Wild Things

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INSIDE A STEAMY SHOWER -- A wet naked woman and man wrapped

around each other in ecstasy -- legs, arms, hair, mouths.

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Moonlight reflects on a vehicle's shiny surface. FISTS THUD into

flesh. O.S. -- a man slams of the hood, rebounds away.

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LOVERS -- caught in FREEZE-FRAMES of green neon -- off, on, off,

on -- like a strobe's instant-images -- of gasping, tough sex.

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ON A GLEAMING POOL DECK of black-and-white tile -- two women in

soaked, clinging clothes -- fight -- hands squeeze a throat.

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A SCREAM -- a sickening hollow THWACK -- an arc of blood, two

teeth fall on dark stone.

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GUNSHOTS -- Blood sprays across the glass of a picture frame --

obscures the photo inside.

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THE SURFACE OF A SPARKLING SEA -- a distant emerald island. A

40-foot sloop APPEARS -- shapes on deck -- we are about to SEE --

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SHARKS -- underwater -- rip something into a bloody cloud.

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FADE TO:

EXT. BLUE BAY SCHOOL - DAY

A place of money and privilege. White coral buildings surround

an open yard. Tile roofs rise among banyan trees and banana

palms, shimmering before a blue blaze of sky.

Beyond the yard is the school's playing field and beyond that the

waters of Biscayne Bay, dappled in sunlight where the sloops of

the school's sailing class bob at their moorings.

For a moment all is quiet. Then, faintly, the HUM of many

VOICES, rising and falling, LAUGHTER.

The CAMERA PANS to the open windows of a building somewhat larger

than the others. The SOUNDS grow louder.

INT. BLUE BAY AUDITORIUM - DAY

A hundred high school kids sit before a raised, hardwood stage.

The students are not unlike the campus, radiant, well-tended -- a

veritable sea of adolescent sexuality -- bronze boys who seem to

have just come from the boats or tennis courts -- girls in tight

shorts riding high up shapely thighs, as...

SAM LOMBARDO strolls out onto the stage. The man is thirtyish,

drop-dead handsome. Dressed not that differently from the kids,

in an Izod polo shirt, khakis and boat shoes.

His entrance has an effect upon the audience, particularly upon

the girls.

KAREN and JANELLE, 16, pretty blondes, whisper then giggle.

NICOLE, a dark-eyed beauty, 17 but going on 25, watches Sam's

walk, then turns to the girl at her side...

KELLY VAN RYAN, 17, a fully-developed knockout.

NICOLE:

When we graduate the only thing I'm

going to miss is...

(with a nod to the stage)

Know what I mean?

Kelly's eyes are locked on Sam. Nicole has to nudge her.

NICOLE (CONT'D)

Kelly?

KELLY:

(still staring)

Oh yeah.

Sam is at the podium. He looks out across the audience. There

are a couple of flirtatious whistles, laughter. Sam smiles,

silencing them with a wave of his hand.

SAM:

We've come to the halfway point in my

senior seminars...

Cheers, applause. Sam waits for the kids to settle.

SAM (CONT'D)

Come on. Beats study hall, doesn't it?

JIMMY (O.S.)

No!

Boos as we FIND...

JIMMY LEACH, 18, grumge look, long hair. He sits with a clique

of white trashy types, or at least what passes for such at Blue

Bay School. Jimmy appears a bit more genuine, as does...

SUZlE TOLLER, a boyish brunette, seated nearby, but with just

enough space between her and everyone else to mark her as a

loner. She studies Sam Lombardo with a dark, sullen stare.

SAM:

Thank you, Jimmy.

JIMMY:

Hey, man, at least in study hail I could

meditate.

KIRK (O.S.)

He means masturbate...

This remark is greeted by a chorus of laughter as we FIND...

KIRK, one of the golden boys, seated with Kelly and Nicole.

SAM:

Something Kirk with which I'm sure you

have hands-on experience.

Loud laughter. Sam quiets them again, then turns to the

blackboard, where he begins to write, in big letters -- S-E-X.

The kids start to cheer.

Sam writes another word -- C-R-I-M-E-S.

The cheering fades into silence.

SAM (CONT'D)

We've all heard the words, date rape,

sexual harassment. We've talked about

some of these things in this room.

(beat)

Our speakers today head up the Blue Bay

Police Sex Crimes Unit -- Detectives Ray

Duquette and Gloria Perez.

(beat)

They're here to give you what we hope

will be a fresh perspective on these

subjects, and to answer any questions

you night have.

Sam turns to the wings, his hand out to welcome the visitors...

RAY DUQUETTE, mid-thirties, with the lanky build of a light

heavyweight, walks out onto the stage. He's dressed in a dark

suit, dark hair combed straight back above steel-rimmed glasses.

GLORIA PEREZ walks at his side. She's a good six inches shorter

than Ray, with a sweet face. Attractive but no stunner.

About five kids applaud. Ray takes the podium.

RAY:

Thank you for having us. We'll each

talk for ten or fifteen minutes, then

open it up to your questions...

IN THE AUDIENCE:

Suzie Toller suddenly gets to her feet. As she passes behind

Jimmy, we HEAR her VOICE, beneath her breath.

SUZIE:

I'm not going to listen to this

jack-off.

She marches down the aisle and bangs out the rear door..

Ray pauses, a dark look on his face, then goes on...

RAY:

Let's begin with a question. What is a

sex crime?

A moment.

JIMMY:

Not getting any.

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