What for?

DOUGLAS:

He left someone was after him.

JANE:

Did you talk to him?

DOUGLAS:

I know how strange this sounds. I can't remember.

JANE:

What do you mean, you can't remember? Did you talk to the

detective about this?

DOUGLAS:

No, but the bartender will, if I don't pay up. I know how crazy

this sounds.

JANE:

You can't just plug your brain into this machine and not expect

to be affected by it please walk away from this before you get

hurt too.

DOUGLAS:

Why do I get the feeling we've met before?

JANE:

Maybe, we have, in another life.

DOUGLAS:

What are you doing in Paris? What*s that other life like?

JANE:

I don't want to talk about it.

DOUGLAS:

Why not?

JANE:

I guess I don't want you to lose interest in me.

DOUGLAS:

You don't have to worry about that.

JANE:

Let's dance.

DOUGLAS:

Me? Mo, no.

JANE:

Yes, come on.

DOUGLAS:

I buy all my shoes in left pairs.

JANE:

It's easy. I'll show you the steps. You're doing pretty good for

a man with no right foot.

DOUGLAS:

must've picked it up in another life.

JANE:

You know that feeling you have that we met before? It's the same

with me.

DOUGLAS:

Why is that?

JANE:

They say that deja vu is usually a sign of love at first sight.

INT. BEDROOM

McBAIN

Don't make any sudden moves. What it's usually all about. Murder.

INT. POLICE OFFICE

McBAIN

Is that your car?

DOUGLAS:

Those are my plates.

McBAIN

No, sh*t? That's from a security camera in your garage in your

office building the night Fuller was killed.

DOUGLAS:

I'm not sure. I don't understand.

McBAIN

That makes one of us. Fuller wants to shut down the project,

and you sliced him up.

DOUGLAS:

I think it's time I call my attorney.

McBAIN

You say you left your office at 10.

DOUGLAS:

I was working late with Whitney. I told you that.

McBAIN

Anybody with you?

DOUGLAS:

No.

McBAIN

You're picking up bad habits left and right.

DOUGLAS:

Must be the stress.

McBAIN

Then you'll need a carton. Mane's Tom Jones. Said he saw your

picture in the news paper. Said you looked like the guy Fuller

left the bar with that night. We took his statement. Said we'd

be in touch. Someone reached out and touched him first.

INT. JAIL

COP:

Looks like you found an alibi. You're free to go for now.

INT. CAR

DOUGLAS:

What did you tell him?

JANE:

The truth. We met for a drink, one thing led to another, we spent

the night together. Your picture was on the news. He saw you and

thought you were good for quick cash.

DOUGLAS:

I saw the pictures. The guy was slaughtered.

JANE:

He was an ex- con. Who knows what else he did.

DOUGLAS:

Just because I don't remember it doesn't mean I didn't do it.

JANE:

You're not a killer.

DOUGLAS:

Your father stumbled onto something. He left me a message that

has something to do with this.

JANE:

So what are you going to do?

DOUGLAS:

Jack back in and find out.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE BOOK STORE IN 1937

GRIERSON:

I'll call the police.

DOUGLAS:

I need to talk to you!

GRIERSON:

I told you! I'll call the police.

DOUGLAS:

Listen! I know why you pass out from time to time. I know why you

wake up and have no idea where you are. What did you do 3 nights

ago? Any idea?

INT. THE BOOK STORE

DOUGLAS:

When did it first happen?

GRIERSON:

First time? About 4 weeks ago.

DOUGLAS:

And the last episode was 3 nights ago? It lasts for about 2

hours?

GRIERSON:

My wife thinks I have some kind of secret love life.

DOUGLAS:

What about memory flashes, deja vu?

GRIERSON:

I was in World War I. I'm still having these nightmares.

DOUGLAS:

I'm talking about fantasies.

GRIERSON:

I do have them.

DOUGLAS:

In these fantasies, you're having sex with young girls.

GRIERSON:

When I wake up, I even have a perfume smell all over me.

DOUGLAS:

Real or imagined?

GRIERSON:

According to my wife, it's pretty real. I found this. A couple of

days ago.

DOUGLAS:

Your size?

GRIERSON:

I'm married over 35 years now. And not once have I cheated on my

wife. Not once.

DOUGLAS:

Let's have a drink.

EXT. OUTSIDE HOTEL NIGHT

DOUGLAS:

You've been here before?

GRIERSON:

No, I can't afford places like this.

DOUGLAS:

my treat.

BELL BOY:

Good evening, Mr. Fuller.

DOUGLAS:

That's you.

INT. HOTEL

CLARK:

Excuse me, sir. Members only.

CLARK:

Mr. Fuller, your usual table?

DOUGLAS:

Of course.

GRIERSON:

He is with me.

GIRL:

Hi, honey bear. I'll be with you in 5 minutes.

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