"JFK" (1991)

EISE:-fHOWEft . ... The conjunction•:;; a.n immer.se m.ili:'..i.ry esubf shment ~ a !arge urns industry 1s new in the Ameril!a.l ,.xperien~. ~ 10,, i irl';yence •· e.con«nic. ~lineal. even spiriruaJ ..• is felt j,, ~very dty. 1rv',;~~y ~'!;A~ h{;,use. every ofr.ce of t1'1e Fe.den! Govemment..ln the ct1un.c'ils ot IV'\";,;'\'H-r1~nt ~~{". must ,uatd ~iai.nst the acqu1si con of unwarnnted influenc;e, whelher sou1:1t c..r un~~'.lht. by thE miliwy 1ndusaial ~mple l. The potential for the ::iisasterous rise cl !1'US_pl1.~~ power exisu uid -.ill persnL .. We must never let the we;jht o( this combin!l,,;,.::,.;i endan,~r out liberties or democncc proces:i.es. We shotil.c\ w.ie nothin& for g7.~Illed...

2. ELECTIO~ I'.\tAGER Y •· c1rnpaign.in1, the 1V debates. Nixon vs. Krnnedy, ~ayor Dale} . Keri.nedy victorious... Ken 'iedy ir:1u3uration

VOICE (2) Sovember, 1960 -· Senator John F. Ken~rdy of M:.suchusens wins one of <he natTO-.r..est elf't"T'inn victories in Am~ric~ ~ti~tory c;/w-~ tM Yi:ce-Presidenc R.ichatri Ni.xoa by a lictJ,. ,nop rhm 100.00J votes. Rt1"i~'!OrS &t>o\•:.!id tha~he sm1' I.he elecaon in n•inou lM.IJl11 ~~•: l...:!r~,-atic po'.stical machme of ~ay:or Daley...

3. BAY OF PIGS IMAGERY·· on the bead, ~ b,~11t-a1dmertt. the roundin1 up of prisonen. Kennedy's public apoloc, Allen Dulles...

V01~(3) He inheriis a seem ...,ar 11.ainst the Gx,1.-r1unist C.asw dicutonhip in Cuba. a *at run by the CIA and anpy Cuban exil~ out of bases ir. me Southern United States.. Panama. ~icara,ua and Quaiemala. This...,., culminates ,n the d.isasterous Bay of Pip uwas1on in April 1961 whim KeMedy apparerid~ tefuses '~/: p~ air c:ova for che ex.ue bri&ade, Of lbe 1600 ftft who invld-:i. i 14 ~ lai?ed. 1200 are capNRd. The Cubans and the ClA • furious wid~Kt:nnedy's irresolution... Kennedy, takina public responsibility for rhe failure. pri\'lte!y clNmS the CtA misled him on the IJ"Ue nllWe of the operation. He vows to splint~: d-.e CIA il\i!o a thcusand pieces and ruts Allen Dulles. Rkhud IH.sMll &.~ Oartes CabelL the u,p lwienhip of the 0A

' · _SECRET WAR IMAOERY.. ,Cuban n.llfas. any avai1~b!e foou1e ~r nininl camps. espiona,c activities. bom. ~ d wupons. JM/wave •~ the Univ~""Siry of Miami. Roben Kennedy .. Joh.n Roselli (cin::a 1977 if neces.,ary) Sam Ciiac~..."i~ ~ancos Tn.fflcante. llichard Helm.1 (the ne• 0A chieO. BW fwvey. head o( ZJVR.lft.!. Howard Hunt..•

VO}CE(4) ...The CIA. however, ,onatiues iu ~cret ...,a, on Castro "ith dozens or YboU&e uid assa.uination anempu unde;• its ZR/Rif1e Ind MONOOOSE snosnms involv,n& au 10 or1,niud crime elementS St..Jr,hi as John f1Qs.eUi. Sam OianeanL and Santos Tf'lffia.1ic.e. whose casino opentions in C~ba worth rrillliou~a yur in income. Ca.sa-o hu terminated. . .

S. C1,;8AS MISSll..E CRISIS .. Kroschev. Kennedy on 1elevmon. meean1s ..,.,u, C1b1ne1. RurnU1 vessels 1n Canbbean. t.;S nuclear blSes on uen.. C1V1Lians 1ou,110 unckrsround we ueas. ~a-o ·.:-.~ R'Jss 1.1n ship 1urn1n1 uound. the counC")' smiling ...

[n October 1962. the world comes 10 the brink of nuclear wv when Kennedy

/vv·1. rrules off Amencan shores. The Joint Chiefs o( Sw( and the CIA call for an uwa.s1on. ~~~ Kenned:-, refuses. Sov,et ships \ol,'\U\ more rrussiles streamin& towards the island. but at _ !) the list rmment tum back. The wortd breathes v.,th relief but backsQ1e in Wuhineton, "fv\'\. ✓ rumon abound that JFK has cut a secret de.al v.,th Russian Preauu Knnchev not to

vade Cuba in rerun, for Russian withdrawal o( missiles. MJny inside people claim these

Jt~ ~11~ss1les ~ve never be.en wilhdnwn. These suspicions cont\rm the 110...,;n& feelin1 f ,"'\¥ that Kennedy is "soft on Communism··... However. Kennedy's popularity wnJ\ the public II soars.

6. NUCLEAR TeST BAN CMAGERY ... closin& down Cuban CMnps. uke Poncha1rain, Louisiana (if (ootAge avajJable), McSamara speaJcing. Khrushchev and Kennedy. ·the hot line" telephone system inaugurated. Kennedy wi1h Jacltie 111d children sailin1 off Clpe Cod. defense bues... VIE'rnAM intrOducoon. early shots. Green Berets. counterinsurgency prop-ims. Ed Landsdale (if av11lable), leadin& up 10 the Test Ban si1nin1s. Kennedy 111d MacMillan. Khrushchev...&hen JFK at Amcncan Uaivcrsuy, 'June 10.

...In the ensuin1 months. Kennedy clamps do~ on Cuban exile aclivities. closin1 camps. resaictin& coven operations. not aJJowin1 auns to be shipped out o( the couna-y. He is mow,1 in many direc1ions at once. In Much '63. his Secrewy ol'Defense McNaman announces the dosin1 of 52 miliwy installations in 25 states. and 21 overseas bases. Larae cuts are to be ( made in the defense bud&et. In November 1963. he beps die wilhdrawal of the fine lCOO D"oops ol the 16,(D) stationed in Vietnam. He tells scvenJ d his intimates that he \\o'\11 withdnw all Vietnam a-oops after the '6' election. sayin1 t0 lhe Assistant Secretary of Swe. Roaer Hilsman.. '"The Bay of Pip has tau1ht me a number of thinss. One. not to crvsr aenert.ls o.- the CIA. and the second is that if the American people do noc want to use American a-oops 10 remove a C-ommunist re,une 90 mila from our cout. how can I ask them u, use 1r00ps u, remove a Communist reliffle 9.000 miles away?· .. Ftnally. in Aupsa 1963. followina lenlthy nepaciofts. rhe United Scales. Orw Britain and the ScMet Union sip a limited , nuclear tes1 bin naty (mt,iddin& the umospheric testinl ol nuclat weapons. The trury is oppoaed by the Joinr Oiefs ol Staff... Early that fateful sonvner. Kennedy spew of his new v;sio_n aa American Uniwrsiiy in Wtshinston.

7. KE~DY CONO..UD[NO IMAGERY ... Oipl0fflltS at the United Nations.. .Adlai Stevenson. Ambasudor Arwood. Or. Rene Vallejo. Usa Howud - TV journalist. Cuao...Mirti~ l.ulher l(jn1 \ and the TTW"Ch oa Wuhin1ton (a sna1ch of his "I Have a 0ream• speech).:.Bobby Kennedy and Jirr~v

Hoffa go,n& u !!_... US Steel Olairma.1,s remms ,n t.hc steel faceoff. men &oirl& t0 courtrooms -..it.h briefcases . . .Teddy Kennedy. Rose. Joe. the Kennedy fa.rruly. a.JI teeth ll'ld 1ood looks... and of COI.Uie John Clmpll&nltlf, always campaignin&, shwng hands. srruling, that supn:mely wazm srrule 11'\d ~~~ of grace a.rid abLlity to con...-ey to crowds ltlc1t be1n& one .....-11.h him. .forever...culminaunc 1n I.he more specific Te~a.s shoc:s ... ....,th Jaclc,je in San Antonio. and Houston ... r.hen at Fon Wonh ... then at Lo..,.e Field .. 1hc last Oose t:ps o( the man...on, the wmac: sha.Jcinl hands. srmlin1, into the mot~e. .lhc do-. niov. n screets of Dallas. mobbed. the post.en ca.llin& for his atTest ror a-eason. wavin&, then:

VOICE (7) More rumon emer1e of JFK's baclcdoor effon.s to establish d,jaJocue with Fidel ~m, throu&h channels at the United Nations in New York. KeMedy is rock:in1 !he boat oa scven.J frontS. Three months after Kennedy submits a sweepin& civil ri&hu bill to ConiJ"'SS. Manin Luther Kin& leads 250.CXX> in a march on Wuh.inJton. Roben KeMedy. as Attorney Genera!. for the fint time ever vi1orously prosecutes the ~w ui American life. brinfin1 and winnin1 a record number of cues. Kennedy also wes oa Bi& Business. fo~in& back steel prices. winnin& 45 of 46 anritrUst cases dwin1 1963 and. most worrisome, threatening to end the much-misused oil depletion aJJo..,anu. Bil chan1es are foreseen after JFK's asswned reelection in 196'. Foremost 1n the political consciousness of the country is 1he possibility of a KeMedy dynasty. Roben Kennedy in ·68, Teddy Kennedy in ·16. In November. 1963 John Kennedy travels 10 Texas. his populariry !.al&inl to 59, lar1cly due to his civil ri&hu stand for which is partJcularty hated in the South. Texas is a crucial state ror him to carry in ·64. Wilh him is Vice-President. Tuan Lyndon Johnson and Tew Governor John CoMally. On November 21. they visit Houston and San Antonio. On November 22. in the momin& he spew in Fort Wonh. then rues 15 minutes 10 Love Field in Dallas. where he takes a mocorcade throu&h downcown Dallas on his way to~ 1112:30 u \he In1emarion&I

A massive overhead shoe ol lhe Plaza as it lay then. Hold. CREDITS CONQ.UDE under •· and we have the subtitle.: ''November 22. 1963.•

A YOL~G MAN weann1 peen army faaiue, suddenly coH1pses near the front of door ol the Texas School Book Depository. He is havu,1 a V10lent epileptic fit that an:ncu sunoundin1 aaention. The Dall~ Policeman Nnninl owr. ,,.

AMBULANC! lcedin1 the -YOUNG MAN and takin1 otf.

AMBUlANCE VOICE We an en rouae t0 Putiand

MONTAGE.; JHE SHOOTING

KENNFD Y in the last seconds wtvutl tumin1 the comer at Houston tram Main... TV FOOTAGE and l piece of ZAPJtUDER FlLM heft (buc before the shootin1).. .fnJ11lCnted i.mlacs ..•

VOICE We'll b( there in aboul five minutes...

A motortycle OFFlG:Jt part.ltelin& !he Kennedy car bie.s to use his 1'1djo. h's ilTnrncd. The sound o( lhe janvned dic:ubelt drives the rest o( the sequence.

ZAPR UDER. a shon middle-aced man shootin& his I mm film from the Orusy ~I.

On JACK.IE JCF.N'NEDY •· f1o1tin1 on film. her "oice. hiah soft:

JACKlE KENNEDY v.o. (suaed) And in the mocoreade. you know t usually would be Yi&vin& mostly 10 &he left side and he "'U •avin& mostly 10 lhe ri&ht. which is one ruson you're not looldn111 uch other i;cry much. And ii was 1crribly hot. Just blindina all o( us ...We could see a tuMel us (ronc ~ us. Everythin& ,..as ruJly slow I.hen. And I remember irunkin1 it weyld be so cool under that 1unnel...

A ~• on Jackie. lntem,1 lhe overpass. JF1C wavina...MRS. CONNALLY rumin& to Jf1t. A crazy sbot. fractured. sunul POV

Tben the SHOTS: A vc&y soundin& like a motcrq,cle back:ftft. A OUMPSE rA a Ml.1ZZLE Ft..ASH ... smott.

Tbe lcXAS SOfOCl. BOOK DEPOSrrolY - 111 in line wich the •officiar venioa of cventS...BUT lHE SCRE~ (OU'l SCR!.EN) OOES OREY u did the CBS TV ftnl bu.Dains to lhe councry. ,

CBS 8Ull.ETtN {FULL SCRIEM) -"~this propam to brinJ you to this nuh bulleun. ThRe shots •ere ru-ed • Presidena JCennecly's motorcade "' dow,nown DaJJ•

V -:>ices, Wida 6k. ,._ ewrywhae coDldln& la conludon and t.ams.

OH NOi MY 0001HEY1lE oorNO TO IClLL US A1JJ It sdlL Yc,q're &oin& to be aD dpt, LETS OET OlTI' OF HEU. WE1U! Hffl LAWSON, nus IS KEl.LnMAN. WE ARE Hn'. OET US 10 nm HOSPITAL l>AMEDIAffl.. Y. Ml. OUT OF 11iE MOTORC.ADIL TAXE US 10 THE N!.AREST ~PrrAl.

CBSIUUEnN --lbe &st rq,ons say that President Kennedi has beu seriously wounded by the sho0rinc. Mare dew.ls just arrived. United Presa s:ay die ftt0Unds to Presidem

Jtwiedy perhaps could be raw. Repeatin& Presi~ reanedy hu been shot by a ~ uswin in Dall•

IT CA~tE FRO~ n1ER.E. SEC1.:R.E TI-i.A TAR.EA BEHr.-m n<E FE~Ce. ITS 1liAT BUll.DING \,;P niER£. Oh my God. they'"¥e shot my husband ...l lo._e you Jack ...

S i:rens. SCTeeChing tires. All a&a.i.ns1 GREY SCREEN randomly intem.it ..;th Vwildly tnck:ln& POV$ a \he CRO\1/0 li.lM1n1 towards the GRASSY KNOLL. Up the titLle Kt of swn. More (Jces. SOMEONE in a suic stops our camer1. Secret Suva?

Tbc briefest GLJMPSE from lhe 7.APRUDER fU.M ·• MRS. JCE.NN'EDY is out o( the car ruchin& r~ help, then the AGENT is pushin& her back in. The car speedin1 a..-iy rinally. (These are frisme,nted m)·sri!yin1 shou. the main effect one of BLACKOUT•· or noc k.nOWVII, or bein1 in the dart •· u ~ ill were back lheA.

r.--a. JIM GARRISON'S OFFICE • NEW ORLEANS· SIMULTANEOUS DAY

Pause. The lovely old china clock on the wall ruds 12:35. tick.ins sounds. silence. Movin& pa.st framed photos ol JlM as a youn1 pi1oc. his sn,,dfathu shwn1 hinds tt1th William Howard Tait. ftm u Dachau. nut to piles or 1aunc bodies, the youna lawyu in coUese. law decrees, a fnmed lit roedal. 1-ta.z:na Ganison, movin& to a thick desk with a chess set and a c.omp1e1e Worb of William Shake~ oa it. a Nui helmet with a bullet hole in it the OiSlrict Attorney's office is spacious and depnc. dominated 01 all 'ffalls ~ books. lecaJ and other. hardly a=A·s offlc:&. In IJ\is Urde capsuled time. we diJmver lhe qu1aer intelJect ol EAJUJNO CAR GARJUSON, "ItM· (or shon. 43. u his desk. a&le·boned paaici&a looldn& man ill an ele&&nt suit and Iii. C • P2use. A ax,mmt before the World once rm Nshes in hls doer in aD iu sound and fury- chis time• · c::twice his life (OftVer. LOU IVON. his chief investi1acar, burly, JaL

Tun looks up from his paperi, stunned.. J1.e loot o( horror and shock speaks the same tan,uaae of all the (ac.es ac:rau America dw day. .

run aeu op.._., npidJy r« the doar.

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\ 7 ):!.,-- I~ ·y Plau. We have no further 1nform~11on on the Prtsidtnt's condition but there u a

eonlirrned l"'l:pon he v.-as stJ"UCk by u lust one bullet i.n the h~. A ppUtrll.ly l)\r,:e

I buUeu were ~ but this is uncon(u,ned. Go'Vemo, c:cnn&lly aJso appean:d 10 be h.it.

Sur aeons in the emer1ency· room &re ...

JlM Maybe lhcre's still a cha.nc:e...

L'T. TORT0RICHl'S RESTAURANT • THE QUARTER .• DAY

Red and white table clew /The midday aJS'TOMERS al1 swin1 solemnly u the TV set hi&h in the comer of I.he room. The MAITRE 'D in black and white with a bow De is &Shen, seMn& Jim Ind LOU drinks.

MArrR.E 'D (Ttalian accenc) I don'& believe it I don't believe iL H~. in this couacry. (Tam ruchin& 10 pay) ...Oa the house pntlernen..

( They aJJ loot vp, upecut u CRONXlTE insenupu on the TV, in bis inimitable lhrow-a..,ay uyle.

~ 1V ANNOUNCER (Walter Oonki1t) From 0aDu. Teau - the flash •~ndy official, Presidenl lennedr died u t pm. Ctnnl Standard Tune. 2 o'clock Ea.stun Sw,dard Time. scene 31 D"Unutes a,o. (chcbd pame) Vice-President Jchnson has left the hospill.l ill DaDu but fit do IM:ll DOit ID tthere he W Pf'OC'eeded. Presumably, he will l,e II.kins lhe 01th of office shar1ly, and become the 36dl President~ the United Swa.

Sounds ol shock. muaaill&. some sobbin& ia the restauranl 1.,oQ pips dowa hb drink. run lia ,.. stunned. ·

JtM I io..t u mu •• cYU)'lhin1 about him... Today rm ashamed to be an Amencall ...

He's nur tears. nae rood comes. Lou wava it off. 111ey just sit chert..

( NJ Irish wcm11 elm bat IC'rOSS <:anal St. in a seedy a.ru near the Mmlssippi RJvet, just off Waye rt Square. ..

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l"-'T. KATZE~JA~M£R'S BAR· S1\tl'LTA:-,.EQtJS DAY

A loud variety o( IRJSH WORJ<.JNG MEN se.ate.d on S1C>0ls ..,a1ehin& the tv. A re,. fcrn,Jca uble, ..,, u, cha.in 11a.inSl w&Jls. An unused pool ~ble.

I TV REPORlcRS (at Dwy Ptw) 1 M~y arrc~u ha..,e been rNde here today, anyo~ k>oki,,I c..-cn remocely suspicioos ,s J beinc dewned. Most o( the cro-.d has cone home but lher-e are saD cnany stuMed people wanduinc around in ~ P1au unable to comp-ehcnd ..-hac happened h~ wlier 1oday.

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He ha.s SEVERAL MEN. WOMEN. and OiD.DREN 1athered &n>w,d him. puttin& his miC"TOphone their faces.

MAN CB D.J.. NEWMAN widl kids and wife) I •u ju• so....shakcn. My son•..r... bulleu comins from cvcryw~re....I saw his rai ....hcn... .it hiL ..he just ('brew down)

(cut to the Boot Ocp,sitmy)

(cut to the Oiminal C.oun Bmldln&)

REPORlll How muy shou1

MAN, I new, lhou&ht it could happu in America.

Movi1.~o PATRONS seated ". cable by ~ ,. enoup DOC"' be heard. GUY BANl Is a SNrdy, lrnposin1 ea-FBI aaent in his 6as. ltUI sr9 hair, blue eyes, ruddy &om heavy &at.. A tml.ll rose &ud la bis lapel JACK MARTIN .. I du. mousy man iD his mid SO'S. both drilm& Wild Tmtey heavily. The TV blares 1oudJy aaoa the rocm ovs lbe voices. l -

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BANJSTER

,- All this blubberin& over a no acc:oun1 son of a bitch. 'They're pie..,.,n c 111,e lhe)' b e•.i, 1 the man. 11 makes me v. Ult to puke. \

BANlSTER A bullshit President! I don't see any ,..eepin& for all the thousinds o( Cub&ns tJ\at baswd condemned to death and tortured at the Bay ol Pip. W'here ~ &JI the tun fOf' the Russians and Huncarians and Chinese livin& like sla-..es in prison camps run by Kennedy's Communist buddies - the same ones he ..-u rnakin& peace auties ._,th~ rm tellins ya Jack. that's •hat happens when you let the nigen vO(e. They aet 101ether with the Jews and lhe ~tholics elect an Irish bl~& hean

Severil houn haw elapsed. The a..IENTE1.E has l")Wft, drinkin1. Yt'ltchin& the tube widl the insatiable curiosity the event enaendered. People sw. in fn>m the sna....A silence in the restaurant.

TELEVlSION INSERT....unaae ~ I DaJJu POLICEMAN haulina die M.annlicher-Cueanno R.lF1...E c· with a snipencope ~er the heads ~ lhe PRESS 111hcnd iJl the POLICE STATION ·

lVNEWSMAN ...some confusion. the rille was seen earlier and reported to be a German-made MauStt buc...this is the rifle. ia is a Mannlicha-Carcanno Italian rille. a powerful •orid war tw• milicary &\ID used by infantry and hi&hlY ICC'Ul'lte 111 dist&neeS of 100 yaid.s

CMAGES oldie bo1es. the sni,er's nest in che sixth stary.oflhe BOOK PEPOSITORY ....thc POV 01. the window 1ooal& do-t.'9 II E2m Slleel ,,.

lVNEWSMAN -• usassin apparently ftred from this perch. ..but to ru no •ord. much confusioc .....

q,1 to NEWSMAN 2 • a dift'emu locadon mill wdio (Du Ra&ber)

TV IMAGt.S - LEE HARVEY OSWAU) apprehended at the 11:XAS TI-IE.ATIU:.. a brwse over h ri&htte~.

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The suspect. identified u Lu Har.,cy Oswl.ld. wlj ~sted by more that a doun ;x:,uct omcen af~r a shon scume i.n a Tcus movie \Jiu en u, Ou Puk. ~..-,r&.1 blocks frort1 .... ~ omcu Tippet WU appanntly k1llc.d v.,lh I 38 rc-voh•cr found on os ... l.ld. Thcri is appa.rencJy at lust one eyeW'ia,ess.

L'-tAGES ·· OSWAll) ~in& booked at the STATION. a surly youn& man, 2.4, he clijms:

lVOSWAUJ No, I doa't know •hat rm ehar&ed 'Mdt I don't know an)'thin& about the P,uidtnl ..I didn't shoot anybody.

VOICE FROM BAJl They ou&hta just shooc the bastard

Tbe ROOM buntS out with an accumulated fury at the younc Oswald, a cremendous retu.se or tcnsia,. E.r.citement on \he TV•· Rather's eyes. CronJdtc's eyes, they aJI sense l1us is the break in the eue they're look.ins for.

JIM and LOU v.,atchinc. JIM sunds. payt

L · ~ he luves. nctift1 cato the ima1e of OSWALD.

Tbc sun is seain& thrau&h thundcffluds over 1hc Mississippi JUver u IANlSTER and MARTIN are leavin&, wobl>lin& drunk do-..111hc screet. Blue Neoa in &he backpound. che TV NEWSMAN blarinl out throu&b the doar abaul -os.ut•

IANISTEJl ~mpu,1 Manift) Wt.II. the kW mosu ac,ne 111111 ri&hl1 (Manin says nodun1. 1oob croubled) 1 Jlid_ I' Oswald ...-W fllpped., Jut161 chis cruy tllin1 befort anyone could Stop him. ript?

MAJl11N I tiu. rD eac out here chief. I ,ona &et home..

IANlSTEJl \lei~~ UL We're aoin& to the offlcet have ln0Cher drink. I want some compuy IONiak, (II M SU'Cftllrml1daiila)

RAIN pouriDJ~wt omside 531 Wayene Street. u BANISTER. opeM sevenl 1oeb on the door. tams on the l&JltL 1111 fn>aed &Jass on che doer hu ·ouy Banister Associates. Inc.• lnvesticaton· 11t'Tinen on iL A t)'pica1 deteciive's office wi&II spare desks. simple chairs. tarp ftltn1 abinetS, cubicles in the rear. . · l

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t,,. JI~ G;\RRISON-'S H0\1£ • THAT ~tGHT

ro, '11d h,js ...;re. LJZ. a very anncu-.,e, bubbly blond "-'Oman in her e.uly 3o·s. ai l/'lc11 home on 0-. ens Boulevard in New Orle111s, wa1ch1n1 the TELEVISION. A spacious t""o-story bnck house. su bwta.n ,.,, reeJ

1cL,EVlSION NAG£·· On the tclcvtsion. RE.PORTERS arc jammed in the As~mbly Room of the 0alJas Police H~dquanen u OSW Al.Dis brou&hc lhrou&h the corrid<I'. officers on either side o( him

I didn't shooc anybody. no sir. rm just a patsy

Movin& onto TIM nestled ..,ith LIZ and the am.OREN aJI watchin& ennpt ·• JASPER, the olde..st 11 ( holding his Dad's hand. On Liz"s lap, SNAPPER. the younaest. is asleep. VIRGINIA. lhe 2 yeu old pesterin& lht Boaer doc...

ON TV •• OSWAU) in front or lhe cameris, Oft I plad'orm

mwALD ...Nobody has told me anythin, ucepc thac I am accused ot murderin1 a polic.eman. I

l - know ncdun& more chan Iha do request someone to come for-.ard ID pn me le1aJ ·

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mwALD No. I have 1101 been chuaeia wilh that. In ract nobody hu said that to me yet. The ftnt INII IM.lld about ii was •heft die newspaper rcp:,nen iD lhe hall asked me that ,. q~tioe.

REPOR-raRS W'- "" you in Russia? What happened 10 your eye?

CY;WAU) A p,llc••M 1\it me

Officcn tu.e~IWIJ.

t.lZ . Cokl..come on it's way pU your bedtimes. ut's &et some sleep honey. (nses)

( 0 N TV •• Tens D.A. HENI.Y WADE &ddrusin& the journalistL

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rUD movitlc IO 0~ phone U Liz SW,,S lf'le uds up the swn. The 1V cutr:i,,I to stills o( OswtJ<fs We UM:i

TEL.EVJSJ0N IMAGES play under the NEWSMAN of Kennedy's wket cocnin& otr the pla.nt u Wuhinc,oe D.C. .. Jaclcie standlna there in ha blood-spoued drus...a cut to the LBJ phocoptph cakin& die oelh cl office earlier that day.•.Robert Kennedy ruction (II possible roouae)••• 'J'\-~T 14, il"'l} vt W1D 'f\.t-7 JIM

~ ~ ti U""- (on the phone) Lou. rm 10ny to disturb you this 1111...yeah. we better ,~ on this N~ l .. · ~ I\ J. Orleans connecuoa ol Oswald's ri&ht ....,y. Have a couple of inwsti1uon check ~ f )IV r.: · , his record. lwl any ol his friends or associates from last surrmer. Let's me.ct ...;th the ;v::~ )1' senior usisianu and investicacon day &tier tomorTOw. Sunday, yuh. ac 11 ...Thanks j~~ Lea...

LVT. JIM GARRISON CONFERENCE ROOM (OFFICE) - TWO DAYS LATtR

JUd ...;th bis key playen. LOU IVON. SlJSIE COX. a youna efflacna D.A.• late 20's. AL OSER.. 'O's. serioaS. specucled. NUMA IERTELL 30's investi11tor. chubby, friendly and SEVERAL ,. 011-IER.S ~ acanfennce •blc whh a black and white poruble TV on a side table, showin& the c:urrent Sanday NoYember 2, ne-..s from Danas.

1V ANNOUNCEJt -I DlhD prlal fn:1m ON,ald 1w now been conl\rmed IO have be.en found oa chi ~ al dae pa banel. Aa ftrst there .-as some confusion about the print ~, the nL

( tiled.

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...,u r.ntin& a,a1ns1 Fidel. Eu1cme s1uff.

Oo the lV ·• the tinr ima&e o( lhe ..backyard photos" of LEE HARVEY OSWAl.D holdin& I.he nJ'le.

1V ANNOUNCER ...these backyard photos were round yesterday &mon& Os...,aJd's possessions in the ,anae of Janet Osmond"s home in Irvin& Tcus when Marina Oswald lnd her ch.tld ~ livin&. The picture apparently was taken wlicr lhis yw. Police uy the rit1e, a chup World War D t1a.li111-made ~licha-Cucano. was crdered from a Oiica&o rrwlin1 house tnd shipped to Os...,aJd"s alias A. HideU at a Post Off,C~ Sox in Much 1963. This is lhc wne rille that was used to ass.assinare the PruidenL

Movin& back to die MEN who Yt'atch, obviously inffuenced.••

cox nu ria it up.••

lV cun:in& back ID die BASEMENT ol the-oatl&s Police HQ- wlidnl- Mat rnillinl as:

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BD.J.. BOXLEY bra.ts inao the ft>OCD. w:i1ed. He's youna. handsome. JO'S. outspoken. volatile.

ry\J!~ ,Jv ~~fr\ BOXLEY \ 'f'JJ ._! I )Ill ~ I pretty wild lad.(They aJI I~) You 1\111 listenin1?

There is a pause. .More a banused speculadon in the air. run smiles. The ochen share a look !hat tells US they think its ridkuJouL

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\ BOXLEY \

He insists on anonymity. but my contact says he's .,,ery reliable.

ON THE TELEV.JSJ0N .• . A I U'lal moment. osw ALO is bcinc led OU( or the bas.ement by lV/0 0EPVTIES. JACK RUB y rushes for.i.ud out of I.he CROWD asid into history•· puttin& his sealinl bullet int0 Oswald. Tow cb1os erup11..:Jack you sunu{abirch!"

nm silent.

tvON Sevenry cops in that basemcnL What t.he hell were they doin1!

t.ma1es o( Qp.,aJd onto the scretcha, into the ambul~. t.he NEWSCASTEl ctouchin1 ..,hisperinc.

Everybody Ul the room m,nned still.

They look 10 run. A pause. He is deeply ctisturbed.

JIM~ iedy) 'I.Cl ..... I let l"'VT1C~----=- 1ft• ·-~ •qu

INI'. GARIJSON ornc1 • NEXT DAY

Tbe poNble TEL.EV1SION plays alone to 11M in his chair sm:>lcin1 a pipe - surin& ima&es of the F\J?lt'ERAL - mwive crowds of mourners. the wket driven wu the screetS. the hon« au,arclt. the bones. \he clpitlries walldlll behind, Jackie veiled... focusin& brieffy on LYNDON JOHNSON

Tbe (ace o(De OaaDe, Macmillaft, Rabal ICennedy•••

As the door opens roDowin1 the knock and DAV1D FEIUUE is brouaht lnto !ms's o~ by ~o POLICE and UXJ IVON, breu:in& Jim out dhls reverie. He stands up ID bis fuD het&bt. cordial.

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The de;;"IC..lflor 1hat of a hun&TY rodent ..-ilh tar1e e.an. He suf'ren from &lopecia.. a disease that hu rt moved ~ his body hair, and looks like a Halloween character -- penc,lled eyebro..-s. one hie her th&n ~ oc.hcr, scruffy 1'.dd.ish wi& pasre.d on askew with slue. Salvation Array clothinl, but the eyes are ~"11 and brilliant. the smile warm. inv;tin& iuell.

JtM How could I ror&et? You make quite a r11s1 impressi011. (Ferrie taushs, pause) rve heard over lhe ye.an you're quite I ftnt-rare piJoc Daw. l..e&end has it )'OU W\ &et in and out of any fteJd. no mat1.er how small... (cotr'ee comes in. Jim indkatinc lhe pictures on his wall). rm a bil or a pi1oc myself, )'OCI mow. F1ew pushoppen ror the field anilJuy in the war. I still ha-ve a commeraal llcwe but I don't haw die time...

FEJUUE &limpsin& the low-volumed TV - iml&es of the funenl. He loob 1way, jinery, iues out a C C'i~a.e.

f:EP_IUJ! No. I nc41er saw him befon in my life

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Then: is one otJler ma1ter lhai's co~ up Dave. We ..,m: 10ld you took a 11"\p to Tex~ \honly ~1er the assass,nauon on Fnday

11M ~ wu so appwina about Houston?

11M (bitS his brow) OaYe.. may I ask why the ur1e to 10 ice sluMI in Tuu happened to strike you du.Ml one ol the most violent thundentonns in recent memcry?

Oh i was just a spur of the moment thins...the storm Ytasn't that bad

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Your youna friends .als.o told us you h.ad no ""c.apons 1n I.he cu. O.a"e, 1sn 1 11 1 ~ 11 c:Wficuh co hunt f0t &ees.e -.,thou, a shotiun1

11M l see (inhales pipe, s~nd.s up) Dave, thank you (or your time. rm sorry this hu u:, end inconveniently (or you, buc rm 1oin1 to have to have you dewned for (u.nhe.t questionin& by the FBI

FcRJUE (shaken) W'hy? W'hac's wron1?

11M Da-..e, I find your story simply not believable

LOU and the 1'\'0 COPS escort Dave out oflhe of'ftce as 1lM rums 10 lhe m..EVlSION IMAGE d KeMedy's ftnaJ momenu or rest. The Busler plays taps. JOHN Jl., 3 yean old. in an i.ma&e to become ramcus. saluau his Dad fue..,eU. The riderless Wthite hone swwis 1ondy aaa.inst the Washin,ioa sty.

A small PRESS CONFERENCE. The FBI SPOICESMAN ruds a statemen~

Oendemen, this altemoon the FIi released Davki W. Fane ~ NeVt Orlun~ AJt1:r uleMiYe questionin& and a lhclou&h backpound check. the Bwuu found no ev1deocz ~a- . ~

~T. GARIISON OFFICE • SIMULTANEOUS

The FBI SPOICESMAN Is bein& bn>adcut owr the pcruble ttl.EV1S10N. LOU:BoXL.EY. st.~ a.adJlM~a.

FIi SPOICESMAN ( ON TV) . -.Mr. Ferrie knew Lee RarYey Os"'ald or that 1'e has llad 11!1 connectioa .,;~ dlie ISMmnadon ol President Xalnedy. The Speci&I Ai: In OW&e -..ould Qt 10 make clar that Mr. Fenie was broupa in rcr questionin& lhe DIS1ricc Aaomey d Or1ew Parrisb nae by the Federal l..aa ottnvesdaadoa. 81Rau repeu any ~ble this may haYe caused Mr. FerriL

'IV NEWSMAN . ...ill ocher newt, President JoM.toa has announced the madoa of a blue ribbal

( praklendal commission ID probe die events ia DaJIIL

Ivon lookiD& u Jtm. anpy

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Re.achin& to close the 1V and &et back to work. The last imaae on &he TV.

The Commission will be huded by O,ief Justice o( the United St1tes Supn:me Cow,. Earl Wan-en ltld is upected 10 hud off several ConJT'SSional and Tuu inquiries into he aswsination. On the panel arc AJ1en Dulles, u crud ol the CIA, Represenr.10..-e Genld Ford.

r..m·s hand·Oicis it off as the Overture ends.

r A plane's POV. dow9 at die White House. SUBfflU RE.ADS: nut.EE YEARS U 1cR.. 1966 (Oc-tot,u)

JlM, now 46. iamnc the front pace of the WcUltbt11011 l'on dewlin1 die laaest banle in -Vyeawn·. He is next a, SENATOll LONO, ,o't,. flam Louisiana. 1tho'1drin.kul1 a whiskey. They're on a aowded b~'s sllaak. - - ,.

11M (naeflal) I tometimes reei evaythlnjs aone downhiU since Joba Kennedy 1tu killed. SeaatCl'-

( STEWA.RDE.SS briap moft drinks. run is su,prised.

- J'IM f thou&>-tt the 1="81 rest -fired 1he nne to mue sure it could be done~

11M You s.ayin1, Russell, there were other men involved?

11M Russell. you sound honestly lilce one or thera koolcy critics coins off the deep end. Aie you ttUin& me whaa the Government concluded is not that way?

Russell looks ar Jim. amuuJ by his naivete, lau1hs

C rim l~s back in his se.a1. silenl

la a SnrDY.lined with boobhelva up to the wans.. photos of family, cheu set. JIM, smolcin& his pipe. ruds ii a red Julhct chair from one ~ the duck 26 WUT'ffl Comrnissica Volumes piled all ova lhc place. UZ tllta'L JASPD. aow 7. draws on the f1oor 11 fun's feet.

·, LrZ Jim. diDna's just about ready.

lJZ run. dinner? (to Jaspc:r) Whlt are )'OU doina in.._,

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L'•~-r. GARRISON DINING ROOM • NIGHT

Two year old El..LZABEnl wuchin1 ·a-uwer R.abbit• 0t1 TV u the new ONE YEAR OLD siu in dia.pen with LIZ at one end. 1tM at the other. There are FIVE KIDS now, 7,.5,,,2. t... 111d the BLACK MAJD MArnE. 35, hc.avyset. They'rt pusin& pl11es, lhe childnn horsin& around ... the boxer do&, TOtJO{[)OWN, be&Jina for a piece ol th~ acaon. Jim, noc a bi& uter feeds him.

11M A&ain and a1ain they i&nC)ft m.dibte testimony, leads are never followed up, iu conclusions are selective, there's no index, it's one o( the sloppiest, most disor1111izt.:d investications rve ever seen. Almost two 1hirds o( the ..,;cne.sses in Duley Plw th1t day a.re sayu,1 they think they heMd shots eoaunc froru the Grissy Knoll uu, not the Boot Deposilory but ia's all broken down and spread around and you rud it and the point &ets lost... •

u.z (politely Usteninl) Un hun...Matrie, nrdo the dishes. you we Eb up now. And Elizabet.II (\he 2 'ff· old) IS ND.

C EUZABETH J1l.

uz Honey, yoa're the DA ol Ne'li Orleans. Isn't the Kennedy assassination a bit ouuidc ywrdormin? I mean all daose imporunt people alrudy studied it. It's history.•

A carinl SotlMICMrm I> dus aeely Teus wornu..

TIMEa.rrTO:

Alter dinner. •Cnmdcr labbia• 11 oe TV.

LrZ Come on. everybody say &ocd niaht 10 Daddy~

11M 1\ats 101DW\in1 Jasper. Whal ii i&?

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fL\1 (da.ncinc) Pick.le and Snapper. my rwo favorite dancin& pa.nnen.

As they dance, they fall off his feet. lau1hin1. &iulin1. He throws uch in tile air and kisses them.

IM Goodni&ht, my pumpkjns.

uz You come to bed soon, you hut?

JtM nl just read a linle more and be riCht up EQhead.

lNT. GARRISON STUDY • LATER THAT NIGHT

Mantelpiece sayt 3 am. JIM alone smokin1 his pipe•· in the sa.Jlness. his mind cnwlirll all over the p~. Dm=tl closina on lhe wckly-v.orded paps of the Repcn

We FUSHIACX vnth thinner, echoey SOUND to the Warren Commission Hews as the anomey1 question some r:I the Witnesses.

A MR. BAU. is quesdonina UE BOWDS, the ,...;cchman in the railroad yard. tnlSNiOnhy. worlcinr man face, crew cue. e.arly '10's. · ,.

Tu:n upset, rudina Oft••.Another wtnlESS, SGT. D.V. HARKNESS of the DaJlas Police in response 10 Aacmey DAV1D &El.IN: · •

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uad IOOl !Mffl 10 lhe St..lOOn

A..oorher FUSH"BACX TO:

The THREE HOBOS bein& pulled off the frei&ht by lhe DA~S COPS.

BElJN(OVER) You mean some nnsienu?

~ hour or Jess after the assassination. The 1liREE HOBOS are m~hed by sholl'Jn-10tin1 POLla to the STATION. We may noce they do not much look like hobos. (They pass MANY, his back to us. to be intraduced law)

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Tun, readi.nJ, astounded. 'Nbete's &he follow-up question? FLASHBACK continues...

Founecn t• off lhe p,anrl. overlooldn1 the PAJUCJN0 LOT behind lhe Orusy Knoll.

80W£JtS {OVER) ..J aw two men 1a.ndin1 behind I picket rence ... dlq wae looldn1 up tat1tllds M.liA &ad .... ,and f0Dowln1 the CUIVIII u it came doM. One of them WU middl• •&ed. MftJ·ICI. The ow::r man filS youn&c:r 'ltUMI I plaid shift and jackL.

INr. RAO..R0AD TOWER • DAY (NOV. 22 19'3)

BOWERS &I~& CUI. 1,ay with the Main board, fluhin1 U&f,ts. bin comes in.

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( 80\1."'ERS POV .. at a dis1.1nce . but a sense of lhe c~. lhe men at a dJsta.nce. t-No ur.1:cr.r,ed :7e:, They .:ould be police. lhe c1-. u1.lll men cou ld be secret service. These bnef UTia&es .ire e '.lbor.t~ or, la~r.

descnbe ~ther than u was someth.in1 out o( the ordinary. which attracted ray eye for some reason. which I could no, idenafy ... some unusual cx:cumnce •· a flash of li&h smoke ~ somet.hin1 which caused me 10 (eel that somethin& out of the ordinary had cxcurred there ...

Growma intensity, music, dNms -- but all blurred. A puff o( smoke but no sound ~cause of the wu,dow he is 1tancin& throu&h. A MOTORCYCLE COP shoocs up the incline. PEOPU runn1n1, blwrina inco a laraer mosaic of confusion.

BOW'ERS confused. secin1 this. rNTIRctrr with JL'A's heart pumpin1 u he reads 11. T •,1o,·0 layer watchers.

tNT. GARRISON STt.:DY

JIM sitS back. amazed. A beat He plunaes on in.the rudin1.

C LIZ stin awake u she he.an JIM takin1 his clothes off, his bi& fnme aukin1 the wooden floor.

uz Jim. dammit. It's four thirty.

JtM Eghead. llsten to du.s. -A lieutenant Colonel testifies that Lee Oswald ...,as pven a Russila lan~,e exam u pan of his Marine nwn1 only a few months before he deteca ID die Soviet Uni011. A Russian exam!

uz (sininl up, pissed)I cannoc believe this. M you losin1 your mind. It's four thiny . Oanisoll.

JtM Honey, in all my yan in the service I never knew a sin&le man who wu liven a Russian test. Oswa.ld wu on anci•aircntl duty, a radar opentor. He'd have about i much use for Russian u a cat has for pyjamas.

uz That's •hat you need. A pair of pyjamas on you. The lase two weeks all you do is rad these damned books!

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1™ A"nd then this.Colonel tries to rr..tlc 11 sound like nolhinc. O\wald did badly on tJ\e '.t";l.

/ ( he uys. ··He only h.1d ,...,o more Rurn.1n ..,.ords n1h1 thui WTona.·• Ha! Thus II.kc

me s.ayin& Touchdown he~ (po1n1s 10 lJ'le do&) is no< "ery inteUi&ent because I be11 h.itll WU &a.mes OU( of five the llSI llme ""e played chess.

LIZ· (&ives up) Jim. ...,hat is 1oin1 on for huvcn·s we. You conna suy up all ni&hl every ni&,hc ell you aet throu&h those books? For ..-hu? So you'll be the only man in Amen~ *ho read lhe entire 26 ..-olumes o( lhe Warren Report?

1tM Euhud. dot ha..-e to spell it out (or you? Lee Oswald wu no ordinary soldier. He W&.S in mil~c.ary intclliaence. That's ..-hy he wu trained in Russian.

Liz Oops back on the bed. hopeless ...

A Sunday, early. Ar. empty s,qu~ excepc WlNOS sleepin& on lhe benches d \he li1tle leafy pan in the - ce.nter. Camera CDOYin& to 1lM by himself starin1, Movin& now u aSEDAN pulls. up dis10t&inl LOU IVON AND BD.l. BOXLEY• .

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At 7:30 Sunday momin&? ll's not exactly fresh blood •e'rc sniffln1 heri. boss.

11M {J,outl) Old stains. Bill, but just u tellina. 54' C-amp Sa-ea.

[ndjcatin1 54' Camp Street. seedy, faded. The ena-anc:.e ~ onto a set of swn leadin& to a sec.ord Door.

FLASHBACK

OSW ALO wiG 1'VO YCXINO HELPERS hawk.in1 leal1ets to P!DESTRIANS ln his dun de. shin sleeves. The aJBANS led by SEROJO ARAotA SMITH appear. A fl&ht ensues.

JlM(OVB) He was arrested that day rm ft&htina with some anti-C.ucro Cubans

COPS comina. . (

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I~,. POLJCE_STATI0N • DAY (Su,t~1ER l96Jl

OS\\·.~ LO 1ik:ln& "",tl'I FBI AGE~ T 'w'TLLLA\1 QLlGLE Y 1n a ~m.

JtM (OVER) Bui ._hen he 10110 Finl Di~aict Jail. he asked to wk to a.n FBI acenl Special Agent WiJliVTI Q\Jigley sho.,.,·e.d up immcdia1ely asid I.hey hid a pn ... ue session. o~...,aJd 1s released and Qu11ley destroys his notes from I.he initMe'ili ...

fQ..i willcin& them aroond the corner. pa.st a rest.aunnt 10 another entnr1ce t0 the wne buildin&, this ont ..,;u, a sirn \hat says ·531 Lafayette:

rvoN ... so?

Boxley srudpn& the ~resent si1n. "Crese~~Clcy .~"•~ La~ratory.• Loolan1 puzzled a.t Jim r fl--vvv\//1_ L-j i,trtQ ~ e,Lfi/1t'vtH(1,,-1t,z.,fA ~ v/;f,i,l(_

BOXl.EYi i/ . Oswald in one? And in the ocher?

Pause. Jim souinl il Lou Ivon suddenly aeu it. stances up. A tromp d"oeil u we FLASHBAC~ TO:

The same doer, clearly labeled. •011y Banister Assodates. Inc. lnvcsri1a1m1•. lt opens. and B AN1S1c.R mmes oat. nw.ly dressed, roM iA his 1apd - the same man and otrice we saw thru ye.an before when Jack Manin was pistol whipped. Banis1a seems to be smilin& ri&hl 11 us. C,Uti.nl us.

.. IVON(OVEll) ,,. My0mlt(]vylanisler1

11M(OVEJl) Jea, ember 1um1 I used so have lunch 't1fith him once ia a ~

OSW ALO comes inlo frame on the street. Banista's ellpression S0W1. He benta him on the s~ Oswald heJds bid: arau..t lhe comer.

(_ BOXLEY (OVER) .

So fthaa was a C.ommunist like Lee Oswald doin& wa1da& out cl Banisters?

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1™ <0\/cR)

( Y'c-.er huid o( a dot...~ lc a~ent Bill"' rm bcg,nn1nc to doubt Os·.,tJd 1o1,u ever a

C.Ommun1st .. 1f1cr U'lc urest, 5,4.A ump Screct ne..,er appured on IN: punpt-Jc:s ~,wi

Ba.,,i s1er ulk.inc 10 ·somebody Ln a cu alon1 the screcL

J'I}.i wallcina the 1WO MEN alone La!ayene Squaff.

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______ z1___, Lou, you were in the Marines. who would be NMin1 that ninin1?

IVON

C Tbe Office ol Naval tnwU1ence

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Take a Jook aa,:,ss the suat

The Post Office Buildinl

run comes ro a stop, rmtes I aesrurc encompwin& the whole Square. deeply 1roubted. noc at all exult.ant.

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mu plannin& to kill lhe President to have chosen to ~ his lplff time..

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( \a.1'1a1 ue you u, 1nlun& Jim~

We'"' coin& back into I.he case Lou •· the murder of the Presic:knt. I ha"e a list. I ·• ll :,ou 10 u.ke some money from the rw fund lnd 10 10 DtJtu -· 11Uc 10 some people I ...,.an, you 10 set Oser on I.he medical. lht autopsy. Susie on Qsv.,&Jd Uld Ruby l'ustor.c tu re.cords...

JlM No. you'"' awake .Bill and rm d~d serious. And we're &oin& to st.tr1 ...;th your u.on~s source from lhru yurs aso.

L,,. GARRISON OFFICE • DAY

A scare,:SJACK MARTIN, three ye.an older than when last seen, sucks up coffee like a worm does moisture. The red puffy cheeks of an alcoholic. deeply cin:led. worried eyes. Bo~ey siu in acome -.·a1ch.in1. The fan •hirrin& in the rOOf'D. Hut. handkerchiefs out.

MAJl11N How could J roraet it?

Y•oa November 22. 1963 - the day of the Presidenc'1 murder - he maol •biP$'0 yoa wilJt a 357 Masnum. (Manill's eyes fbed on nm)But the Police Repan says y• had II qumanovez the phQoc bi)Js.. H~ take a 1oct at ic. (Manin_ 1oou •~ the Patice lepon)Now, does a sir11>le usument oYtr phone bWs 90Und like a bdicvtb~ apllnadon 10 you?

FU.SHBAC• mddell - lhe ru&ht of the pistOI whippin&, A sharp anaJe on BAN'lsralt lAy\n& MARTINS bud apea.

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_ . MAR.TIN (shahs h.is head slowly. almost drun'uly)

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No. Ir involved more l.hu, thu.

A took. BOXl...EY to Jim.

Hov.- much mo~?

The fan. Jack ,..tits. bre.at.hes deeply.

JtM Well rd a.sit Guy•· we were friendly, you know •· he.an atuck. wasn't it?

,tu( vn y h -·~-' . . .

·V ()/VliJ ~ bf'1~~t v,£' ~ MARTIN ~ti. ~A \,vL '1/11'1,f"' I didn't say that. All I know is he died suddenly nine days alter the Wamn Repon Y.Jll~fft'vt1_.,{,,Vi . c-~ame out. His panna. Hup Wamrt died about 3 days later. _You add lt up.

I ~1 ~~ Off"- JIM LL ~ yvl># WIiy did Ooy baa ycu Jack? ·

Jack pauses. A SECOND Ft.ASHBACX •• the bearinl, the humiliation, Jack on lhe pound. ancry 11 Guy, yelliD& back II him (Ml.Tm)

MAJt11N WeD. J pu now lhat Ouy's dud, it doesn't re.ally maner. Oct any more coffee? (Bodey aeu k)..Jt ns a&out the people lw\sin1 around I.he office \hat summer. 1 'fttUll't rally pan of the openrion you know, I wu handlln& lhe private detective ..at rar Ouy wlla dial came la - • much did - but thats wby I wu the11...Jt ns a cimll-1'1am Mn aD these Cubans comin& and Pl• lky all looked alike to a,e __

FU.SH.ACZ TO: .,

CNT. IANISTD omcu. DAY (lHl)

CUBANS la Nde fadpes. combat boots. duffle bap lyln1 an:,un4 DAV1D FElllE ill fad,ues is ~Tinl dw:m • dlcy car, aata ~ ammunition and 9teapons into aback room. MARTIN obseM11 from anccher dest.

MARTIN {OVEJl) 'That wa-e aJl theS& ochet charlcier1 around. Da~ Ferrie - you bow about him7

JlM{OVEl)

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( Open11on Mongoos,e The idea ...,as 10 in,n 1.11 lhese C:Jban e11lcs for anoli1er :r.~is.-:,

o( Cl.Iba 101e1 nd of Curro. Ban1~1er s oflic.e ~~s ~ or a supply line that r111 frol1l Oa.Jlu. thmu&h New Orluns 10 M,vn1. stcxk'pilin& &rms a.nd explosives. They uie-. Kennedy after U'le Bay of Pies wouldn't let them laund1 an invasion from the t;S ~ 1.11 ._~e sk.JMy ...,u it was &01n& 10 be done from secre1 basts u, Gua temala lnd t-,; icva&·H.

A DOZEN CUBANS rono..;n1 FERRIE downsu.irs into the sa-eer. pilin1 inco seve~ can. dutries thrown in with them. Ferrie drives the le.ad car.

CARS coin& over the lone brid&e on the We. enterin& a ~mote GUERJUl...LA n.AIN~G CAMP. bayou and jun&le tll around. _

C. ) EXT. GUERRILLA TRAINING CAMP. PONCHATRAIN. DAY

i . ,~ Scene$ of basic ninin& - shoodn1, obstacle counes, calisthenics. led by Ferrie and other~- ~' . Scj:a~ u:,na &he OlblAS are sevenJ whiie AMERJC.AN MERaNARJES

l ¼4·\Gt'l-rCi,6 cr~1t J,tfj MARTIN (OVER)

~J\,, J vh \ivr,0~/1 Banister TtU runnin1 his camp nonh o( Lue Ponchanin. Fmie handled a lot of die ~ /1 J/P.-' ~ ll"lilunS. 11ml wu a shoodn1 ranee and a lol o( 1r0pica.l temin like in CUba. A rew

v0- 0t1t}k·~}~ ~vl-1 == W:.:=.:r3!u ~c::"~~ 'o:e'~.!!~ ~! ~l 0'~·r ~ fvJt(;, 1·r, on• ScMumbaJer plant down II Houma and stole • bunch tA land mines trom 'em. o}(~ v\Jlj 1 ~V\ \N~;i[Q t_•~- f\ bu1 lie sail il ttUn't stealln1 ·cause the CIA had ten ShtumberJet, this F~nch , \ ~V ~) ; flA~ ,J ,vrt·' c:aq,uy, Ill lhe.se v.,apons durin& the Al&eriaft ar. so he QI JUSt &effin& the

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fl~ \Jv';Mr;. EXT. TRAINING C00t. NIGHT )/rt~ }rLtv~ ·J11ih ~tp f-j \JI Avvi'·«,' .~\ _ 1-u* ct lw'Jt .fvtr;til!Y' Ii. e+,~ ..

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{J~ 1 f \ lY : WV\;D .Lv'~vl. tA,\ / fl{, MAJt'J1N (OVER) / \ht ~ Alayway ii Ausu• the pany ended. Kennedy didn'I ww anocha' Bay or Pip mess ., · ·, /,,, ~ ~w'J.Jk · he Oftknd lt,e FBI to shut down the c.amps and conlhc:ate lhe supplies. TheR we~ 9 ,~ili't I. I~t-0 .tf Oibans and 2 Americans uresaed that ni'ht. only you didn't read about it in the papen. ( .::::' ~t' j/\ V I~ .Just the weapons sot mentioned. It wu Just pan ot &he ein:vt...

- f FBI AGENt'S loadinS ap 110Ci of dynamite, bomb casin&s. suns. ammo, 155 mm artillery shells.~

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MAR Tt'1 (0 VER) The rU"St one behind bus ..,.,ould."c been Bir'llstcr lfld Femc. but I 1h1n.x the G r.c:i ..,~ just 1oin& ttvouah the mouons f0t Wuh1n&"on. UICU' hcU'\.S 1o1rcre .,.,H.h tJ'lcu- old buddy Ba.nister.

I~,. GAR.RISO~ OFFICE DAY (PRESE~T)

J'D-i listcnin&, eyes movin& to the chess board.

~•flr, ,·tvt1 ~~~ v J ~_,,,.,., Ant Lee Hat\ley Oswald?JIM -

, _, )1/ ' M.artin hesitates. The ran whirrin1. the endless coffee cup &le.am.in& u he sucks on iL Boxley

VN .-~n.. .FinaJly Manin says it, almost u if relieved ~nilly to act it out

l)l i k 11 MARTIN (ft), _,tv p Yw. he ...,as there too...sometimes he'd be meerin1 ..;th Banister with I.he door shuL f)/t~ ~ ~ Ohet times he'd be shooc:in1 the bull ..,ith Ferrie. But he wu there aJt ri&ht. .. J\'.A.r _!~ 'JJ

AA)'\hin& more specil\c lick. it's imponant...

FUSHB.J.Cl TO:

BANJSTEl and MARTIN sirtin& lhtft u the sni&ht-laced middle •&ed SECRETARY hurries in - DELPHINE ROBERTS

SECRETAJlY . I can't believe it. Mr. Banisier. Lee Oswald is down on Canal Saut Jivinl out Coarnumsa Jeaneu svppanina Cu1r0! . ,.

Banister jusa Jocb ea lier and laups.

,_dae usassinadoa 1ack7

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~tARTIN -- ~ever. Sot .,..,,u, me sir. never .I ca1,t 10 in10 tha, s1uff at a.11. Listen 11.h,ru fd ':>e-.! ao. I Yid enuff I Yid all t·m 101ng 10 s.ay /r.5-es suddenly)

Hold on Jack. \Vhat's I.he problem?

Shaken. he l~ves. unste.ady balance.

t"fl'. CAR • FRENCH QUARTER • DAY (PRESENT)

JL\f in I.he front. NUMA Benell drivin&, BOXLEY in the back.

JlM I al'4'ays ""ondued in coun why it is because a ...,oman is a whore, she hu 10 have bat cyesi&hL

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lbe car pwlla1 owr ID pat. LOU IVON is ,.,&ir:inl fCI' lhcm on the sidewalk

JIM and che oraERS 1enin1 ou~ meetin& LOU. Headin1 towards ANTOINE'S RESTAtJRAJ,.,. ( _

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( Weleome back Lou ·· how ..,as DaJlu~ Any more on 1hose hoboes~

t.ou·s been wajti,,I, exci1cd, &i..,es Jim i blowup of the HOBO PHQTCXjRA,PH,.h1ch he srudies u he mo-ve.s.

<:.meri mov;n& in on the PHOTOGRAPH

FUSHBACK TO: - I.he 'HOBOS• bein& esconed to the police station. put MA.~ Y .. u per Set. Harkness· description e.arlier.

They enter a busy lunchtime CROWD, an elc1ant eatay. SUStE COX v.raitin1 for them. They"re shoW11 to &heir table.

11M Hi Susie. (to Lou) :n.c epilcpoc?

,. IVON 0eu IO die hospi~ and vaniskS

FLASH.A Ca TO:

,'i1-f"'L IVON(OVEJl) ...maybe a dlYUSion hctpin& the aunmea to aet into pcsidon u the P1&.za?

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rvoN Only ..,.a'." 101c:1 more ,. ,O"esscs boss 1s &o•n& public ,.,,h 1L Then,., Cll' 1~ 1o Ruby, Femc ...

IL\{ (shues his heJd. concerned) Noc yet, il'll blo.., up in our face (to Susie) Susie. -..hat do you &OC on OswaJdJ

C FLASHaAC~ TO:

Shoes oC the crrt.

OSWALD, '1s blct ., as. 11 the RICEP110NLST DESK. ,.

SUSIE (OVER)

The Russians are sceptical. want., send tum beck. maybe they suspect somelh.ina. He slashes hit ~as ., make bis point. they shunle him IO a low level ndio facuxy in Mlmt wt.at he meet Marina. spends cwo years. 1w a dau&htcr...

OSW ALO din& ~di a covple RE.PORTERS, mmn1 his annowamen&.

Photos o( LS and MARINA • the new OID..D. Sheu of him in Minsk with various lOURLSTS.

DOCUMl'JffARY SHOTS (_ . Tbe U-2 sbal doWTL 0ary FnnC'is Powen anesled... The SUMMIT CONFERENCE canceUed. FlSU>hower and ICM.ishchft

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SUSIE <OVERl I don·, uiow ,r it's co1nc1dence but s11 months after he un..,es Guy Po..,..er, 1n a L .: spy Oi&hl from Jap1.n • ..,hich Oswald knew about. 1e1s shoe down o"er \he So .... 1et Un.ion and the Puce Su.mmic is cu.celled. I ke.ep thirwn& o( that boot -~..,en Day, lr May·, maybe someone in our miliwy didn't ....,anc the Puee Conference to hap~n. maybe Oswald wa.s pan of tha1. ft cets weirder. From 1945 co ·59 only 2 US soldJe~ defect to Russia. From ·59 to ·60. IUM-,defe.ct. fi..,e of them US Army from West C,Cmw,y, 1~ Navy, one o( them another Marine a month before Qs....,aJd.

JtM (ln present) Great work Susie.

l'iT. t,;S EMBASSY • DAY (1961)

Os w aJd. shaded. aettin& another passpan.

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, t..,-, ~d\ _equally inc:onp,,ous is Oswald bec:omin1 chummy ft'idl the White Russiu

) odlcs lhM Lee ldcred me. His closest friend is an oilman rwned Oeaae de r 11 , , ~ ~Jdt "'ho's about 1' years older than Oswald 1rtho's 23 and bn>ke. .

1 11 -1 . k.,t,t, f( i,vv · De MolrinldliJdt mean'ttf\iJe is a manbu of che DaDu Pea-okum Oub. ~ S

• f 'Jl}'v).,£,iti ,IJJ• ~ .:1 1d11dt drlwt a pia\n of Oswald u III intell«Nal. weD read. eie.eDut

·:--- ' 1/ f Ct i[j'IYVl \A) !,A.,iA Mi) lusiaft...probably he's CA, orc,bably he's Oswlkfs '11andler". The only ltussiu a , n 1 11t-1{ , , JJ\,1,,,{bV- c,, 1. 6e dlnnet party di.at suspecu Os-.,&Jc1 Anna Meller, Cills lhe FIi in D111u and is 101d \.,' V'(:'[\i . I [_,pp. Ii, ·•· •aJI ria..•• , ~ -iAf'VJttL1i t tn ~11vt1 . , fi o-,. f 'Ii A FEMALE GUEST 1lancvl1 in ho. acx aa a copy of "Du Kapicar Ill a pile at boob._ Talkinc 10

()JVV LEE and MAJUNA an JANET cl BIU.. OSMOND \ \ I ; . / , J {) . ,/'1 ')\ vt" tr ,(vt,,P,,/ t t,lt'f /!41?) {T 'L-vv1 ~ SUSIE (OVER) . (.._ f) .Ji {! r~ ..he also ceu friendly v.,;tJI Janet and SW Osmond who wheo he quiu the map 1 wit . .l-Vvt '1, .-<.i.D \' a:,mpany, 1e1 him a warehouse job at die Texu Booe Depository. ptUUmably so be

tv,t' _NVwr\ ~- p'J V cu now uucise his intellect 1tackjn1 ,chooltua at Sl.l5 an how-

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l"T. TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY· DAY (1963}

OS WA.LD and Al-'OnlER MAN hauun1 ltld st.1ckin1 school 1u1boo«s. an obviously to.....er- lc-.el ,μ, for Os·.1ra.ld &tier the map factory. ·

~- OS~0ND HOME • IRVING • DAY

: ,.t/<-Fl'l,}J,- SUSIE {OVER) v\".r✓i.,,,,Jlt~ ... her father v.,orked for AID, and she becomes Marina's best friend. Muina. ..,ho l- 1\l ~ v "v fic}\1s ofien Mth Lu about his secrecy, lives at hu house in lrvin& v.-hile Lu ~nc:s a ) M . ~ ,..,,V) series o( small rooms in Dallas...

f\;# v ~T. OSWALD BOARDING HOUSE • DAY ' OS WALO ~ntin& a room from a LANDUDY and the hous.ekt.eper. EAJU.L~ ROBERTS.

nM(OVEJl) ~.any chance d wldna to de Mohnrcnschildt?

SUSIE (OVER)

L Not yet. He says he told evc,yihin110 the Wanen Cocnmission.

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J. pr~ therefore beause Oswald pulled the tri11er. the inr:eWaence community mwde~

·, v;,~,<t L their OW1I commander in clud. That's what you're s&Y\ftl! ~ l . ;/ crtti 10 ,~ ~l;J ir.~ L- , , ll-~ (, vt ' f' 1 1 . Vt-/r- JIM 'i c<'~ .,J ;\'-( Kl ~ti, ~ t : I doll'l CYtft believe Oswald puDed lhe triger Bm. The nilnae test indiCll~ be didn't [;\;,. r~~ yvil I r ~~ ,if/\. nea &I a pn an NCMmber 22nd. My SUCSS ii he WIS c~y wt\11 be said be WIS Ii.I/,\ . •M{:J!:t~1 , ~"\}vf' a pmy. (111 ec1,o ot Scaatar Lana's ~l , vi( 1,r- ; BOXLEY · \ rJv a. O\rist. Lou for Ood's sake. brin1 these people down &o urdL

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rmju• an investi&ator BiD, 1leave the theories 10 you law,,at.

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·80Xl..£Y r just want some dose o( Louisiana sryle mother sense he~. A reality check. You·rt t.1lk1n1 about the Un.ited s~~s Go-.em~nl! You·~ wk.ins about a major conspt1ac-. How the heU can you keep a secret between all these pccple you·re wk.in& about ... h~ you &oddamn VieJI k.no"' three (uckin' people a,,1 even keep a &odd1mn se.crel

~T. DALLAS JAIL CELL • DAY (196')

JACK RL"BY. truck fud&e of an a.nary face, nu-ridden. confronts a DOCTOR and 1WO GUARDS l his cell.

· ~\ hf> )JJ,lf,"'-l~'v,~\ RUBY r ,fvJ';\ ~ -+- ~. A \//·).'t,.' Olrist. I just have a cold. I don't w~nl any shoa. (\ JJ'\,rJA ·1~ '~· 1} ;, _ · }.v\. ' \ 1{ ).y, to: IOK

· lr-+. '1-va; Please retu Mr. Ruby. TI\ls1J calm you do'MI and clur this ·up. rw• \Jit' \ \ v~,_v-,v- RUBY

Doc. rm 1emn1 you. I dca't need a.ny shots.

to:IOR Mr. Ruby, I don't want IO involve the cuards. Jt11 just we a rew seconds.

Ruby looks rr,,u II lhe lWO GUARDS who eye him. He submits.. chapined. The Ocx10r Jives hii the injecac:a

INTERROGATION ROOM • COUNTY JAIL • DAY (196-1)

Ruby talb., ma ~ their backs to 111. U WYERS, POLICE cluau the room. maJan1 Ruby doubly De:r¥OaS. His nu hu worsened. The CHlEf OFFlCAl:s •bite hair and avuncular ..-oic.e ar all we bar lad tee of him. his back ID ..

OFflCAL Yes. you have.

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OFFlCIAL . Well. the public anention it v.,ould innct. And" have no place fer you there to be sale. ...e·re noc law enforcement offlciaJs. and it isn't our responsibility to 10 u,io any,hln1 ol that kind.

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The neivous rhywns. the hidin&, \he belief in the ri&htness d w assassination are still theft but cht suil• is IUria& at him- lhc ncx bein1 understood aspect. His people - the saippen. lhe ..,llirus.e.s wa-c the ODIi ~ •muta111ed and 10n\nd• - but ·they can srill fulftD their plaft•

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Paus.e . On his face. The MES risin& 111d leavina in !he shado..-s.

1 1,1y'Y\ INT. DALLAS PRISON • DAY (1967) 1 ~ ·y+.- ·-, !vi, ii} \~ fvl. Ruby is esconed out of the INFlR.MARY, deid o( cancer.

:~.tt l~T. BR0USSARD'S RESTAURANT• NEW ORLEANS . DAY (1967)

\ i ·\1"" The puffy. smilinl race of DEAN ANDREWS, framed by huae black class.es. wkJ in a Louisivia (})J;' h.ippic araor of the SO's. A fancy French restaurant decor. mirn>red ..-aJJs, marble •· the CTum of Louisiana sociery.

11M Be.cause you keep connin& me Dean. I re.ad your tesamony co the Wuren Commisn and... ·

( ANDREWS ....... There you 10. Grain ol salt. Tv.,o sides to evay coin...

11M You aeU &hem lhe day after 1he aswsinaaon you •ere called on the phone by this ·c Bennnd• and asked 10 ny 10 Dlllas and be Lu ~aJd's Jawyei. ·

·~ ANDREWS l\eJ pu& the bw on my man. just like you're doin1. I &•~ em any1hi n1 that poppe UIIO my head. TNth is. I ncva mes lhe mu._

FLASHIAC~ saddn.

C1.A Y SHAW is siffin& there. back to us. taWn1 to ANDREWS. A mane o( 'Nhite hair.

;yvt''{\ ANDREWS (OVEJt) '11'-}J'· rdon't know ..,hat the cat looks like and r don't bow where he's at. AU I kr,ow i.s "\ sometimes he sends me cases. So. one day he's on the phone talldn' to me about &< (_ -

1~ DaDu and repr~ntinJ Os~... (.~~ a~) Hey, pipe· the bimbo in red , ',_ ·• !• :\,tt,{;'"J \,1/M i/h i ~ L,,t,i~~t;,{ ;1vWlt~rj

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Jim. in ~sent. look.in& briefly ·· a pretty pr! wlllon& ill.

mi (uaspcrited) \1/hen did you first do busines.s ...,th this 8enrand1

' ANDREWS (bcftd) Oh I fuse hevd lhcs,e sour cats Ji"in& abou, him back in '56, ·57 ,..hen I li"e do-.· I.he Quan.er.

FUSHBACK. A &limpse. Faces. Mouth talkin1. The youn1 SWlSH in the office. But nor on Shaw.just a presence on the telephone to Andrews.

a-AY BERTRAM> rm C1ay Bennnd. Whatever lhey owe you, nl su,anntee they pay.

BERnAND rm around.

• ANDRFNS (O\'ll) Aad that's bow I rinc heard of Cay lennnd. ,.

-~ ANDREWS You mew you .-em1't wkin& to some low lite fas. you know. He bad eomman die kiill't En1lilll.

Didhepay7

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• ANDREWS (just a sliiht hesiw:ion) Like f sa.id 10 the Washfogton boys. Bertrand called that surrvncr Uld as~ed me to he .. him v.,1u, some ciciunsh1p problems ..,11, his -wue, "

11M So you saw Oswald how ma.ny times~

FUSHBACX ·• toOswaJd II (2), a lookalike, eomin1 in the off"tee with the YOUNG BOYS.

JlM

I . Then how the hell did you pt in the Warren Commission Dean? Excepc throo&h ttae "--· phanc ncads in the DaDu jliJ? .

11M (°lftlftic) Ol coune theff weren't. <:aute they wen desaoytd. Or else they .,.,ere suppressed b FBI who inaervie1lfed yau? ·

AJ«>R£WS . I don't know how they 1oc 10 me. Maybe ciuse I ~ him here. The Fe.ebees run back~ checks. Scouu honor man. that's all I &at. (puu his hand over his he.attl W'hoda pessed chat sooty Oswald ldd would nck out a Prez. I fiuer him ror 1 fftilcllhiaer, ybow, hated the country - a mat Jo'.

As he TIPP Wt wlnl Ids cnbme.aa Louie whh pno, nm reaches~ and pabs lhe fen in mid-air.

Andrcwt puts down the rort. silent ror a moment.

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( rs this off the record Oaddy-o, (Jim nods) tn U'lat c:.ue let me sum it up for y~ ruJ

quick. If I ans.,.cr thai question you kc.ep a.skin& me. 1f I 1we you the na~ y~ re tryjn1 10 cet. I.hen ifs bon -voyaae De.a.no. I me.an lih pennanenL I mun like a bwla in my head. You di&? Does that help you see rny problem a little be.na7 You·re a mou~ fi1h1in1 • aorill&. ·Kennedy"s d~. You •ant to line up with ad~ man?

At a nearby ~ble. a WAITER has just poured brandy on Crepe Suz.ents. A blue n1me ho"eru,I LI\ the a.ir as Jim tuns forward across the ~ble. spuk]n1 delibenceJy.

1tM R~ my lips. Duno. Either you dance into the p-and jury ..;th lhe ruJ moniker o< ttw cu who called you to represent Lee Oswald, or yOAJt fat behind is &oin& to the slammer? Oo you di& me? -

Andrc...,s freezes. shaken. He sunds up suddenly.

He embellishes the lul cn,w, di,:,ppin& his pink napkin in the cnlxneat &nd wheeUn1 out. Tun is tlXft than a linle sbum •- lhe wamin1s, lhe fur in the people's eyes - uve tokS him a a,,th he now feels ii not lalowi.

OEA.'l ANDREWS ds anpily inlO I payphone.

ANDREWS

ttlw I thou1ht. TIU today....yeall... ·

A back-suea MU~lays "Jusa I 0oser Walk With 111ee• an I clarinet.. sweet and sad lS JtM~ with NUMA and ,.,Ilks down the m,wded thorouchlare past a HOOKER who rec.ocruz.es him and a,,es &'Wly..Jnco an open-aired, predominately say bat whae convenatioft stop1.

PEOPLE recocni,ze 11M u the D.A., etpedaDy in his Bprwei&ht suit and tie and shat haircut. NUMA and BOXLEY uchanae uncoml'onable &lances. 1111 famous ba built. durin& lhe Wu_ of 18 l 2, an:,und a huce tlreplace and chimney, 11fidl low, chick nftal. bu an air of Jean Wue pu-ue intricue abaal a. .

You bow t used to hQuent IJlis place back in my ta,., school days. Dean Andrt"'1 ttU always here. The~ wid remembet.(to die nervous BARTENDER} Good

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,JtM Ory Beefeater martini. please. on the rock.s. lime !'Wist ( Bodey &nd Num1 make the: orders) ts the o...,ner around~ Mr ... oh, an lwiltl name I believe.

JtM Oh that's a shame. Nice man. Who's the new owner?

JlM Well. perhaps you could help us. We're a-yin& to flnd a man named Bennrid •· ~Y Bennnd. We thouah he mi&hl have a drink here now and then.

BAll'EM)EJI I doubt it.

11M What's he come in?

r daa't know. He's son ol ift and out.

Far die DA. it's always oe die hO\lte.

As they 1e:ave PEOPLE raume their convenadoft. A PANHANDLER spou them ~ ~~ a., as do TWO 11t.ANSVES1Tt'E HOOKERS. Anodler friendly N wird•lootin& OENTZD' approaches.

MAN ON STRE.E1" Hey whae y'at Mr. D.A1

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: \,'. IllI ' V *' r· v,~I \ •• 1 (\ "vW\J.,\ \ ~T. HOTEL Sl:ITE • NEW ORLEANS • DA y J'VI\/•/~~/\ ' l ~ i rut.lA ANNE MERCER, 21. looks at JIM ...;th the sincerest eyes. Her HUSBAND. a rnsperou \vJ'f' ~ ~ ~ Republican businessman, ...,atches from the comer. JlM - aJon1 .;di OSER.•· has her lamn ' (lirY" J)1 1 Commission Report in front ol her.

rll \J ~d~~ "£\ '\})),f\f\J~. U_i 1: ~f\\"Lf ....in th~ repon Mn. Me~. it says you were 11 Daley Ptua rwo houn before the ~ y\~lfr (\, \" assass1na0on but that... \ l I~ \ fVV1

MERCEl Yes, it was about 11 in the momin&, I was drivu,1 west on Elm Street. to-.i.,ard the

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Triple Underpass in a rented car•· a white VaJianL 11J never ror1c1 that day.

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A normal scene. Cm, nfflc, people sWtin1 to. arrive,

A &limpse ol M..1A ANNE MEJtaJl, 23, drivinl, stops in trafflr:. C ~~ ~~n 11 . {}Jv ()fa ,yv'JliA1«.' \ MERCER (OVER) vlf; vl,~v. ·, ...these YilS quite a bit o( cnfflc and I WU Stopped aJon,side a IJ"eeD pickup a-uck. <\\ , \μv was very noncubte because it wu blocldn& traffic and at was parked with_r..-o whe -~~\' up Oft the curl,.

She stances OYer It JACK RUBY ln_a a,een jacket. in the driven tat Then nodces a YOUN0 WHITE MAN ia lli1 mid tvitntia, ia pay jacket. brown panes. plaid shin and M:d s&acldn& bat. &effinl OUI ti the puiellltr side.= IO die rut cl die VIII. ~ml!:!complnmat. rtmlf5vi packa1e rhal loob lib a rifle Ml ill paper. He -..alb up the ltll nc in the duecdoft d t pickes fence.

RUBY ill die drivel'! sat looks over and swes at JuUa Anne, who cv.ms away, nooce.s:

111e 11IREI COPS IWldin1 near a motcrqde an the ove,pus brid,e.

Her eyes 1oct wilh RtJIY a second lime and u the cnfflc moYtS. she drives oa.

MERcrR sinin& 111 table looldn1 at phoux. 1WO FBI AOENTS and near her placi.n& ph()(OI shakes J\a bud •no• se"ual ~. until l_hcy put a shoe of JACX lll}\Y ill front of her. She bot

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/Vvl JtA.Lli\ OJAU~ '. Jvvv'( ?;U rv~ v1f .,J(f'f\ Jl. JD,~ Yuff.' J

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~RCER <OVER) I picked oul three p1etures thi1 looked cencr&Jly Ii.kc lhe driver of the true It lf'ld :hc:i

· MERcrR Thu's the mart

2NDAGENT What about these othen7 You wd \hey mi&ht be him.

MERCEJt They look a little like him. But no (holdin& up the Ruby photo) rm sw-e this u the man.

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nM(s~dcal) . ...but you didn't seem nearly so SUR in YfN1 statement 10 the Wamn Commis.sioa.

MERCEJt ('beaucitully sinceft eya) na,·s what bothen me.. Mt. Oarrisoe. You see, they've been altered. My statements.••

run is sileffl. MeKG picks up the NP..0ft. 10 the peninenc panpiphs:

MERCD ,. nus says 9Merc:a .:ould 1101 idenaty any ot the photoplplts u beinJ idenacal wicb · pencn she hid observed slouched over lhe 'ftheel ot a peen Ford pickup wet•.

~ llw's DOC ll'UI. t rea,pized him and I IOld them .,__ (radift& on) TheJt lhis ~pc a)l ~ ua mt dacribin& the peen pickup net u havin1 a sip on it with the wont.s • Ai, \ lfl ,~. Af ( Coedldoftifta•. Well thats Just 1101 ne ti&hcr. I always said there wu no si en ol \f\J~ Ajv~,· ldnd oa the INCt. And here...(Joes to another rcpan)...Oft die Dtllu Shtritrs reJ r\ ~N\ NV 1 \~IW 11m la really ID'lllae- s. lhal nowized sipanft oo lhe bonom o1 uc:h pace. n '\~~~rl J' · L(~I'\ 7 W 1101 my lill"•tn. Alld there new, ..u any ~ ~t dunn1 any of my ~~v'- ..• j!(-lv-1 · --, quesdoniaa. (hands die papen back to Jim) I pas thats all...

,· 1 )-/(vv \. /~rvfl . JIM ~ \1}J'..--. _ v, Miss Mercer, u a ronner FBI man, it's difflcult IO ac:cepc this. y• ~ · MERaR

( '\J'J" I know but Mr. Oanison, lhe FBI is just noc dolnl their job.

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but I &O( to 1eU you some1h1n1 s noc n&ht ..,hen I.hey don t even bother to ca.II Jul.11 LIi fronr ol the Warren Commission.

rtM They didn't call a lot or people Mt. Mercer. I think ifs no.., safe to s.ay the WUTen Comnussion is a work o( fiction.

MO~ AGE DISSOLVE TO:

~ BEYERLY 01.JVElt speali:s to JIM and LOU IVON

~v\:,J: V/\~~ l I ,tn A v.M OLMR . ,_).vf ~,\}W~~_/t'; lv, J was on the south side of Elm. sw"1in1 closest to the President rtook the .,.,hole ~v fV~1 ~)Jlri1, th.int on t\1rn. .. I musta had the killer on the ftlm because lhe shou were a:>rnin& from fiV : t., X;,'1/ that picket fence uu ...the FBI took my film and I never saw it aclin, but I w,11 aJway, r~: .AJ#'· believe the man .,..ho shoe. the President djd so from the picket fence and no one ...;u l\j, / \rf \ e"er ecovince me otherwue..

·· ,-\\v '\ FUSHBACX TO: \.J'{ ,~- ~ imasinary Imm. pc,v ot what hu c.amen mi&ht have cau1ht SHOT'S rin1 out... the blurred \.». V "'1AkJ. shadow of the "BAOOEMAN· IDOYina. ..GORDON ARNOLD shocdna h.is rllm. None ol chis ,4-1, ~ y uplained no,r,. J~ a sJimpte. ~ -~ ~ \ '--· ~:' ~Ami" .{_,_,, . JJM (Oval> ,..,~'\Jv~. ,~JJ' Why didn't you say·anydun110 the police? i~"' · v✓ \J \~-~ aJVEJl Ll Sir. I da'.l Yilllt 10 become anocher stadsdc...Jike my friend Jada. Shed~ at

Jack's dub. SM saw che same thinp I did...and she's dw1. Or so they rell me.

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JEAN HILL IWM 3Clsll IUCher, talks to 11M and IVON. Her dane.ancr has a rock solid Tew backeou~uy convic1iol., it. a woman not easily fri&hteMd.

J!ANHDJ. _J nt aandl.n& Oft die souch side of Em. nell ., my friend Mary Moon:nan who too tbe ~ ,r,Jla he WU kiJJell ..

F1-ASH - the MOORMAN PHOTOORAPH. B~ polwd ot 6e PU.StDENT' In chi rorepow,d. lhe pick• rence in backcrow,d. We wW mmn., this pho(osrlpll In mere detail 1am.

Jf.AN HDJ. (()Vat) She rel to lhe pound ri&ht away bat I lhoupt II wu a ftrecracku and dldn't mow · bear. I Ml nmn1 to Set cbcr to him. to l0UC!a Mm Clute the dmer had stopped. the bnta li&hts ,r,ae on. whee I saw the tut shot...jasl take his head off. (SOUNDS of shots etch ha convcnadoft)

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FLASHl.tCI TO:.

J"E.A~ Hn.L'S P.OV now -

· Hill. <OVER) ... I~...., a man ·· shootin1 from behind the rence. He ran av,,ay. He h1d on a un1ror

Blurry ima&e ·• we're noc at all sure what or who or it. But just a seed is l&MI. Now a RUNNtNG CAMERA POV as Jean Hill n.ins toward the KnoU tlonsside OnlEltS nmrunc, yells, shouu. confusiOfL

HD..l. (OVER) r wu runnin1 up the Grusy Knoll. thinldn& our cuys had shot back and maybe ...,e I one of them. I don't know what I would have done if I had cau1ht them, but I k:no~ someth.in1 1emble had happened and somebody had to do some1hin1.

At the picket fence•· we see bluny ima1es of POLICE, RAnJtOAD WOIUCERS. ci1arettt bua.s.. muddy fooq,rinu. confusion... .(]1J. / : r)1...

-'y\- 1• o: I ,.,,. ' ' HILL (OVB) ~, J,u_ AD Is.aw in that paridna a,u -..ere~ wcnen and police.

1WO SECRET SDvta types appn>1eh her suddenly.

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Thac's .,hen the two men who icknafted themselves u Secres S~ aaentS c:oroe ~ behind me.

SECOND AOENr I ml you're comin& w;dl us.

Hll.L(OVEJl) -.he put dus honible p;p oa my shoulder. I can still red the pain whea I think about k .

The lWO AOENTS 'Midi pips on her shoulder husde her away.

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CNT. COURTHOUSE BUILDING • THIRD FLOOR • DAY

( K'D-L. 32 years old that day. is shown into a 4th noor office of the COUNTY COL'RTS Blrt.l)t'-

ll'lere. ·

TIM£Ct.rr TO:

Tw'O MEN are in u:rro1atin I her.

/\ ..t ~,-~~\ ,___.~t-ta HILL (OVER) ~ , vvi ),v«~c.J/~1.,'W""', 'W"l They.must.a ~n watchin1 the whole lhinc cause they b-.e~ everyt}li.n1 ~ary and ct ' \V: l }J, -~ ~.JP ' ~ti.' had ~n dosn& that day. I wun't ~ hard 10 find•· we.ann1 thac red r1.1ncoa1._ WJ'IY'" r' if1 ' ~ lf.lli I A \ • l . (lt'I. Jt J ff,.-k1A, r ,, !W MAH t · ~k;_ II _,1/1.,l/, • ,,vf ~·~~How nw,y shou you sayyou _heatd?

~ ~~- t ~ (J) ~ \ aitvL HILL •~vi· Ji,._ ~).L'1\ I)! i •,) _ Four 10 sil

i fa· ) ~Y' \\yY~~-·-3/1. MAN

~Jr ~"iV!)~J ~ \Yo~ ~-(our 10 sis. Th11's impossible. We haw lhree bullets and three shoes. i.s ) . ..tJJ \,, - 1,111L werew1lhn11osay... /~' ~'(v\ _, JU}'VA_'yJ.r · \J) I JVVv •s'j\/v1, \(~~\ JI' , ~1~ ,

(;{ t~ L /{(Vo " 1, ~~tJ \V~~..which is scnn1e cau~ is less than an hour after the assusinati01L

\}F •. !8v \ , ,lft' ~ i, ( () ~"- ~,DJ}'V\(\"{'l- Ji., il-\\ · . . MAN I ',j, ~1' _ \t \' II ·, · ~ ~Y ...You only heud W. shoes and Yoll III not to repeat thiJ oulSide llus room._

~~ \1t¥u- ~ 1i/_\/:)J.fo\.._ HILL (OVER) X\' ·--< (V~, A \J \ f I wu scand. h wu all t:lnda queer buc it s1n felt like rwo and rM> \\'U comi/\1 up \}\ ·Nu ~}J ·v three...and then they toot Mary's six snap shou you know, and they kept three..

\, /{\ \ , ~ , · had die blckpounds mualued...l didn't want ta ao., Wuhinp:,n •hen lhey \r \. o , 1l • IU~ me...to CM lawyer come down here and interviewed me IC Partland' ~ \ ~ Q. / l''J. \J" HolptllL Ai . . . l J l . I. ,. Ii .L I . -:v } 10.;~ l:w. '<~\. . ~~ t ·:rw- ?. atiP v~ .,0'J\.L .,{l{.£)1 e:.1- ·TJ.-tr , t t;t wYl: . , '\,..xJ\ .\'Vt' IN~. P~RkLAND MEMORIAL H9St,ITAL. DAY (1'64) 2:'7P!·v11. 1111 l, \ \" .)I\ l'~ -~i~i,OM !.v,.lr\{ -f.:./uti £n ~ V~ A LAWYEll ~. JP.AN HlLL "11111 FEMALE m;NOOIW'HElt.

He uked me why I lhoupt I was in dan1cr and I said:

• HDJ.. Welt if they can kill lhe President. Ibey can cer1linly &et me.

(. HJU.. (U cauin U rain)

No you doa'tf

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HD.J..OVcR He kepi tryina 10 &et me 10 chance my s1ory about the ihou. He ""U 1e10nc a and u,pier. but 1ellin& lhc ..,oma.n noc to wnte ... hen he ..,a.nted.

I want 1he truth.

9/J\ HD..L (}.; ·The trulh is that I heard ber.,.,un four and six shoes. rm not &oin& to lie (or y< J> . 1 (r'-- P . HJU. OVER . ;J'/ 'x ~ p So otrthc record. he swu swu wkin& about my (amily,.and even mentioned

\~ ~r•Jt' ~ LAWYER ~ Y; "~O Look. we can maJce you u crazy u Marprite Oswald ar.d everybody mows • I ~ CTUy she is. '\}

I b,ew somcthina WU noc rip1 about this. cau11 no one who is just Wdn& a de 1ea dW invol~ and anpy.••when I ftnally read my tr.samcay u published b· Wana C-ommissiaft. ic wu a fabrication from sun to ftnish.

On JIM list.mini, deeply troubled.

1\w you. Mn. Hill. Alt you willinl IO cestify ii need be 10th.is?

MOKTAQE DISSOLV1

JIM lld lV0N wlDdn& the f1oar, lootift&-.

OSWALD'S ~ POV cl the limousine u be puDed the trigtr. Far now. innccuous n 1oes by bal 1be-dUS cl the camen 110HTENS lnt0 a snipa's 100p1.

8aidet which. there~~~ there beck 1be.a wtuch wu b1ockin1 hi! h shcJI at the time.

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-+-' i("' vv .i f /t)\,f/\1 ./! - • r ,. a \ ~f\A:\ . ll,~, wt v 1 ... { 1 50 V \.;_, }.,v1,t,{ tVi, .μ ,Jfi~ ,1;JJ.J '"'v~f\ '1" ,1ij' VV' ' .11 i:f\μ, , ' J \.,;yv~. JVfYv(_ fYON(OVER) , ~< \jJ t,l f You r:rf to tut a movin1 u.raer at 88 yards '4'ith that cheap bolt action clip fed nne. N ( --rfV(r-,t had I (our-p:,wer telecopuc s1&ht he'd never even &djusled. It WU ome &nd sk.JU 1t " adjust a si&ht. He didn't e..,en reinforce the bulle~ I cell you O\id il's impms1blc

·1hooan1. And even 1f he were able co do ic.

S~GCNG ?OVS - so lhar Oswald's nne is pointed south ri&hr vp Houston Street. F0Uowin1 i iMoc\JoUS CAR. maybe a convertible with a,, unknown WOMAN drivin1.

/:.'lvJ .. ~ .' ., . lVON (OVER) · ..VJ&, \Vhy noc just shoot him comin& at you up Houston. Oean. plenry of rime... Lf113.1 }(JJt-1u · · .A/i.,1..,VJ .-l Uyui1·1 . 11M (OVER) w1 v~f{Y' \}\ I • Didn't Hoover say somethin1 about l.ha1? .

~ r ~I.~ lVON (OVER)

v-fa ).f ..,aitin1 ro &et him on Elm is if you 1e1 aiat11utated &e ccmin& at him. Put a man

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SWlNGINO POVS •• the CJUMINAL COURTS BUlLDCNO krOU the sa-eeL

The GRASSY JCNOU and PICKET FENa u seen frcm lhe 6dl F1oor Book Deposiuxy ·• allow our au@nce to undentand che possible aiansuJarion of ftre.

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~'-v1N~ ·j The Irick tJI coune is 10 sea hirn 10 slow dowt1. How do you do th11? (s,oinu) y1(\flfA- (" ne aripw Plllde n,ute in the paper uw mc,nun1 says he ns supposed II) eontilfur C 1 ," l"./(v'' "'."- ~ .1 Oft down Main Street then. Tou1h shot. Impossible to hit him. 'J ,'\,~1 (S~'ll We see bolt f• Main S1ree1 ls.

,JVON Sometime in the momins. they chanaed the route comin1 d\is way. Mo-.in& u a ncrnl 2S nles III hour, Ibey knew lhe motoreadc would h~e to slow ., abaut 10 mpll lO make this nn Jwn..ul's say ~•re Lee Harvey Oswald. a lone nut. ,. · How do yoa bow at me lul seccnd they re 1oin1 e brin& lhe President ripe pu&yaarwvldow?

11M WIID~ &he pulde rw■?

11M Who WU tbe mayor?

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rvoN He tW'TIS ou1 to be the brother of Charles ubcll &l\d you know who Olvles ub(

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Allen Dulles?

He ww to &nO(her window lookisl out CMt the P1a.za w;th all iu &hosts. in the e~ty Boot Depository where Oswald suppcsemy did his ditty deed. Two mai - w;m only Nt-o cnen·s po, terrible aloneness pervades lhcar mindt.

JtM (cone.) Maybe we should jus& call n a day•.Lou. Oo home. While we're still I linJe be " IV0N Yoa. boss...quit? That'll be the day.

BOXLEY WIikin& aJonaside a JA:12. FUNERAL with I LOCAL OAMBLER type.

MOBSlEJl I told your uncle I never met a lawman who wasn't a punk. Even you Bill. bu family. He•s a bi& shot businessman . I seea him oe the TV news a k>t with a o<hc:r bi& shou. A raa. you know. Oocs by ~ wne doW11 hae..

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BO~Y (Clciled) \l.'ha1·s hi s other name?

MOBSttR W'ho Jives a shit what he calls himself'?

LIZ is semn1 corru ID JlM, LOU IVON, OSER, SUSIE. NUMA ·• the round table, after houn CXln(erence. The KIDS Nn in &nd out of the room. ptayin1. Susie is doin& the tallin1. new paperwork. phocos.

OSWALD 0. his lookalike impenonatcr, is delibcnlety kept in hall or three qua.nu shoes. back tc amen. a shadowed mysaay. Kickl, che tires Oft I used red Mercwy ~

The saJ.esmu. lOOAJlD, hesitant. The py doesn't look like he's 101 a dime.to his rwm.

OSWALD drima lhe Macwy a& (JO.70 mph up the ramp ol the FR.EEWAY, lerrifyin& BOOAJU me passenacr sell.

SUSII! ...despite the fact he hu no drivin1 licel\Se and from what Marina say,, does not how to drive. he hitS the cina like Mario Andmti u lhe Indy 500.

BOGARD, lerri&d., mocionin1 (or him to slow dow,a.

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£VON (OVER) Boca.rd liter told his boss. 'He dro..,e like a madrrw,"

' BOGARD 'Three hundred bucks now, do...,n. you can dri..,e ouru here ...,ith it

OSW AlD IJ unhappy le.avin1.

~WALDO Who you k::iddin&! Fer this heap, Cor&et it...No honest workinc mvi can tfl'CKd a e anymore in lhe &oddamn coun1rY! Maybe ru have 1010 back to Russia to b1.1y a c

OSW Al.DU dn&Jin& behind 1WO OJBANS •• they'll imporunc - one we'U call 'i'HE BUU. cause be's bi& and hu a scar over his left t)'e. The Other ...·u call i1IE INDIAN· cause he's q, thin, ud he 1w the look o( death in his eyes.

~ A A Cuc.s ollhe MEN talkin& 10 a conumed SU.VIA u OSWALD Dhan1s back. watchina..

~A l .l~v\ MEN ,JJ'I': \. . CUBAN OiATI'QADUB

,• 1 -~ -..A:N~ i\ SUS1E (OVER) ,,. -;-2." \ k~'\ ~- ~ .••lhey wk. die Cubans wtnc Silvia whole father they know frcm Miw t0 http l V'" rai• money to olf Casa,,. Somethina about the mee bothen her. She tells them

•. "r- ~'-- doaD't wane anyd\in& u, do with v;oJence...aboul '3 houn lacer The Bull uils bf \J' blct. .

INl'DCUI' SILVIA 011 the phone ia her apanment widl -

, EXT. GAS ffATION / INT. PHONE 100TH • DALLAS• NIGHT (19631

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1HE BUU.. (Oft the phone. in Oabln)

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This py's pat. he's kinda nut1...he told III we doe't have any cuts. you Cuba

~)-,~~ \ -A\ji J ' cause Kennedy should'Ye bee.ft wacked after the Pay rA Pip, and some Cubu.s \,\,V o,J }J'\(6\; \)J \~-0J\ \J J\ should've done that. lc's easy to do he says. you bow he's a Marine. u upert

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{{ \ ~~f\; His eyes oa -OSWALDO• outside the booch wich die INDIAN 11 &he OAS STATION. ~PJJI Talma to I MYS'IcRY MAN. -SISI-IOP9. ~ 1/4 J; /'~ , I •·l . , (),, .:·A. j )

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( . Sihia Odio surprised IO hev this infomiacion "oluntured.

IL~ ( Y' . . . . . . SU~tE (OV~R)

~-vt,"0,.11/ l 1 .. .Jr s like hes &1V1nI her 1nformauon she doesn't even uk ror. She's scared. docsn Oc,, , ,.'f'... -~,..er se.e them aalin tlll she sus Oswald's picrure in the paper. The Wln'!n ~ ( /Y,J_ QV,,i Commission has Os wt.Id le.avisi& New Ortw,s to 10 on his famous Mu.ico !Jip dYl'\11

· i ;yt,1, this time period so they conclude old Silvia has bad eycsi&ht Oswlld pops up a111n r ard acain like a bad peMy. A 1mn, ran1e in Dallas •heft ·

osw A.LO D shootin& u the other man's W&et.

OSW Al.D O (lau&hin&) Hey sony buddy. I just chou&ht it was I.hat sonu(abitch Kennedy y'lcnow. I couldn't help myself (siUle.s)

-niE INDLUr is widl him. quiet in the backsround. . l I /1/1,1

-h, ,n vv vj_ J1M On pftsellt) D,I\ 11\)1\, , ( •.about u subtle u a ccclaoacll cnwlina IC1'0SS a •lute nas.

Liz lisrenin1 - inausinaly warried by *hat she he.an.

~ ryJ;i.;,1,' ...1oin1 alt &he way beck to 1961 lhere seems to be www impenonatin1 Qsv.,akJ.

L~'\-- In He,i, Orleans 111he Bolsoa Ford Dealership on January 20. 1961. lheff was anothe

;.,vl -~"~tM 111111 asu11 lhl name -osnw•....repruend!l1 The Friends of Democraric Cuba.- " ,j~lv'

TWO MEN,- die BtJLt.. the ocher a dun youna ANGLO tooldnt lib OSWALO ID. lnO(hef wJPCi S0-WGf.. abcM S.- - ue lflWIII price .;di TWO SALESMEN.

0SW AU) m(1ooldn& II the~) · Usten you beuer chanr the name on this. Yoa ~ 9Moan• here.. it should be •Os•aJd• - •0-s-W- -L-D•. That's my name.. rm die &UY that's 1onna pay for

( these a-ucks. So my name should be on lhe bid.

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IlM ...so Oswald's like an identity you put toaether. like a post office box ...;th a nurcbe

"'l,~.rJ\l\~f\it" .. .I always wondered about that Here's a ·tone nut• who can 10 into any s10~ in \1V' "<'i~ · Teus and le&ally buy a cheap nne. Why does he bochu to order a traceable *~poi

\ .1 ,.~ . .1 \ to a postofr,ce boJt with the fake name 'li.iddeu• and carries the name in his -.,tllet.

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,,~ fv-~ ..,, \Maybe he never ordered the •eapon. Somebody else did. ·

J'Y .~v~~NvU1ff .· \~'. suslE - \\N /\Jf \fJ vlj.N~· /.. i '..I' It feels like they put this IUY 101ether from day one in the Mmnes. Or maybe wue W ., u,l.~_;JJ' •\ ·~ -. 1v--\,;lf' ,..hen he wu in Ferne's OYiJ Air ~•crol •· hue's a secretive ldd. inteUiacnt. ..,anu 1 -ir \ ~ , N ,\~ JJ~, 1., \_vl be a sv,. The name Oswald 1oes into the cencral compu~. Like a dummy f ,~\. ·l\J ·.,\;vv J"'. c«ponciOft. Send him ro Russia. in and out.no puspon problems, the 'ltUd

· \.__w-Nl0" \V- --yv J<. ~~ ·micmdou· in his nocebcok. &he~• camera and 'eleclJ'Oftic devic:a they rind iJ\ I J ~N lfjJ· ·;! f'I"" ~k possessions. the suJed CIA 201 fUe. And then this ~-rf'JV' , .;iJ, "\ V", e.nrinly weird Mesko business. chief.

C \ f'J'Q~ Passes ram a ph01oplpll cl OSWALD IV - a huvysct older man loalclnl nochin1 lib O.,o,aJd L·

~. ·tJV ~) ,. \k I U,~~ IVON r-t~t-}, ~·v- v\~t?'~ \J, Oc1Dber '63, lhe CA says Oswald WU in Meldco Cty aa bodl chc Cuban and rj.'-~ 'NJJ ft" V·'}f · SOYia Embassies. sv~ he wains to 10 back to the ScMet Union via Cuba. ll μJ ( \l--' ·-J,J~❖ \J\ 1ocs into the two embissies,-Nkes a scene.. oJ I r1 \[) . \kef\Y" \

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(v,;.. tJ-~i .. ,,\ osw AU> rv . ~\lvN ~ J need lhe ¥isa NOW._TODAY ...J can't 'Nlit a ,r.,eet. I wanna see the Consul ~

·, SUSIE (OVER) Swprislnaly the Warren Coavnissioft. usurmn1 there was 2A hour phcco SIIMiJlarici ol these embwies by ow pys. uted fer men ewSenc:e. The CIA's ~ after a Iona delay was dw !Ka eameru in bmJL, embassies waedowa.

The surwiDance c:amen. OSWALD rv conferrina widuhe a.rs.AN CONSUL who is shak:in& hi be.ad. ~·,. arsuia1, (

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OSWAlD I'V I rolcfyou r.hc Embassy ..,ould &i..,,e me a V'l\a. I'm a friend of r.he So....,et L":i1on They pay for you. You·rc Jus1 a rudanc buruucn1! You suys -.ould be ou1 of business 1(.. .

· aJBAN CONSUL Sisnor. a person of yow type I think is hurtin1 OW' rc11olution more thv, hclpin1 1l We do not frankly crust you Of this cud. We chink you are an infih:n1ot of some kind. Pleas leave or I will call..

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LIZ GARJUSON is the most shaken, u she poun a fTuh cup. , . ,. A ;t, ~ i 1 J.£[__,

·' .r JtJ itrf✓J . . w$- 'BOXLEY p (U..)t. ttfl\ ~;,.tlf/! ,1/"(_ \1/hac do we do~ i,( .f~ i. \t\i-' ,-Y JIM t think " Mve him in for a little talk.

She walks ou1 of the room siJenL A pause. Tension.

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~;JJ \. \\JV· [V\. 1 . All'( ~1 v1 . . nM . C · t-JVvv /v',.,/4/\ t think Feme's the loose cannon here. Lou. let's &et a 2A ho.JI surveil1ance 101n1 · o ". kl'l' 1)/) · ~: ~ his apanmenc. Photos of everyone he's meetin1. I 'ft'&ftt aD of you ., conwunce oe vJ W \ v\J ,i{l,,JA anyone who's seen Shaw w;th either Ferrie. Andn11t1, Manin , ar Banister. Any y0-- . 1j{U . ccmacl II alL -x:fi,~'0__: - 1}( , ~\ ,. NUMA

x\. ,. ~ ~ .Jv VJl~ You're talld.fta seriou,money heft boss. We alrudy spent 'bout S9000. The ,j l~ \j,"W3 JY.~ t _~ otnc. s1lff ls swua..: . ·

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t\)1/~1<.\-{\ -~\:' '{J'✓ f JIM (risina. the meean1 is c,yer) I J \;~JU' · Jm& do i& N1m11. Polidcians are always pumn1 their hand in the public all • ~ t . / ~ I dut tis ls one case that 1C1Ually merits a. --ifr<\JV

The 1V II CII ID lbe lataa Vietnam ltepx,s - combll footase,:

ANNOUNall 1n heavy flahcin& in Vietnam today. seven mare American soldien died and 13 ~ere ~ lhe body count for this week now stands II S7 Americans and 2.S4 V°ICICOnl killed in ICtiolL

UZ ptay;n1 wich che IClDS - looldn& for Easter Eu,. The dos is buidn&. coau:nodon.. Tun is &et re.adyto100G1.

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JlM You know I don't like .these aibaJ rituals. euhud. rm inter-.icwin& Oay Shaw this momins.

Lrl But why in lhe Lord"s name today of all days! Wben you knew we were...

11M Beause i1's impon.ant 1hat's ~hy, tm sony...(1dsses her, aoes)

Tbe lcids 'll'IIChiAI,

uz Sometimes I don't know v.,hy I bother.

~Y SHAW,1111 Cs. a bla. white haired. handsocndy saikin& man iA an clcaant ..tuie surtme1 swr.issllow911.

Imperiously smoan1 Oaulois. be has about bim an air of authoriry matched only by Jim'1. In the room &R SUSIE and BOXLEY

a.A Y SHAW (b&sSOCG-voic:ed) Mr. OarrisoD - what can I do ror you Oft East.a Sunday1

rm sany Mr. Shaw 10 inte:m,pt 1'1is holiday but I fed dus is a converwioa •e mil

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bcua have out~ the e-..eryday bustle in this offlc:a_ ·

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rm no1 sure I undern.2nd.

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nM (brin&in& some papers rorv.-ud) · Wei!. ..in an investi&alion 11,e·~ conducti1'1 your name has come up a number or times.

~ ~)yil'~ \IJ·\Y.~We ,.,.,ndy tall<ed 10 a yow,1 man named Phillip /acbon. Do you bM:,w hirnl

_Jj,.A/tv: Afv,va,t~}(~ ./\. Jr~~ SHAW . ~{ l (1 ~-- "'v · h ~•zi No, I don't believe I kriow anyone by that name. rv v:~ \ t JVI~- ~

;v.\f'/11 _. ~1\)v NJ · Rj&_ht away, Jim feels 1he man is lyina. A holdins back, an inabiliry to lose h.imself in ...,.hat he's ~: IA Al . \)J SoaY\111 ,\,~ \ ,1\)./.Jlv t\r)- . '.. t.Jt;,,"' \ A FUSHIACX TO: T\~< ~\Y'- ~~ lJ,, INT. DIXIE'S BAR • FRENCH QUARTER • NIGHT (\j"1 '- I ~ v-. .ki-#1,

~ / V \ ' '(" \ C\J" r'J· Mr. Jac:ksoft 101d 11S he met )'OU at Di,tic's dO"#t1I on Bourbon Street and seven) 'k11i,~ 9.) , rt--l ' • ,.,v'V nieninp lati:r you had tum over,~ dinner II your aplnl'Denc on Dauphine Strut. I:)( '-P l i /'\(i-1 \ \ I N\JV" )QI recall 1hac1 . \tfl'. }.}),., r.ft' \ t\l~ : 11i- -v SHAW and PHILUP JAOCSON, a youna. suy, sauc-burned chicken. chan:ina it up at a &ay bar ,}v ~ \}I ",\\ 0-~ '.• t t'"EXT. DAUPHIN£ STREET • THE QUARTER • NIGHT \}-!\ f · /\): JACKSON admitted to the townhouse. 'The Btm..ER. ope.nin& che door, SHAW appe.aru,1 behin -~-JvV ~ him. I f '-'A~ ' -~\

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DINND k .,_ • 1 lon1 table by the B~CK Bt.m..ER. a sumptuous settin1 ot silver and c.andeJaln.

JlM(OVER) Maps a few more details about the c..-enin4 will refresh your memory. Mr. Jacb told us dinner WU served by I unifonned WIIW - • blact man•• Ion& emp«y tlb~ He panic:ularty remembers lhat you sat u one atd and he II die oma - ..-tuch -he f01 rather unusual because the table ..-as so Jons. Does that brin& beet memories of Ph: Jacuon?

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I would imaaine a uniformed wa.iccr helps.

PHilllP JACKSON, ind a.A Y SHAW le.avin& the dinin& table.

11M (OVER) After dinner you pa.id him to have sex ...,;lJI you.

x 1 ,i.i· ~(J SHAW is bein& whipped by JACKSON•· a leather mule on his race; handcufTs, minon, ropes ~,. TY,}l', ,~ complete the ill~ ' . ·, . "'°""' \ , ~-v ./\ t~Af.lf SHAW (0\'.E,R) .

0/ \jrr· · Pflft! Absolute nonsense. 11le Quaner is ftDed wilh vivid imapations my dear M: 'f" GarriJaD - youna men -11o11 say and do 111)1Jun1- ( _.

JtM (OVER, lauahs he.anily) ...in the course of that nipl Mt. Jackson wd a man named David Ferrie stopped b tbe house...alon1 with anocher youn1 maa...•

CNT. SHAW'S £NTREE • THAT NIGHT

FERR.IE comin& in, widl another youo1 OGCJCEN .

,. SHAW(OVER) Whot

...Dani Ferrie... ....

< ~-1,.. JIM (OVER) • tJ'-1~ ·I\ .~J.- ,, ...and dw the four ol you panied early into the monun1 houri... ).() • \},'U ~ ~. ru~·" I. ,f The famous snapshot~ the FOUR MEN In ctns. smilln1 rar che can,en. cha:mpac,,e ~es in h. 'Y. ,. ✓ \ Ferne looks truly ~ue with a Ion& blond wi&. his arm cuddlln& lhe &wtals of his youn1 ~i.r chicken. Shaw dirnifwd. with his Mounian w;I,

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- • JtM (in P"senl) ut me show you his picture. (handin& • &enenl phoco o( reme 10 Shaw )

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No. rm sure fve ne-v~ met anyone o( such a biz.arre appearance.

JtM 0,andin& another pho<ovaph) And Mr. Jackson, of course noc?

LIZ and all F1VE ICIDS looldnl at menus

uz We're 1oin1 to su.n wichouc him and he'll be heft t« dessert. Snapper you put lb.at bact!

VlROINIA. I want a Shirley Templet

l1Z Som. He's real 1CffJ 1'e can't IWt Mth us but he's promised to be here... ,.

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lNT. B8,ENNA~'S RESTAt;RANT • LATER

AU I.he food on the pla1es is utcn u the W AJTER t.kes it away. A lull in I.he lcd"s faces. Lu. loo«.: the check. Mos1 o( the Easter Crowd ha.s llre.ady left the rcs~wuc..

Where's Daddy~

She pays lhe bill Mth the dollan from her handbac.

~T. GARRISON OFFICE • LATER THAT DAY

Everyone looks tired u the questionin& dn1s on. Shaw sud:in1 on endless Oauloises.

11M (h&ndin I I phoco IO Shaw) Mr. Shaw, can you identify I.his man1

JIM shows him a DCWlplpc:r cUppin&-

· •:J,✓l- · rv0"'~ . J JIM 0 ,. 0 \I) \ r~l.~ Mr. Shaw this is 1ft Italian newspaper anic1e la 9Plaa Sen· sayin1 1ou ~ I "~,('['~(\ ~ ·-¥\ rv(•· \J nmberof lhe loud o/C-entro Mondo CommerdaJe In Italy. thu chis cocnpaay ...,, 1~· (\!}> l}~\J aunn ot the CA ror the nnsfer of funds In Italy far iDe&aJ political--espionqe O ~-~~~ aaivida. 11 SO)'I lhll dlls company wu eipelled ""'9 IWy for !hose ldlvities.

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'JtM It says thac this company has heavily fascist ties to the French secrer army a-&l/\J z.acc that aied to assassinate De Oaulle in 1960.

( Shaw 1Jara a him. Suence.

Sbaw leaves, loob 1-t II die cloar.

oc. Mr. DA. You can't Jay I fin1u on me.• . ·

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J'tM We'JI see 1bou1 thu.

SUStE I 1on.a 10, JefTs &o.t lhe (amiJy over.

JlM Go Susie, thws ror Civinl us the time today.

JIM walks in, distr1cted. LIZ is shuttins do\\lft the house, some of the KIDS still up. some in ~

· JASPER Daddy! Where you been?

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C My sympathies.

l1Z It slipped y04a mind! You promised Jim. ror (jod's sakes it's &ster!

( make sure cu kids cu arow up in a country where jusdce 11f011't be an arane..

vanished idea they rad about in tlistcry boob., Jib die dlnaaun or the lost coo ~ Atlantia.

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t..lZ Thifs da.ndy, bu1 ii sure docsn·1 replace a f~ther t/\d a husband on Euier Day

APPROAOiL'IG CAR POV·· the prison looms OYet the s..-amp, dais pa1r01Jin1 the wire.

VOI~OVEJl Oisaict Anomey Ganison to see Prisoner 237B. Ward Block 237B. Send rum on UL.

At the eare, the ear is le:1 throu&J,.

~T. PRISON DORMITORY· · DAY (1967)

One of the·GUEF Gt.:ARDS ""allcs JlM and BOXLEY down a weird circus-Uke atmosphere. In Louisiana the prisonen can wur any oudit they choose which IN.ke.s this prison look like Mardi Gru. MAily TRA.~SVESTTT'ES.

&one in there but none come ouL•.Hey Vernon! ·

VERNON BUNDY, a la&e tv.,enties black hcn>in otrender, shuffles ova-.

TIMEarTTO:

Bundy talks. indifferent., the effect his wards haw on his liuencn. A deep Southern black a~0t. sleepy. rural.

,. BUNDY Jt "'haJy ol '63, it wu hac too. about I 10 depees. t wu on ihe top o( that conrntt seawall II Lake PoncJwnin wilh my cooker._

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A view ol ..LUI. ledft110 the SEAWALL. bUndina white sua. VERNON BUNDY is on the S1eps Judinl down '> die waier, preparin1 1 heroin injec1i0ft.

A c:u pulls into the area dls1cqin1 a.AY SHAW.

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osw ALD It come.s into si&ht be(ore SHA w &ets ID I.he se.awall ...here Bundy is. they enter UllO con-.ersation. Munere.d momenu. '

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I 1Y. ;.,_ :(~'\M ~ l ' \,,,-,'vw •1, ~"0 SHAW ((afor undu the '1rindl •f.,1 f ri, 9 .•. penetnte th.is croup... we trunk a plot to kill the Presiden, in eilher Mia.mi or Teus ~✓ .l /'vf\,{, late November...Cuban Alpha 66... your contxt is Fil Don't come to me ...

OSWAU:) Yes. sir.

v/~. ·U:- v,\.t <vwt p.A/?1J.,v 'fj,fa,L / j_,.

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OSW A1.D and SHAW drift away, leavin& sevenl yellow leatlecs an rhe ,round.

BUNDY c:omin& over and pickin& them up. It turns out to be some ot Oswald's pro-Cas1n> handai fmm 54' Caq, StreeL Bundy uses a leal1et 10 wrap his dope. noddin1, happy.

Back to tbe PRESENT. BOXLEY shoYts VERNON the picture ol Sl\aw and Oswald sepantely.

~JP""',/) INSERT them.

? \/Q.,/l,; tt ~~rμ-0// . •JIM . ~ ~·_;--1/,0,-JJ~ I, ~ lt(\v:Jj~ ~ r· Y01111y du older man Uq,ed'? ,.

1,\/,v~ ~ ~ _v,l?iJ,U)) BUNDY (nods II the fWO picftfts) , k l.&t--<' JI' fl":. yv- 1'1111'1 than. The pys who shot the President. (answerin& Jim's questioa) •~'? )M O{) Y• *•Jmt I slisht limp, not much, but It stood -

•JI:.' ,y'f> ~ rim suidila '-<t. c111, -•· .

~ ,~ .J... ,,.J,,~~i)usRIAa- SHAW enterina his offlce..noc rully nociccable but we now ruMP CUT To.

(\ /:J"j w ~ SHAW, llmll& II die door look!ft& back r« his last COIMIOIII "llave I nice Ea.s1er Sunday" ...he , \',f ',/oft \'~ ➔ ve, 11 lie daeuo twisdna Ills fooc u be walb.

,~;,t)~ ~}. r-rJ. \ ~~ JIM (rememben) V . \ \ \\I. ~;~r{i' You're a con~ed heroin user Vemon. You wouldn't be looldn& for a de.al to cut , JJ"'\\_i_ '-$ shcn your pnSOG Ny ..•

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JtM -\Vhy should t believe you?

Another pan of I.he prison. a woric area. Wlμ.IE O'KEEFE. a handsome. muscled youn1 cruckenhawk v..ilh an e.arin&, a ba.ndana. colorf'ul cJothes. an aura of bw-ne.d troth in his intense, sun brown eyes and thick country accent. talks d\ll'UI& his lunch break. his back resan1 •&a.in.st a tTee loolon& out on a manpove swamp. OntER PRISONERS move in backl'fOund. eatins, sociaLiz:inJ

JlM I want to lhw you Mr. O'Xecfe for I.his rime.

O'XEEfE Tlm!? You can call me W-lllie. I ain't aoc nuthin but time Mr. Garrison. Minutes. hours. day, and yean ol taL nme just sWlds still here like a bi& fat snake sunniA itSClt on me road..•

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BOXJEY

L JJ) t~w· Cay Baulnd W-.We?

1 y~ , L;;~, 01CEEFE ,}v f\/1'\Y- Ye.aJL Cay. I met him scrnetime in June of '62 ai the Masquerade Bar. Dave Feme ~\1r) \ 0 1V \ took me lbcft. tor the express reason to meet him. weD. rm seiual purposes.

;~ I\ 'i1, INT. MASQUERADE IAR • FllENCH QUARTER • NIGHT (lffJ)

~ , FERlllE. SKAW, and 01C:EEJ'E II die beck boodl. .

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OXEEfE (OVER) na's ripe. Hell. it's no seem. That's what rm in here far.

OKE&E (OVER) Twcnt!!1an each time. No ~led apee:menl or anyihin1. He just. "-'ell. l dcn't die le&al la'ID. he just fucked me and left me the money.

FfJlR.IE (UNDER. to CTKecte) Oan here is av~ lmpon.ant and v..e.althy pa IC&

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AU ri&hl Ben.

Ferric ri&llinJ nwlically. Shaw 1cnin1 excited.

C 01CEEFE (in prete11t) .

Ool'I &et me wron4, he's noc one o( those. you know, limp Misu. He's a butch Joha. You'd meet hun on the screct. you'd never snap. You could Jo ruhinl •ith hiI plfc:!er with tum. you'd never snap in a million yean. So one ni&ht .,.,e •ert o"a ac · ·s place. Havin1 a party. Sometime in '63 bout a year later. .

FLASHBACr TO:

The place is tllled wkll mouse cases ror f.errie's cancer experimenu. FEJUUE. SHAw. OKEEP'E. RJUR C\JBAN_S ill Nrlle raapes tauahinl and rooUna around, OSWALD Din a comer c:lwlil\1 a

beatnik scet11. Sllldlls. baniinl ouc. ONE WOMAN. .

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O'KEE.FE COVE·R) Yeah. stranie &uy Oa..,e 1nC"'Oduced him as. .

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Leon. say hello to Willie.

O'KEE.Fc (over !he racket) Howya doin&7

OSW AU> D (sullen) Why do you have to brin& home every little pick off lhe stre.et?

Ferrie scparatin& them.

O'ICE&E lln pruenl)

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He sure looked a lot like him but...l can't be positive. Leon Yt&s a lot dirtier than the phoco Mr. Bodey showed me.

o·XEEJ=E {J,restnt merpn1 1> put) ...wtll the pa,y P- crazier and crazier, one of dlOII y'know '"beallik type dlinp

Ott Stop it abady! W1w m ID thell pecple doin& hae anyway? I can't bar all this lnlcmal noi1L

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Okay ok.ay

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and KeMcdy for months and he started in •&a.in... • .: . J, 'j' ii:'" , tU: I 1.,~I/ . f · ,/ . ' (, f; ),,' ---1,M,

· felUUE (wavin1 a clippins. drunk) rt\ctt " / (i/. ~ ,A-'

·JI' M ...Thal fuck.in& z.e.aloc Bobby. Look at this. Our nninc Q- y, f.,,vf vi hf tV

M 11/ camp. Took 10,<XXJ rounds. 3000 pounds of l',Jnpov.,dcr•. :It\ "' ; . { 1-.,;)./· J...tJil'~ ~ r all our we.a pons. Next we·u be livina in a world where :1 ;1,t Lt \~{ i l, .~ a, only lhe cocluuckin1 reds will have aJl the we.apons and rJ} . I\. tv'. VlVI \J,JV" t\kt' we·u be surrounded. We1J never 1et in10 CUba now, If (}.,,.,y-, ~ I' '{V ~ ( '~- i ~ we want a free Cuba, all "can do now is bump otr die I \, • ~ fUC:Jdftl beard. oj\.J ~ , ~\ Ll ~ /( t ~~ ~ aJBAH l( ~ 't\ ~~ k>!: tV'-- Ow hands arc cmpcy. How can " kill him. l.. pf' -., \) -~ 1\f-!~ ~v- SHAW

l}iJ t. ,~\., ...a ruJ problem 1emn1 u him.

..Q (I,, l 1ft (pointin1 ro a map ot ~ .,all) WIiy? I c:a Ille., youa dow, ~rJJt,'. \ V) \ ••£./.f poi--. Stick it in his toad. lle11 die in 3 days. no nee. We can put v·IJ (''1. ~ somiedwl1 in his bwd. make it faD out. ~1J loot fuckin' ridiculous ' ; 1f" widlCIII Ms bard.

~~: ~ 01CEEfE (OVEll) ~ v •••thee die Oabans left and lhe bullshinin1 wu JoinJ '\ OIi. Dl¥e WU drunk, rully dnank and he SWU 1ft widl

lteaDIIIJ apia. ·,

01CEEFI OIi c'mon Dave. you're never &OM• &et 1h11 sonulabitdl.

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S ~Jw . .,,. ho by now hu his urns 1round O'Keefe. laugh1. c,cs to chance the subiect.

O'KEE.Fe (interested in Feme·s propoul)) Wnat about the Secret Service.. the copsJ

01CEEf'E On present) I cldn't dunk much about it at 11,e lime. Just bvDshil y'bow...But 1hea whca it ~ned that way, I 1« ial scared. Y'mow1 Real ICind. t didn't menrioe ii ID Daw 1111ft. But one ftipt._

FUSHIAC~ TO:

O'KE£f'E and fERJUE brukin1 off' from a OROUP. FEJUUE is soused. walldn1.

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FERRlE OswaJd didn·, kill the Presidenl. WiJlie ...

\ FER.JUE

n 1~'1 [jNW, · ...J know cause I was supposed tony two o( t}ie hincn ouL _Yuh. From

,,_ \lv'--/J ., . . I \wt Africa cause they don't ~ve extndition crury there. I spoke to Ruby in · , \ . rn l \.J,r"f A; il t.t:' Galveston, thal's why I went to Galveston it wu a coded number.I was

'\ l /~ ~~ -~t '\,,./ • .'r~ mwns the amn1emencs. (llis look) -., v~ ~\ \,}J" \ .I" \y{ I' , --¾v-t: ~ .J:' ~ \ jJ( . if O'KEEf'E (OVER) ~ -.~'-.~ jX' .\JJ..,~'Lio \wv· I sw,ed ID ruliz.e he wu feelin1 ,uilty and Pri&htened ol some1hin1.

'101 V"~U wr FWUE ~ \ \1vrt: liA.- ~v\,,\11" ...but shit. I wasn't involved in the hit itself. 1 WU jua a bil playu. : j}_,.,L , I~ fVJ''Jv I V" \ !.),/'' ... \ \ \;j V .

O'KEEFE

'\ (\(v ·-Y , fl}. \ ,, ·\ 1\\,\ vi; • But wtw did you aaually do?

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Nothina. 1\cy told me 110 Wlit It a skmn1 rink in Housu,n ror a call from a Cuban named Carlos .. one ol the hirta1. Him and anocher Cuban. Bue they MYtr called. They flew .-a.ipt do'MI to Meu:o. They en.shed off ol Co1JM Qrisd and were kiDe4.

-01CEEF& w ... c:ruJI recadtd? ,.

<nm-£ (1ft present) t thoupa k wu jua more al die drunken cock and bwJ but al'ICr that ni &ht he'd alTtlyl talk about it tthea he was dnant 10 me and it wu always the same and ffhal he wu sow. he wu always fri&htemd •· unmely Mptened. .

0a 1tM in the pme,11. deeply penurbed.

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BOX:UY We're workin& on 11 Willie. II looks &ood. Tell Mt. Gu,,son about the ocher fellow. With Shaw.

d'KEEFE (remembers) Oh ye.ah. I ror,ot. ln '63 this Oay Bertnnd IUY brousht I man 10 the ipirtmezu I v.-u uvin& in by rnis1ue.

SHAW puninc the key away, walb in Mlh JACK RUBY to see WU.LIE O'KEE.FE in undershons sleq,in1 on a Cold-out sola ·

l\('{\!,'(,'-'C ~ h I ... and this SUY was a de.ad rin1u (or the CUY in DaJlu who shoe Oswald. \ ✓~-vt,1\1\ (.\Xi I JtM (OVER)

Jack Ruby. He came to your apanment by misuu?

O'kE.EFE (OVER) Yw. rd jusc chanaed apanments. It was next doar and I knew ir was an 1panmen1 used for frickin1. but I didn't know ocher people hid the key. Well. rd just been in there a ftipt « r.vo when hat ccmu dus py Bennnd. just walks in. he had a key. He said.-

01CEEFE

YouhewidlBill? ,. OKE&E No. I jusl moved in hen-

Oli&E (OVll) So I pea d)ey were looldn& for Bill They left.

OkE»E(0VEll) A dapper BJ o1e man wurin& one ol lhole S1r1w hall with die shmt bill aa ic. I meu claoPer. He was ill dresst.d ~ lib to,-,. you blow, in a Mia Ilic. W1ieft I saw the s,ictmes ot die 1UY later afll:r he shat Ozzie. rm · p-, sank 'ltll him. Loobd like a real~-

~ RUBY- a hall. amxuw ro th1' boy, &ivin& O'lCed'e the once CMr. The boy _is no1 bis type. 1'1le7 UYL • .

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nM (pause. in present) A1' you willin& to "'?eat your su,emenLS under sodium Pen10(hol. Will ie'

( Vnder 1he supeMs1on of a doctor.

JtM You rulize I.he ttunas you'" sayin1, Willie, are 1oin1 robe arucked by a loc of diff'erenc people.

11M W'hy Willie? \Vhy are you 1ellin1 us this?

A pause.

C ror tlus councry. I ja' hate 10 dunk they're blaminl it oa ,oa,e nuc like

Oswald who didn't know shit upay. Peo,le Sot IO blow why he wu kil1ed sir, the Tnnh 1ocu come out one way ar chi odla'.

~ be talks. run shares a sickened toot with Bosley. Whar.ewr l'Vdl he may be 1ellin1 is a«:ess.arily compmm;sed 'Yan amtude chat could be demo)"d in caur1.

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BUl.. and 11M 1'cumin& IO New 0r1eaAS.

inclucln& • Amlricu Bar ASIOCiadcn and the edllDn ~ aD die~ - are 10MA think Vemae lady It a nlger and a junkie. And Willie O'Keefe It a ragoc.. Doesn't matta- whll dley sa,. Wt'll newr ps III hie 1EiiiMI Mdl dlellL

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l"a. GARR.ISON -HALLWAY & OFFICE. <CRl\tl~AL DISTRICT COURT) • MOR~l~G SAME DAY ('61)

ffif comin1 down the corridOt wiu, BOXl..EY is eonfronced by some l'W'ENTY u:x:AL JOL'RNAUSTS .AND TV CREWS. A hubbub ol ficn:e questionins. AO LIBS, but Jim. puuled. brushes by, seeldn1 refu&e in ,his ofrice.

rYON, OSER. SUMA, COX all wairin& for him. The R.EGUUR STAFF· some 30 people in the office • • are Joolcin&. wonderin1. IVON presentinc tum wifh the fronc paae of the New One.ans States-Item.

~SERT: '"DA LAUNOi:ES FULL JFK DEATH Pl.OT PROBE· Mysterious Trips Cost La.r&e Sums•.

1lM (stridin& into his o(ftce rudin& il) Oh Jesus!

NUMA CCMrlappin&) -.she went to the public NC01ds and aoc \he vouchm .-e requested ror withdrawall

IVClf ...if they only knew whal we soc for lhos.e l,m> bucks.

Tun It his dat flniWII rudln1 die ncli A llaae pic1ure clhim..oe the front pap. Ke

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pua down die paper, radwl& for a Iona, &Old pee dla;t is pan of dlie desk .._

~ he unc:rmdamJy bends lhe Sold pea lDto I pafect U, chea drops ii ID the Yiastebasket.

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They wait Jim sW\ds. pack.s his briefcase with new papen and rc(CRnee books Ind heads far the back docw ELEVATOR.

His STAFF is amaz.ed.

~T. LOU IVON'S APARTMENT • NEW ORLEANS • NIGHT

IVON drinkin& 1 ~ in front of lhe TV NEWS in his small bachelar apanmenL A (an.

\ 1• \,I\J"'11~· c...,Wv-tty) ~·~ 1V NEWSMAN (edirariaJ) 11 /) Al ·1 " i,1VVt$) ~. Garrison's own silence on lhe subject 1w raised tome incerestin& I\/\,\ l '\~ rJ..v \ . j _ 4,,J _,,questions. Widt ~ money hu he uncovaed sane valuable ne• ' ~ 'Vv "\11\' \).[11'0 . evidence er is he y savina che infanmdoa ~ha will &lin far him \,,l,~ ~ ~ ~ u~ en a national le¥e1? Mr. OuriSOft ii seems. should have some cW°d_A,')μ J0 CA,~¾ explanaaon.

(>-- VV\ V The phone rincinl- IVON picks it up.

Did '1f1lll office plant thal 1arbase in die plperP

· FEUUE (OVER) Yoa bow damn well wbo ii ii.

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FERRlE's a ne~ous ..-reek in a phone booth on Louisiana Parkway, ouujde his A2ARTMENT HOUSE. wuchin& lhc REPORTERS and TV camm surroundin1 his home. waitin& for h.irn.

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FEil.ili! tt lads ranhet than th&

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Yeah. Come on Da..,e. come on our side . 1 r,.iuante.e you the bou ....,ould

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... 11..,e me procecaon. ,

Hanes up. Pause. At his end. Lou Ivo11 hanss up. exci.ted.

The phone rincinl• LIZ picks it up. JIM look,jn1 u the TV ne'tlfS: MARTIN LtmiER K.tNG is ddiverina a speech aaainst the Viea,am War. (taken from the Rivenide Otun:h speech of March '67)

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uz (on ':,&hone meanwhile, testy) No, he's noc hen aow. And he will noc a.kt heft if he wen! So plase call the oft'a number. Thank you (hanp up). Two ol them even came to the doar this afternOOIL

The phoail l1HOS apbL She picks ic up anpy.

.... uz. Leaw • ALONE fCI' Ocd's sake! (slams k don)

II MIS apill II ICJNO concinua 011 TV

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fU"TI wes the phone

L'1. ro~TAISBLEAU HOTEL SUITE • THAT NIGHT

Jl'A and IVON wacch u FERRIE paces wildly, speedina.

' FEJUUE (lauahs) I beell dcua my own invesliptins. but h's &fflinl teary. I don't really bow slliL I WU jult._

FBWI! Everyt,ady! The Aaenc,. TIie Mob. The Cubul. Yeah, follow the CUbins. (l.eck 1hem ouc. Hen. in DIDU. Miami. Oeckout a suy rwned · Eladio del Valle. My paymuaer when l f1e• misslcm into CUba ·• he's

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Lou wridn1 ii do--. The act~ writin& makes Ferrie even more paranoid.

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He reels Ivon for bu&s. bu1 out of a sec,se of hierarchy, i&nores Jim. He checks ll"Ound the room•- phone. behind pa.u,cinas. nower vase. li&hl fixtures as the bany con..,er~tion continues:

· fEJUUE (checldn& the rocm) I don't have much time (holdin& his ne.ck) rm so fuckin tired. Haven't slepc since that shit article came out. Wlly'd you ,uy1 have 10 10 and 1et me involved v.ilh this?

tvON Whal do you nu?

\ re. keeps.•.(S1ill checJciftl the room ror buss> I knew Qsv.,ald s,retty well.

He WU in my Cvtl >Jr Patrol unit. I tauaht him na')1Nll1. Sh.it. he was a mean sunufabitclL But he aoc a rsw de.al. I reel bad rar him. 'The A1ency fucked him. Jua like theyre aonna ruck me.

Room lll'tkil bocks. and Farie jumps and Nshes 10 lhe balM>0m.

1IM whispers tcmelhin& and Lou ps to the door. takes the semc:e table without lettin1 the bellhop iL Jim. very ucited continues with Ferrie.

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Same one. I didn't kJ1ow. no impersonator.

FUSHB~CK ·• FEJUUE at the patty wilh OSWALD ll, the impenonator, pet Willie O'Keefe's witness.

1im. in the present. doesn't feel ri&ht about it.

JtM Did )'OU we a &ood look at the TV when they had Oswald.

L· you new:r leave the Aaency. Once they aoc you, yca're in for life.

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Bowin& his head. lddln& it in his hands, the Ml swu ro come off mhis hands.

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nM (empathetic) Dave, it's 1oin1 to be oby. Just wk to us on the r9:0l'd and we·u procec1 you. I suarancee it.

A Ion& silence. Ferrie, spent, stares at Jim. He's tom, about to cnct. wishin1 he could believe him

They'll 1er to you 100, they11 descroy you...(then) rm so fuck.inc exhausted r can't see Sa-ailhl -

Yeah. yeah. Bue lave me alone ror awhile. I 101 to make some calls. We1J wk tomom,w.

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A MOB SCENI. PUSS from die U.S. and aD owr die waid are ftllln& the comdor. A FRENOf REJIORTEJt U)in1 to aet tlvoup the RECD110N1ST as NUMA puses him w;m a suet~ ail. Also in the hall an IN.IIJ individual a I™ come 10 c:ontess - one o( them dressed u SATAN ift a red juq, suit with mast. hcnl. tail and a pitchlork.

FRENOf RE.PORTEil (MVal cndencials) 1oru Matcl&. We are che Jaraest ma1azine In all cf Prance.

SOVlET R.EJIORTEll My name is Bulalrinov. J am wilh Ui.f'OIMTNl1d Gc,r4 cl MoScow.

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AMERJCA~ REPORTER BiU Turner. Ra1"1'1.f)arrs.

A BL-\ CK MA Ji.MAN eorru n& lhrou &h Ju gin & lhree sac k.s cl mail.

' MA1LMAN Conunc tMJ, out o( the way.

RECE.PTIONlST 2 You know who killed the President? Mr. Garrison is busy but his assistant. ..

Cameri movin& by inio the INTERJOR OFFlCES.

A man ~ssed like JUUUS CAESAR walks into BD.J..'S OFFlCE.

E.scortinl him ouc before he acts the chance to sit down. Boxley heads for Jim's office.

Oser tookin111 this suanac bo.1 brouaflt in by an INlcLLEcnJAL

ma. Anorpn boa!

IHTB..LECTUAL • ,. No. orp boa - the tuua.l enero sunoundln1 a. With this boa Mr. Oanitoa cu leU who's 1eD1n1 die a,nh and ttho's lyin1...

-Yoo see Ms. Cot. Cay Shaw is die reincamacioft ol Prince Valiant. I UW1 die ewSa10e ri&ht hn.

She hands SUSIE a comic book Yt'idl Shaw's head pasted onlD Prince Vall.ant's body. As she loots aa il.11 indeciphalble VOICE tqua-wb cmr die PA 1,--.

Ob eo. is 1h11 the Phantom I hes7

NUMA joins= wit.II a stack of new mail.

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BOXI...EY has come in durin1 thi~ completely fruz.led.

C husband is a janitcr in the local hip school. We have fow lcids and noc ID

exn lo(~ money but we enclose a concr,'budon 10 help with )'0'lf MJrt. We are Pft)'UII Car you. Ood bless, Judith Hardy, Hannibal Missouri..

Numa pulls a doDar biD from lhe e\le.lope.

fun moved. No& lolley.

-, BOXLEY . '11111'1 fine Numa but what about alt the people ttho aa·t wnan1 lenen. 1'qre slain& home radin& 111 these ties. I jull hwd NBC1 crew ill IOMl IO do I white ~. DOC Oft the JC.eMedy 1r.:illlnl but Oft U1. One al lbeir 10p pys. Waker Sheridan's talkin& IO cwryt,ody he can ftnd about JOI~--

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SHARON has come in durin& this. sisnaJtin1 to Jim Vw'ho is surprised by Bolley's IW'T1 but listens. Maybe he ~ ri&hL

JtM (rememberinl) Oh! Send him in. (to Numa) This sounds interestinJ. Denvu oilman wantS to help us ftnanc:ially to continue lhe inveseaaaon. (s~c:ally 10 Bill). Bill. I know what you're lhinltinl but sometimes when it makes no sense )'OU lot 10 perseven. You never know which one of those people you're interviewin1 v.ill rive you t.h11 nu11et leads 10 the mother fode.

~US"Tc:R MD..~R., the Denver oilman, is shown in by SHARON. A self-assured. impressive man in his tltties. western accent. cowboy bootS, a welt cut 11berdine suit.

Yes thank you Mr. OanilOft. Yow coffee's aJmoa Turkish do'MI here but t cauld a• used to it.

Numa leaves. Solley indicateS he'd lite ID sit irL Jim ft0ds okay. Miller pays no an.ention ID Bodey.

MDlER rm &lad you could f1nd cime ID sec me. I new down from Denvu this mcminl e11 my privue jec. ..

JIM , Yes. yos 1ener illdicated you were in the oil business up there..

run has pthe:red ID&ether a poup of PHOTOS of the shooan1. SHAJtON brincin& the coffee. .

Splendid. love to see them.

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He g!a.ncts 1111'1,e photos but conunues on ICTOSS Ule room. looldn& 11 the p1c1vn:s on 1he

MlU...E:R Where were you~ Europe. Pacific~

1tM Gcnnany.

MD..J..Ell You were lucky. I spent wu ye.an in the Paci&. Oookin1 out the blinds u Tulane Avenue) rve never seen an avenue ""1th such a profusion o( bail,bondin1 canpanies? W'hy is thal? ·

MD..J..Ell (takes the photo, &lanus ar it. sitan1 down) I know about 1J\at shot. A lenible cnaedy.

..f VJ.)- (puu the picNft back on the desk) · VJAllV1 Row much do you have for W1'YU'I on your inwsapcion?

C ,tctl ,{N ~ .4 /J ~ • /,X\J,\. JIM \ ·t /~X)}-J Wt~ 1;,.11 you must mow. vit1Ually nothina.

~ \,,\fo' \J1-tfj·cJ~ MD J ER · ",U \f{ t .,i, How many men are wmin& with you on this?

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/1.f~~ A',Jo fr-{Ii 11111'1111 you've had all dlis lime? l 0,,,,. 1,(1!~ ..~', a;'

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~ z Tun e,q,ecU at iomi help. A paute. 11iea: , .P't (!) tll 't- efJw :/ ~ (l ( ,-\ 1\~~\ -,-:." IH . ~,.,.J, • LIWI v.;A ir',1,~ ~ V . MD J pit ..l:Nr , -~ yv•,.Ctvt,,IW' , y : - I ~ ;\!JI' '111ea ~ did you 111111aae IO lllllte you way Into l$.y Banis,..., openDOII1

·~ The cloct is tiain1. Jim sharin1 a loot ~ch Bill. The cards are on &he table..

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\.fil.LE.R I'm &0In110 be very rrank ..,ju, you. You·ve done a put Job. an astoundinl ;ob cons1denn1 the limited ruoun:u a-..a.ilable to ~u. But \he but you can e..,er hope fot is 10 stir up a lot o( conrusion. You're noc 1oin1 to do u,is couna-y 11\y &ood. and )'ou·re not 1oin1 to do younel( any &ood. (Sits back down, looks ditectJy at Jim) You don't belonc he~. On this Mickey Mouse street with thac chup scrip of bail bond shops.

JlM The job manaaes to keep me pretty busy

Nonsense. You should be in a job where you can make decisions tha1 have impact. lff'ect the wortd. Here you're Q')iJ,110 climb up the steep side of Mount Eversr

He leans for,41arcf aCTOss Jim's desk. uppin1 his manicW'cd index finaer on the desi. Clearly vu1ble ID Jim is:

L'ISERT ·• Miller's Annapolis RJNG uppin1.

1J 1 ' U\ (A.f\J\}.i t ·,~ ..}) f pn:,pos,e you ~pt an appointment to \he bench in federal District~ IJ'U-."- . . , {YI \ GVW\ and mc,ye into a job M:ll'lhy ol 'JfM weAL (he leans blck. a pause) . ~" ~ Uti-J'"\J\}J;)'\J ~ Do you have any idea. do rou have any conccprign otho~ easily such an ' 4v - _ \,jJj~ o< app)inanenc can be amnpd. rm IMVIDICCVII iL C ~ y~ ht (JLI'>~ JtM ,~ l)J/JlN And •ha& •owd I have to do?

J1M ,. How left& do YQa l.hink it would take me 10 be appointed?

Ey~ to 8~ ~ ~ 1-e Mal&. buc it's aJ~ u ii Bill v..ae pn1 aJon1 whh it now -

the idea. [).~ tv,-~ J tv\r,'-r~- ( .v-r~ (

~ MD.J.D (smile's, nm·s booked) Wei.~ these dunes like a Iona time. But in yaar we with YQJI recad ii CIII wily be expedited.

Tun tuns back. puts his feea up on lhe come, ol lhe desk. wavina them like tw. Bodey ~aitS.

( lhaa up • the Dachau conuncntion camp when we Ubented ic in l~S. Jt ' WU the fflDII bonilyina si&ht rve ever sun Mr. Miller. Pynmid.s TJI

/' A jl /I l' 1L1 f\11,1, r vn ~tAtflU!.. t-- , \iv (V V;JA ~ JV \'U~u I ;' I \w~ •

,· i ~;._}/) 'j) · Ai .Q,,l,Utf~ '1,· ~. t),ef~ L~ ,· rt 3. ~•✓ )t-JD 88 - J:: UW'- if\ ' Av \).ft;," Qt-t.J '.~·:·lv-v-- v,~ _m'JY( x )-j,\,l \I_ ,(, OJi! .J.A 1 . 11M <CONTI ,. ~ ltV't \ decayin1. stinking bones and slc1n one on top or the other. I don't en,oy \>.. f; ,1~J o looiC'ln1 a1 lha1 sv.-a.s1u:a every d.ly ~tr ~tiller bu1 I keep n there 10 remind ~ me or v,,hat c.a.n happen when a country twns from free ~rnxnac

-principles 10 Fascism. ..,hen a fe..., madmen rum human bein1s into di&iu w rrullions sit in silence and do nolhin& about 11.

¼Iler .. am. Sciimbri waits. Jim comes (Ql"tlr'ard with his reply.

Millets entire demeanor ti&h1enin1 into a corkscrew or an1er and dan1er.

Bo):]cy has a sira111er reaction -- a sudden uhalation of breath as ii an entire house o( cards ..-ere collapsin1. He rises. but Miller 1oes r11s1, looklna silenlly. Once he's aone, Bill rums wearily 10 Jim.

JtM Billy, Mr. Miller and t have rinished our convc1"11tion. Would you show himouc?

C dowll....you know what's comin& next don't you?

The STA.FF is assembled. /\ ' :A f , j r1 \}JrtW-,1,1, . NON

Oud, I tell you somethinl or somebody is pua:in1 cremendous hut on ,, Dmd Faril. I ddat if we sit on our behinds any 1cn1u, I don't chink the 1111·• IOUII ID hold OIL

OSEll My ndnct is lhat Ferrie is aoin& to keep on deteriontin1. and •e11 end up 1etlin1 mare out olhim whCA he finally mcks. It" call him now, he mipa freeze up and we could lose the bes& shot we•~ ever had.

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fVON Eladio del Vt.lie. I t.ilkcd 10 tum. I &ott.1 &o 10 ~iamt. I just need mort men, boss I can·1even pull the rums for Fcme...

~1.JMA rushes in with a youn1 INVESTIOATOR, wn.tlAMS •· displayin& a minianue microphone.

Numa makin& violent si1naJs to shut up, not to talk•· sacltin1 the microphone in front or Tun. Williams surchin& the walls for the bus. Numa si&nallin& everyone outside.

~T. ~AIS OFFICE

SECRETARJES delu&ed with work, PEOPLE ad libbin& fer' Jim's anendon. The MAIN STAFF comes out Enouah noise to drown out anyone overhe.arift1.

JtM What the hell is.._

the conference room is buged. And maybe die phone$. We aona debu1 . the ftthole office.

The whole naff from the conleftnce room reacu.

11M t don't believe it! luQina_a D.A. and a ror,:ner aaent. It's ou1ra1eous!

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Sharon, Yiho's been standin1 there "Yin&., set Lou's anendoa.

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BO~Y (ner,,ous) - Boss. you shouldn't tnvel t.l0t1e ~ymore. it could be anotJ'ler setup. Ltt me &o -..ith you.

No Bill. than.ks but we need every man we can 1e1 here. ... check out this FBI thin& for me. will ta. rm pissed-off... who I.he hell~

Everyone noticillc by now the look o( shcxk on lvon·s face as he holds &he rec.tl..,er.

Jim's look -- lhere coes the case. l t(!,Q. 1Jknt.1..t//(/VVHY1 Jv._1-/ Ji .Jivtr,i,{_,;.1-rv,i,(_ LJ Lt1.U .

fn. 'i>'-< .,l't.(n Jv~\..O;l1,l~:..{ j--U.,/A,/11.L

Jim and his STAFF s1omun1 in. The area cordoned off by POLICE. PRESS are &JI over, yeUin& q:uestions ar Jim.

The apanment is ftlthy and sinister. Hundreds ~ MICE squeal in their cases. upset by the UJVUion ol men and U1ht. NotJuna seems 10 have been washed in yan. an ICC'Umwac:ion o( fumit~. includin& Ille dismembered ninin& cockpit. photos or youn1 boys in tninin1, boou evcryw~

FER.RIE'S naked body lies on the couch. a sheet over it. no wil, no paince.d cyebro'-"1. The CORONER pteplrina him for ~ll'.IIMl.

run studies the c:mpte u the CORONEll cans alon&side..

11M Wllaa'a it look like, Ba?

·, <DRONEll I don't tee any w,Jence Jim. He.art anack. mayt,e an aneurism. looks lib IIIUl'l1 CINel. (£.vv~:1,1?' ~ t fl~,r fk-t-'f. fk: il_u'1},, U-ti,::i /'1.'1r-. ,vtj-. . Ji ;1e. .1 t r •J; I' l lh Yj rr,1 t( /vf\J¼h-,...z.-t'ut),-o ,ti,.,trwli'k_! 1,--fJvt,.., 'fh -t-i/11./i

Tl.m picldn1 up scYeral empcy medicine boctles on a tJ.ble nest to the sofa's, ihe caps ~moved. looldn& at &heal.

IVON and BOXU:V CiXDe owr with a suicide noce.. typed.

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Pretty comy for someone u bn&ht as David.

It han1s I.here. v.,eird. as Jim paces on into the apanment. one o( the med.cine boflles in his h3.Md. Music cro...,. a sinister feel o( diJi&er ard death pe""ades the aunosphere. Sounds drop away.

ln lhe BA1HROOM, alon1 both sides of the mirror Jim finds &Jobs ol purplish l,lue. He looks up into the mimr.

V-CT. FERRIE APARTMENT • NIGHT BEFORE

11M Did David Ferrie saike JOU as lhe kind of penan who had a low

metaboli._.!

FUSHMC~ - fUllE that niaht at the Fontainbleau rnovin& quickly. nervously. like a rerrec.

Jim l'\IM~ eye lhroup Dave's closet. c1Ufla'ed whh shabby ~bu. His eye falls oo a acat but ! lice and saan. some son of priesdy prment. He it in his hand.

The music ii eaie. Jim tums away u SUSAN COX walks in. a new messaae written oo

ha face. BdClft sbe spew: ;\M (vv, ~ ~ l\,t VJ!.,I ·

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TWO unidcnc:ilied CUBAN MALES are work.in& DEL VAll..E a+1a, his moulh taped.

' SUSIE (OVER) Cnief_. ..,e just &o< bad news from Miami. They round Eladio del Valle this monun1, hacked to duth Ytidl a machete in his ca,. He ft'U 10nW'ed, shoe in the he.an at pointblank ranae and his skull ..,as split open ..;th an ue ...

Jim. darkened. heads back into the LIVING ROOM. The cofl)se or FERR.IE is bein& ttUndled out tht door. The sickness is evuywhue. an oppressive mo0li BOXLEY comes up:

ItM Keep 1ooldna. you'll probably f\nd a standard rorm somewhere.

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C The lWO CUBANS t)'l)in& the note, or else ayin1 to r~e FEJUUE t0 sip it u he dies. Stn1Ulin1 to keep his metabolism in check. an ualy sipL He convulses. dies... The music eerie, SC1U1Chin& u:

PRESENT·· nM. fedlna dais nausea. wandn1 to leave. stopt &he CORONER bcfcn he exits...

m.c: Ben. ""-t ~Id';: if a man suffain& from hypenension were t.o take an encilt bcrde ol · ?

Oive the Can,ner die empcy boaJe.

CDllONEJl S1dt. die 111111 would die preay quickly, ddw:r ol a hean siorm or a rupnnd blood wm1 in lhe brai&

<DRONEJl Noc in a roadne 1u10p1y, but if we looked II the s_plnal nuld. there mi lf\1 be a h.iP. ~ ol iodiK. rn cheat it out but .-hat difference doe£ it make how

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JtM -· Well. it'fl stranae ...,.ay 10 do ii. isn·, 1t Ben •· 10 kill yourself in a way that

luves no nee &rd \hen 10 IC.Jve t',,l;O su1c1de no1es7

The CORON'EJt. shruas. skeptical.

C:ORONER r\'e seen stran&er suicides. (uits)

nM (&nSTY) Allri&hl. allri&ht. Bruk i1 up.

A wt. erect. milicuy MAN in his 50'1 wa.iu in casual civilian clothin&. hat on his he.ad. u ItM approaches him. 1n back~ loom& either the Uncoln McmcriaJ or the Opitol buildin& spud Ilea& a Yad.ant PAJUC a MAU..

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X (shakes hands) r. pd·-you came. rm scay about die pRaudons.

The man ildcaaes a bendl. not wwain&- TUii natunlly after his meetin& with Miller, the Denver oil mu. mast.~ this m&IL Oxnpounded by his on Mlrinesl and sense d defeat over me lost d Fane. Jlm ls in a 1eSY mood.

X I CDald live you a false WN, but I won't. Ju• caD me X.

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JtM rve &l~dy been warned by the A&ency Mr. Whoever. Ir this is another type o( threat. I don·t...

rm noc with the Acency Mr. Garrison Uld I assume i( you've come this far . ....,hat I have to say interests you. But rm not &oin& to name names, or tell you who or what I represent. Except to say -- you·re close, you·re closer thin )'OU think...

f UD's powin& excitemenL Somethin& about the man spanks o( authority, kno...,ledae. and above all. old ruhioned honary in the way o( spuJcin1, the eyes lookin1 you sa-aj1ht The accent is Ma.ssachusens.

1tM Whar is i1 you have 10 offer Mt. X?

X (CONT.) Everythin1 rm 1oin1 to tell you is clusiraed top secreL..(si1niticant look). I wu a soldier. Mr. Ganison. Two wan. I was one o( those secre1 l'JYS in the Penuaon thar supplies the military haniware - the planes, bullecs. rille.s - (or tihat we call "black •noons• .. assassinations, ovenhrows of foreip loYtmmenrs. n1Jin1 elections. propaaanda. psych warfare and so fonh. Warld Wu Two •• Rumania. 0.-:a, Yu&o&lavia. I helped take the Nazi inteWtence appanNS OUI I) ftpn the Oxnmunis& lcaly '4, Fnnc:e - we OYenhrew Qwrino in die PtullppiMs. Arbenz in Ouaaam.la. Mossade&h in Ina. Vlemam ill '5', Indonesia. Tibet. we wen 1ood. vay &ood. Then we 1oc into the Cuban dwll- Noc so &ood. Set up all che bues tar lhe invasion SU1)p0Md to tab place ill October '62. Khrushchev sent the missiles to resist lhe invasion. 1Cennedy didn't invade and'" were sundln1 out cheft with our dicks beina szepped on. Lot ot pissed-off ~le Mr. Oanisoe1, you undenwld? nJ come to lhat tate:r...ln November '63. rwo wee.ks before the usassination...

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X sttidin1 doW9 a busy HAU... into the offices ot one of his su~ MAJOR GENEJtAL Y - a laa. cold warricr. banlefteld handsome. civilian cloches. and SEVERAL ADVISERS. The sutus ot Y is only clear by che sip on che desk. the name blocked 'J a,-in& ftpe. . ·

X(OVEl) ...a llnftJt lhln1 happened. I wu sac n my superior officer, call tum Y • • ID CM South Pole u ~ miliwy escon far a poup olincemational VlPs.

Va,ue AIJ I.JI mvaainp oe die IOUndtnct. A friendly atmoSphen..

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X 11 a newHland readin& ol the ass.auinalion.

t.• ~" (ttY'- · X (OVEJt) JJ ~ "~ f ~ le wun·c unril I wu on my way back in New Ztaland that I rud of lhe },\ !,KV ·/' (fr President's murder. One or the thin1s that's. always bo<hcred me WIS it

0μ, , t · · entire hissa-y of Oswald and weze precry sure of the f1e1 be ft'IS the lone

y ,, i/(' cover suxy were be1111 put out like they -.ou)d in a black op.

/jVJ/V\ rNT. PENTAGON OFFICES •• DAY (1963)

X comin& back, me.etina Y. A cordial aanosphere but Y is slipu.ly difi'mnt •· more harried, more nervous. rums away...(AD LIB some visuals wilh X) \~ ~•VI/ID,. l'

X(OVER) AnY'4'ay...after I came back I asked mysetr why wu I. a chief o( special

~•~j;t:>, ~ ops, selecied to nvel to the South Pole ac that time 10 do ajob that any

number of ochers could haw done. One of my routine duties ii I had been

1t1 ' in Washineton of ccune wu to amnae r0r the President's securiry in

Tuu. I checked it out and sure enouah, I round out my superior offlc.er had told the 112th Military lntelliaence Oroup 11,th Army Headquattcn u Fc:in Sam Houston tD •stand down• 11w day, O¥er the procesll ol che unit <:ocnmander, a Colonel Reidl...

~ - Yon a phone.

COL. REIOI on a phone. puuled.

:vvv.j1fl X(OVD) ' <.l\~0 Now this ii lipjftc:ant •••• ii is andard opa'll:in~mure espeaally,, 0. \ i

in I DIOWII ~ cily lib Danas co supplement the Saw::& whicll

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1w a limited ape. Evea if we'd allow tbe bubbleu,p 10 be raDOYed from die Bmoutlne.. we'd pul at least 100 to 20) lltftU on the sidewalb. :titbAU . t1•ere• .J rcv "'-"~4 11\f'evn ':1:" ~ ,ivi,,'fh It. /t'~ -kv~i ffivl;fi,, L✓ik-

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()),~tr\ ;} I an umbrella &Jona the way -

The ··UMB~ MAN"' openil\1 his umbrella seconds befon= the riw shoe.

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('.t'JJ :-.. ~- less take thas unusual CUl"\'t at Housu:,n and Elm. you ~d have WL Mr. ~ ci-. rJ-1 Garrison. an Army presence in the screetS that day, but none of this · C,A,¥1 happened. It was a violation ol the most blsic procection codes .,.,, have.

Who could have be.st done dw? People in my oraaniurion. Mr. Ourison. People like my commandfo& otfker would've told C.ol. Reich. 100k we have anocher unit corn.ins from so and so prov1din1 security, you11 sund down". That day in fact there wu some individual Army lntelli&ence people in Dallu and rm still try;n1 to ftl'ft out who and ..,hy. But they 'lt'mn't pn>eectin& the President.

at the Plua.

X(OVER) ImdJ hid a 1-laney Lee OswtJd· on rue but they YJIOll't release thu f\Je. In fac1 lhote ftles ha~ beai desao,ed. On IDp ol cfaac. M had the entire Cabinet 0111 tri&'?o':: Far EuL We had a third otlhe combec division Mifflin& fnxn y in lhe air above die United S111et ll the tiaw: ol the shoacinl, and u 12:33PM, the telephone IY1lem \lr'ent out ln Wuhinp,a and Oft die plane back IO Wuhln1ton, the~ came from the hntap ., Johnson mat one individual perl'ormed the uw.sinaaon. Does lhat sound lite a bmcb ol ~ IO you, Oarrisaa? . ,,

On JIM in die praa1 llmnia1- T1lis ii prmy heavy on him because ii is mucb larJtr NII be ever aiv\s:iofted. X paulet

X t aewer ~&ht thinp ~ me same alter 1h11. V,mam staned for ra1. nm wu an air ot. t don't.mow. mate believe in &he Pentason and CA. no.~as-who'd been in secret ops since the be&iMinl mew lhe Wam:e Comm:lssion WU fk1ioa. but chert WU somedwl1...deepf.r. ualiet, ~ I knew Allen Dulles w:ry well. I briefed him many a lime ill his house. I.a b cbe Hfe ot me I 11:ill can't ftsure out why he wu ~led to in'lestipa iamedy's dealh. I sot OUI hi '6', resi&ned my c:ommiaioa.

X (chuckJes) - Thal's the re.a.I question isn't it. 11ad you're awn1 il .. the ·ho•· is just ·scenery- ror the sucker,... Oswald. Ruby, Cuba. Malia. it keeps people :1.! ... ~ ,r-, ,uessu,1 like a parlor 1a.me bul it pn:Yent.S them rrom ukin1 the most - ~< ,1. <- impon.anl quesuon •• Why? \111\y ...as Kennedy killed? Who bendiued7 i:t•' i W'ho has the po..,.er to cover it up? ... you kno• in '61 ri&ht ah:r the Bay o(

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Piss •· very few people know about this - t pamcipased in dnwint up

cl/0 Nariona.l Security Action Memos 55-56-57. 'These are m.ici&J documentS, ,\ }{) () A 1!~ f '1 \" / '-'' I dusmed, but basically in them KeMedy told OenuaJ Ltmnia.er ol the

Joint Oicfs that from here on forward ...

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The DOCUMENT mcMftl by hand into Lemnitz.et's OFFlCE where a set ol hands reads it. A look on Lemniuu's face ol surprise.

X(OVEJl) ...the Joinc Oiiefs of Staff wm be wholly responsible for all eovett paramiliwy acljon. This basically ended the men ol lhe CIA - ~splin1ered it" as he promised he would into a ·um pieces". I can't tell you the shock waves &his sent Lion& the corridor, ol power in Wuhins,cn. This and ol course f\rina Allen Dulles. Richard Bissell. and Genml Owies ~bell. all of them tied ., Int.ell since Wand Wu Tv.,o. You 10( am 'IVY Ups.el pecpleben.

OOClJMEN1'AJl Y IMAGES - ALLEN DtJU.E.S, sweet faced. srralin1 at the Wamn Commis.sioa He.Irina• .,;riana Dealey P!UL..Oen. CABELL ii any available roocaae.

X(OVER) These action memoranda ~er "'Cff neYU ru.lly implemented. McOearse Bundy (who's brochcr WUliam wu hi&h ill lhe CIA) saw ., dw. bul one of the results wu dw the Cuban apentiaa VtU turned over tO my ~ 11 "Opendcn Mon1001e• whidl meant 1h11 people like my superb officer, Oenera1 Y, ac,ot 04ttr the CUblft oenonneJ that Ytert beinf niaed ID inYlde Oabe and kill OSl'O - N the bues lib the niJu& caq • l'alchlrh.in ia 'fOII hame 1118! - 1h11 were clDMd dowll,. by Klllllldy. ·11, I, l') ~ 11/i i;v-4.v~

FUSHaACU - die -.uu..• and die '1NDIAN9, two ol dlose Olban weu killin1 FER.JUE.-• FBI raid u hnchannin.-

X (OVER) -and chits bow the 9blact opt• people. people like my superior officer, eedld ap llldna die nales ~ aMn wafare dley'd used abrald and lll'Oupr'em into chit counay_

JIM at the &me~ PRESIDENT KENNEDY. Birds tinp. 1'1le eternal flame. Tua thinkina about what he should do now. Laa. '~, r ,. r I~ A\ · vi,{ )0A-·\ -~ ~vru(,1.1 _ivl-vl ~ ,,.'1,~~ INTERa.rrTO:

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cxxt."ME.VTAA Y RX7TAGE

DACHAU eoncentntion camp. Thousands o( bodies piled. bulldozed.

Back to JIM at Arlineton ~ivinl it ,

X (OVFJt) ...don't underestimate the bud1et cuu Kennedy wled for in ~h ol '63 either - clalc 10 52 military insw lations in 25 sua. 21 overseas bases. rou're tt.Ikinc bi& money. You know how many helicopcen h&Ye been lost U1 V"tetnam? About three thousand m.!a[. Who makes chem? Bell Helicopu=r. Who owns Bell? Bell wu near banknapu:y •hen the t\nl NationaJ Bank ot Boston approached the ClA a.bout deYelt,pinl the helicopra for Indochina usaae. How 'bout the F• l n&htas? Oenenl Dynamics in Fort Wonh. Wbo owns thu? F"ind out 1he defense bud1et s~ the war be1an. S75 1oin1 on a huQdrr.d biWonf In 1950 it was S13 billion.. No war, no money. Eisenhower warned us about it. i,e..,a,e lhe miliwy-indusuial comple1." he said. Kennedy v.-anted 10 end thaa Cold · War on his 2d terra. he sip,ed that ireary ...;th the SCMeU. he backed dowe OG the '62 Cuban invasion and he set out to ....;chdraw from Vietnam. Another intmslin& hi&hlY clusilied document is NSAM 273...

tNT. WHTrE HOUSE • DAY (19'3)

LYNDON JOHNSON with HENRY CABOT LOOOE. all shadowy ftsura seen trom a d.isu.nce acroa the Mele room. or near a ver1nda Mlh a ~h and plcar, fl Upl. Johnson. his back ., us. a.1ks in a loud &hick Teu.s drawl (mosdy muted), sips a document.

X(OVEl) ...siped by Mr. Johnson on Nov. 24, only nm days alter JF1C wu shot. on a Sunday too, ic must've beea imponanc ... that memo euentially cm:eDed the W'ilhdn..,11 from Viemam and "°"1a1ain.ed us tha-c noc only 10 i.p• 11ia& ID •wm•. IA·dlal docwnenr lay lhe Vtttnam Wa,_.

Oil JIM (th& praeaa) SIIUfflld by aD tlus inlarmation. X caiel Mlkin1. Loots at Tun. ,.

X Maybe dlete are some ot the •.,,.hyt', Mr. CiarrlSOft, maybe not. rm s1ill ddakia~ rm still pvuled.

X Dau Doe't trust me. Do your owa wort. YfNI owa thinkina.

X So chance in hell. Mr. Garrison. rd be anested. You too... il's only btdcp-ound. you &ot to find the forecround, the linle lhinp ... keep di&Jinl, y"know you're the only penon ever to brine a aial in the munier o( John Ke.nne.dy. ,

JlM I haven't yec.

X (rises to lave) You will you don't haw the choice. You're a lhrua to the na.tion&.I securiry s1J'UCtl.lff. youna man. They would've assusinued you but you lot a lot of ~.!:city, so they'll 10 a/11:t )'O'a' a-edibility and desav, lt they alrudy in ma.ny cudes in chis town, you're some kinda southern aricacure to many folks. Be honest. the best chance you aoc is make u bi1 a stink u you can and set some people out theft to ra1k ., yoa. 'cause people are kinda dumb, they're suckers ror the a-uth and the truth is on yovr side. bubba'...I hope you aet a brwc. •.

Ti.m watchin& this mysaay man walkin& away. The fla,.n vanishes in t.be Wuhinp0ft b~ze. Aqs flappin& over some distant memorial to some distant hi.suxy ol &he Republic.

JIM, IVON, NUMA. SEVERAL POLICEMEN stand II die dear u a.AY SHAW comes to iL

The voice «oppina awty u the deva.suted look on Shaw's face spreads, sickly, undone, his arropn1 public~ ,one. r~ now ruled wkh tenor, disbelief.

The C'OPS -:t;f,~W YtllDe die D..A .STAPF mo¥a into the carria&e hcuse put the WlSU'l'flseil Wl1JJE J'ENICINS. ,

In the BEDIOOM. NUMA ~cs out ., JIM the hooks ttffwed inlD 1he ceilin&. OSER pullin& out 8w Mlips, seven! 1enetJts of chain. black hood. matchin& bl.act cape - dried blood on 0111 lf'hip.

nM . Let's keep this side ol it qui«. Numa. shall tte. lt'11 Jinle ~ you . bow ...il W0411d loot like M're takina unfair ldvancap_ ·

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N\JMA (ironic) You ~ Like they won l belieYe us Chief"?

SHAW is bein1 fin&erprinted. He seems rattled. POLICE cryin&., &et~ PRESS under c:onrrol.

omCER HABIGHORST Name? F"int, middle, last.

0FFJCEJt HABIGHORST Address?

"~,fl' OFFICER ,'>~ 'f\\,t'Y ~ ,~in Ever me any aJiues'? \-- \·. w.tl) w~iJ!l SHAW

(__ 'l''((~~v\j('\ \ Oay 8cnrud.

Habi&honl notes it u ftMHinely as Shaw seems 10 have said it. wichocJ1 thinkin1, possibly preoccupied by lhoupu ol PRESS pushin1 ia.

OFF1CEll Natafkin1

IVON sbowl Jim Shaw'1 lddftss boot. BOXLEY lootinl OIL

..._ IVON Al ~ Italy. Lcndcft. Mantucaa. Barons. Princea...

run comcu him with a look.

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Music CTUpin1. L'JSERT: in Shaw's handwritin1 on an unused p11e are the words: ··0ct· and ··:--la-., .. , then an indecipherible scnbble •• I.hen simply: ·oaJJa.s·

rim·s toot. Lou snares it. B(?lley seems a,;tated.

MONTAGE· NEWSREEL MUSIC

'The Justice DepanmenL

J'\\v' INT. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT • CONFERENCE ROOM • DAY (1967) :iA \J,-1/) ~l.l :; ~ti, Ii\· J,L"_.. The acu.n1 ATTORNEY GENER.AL spew to the ~S.

1V-t:. ,,.,. A~\)J \ W'l _.A i.,i ., i,v\"Jlb.} ATTORNEY GENERAL J,\,\i\ '~ C°'\, t'1\ ~JJ"' {V~~ ...Yes. Mr. Sllaw WU included in our invesuaation and there lt'U no

'"" J \\' e.,,v ~ ' c:onnecaon found 11 all ~ea S11aw and the Presidents assassination. C .. l/ ·~ ~,J.\ i,{r·CJ ·~ .I INT. GARRISON OFnCE. CONFERENCE ROOM. DAY "'"' 1~'

' \ vi- v· ~ " ~ ,Y'-.:r- ~u,v .. A JIM \1L~~"'~f~ 1catpulate Mr. Shaw. Mca defendants have., --ror lrial before ~.i,. \, cv,1 .,J"' tbly'N ano-.d IO orodaa chancer wimeaa - IDd _,. .,;tnesses doa't

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r.fl'v- ''\' ~' have 1he A11ney 0eaenJ fAdle Ufticed St11e1 inll!Mnin4 an their behalf. /~~ .wJ' ~ Baides .,..._ I haw ID wonder why. if the FBI Md ID umsa111e him. yr. r-,J. w~ his ume is noc mentioned even once in the encn 26 volumes ol the u.r Wura Repan. even if ll's., dat his name? .

A GtIEJ= 1UST'K11ooldnc:.::l and wise like Earl Wana. lDOYt:S alonl I canidcir iA civilia.n clocb!ns. cool and y ddlverinI his vcrdkt IO che PUSS.

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~ -T. GARRISON OFF1CE • CO~FERE~CE ROOM • DAY CONT. (1967)

lo re.s pon se 10 Justice W IIT'ell:

REPORTER °'ostile) Mr. Ganison ii what you say is even pan.ly true in this use. you ruliu you ~ damapn1 the credibility of our aovemrneni. possibly desuoyin1 it?

JtM .. .let me uk you ... is that 1ovemment wonh freservin1 when it lies to the people. It has become a danaerous counay su when )'OU can't nst anyone anymore. when you can't tell the a,nh. 1 say la justice be done. thoup Ille heavens fall

It doesn't play with the Press. They shuffle off, silent. ..,hisperin1.

MONT AOE. MUSIC ENOS.

A.fur dinner. toys scanered around the Uvin1 roocn. Phone rineinl u VlROINlA, 6, answers it. play\nl with her d0U. 1n backpound SCOOr£R is cha.sins ELIZABFm arouncl

VIR0INtA

MAUlVOla Hello is this nm Oamson's dau1hter?

VlJl0INtA

C VIR0INIA

11w sounds fun.

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I need some infonnicon from you then. How old are you'?

vtRGIN1A Six.

INTERetrr TO:

In the STUDY. 11M watches the NEWS in horror:

INSERT TV· ima1esof MARTIN L~ KING on the pound.~

1V The 39-year-old Manin Luther Kini who preached non-violence and ...,on the Nobel Peace Prize.WU cut do'MI by a srupcr's bulleCJ while sW1din1 on the pon:h o( the l.ornine Motel in Memphis. Tennessee today. He '-'U surrounded by h.is closes aides. The police say they have no suspecu at this lime. Mr. 1Cln1 -

nm visibly shak~c.

IN'TERC\JT To. MALE VOICE And you aa otl from school II 3 ~er, day?

c· VlROINlA

Yes.

VlROINlA lJII bull.

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LIZ comes to die phane. a loot oa her face.

uz Ctakina the phone> WhoYQI tllkin110? · .....

Oby Vqi.nia. that's all t need IO know. ru call YQa aaain ...heft it's rime (ot the ~cancea.

Wllo't this7...Hel1o?...Hello?

Pause. The man ac the other end Ustenin1 10 Liz.•.He hanp up. Uz cums ID V"vpni&.

VlROINIA (excited) Mama rm 1oin1 to be in a be.auty contest! Daddy.

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LrZ W'hac did he ask you!

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VIRG~tA

Lu frcilin 1·

INTER CUT To.

LIZ marches into Jim's study

Ul Did you enter Vir11rtia into a be1ury contesi?

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LrZ Our heme fun! A kidnapper. a cnurdav!

JIM Cconsolinl) Only co,liWS mate mnt calls. eghud, nochin& is 1oin1 to happen u,uu his arms wundber). . ,

uz rm lavin1. rm tatin& the kids and rm 1eavin1! I caa't stand it anymore...

The KIDS, he.arin1 the shouans. m Wllehin& from the door of lhe SNdy.

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uz You and your 1ovemment. That's all you talk about. Don't you have any reetings! \1/hat kind ~ a man are youl They just we,aw,ed your daupua1

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JUT1 s.ees lhe kJds look.in1. 1oes. shoos I.hem ou1. closes I.he door.

1'IM I'll we them up 10 my rr-other's if ir'tl make you rut bener. Sperd a ..,eek. ru chanae tit the Jocks. the phone lines. ru even 1e1 a bodyl',latd. a.11 ri&ht E&&he&d~

uz Jim. befcre this Kennedy thine, nochini manued to you in this life more th1n your children. (stop1, sobs) The olher ni1ht Jasper aied to show a dnwin1. You didn', even noace he wu lhere. He came to me bawlina his linle eyes out Jim. he's sensitive, he needs more from you.

JlM I promise ru make more time for Jasper.

uz No yoa won't. you'll 10 ri&ht on with this madness of yours.

JlM Damn it. if I say n1 spend more time with him. nl spend more time with them. I cu·t ft&ht you and the world 100, Uz....

uz rm D0l ft&htin1 you Jim. rm just cryin1 to mKJa ~ You've 1onen colder and colder since this Kennedy dunl, You've chanaed. run. you've chanaed and t don't like n. I don't wane it thia way.

Tbe 0UU>UN premsj blck ia II the door. WWopptble..

Lrz YOO NEVER TALKED TO ME UXE ntAT. NEVER. NEVER. YOtrVE GONE o.AZY J1M - rM LEAVINO YOU J1M OAJUUSON. rM LEAVING YOU.

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~ J"- 0 _CRAZY JIM·· I'M l..£A VlNG YOU 11M GARJUSON. rM LEA VJNG YOU.

, )\('fl~. She runs out. by r.he stunned KIDS. sobbu,1 up r.he swn. 1TM punuin& her like the "'IT'Y spi.nt of

)v0 ,-'\~J}J· ,f Banque, yellinf at her up the stain. ~ LN\.. ' ·w~. / c,ffi t ' JIM • ~~v •v.·Vv,1 ~~~P'\ ·.,l ,},~ GO ON GET OlfT. 00 HIDE YOURSEU:. JOrJ' THE REST OF 'EM. THEY"U rJP.. w· \ Nv· m.J.. YOU rMCR.AZY. YOUGOTPUNTYOFPEOPLnL TEU. You JIM

;J~tl·.\/(' \~~-.rl\ \\ '~ PAPERS. TAKE rr AU. 00 ON·· GET OlflTA MY LIFE.

tlf "' ~ Quilin& v.ith ri1e, sad inside, hurti.n&, ·he stands there at tJ'\e bonocn of the swn u his KIDS ....,au:h ~-l\X r.. \~J him, (earfuJ.

~ ~ ~· INT. GARRISON OFFICE· DAY· (WEEK LATER)· 1967

, Another smoke-filled conference ol assiswus. The paperwork is sucked in the comer, almost to the ceilin1, the disor&aniz.ation and lack of resources apparenl.. coffee cups. u.nuten dooibnuts. the STAFf wort:in1 on this now numbcn some ELEVEN PEOPLE.. acw invesa1aton, new assiswus.

~ER Bad newt - the US An.ome_y us Washin1ton ·declines• to serve our subi)oena on Allen Dultes. lUchard Helms. or any Flt 11ent Vte named. Same far Owies and Earl Cabell in DaJlu.

C. Jim expresses dissust.

OSEJl Weptbesamepn,l,&tinQietw;dlthcsua AJlrldlea ReapniD Califomia ~·• siw u ICeny Thomley. Oflio ret,asa on <Jordon Novtll. Teus on Arcachl. and Nebnska on Sandri Moffet ...

nM (throw, up his hands) . Nner bdcn has ID extndhiOft request trorn this oftlce been mused. wtw .. beD ls Finl onl

NUMA Is ope,wtl anocher stack rA leuen. the dollar bills keep comin1-

JtM That flcura - and they're 1ou,1 to ftnd jacuhiL Lou? Dallas?

IVON • Well. &ood and bad. There is no Boit 19106 ill Oallu. It's I c.ode •oni. But then ii. 1 ~ Odom. so callal the FBrs produced him. He say, be

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WVV\ V\ -, ·- was 'tttorlcin1 llrith Shaw on a ·bullfi1han1· promotion. He (eels like a

\ front. FB( is really mffin1 us. O\ief. but ..,..hat's 1ntereson1 .. you rudy for this•· Os\lfald v.,ent 10 see the FBI rwo *Uk.s before the us.ass1n1uon.

~T. FBI OFrtCE • DALLAS·. DAY (1963)

OSW AU) l ai the FBI C()Unter addreuinJ che FEMAJ..£ RECEPTIONIST.

~WALDl I want to see Spec:w A1ent Hosry.

RECEPTIONlST rm sorry. he's not in. Can someone else help you'?

' \Al 1,N' ·11~~ OSWALD 1 ' ~V!J\ \./",\VJ'}'> g'\' C1n I ust a pen?

,). . 'V~.V-X J f\f,Nl \i 1(\) Wririn& a noce, v.-hich he folds and Jive the receptionist , , ~'Vi ~ ,J-4- fl A -.uri - ·K .w,Y \ IVON(OVER) ~., ,IJ 'i\AIf'_ \J' ' He wn:>te and leh a noce •hich the receptionist said thrutened to blow up

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FBI AGENT_ JAMES~ ~cinl his apta~ su~«, FBI Ai ENT 5) ~ SHANXLJNinoneofthecub1cles. 1- ~v1...:> ~v-- /lt-•H"',rf H"J t 1A'/."

- : (, fl rv·v,t,, -~ aw~, IVON (OVER) ' ./\b.ll ~'vii"\ ( L . . i. , ,..f\ · , ..>1 , 11 /\J... \(r--OJ) ·~Id a Dallas ne..-spapennan the noce wu a ...-nin110 him to Stop 1 I t". ¥ Hr1 ·,VVVJ" :J IJII. • l~ quesoonin1 Marina at their home when Os1't'lld wu noc present. But wh11 ,\.,,\i~(~ ({ "~yJJU"Vf' · the noce re.ally wd no one knows because his boss Shanklin cold Houy...

\ )),,.~"P., . -r-vt-ij,'.J. Oswald's dad now. nn caa be IIO O'ill. Oeutd olh. I don't even Wini __\.;tr"\V'(fv\Jp . this in die offlce. Oel rid ol it Hosiy. (Ii~ it back 10 Houy) {\'CfVl

JIM On presenc. aalift amaml) h mate. sense. If he wu III lnrorman1 when I wa.1 ill the FBI. they'd often lea\lt mwaps ll che desk. Maybe dley wae wuteninl Marina with deporuaoo - keepin& some kind ~ lcvenae owr him.

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Dyna.m.i1e Lou.

FUSHBACI - OSWALD under arrest. meetin1 will'I QUlGLEY

1 raise the possi biliry th at Oswald nO( only was an informant but lhu he )::, may weU have been the man ...,.ho oripnated this te)u we have dated :,JJl~J November 17 w&min1 of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas on November I ,M ·~I. ~ 22. ,., ~v \ ())v }7\ ·. '.])- ~" Htds ~P~the Telex. ~SERT pieces of iL "URGENT TO All SACS FROM DIR.ECTOR·

% &J. j~ Us1a1 to !ms. "Thrut ~~•si•••c P,,osident KcMedy in Dallas. Texas , 11 \i.; i-L. (7- 0'r \ November 22 • 23. lnfcnmtion has been received by 1he Bureau has v-- ~ ~IJ " \\ 1 determined 11w a miliwtt ~ud~ J!'OUP may &nil!fflJIC to &sswinaa.e , \; . •0v{i- Jt11. _\t Presidenr Kennedy on his proposed trip 10 Dallu. Te~ ea:. etceter1..: A J,, \V, , ,I\ k{V"~ copy ol Ibis wu lr'e:ft ID me by die ni&ht c:lert William Walter on dury hm: \_ . ID ~,1~ \) ~~ ;.'wJ-. in the FBI office. It went all over the a,uncry and it fill noc tvtn mc:nnooo;t

\J \) ·'\.fa \ Jin- · in &he Warren Rep,n! 11'e FBI 11)'1 only this is aa •wounded· claim.

"Jvv- . FUSHBACI TO:

WAL n:Jl. t.be nisht clat. receivin& the teletype •· readin& it. nM'VWII iL

OSWALD• .. w ftmna OUI a l!lepam.

l OSW Al..D, RUBY, SEVERAL a.TBA.NS includin1 the Btn.L and tJ1e INDtAN 1ft talkin&,

BEYERL Y Ol.lVF.R (OVER.) ...that was lhis airl who danced there by the name of Jada. and she wu sinint u a table Mdl Jack Ruby and anocha man. Whea I Sil down. Ruby introduced me to this man. He said '"lkwrty this is mt:end 1a•__Wbeft I saw him ""° weeks taau on lhe ldevwon. I rmiembered • Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Os'lt'lld were linked aoaether but I don't know how. But I lmow Lee Os"a.ld wu the man I met 11

\..._. J the club r,.,o weeks be(cn die usassinadoe. .

,. \ i;0'tJ. If INT. BEVERLY OLIVER APARTMENT • DALLAS. NIGHT ( urlitr 1961) t \,Q ft\{ ~\ \ \ ,,.\.k .t\ As Beverly finishes calkin1., LOU and SUSIE ~'4' t-}i .\ C\v11 {\ . \/(· \ ...V, SUSIE (OVEJl) (t~ IA }J;rv,\ We caa ao for ii II the fiaL chief. Brina.in all die saippen. link Oswald and Ruby 1

Ferrie. Wt ac,t ICVt:II people spoaed them fOledler. The emcee Lou saw - what's

\ ~\\v-ft-'':. his 1111111 - Wally Waiaa - ._. could pt him oe lhe scand.. ,.

WESTON •• meek. shakea man. the ronmr Emcee, ta1b IO lolL

WESTON teDinl lame jokes on the stqe. The QUYS look like dluas sillinl at a front row t1ble. WJ&hin1.

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Hey you 1uys cool it.

GANGSnR l (10 Jack) Who is this son of a bitch?

Drunk. he pulls a l'J" from his ._,ajstbank and poinu it at Weston.

1.r(ifJ \·vwJ I\"'( 1,-1.ed 1:L ~roed~co~· A .1.: · · • . 1/' · ·· 1 l , t ~ LAe • cannon potnt 1n my ~non. r in,S prec,se ame. r,..,o uniformed l-Ar\dv~ v,Vv') ,r('\ flJY policemen came ut the fronc doer- cops were always su:,ppinl by. Jack 11ve em , : ,uvv\'f \, &) i ~ A'IY'J • discounted drinks. loved cops Jack did. 1v" 'JJ!'t-Y vvvv . ~ .JJ'-A.r,.._V\ 1 i u,1v. The N'O COPS strollin1 in (one o( them is J.O. TIPPJ:.r. seen lata). / '/ ~ r~I I t• ,. ~ -. <) '· ·- \ V-,\,( WESTON (on stap) l_\\\\l (V The police azi here.

'1 The sun hiu the nOOf immediately and is k,jcked over to the side. JACX RUBY up on his feet. cxplai.nin& to lhe policemen every,hin& is ftne.

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Cosin& the doer in Wau,n•s face.

TIME cur TO:

Same inllriar. 11le aat,niaht- PAUL BUCCJLLt. a mobster, is calkinl tD WES1'0N.

tNT. CAROUSEL CLUI • NIGHT (19'3)

SAM GIA.Ne.ANA taDdn1 to BUCCIUJ

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CNT. CAROUSEL CLUB • PRIVATE ROOM • DALLAS • NIGHT (1963)

Another nipt. Six to ei&hl OANOS'TcRS around a table. Ester sen-es them drinks.

ES1ll ANN MASH (OVF.Jl) I hid to follow Jack's orden to che Stuer fc. dw meerms. He demanded absolut.t privacy and no intem1pc:iCW11. I wu &he cnly pena1 &Dowed 10 enter that l"00m and thaa wu just 10 ter't'e drinks and then 1e1 OUL Tbeft wu about ftve dart. S".\!Wy tna1 ill suiu. loakin& very businesslike. 11w:te wu anodler man, dres.sed ruJ casual he didn't look like he ftt in II an. They falked rm about one in the mom.ins. Then~ otha IUY s11yed until clolin& watchin& che mipprn.

OSW ALO alone drinkin1 beer. watchin1 the STRIPPERS. Clmcn eSosin1 on him. swsu:r.

E51El (OVB) . He couldn't 11b his eyes oil them. He kepc ordlrlD& beer. Everyone elM drink milcd drinks NI dlls wimpy-loaldna lhde iv,. I npt nae a.member a name. but I aJ•ays .... I face. buc YtMII t saw him oa 1V. my dwdral Yttft 'ft'IU:hilll •hen Jact shat ... Md I laWned. ~ my Ood. thats the weinl liaJe man •ho YtU u NI meeu1 ft-i&h Jack and lhose Mafta typa. -i saw thal piil on Osv,aJd's face. c:ause Jack WU hil friead. .•

FLASHIAatS - cht lhoodna. slowed do'ft1I - Oswald 1ooldft1 momentarily at Ruby belan he is shot.

E.STEJl(OVEltl I knew it had somethin1 10 do with the ~• came ewryt,ody in toW11 iD thoR days knew Ruby had socnethln1 10 do wi&h the mob. Aldll:lup, I didn't o~aiMat •hat they wen wkin& about, rm eonvinced Ibey were cb:a.ss:in1 killin1 Kennedy.

OSWALD. drinJdn, his beer, suddenly stands and walks over ~ the m1e where WESTON is tell.inc tw jokes. Oswald lS dn,nk. •

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WESTON jumps off the su1e and staru hinin& OSWAl.D. RUIY ruppun and s.epant.es them immediat.ely.

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Ruby wrestlina Oswald !rom the club.

The st0ry finished. the faces ol lhe 11:.AM uound the table.

- ,_!,, • .-,~VO l, l_U £l... BOXLEY ~ \ ) • · .+-~~,~ -,~vii J We still c.an't tie it to Shaw. II makes more sense u a Malla hiL But OswaJd w;th the _.'YvN ·v1/i"'iV'.o\VI , ~,')k IFBI. that's pushin1 it. And tor the lite or me I ui11 can't buy Oswald IS an FBI

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I" _lpv~ .t1~'(t(v'rfl'} Not~ aaent. an inl~m. He COIIJda beat teedina ONt IDO, IWO, three Jv- t \fav\ V cqwzariofts.

~ • A- I\' BOXUY · A ~l~ ·vJW',/ 0lwlJd wu a fuc"" from dal:. nobody would"ve tNslfd him w;m their dick. and \~ ~ \ . ~\ klw cu a teletype~ evay.sin&Se Flt a1ent in the counuy. you·" wkint -✓~ l ~ ~ ,tJ1, ( , • wbole FBI hen. 11'ia's some conspncy.. ?

,' ~~ ~~~~/)N,~ SUSIE 7'11);,.,r I\ , JJ-N'v, r --« • - up Oft lhcir pan ii IIGC I conspincJ.

i(vf /cl · nM looldn& 11 aoxin. Suddenly 1ft eerie memory coma to &Mm.

· -~ ~ FUSHBACI - Denver oilman JOHN MII.LER. is maldn& his bribe pitch to JIM to join the . ( ' 'i-'"1-J. V · A&enc:y's procnm. ~erin& him the judacship. The loot on Burs r~ is sue~ chat one could believe \. ~. I~./ be wanu Tun to Lite at. i h L~ :· '·,. M,. ,11 .•.-h,; ,,,...,,~ /),ll 11 .. A !)'1 11 t,J/) \\R ~~ ,.)l\,A., • •L,, wv•• \V\40 I vvv~ , r ·v"'-' j \

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1v1vi{,, · }).x- 11M + ij/1,) - \}ft{) / \)IX. Could the Mob chance the pande route Bill. or eliminare the procection ror the ti\ Iv.A Q, J · t ., President? C.OUld the Mob &et the FBI. the CIA. and the Oalw Police to make a ; · lV i~.. IJ v,l'AY\ -~1 r,Jv'lf' 't,1,·' mess of lhe investi11tion? c.an the Mob appoint the Wamn C.Ommission to CO\'er

vvv~] r,JJtv.,' i,,~\t . to co to sleep? And sinc,e when has the Mob used ~Y'hinl_but .31~ for hiLS. up_ ••\J.. 'J v<J , , close. The Mob wouldn t have lhe l'JU fot somelhan1 o( this nu1n1rude. assassu,s · )t""':iv, :.-}(t,V \neetJ payrolls. orden. times. schedules. this was a miliwy-sryle ambush from sw, 10 ') \~\\ (r' . /1,('/l finish ... a c:oup d'etat with Lyndon ...,inns in the WVIIS. r ~\ ~~ .·01'1 iv ' ~\ ~~- ~Xl.EY

\.}[\~ , The voice challen,ina. Pause. Tbe men wajtinl, loob.

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TM (surids) I don't wa.nc to hear .nymo"' Al. Iva.Jue 81II as much u any mui hen:. Gi'Ve hlm !'la head. he's stubborn but he may have somethinc. And ,..ho inows1 Maybe hes n&hl Maybe we make a~I a.s much sense as a pi& with a wrist°V'acch. Maybe Oswa!d 1s -.hu everyone says he ~u and ..,,·re jus1 plain dumb vm>nl. (..,.alks ouO

CNT. GARRISON'S MOTHER'S HOME •• LAUREL MISSISSIPPI • DAY • FEW DAYS LATER

The TV SET announces TI-IE NBC LOGO wich the famous music followed by -NBCS WHITE PAPER •• TiiE J.F.K. CONSPIRACY: THE CASE OF 1TM GARJUSON ·• the race of FRANK MCGEE comes up.

Watchin& it. excited. is JTM and h·is MontER, JANE, in her seventiU. SRY huded, iron woman Q,ith the air ol an ariS¥>CTat, dresses very properly in a Vic:tonan-cype dress w;_u, latches tnd buckks and bcauafuJ old jewelry. The house is Victorian-style also, spac,ous. wooden, scre.ened•in porches big lawt1, flowen. All the KJDS are there half-watchin& but obviously no Eliz.abelh.

run more skepcia.l. the KIDS makin1 a toe ol noise.

JASPEJl Shut up I want 10 hear.

Jane's (a.a: - Finl aJon1 widl it. s~sed. u anyone who watches TV blows. You take it in at ranc. fOl lend ID tielieYe. We sAow dlis process.now.

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JOHN atAMQ.Ell. l,lact jailbird Mell &lasses, is spealdn1 oo eamm.

MCOEI! (OVER) W. Oancler wu a cellmate ot Vernon Bundys u die Lcuisiana Staie Penitentiuy . AllaolL

C MIGUEL. TOR.RE.S now on screen.

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Tim laughs out loud. but his MOM is horrified ·• a.s are the KIDS ,..ho are older. the o<.hen bored pli:,

JlM It's 1onna be bad Ma. rm 1oin1 to aet mauled.

JANET OSMOND is on the TV.

11M ·- rm pretty sure she's ctA. one ol &he people who handled Oswald in Dallas.

MM They never even had the common decency to conrxt you and let you w-.-er these aa:usacions? (Tam shakes his head) W1w cwr hapP=Md to fairness in this councryJ J:),~ ,MW p.,-)hu~ -~ ,Mj N° ~ ~ ,v.,,4-t ~l{,y,}

Ma. I think lhe beuer queSl:ion is •who owns Nlc-1 RCA •• one ot the bigest dd~ concncun that's who.

OD TV the chaubic DEAN ANDREWS now appears u che n.i&htmare continues. nm smiles, hurt. .

t • r{ 11 MCOEE (on 1V) J :11v 1WL ~ k M ., NBC hu recenlly learned of a man named Can 8ennnd. the ml Cem 8ennrd but · ~~ hVf,fr) is D0t free II this dme to reveal lt..The resuh of !-f:r· Oanison's public invesaa~tion ht .. \, • o ' i n1t-v been 10 desaoy reputacions, sprud fear and su~ and went ol ~l to explou the C tAIV¼\/\.,Q.,w<J ft i\~ ki n&tioa's sonow and doubc (JYfll what happened UI Dallas. Tun Oamson hu wd ,et vt' vVtO Ci,,~1(j;'iJ ".justice be done thou&Jl the heaYens fall . He seeks the tr\ldL So do we.

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LJid of sho...,. Jim snappinc up 10 his feet. 1n....,udly devHmed. our,i,&rdly silent

His moc.her re.ads the hun in his race.

As the sun sets on the late summer day, JIM and his MOTiiER, JANE. walk &Joni the u.a.Jus arid CO('lon ere.es blooaun1 !)eautifully a.Jona the riverbank where the cactish and bucs stir.

11M They dropped me ma - when the b~ publicity beam

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We see ancdaer dde ol Jim now - with his mocher, intimate, wounded, hunin1, nc.edin1 he!l).

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,, , 1 VJ ·_/ I J,.D " l the Grca, Depression. raisins you and your sister by mysel!. Your rather had ber,in

"-- I _e,JJ ~ Vv~•'\i, his v,,,orld tour samplin& th~ liquor o( various counaies and when he took off. he ... 'y\J\,(l(V"l •. I J<;,!\, 1V \ \ •t~I

;'{ 1 '~C v 'v,·/( v\ ~ · WI JIM (adamaiit. cold) fiWfl~'iIL ,1lt'~ ,J- ~-'f .ri I <old you I won·, sW>d for you badmcxnhin& him. I mwi i1 Ma.

\ ' 0J/!~v~ \lt(V{ . ~ ,,~~ JANE J°'fN Q. ~ ;'{N t-/J W., • t b\ow, I know...so I.here we were stuck up in Evansville and the winters ...,ere mun ci"'T'l NV ,../n i vffi~... cold. and some ni&hu concrete was the only bed we had. and you kids had so many '\ \-f,J./ N\Jt{ .A~ holes in your shoes I had to line them wilh cardbolld. You ~member thlt1 (Jim nods)

i\ rJ · fv'vv t~ \fl/· --r We cm,e down to New Orie.ans ..;thout a cent. no place tD live. no job. But even in \¼ \ivt.O · \/";\,\ \ ;j, v\! those darkest of days rd always say, ·no maner what rm 1oin110 set this family \J_, VoJ A, \ ,f;/\J /~ VN1oused and clothed and fed. Some way, somehow rm 1oin1 to set it done.' That's , (v"N" ,~ \k l,l,N" v \}J :nthe Garrison spirit. We're n1hters &om way back Jim. and you must &!ways wJJ ~1\/it"" ,,1/f.fv uf\\.~w remernber,you'reoneo(us, _..,., \A \ l),1/Jn,/n./rv-.1' - 11" 1,,f LiA/lf'IA \ • \\- . ,. , ,/}fl I\\_ w . ,..\-; .r o rv\<M"v) it,-1,--rwl. M), ~ ~I l'(/V vi,.rv, , VL 1,Vi,'\'\fLtA'. 1 rvv n ....,., \JJ~ ., fiV1 .. ,.,(\11\Yk tivk 1• ,1[vl \),tt ,vti h 1/1(, JtM Oon1 pause) u

)~ , JD\~!'\ . AA~ \ tfa\ the end on this. rm ft()( 101n110 Jet the Government run over me, Ma, t s-.w rd die V ., · _ .t' ·V\ )J~ ~'~ J fint... \\ Jt\ 1i\ ~N . (1 i I ti 1'1uts his head on her brwt. ~'\fJ\ C , '. JANE

They .-on't beat you child. One thin1 rm sure of - Americans know the diffennce • between ri&ht and wron1. If you 10 to them and tell tllem lhc wlh. theyll support you. And so will lJ~ Because fundamena.lly she's a &ood woaw1 and sbe loves you.

He loou in her sa-oaa eyes and race. Wanes to belie...

~T. DAL-LAS AU\PORT • DAY (FEW WEEKS LATER) (1961)

JIM is just rheddra in his·bla. on a ni&ht from Dallu to U when BOXLEY Nns over, cXLitai

:-0 !~ivl'~J\ ~ ~ JIM

'JJ ~ ~· ~ . · l ,_, Am I &lad to set yo4a ~=Tun aside). Jusa altl:t you left 1he office. I aoc wonl \'J-J. v ~~ · ~ ~~ that.. iJlae•s &oinl to be an attempt to kill you somewhere between here and Lei

~" \VhaJea wu brouJht down froas Canida by Shaw...be's &ot a connct OCl yoa. This ~ ~ ~ ...J,;v.JJ\ is serious boa. I Jumped on dle rnt nl&hL You need a bodycuard. (indicatin& a rf4v \-..) \ <S .. j'J"'.\ a .,5 bl his ~s&band) ( '-~'i'--1'- ~.;' .._ j '\.11 ~ ~· 1~D \ ~ if . . :~ ' ~ \V'-. YF'i,/wi l~ ~ \(J· _(-~ ~# . I t :) ~ }( ' s (J.}v . ~ VJ }J' ~ 'f~~v:-('fJJ\ : ~j{~~ \J~. Ji: v-

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~'- / V'J\fo, lvtif.Q,, ~ ,~f)\.Q_" ~~ roA (c:ontrollinc fury) I ,i. J~ 81U . .,..-hen you were ln the Army, did you ha-.,, a cha.nee to find out -.i,hai 1-n order ~M-'\J/._'\,-l,, ;'v,J (f, meant? (Bui nod~) Do you happen t0 remember my ordcnn1 e-..eryone on the su.ff I· ' -~,. noc to participate 111 pa.ssin1 on these endless n.unon about how somebody ,s coui& 1c cltU,~,l,l r ~ /:..twJ \}lrf, 1 be killed? .

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0~ JA \)JY\,,~tJvW\ . Yes but boss, this is...

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l\.\ \ .f1, ,[~!.,(~~ There Uno but 111 a tmhwy snuaaon. Boxley I don t appreciate your dwnpllll this 1A i.)lK\J.' vv"iJJ~ . OJM pannoid 1uba1e on me. And I don't appreciate your inability to follow a simple a-di / V r~r,. rJ'{\ ~~11 (\V especially when it me.ans [ am personally 1oin110 end up payu,1 (or your ni&ht back ~Ji) J,N\J,, \ , .\tiy--' New Orleans. Now lefs set you a ticket!

-~(/•fi_/\lfl'Q Boxley·s face·· 1Wizin1 nm is livid, "'hit&.

, ~T. AIRPORT COUNTER· LATER

Jt\,f, havin1 just bou&ht the ticket. slaps it in 901ley·s hand and marches away oYer his protesu.

It falls \\'eu.ly u fun swks away. On Boxley. the·carncn dwells. sensina now anocher acenda on h mind.

His POV ot JIM di.sappearin1 into the CROWDS.

BOXLEY roUows him - sip,aJs ANOmEJt MAN and aoes over to tum. They talk. The man in a civilian suit T.ilh an earpiece. They follow run at a distance.

JIM at the ne•UWld. 1ookin111 his wristwacch. lookin1 at the board (still some time left). buys a LIFE MAGAZINE i--. - .

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CNT. ADlPORT TOILET. DAY

J1M on tbejolla rtldin1-ute•, hean a click u SOMEONE e.nten the booth ri&f:lt next to his. The shoes ot 6i-. .,

J"u:a aoes• radina. thea stops, sensin& somelhin& suspicious. Low VOICES, whisperin& u the door ot die mea's roam.

J"u:a moves rui. punin1 the mapzine away. bunonin1 him.tell.

His toilet ffushinJ. he is out of the stall. movin1 briskly. The CIVl1JAN AQEMI who we saw w;, BOXLEY is lumna outSide the booch nut., Jun. He sweeps by him. the man ot,,v;ously not expectina run to come out at chis mome11c.

Nor do the lWO UNIFORMED AIRPORT COPS. both fat. stuck toeether momentarily in the EXr DOOR cl lbe men's room. They were the ones whispeM&. Surprised by Jim. they exit. rouo....,ed quickly by Jim.

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1'le se:ii.1-na.kcd MAN in lhe next booth emeries. puu.led. 1nte~1n& the Clvtl.IA~ AGE:--., ~c~ bo<ii a.re cauahc by surpnse. ·

f'.iT. AIRPORT •• SIMUL T ANEOt.:S

ItM sweeps ou1 of the MEN'S ROOM. ~ncountcrin& a rin& of Stx more AIRPORT POLJCE 11thered around the ena-anc.e. They all seem cau&,h, w,aware as the SERGEANT' chaJJcn1cs Jim as best he WI.

T'w'O WOMEN woron1 the RENT-A -CAR BOOTI-1S opposi1e lhe men's room recop,ize Jim.

run keeps 1oin1 like a w\Jc. stridin1 ri&ht past the Serie.ant without a moment's hcsitJrion.

JlM That's none of your &oddarm business!

He wa..lks _past the Oll{ER POLICE~. The ser1cant shakes his head ·• and the policemen let him lhrou&h •· on his way co the 1are.

On Jim's race. A moment Rulizin& how lucky he has been. Moments.

FUSHBACI. in his mind. briel •• to BOXLEY comin1 up to him earlier. ucite.d with his ne..-s...

The ruJ BOXLEY wuches him from ICTOSS che terminal, neM:>US. L-

A mild. friendly mid~eswn type HOST &rd his FAT SIDEKICK u die BAND strikes up ''When Tbe SainlS Go Marchin& 1n• inat>ducinl JIM who saides in 6,xn the winp.

The A UOIENCE is endlusiasdc. A bis sWldin1 ovaticn. run smilin& and 'fiaves. then siu down nut to JOHNSON who adapts a dud serious manner over his usual smiley-joked narurc.

His voice tmnin& prop.ssively hostile u he~ from a script on the desk.

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F"int ...,.e had your charge 1ha1 t.he Cuba.n e~les kl.lied the PT"es>dent. then the Mob. then you sa.id the ou b1Uionwes did it. then you wd the Minutemen and the Klu Klux Klan collaborued 10 do it. now your laceu lhe.ory seems fD be that the C1A a.nd the ~ I and the PentJ&on and the W'h.ite House all combined in so~ elaborate conspinty 10 klll John Kennedy. Let me ask you, is there anyone be.sides Lee ~ey Oswa.Jd ..,ho you think djd llQS consp11e fD kill the President~

He rues his eyes on Jim. in dead earnest. wa.itinl (or a reply.

JlM <bamy c:once.alin1 lauchr.er) How many houn do I have fD answer that one? Well let's just say this Jimmy - fvc stopped beatin1 my ..;re. (The AUDIENCE lau1hs)....Or maybe you should t.sk Lyndon Johnson. We know he has some a.nst.-en.

The AUDIENCE loves it. cheen. JOHNSON looks at Jim blankly, dumbfounded, looks down and ruds the neit question on his list without a hint o( humor.

11M YtAJt faidl in the vfflciry of the major media Js tENChinl, Tunmy. It indicares that die Ace d IMOCence is noc yet aver. Ask younelf this. it we bad le.amed oa NO\'embe:r 2l. 1963 that the Premier ol Russia had been shoe from a Moscow office buildin I by· a lonely apiwist sympathizer and if thaa uwsin himself wn liquicwed w;dw, '3 how1 while sum,unded by armed policemen by a pacrioc:ic MuscoYice., I thiJlt it would be pretty apparent to any mie-thinJd.nl ~ that a coup cfetat and a a-ansfer cl power had just been acaxnplished in the Soviet Union. We MIUld noc be •win& time anackin& or "'en discussin& run Oarrison or his record. " ~ i.n a he-dunkin& 50dcty. be &Skin& hard questions about why he ,r,.u lcilled and whu (crca fifft oppoMd to him. we would... . ,. JOHNSON Do you rally think you can equate the Soviet Union w;cn the United Suca7 1'1lcy 111'4 a bisrory ol•.•

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1tM (pull out his briefcue) Maybe rd bener show you some picNRS so you wt besin co understand what I am wnn1 about.

As he pulls out a larp blowup or the Allen PHOTO o( the llu-ee hobos 10d swu to hold it up in front of the cama1. · .

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10 lhe Amencan public. They show ...

11 taxes Johnson i few moments to realize whaf't happenin1. Then *hen he does. he lunces like a cobra for the photographs. pullin& Jim's.um down v,olentJy so the p1ctu~s are out of the cameras view .

fllD swings the picture up a third time.

But the STAGE DCRECT'OR Jives a ·cut· sianaJ acTOss h.is throat and the red lipu on the cm1era b l.i.nJc s off.

The monitor shows another camer2 plMinl the AUDIENCE.

The DIRECTOR frantically Sivin& Johnson rhe ·cut.. sian.

The AUDIENCE chem u die C'OMMEllCIAL comes an.·

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The KIDS and UZ play. She c:roaes ID 11M who·is slumped. defuaed, in a chair hal( cJancu,& at the TV. .

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llZ. who sums to have achieved a wary truce with her husband. flinches. I '· A!/J...,, . LIZ l',fi μ, \, \ tX Jim. I thou&ht we wc1: not 1oin1 to...

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(~ \N~, 1.10 ~/\A1' ¥'-'X: He hares_the~ and ...,anu to aven_1e hjs brother. He'll stop that war.

f,/J.JJ.,.,, vv. NvJ 'j(. No. they Ukill hLZn before they let him become PresidenL

'. ,1.¥('$,11-1v Tun looks and lets u ii he's swtina to become unhinaed. obsessive.

N-f'. LIZ (stiffness)

Jim don't st.an! You promised. I don't want to hur it in this house ... (she walks out Jasper comes ovu).

NEWSMAN ac the Oxonut Grove. Switchin1 \he station to:

( where Senatcr Kennedy's supponm are waachina die urly reNmS.

Crickets all across America. The purr ot a suburb.

TV AHNOUNCEll (OVER) Widl the S3, ~ the pncincu ~I, Sen. Kennedy continues to hold ,. a lead af '41, to, l ~ OYer Serwcr Mc:Cwly. CBS News has pn:,jected Senator R.oben Kennedy the WVlna ~rhc auc:ia1 Cali(cmia primary.

11M in lhe kichel fWn& himself a sandwich, rennins co wad die TV.

He waves, leaves the podium. &~in& back throu&h the kicchea ol the hocel run about t.0 turn off the ( 1V when the SHOTS rin&s out. • . .

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Pandemonium.

TV A~t-.OliSCER <shaken) SENATOR KENNEDY HAS BEEN SHOT! We DO NOT KNOW HOW SEJUOUS IT IS YET. SENA TOR KENNEDY HAS BEEN SHOT.

f ' Confusion. Pa.ndcmonium. n~. sn-:uclc down with his forek.nowled&e and correspondin& impotence. just sits 1n front of I.he TV shakiJi& his tiud. astounded still by this ne..-s.

JIM 1ently waJces UZ. holds her.

JtM They kilJed him, hortey.

JtM Just lilce I said. He won...and they kjlled Roben Kennedy. They shot him do...,,,...

He swu to bruk - voice first, 1e1rin1 cauaht in his throat, shakin& with impotence, sa-an1led. ..

She wees his head on het shoulders. They clinl to each other in an incrusin1ly temfyina world. . l_..

AL OSEJt concerned, fflOYin& into the C'ONFERENCE ROOM •here a srnteo session is in pn:,~s.s. men people than ever, some lWE.N'TY ASSOCtAru now fill lhe smoltey room. clunered

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vJ),Ji ~. ·,y,.;,rj;J; / Jesus no! OSER

"\I\ W; l ,, !JV"\ \ Lou and t were both lh.irwnc somcthin& like th11 since the NBC film k:Jiew lll our , v ~~ wiaies~s. none of Nt wu public. And all his wk about Mafia lnd oil. so ..,,e (\}Iv\' srudied his memos...

11M (&ettin1 &npy) ...it this is all ...

o.5ER. ... and we called him to have a little wk.

JlM ...you're wuan1 my dme.

~T. BOXLEY APARTMENT• THAT DAY (1961)

BOXLEY on the phone.

OSEJl(OVER) He knew ripe away. I cou.Jd tell from him voice.

ItM. followed 1,y ma and LOU. walks into an apanrmnc saipped rA penonal iiems. 'The UNDUDY ~ .

A man In• car. Black car...

\ Jim towly devasutcd. The L.a.ridl ady comin& o~er. reco&ruz:in& hun.

~y You·re doin& a &ood job Mr. Ganison, I voted for you and rtl do ic l&a..in nexr time.

fun can't deal with it just now. Ivon sho..,, her ouL

JtM BiJJ.. ..I aJ..,ays liked Bill.

FUSHBACI •· BILL by Jim's side. his enthusiasm for the case early on.

JlM He ..,u a fi&hter. I aueu he soc scared

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_, we 1onna have 10 de~y the crial Tun. we don't have a choice.

JtM t don't think to Al. (rises) You remember the Heminpay scory i'he Old Man and tl Sea·? (Al nods) lbe ~ flshaman mana1a 10 car.ch this pat fish. a ftsh so huce h bu co tie it to the side of the bolt to aet it back in. But by the cime he re.ached sh<n. the ftsl\ had Iona since been picked apan, by shuts. Nochin1 wu left buc the skeleto (walldna out.~ ,, IVON loss. wtw the hell we busrinJ our chops tor it you don't .._wecuwill?

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Laa. HI war hu '" fronts - in the coun of law. " hope. apinsa die odds. ., nail Cay Shaw on conspitlcy. la the c:oart of public opinion.. it could Like anodlcr 25 or 30 yan

•, ., , !J,rl,(. y) lull'\ / M II la.st we mvck lhe ftnt blow. , ·~ ,; .

A circus. Armed. unilanned OUARDS whh wtlkit-talktes are ~bae. Guards Mth riftes on rooftop. CROWDS ol REPORTERS. wortd'Mde., and ONLOOKERS. Evayone 1oin1 into the counroom is frisked by elecU'Onic mew detfCU)C'I.

MARDI GRAS is wdn1 pta.ee on nearby CANAL STREET. VENDORS 1ft scllin1 eoncessioru - ballOOftS shaped like rabbits. toad. t•sh.inl. masks. etc.

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IVT. COURTROOM ·. DAY ( 1™ GARJUSON ....;u, OSER. COX and NON foriu,1 rus ..-ay thtou1h I ti&htly packed CRO'w'D 1,0 the prosecution (jbJe. The CTOwd is noisy to the poinr o( uMJliness. Suddenly I hush u:

Everyone cranes their necks t0 see a.>. Y SHAW and his ATTORNEYS, IRW'lN DYMOND &rd l'V/0 0-rnE.RS enter !Jle COW'1. Shaw, impeccably dressed in a ..-hite linen suit. his hi&h handsome check.bones suckins on the ever-present ci~ae in a pon::ela.in Neer, tw a sioney inditfennce ., all around him. He smiles 10 th05e who p-eel him u if he were noc rally Ihm. In those days in New Orluns. it HJ allowed pnctice to smoke in court.

JtM notices now -

Tbe (aintess limR u Clay Shaw moves down the aisle into his sear. his eyes briefly passin1 Ga.nisoa.

The cave) SW'U pound.ins u the Court is ·wJed to order" by the ~ u:

JUDGE EDWARD Al.OYSnJS HAGGERTY in a black robe, sweeps in and takes the bench. A stocky little funmy•C1iney lookalike with fierce blue eyes under bushy brows, ad~sses the coon as:

Tbe TE.~ WHITE MEN .JURORS and 'TWO BLACK MEN, all dressed in suits and tics. look on.

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cruck pande ol 1he E1b Oew from the balcony of a ruidence on SL Oarles. Now let's sec &his trial on the road.

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DAY (1969)

Tbe camm movina off1he noise and piety ol a the PARADE pas.sine u festive MUSIC carries the" MONTAOEr#.

1NT. COURTROOM • DAY '69

WlllJE OU&E paintlna 10 QAY SHAW.

O'JCEEfE Ya sir, thll's bim.

IRW1N DYMOND aou-examinilla

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' i ..,, ,v1 .. (.·''I-' . . · RJCHARD MA TT'HEWS. a ClA li1son l.awycr. m.aJc1n1 noces. confers ..-,th SHAW

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VER.'iON BUNDY on the stand

BUNDY ... he had a limp...

SHAW wtlkinc fm the coun. the limp apparenL

Masks ...

DYMOND cross~uminin1 DEAN ANDREWS. shaldn& his he.ad. festive MUSIC continues...

COX (counter•quin&)

C Objection your Honor. This office has ,a,on a c:onviciion of perjury aaainst De.an

Andrews on this mana-

ArJumencs follow.

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OiARLE.S SPIESEl.. a mild loolcin1 New Yark accountant is on the sund. IRWIN DYMOND croSJ clW:ninill~ .

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ffif sruMed. looks it COX and f'VON . ..,.ho ue equally puzzled. A SU"Wnl reelin1 ?(rvades 11',er.\.

SPCESEl. I did.

The faces in the COURTROOM...the JUOOE... obviously the man Spiesel is disrurt,ed (or maybe be is iellin1 the crum. but it doesn't play well)..JIM sickly looldn1 u OSEJl.

He wu one of Bexley's wicnesses, chief. rm sony. He wu toeally sane ,r,heft w talked.

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But how does Dymond know what to ask? He's ~n planted. FUCK! We're de.ad.

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HABIGHOltST, lhe clan c:ut officer who booted Cay Shaw on his arrest day, swu fOf"ud.

JUDO£ HAOOEJlTY rm 101n1 to have to ask the jury to leave the counroam.

GARRJSON at the bench ll'IUinl loudly ...;th the JUDGE. COX, DYMOND and OSER theft.

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Jl,'DGE HAGGERTY rm sorry Jim. buc the defendenc did noc have his lawyer pres.ent -.hen asked.

FUSHBACX· TO: LVT. ~EW ORLEANS POLICE ,STATION • DAY (1967)

Shaw bcin& booked. TI,e PRESS the~. HABIGHORST questionu,1 him. .. Ally aJiues?• ShJ.., replyu,1 "Clay Bennn,r... INSERT ·• HASIGHORST typin1 i1 ia.

ruDGE I call 'em as t see 'em Jira. rm rulin1 it inadmiss.able.

Thafs our case!

11M I can't believe you're sayin1 this in the COW1r'00C1L

JtJOOE (feistier) Well. I am sayin1 it. Brin& in the jury.

OSEJl We're ftlin1 for a writ from die appellate coun.

DYMOND &oinl back to SHAW, "'ffY pleased. Shaw smokes. icy. Jim. devastated. feelin1 it's over, slumps don..

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a.A Y SHAW Oil 1he stand. DYMOND aoss-eumininl him.

DYMOND

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~HAW ~o. I did noc.

~ explooes out of his chair.

IlM Ltt it be noted ror the c0WV00m. whatever d-.e outaxne of this aial, my office is chariu,1 Cay Shaw with ouai&ht ~rjury on the ftfteen answen he has liven. no< one word o( truth havin1 escaped his lips.

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A MOVlE SCREEN has been insaJJed for the JUllY ID see. QARJUSON dramatically paca. PRES: iJ paclcin I lbe hoc room. the oveme.ad fan twninl,

LIZ wau:hes with JASPER.. roocinl fo, him now.

The 1.APRUDER FD..M {lam) no-.v n>Us. We have seen pieces of it before in the o~in& ol the film bur now we • ii tthok. It ii CNCial this piece ~ tum be repeated sevml times dunn& the ail! to drive home a point thaa is euily loll on casual vitwinl-

he (U"St viewin& is silei1t. lhe sound of the c1anky PROJECI'OL..about 25 seconds. ...

The LIGHTS come on. The J\JRY is shaken.

Tbe JUDGE is shaken.

l The COUR11lOOM murmun.

Even a.AY SHAW is surprised 11 •hat he has seen.

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JtM A pictw-es spew a thousa11d words. Sometimes I wonder why the aiJt.h is so simple. Too simple for some.

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11M has moved OSER into a chair directly behind the laraer IVON. u he demonstntts ...;th a poinla

FUSR•Ac• -At ZAPRUDER slowed down._

11 6en enten his left dup - wound number m- from which it later ren out and wu round us almost ·pnsune· condidoft 0ft a su-ercher in a cmidar of PaitJand Hospital.

The •macic.buDe1• r01Jnd by I HOSPrTAL NURSE 011 thee~. bloodied nreu:hcr. JACX RUBY a.round. movinl away...

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1™ (OVER) We rni&ht noce 1Il.S2t::_lead u,d po...,.der Frairnencs of !he bullet .,.,e~ found 1n Corv,uly

wrist than ...,.ere mus1n1 from this ma&ic bullet. Also 1104.e Jade Ruby ""U sponed u ParkJand by newsman Seth Kintor •· possibly il wu he "'ho pu1 this bullet on the st1etcher. This upl1nation whkh i.s cena-aJ to the Warren C.Orrvnission·s suna.no of a lone aswsin defies the laws of both physics and common sense. And once you conclude the macic buller could noc create &JI seven ol those wounds. )'OU have to a,nc:Jude there was a second nnenw1. And if chen •u a second ri11efflll\.. theft had ra: be I canspincy. Ut's look at the rum ll&iA. And I possible upllNtion for (he s.ame events. I am speculatin1 for you.

FIL\1 rolls ..,;th frequent freeze fnme and step printin1. Deatenina SHOTS rinc OUl Tim {UCj us through it. bnsk.Jy.

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U)'in1110 let hell,. Blood and bnin tissue spaaet the mccarcycJe ptln)lman rid.inc 10 tb 1W' and left~ the car. A piece rl his skull rues otr and lands in the srw 10 the lett rear ot the limousine. Then its OYer. 1be Secret Savice to the last man. ruher than checlcin& the area. rides the limousine 10 die hospital like paJJbwen.

Back to Tu:n.

FLASHIAC~ -

KeMedy't POV tA the FENCE. 1'1/0 SHOOTEJlS theN. wicb two BACXllP MEN - f\rinc at him A &limptl - ID be iaurned to. A sinister music srows, a sense ot cremendous evil IJOWVII th.roup this sequence.

RlOiAR.D RANDOLPH CARl is on rhe stand. an older man in his (i0s. now in a wheelchair.

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FUSHBACX ·• BlJU.ET throuah pus·· SPECIAL EfFECI'

11M Did you wk to any FBf aaents about this incides?

JlM W~ you called to 1esrify before lhe Warren Coamission?

CUJl No sir.

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WD..LlAM NEWMAN CII me sund.'a 10W'I- clan C'Ut family heal His WIFE and TWO

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The NEWMAN$ cm the nonb side ~ lhe KNOU... hit the deck. SHOTS ri&ht above them.

NEWMAN

C This is it. hit the lf')Wldl

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~\1/MA.'1 (0 VER.) Dust I thou&h• the shou we~ corrunc over our he.adJ

The camera describin& his family's relationship 10 the FENCL beh.ind h.im. The SHOTS nnc out. blurry from I.hen. ~ewman protectin1 his children under him.

1lM (OVER) Wae you called u a Vwitne.ss to the Warren Commission?

J'tM (in present. c:ou, uoom) Twenry-su trained medical personnel at Parldalld Hospiw saw ....;th their o..,, eyes the baclc of the President's hud blasted ouL

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DR. PETEJtS on the stand.

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DR. Mca.nu.N on the scand. C

FUSRIAC~ TO: PARKLAND EMERGENCY ROOM • DAY (1963)

The DOCTORS watm1 on die Presk4eac ,.

JlM(OVEJl) NGI ane d the civilian doclcn who examined 1wD II Patland reaarded his throal wound u anY')\inL':. a wound o( encry. 'The doc1on found no 1't'Ounds of ena-, ia die back d the 1111 lhen d cow,e aJlhoup Tew law requim an inquest a autaply, lhe body w ille&ally mowd back 10 Wuhina,on ror the autopsy.

SECRET S!JlVta Ind MD..rrARY MEN yd and ft&ht .;ch DALLAS DOCTORS and SHEJUF1 for possession ~ the body. They wheel fl OU1. ffy(ns. pushin& aside DtJJas PERSONNEL

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Alll F-ORa ONE II.kin& off. ..phoco ~ LBJ swom la.

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J1M (OVER}

a takeoff as it v.,a.s a 1eiaway ..,i,h the newly swom in President..

JlM(OVER) On the plane incidenwJy, President Johnson bein& in such irca1 numoil over the possibility of a nuclur wv .;ch either Russia « Cuba over this inciden~ tJ,e ·tone nut· solution ID the crime wu announced by the lniliwy Joint Oiefs to the pa.sscnce- befcm of course any kind d invesrication had sw,t.d.

C The room is c:nmmed ..;&h MD..trARY OFFICERS, SECRET SERVICE and at the c.encer. nut.EE pmty intimidated IXXIOIU. PlcnJRE.S &bein1 CUM.

DR. F1Na Is OI die stand. net. very pncbl.

J1M

Fu the reason that we were told to ewnine the heM wounds and the-

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1IM M you sayill& someone told you QS21 tO dissec1 the neck'?

· FINCK (rattled} I wu cold that the funily wanted cuminarion of~ heJd.

JtM As a patholo11s1 it wu your obliption 10 explo~ aD pos.sjble causes ol ~th ,..as it not?

JlM . Y04JI Honor, I would yow Honor like to direct the v.imtss IO answer rny question. W'hy did he not dissect lhe tnck o( the bullet wound in lhe neck?

FtNCJt No.

FlNCJC No. because there wen= othen, there were a4minll.

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FUSHB.4CX : KJNNEY spew. (Ad Lib)

Ji.m rums away, point is cnade to the Jury. Finck is aone.

J The camen moves in ti&hter and ti&hter.

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absolute proof of a ~incy ID COYG' it UD t/'ttt the fact because the people •ho ma r1'ese phocos •ere the Oovemment. Your OoYemment.

Jim on a ft>ll, knows it The faces in the counroom are with him. absorbed. horrified.

JUDO! Owmaled!

The Iudal It hcnllect, leanin& fCl"WVd to lisien to the tale as ii mi&ht ha'f't unfolded.

FUSRaAC~ - epilepdc lnc:ideat

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Fl.ASH - SrxTI-1 FLOOR SHOOTERS. One or them is the BUU. ..,;th OTiiER CUBA..'lS.

n r, 'IIM ; ,r~ \ 2[{1/'{\ .·Ji [Yl!:J ., ... the County Records rooftop ... perf'ect point or view down Elm. f\., QP/2. Noone spou these shooten. • ~ I \ 'i-f/)X.. ~.)

Wvti ~ EXT. COUNTY RECORDS BUILDING • DAY

~SH · COUNTY RECORDS ROOFTOP SHOOTERS .. the POV down Elm. This r~ the sue o u1ument., is the "INDIAN" and MAN Z. who impersonated Oswald in Mexico.

fl..ASH - GRASSY KNOLL SHOOTERS. One of them is dressed as a OaJtas POLICEMAN .

tvJ (,M ;. A. ~vt ... the shooters ftrsl seen by Lee Bowers. now dead. in the Watch Tower o( the n_. ·,~ft{-LVV'1\.J., l'l"'....J.. J.Y v'\Jt1; e .:, __,, ( -- \. :I " , ,ui,yard. The .,_.ec:t aiansulation o nR is now in place. Kennedy's moc~e

makes the tum from Main onto Hous&Oft.

FLASH - SLOW MO - lhe Jf1C WIYI and Nm.

FLASH - Houston Snct POV up aa 1'VO Sixth F1oor $HOOTEJU cmvin& around.

All the SHOOTERS ID,1a·011 the wee positions ti&htenina. won1 aim. A tense· cnomenL

MONTAGE;

On KENNEDY w,vina. An Eisensteinian MONTAGE tolJows - aD the races in the SQUARE ~at we've introduud in the movie now appear one aflu the ocher- w11Chln1, lhe k:illen. the man.,.,~ · umbrella. the Newman ra.mily. Mary Mocnnan photoJT'lphinl, lean ~ Abraham Zapruder fi tmu l it. Gordca Amold tilmin1 ic. Orville Nlx. Beverly Oliver. cc.. •

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['."'TERCVT ...,.,th the ZAPRVDER & SIX films on JFK in t.he final sec.onds. ,omJn& 1brcas1 of :."I S1cmmons Freeway si1n.

Fl.ASH- COUNTY a..EJUC ROOFTOP SHOOTER. the INDIAN. rares

A..ASH - HIS POV - lhrou&h the si1ht on the back on Kennedy's head.

1tM ... misses. sounds like a backfn...hits Jim Teacuc..look how tu Tucue is •· h1&,h. unlikely you'd hie him from the Book Depository, r:na-e likely from the Dal Tu Buildin& or the County Records Rooftop.

A..ASH - JlM TE.AGUE at the UNDERPASS rcac:tin1 as ii a mosquito bit him.

Evcry1'un1 aoes off fa.st now. REPEATING INlcRCUTS slowed down with KENNEDY rw:ur the ~pruda film and:

11M ...then the second shot in the throat from the fronL

Ft.ASH - ·sAOOE.\tAN• die Dallas Policeman hittinf him~ the fence. seen from JFX'S POV .. ..rnene POV - JFK ln the Bad1eman·s telescopac si&hl Jf1C cluu:hes his throat.

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...third shot in the back..

FU.SH - SOC1lf FtOOR SHOOTER. the BUU... ensconsed in h.is boxes .. J,tis POV - throu&b s:i&ht onto the back ol Kennedy.

FLASH-COUNTY RECORDS ROOFTOP. ·INDIAN• ftrins...h.is POV on Kennedy, himn1 U>Mally,

ft..ASH- 11IE UMBREU..A MAN ii pumpin1 his W!fflDI.

FUSH - BAOOEMAH II lhe Fence - his POV - ftrin1 - lhe PIU:SIDENT from the ZAPRUD film flyin1 backward and leA.

FLASH - SIX1H R.OOR SHOOI El.

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FUSH ·- ROOFTOP SHOOTER

JlM What happens then! Pandemonium.

fl-4.SH -~ aprudu rum of Jaclcie on lhe back of the car, the mocortade spcedin& otr.. .People NJ for the Grusy KnoO..•

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GORDON ARNOLD, lace 20's bce(y, insecllff. a dnVtl.

GORDON AJlNOU), in ktlaki ser.ice unifcrm ,,.,;111 lhe p-een cap. ftlmi.na. He hits the deck u t. SHOT mets ri&hc over him. He is about ien fw from die Picket Fence. undcmuth a tree.

The BAOOEMAN NMin& out from the fence. up ., ARNOLD sall lyin& Oft 1he p-aund.

:. ARNOLD(OYEl) ...llld I dloupt it was a potice officer came be had die unifcrm ol a police officer bu& be didn't war a hac and he had d1ny llands but it didn't rwly maner much u1. widl him ayift u he was and whh him shaJdn (Amold"s shaken voice) and he hai ~ ia Ills hand I dunk I would've Ii~ him almost an~inl nc.ept the tame becm• NI WU my mocha's and what lhe man did MS kick me Ind asked 1111 l'-1"' ca.tin& a picnn

ARNaJ) Tab the tum sir, but I can't let you have che amen. it's my mom's.-

AP.NOU>, trembllne, quicky saips the ftlm from the camen. Thf BAOOEMAN p-abs the film hurries o6 roward d,e puti,11 loc.

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A.R.'IOl.D (in pn:senl) I cave ii 10 him 111d he -.en1 back off i.n the duution o( I.he ptr1on1 loc. And I ....,cnt ( in the Other direction a.nd 3 days later the Army sent me 10 AJa.su and I didn't come back to U'le Unite.d S,t.ates for 18 months.

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ED HOFFMAN, a middJe-11ed de.a/ mute, makes si1naJs to us. tnnslated by an CNTEJlPRETER

JlM(OVER) Ed Hoffman wu st.1ndin1 at the Overpass

The view is from St\'ently yards. noc thaa clear at aJL

This 'MAN IN lHE BLACK HAT is a backup possibly to 'lld,eman'. TIie man takes the rifle u C desaibed and pves it to a THIR.D MAN. who locks like one oldie HOBOS. The Man i.n the hu disappears.

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RES EAlomt on stand with a blow\lp ol che MOORMAN PHOTOGRAPH. He uses a pouutr.

RESEARCiER. ·-" loot the Moorman pho&opaph

fl.ASH- MOORMAN nat., JEAN HJU.. ta1an1 die phocop1pb.

RESEARamt (OYer the blowup) ...and " zoomed in hae...undl pieces of chis ima&e bepn to make men and more seme...it tcolt us aIona rime ., realize it. it's oaly ~ square inch al t.be orisinal but.••

He puu a plaslic cover OYa' die dnwin1 with a pr=awn outline of a FIOUR.E - lhe BADGEMA.; ruins... . .

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RESEAROiER .. you can su the muuJe blast here ... and I.he shape of the body ruin& 1nd \.hen ..,e · realiu.d this (eUow wu wurin& some lend of unirorm...sec ri&ht here... lhe pa1ch...Jooks like I.he DaJlu Police Depanmenl We called him ·sad1eman·.

AU lhis CTUpily bec.omes CNe lo our eyes ... He fiJJs in the rist of the phoco •· the second l'NII. lrd GORDON ARNOLD.

RESEAROiER ...over here ..,e see a second man in a hardhat and a black t-shin. the H1htin1 so~ consistent with lhe rest o( the picture... and then here, what &ma.zed us --hen ..,e hun Gordon's Arnold's story, is v.,e always wondered what this wu •· he says he -...u s~c abou1 10 feet from tha1 fence•· there's a pointed army hat. the ncht hand up his rxe. somelhin& obstNCtin& it..like a camera. that «hen hu to be C,Onion Arnold

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11M (pause ror errect) Possibly ·sad1eman·s· been inftl1n1ed from miliwy inlelliaence into the Oallu Police OepanrnenL Or maybe he was just a fake cop, who knows? \Vhai else wu coin& on in Dwey Plw thar day? Well suppc,sed '"hoboc•• ..,e~ bein& pulled off nns and anuied. but no record olthOM amsu... .

FUSHIAC~ •• HOBOS bein1 ams1ed. ..marc:hin1 across OeaJey P1iza. The hoboc look familiar DOW.

FUSHIAC~ • MEN la suits. des. llatl, m!Mftl people out ol lhe pwn1 lot area. .. Nfflill& a POUaMAN back. ,,

JlM ...aldaoup the Secret Service sayt none ol \heir penonnel wu there, ~ho Ila wu impenonatin1 lhem..And when WU Lee Orltald?

OSW AJA coal u acucwnber, at the cob machine u MAUlON BAJCD. 1 policeman amves. sun palled Oii llfm. aJon1 ..-ith RAY 11lULY, the superintend.ant. They yell 11 Oswald. thca run oa, sadsfled.

BAXEll Whoa! Handsupl

OSWAU> Whatsa man.er?

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~Ul..Y Ye.ah... he·s okay (u Buer mo"es on) The President's been shot!

OswaJd u if he.aril\1 it for the r\l"Sl time.

~T. SIXTH FLOOR DEPOSITORY • DAY

osw AU) u the shooter on the suu.h nocr. Afi&r fuinJ, he runs full speed for.the su.in. st.1shin1 the nne on the other side ol lhc loft. Follow hun doW'ft the stain 10 the Lunchroom ..-tute he buys a coke Crom the machine, as Patrolman~ and I.aux n.in in.

JlM(OVER) ...he swhes his rine on the ocher side of the loft. be JuYU three cannd1u neatly side-by-side in the ftrin1 nest. he spnnu dowa ftw fli&hu ol stain. past witnesses Vic10ria Adams and·Sandra Scyla who newr see him. 1e11 a Coke from the D'\IChinc which Ilk.es cime ro 1e1 s,ock• chanae and widl paf'ect bruth ccncn,& cooly wwen Paaohnan Bull's quesiiona - all ws

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CARR. tbe panlyud sieelworter. on she stand.

CAJUl .. J seca four men NMinl ouc ol the look °'Ji:tmy· Three of the meo ,. jumped lftlO I Nash aamNer facin& Norm Oft ~•

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The CUIAMS and OSWAlD &eninl 1ft the Nash and rouin& olf.

and took off ru1 rut. n. ocher py, the av, rd 1ea in che 6dl noar Mndow earlla befon the shoodna. heavy,et py. &1wes. a WI rponcoal • • he wu WIBdn& east Oft ~ Slleel. ill a real tnny, and kept lookin& over his sllowder.

The FOUlnl MAN moYin1 east duc:n1,ed on Ccn..Uelce Street u the cops close in on the Book Oqmitay Bm1cti111.

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The Mannlicher is a piece of junk u far u rm conumed. c~p mail~rder. The Mauser is a first rate -.,upon.

JlM So wh1t happened to the Mauser?

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The stary ,eu preny COftfusina now, men twists in it than a w11ennue, one man says (our men in a Rambler, another says rwo mu. maybe the Rambler aoes up the block. drops some ol the men. some people uy 0swaJd took a but out of Ihm ~use he had a bus ticket in his possessions and cheft a cab. but the cabbie wu killed in a car wreck ...tint cabbie to dle in DIJ1u since 1937.

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OSW AU) &enin& an a.,_

11M(OVER) •.kc Jets U1Ume Osnld wanes to &et beck wich lus intell team. see MIi's acin& Oft hen. there"• a Joe ol confusion. maybe he thinks he's llill -.,posed IO play aJon1 widl this china till die aovernment tens him Whll IO do. wllo knows whaa Oswald is thinkfnl-•

FUSRIAC• TO:

C1osin1 aa OSWALD'S perplexed race back 11 this room ill 1he boudln& house.

F.AJU.ENE ROBERTS che black housekeeper peeks out the shades u she kan two beeps on I hon from outside. She looks OUl die window. ·

A COP CAR driven by TIPPET with t.he BADGE'.\-tAN drives by.

· JIM (OVER CON"T) Oswald rerums 10 I.his roominc house around l PM. halt how after the wusination, chances his clothes ...omur Tippet is shoe between t: 10 and 1:15 about a mite away. Thouch no one actually saw him "'11kin1, the GoYemmenr s.ays Oswald walked that disW'ICe. Eariene Roberu, the housekeeper who clied last yw of a he.an an.ack. says she heard two beeps on a car hom and two uniformed cops rolled by, like ii wu a sicnaJ or somedun1. Oswald walked •· mile in six to ten minuw and eommined the murder, then walked 31• o( a mile on to the Tcus 'lllutte and arrived sometime before 1:30. Thac's S,Qme wallcin1. Some W'itness even place him in the theatre u early u 1:OSP ·

, ; OSWALD ..,,~ aJone. fa.st. A cop w pulls up aJon1sidc him oa 1°'11 Screet. ;t,:. / OFFlCER TIP~•-· suspicious. &etS out to question him. OSWALD pulls his revolver 31 I rcvol-.u and shoou him down in the Street wilh 5 shou.

JlM(OVEl) It's also a useful ccnclusion. After all. if he killed Officer Tippet. why would he do chat ii he hadn't killed the Presidau7 None d &he ..,;cnesses t0 tlle shooc:in& however 1ft Sift.

L- OOMINGO BENAVIDES in his auck, hidden. only a few yuds away, "'llchu u ANOTHER UN'IDENTIFIED MAN (noc seen before) shoocs and "1b away.

ACQU1U..A a.EMONS, a black woman 1oaldft1 on. ,.

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HE..R POV - lWO MEN (unidendfted) kill TIPPET. The rwo men walk olf quickly in two clitecrioas. We Dccice a polic.eman's uniform hans;n1 in chc back sw of Tippet's car.

Acquilla Canons saw the kilJer widl anocher man and say, they "'""' off ia teplrlll dlft:ctions. Mn. 0emant WU ne'ltf·taba IO lineup 01' to I.he Wama Cmnimoe. Mr. Fnnt Wrllht who saw lhe kiDet run away ..., IU~VII ill sad.na NI lhe killer WU DOC Lee Oswald. Oswald i, fo.d wi.. 1 31 rnotver. np ll killed with a 31 autcmadc. Let me otrer yoa anocher anario and oa chlJ t CCQJd be Wft>ftler tlWI a diamond in • pt's m. Oswald le.ti in die car driven by 'tippet who's friend is -Sad,eaa• who's chanpn1 o, chanced back &tto dvtllan clothes. He's &OC bushy black hair u some ol the wimesses seem ID apee..

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Oswald knows Bad&eman. Thin1s hi..,e &one ...,,,"I• They're hud.in1 for Redbird Airpon. Whe~ t.here·s • li&h1 plar.e ....,ajtin& ror them. Somethin& happens in lhe cu. I don't know •· maybe OswaJd senses somethin1 wron1. maybe he thinks he's the patsy and they're 1oin1 to kill him. 'They Ui'JC. He wlnts to cer our. 'Tippet Jets ....,ind of somcthin1 much bi,aer U'WI he upected. He t.hou1h1 he was doi.nJ his buddy B&d1eman • (aver but the ~sident &ettinc killed is noc in his plw. They u,ue. Bad1ema.n sh00U TippeL OswaJd 1eu u~ay.

The Tippet Murder scene. Their:" ar,ue. tJ\e car comin1 to stop. OSWALO &etS out. lip '1 comes aft.a tum. TIPP comes out. BAOGEMAN eomes out. shoou TIPPET

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OSW ALO movin1 aJon1 the AVENUE. spooked. Police SIRENS ft:111' by. (_

JlM(OVB) Os'lt'lld is spooked by this point. He besins 10 understand the implications of this dlin1- That he's been set up. 1ipp#t wu possibly tryinJ to arrest bim. Maybe he even dld shoot him out oC rear. He wants to h,de. He's 1cc S14 in his pcxket but he ~uses to buy a 75c cicket so tha& he can aana an.cncion? 0oesn·1 make sense.

osw Al..D buyina lbe •n dcbc. -V:nu ay• is playin& wilb VAN HERJN. HI aoes in.

FIFTEEN. OfFlaJtS in a fteet ol pacrol can arrive II the thean.

12. 1' specmon sit scattered between the balcony and pound no«. nm OFFICERS cJosin1 in aa OSWALD trom the rear and 6ont ~ the pound ffocr.

OSW AU> (Jumps up) · I am 1101 RSisana urestJ I am noc resiscin& ureal

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As ,J e1pectin1 to be shor. He is hit. lJ'Tesw:!, pulled ouL

The ramcus ponnit or OSWA1.D beins led out into history by the phallnl ol POLICE. the blaclcened eye. ..

'JlM(OVER) There is a peat quote from Dr. Besr, Himmler's risftt hand man in the Gestapo •· '"as lone u the police c:anies out the w;o of the leadenhip, it is actin& le1aJJy: Oswald must've (eh like Josef Kin JC.alka's The Ida.I He wu never told the reuon of his arrest, he does noc know the unseen (ore.es ranfinc 11ainst him. he cries out his oucnce in the police lineup just like Josef K excoriates the judce for"°' bein& told I.he c:twces acainst him. But the state is de.al. The quany is e1uaht. By the time he is brou1ht fn:>m the theatre. a tarp aowd is waian110 sawn at him. By the mne he reaches police headquanus. he is booked ror a,wtJerin1 Tippit••

C Oallu Police Captain WUJ.. fRlrZ tabs die call frtJrD LYNDON JOHNSON in Wuhinl',OIL In BO we mi&ftt nocice LEE OSWALD cont:inuin& 10 be questioned. ROGER CRAJO mipt crou. All we hear is JohnSOft'S distincrivt Texu drawl, we never 5" him.

c.a,•1 I bow you're workins like a do& doW11 then to set this mess Mapped up bvc I aoaa 1eD you lhcrt's 100 much c:cnf'usion comin1 out ot Dallis DOW, the lVI and 6e papen are full ol Nmar "bout c:cnspirades. l paamea. 2 rifle&. the RuSUHS done it. the Oabw done it. that kinda loose talk. its tcaria' the shit ouna people bu~•. Wt &ot ID show 'em we 101 dlis dun& under concrol. No quesaoa. no doubts.. ror the sood of 01S c:ow1ay._you hear me1

fM'Z Ya sir.

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Cpa' you 101 your man. the invesd1atioas over. t}w's what people*'"' to bur.

Ca.men dalin1 oa OSWALD in backpoand.

~T. UNDERGROUND POLICE GARAGE • DAV (1963)

JACX RUBY allowed in by his POLICE CONTACT. moves towvds lhe ou1er ed&e ol REPOR-raRS. nervous.

OSW ALO Vtith his TWO GUARDS comin1 oul Reputin& the a.smsination in stop time... ·

Oswald buried. A few people.

In concnst. The thousands.

FUSHIACI - X l'lldln& about lt la die New laland Airpol,

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LIZ. waichin&, moved. SUStE. LOU OSER. NUMA ·· lll I.here for lhe summa1ion.

,JtM <CONTI 'i'ruson doth never prosper· wrnte an Enclish poet. •-.,hat's lhe ruson? F~ if i1 prosper, none dare call it trU$0n. -i1\c 1enen.Js who sent Cmyfuss to Dev;Js Island "'ete amon1 the mos1 honcnble men in France. the men "'ho killed Caesar \lfete amon1 the most honorable men in Rome. We have ruched a similar time in our counuy, socmwna lib ..,.haz life must've been like under Hitler in the 30's uupt •c don't ruliz.e it because racism in our councry tues the benisn discuise of liben.l democncy. 'There

1t1d Auschwiues. We're not &oinc to wake up one mominc and suddenly find ouneJvcs in craY unifonns 1oose-s1cppin1 off 10 wort... I WIS widl the anillcry \lfhen \lfe \lfCnt into Dachau in ·,s. Bulldozers ...e~ maJanc pyn.mjds of hurNn bodies. What I saw there has haunted me even since, because it un:i_ a OenNn phenomenon. It's a humaA phenomenon. It can happen here because d'lere has be.en no incre.a.se ot undent&ndin& on the pan o( humans ror their reDow humans.

-i=aasm will come. Huey Lona once said, in \he name ot a,ni-facism• it will come in the name of 9NadonaJ Securiry. ■ it will cane with \he mass media manipulacin& a clew, ccnc:enftQOfl camp ol lhc mind d the___population. 1111 Amaican people have yet 10 see the ~pr,Jder ftlm. Why? The American people have yet IO see the rul phocotraphs and X-rays of the autopsy. Why? There are hundreds ol cb:umentS dt11 could llelp proYt \his conspinc:y. \1/by haw they been withheld« burned by the Cio\lemment? This case has mere ac:cidencs. fires. mere buminl ol papers than a.ay murder cue in history. It's had a,ore dead and disappeM"ed whnwes lhu any murder case in histay. Why? Each time my oMce or you the people haw asked those quesdON. demanded crvciaJ evidence. the answer from cm hi&ll has been •nadonaJ tec'\S'iry•. W'hat kind ot •nalioftal secunry• do wt have wha we have been robbed of our leaden? Who determines ~ •nadanal tecuriry'"? ""'81 •utioftaJ secwiry• penaiu the ~ll'IMI ~ ,. fundamencal power from die hands oldie Americul people and Yllida• the ucendancy or inwible a~cmmenc in lhc United Swes1 Iba& kind ~ •naDOMJ secunry• tidies and acntJcrnen oldie jury ii when it smells lib it. feels Uta II. and looks like it. you call it what it is - i(t fldsmt

I submit ID you that what l00t place on NOYembcr 22. 1963 WU a ~ d'em. Its moa direc:, and trasic result WU I rtvenal of ~sident 1Ccaled)'1 ffllllfflitment IO whhdnw from Vietnam. Responsibility for lhc tJlousands olbrave meia cocnin1 home in body blp eu1 be nced ID a fomp po8cy nm by I shadow &ovemment COIISISUI of carvpt mm at die hi&faal ~ls~ die Penta~ the inceWaence esubUs1\lnent and the siant muldnadonal cap:ndons. The Cold Ws Is the Maese business iD America MJnh SIO billion a year. The President wu murdeftd because he wu aenuinety see.kin& ~ in a CDCTUS,C world. He wu murdertd by a conspiracy planned "' advance at the hf&hat levels of 1he United States and anied out by fanatical « disciplined C.Old Warrion iD the Penucon and CIA's cova, opentions appannzs - amon1 \hem O&y Sbaw heft before )'0111 •· and the11 coUabonton outlide the Ciovemmeat. It wu a public exeanioa and It wu covered up ~~-minded indi-.iduals in die DI.Du PoUoe Depanmenc. the ~ the FB~ and

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Pause. The ROOM shufflin&, murmunn1. C,ay Shaw smirks. smokfo& his ci&arette. The very '1'1l'diosiry of the char&e work.s in his favor. Jim is fallin1 apart from built-up srnin. fati&ue, his voice cnckin1 now.

11M The uwsination reduct.cf lfle President o( the United Stat.es to a tnnsient official. a servant o( the warfare concJomente. His wi1nmen1 is to S'pe.,.k as oft.en u possible ol the nation's des~ for peace while he seNes u a business a1ent in Conp-ess for lfle military and their hardware manufacnnn. Some people will say I am nua (this sets I l1u1h), a southem caricanw seekinf hiper offlc.e. WeU, tMR is a very simple way 10 determine if am paranoid. Lei's ut the man who has pro~ ted the most from the assassination - y<:AJt President Lyndon Baines Johnson•· co release 51 CIA docwnents perwnin1 co Lee Oswald and Jack Ruby, or the secra ctA memo on Oswald's activities in Russia that wu •destroyed• while bein1 phoc000pied. All these doc-umena are ma.- the people's propeny- you pay tor ic tiar because you are a child •ho mi&ht be too distwt,ed a, depRssed to tau realcy. you c:annoc see these documents for anocher 75 yan. rm 4S so lhcre's no hope for me but rm alrudy te1Un1 my I year old son ro keq, himself pb)'1ically ftt so dw one &larious ~ember mamiftl ill 2031 he can walk inlD che Nation&I Althiv• and ftnd out lfhaC the C1A knew. They may cwn pu.sh it back theft. It may become a 1enendonaJ affair. with qmmans passed dow,a from father co son, rnocher., dauahcer. in the manner ol tt.e ancient rwuc buds. Someday. somewhffl. scene one may ftnd out the &odd.amned TnilJII Or" mi&ht jusa build ourselves a new Oowmmcnt - maybe a Ihde fanher out Wea

Goes IO the Jury.

,. JIM AIA American 111Nnlist ..,,.. • a pauioc must always be rady to defend its cowury aalinst ic's-1:tememnc rd hate 10 be ia your shoes today. Yaa IIX • lot so dunk Yoa have seen ndl biddea evidence die ~ ~Uc hu never received. Ooin1 blck., whea ~ wen chiJdrea. I IJunk cnoa ol us ill dab CCWV'00CD lhoupc dw Jusdce wne inm ball ..-am,ricaJJy. dw Vnae ns 111 own re'ftll'd. NI Oood would 1'1--" <Ne Evil But u yoa sa older" bow 1h11 du.I just ain't true. hlvfdaw 1lwnu belnp haw., mate Justice and dlil ls net euy beca1111 Jusdce cfleft prese,111 I dvut 10 power and you lla¥t I) ftp eo"CI' oftm • srut risk to ~If. People lib Julia AltM Meft:a'. Roser Cni&. IUdwd Randololl • arr. Jean Hill. Willie C71Ceelew and Oardon Arnold haYC came forward and taken chat risk. (praduces a lllCk ol leD&n) I have hen s.am1 Sim> ln lhae lenus sent '° my office from alt O¥a1he CCIW\U, -- qUINl'I. dimes. dollar bills trom house'ftives. plumben.. cu u.Jesmen. teachen. iDvalids... (holds up lhe the dollar bills. voice cnckin1 ffflcn snin)

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lkse are people who caM0( atrord to send monc~t do. these are the cna Yiho drive the cabs. who send their kJds ID Vlea,aa Why7 Because they rm. because tlaey want to know \he trvdl - tleciuse they

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11M (CONT) want their country back because it belonss to us the people u Ion& u the

UT1porwu value we have because ti the a-uUI does noc endure. if the ~emment murden tn.ith, if you cannot respect I.he heuu o( these people (shakin& the lenen), than this is no lonaer the councry in 'ilfhich v.,e ..,en b0m Md I.his is noc the councry I want co die in ... TCMylCII lrTO(e.•authoriry for1ets a dyin& kin1. • This wu nner mere true than (or John f . Kennedy whose murder •u probably the moa tunble moment in the hisaory of our councry. Ycu lhe people. you the jwy sysiem in sin:in1 ii\ judcment on Oay Shaw, repn:sent t.he hope of hwnaniry 11aina Government power. In discharfin1 your duty •u1t not what your country can do for you but what you c:an do for your country.• Do noc rorcet your dyin1 kins. Show the world th.is is still a aovemment o( I.he people. rcr \he people. and by me people. Nochin1 u Jona u you ti"e will ever be ffl0ft imporwu. (suns into camera) It's up IO you.

He moves and siu. The CDunroom is sail.

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The JU1lY f\Jes ill. havin1 reached a "~

1IM siu with his ST.Afr, LIZ. prepared

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JUlY FOREMAN We ftnd Oay Shaw .•• noc pilty on all councs.

Jubilaaon, cocnmocioa in lhc Court. !HAW happily standin1, shakin1 hands all over...

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1llE PRESS l'Ullftinl for chi phones.

ro.t waDdna OIi. pua the banks ol REPORTERS. TV Upcs in his fa,ce. LIZ by his side.

REPORTER CEn&lish acce•> ,._ Olnitcft. the American media ls reponin1 lhis u a full vindkadon oldle Wana Commission, do yoa...

I fCI' yot11 resi&natiOft. unllc to hold office. you~ n,ioed Cay Shaw's \.._ repuCIDOft. ~ you 1oin1 IO resip1

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1tM waits on the same par'( bench overlooldn& lhe MAU. or die LINCOLN MONUMENT ...

.. .u X walks up, a UnJe peyer. a little more stooped, ill-rirrina in h.is d-Alian clothes.

11M Well. !hanks (or coauns.

X You didn't aet thar break you needed but you""'"' u far u any man could bubba (sitS nest 10 tum) What can I do (or you?

X (pause) Probably in some boardroom somewhere.. Boaon. Houston, heD maybe some banken meecina in Bonn. Oenmfty. maybe rwo or three ol 'em are ha'lin1 lunch in the dinina rocm ol Dm sky,cnpu in New Yort . Wl,o bows - it's lntemadonal now.

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X (OVU) ...one of them makes a caJl. ."!MY sw, wk:in1 about iL A re..., people here. I.here. Heads of lhe CIA. Miliwy people.Defense Con11ac10n. just ·convenations~. nothin& more. Somethin1 is unde,-.ay but i1 has no race. But everybody in the loop k..no...,s...

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Phone lines - noise. f ACES superimposed over che buildin1s.

X(OVER) Money is at stake. Bil.money. Kennedy brochen W'Jet vocin1 discncu (or Defense dollars. These people naht back. Their way. One day another simple call is made.••

INT• .PESTAGON OFFICE • DAY

His bac:k 10 us. 1 mn in c:iviJian cloc.hin1 is on the phone. Tilis is MR. Y ""ho we saw at Oea.ley Pl&A ShadoYtS pervade the ~ A little 'Widow ovcrlookin1 the CAPITOL

X(OVEl) ...maybe to somebody like my boss Ytho's been NMinl ·Mon1oose• and wbo tw no love (or Kennedy. .

l_· VOICE (on phone)

am. Yte're IOU'I• We need ycv, help.

X(OVER) EYUy1hul1's cellularized. No one hu saxl '"he must die•. there's been no--. lhae's no one ID blame, it's u old u die Q\acilwan, the Mt.ft& ftrin1 squad. one blank. no OM's pilry but whats paramount ts di.II it ~ no manp how many die.·how~ ii com. die perpcnccn - be 08 .. YMIWII side 111d IIIWI' subject ID proaecucioa (or anylhin1 bJ aa,aae. IbLis a caapd'ew.

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VOla(phone) II .. Fall. Probably ill Ille SoudL. Wt WW you ID come up widl a plan...

X(OVD) He's._ It before. OtJMr COOftcries. Lannuni,e la 1t.e e.onao, Trujillo. 1111 Domiftlcu Republc. ~ la 0De. he's "10ddft1 on Casao. No Ma dllL He flies in the flllniN. mayt,e trcm the special CID'llt. we keep oaaide Alhena. Qrwe. pM. may1,e scme b:tb. Olbw. Mana lain. probably an A.I. and C It.am. the team1 are ceDurize4. no one bows the odMn. Doetiare.allymauerwhoshachmwhl&~7 PlndN anay, bubb&. ne ususina by now an dead ar weU paid and loal aoae... .

11M (In prucAI) ....and your boa?

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X (smiles, business u usuaJ) You don't ask a spook for a sln.i1h1 answer, not 1h11 he'd e-.,cr lc,ow how 10 a:;vc one anyway. Orey ha.it. scill thinkJ of himself as the handsome youn1 wanior loved this coun~ but loved the conccpc ol wu mare.

91 tJ{\ , tJ,J'-{• (Jim shakes his head) 11111 pictwe of youn. The hobos... You never

-.,1 1,{if'J., 1( J~x.,.L looked deep enou1h... V t:J.V'Y },,~ FU.SHIACI -TIie HOBO PScture. ln one of these, nae to the wift tenet.Yin a dark L · ~ ,- ;~\,,,, suit is noechalandy in1usecun1 the hobos. Ids back to us. Camm closin1 in on Y. ' .\ " -\t,\ 1.-r: &i~w!ili. \Jj. {~u1. x coVER> f . ,: .f) v . ,A,~'-\ u/\it,,() 1I knew &he man 20 years. nw·s him. The way he "1.ked...anns at his

~ ' 1 • . ---·-~v"f class rin&- W1111 wu he doin1 dlere? tt anyone had asked him. he"d ...t~ '. . {VJ~ ' I ;\iv\P s,n,l,ably say •()"Mec1ioft• bul nJ lell you I chink he wu &ivin& sane ldnd 1 1 J.,v:., \J.. VJ " ot ·~ slf!W ID lholl hobos - &hey're .about to let booked and be's 'J\ .-r \~-t telliAI em tt·s IOMI Wokay, they're COYered. And in fact they were •• r •..,V. you newt beard of diem apia. '

X . I IIWI' did. (tan smile) I bep dllnkin1 ot dw day, Sunday, 11thile Oswald Wll beifta ldJJed. LIJ WU sipina die memxandum 011 Vietnam widl Lodp.

FLASHJAC~ TO:

JOHNSON la'Ol1 the shadowed room with LODOE and O'tHERS. Hls Teus cnwl ruin& and falllD1. He sips somcdlinl unseen. l

.. JOHNSON • Oeademen. I want you to bow rm penonalty cocmnined 10 Vietnam. rm nae &oin1 IO take one tokler out ol lhere rill they know we meu business iD AsiL-

X (OVER) ...ai,d that was the day Vietnam stu,ed.

O.i'TTO:

D<X1.i~ST AJl Y FOOTAGE ·• US nOOPS an;v;n1 in ruU fora on lhc beaches of Oanana in wly 196$ .•. as another er1 be&ins and our movie ends.

OVER A BUCK SCREEN WE READ:

-In 197$, VICTOR MARO[ETTI. former executive assiswu to the CIA's depury director. staled thaa durin& tush-level 0A me.etin&s dwin& the trial of 1969, ClA direca RlCHARD HELMS disclosed that a.AY SHAW and DAVID FERRJE had worked for the . , A1ency, and 1h11 Mr. Helms ~as concemed over the fate of Shaw. _,,..,1. 1.,u· c.1

\.,) o.,,v,,J.XJ..(f~.L1,:1.,T~li-j"_ c,{,1yJ-i.1_i-....d, {_ /At· t,U!tll-VJ4 jY. ,_£-P,,.) {..1,,~J\,q{t{ ( ,1, ,--1-\ (t,,1•1(...1];_,,,-... · -tn 1979, RiC'HARD'HELMS. tfizettl,r ot coven operations in 1963. ldmined under oath thai Cl.AY SHAW had Aaency connections.

-Cl.AY SHAW died in 1974' of suppow.t tuna cancer. No autopsy ~as allowed.

• [n November. J969 JIM OARJUSON was re-elected to a third term as Oisaict Anorney ol Orleans Parish. tn Ju11e of 1971. he was arreSted by Federal Aaenu on charsu of allowin1 payoffs on pin~ pmblin1 by araaniJ.ed crime. In Se~ ol 1973. a/'D defendin& lwmelf in Ffderl1 C'.cwt. he '&'IS quickly round noc suilcy of charses that appur to have been framed apina llilll. uss dlan siz weeks laau. he wu na,rowly defuted on a fOW'lh bid u Dislriet Anarney. In 1971. he w,u elected Judae of the Lcuisiana Swe C.ow1 of Appea1 in New Orleans. He w,u re◄lected in 1911. To dusdate. he hu brou1h1 the only public prosecudaG in die Kennedy killinl-

·ELIZABETH. his we. lelt him in 1971. Oanison remanied Ind divorced. He now u...es in the same house he lived in wi&h Eliubelh. who lives a block away. Theil si1 children ate lfOWIL

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