Act 4, SCENE 1 INT: AMED/LINDA HOME – LATE NIGHT LINDA opens the door for OMAR. OMAR: Hey. Where’s he? LINDA: Upstairs. I was finally able to get him to put some clothes on. He was standing naked in the kitchen and mumbling to himself over a pot of hot water….
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ACT 3, SCENE 1 INT: AMED/LINDA HOME – NIGHT LINDA BUTLER comes running into the front door of the house. LINDA: Amed. Amed, where are you? The house is dark. LINDA turns on the light, but everything appears normal. In the distance, there are voices. She follows them into the LIVING ROOM, where…
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TEASER BLACK SCREEN. HEAVY PANTING AND SNIFFLING. DIAL TONE and 3 LOUD BEEPS. DISPATCHER (O.S.): 911, what’s your emergency? A CHILD starts to cry. His voice is trembling. In the BACKGROUND, hysterical screaming and a crying baby. DISPATCHER (O.S.): Hello? 911, what’s your emergency? BOY (O.S.): Send help please….
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ACT 5, SCENE 1 EXT: J-COOL’S VARIETY – LATE NIGHT Outside the store is a mild commotion. Police sirens light up the street. Passersby stop and look on curiously. LEIGH is sitting on the sidewalk curb desperately searching through her phone. Her hands are trembling. She’s crying. In the background, JOSE tells an officer his…
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Act 4, SCENE 1 INT: MOTEL – LATE NIGHT MAYOR: This isn’t going to be easy for me. You know this. MAYOR is sitting on the edge of the motel bed. SARAH sneaks up behind him and buries his face in her hair. SARAH: I know it’s not. I’m here for…
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ACT 3, SCENE 1 INT: ASTRO CITY’S GANG UNIT HQ – INTERROGATION RM- AFTERNOON LOCO sits with his hands uncuffed and folded neatly across a table. His head is tilt over the back of the chair and staring up at the halogen lights. From HIS POV, in the brightness is The Goatman. Door opens, enters…
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TEASER ACT 1, SCENE 1 INT: ASTRO CITY HIGH – CLASSROOM – AFTERNOON (CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE SEQUENCE) A diverse group of students sit together looking solemn and depressed. Among them is LEIGH SUAREZ. TEACHER (O.S.): Alright class! Free period! Suddenly the students come alive and break into an uplifting and hopeful dance, music should…
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ACT 5, SCENE 1 INT. REV’S HOME – NIGHT FOLLOW SHOT: REV walks through the front door in more pedestrian garb. He is SMILING and putting his stuff down. REV: I’m home. There was a line outside the office. They wouldn’t let me leave. I had to sneak out before Sister Netta’s group…
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Act 4, SCENE 1 INT: RISE CHURCH – HALLWAY: AFTERNOON There is a line outside REV MAC’S DOOR. People are standing or sitting on benches patiently waiting to see him. Some are praying furiously and others are crying. On the closed door is REV MAC’S nameplate and his listed office hours. We hear OS SOBBING…
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ACT 3, SCENE 1 INT: RISE: AME CHURCH – BASEMENT/SOUP KITCHEN – DAY Focus on MAYOR APOSTOLOU has his face buried in his hands. He grunts in pain. A worker walks into the kitchen area and hands OMAR BUTLER a bottle of water. OMAR shoos the worker away so he and the MAYOR are alone…
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