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Sample dialogue

• ... the service hatch, as the hinged cover drops open, and a body tumbles through, dangling head first, until it's caught at the waist. We see the back of the head.

  scene 78, source scene 79 — INT. GROUND FLOOR LOBBY - NIGHT

• her face, fighting tears, as the CAMERA begins to WHIRL AROUND her, almost dizzily. She is seeing, in her mind's eye -

  scene 8, source scene 9 — EXT. THE HOSPITAL - PARKING LOT - DAY

• the Colt Python as - in SLOW MOTION - his thumbs cock the hammer, the SOUND registering as a LOUD METALLIC CLICK, and -

  scene 128, source scene 129 — INT. MR. GUMB'S WORKROOM - DAY (GREEN LIGHT)

• A guest room door, with a small, wired pack attached to its knob. Suddenly, wish a sharp CRACK!, the knob explodes, and the door bursts open.

  scene 1, source scene 2 — INT. GRUBBY HOTEL CORRIDOR - DAY (DIMLY LIT)

• an emerging sheet, as Gumb's face is printed out. We see just his hair, then the top of his forehead, before we...

  scene 97, source scene 98 — INT. FBI TURBOJET - FLYING - DAY

Bookends

Often appears with

• CLARICE2 scenes
• A DEATH'S-HEAD MOTH -1 scene
• BURROUGHS1 scene
• CRAWFORD1 scene
• HER CAR1 scene
• IN FLASHBACK1 scene