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WRITE MURDER RIGHT
ANAND RAINMAN
EXT: SKYSCRAPER - DAY
RICHARD PARKER, 30 years, jumps from 87th floor, hits the ground and
meets a gory death.
INT: FARM HOUSE - DAY
JENNIFER PARKER, 25 years, breezes inside the house.
JENNIFER
Richie. Richie.
She goes to the kitchen.
JENNIFER (cont'd)
Where the hell are you?
She opens the bedroom door.
JENNIFER PARKER (cont'd)
Rich. Rich.
She hears the sound of shower. She strides inside and knocks on the
bathroom door.
JENNIFER (cont'd)
RICHIE. RICH.
She opens the door but finds nobody in the shower. She turns her gaze
to find Richard Parker, sitting naked on the toilet seat and writing on
a laptop.
JENNIFER
RIIIICCCCHHHHAAAAAAARRRRRRDDDDDDD.
Richard Parker continues writing. Jennifer steps inside and stops the
shower. She walks near him and shouts.
JENNIFER
RICHARD. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
Richard Parker looks up, startled.
RICHARD PARKER
Hi. Jen.
JENNIFER
So you plan to continue writing?
RICHARD PARKER
What?
JENNIFER
As per our agreement, your two-year vacation period ends today and you
have to return home.
RICHARD PARKER
But I'm working on my second novel. Jennifer.
JENNIFER
No. No. No. NO RICHARD.
RICHARD PARKER
I need one more year. Jen.
JENNIFER
No. Richie. Strictly no. It's time for home.
I can't bear it anymore.
She runs out of the bathroom. Richard comes out, wearing a towel.
RICHARD PARKER
This time I bet I'll sell my novel.
Jennifer stops at the bedroom door and turns.
JENNIFER
You said the same last time and you have wasted two precious years.
Richard walks towards her.
RICHARD PARKER
No. Jen. But I gained a lot of experience. It'll help sell my second
novel.
Jennifer lowers her eyes.
JENNIFER
But we can't afford this. Richie
Richard Parker lifts her face up.
RICHARD PARKER
Why? Jen.
EXT: SHOPPING MALL - DAY
A car screeches to halt; a gunman lowers the window and shoots Richard
Parker coming out from a shop.
JENNIFER
I lost my job.
RICHARD PARKER
Oh.
JENNIFER
It's the economy and they are downsizing.
RICHARD PARKER
Bad luck.
JENNIFER
And another thing. Richie.
EXT: STREET - DAY
Richard Parker jogs on the street. A bomb explodes and tears him into
pieces.
JENNIFER (cont'd)
I'm three months pregnant.
RICHARD PARKER
Jen!
JENNIFER
I'm so lonely. Richie. I'm so depressed. I wanted to do something
meaningful.
RICHARD PARKER
But we planned to start a family after I made the first sale.
JENNIFER
Still, you can make it. You can write in the weekend.
RICHARD PARKER
No. Jen. I can't travel in two boats. It'll create havoc in my daytime
job like it did last time.
JENNIFER
Okay. Richie. I leave it to you.
EXT: MOUNTAIN - DAY
Richard Parker falls from a mountain into a river. A crocodile opens
its jaws, grabs him and swims away.
EXT: FARM HOUSE - DAY
Jennifer runs towards her car. Before getting inside the car, she turns
and shouts.
JENNIFER PARKER
Listen Richie. I love you. I love you so much. Please return home and
take care of your wife and the baby.
The car reverses and swiftly speeds on the driveway.
INT: FRASER GAMES SOFTWARE - DAY
JOHN FRASER, 50 years old guy, watches the computer screen.
COMPUTER SCREEN
Richard parker jumps from Skyscraper and crashes to death, a crocodile
catches him and eats him alive, a gunman shoots him and a bomb tears
him to pieces.
John Fraser dials a phone number.
JOHN FRASER
Hi. Rich.
RICHARD PARKER
Got the graphics?
JOHN FRASER
Yeah. What's this?
RICHARD PARKER
The death of a writer.
JOHN FRASER
So you can't make it.
RICHARD PARKER
Yeah. I'm quitting my writing career and I'd like to continue in my old
job, the animator.
JOHN FRASER
You're always welcome. Boy. I badly need innovative brain like yours.
Ext: FARMHOUSE-NIGHT
Richard starts to pack. He dump all his manuscripts; rejection slips
and books related to his writing career in front of the farm house and
sets fire to it. He tears away the plastic board "RICHARD PARKER,
WRITER" pinned on the door. He places the suitcases inside his car and
calls Jennifer Over cellphone.
RICHARD PARKER
Jen. I've decided. I'm returning home.
EXT: STREET - NIGHT
Richard Parker drives the car in the street. The street is almost
empty. He sees the neon signboard that reads SANDRA BOOK STORE. He
reverses the car and stops it before the shop.
INT: SANDRA BOOK SHOP - NIGHT
SANDRA WILLIAMS, 50 years old, sits behind a vast desk in the center of
the bookshop and reading a book. Richard Parker walks towards her.
Sandra looks up from the book.
SANDRA
Welcome writer. What's up?
RICHARD PARKER
I need the manuscript.
SANDRA
What?
RICHARD PARKER
The book I gave you for a read. I want it back now.
SANDRA
I read it. It's a wonderful novel. If I were a publisher.
RICHARD PARKER
Oh. Cut it. I don't want to hear all those craps. I want to destroy it.
I'm quitting my writing career.
SANDRA
Don't lose confidence. One day you will win.
RICHARD PARKER
Please Sandra. Give back the manuscript.
SANDRA
Okay. Wait a minute.
Sandra walks up the stairs found at the corner of the room. The
upstairs room is crammed with card board boxes, used packing materials,
old book racks, discarded books, unopened book parcels and chairs and
tables. She opens a cupboard and takes out a manuscript folder.
A masked figure gets up behind an unopened parcel and shoots Sandra
twice in the heart.
The killer dashes out of the room, steps down and stops short on his
path on seeing Richard Parker in the ground floor.
At this moment, the cell phone of the killer buzzes. But he ignores it
and pointing the gun at Richard, he climbs down.
He marches ahead, moves in a half circle around Richard, reverses and
walks backwards towards the door all the while pointing the gun at him.
The cell phone again rings as the killer disappears behind the door.
Richard runs up the stairs and looks inside the room. Sandra is lying
near the cupboard with blood splattered all over her chest. The pages
from his novel are scattered around her.
Flash cut
INT:CONFERENCE ROOM OF A HOTEL- DAY
Banners tied across the hall read "WRITER'S CONFERENCE". Writers are
chatting in small groups. Richard Parker sits alone in a corner and
drinks coffee.A middle-aged guy, an editor in a famous publishing house
comes there with a coffee cup and sits opposite him.
EDITOR
Hi.
RICHARD PARKER
Hello.
EDITOR
I read your novel in the workshop. It's good.
But launching a first time author is extremely tough. WE'll PUBLISH
YOUR NOVEL IF YOU'RE A CELEBRITY OR YOU FIND YOUR NAME IN THE FRONT
PAGE OF A NEWSPAPER.
INT: BOOKSHOP - NIGHT
Detective
Inspectors JOHN HANSEN, 40 years and SEAN ASTIN, 35 years, enter the
bookshop.
JOHN HANSON
You're the guy who made the call?
RICHARD PARKER
Yeah.
JOHN HANSEN
You said you killed this Sandra woman.
RICHARD PARKER
Yes. I'm a writer. I gave her my novel for a read. When I asked her
opinion, she simply ridiculed my book and made rude and offensive
remarks. We got into an argument, well I couldn't control my temper any
longer, and I pulled out my gun and shot her.
SEAN ASTIN
Where's the gun?
RICHARD PARKER
What?
SEAN ASTIN
The gun you shot with.
RICHARD PARKER
I'm sort of dazed. I couldn't believe I've committed a major crime. I'm
confused and I thought of running away. I threw the gun in the gutter.
But I know you guys are sharp and definitely would find me. So I
changed my mind and planned to surrender and tell the truth.
SEAN ASTIN
Okay. Where's the body?
RICHARD PARKER
In the upstairs room.
Richard Parker guides the detective inspectors to the upstairs room.
INT: JAIL ROOM - DAY
RICHARD PARKER, in jail dress, reads morning newspaper.
INSERT
WRITER KILLS HIS READER.
BACK TO SCENE
RICHARD PARKER'S JAILMATE
Buddy
Richard Parker looks up from the newspaper.
JAILMATE
I've seen lot of murder, treachery and robbery. I know a real from the
fake. I know you didn't commit that murder.
INT: JAIL'S VISITOR'S ROOM - DAY
ROBERTS HENSHAW, 30 years old guy, stands behind the cross wires that
divides the convicts from the visitors. He waves his hand as Richard
Parker enters the room.
ROBERTS HENSHAW
Hi. Richard. I'm Roberts Henshaw. Partner in a major literary agent's
network.
RICHARD PARKER
Nice to meet you.
ROBERTS HENSHAW
Let's come straight to business. I'd like to take you as my client.
I've some 150 authors in my client list and most of them are very
famous authors. I'll sell your novel in an auction and get you an
advance in six figures.
RICHARD PARKER
But I don't have the hard copy. I destroyed it all.
ROBERTS HENSHAW
No Problem. I read your manuscript. It's in the forensic lab. After the
test was over, I photocopied it and read it. It's a great book.
RICHARD PARKER
Thanks.
ROBERTS HENSHAW
Here is the contract. Note it's predated and don't forget to tell
anyone that you have signed it before you came to jail. Okay?
RICHARD PARKER
Yeah. I understand.
He passes the paper through the small opening and Richard Parker gets
it and signs it.
INT: JAIL ROOM VISITOR'S HALL - MORNING
JENNIFER PARKER
I know you didn't do this. You don't have the guts.
RICHARD PARKER
Yeah. I didn't do this. I'm desperate.
I'm cornered. I want a way out and I used this opportunity. Now I'm
famous. The whole fucking world will want to read my novel and the
fucking publishers will sell my novel. I'll make millions.
JENNIFER PARKER
But you will be sentenced to death.
RICHARD PARKER
No. We can find the real killer.
JENNIFER PARKER
HOW?
RICHARD PARKER
You go out, inquire around and collect the facts. I'll analyze the data
and the find the real killer.
CLOSE UP: RICHARD PARKER'S FACE.
It has a dreamy look
RICHARD PARKER (cont'd)
I love risks. I'm so happy now. I can feel the thrill in my blood. It's
better than wasting my life in stupid daytime jobs.
He looks up at Jenny.
RICHARD PARKER
Come on Jen. We can make it.
JENNIFER PARKER
Let's hope so.
RICHARD PARKER
Jen.
JENNIFER PARKER
Yes.
RICHARD PARKER
How'd you react if I really killed that woman?
JENNIFER PARKER
I'd hate you.
RICHARD PARKER
Then behave like a murderer's wife and don't let anyone know the
secret. Okay?
EXT: JAIL - DAY
Press people and T.V reporters circle Jennifer as she comes out of
jail.
T.V REPORTER ONE
Do you still love your husband?
JENNIFER PARKER
No. I hate him. I feel ashamed. I never thought he'd do such a stupid
thing.
REPORTER TWO
Is he such an aggressive man?
JENNIFER PARKER
Yeah. I remember him beating me in one or two occasions.
REPORTER TWO
He beat you? What for?
JENNIFER PARKER
No. It's personal.
REPORTER TWO
Is it over some trivial matters?
JENNIFER PARKER
Please no.
REPORTER THREE
We made a little bit research on you. We know you're pregnant. Do you
consider aborting the baby now?
JENNIFER PARKER
Please. Leave me alone.
Jennifer pushes the crowd and runs towards her car.
INT: JAILROOM - DAY
Richard Parker reads morning newspaper.
INSERT
JAIL CONVICT WRITER RICHARD PARKER SELLS HIS NOVEL FOR 15 MILLIONS
DOLLORS. HIS AGENT SELLS HIS NOVEL IN AN AUCTION.
BACK TO SCENE
Richard Parker throws the newspaper away. Jail mate picks the newspaper
and reads the headlines. He looks up at Richard Parker.
JAILMATE
Now I knew why you said you've killed that woman. Buddy. You're a white
collar criminal.
INT: JAIL'S VISITOR'S ROOM - DAY
Jennifer Parker meets Richard Parker.
JENNIFER PARKER
I started the investigation and found this dame Sandra's character very
interesting. She was a very tough lady. She lost her husband in Sep'11
incident and it made her kinda unbalanced and she went on killing
people.
RICHARD PARKER
What?
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S CELL-DAY
Richard Parker writes in the notepad
INSERT
Page from a notepad.
MURDER NUMBER ONE.
BACK TO SCENE.
INT: BOOK SHOP - DAY
Anita, a teenager is arranging books in the shelves. Sandra sits behind
her vast table in the center of the shop, opening mails.
SANDRA
Anita.
ANITHA
Yes. Ma'am.
SANDRA
Shit. Anita you again wrongly dispatched a book.
Anita stops arranging the books and stands still. She looks hurt.
Sandra stands up and walks to her.
SANDRA
What happened? What's bugging you? Anita it's third time you're doing
this same mistake?
Anita lowers her head.
SANDRA
If you've any problem, tell me.
Anita starts crying. Sandra walks closer to her and put her hand on her
shoulder.
SANDRA
Come on. Young girl.
ANITA
It's my ex-boy friend. I don't know he's a pornographer. He made our
love making a porn film and plans to upload it in his porn website. I
don't like it and I don't know how to retrieve the film from him.
SANDRA
Bastards. I know how to handle these pricks.
EXT: PENTH HOUSE - DAY
Sandra put gloves on her hands and presses the doorbell.
The door opens and MICHAEL LEWIS, Anita's lover, appears in the
doorway. Sandra pushes Michael Lewis aside and enters inside. Anita
follows her in.
MICHAEL
Hey. What's this?
Sandra removes a gun from her jeans pant and points it at him.
SANDRA
Give me the sex film you made on this girl.
MICHAEL
Clear off. I don't know any such film.
ANITA
He's lying. I saw him and his partner watching it in the computer lab.
Sandra walks near Michael and punches squarely on his face. He staggers
and falls down on the floor with a thud.
SANDRA
He passed out. Show me the way to computer lab.
INT: COMPUTER LAB
Three huge computers are there, all have a screen saver running on
their screens. Anita searches in the shelves containing CDs and
videocassettes. Sandra sits before a computer.
ANITA
I got the film.
She shows a CD that had her name labeled on it.
ANITA
Suppose he saved it in the disk?
SANDRA
No problem. I'm formatting all the disks. It'll erase all the files.
Are you sure he had not uploaded the file in the server?
ANITA
I checked his website. No. Mine was not there. He'd not uploaded it.
INT: PENTH HOUSE-DAY
They return to the main room. A fat man enters inside.
He sees his friend lying in the floor, looks up at the two women and
the CD in Anita's hand.
FAT MAN
How dare you do such a thing to my friend?
He charges forward. Sandra steps aside and takes out her gun. Fat man
catches Anita, twists her hand and slaps hard on her face. The CD
slips from her hand and he grabs her neck and hits her on the wall and
Anita collapses on the floor. Now he turns to face Sandra.
FAT MAN
Now it's your turn.
Sandra waves the gun at him.
SANDRA
If you take one step forward, I'll shoot.
FAT MAN
Shut up your mouth. You slut.
Fat man plunges forward and Sandra shoots. The bullet hits his chest,
forms a red hole and he drops down on the floor like a dead bullock.
Anita gets up and collects the CD.
SANDRA
Come on. Let's get out quick and fast.
They run out of the building, get into the car and the car drives away
at great speed.
INT: JAIL'S VISITOR'S ROOM-DAY
JENNIFER PARKER
Police investigated the murder. They inquired Anita. She said she and
her boss Sandra locked the bookshop and verified the stocks with the
stock registers. They crosschecked it with Sandra and she repeated the
same. They couldn't pin the murder on Sandra and she escaped. I got
this info from a police informer.
INT:JAIL'S ROOM - DAY
Richard Parker writes in the note pad.
INSERT
Page from the notepad.
MURDER NUMBER TWO.
BACK TO SCENE.
INT:FOREST - DAY
Sandra rides a horse inside a deep forest. She spots a deer behind a
bush and shoots it. The shot misses the deer and it runs away unhurt.
But she hears an unnatural sound from the bush. Sandra goes near and
inspects.
SANDRA
OOUCH
A young man is lying dead behind the bushes.
CUT TO
Police officers, reporters and forensic people gather around the bush.
Forensic people are doing the tests and one officer is enquiring
Sandra.
SANDRA
It's purely an accident. I don't know this guy is hiding behind the
bush.
INT:JAIL'S VISITING ROOM
JENNIFER PARKER
But nobody claimed the body. The police didn't get any clues to his
identity. They've registered a case and are still investigating but
they did not arrest Sandra. I got this info from an unsolved crimes
database in the internet.
INT:JAILROOM - DAY
INSERT
Page from a notepad.
MURDER NUMBER THREE.
BACK TO SCENE.
INT: AUDITORIUM - NIGHT
INSERT
BEST SELLING NON-FICTION AUTHOR
JAMES KENNETH PATTERSON
SIGNS HIS BOOK
MY LITTLE DAUGHTER
BACK TO SCENE.
The auditorium is full. Sandra stands in the podium and appears ready
to make a speech. Kenneth, his wife and a small crowd occupied the
center stage and behind them is a giant screen.
SANDRA
Welcome readers. Let me introduce Mr.James Kenneth Patterson. You'd
have all heard that pedophile, named candy man, killing five innocent
little girls in New York suburb two years ago.
Presentation clips show the five beautiful children one by one on the
screen.
SANDRA(cont'd)
Kenneth's daughter was the third victim. Kenneth loved his daughter
very much and wanted to write a book on her.
Clips show the Kenneth's daughter.
SANDRA(cont'd)
Then he remembered that there were four other innocent little daughters
and four other grief-stricken fathers. He met them all, asked them
about their daughters and also included their sweet sad memories in his
book.
Clips show the four other little girls and their fathers
SANDRA(cont'd)
We all know the police are not able to catch the killer and he is still
at large. Kenneth included the complete case file and clear description
of the killer in his book.
Clip shows the dark profile of the Candy man.
SANDRA (cont'd)
Anyone, after reading the book, feel that they have seen the killer or
known some thing about him, may contact Kenneth or the police. This
book also contains guidelines to identify the child molesters and
safeguard your child from them.
Clip shows the contact number and address of Kenneth.
Kenneth gets up from the chair and walks to the podium.
KENNETH
My book speaks for me. It's a very tough experience. Often I would
break down and cry. I couldn't write for days. Then I'd recover and
continue writing. My wife was a great support for me. She helped me to
come out from the sad memories. If it were not for her, I wouldn't have
completed the book.
CLAPS
CUT TO
A tall, lean guy gets up from the front row, takes an aim and shoots
Kenneth. He ducks away at the last moment and the shot hit a wooden
partition in the backstage.
Kenneth's wife shrieks and the guests at the centre stage try to move
under chairs and tables for cover.
The gunman turns and starts to run towards the exit.Sandra takes out
her gun and shoots him. He crumples down on the carpet midway and dies.
CUT TO
GUNMAN LYING ON THE FLOOR.
CUT TO
Police officer enquires Sandra.
SANDRA
I thought he was the Candy man and so I shot him.
CUT TO
INT: JAIL'S VISITING ROOM - DAY
JENNIFER PARKER
It turned out to be that he was a hired killer and drug addict. May be
the Candy man has hired him to kill the author. Local newspapers had
given a wide publicity for this incident and I read about it all in the
local library. It seems Sandra is on the track of this Candy man. Her
maid has given me valuable information.
INT: JAILROOM - DAY
INSERT
Page from the writing pad
SANDRA INVESTIGATES
BACK TO SCENE.
INT: SANDRA'S HOME DAY
The room contains large number of television sets. Big screen, small
screen and flat screens. On every screen, author book signing event is
running on. Maid enters the room.
MAID
Ma'am. It's intriguing. What're you doing?
Sandra comes out behind a huge T.V set.
SANDRA
I try to get the feel of the author-signing event. I strongly believe
the Candy man was in the auditorium to watch the killing. This
atmosphere will take me back to that day and I'll find the Candy man by
watching the crowd in the T.V.
MAID
Is it so? Ma'am.
SANDRA
I've a strong gut feeling that I'll find this Candy man and send him to
Jail.
INT: JAIL'S VISITOR'S ROOM - DAY
JENNIFER PARKER
I spent money and got the typed version of the
investigations. Read it and spot the killer
Richard Parker receives the sheets.
INT: Jail DAY
INSERT
WITNESS NUMBER ONE.
BACK TO SCENE.
INT: KITCHEN ROOM OF A RESTAURENT - DAY
Anita is filling her tray with the orders she waited. Another waiter
enters the kitchen.
ANOTHER WAITER
Anita
Anita turns back.
ANOTHER WAITER
Manager calls you. I saw a police officer in the Manager's room. I
think they come for an inquiry.
A look of fear spreads across her face. She slowly places the tray on
the table and walks over to the Manager's room.
JOHN HANSEN
Well. You're Anita.
ANITA
Yes.
JOHN HANSEN
Please take your seat.
He pushes a chair towards her. Anita sits on the chair facing him.
JOHN HANSEN
So it's your new job.
ANITA
Yes.
JOHN HANSEN
You don't like working there.
ANITA.
No. It's not like that. It's been closed. I don't know when it's going
to be opened.
JOHN HANSEN
You'll join when they open it?
ANITA
I hope so. I love the job.
JOHN HANSEN
It won't give you a creepy feeling to work in a place where your boss
was murdered?
ANITA
Yes. But I think it'll pass.
JOHN HANSEN
Well. Where were you when your boss was murdered?
ANITA
I got a call from my father that my mother was not well and admitted in
hospital for a surgery. I told this to Sandra and she asked me to leave
early to go and see my mother.
JOHN HANSEN
When did the call come?
ANITA
At 7.20, I think. I left at 7.25.
JOHN HANSEN
When did you open the shop?
ANITA
At exactly 5.00.
JOHN HANSEN
Who opened the shop? What is your regular procedure?
ANITA
We both have the keys. Usually, I'll open and close the shop and Sandra
would come at any time she like.
JOHN HANSEN
When did she come on that day she was murdered?
ANITA
At 7.15, I think. Just little before, I received the call from my
father.
JOHN HANSEN
Did you have customers that day?
ANITA
I think two or three people in between 5 to 7.15.
JOHN HANSEN
To be exact, there are only two customers. We checked your computer.
Okay. Did you have any visitor other than the customers?
Anita lowers her head, fidgets and finally looks up.
ANITA
No. No visitor.
JOHN HANSEN
Are you sure?
ANITA
Sure.
JOHN HANSEN
Don't lie.
ANITA
No. I'm not lying. There was no visitor.
JOHN HANSEN
We've records. We checked the shop and there were two empty unwashed
teacups.
ANITA
It didn't mean I had a visitor. I drank two cups of coffee.
JOHN HANSEN
But it had two sets of fingerprints.
ANITA
Oh. Shit.
JOHN HANSEN
Come on Anita. We checked the fingerprints with the records in our
computers and we found that the fingerprint belonged to your ex-lover.
He was a pornographer and an unidentified person killed his partner.
ANITA
Okay. I'll tell you the truth.
INT: BOOK SHOP - NIGHT
The wall clock shows the time 6.30. Anita is behind the cash counter,
reading a book. Michael Lewis enters the shop. Anita looks up and her
face turns red with anger.
ANITA
Hey. Who're you? I don't think you come to buy a book. We don't buy or
sell pornographic CDs here. Get lost.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Please. Ani. Don't talk like that.
ANITA
I hate you. I don't want to talk to you.
MICHAEL LEWIS
I've been released from the case completely. They couldn't prove a
thing on me. But the jail life has completely changed me. I'm an honest
guy now.
ANITA
I won't believe you.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Please Ani. I'm penniless now. I've lost everything to the lawyer.
Nobody is giving me a job and my reputation has been very seriously
damaged. I just come here to say sorry for the things I've done to you.
The porn films and all that. You're a nice girl Ani. Often I would
dream about all the nice times we had together. Still, I love you
Anita.
ANITA
I hate the sight of you. Get out.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Okay. Ani. I love you. I love you Ani, even though you're not
responding to my love.
He walks towards the door. He opens the door. Anita watches him going
out, suddenly her face softens.
ANITA
No. No. I shouldn't be so inhuman.
ANITA (Shouts)
Hey
Michael turns.
ANITA
Sorry. After all you've come all the way to ask for an apology. We
should learn to forgive. Come on. Have some coffee.
Michael returns. Anita makes two cups of coffee. She hands out a
sandwich she had in her handbag. The lover eats the sandwich greedily
and drinks the coffee.
MICHAEL LEWIS
It's my first meal. I've not eaten anything from the morning.
ANITA
Oh. Is it true?
Anita runs to him and throws up her arms around him. She hugs him and
buries her face in his shoulders.
ANITA
I love you. I love you.
LOVER
I too love you.
ANITA
I need you. Come on. There is one room upstairs.
INT: UPSTAIRS ROOM - NIGHT
Anita locks the door and they both start to undress.
MICHAEL LEWIS
I've a creepy feeling. Somebody is watching us.
ANITA
Habits die-hard. You porn filmmaker.
They drop down on the bare floor and start to make love.
CUT TO
Sandra walks inside the shop.
SANDRA
Anita. Where are you?
CUT TO
Anita gets up and hastily starts to dress.
ANITA
You hide somewhere here. If Sandra sees you, she'll murder me.
Anita looks at the door and shouts.
ANITA
I'm here in the upstairs room searching for a book. Ma'am. I'll be
there in a minute.
She turns to her lover.
ANITA
Hurry up. Get up and hide somewhere. Quick
Anita leaves the room and walks down the staircase. Sandra is standing
near the staircase.
SANDRA
It's my strict warning. Anita. Just don't leave the shop open.
Understand? If a customer walks in, what'll he think of us? If you want
to search for something, do it while I'm in the shop. Okay?
ANITA
Okay. Ma'am.
Sandra walks to her desk and sits behind it. Anita walks towards the
cash counter. Then the telephone rings. Sandra picks up the receiver
from her desk.
SANDRA
Anita. It's for you.
Anita walks to the desk and takes the receiver.
ANITA
Is it so? Oh. My God. I'll come there.
Anita places the receiver and turns to Sandra.
ANITA
Ma'am. It's my father. My mother is admitted in a hospital for a
surgery. I've to go.
SANDRA
Okay. I'll look after the shop. You move fast.
Anita runs towards the door.
CUT TO
INT: MANAGER'S ROOM - DAY
ANITA
I completely forgot about my lover. Next morning I read the news in the
newspaper. Oh. It was sad. She was killed just after I've left the
place. Today morning, my lover called me at my home number. He said he
got a job in a Television company in New York.
JOHN HANSEN
Did you ask him how he got out of the building?
Did he know anything about the murder of your boss, Sandra?
ANITA
No. I'm sick over all these things. I want to forget it. I didn't ask
him anything.
JOHN HANSEN
Tell us the company where your lover boy is working.
INT:TELEVISION STUDIO - DAY
Camera viewfinder shows a naked woman. The woman turns on her left.
Camera changes position and follows her gaze. Now the viewfinder shows
John Hansen opening the door and entering the studio. Michael Lewis
looks up from the camera and the naked woman runs behind a screen.
JOHN HANSEN
Hey. I'm investigating the murder of Sandra. We are building the case
against this writer fellow. It seems you're the witness to the murder.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Me? Well. I don't know anything.
JOHN HANSEN
Anita told us everything. So no dilly-dallying.
INSERT
NEWPAPER HEADLINES
DOUBLE WITNESS TO THE MURDER OF SANDRA WILLAIMS.
BACK TO SCENE
CUT TO
T.V reporters interview Michael Lewis.
MICHAEL LEWIS(TO THE REPORTERS)
Yes. I made love to Anita in the upstairs room. Then this Sandra woman
came, Anita went down and I hid behind a rack containing unsold books.
I waited and waited and there was no sign of Anita. After sometime, the
door opened and this Sandra woman and this writer guy came inside. They
got into an argument and this writer guy shot her. She fell flat on the
floor and the unbound papers slipped from her hand and floated all
around her. Then this writer guy walked away and I waited for some more
time. I don't want to get caught by this writer guy. If he knew there
was a witness, he would kill me. Then an unexpected thing happened. The
door of the toilet, on the opposite side, opened and another guy came
out. He was wearing the uniform of skylark courier company.
T.V REPORTER
Could you identify this man?
MICHAEL LEWIS
I think so. Police are arranging for an identification parade and
computer graphics analysis.
T.V REPORTER
How did you get out of the building?
MICHAEL LEWIS
There is glass ventilation in the upstairs room. I removed it, went out
and climbed down.
INT:RICHARD PARKER'S CELL - DAY
INSERT
Page from a note pad.
WITNESS NUMBER TWO
BACK TO SCENE
INT:COMPUTER ROOM OF THE TOWN POLICE STATION - DAY
A young police officer is operating the computer and Michael is sitting
beside the police officer and looking at the small eye in the computer
monitor screen.
COMPUTER OPERATOR
Is his eye look like this one?
MICHAEL LEWIS
I think it's much smaller.
He clicks open another eye.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Yeah. It's look like his eye.
Slowly a human face forms on the computer screen.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Yeah. It's exactly like him.
INT: SKYLARK COURIER COMPANY. DAY
JOHN HANSEN
You have lodged a complaint that your van was intercepted and your
employee was knocked down.
MANAGER OF THE SKYLARK
Yes.
I want to speak to that employee who drove the van that day.
MANAGER
Joseph
(He speaks over the intercom)
Joseph opens the door and walks in.
JOHN HANSEN
Could you identify the person who knocked you down?
He shows him the computer printout.
JOSEPH
Yes. It's him. I've no doubt.
INT:AIRPLANE - DAY
The man, who knocked down the skylark employee, sits in the passenger
seat along with the other passengers. Suddenly he strikes a match,
bents down and tries to light his shoe.
The man, who sits next to him, senses something is very wrong, grabs
his hand, twists it and makes him drop the lighter. He tries to wriggle
his hand free and gets from the seat. The guy who sits on the other
side pins him down on the seat.
ONE PASSENGER
FIRE.
ANOTHER PASSENGER
Watch out. This guy is lighting the plane.
AN OLD WOMAN
HELP..
The passengers who sit around him get from their seat and give him
severe beatings and thrashings. One guy holds his knees in tight grip
and another guy removes his shoes.
INT: AIRPORT - DAY
CLOSE UP
Shoes placed on the table.
Bomb squad Police officer lifts the shoe in his hand and removes its
bottom. Inside, it's filled with RDX explosive material.
BOMB SQUAD POLICE OFFICER
It's enough to blow up an airplane.
The terrorist is handcuffed and stands between the two police officers.
Another police officer walks fast, comes up before the handcuffed man
and slaps hard on his face.
POLICE OFFICER
Who are you? Why did you try to blow up the plane?
TERRORIST
I hate you all. I'll blow up your whole country.
Police officer gives him another slap.
INT:JAIL - DAY
JOHN HANSEN
We have a witness saying that you were in the upstairs room when this
Sandra woman was killed?
TERRORIST
I hate that woman.
JOHN HANSEN
Why?
TERRORIST
She killed my friend.
JOHN HANSEN
Friend?
TERRORIST
Another terrorist. He hid in the woods to test the power of the bomb.
This silly woman, who came for hunting, mistaken him for a rabbit, shot
him and killed him.
JOHN HANSEN
So you planned to take revenge and killed Sandra.
TERRORIST
I went there to kill her. I watched her movements for ten days. I
noticed this courier van coming to bookshop frequently to deliver
books. I stopped the van in the highway
EXT:HIGH WAY - DAY
A Truck with SKYLARK painted on its side is coming on the Highway. The
terrorist stands in the center of the road and waves at the van to
stop. The van brakes to halt.
Terrorist walks over to the driver's cabin and pulls the driver out. He
punches squarely on his face and the driver buckles down on the road
and passes out. Terrorist kneels down beside the driver and starts to
unbutton his shirt.
INT: BOOKSHOP - DAY
Terrorist enters the bookshop, carrying a huge package and dressed in
skylark's uniform. He scans the whole bookshop. Anita is standing
beside a rack and helping a customer to select a book.
TERRORIST
Hello.
Anita turns.
TERRORIST
I'm from Skylark courier. Where's your boss?
ANITA
She left early. She'll come in the evening.
You don't have to worry. I'll sign in the delivery slip.
TERRORIST
Okay. Where shall I leave the package?
ANITA
You go straight. You will find the stairs at the
left corner of the room. You go up and leave the package in the
upstairs room.
Terrorist walks straight. The clock hangs on the wall shows the time
12.30. He finds the steps and walks up carrying the huge package. He
pushes open the door, enters the room and places the package on the
floor.
He comes out, steps on the stairs and looks below. Anita is at the cash
counter and the customer is leaving the bookshop.
Terrorist returns to the upstairs room and goes inside a bathroom. He
closes the door and switches on his cellphone. The phone rings and
Anita picks up the receiver.
ANITA
Hello. It's Sandra book house.
TERRORIST
(Speaking from the bathroom and changing his voice to a husky
tone)
Hi. I'm a student and I'm working on a thesis about publishing. I want
to know which books sell fast.
ANITA
We've no such record.
TERRORIST
It's easy. You please check on your computer and tell the title and
name of the authors of the books you've sold starting from the first
day of this month. I can get an idea from this data.
ANITA
Wait a moment please.
Anita turns to the computer to check the sales records.
ANITA
Now I'm having the sales records of the first day of the month.
TERRORIST
Tell me. I'm noting it down.
ANITA
First day, we have 4 Stephen kings, 3 John Grisham, 5 how to books.
TERRORIST
Tell me the name and title.
The clock shows the time 12.50 and Anita places the receiver in the
cradle. Two minutes after, the telephone rings again. Anita picks up
the receiver.
TERRORIST
I'm skylark employee, just delivered a package at your bookshop. You
were busy attending the phone and I've another important work to take
care of. So I left without getting the sign in the delivery slip. I'll
come in the evening and get it from you. Okay?
ANITA
You're always welcome.
The wall clock shows the time 1:00. Anita leaves from the cash counter.
She steps up and locks the upstairs room. She takes her handbag, walks
out of the bookshop and locks the door.
CUT TO
TERRORIST
I stayed there in the upstairs room, waiting for Sandra. The shop was
opened at 6:00. I heard some noises and the upstairs room was unlocked
and this woman Anita and her lover entered in. They made love and
Sandra arrived and called Anita. Anita went downstairs and soon I heard
somebody walking up the stairs. I listened carefully and there seemed
to be two people and they started an argument. Suddenly there was a
sound of gunfire, and I opened the door slightly and watched. There was
this writer guy and he was shooting this Sandra woman. She fell down
with the blood on her chest and the papers in her hand were flying all
over. That was it. The writer guy has killed Sandra and saved me a
bullet.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S CELL - DAY
INSERT
Page from a writing pad.
WITNESS NUMBER THREE
BACK TO SCENE
INT: POLICE STATION - DAY
Rose Gordon, 30 years, enters the police station.
ROSE GORDON
I've something important to tell you about this Sandra woman murder.
JOHN HANSEN
You're?
ROSE GORDON
I work in an editorial department in the local newspaper. I went
Sandra's book house to buy a book. I entered the shop and there was no
one inside. I thought that she might be in the upper floor and I walked
up there. The front door was ajar and inside this writer guy was
shooting Sandra. Oh. It was horrible.
CUT TO
INSERT
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
THIRD WITNESS TO THE MURDER OF SANDRA WILLIAMS.
BACK TO SCENE
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S CELL - DAY
INSERT
Writing pad
SANDRA ON THE TRACK OF CANDYMAN
BACK TO SCENE
INT: KENNETH'S HOME - NIGHT
Jennifer Parker sits before Kenneth and his wife.
JENNIFER PARKER
Well. My husband killed Sandra and I started a charity in her name. I
want to know more about her. I heard that you two had tried to find
that Candy man you wrote in your book.
KENNETH
She was more courageous than me. Well. It's a long story.
INT: SANDRA'S HOUSE - DAY
Kenneth and Sandra are watching the video of the Kenneth book-signing
event. Sandra freezes the video at one particular scene.
SANDRA
Look at this guy.
KENNETH
Yes. He seems edgy and restless.
SANDRA
Why? Why should he behave in such a suspicious manner just before the
killer trying to shoot you?
KENNETH
May be he sent the killer to kill me. May be he is that Candy man and
he wants me to die.
SANDRA
What do you think?
KENNETH
I'm not sure.
SANDRA
Let's check with the police.
INT: POLICE STATION - DAY
John Hansen turns away from the computer in his revolving chair to face
Sandra and Kenneth.
JOHN HANSEN
Yes. We've a record on this guy.
SANDRA
What did he do?
JOHN HANSEN
He tried to kidnap a four years old child from a charity home in
Florida. But they couldn't prove a thing on him and he was released.
SANDRA
Do you know where he resides now?
JOHN HANSEN
No. We've in this record an address in Tampa, Florida. We don't know
whether he is living there now or not.
EXT: POLICE STATION - DAY
Sandra and Kenneth walk to the car.
SANDRA
Do you think he came all the way from Florida to kill you?
KENNETH
May be he is following me everywhere.
SANDRA
Do you have all your book signings in video films?
KENNETH
I've to check it with the bookshops.
SANDRA
Check it. If we got the films, we can see whether he is following you
in every book signings.
KENNETH
I've a hunch he is living somewhere near this town.
SANDRA
Okay. Let's check our video one more time.
Sandra and Kenneth again watch the film.
KENNETH
I don't think this guy came alone.
SANDRA
Yeah.
Few minutes before the shoot out, he is tense and places his hand on
the shoulder of the woman who sits next to him.
SANDRA
I think I know this woman. She is Rose Gordon. She works in the local
daily.
INT: ROSE GORDON'S HOME - DAY
ROSE GORDON
Welcome. Sandra.
SANDRA
No. Let me introduce writer Kenneth.
KENNETH
Hi.
ROSE GORDON
Welcome. I came to your book signing with my husband. But I couldn't
buy the signed copy because of this shoot out.
SANDRA
Don't worry. He has plenty of signed copies with him. He'll give you
one.
ROSE GORDON
Oh. Thanks.
SANDRA
We need your help Rosa.
ROSE GORDON
Come on.
SANDRA
We had to stop this author-signing event because of this shoot out and
so much of these signed copies remain unsold. I want you to do an
article on Kenneth and publish it in your daily.
ROSE GORDON
I'd love to do an article. When shall we start?
SANDRA
He's ready now.
ROSE GORDON
Oh. Sure. Just give me ten minutes to prepare the questions.
SANDRA
No hurry. We'll wait. But do you have a computer?
ROSE GORDON
Mike has one in his working room.
SANDRA
Would you mind if I use it? I want to read an e- book.
ROSE GORDON
Oh. Come on.
Rose Gordon walks to the adjoining room and Sandra follows her.
Numerous toys, Teddy dears, barbies, small cars and toy railway tracks,
occupy every free space inside the room.
SANDRA
Do you have children?
ROSE GORDON
No children at all. Mike is a partner in a toy factory.
SANDRA
Oh.
ROSE GORDON
He loves children.
SANDRA
Really.
ROSE GORDON
By working in a toyshop, he thinks he can interact more with children.
SANDRA
Not a bad idea.
ROSE GORDON
You know, he was arrested for kidnapping a child two years back. But it
was a mistake and they released him after the initial inquiry. His over
enthusiasm was interpreted as kidnapping.
SANDRA
What a pity.
She switches on the computer.
SANDRA
Do you have Internet connection?
ROSE GORDON
Yeah. Mike became addicted to it. He spent hours browsing the net.
Sometimes he sits before the computer for the whole night. But I'm not
using it much. I feel it kills my creative ability. Want to connect it
to the Internet?
SANDRA
No. I'm just asking.
Rosa Gordon types the password in the windows screen.
ROSE GORON
Now you can use it
EXT: ROSE GORDON HOUSE - DAY
Kenneth and Sandra walk to the car.
KENNETH
Well. Have you found anything?
SANDRA
He's the Candy man.
KENNETH
How come you're so sure?
SANDRA
I checked the history items, recently used files and temporary Internet
files. It shows he regularly visits the child porno websites.
KENNETH
Oh. God.
SANDRA
I called a person I found in his address book and it turned out to be
that he was a pimp who supplied child sex workers.
KENNETH
Oh. No.
SANDRA
He stored beautiful pictures of children in his computers. And among
the pictures, I saw your daughter and four other children who had
been killed in the New York suburb.
KENNETH
Oh. Please.
SANDRA
But I know these are all not enough to capture him. A good lawyer will
make him escape. But I've other idea.
Kenneth looks at her inquiringly.
SANDRA
I'm going to kill him.
INT: TOY SHOP - DAY
Mike Gordon is in the sales counter displaying dolls to a couple.
Sandra enters the shop. She waits until the couple purchased a doll and
leaves the shop. Then she walks towards Mike Gordon.
SANDRA
Hi. I know you're the Candy man.
MIKE GORDON
What nonsense?
SANDRA
I know you're the guy who killed five children.
MIKE GORDON
Who are you?
SANDRA
You're the guy Kenneth wrote about in his book.
MIKE GORDON
Are you mad?
SANDRA
There is no proof. The police can't prosecute you. But that doesn't
mean that you can go on killing children. You bastard. I'm going to
kill you.
She removes the gun from her handbag and points it at him.
MIKE GORDON
Hey. Wait.
Sandra presses the trigger and shoots him. Mike ducks behind the
counter. Sandra jumps on the counter and Mike takes a large box
containing toys and throws it at her. The box hits Sandra, she loses
balance and falls inside the shop.
Mike runs towards the rear side of the shop. Sandra gets up fast and
chases him. Mike gets into a room and Sandra follows him. Before he
closes the door, she kicks on the door. The force makes the door swing
open and it hits Mike and he falls on the floor.
Sandra points the gun, takes an aim and shoots at him. Mike rolls on
the floor and escapes from the shot. He gathers himself up and jumps
behind a large rack containing toys. Sandra walks towards the rack
pointing the gun. He pushes the rack and Sandra jumps aside. The rack
lands down with a crash.
Now there is no barrier between Sandra and Mike. Sandra points the gun
directly at him.
MIKE GORDON
Please. Don't shoot.
Sandra presses the trigger.
CUT TO
INT: KENNETH'S HOUSE - DAY
KENNETH
She called me over phone and said he had escaped. It seemed that at the
last moment, a young boy came to the room in search of the shop owner
and Sandra had to drop the gun. She said further that the war had
started between Mike and her. I had to kill him before he could kill
me. I've the plan to hire a professional killer. I warned her to be
careful. Next day, I heard that the Sandra was murdered. At first, I
though that it was Mike. Then they said that your husband killed her.
It was unbelievable. Then I contacted police and told them about the
suspicions we had on Mike. But they seemed to be happy with the theory
that your husband was the killer. They don't want to start a new one.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S CELL - DAY
INSERT
Writing pad
IT IS FUNNY THERE ARE THREE WITNESSES FOR THE MURDER I DIDN'T COMMITT.
BACK TO SCENE
INT: STUDIO - DAY
JENNIFER PARKER
You knew well that my husband did not kill Sandra? Why did you lie?
MICHAEL LEWIS
Why did your husband lie?
JENNIFER PARKER
Well.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Tell me why did your husband lie?
JENNIFER PARKER
He needs publicity to sell his novel.
MICHAEL LEWIS
But it's such a bad publicity.
JENNIFER PARKER
He didn't care.
MICHAEL LEWIS
I told the police that a masked man had killed Sandra.
JENNIFER PARKER
What?
MICHAEL LEWIS
I told them the truth. But they didn't believe it. He said I was under
the influence of alcohol and confused the writer with the masked man.
He asked me to change my statement such that your husband has killed
Sandra.
JENNIFER PARKER
Oh. My God.
MICHAEL LEWIS
First ask your husband to tell that he had not killed Sandra. Then I'll
tell the police that a masked man had killed Sandra. Okay.
INT: JAIL - DAY
JENNIFER PARKER
Why did you tell the police that my husband killed Sandra? You knew
well that he did not kill her.
TERRORIST
I need money. It's a hidden message I sent to the killer. I am
expecting his call. If he contacted, I'd ask him one million dollars to
repeat the lie.
JENNIFER PARKER
Suppose I give you two million dollars and could you tell in the court
that my husband did not kill Sandra?
TERRORIST
Oh. Yeah.
INT: ROSE GORDON'S HOME - DAY
JENNIFER PARKER
You're a liar. Why did you do this?
ROSE GORDON
I don't understand.
JENNIFER PARKER
You lied to the police that my husband had killed Sandra.
ROSE GORDON
Yes. I lied. I didn't want him to escape. He could buy the other two
witnesses but not me.
So I came forward, lied and sealed his escape route forever.
JENNIFER PARKER
May I know the real reason for your sudden interest in this case?
ROSE GORDON
I care for the society. Criminals should never escape.
JENNIFER PARKER
But my husband didn't commit the murder.
ROSE GORDON
Then?
JENNIFER PARKER
He lied to get publicity to sell his novel.
ROSE GORDON
What?
JENNIFER PARKER
Yes. It's true.
ROSE GORDON
Then I hate him more. Did he think all of us the society, police and
the judges fool? Get lost.
I hate the sight of you.
INT: SUITE IN A LODGING HOUSE - DAY
Jennifer Parker dials a number.
JENNIFER PARKER
Hello. Is it toy factory? Yes. I want to speak to Mr. Mike Gordon.
What? He's on world tour. Did he leave any contact number? No. Okay.
Thanks.
INT: JAIL VISITING ROOM - DAY
RICHARD PARKER
What's up?
JENNIFER PARKER
The bird flew away.
RICHARD PARKER
Who?
JENNIFER PARKER
Mike Gordon. He's on world tour. It's high time you admit you did not
commit the murder. The police want you to be the murderer. It's easy
for them to frame the murder charges on you. You yourself agreed you
have committed the murder and there are three witnesses. Be careful
Richie. You're in deep trouble. After the verdict, no one is going to
believe you.
RICHARD PARKER
No. Jen. There is no comeback. If I tell the truth now, I'll cut a
sorry figure. No one will believe and my novel won't sell.
JENNIFER PARKER
We're at the crossroad now. I don't think we have enough evidence to
prove that Mike Gordon is Candy man and we know it's impossible to make
him confess.
RICHARD PARKER
It's time for action.
Richard Parker explains Jennifer his next move.
INT: Channel `C' office- DAY
Jennifer sits before DOUG MCDOWELL,50years,production executive of the
channel `C', a company famous for producing true crime stories. The
letters "Channel `C' and `C' for crime" is printed across the wall in
bold letters.
Photographs from their successful weekly crime show "Truth is stranger
than fiction" are pasted on the wall.
DOUG MCDOWELL
I can spare only ten minutes. Make it short.
JENNIFER PARKER
It's about my husband Richard Parker.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Oh. Come on. I need crime story for my show and I read every murder
happening in the country.
JENNIFER PARKER
He didn't commit the murder. He lied to get publicity to sell his
novel.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Interesting.
JENNIFER PARKER
He needs your help to pull this off successfully. We knew the identity
of the killer. It's the Candy man who killed five children. The only
way to catch him is to make him commit another murder and catch him red
handed.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Why? Me? There are police and press.
JENNIFER PARKER
Police is happy with the theory that my husband is the killer. We think
the visual media is more effective than the print media. We want to
film the candy man committing another murder and show it live to the
whole world in one of your "Truth is stranger than fiction" episode.
It'll be a short cut to prove my husband's innocence.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Well. Where's he now? The Candy man.
JENNIFER PARKER
He's on world tour.
DOUG MCDOWELL
And his identity?
JENNIFER PARKER
His name is Mike Gordon. He's a partner in a toy factory.
DOUG MCDOWELL
We'll do a little research and if we believe the set up is okay, we'll
contact you.
INT:COURT ROOM - DAY
Judge and the Juries have occupied their seats and Richard Parker is
seated behind the witness desk.
PROSECUTION
Richard Parker is an irresponsible and careless person. I'd like to
recite an incident.
INT: UPSTAIRS ROOM IN RICHARD PARKER'S HOME - NIGHT
Richard Parker is working on his novel in the middle of the night. The
whole world is silent and he writes on.
SCREECCCHHHHHH. SSCCCCRRRECCCCH.
He stops writing and looks up.
SCRRRRREEEECCCHHHHHH. SCCCCCRRRRECCCHHHHHH.
He looks around.
SCRRREEEECCCCHHHHHHH. SCRRRRCCCHHHHHH.
He throws a paperweight at the corner of the room. He waits for
sometime. Then he starts to write.
SCRRRECCCCHHHHHHH. SCREEECHHHHHHHHHHH.
RICHARD PARKER
Bloody cricket.
He gets up from the chair, walks around the room, searches behind the
cupboards, looks under the carpet, makes sound on the walls and windows
and rearranges the furniture. Then he sits on the chair and starts to
write.
SCREECHHHHHH. SCRECCCCCCCHHHHH.
RICHARD PARKER
Shit.
He walks downstairs to his writing room and starts to write.
SCREECCHHHH. SCRECCCCHHHHHHHH.
He puts the chair and table in the lawn, fits the table lamp and starts
to write.
SCREECHHHHHH. SCREEECCCHHHH.
He gets up from the chair, runs to the upstairs room. He clicks open a
lighter.
CUT TO
He sits on the chair in the lawn and writes. He writes one page and
there is no screecccchhhhhh sound. In the background, the upstairs room
is ablaze. He continues writing. Jennifer runs towards him.
JENNIFER PARKER
Richie. Richie. Our house is on fire.
He continues writing. Jennifer comes near him and shakes him.
JENNIFER PARKER
Richie. Richie. Richie
Neighbors come running towards their house.
A NEIGHBOUR.
JENNY. What happens? Have you called the fire fighters?
PROSECUTION
He lighted his upstairs room for a silly cricket that made noise
disturbing his writing. And there's another incident.
CUT TO
INT: WRITER'S CONFERENCE - DAY
Richard Parker reads a passage from his novel to a group of writers
present in the hall. After he read, a young woman writer gets up from
the chair.
WOMAN WRITER
It reads like an outline. I need more description. I can say it is a
loosely written piece.
Richard Parker walks towards her and slaps straight across her face.
RICHARD PARKER
HOW DARE YOU SAY MY NOVEL IS LOOSELY WRITTEN PIECE? DON'T YOU KNOW IT'S
WRITTEN IN A RACY STYLE.IN THIS PORTION, MY PROTAGONIST IS CHASING THE
CULPRIT AND IT'S NOT THE TIME TO BE DESCRIPTIVE? OKAY?
Other writers get up from the chair and run towards them.
Richard Parker walks out of the conference hall.
PROSECUTION
He wrote novel in the office and made mistakes.
CUT TO
INT: FRASER GAMES SOFTWARE - DAY
Richard Parker is writing a story in a word processor. His co-worker
comes by his side.
CO-WORKER
Rich. Boss wants to see you.
Richard Parker continues typing on the keyboard.
CO-WORKER
RICH.
CO-WORKER
RICHARD PARKER.
CO-WORKER (Louder)
RICHARD PARKER. BOSS WANTS TO SEE YOU.
Richard Parker gets up from the chair as if waking from a dream. He
looks around sheepishly.
RICHARD PARKER
Sorry. Guys.
He walks towards the boss cabin and opens the door.
RICHARD PARKER
What's up?
JOHN FRASER
Look here.
He turns his computer monitor towards him. He presses the arrow key and
a car runs at high speed on the road. Suddenly a sign appears on the
road. "ROAD CLOSED. BRIDGE UNDER REPAIR." Fraser presses the spacebar.
JOHN FRASER
The car should jump and cross over the bridge.
But.
The car explodes into pieces in the midair.
JOHN FRASER
You have overlooked a mistake.
RICHARD PARKER
Sorry.
JOHN FRASER
I know you're losing concentration in your job.
I understand your feelings. You want to be a writer. Okay. Why waste
your time here? Leave off. Go to your home or a park and write and
write and write. I need a graphics animator and not a writer. Okay?
PROSECUTION
He made an accident.
EXT: ROAD - DAY
Richard Parker is driving a car, leaving office for home.
I NEED A GRAPHIC ANIMATOR AND NOT A WRITER.
I NEED A GRAPHIC ANIMATOR AND NOT A WRITER
The car crashes on a truck.
PROSECUTION
He made a deal with his wife.
CUT TO
INT: HOSPITAL - NIGHT
Richard Parker is lying in a hospital bed. His left hand is covered in
bondage. Jennifer enters the room.
RICHARD PARKER
I've decided. I'm going to quit the job. I need two years to complete a
novel and publish it. I know I've the potential.
PROSECUTION
The deal failed.
CUT TO
EXT: FARM HOUSE-DAY
JENNIFER
I lost my job. I'm pregnant. It's high time you return back to your
normal life and quit your writing carrier.
PROSECUTION
Richard Parker was desperate. His mission failed. He had to return back
to his daytime job.
CUT TO
EXT: FARM HOUSE - NIGHT
Richard Parker dumps all the manuscripts, books about writing career
and rejection slips and burns them all.
PROSECUTION
He was returning home. He destroyed all his manuscripts. He remembered
giving one manuscript to Sandra, the bookshop owner. He stopped the car
before the workshop. He walked inside the shop and there he got into
argument with Sandra and finally he shot her and three people had seen
it.
CUT TO
Michael Lewis stands in the witness stand. He looks at Richard Parker.
MICHAEL LEWIS
Yes. I saw him killing her.
CUT TO
Hand cuffed terrorist stretches out his handcuffed hands to point at
Richard Parker.
TERRORIST
He did it.
CUT TO
Rose Gordon stands in the witness stand and stares at Richard Parker.
ROSE GORDON
He killed her. He shot her with his gun.
INSERT
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
Today Judge gives the verdict in the writer Richard Parker case.
BACK TO SCENE
INT: COURT ROOM - DAY
JUDGE
Richard Parker broke the rule that writers are intellectual people.
They can also be hardcore criminals like him. The prosecution clearly
established his highly volatile and violent nature. I highly condemn
his act of barbarism and highhandedness. It's senseless to destroy a
precious human life because of some silly argument over a fictitious
character in a novel. It's baseless and stupid and I sentence him.
CLOSE UP
JUDGE
TO DEATH.
INT: CHANNEL `C' - DAY
SECRETARY
Doug. Call from Thailand.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Hi. Dennis. How're things?
DENNIS HARDLEY
I got this guy Mike in a hotel. He's sex fiend.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Continue.
DENNIS HARDLEY
He stays in his room for the whole day. He sleeps and eats foods rich
in calories. At 9.00 in the night, he ordered guess what?
DOUG MCDOWELL
Snakes?
DENNIS HARDLEY
Oh. No. Viagra tablets.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Why Viagra? He's young. You know.
DENNIS HARDLEY
Then dames start knocking on his door.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Nothing unusual.
DENNIS HARDLEY
One dame enters, leaves after one hour and another dame enters. This
continues till morning and there are five to six dames.
DOUG MCDOWELL
I envy him.
DENNIS HARDLEY
Yeah. Enjoying life. But he makes notes after fucking each girl.
DOUG MCDOWELL
What?
DENNIS HARDLEY
Yeah. I bribed a dame and she hid a web camera
and I saw him typing out something in a laptop after fucking each girl.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Documenting his sexual act?
DENNIS HARDLEY
May be.
DOUG MCDOWELL
And the nationalities of the women?
DENNIS HARDLEY
All Thai women.
DOUG MCDOWLL
Okay. Continue watching.
INT: CHANNEL `C' - NIGHT
DOUG MCDOWELL
Hi. Den. What's up? No call from you for one week?
DENNIS HARDLEY
Something interesting.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Shoot.
DENNIS HARDLEY
Now boys start knocking on his door.
DOUG MCDOWELL
What?
DENNIS HARDLEY
Five boys for a night.
DOUG MCDOWELL
And he's still making notes?
DENNIS HARDLEY
Yeah. After sucking each prick and putting his in every ass crack.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Some kind of a freak?
DENNIS HARDLEY
I assume so.
INT: CHANNEL `C' - DAY
DENNIS HARDLEY
Doug. Something hot and serious.
DOUG MCDOWELL
What Boy?
DENNIS HARDLEY
Now little girls knock on his door.
DOUG MCDOWELL
At what age?
DENNIS HARDLEY
5 to 6.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Oh. My God.
DENNIS HARDLEY
Oh. I'm sick. He undressed them and. I couldn't see it any longer. I
switched off the computer.
DOUG MCDOWELL
So it's true. What this writer guy predicted is true.
DENNIS HARDLEY
What should I do now?
DOUG MCDOWELL
Pack off.
DENNIS HARDLEY
What?
DOUG MCDOWELL
If he did this all in America, we can catch him. I don't know the laws
of Thailand. The case is very weak. Den. We can't link all the murders
with his sexual acts in a hotel room in Thailand. Okay?
DENNIS HARDLEY
Like this writer guy says, we can lure him to commit another murder in
America.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Impossible. Do you believe he'll molest another child and kill her
after somebody wrote a book about him? If he needs to satisfy his
perversion, he can simply fly to Thailand or other countries and gets
what he wanted.
DENNIS HARDLEY
But I want to punish him. I want to castrate him. I want to shoot him,
hang him, knife him and mug him.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Listen Den. We are not police officers. We are producers of a crime
show and we can work on a story, which has a promise.
DENNIS HARDLEY
Fuck off.
INT: HOTEL ROOM - DAY
Mike Gordon is typing on his laptop. The door opens and Dennis walks
inside. Mike Gordon looks up from his laptop.
DENNIS HARDLEY
Excuse me.
MIKE GORDON
Yes.
DENNIS HADLEY
I want to take away the web camera.
MIKE GORDON
What?
Dennis walks straight and peels away the camera fitted to the cot,
flower vases and table lamps.
MIKE GORDON
Hey. What're you doing?
Dennis comes near him and spits on his face.
DENNIS HARDLEY
I hate you.
He punches on his face and Mike Gordon falls backwards and crashes on
the floor along with the chair. Dennis walks out and slams the door
shut.
INT: CHANNEL `C' - DAY
Doug McDowell calls his secretary.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Hi. Call this dame Jennifer and tells her that we're not interested in
her case anymore and we need something solid to back her story.
INT: Richard Parker's Cell DAY
The warden opens the cell and inside Richard Parker is ready for the
death. He has washed and combed his hair and his face remains
expressionless.
He comes out of the room. The execution officer is waiting outside.
They all walk silently in the corridor.
Richard Parker, Execution officer and the Warden enter a small hall
where people from press, representative from Sheriff's office and a
physician are present.
Richard Parker walks towards the bed in the center of the hall that has
fitted with clamps for holding armpits and ankles. He climbs on the bed
and positions himself.
The executioner comes forward and attaches IV near the bed. A monitor
is attached to show the heartbeats. Then he finds the nerve in the
wrist and using a syringe he attaches the IV. Then he injects a
sedative in the IV.
Few minute after he adds a lethal dose of barbiturate in the IV.
Richard Parker closes his eyes. Slowly his body starts to show the
effects of the drug. His face loses its charm and it becomes hard and
grim.
The monitor shows the decrease in the heartbeats. There is a sudden
increase in the graph in the monitor screen and his body involuntarily
shakes for a moment. Then it becomes motionless. The physician comes
forward and checks his pulse.
THE EXECUTIONER
He's dead.
INTERMISSION
Laptop computer screen goes blank.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S CELL - DAY
Laptop computer screen goes blank and Richard Parker switches off the
computer.
RICHARD PARKER
Hope this won't become true.
INT: JAIL'S VISITOR'S ROOM - DAY
JENNIFER PARKER
One more bad news.
RICHARD PARKER
And it's from Channel `C'
JENNIFER PARKER
Yeah. They feel the idea is far fetched. To lure the killer to commit
another crime and catch him red handed.
RICHARD PARKER
Kind of rejection letter.
JENNIFER PARKER
I'm so depressed. Richie. Go tell the world that you didn't commit the
crime.
RICHARD PARKER
No one will believe me.
JENNIFER PARKER
Then what's plan? Are you going to die?
RICHARD PARKER
I'm going to try another source.
INT:JAIL'S DINING ROOM - DAY
Convicts stand in a queue to get their meals. Richard Parker gets his
meal, walks towards BILL JONES, 30 years and sits next to him.
RICHARD PARKER
Hi. Bill. How's life?
BILL JONES
Shut up your mouth. You asshole.
RICHARD PARKER
I don't take much of this food. Help yourself.
He pushes the plate to his side.
Bill Jones takes the plate and slams it on Richard Parker
BILL JONES
FUCK OFF
He leaves the dining room. Richard runs to the washbasin and washes his
face. Another convict joins him.
CONVICT
Leave him alone. Boy. He's a loner and a very frustrated guy. Sometimes
I saw him crying. Kind of Psycho, I think. Killed three or four
prostitutes.
INT: VAST HALL IN JAIL - DAY
Convicts assemble in the hall and an old man lectures on Yoga. Richard
Parker sits next to Bill Jones.
RICHARD PARKER
Sorry for the incidence in the hall.
Bill Jones remains silent.
RICHARD PARKER
I know how frustrating it would be. I feel the same if I'm deprived of
my pen and paper. It applies for the photographers also. They'll feel
depressed if they don't have a camera.
Bill Jones looks at his direction.
Richard Parker opens his hand and shows a small digital camera.
BILL JONES
You're a great guy. How I need a camera.
RICHARD PARKER
It's yours. Take it.
INT:JAIL - DAY
Bill Jones and Richard Parker are doing carpentry works.
RICHARD PARKER
Want drugs?
BILL JONES
Hey. You're joking. It's impossible.
RICHARD PARKER
I can smuggle it inside.
BILL JONES
How?
RICHARD PARKER
I think you've kitchen duty tomorrow. Get sugar cubes and store in your
cell.
BILL JONES
Sugar cubes?
RICHARD PARKER
Do what I say. Brother.
INT:JAIL'S VISITOR'S HALL - DAY
Jennifer Parker is waiting at the other side of the cross wire frame.
RICHARD PARKER
Jen. I need your help. I want drugs.
JENNIFER PARKER
What?
RICHARD PARKER
Please don't ask questions. I need it for a project.
JENNIFER PARKER
Okay. Where can I get it?
RICHARD PARKER
I did a little bit research for my novel.
I saved the addresses of the people who sell drugs in my web folder.
You open it and find it.
You know the password?
JENNIFER PARKER
Yeah.
RICHARD PARKER
Then don't forget to bring a sugar cubes along with drugs.
JENNIFER PARKER
What? Sugar cube?
RICHARD PARKER
Yeah.
INT: JAIL'S LAUNDRY - DAY
Bill Jones is filling clothes in a huge washing machine
RICHARD PARKER
Today you'll get drugs.
BILL JONES
How?
RICHARD JONES
You got the sugar?
BILL JONES
Yeah.
RICHARD PARKER
Spill it from your cell to the visitor's room.
EXT: JAIL - NIGHT
Jennifer Parker parks her car at a distance and dumps a can containing
huge ants behind a bush. The ants look white as they are coated with
powder of heroin. The ants smell sugar and moves towards it in a line.
INT: BILL JONE'S CELL - NIGHT
Bill Jones first notices ants entering his cell in a line.
His face brightens. He picks one ant and puts it in a water can. The
drug dissolves and the ant becomes black. He puts another ant inside
the can.
INT: JAIL'S KITCHEN - DAY
Richard Parker is cutting vegetables. Bill Jones walks to his side and
slaps hard on his back
BILL JONES
You're a great guy.
RICHARD PARKER
You got the drugs?
BILL JONES
Yeah. You're brilliant.
RICHARD PARKER
Thanks.
BILL JONES
But I've a question.
RICHARD PARKER
Shoot.
BILL JONES
Why this sudden helping tendency?
RICHARD PARKER
Know? We're different from others. We're artists. I'm a writer and you
are a photographer. Understand?
BILL JONES
Okay.
RICHARD PARKER
And another thing? I plan to move to your room.
BILL JONES
I don't think they'll allow you. They branded me as a psycho.
RICHARD PARKER
I convinced the warden.
EXT:JAIL - DAY
An ambulance stops before the jail and a woman doctor and a male nurse
get off. The sentry checks the doc and nurse and let them in. They walk
towards the warden room.
WARDEN
Welcome. Doc.
DOCTOR
I'm in a hurry. Is the patient ready?
WARDEN
Oh. Come on.
They walk in the corridor.
WARDEN
The prison doc was unable to stop the pain. So we need the help of
specialist like you.
DOCTOR
You keep him on diet?
WARDEN
Oh. yeah.
They enter a small room, guarded by two sentries.
Richard Parker is lying on the bed.
DOCTOR
I need the case history.
Warden searches it on the table.
Male nurse moves near the doc and grabs her hand.
MALE NURSE
Hi. Wardi.
Warden turns and gets a shock for his life term.
WARDEN
Hey. What're you doing?
MALE NURSE
Have you heard pen bomb?
He removes a pen from his shirt pocket.
He shows it to the Warden.
MALE NURSE
If I just press it, the doc and I will go BANG. Want to test?
WARDEN
No.
MALE NURSE
Then release the prisoner. He walks in the front. You and the sentries
follow him. The doc and I trail you. If you do any mischief, I will
press the pen and the bomb goes off.
DOCTOR
Please do what he says. He's not a nurse.
He's been hiding in my car and threatened me to explode the bomb if I
disobeyed him.
Richard Parker walks in the front. The sentries and the warden follow
him and the doc and nurse walk closely behind them.
One sentry, without turning and walking straight, reverses the gun and
presses the trigger. The bullet hits the arm of the nurse and he cries
in pain and drops the pen.
The doc wriggles her hand free and runs forward. The sentry turns and
shoots the nurse. Another sentry runs fast and catches Richard Parker.
The nurse falls on the pen and it explodes. The body parts fly in the
air killing all six people.
The laptop computer screen goes blank.
INT: BILL JONE'S CELL - DAY
The laptop computer screen goes blank.
BILL JONES
It looks so real. I love it. I love death.
RICHARD PARKER
Thanks. It's my hobby.
BILL JONES
How did you get this laptop?
RICHARD PARKER
Said I'm a writer and need to write in a word processor and got the
sanction.
BILL JONES
Got anything else? Nude pictures and fucking pictures?
RICHARD PARKER
No. But got death pictures.
BILL JONES
Death pictures?
RICHARD PARKER
Down loaded it from Dark Angel.com. Shows pictures of men and woman in
the last moment of their life. Kinda sick. But I watch it often.
BILL JONES
Dark Angel.com?
RICHARD PARKER
Yeah. Knew it?
BILL JONES
I worked there.
RICHARD PARKER
What?
BILL JONES
It's a long story and the Dark Angel.com landed me here in Jail.
RICHARD PARKER
I want to hear it. Spill out.
BILL JONES.
I love to take photos. I worked as a freelancer and photographed
flowers, nature and pets. One day I photographed an accident and
published it in a local newspaper. Next day, I got a call from a guy
named George Baker.
RICHARD PARKER
He's a doc and he owns Dark Angel.com.
BILL JONES.
He brought the negatives of the photos for a huge amount.
RICHARD PARKER
Then he prompted you to work for his website.
BILL JONES
Yes. The pay is good. I've to take care of my sweet little daughter and
my beautiful wife.
RICHARD PARKER
But you've to take death photographs.
BILL JONES
I've to hide near deathbeds in the hospital and photograph patients
while they're dying. It's sick but the money compensates everything.
Sometimes I hide a video camera when the doc needs films.
RICHARD PARKER
You cover deaths outside hospitals?
BILL JONES
Yeah. Mainly accidents. Sometimes I get a call from graveyards.
RICHARD PARKER
Oh.
BILL JONES
It was one such a call from a graveyard that completely changed my
life.
RICHARD PARKER
Come on. Tell me.
INT: GRAVE YARD - NIGHT
It is raining heavily. Bill Jones stops the car and gets down. He runs
towards a small shed where caretaker is waiting for him.
BILL JONES
What's it now?
CARE TAKER
A murder.
BILL JONES
What?
CARE TAKER
A rich guy killed someone and wanted to dispose the body. He bribed me
and I helped him to bury the body without a death certificate.
BILL JONES
Where's it?
They take the shovel and run in the rain. Caretaker points the burial
spot and they both start to dig. They take out the casket and load it
in the car.
INT: GETWELL HOSPITAL MORTUARY - NIGHT
George Baker opens the casket.
GEORGE BAKER
WoW. What a lovely death.
Bill Jones comes near and looks inside.
BILL JONES
OH. NO.
GEORGE BAKER
Don't be a softie. Life is hard.
BILL JONES
NO. IT CAN'T BE. DOC. DOCTOR. DON'T YOU KNOW?
SHE'S MY DAUGHTER.
GEORGE BAKER
WHAT?
BILL JONES
Yes. Doc. Yes. She's my little sweet daughter.
Bill Jones starts to cry.
GEORGE BAKER
Why would any one want to kill a small child?
He looks closer.
GEROGE BAKER
Oh. My God. She's been raped.
INT: BILL JONE'S CELL - DAY
BILL JONES
Doc gathered the semen and the genital hairs and kept it in a cold
storage. Said he would need it for future use. To blackmail the killer,
I assume.
RICHARD PARKER
Did you trace the killer?
BILL JONES
The only link is graveyard man. But he didn't know much detail. The man
was wearing a raincoat and he couldn't see his face.
RICHARD PARKER
The doc didn't try?
BILL JONES
He placed my daughter photo in the website. He thought the killer would
see it and contact him.
But we didn't receive any calls from the killer.
RICHARD PARKER
What did you do with the body?
BILL JONES
The doc didn't want to destroy it. He included it in his collection. He
said he saw dark angel in my daughter's face.
RICHARD PARKER
Why didn't you confess everything to the police?
BILL JONES
I don't have the energy and power to expose them. It's a cyber crime;
they can erase everything in a second and escape. No evidence and no
proof.
RICHARD PARKER
And then Kenneth contacted you?
BILL JONES
Yes. He's also lost his daughter. He included my daughter in his book.
RICHARD PARKER
Then you started killing the prostitutes.
BILL JONES
As I became more reclusive and secretive, my wife got suspicious and
divorced me. I resigned my job at the hospital and roamed around like a
hippie. One day I went to bed with a prostitute. Suddenly I got a
seizure. I want to see death.
I think it's got into my system. I killed her. I got a tremendous
relief and release. I started continuing it and got arrested in my
third killing. Now I need death now and then to keep my system function
properly.
INT: JAIL'S VISITOR'S ROOM - DAY
RICHARD PARKER
I've got some thing solid on this candy man.
JENNIFER PARKER
What's it?
RICHARD PARKER
I've got his sperm.
JENNIFER PARKER
Oh.
RICHARD PARKER
We've to get Mike Gordon's and match it with this one and it'll prove
Mike Gordon is the Candy man.
JENNIFER PARKER
How could we do this?
RICHARD PARKER
Call again channel `C'
INT: CHANNEL`C ' OFFICE - DAY
Doug McDowell is reading a file in his cabin. Intercom buzzes.
RECETIONIST
One dame called Mrs.Jennifer Parker wants to see you. Says it's very
urgent.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Throw her out. I've no time for her.
RECEPTIONIST
She persists.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Call the security guards.
INT: DOUG MCDOWELL'S BED ROOM - NIGHT
Doug McDowell is in bed with his girlfriend. She switches the T.V and
inserts a CD
T.V SCREEN
A masked man is stripping naked. He puts a condom on his erect penis.
He makes love to a woman. Then he gets up and removes the condom and
throws it away. Richard Parker catches the condom and walks to a fridge
and opens it. A body of he naked child is inside. He takes out a test
tube and compares it with the condom.
RICHARD PARKER
Richard Parker got the sperm of the Candy man.
Doug McDowell gets up from bed.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Where did you get this?
GIRL FRIEND
A woman enquires about your hobbies and interests. I told her you love
to watch porn films and then she sent this CD.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Did she leave her contact number?
GIRL FRIEND
Oh. Yeah.
INT:CHANNEL `C' OFFICE - NIGHT
DOUG MCDOWELL
We'd like to take your husband case Mrs. Jennifer.
JENNIFER PARKER
Oh. Thank You.
DOUG MCDOWELL
But we'd like to make some changes.
JENNIFER PARKER
Changes?
DOUG MCDOWELL
If we present a real life drama as such it'd be terribly boring and
uninteresting. We should add more spice to it.
JENNIFER PARKER
How could we?
DOUG MCDOWELL
When'll be your baby out?
JENNIFER PARKER
15 days more.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Make it tomorrow.
JENNIFER PARKER
What?
DOUG MCDOWELL
We're going to write the next chapter with your baby.
INT:HOSPITAL MATERNITY WARD - DAY
Jennifer is lying in bed after a cesarean operation. A cute little male
baby is sleeping in the cradle.
INT:HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY
Handcuffed Richard Parker is walking along with two prison guards. They
stop before Jennifer's room. The door opens and a nurse comes out.
NURSE
Sorry. Mr.Richard. Your wife refused to see you.
She asked us not to show the baby to you.
RICHARD PARKER
What?
NURSE
Please. Move off.
RICHARD PARKER
Jen. Are you there? What's all these?
JENNIFER PARKER (inside the room)
Please move away. I hate the sight of you. You are an irresponsible
bastard. You are a cheat, liar. I hate you. I HATE YOU.
EXT: HIGHWAY-DAY
Police car races on road. Richard Parker is seated between the two
prison guards. A black car overtakes the police car, comes to the front
and blocks the road. The police car screeches to halt.
Three people wearing a mask jump out from the black car. The prison
guards remove their gun, roll up the window and point the gun at the
masked men. One guy throws a bomb and a thick white smoke envelope the
police car. They walk inside the smoke. Soon after they come out of the
smoke, carrying Richard Parker.
T.V SCREEN
Channel `C' and `C' for crime.
ANNOUNCER
WRITER'S WIFE SNUBS THE WRITER. REFUSES TO SHOW HIM THE BABY.
INT: RICHLY FURNISHED BEDROOM - NIGHT
A topless woman kisses Richard Parker in the forehead. Richard wakes
from sleep and surprised to see a naked woman before him. He gets up
from bed, pushing her off.
RICHARD PARKER
Hey. Who are you?
TOPLESS WOMAN
The gift.
RICHARD PARKER
I don't understand.
TOPLESS WOMAN
I'm the gift presented to you by Mr.Doug Mcdowell.
RICHARD PARKER
Doug? He arranged the kidnapping.
TOPLESS WOMAN
Yeah.
RICHARD PARKER
I want to talk to him.
TOPLESS WOMAN
He's busy with another woman in another room.
RICHARD PARKER
Shit.
TOPLESS WOMAN
Wait.
She removes a cell phone from her skirt, dials a number and throws it
at Richard.
RICHARD PARKER
Hi. Doug. What's all this?
DOUG MCDOWELL
I want to circulate you again in news. I want to refresh you in the
memory of the viewers.
RICHARD PARKER
I don't like it. Doug.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Don't worry. Man. You are safe in my custody. Go and enjoy the gift.
RICHARD PARKER
I am not in the mood.
DOUG MCDOWELL
I think you have permanently lost your sexual appetite.
RICHARD PARKER
No. It's not like that.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Go and prove it man.
Topless woman pours the drink all over her naked breasts.
TOPLESS WOMAN.
Come on. Lick it.
INT: CAR - NIGHT
Doug is driving the car fast. Richard sits in the passenger seat.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Your three days leave is over. I'll drop you near a police station. You
go and tell-
INSERT
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE
WRITER SURRENDERS TO POLICE. SAYS HIS FANS KIDNAPPED HIM. HE COULDN'T
IDENTIFY THEM SINCE THEY ALL WORE MASK.
BACK TO SCENE.
INT: HOSPITAL MATERNITY WARD - DAY
Jennifer is nursing the baby
DOUG MCDOWELL
You've to sign these papers.
He pushes some papers.
JENNIFER PARKER
What's this?
DOUG MCDOWELL
Your divorce papers.
JENNIFER PARKER
What?
DOUG MCDOWELL
Add more spice to the real life drama.
JENNIFER PARKER
No. I won't do this. I love him.
The baby starts to cry.
DOUG MCDOWELL
If you love him, you should divorce him. I'm doing this for his good.
Do you want him released?
JENNIFER PARKER
Yes.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Then do what I say.
T.V SCREEN
ANNOUNCER
WRITER WIFE ASKS FOR A DIVORCE.
INT:PRINT HOUSE - DAY
Richard Parker's novel is being printed. The finished product comes out
in the tray one by one.
CUT TO
CLOSE UP
Key unlocking the handcuffs.
VOICE OVER
Richard Parker is granted bail to attend the launch of his book.
INT: AUDITORIUM - NIGHT
The hall is full. Richard Parker is seated between two prison guards.
Jennifer Parker, Publisher and agent occupy the other seats. 'C'
Channel Doug McDowell stands at the podium and stats the speech.
DOUG MCDOWELL
In today's episode of "Truth is stranger than fiction", we will discuss
the case of Richard Parker. You all know Richard Parker as a writer but
I know him as a private investigator. Today he was branded as murderer
and he is awaiting death sentence.
The huge screen behind the stage comes alive and shows the picture of
Richard Parker being brought to court by police officers.
DOUG MCDOWELL
But I know he was not the murderer. He didn't kill that woman Sandra.
He's innocent.
The whole room becomes silent with shock.
DOUG MCDOWELL
But he says he committed the crime.
Screen shows the newspaper headlines.
WRITER SAYS HE KILLS SANDRA OVER AN ARGUMENT ABOUT A CHARACTER IN HIS
BOOK.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Why? Why he says he committed the murder.
Screen shows the face of the Richard Parker in tight close-up.
DOUG MCDOWELL
He and Sandra were on the track of the serial killer Candy man. The
Candy man killed Sandra and the next victim would be him. He thought
that the safe place to hide was jail.
Screen shows a man in silhouette with a title Candy man.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Next thing is to prove how lazy and corrupt the police people are. They
just believed his words and didn't probe further.
Screen shows the face of the police officer John Hansen.
DOUG MCDOWELL
And to gather more information about the Candy man from the victim's
father Bill Jones who is in jail for killing prostitutes.
Bill Jones face appears on the screen.
DOUG MCDOWELL
and to write and write and write without any interference.
Richard Parker types in his laptop.
DOUG MCDOWELL
And there were three witnesses for the murder he didn't commit. But
they were all liars.
In screen;
MICHAEL LEWIS
I told them the truth that a masked man has killed Sandra. But the
Police officer didn't believe it. He said I was under the influence of
alcohol and confused the writer with the masked man. He asked me to
change my statement.
TERRORIST
I need money. It's a hidden message I sent to the killer. I expected a
call from him. If he had contacted me, I'd have asked him money to
repeat the lie.
ROSE GORDON
Yes. I lied. I didn't want him to escape. He could buy the other two
witnesses but not me.
So I came forward, lied and sealed his escape route forever.
BACK TO SCENE
DOUG MCDOWELL
He kept his mission secret even though it cost his family life. He
feared any leak would alert the Candy man. He didn't care when his wife
refused to show the baby and he didn't break down when his wife
divorced him.
Richard Parker put a finger on his mouth and makes KEEP SILENT gesture.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Now the million-dollar question. Did he find the identity of the Candy
man? No. But he finds the sperm of the Candy Man.
Screen shows the webpage Darkangel.com.
DOUG MCDOWELL
George Baker, a doc who owns the Dark angel website and collects
pictures of death as hobby accidentally came across the body of one of
the victim, the daughter of Bill Jones. He collected the sperm and
stored the body. At this point, Richard needed outside help. We agreed
to help him and he told us everything.
Channel `C' and `C' for crime.
DOUG MCDOWELL
I tipped of the police and they have conducted the raid and captured
the Candy man victim's body and his sperm.
Screen shows the raid and a police officer opens a box and it contains
the dead body of a small child. Another police officer inspects a small
test tube containing the sperms of the Candy man.
DOUG MCDOWELL
But Richard didn't want to stop here. He wanted to catch him in the
act. He wanted to lure him to commit another crime. He supplied us with
the email id of the Candy man. We sent him mails in the name of a five
year old child.
T.V Screen:
Little hands typing on the keyboard.
Dad. I miss you.
Sorry. You've wrongly dispatched a mail. I'm not your father.
Did not you help me to find my father?
Where's your father?
He went to live with another woman.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Slowly we got him in a chat room. We talked in private. We asked him
for a live meet. He was silent for some time. Luckily he agreed to come
today.
In screen:
Typed words.
Okay. We meet tomorrow at 6:00 p.m.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Look at the screen.
A profile of small child appears on the screen.
DOUG MCDOWELL
This girl is meeting the Candy Man. You may wonder why sent a little
girl to a killer like Candy Man. She's not a little girl and she's the
victim of stunned growth and her age is 28.
Screen shows the midget woman dressed as a little girl.
DOUG MCDOWELL
When I started the speech the time was 6:10 and I got the message from
my team that they've caught the Candy man red handed. Now look at the
screen.
In the Screen, channel `C' appears.
A car stops before a cottage. The time is exactly 6:00. A man wearing a
mask gets down from the car. He walks straight inside the cottage. Two
minutes after, midget dressed in little girl dress, wearing mask enter
the cabin.
MASKED MAN
Hi. Why you're wearing a mask?
MIDGET
I ask you the same question.
MASKED MAN
A little bit of suspense. I'll remove it when we say good-bye.
MIDGET
Okay it's a deal. I too show my face when we part.
MASKED MAN
You look gorgeous in this dress. Who brought this?
MIDGET
My mother. But she didn't buy me new underwear.
MASKED MAN
Why?
MIDGET
She asked me to use the old one. But I don't like using it. New dress
new underwear. What do you say?
MASKED MAN
A good policy.
MIDGET
So I didn't wear underwear.
The screen goes dark.
MIDGET
Hi. What're you doing? Help. No.
The masked man comes out the cabin zipping up his pant. Police people
and `C' channel guys start chasing him.
He runs on the road. He enters a multi-storied building.
Another team consoles the midget. The forensic team collects the sperm
from the used condom and making tests.
A forensic guy shows a v sign
FORENSIC GUY
It tallies with the sperm collected in the Darkangel.com. It's him.
He's the Candy Man.
INSERT
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
THE CANDY MAN ESCAPES. THOUGH THEY SEAL EVERY EXIT OF THE MULTI STORIED
BUILDING AND SEARCH EVERY PERSON IN THE BUILDING, THEY COULDN'T FIND
THE CANDY MAN. HE IS STILL AT LARGE.
THREE MONTHS LATER
JUDEGE CONDEMNS THE POLICE FOR THEIR INACTIVENESS AND RELEASES THE
WRITER FROM MURDER ACCUSATION ON BENEFIT OF DOUBT.
INT: CHANNEL `C' OFFICE - DAY
RICHARD PARKER
There are so many unanswered questions.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Shoot.
RICHARD PARKER
I didn't give you the email id of the Candy Man.
DOUG MCDOWELL
It's a set up. Do you think you can make a hard core criminal like
Candy man to come after a girl child by exchange of emails? No. It's
impossible. He's not the Candy Man and he's doing stunts in movies. He
went up the multi-storied building and jumped to the next building and
escaped.
RICHARD PARKER
And matching of sperms?
DOUG MCDOWELL
Simple. Money exchanged and the Dark angel doc George baker changed the
sperm with that of the stunt man.
RICHARD PARKER
I feel guilty. The Candy man is still at large. He may kill another
child.
DOUG MCDOWELL
First think about you. If it were not for us, you'd have been injected
lethal dose by now.
EXT: NEWLY BUILT MANSION - DAY
Jennifer stops the car in the portico.
JENNIFER PARKER
How's it?
RICHARD PARKER
Looking grand.
JENNIFER PARKER
I've built a writing room for you. It has a swimming pool, revolving
library, mini theatre and a computer workstation.
RICHARD PARKER
I think I couldn't write.
JENNIFER PARKER
Why? Richie.
RICHARD PARKER
Writer's block. I've not written a single word in the three months.
Just I can't.
JENNIFER PARKER
Why? Richie.
RICHARD PARKER
I'm so upset. I feel heavy in my heart.
I know I can't write until I catch this Candy Man.
JENNIFER PARKER
Please Richie. It's the job of the police.
INT: RICHARD'S ROOM - DAY
Richard Parker sits in a chair and writes in a note pad with a computer
pen. What he writes on the note pad displays on a huge screen in a
glittering bold letters.
THOMSON BROKE THE WINDOW AND JUMPED
He strikes it
THOMSON MADE A HEAVY PUNCH ON THE WINDOW AND THE GLASS
He erases the line and throws the pen away.
He walks around the swimming pool.
CATHY, five years old girl, enters the room.
RICHARD PARKER
Hi. Little girl. Who're you?
CATHY
Cathy. I'm your neighbor.
RICHARD PARKER
Your father?
CATHY
I live alone.
RICHARD PARKER
No young girls live alone.
CATHY
My father comes only at 9:00.
RICHARD PARKER
Where he works?
CATHY
Stock Exchange.
RICHARD PARKER
Your mother?
CATHY
Mother not living with us.
RICHARD PARKER
No one to look after you?
CATHY
A baby sitter is there. But she's always on phone.
RICHARD PARKER
And you roam around.
CATHY
I got bored sitting in a same place.
RICHARD PARKER
Okay. Cathy. How do you know my name?
CATHY
I saw in T.V.
RICHARD PARKER
You watch lot of T.V programs?
CATHY
Yeah and cartoons.
RICHARD PARKER
Okay Cathy. I like you. You come here when you get bored. I've lot of
free hours.
CATHY
You don't work anywhere.
RICHARD PARKER
Writers work from home.
CATHY
I have one doubt.
RICHARD PARKER
Shoot.
CATHY
Why do you build swimming pool inside a room?
RICHARD PARKER
If it were outside, somebody would steal it.
CATHY
You're kidding.
RICHARD PARKER
Do you swim?
CATHY
Oh. Yes.
Richard lifts her up and throws her in the swimming pool.
RICHARD PARKER
Enjoy Cathy.
Cathy laughs and swims merrily.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S ROOM - DAY
BABYSITTER comes inside the room. She looks tense.
BABYSITTER
Is Cathy here?
Richard Parker looks up from a computer.
RICHARD PARKER
No. She didn't come here.
BABYSITTER
She's missing.
Babysitter starts crying.
RICHARD PARKER
Have you searched all the places?
BABYSITTER
Yeah.
RICHARD PARKER
She may be hiding in a room. Come on. Let's check every nook and
corner.
INT: CATHY'S HOME - DAY
Richard Parker looks under the cot and sofa sets. Jennifer opens the
cupboard and checks inside. Babysitter searches in the kitchen.
RICHARD PARKER
CATHY. CATHY. WHERE ARE YOU?
BABYSITTER
CATHY. PLEASE COME OUT.
JENNIFER PARKER
CATHY. CATHY.
They search in the garden. They look behind trees and bushes.
RICHARD PARKER
It's serious. Let's call her father and police.
INT: CATHY'S HOME - DAY
Police officer is sending Cathy's photo over fax to control room.
POLICE OFFICER
The child has been missing for two hours. If she has been kidnapped,
the culprit would have traveled two hundred to two fifty kilometers.
Draw 300 km radius circle in the map and circulate this photo to every
pub, coffee shop, bar and motel in this area.
Cathy's father runs inside.
CATHY'S FATHER
What happened? Where's Cathy?
RICHARD PARKER
She's been missing. But don't lose heart. She'll be found.
CATHY'S FATHER
I love Cathy. She's my life. I can't even think something bad happen to
Cathy.
INT: CATHY'S HOME - DAY
Police officer is making calls. Cathy's father is praying.
Richard Parker, Jennifer and Babysitter sit in the sofa, with a worried
face.
An old woman enters, followed by Cathy.
Cathy runs towards her dad.
CATHY
Daddy. Daddy.
Cathy's father stops his prayer and opens his eyes.
He lifts her up and showers kisses on her.
CATHY'S FATHER
Cathy. Cathy. Where've you been?
CATHY
I went to the park to catch butterflies.
OLD WOMAN
I found her sleeping behind a bush. Luckily she remembered her way to
her home.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S HOME - NIGHT
JENNIFER PARKER
I'm more relaxed now. Cathy has been found.
RICHARD PARKER
If it's otherwise.
JENIFER PARKER
I shudder to think.
RICHARD PARKER
FOR SOME OF THEM, THEIR CHILD NEVER BEEN FOUND OUT. THEY HAVE BEEN
MISSING FOREVER.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Richard Parker gets up from bed. She wakes Jennifer.
He shakes her shoulders.
RICHARD PARKER
Think about them. Jen.
JENNIFER PARKER
What? Richie. I want to sleep.
RICHARD PATRKER
Think about those unlucky parents who lost their child to the Candy
Man.
JENNIFER PARKER
Please calm down. Richie.
RICHARD PARKER
How they would have suffered? For us it's two hours. For Cathy's
father, it's one hour. For them, it's life long.
JENNIFER PARKER
we can't do anything about it.
RICHARD PARKER
We can at least stop him from giving another parent a lifelong sorrow.
JENNIFER PARKER
I think you need sleeping pills.
Jennifer gets down from bed.
INT: TOY FACTORY - DAY
Richard Parker points the gun at Mike Gordon.
Mike Gordon starts to laugh.
MIKE GORDON
Still you think I'm the Candy Man.
RICHARD PARKER
I've more evidence to support my theory.
MIKE GORDON
Such as?
RICHARD PARKER
I heard from a reporter from 'C' channel that you went to Thailand and
fucked woman, man and children.
Mike Gordon starts to laugh.
RICHARD PARKER(cont'd)
You made notes of your sexual encounter in your computer.
Mike Gordon laughs and laughs.
MIKE GORDON
I did a research for my profession.
RICHARD PARKER
What? You molest a child for a research.
MIKE GORDON
You have all misunderstood my motive.
RICHARD PARKER
What's your motive?
MIKE GORDON
To help the victims of child sex.
RICHARD PARKER
I don't believe it.
MIKE GORDON
My daughter was one of the victims of the Candy man.
RICHARD PARKER
What?
MIKE GORDON
I was arrested for kidnapping a child. But it's my original child. It
was born to my ex-girl friend. She was pregnant when she walked out on
me. After four years, I met her in a bar with another man and there she
said she had dumped the child in a charity home. I went there and told
the officials that I was the child's original father and I wanted to
take care of the child. But they refused since I was low on wages. I
tried to steal the child, caught and was handed over to the police.
MIKE GORDON(cont'd)
I met them after I got a decent job. But they had handed over the child
to a childless couple. I didn't want to disturb the child and I
returned back to my normal life. I married Rose, became a toy merchant
and well settled in life. Three years later, my daughter was in news.
The Candy man killed her.
MIKE GORDON(cont'd)
It made me angry and I wanted to find the real killer. I collected all
the details about the Candy man and browsed child sex websites and
contacted the pimps who supplied child sex workers. Then Kenneth wrote
a book about the Candy man and the children he had killed. I went to
the book-signing event and decided to break the news that I was one of
the victim's original father. I was tense as I was rehearsing the
speech I was going to make after the book-signing event. But Sandra
mistook it and thought that I was the Candy man. When she confronted me
with a gun, I told her the truth.
INT: TOY SHOP - DAY
Sandra points the gun, takes an aim and shoots at him. Mike rolls on
the floor and escapes from the shot. He gathers himself up and jumps
behind a large rack containing toys. Sandra walks towards the rack
pointing the gun. He pushes the rack and Sandra jumps aside. The rack
lands down with a crash.
Now there is no barrier in between Sandra and Mike. Sandra points the
gun directly at him.
MIKE GORDON
Don't shoot me. I'll tell the truth.
SANDRA
Come on. Tell. Tell me you're the Candy man.
MIKE GORDON
No. I'm the original father of a victim killed by the Candy man.
SANDRA
What?
MIKE GORDON
Yes. It's true.
SANDRA
I believe you. I know you're not the Candy man. It's a toy gun.
She throws the gun away.
I purchased it from your shop. I don't have the intention to shoot
you. I just want to threaten you. If you're the killer of five
children, your face will never show fear when I point the gun at you.
Your face will harden and you will try to fight and not run away from
me like you did. Your fear shows that you're not the killer.
CUT TO
INT: TOY FACTORY - DAY
MIKE GORDON
I had suspicion on a certain person. I decided to watch him. I noted
one point. His wife accompanies him. Wherever he goes, she goes with
him. Why? Is he in some way crippled? Always needs another person to
take care of him. I followed him one day.
INT: PARK - EVENING
A man and his wife sitting in a park bench are shown in long shot. Wife
is reading a book and the man watches the children playing.
At one point, wife gets lost in the book and the man gets up from his
seat and walks over to the children. He talks to a sweet little girl.
Wife suddenly looks up, finds her husband talking to a little girl.
WIFE
YOU STUPID FOOL. COME HERE.
Man run towards her like a dog.
MIKE GORDON
Then I knew. He's the Candy man. His wife is a psychiatrist. He is
under her medical care. Even though she knew all his secrets, she fell
in love with him and married him. As I've told everything to Sandra,
she too would have guessed the truth. So the candy man killed her. But
I got confused when you told you killed Sandra. I sent my wife and she
told the police she was a witness to the murder. As expected, your wife
approached her and accused her of lying. That proved you didn't kill
Sandra.
RICHARD PARKER
You said something about research?
MIKE GORDON
I got order from Thailand to make sex toys for Thai people. Before I
started on the project, I want to get the feel of their sex organs,
size of the breasts and length of the penis etc. I recorded my feelings
after I fucked every man and woman. It'd help me while I make moulds
for the sex toys.
MIKE GORDON (cont'd)
'C' channel reporter misunderstood everything.
After I finished off with the girls and boys, I called little girls and
not to have sex with them but to check how far their body has been
mutilated and deteriorated. I stripped them naked and inspected their
genitals as a doc inspecting their patients. Then I sent them to
hospitals for treatment and from there I transferred them to charity
home and rehabilitation centers. Every month, I send certain percentage
of my profits to those charity homes.
RICHARD PARKER
But you know the identity of the Candy man.
MIKE GORDON
Yes.
RICHARD PARKER
Who's he?
MIKE GORDON
You're safe until you are unaware of the truth.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S HOME - NIGHT
Richard Parker sits before the computer. Jennifer stands behind him.
RICHARD PARKER
I did the graphics art of the murder scene.
He types the keys
COMPUTER MONITOR SCREEN
INT: BOOK SHOP NIGHT
Sandra is alone in the bookshop reading a book. She closes the book,
stands up and strolls towards a toilet in the corner of the room. The
whole bookshop is empty.
A man enters the bookshop. He looks around. Then he strides towards the
staircase leading to the upper floor. He strolls up covering his face
with a paper mask and opens the room, moves inside and hides behind an
unopened book parcel.
Sandra sails out of the toilet and walks towards her seat. She
continues reading the book. Richard Parker enters the bookshop. He asks
about the manuscript he has given to her for a read.
Sandra saunters towards the staircase. The upstairs room is crammed
with card board boxes, used packing materials, old book racks,
discarded books, unopened book parcels and chairs and tables. She opens
a cupboard and takes out a manuscript folder.
A masked figure gets up behind an unopened parcel and shoots Sandra
twice in the heart.
The killer dashes out of the room, steps down and stops short on his
path on seeing Richard Parker in the ground floor.
At this moment, the cell phone of the killer buzzes. But he ignores it
and pointing the gun at Richard, he climbs down.
He marches ahead, moves in a half circle around Richard, reverses and
walks backwards towards the door all the while pointing the gun at him.
The cell phone again rings as the killer disappears behind the door.
Richard runs up the stairs and looks inside the room. Sandra is lying
near the cupboard with blood splattered all over her chest. The pages
from his novel are scattered around her.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S HOME - NIGHT
RICHARD PARKER
Now I replaced the killer by Mike Gordon.
COMPUTER MONITOR SCREEN
INT: BOOK SHOP - NIGHT
Sandra is alone in the bookshop reading a book. She closes the book,
stands up and strolls towards a toilet in the corner of the room. The
whole bookshop is empty.
Mike Gordon enters the bookshop. He looks around. Then he strides
towards the staircase leading to the upper floor. He strolls up
covering his face with a paper mask and opens the room, moves inside
and hides behind an unopened book parcel.
Sandra sails out of the toilet and walks towards her seat. She
continues reading the book. Richard Parker enters the bookshop. He asks
about the manuscript he has given to her for a read.
Sandra saunters towards the staircase. The upstairs room is crammed
with card board boxes, used packing materials, old book racks,
discarded books, unopened book parcels and chairs and tables. She opens
a cupboard and takes out a manuscript folder.
A masked figure gets up behind an unopened parcel and shoots Sandra
twice in the heart.
Mike Gordon dashes out of the room, steps down and stops short on his
path on seeing Richard Parker in the ground floor.
At this moment, the cell phone of the Mike buzzes. But he ignores it
and pointing the gun at Richard, he climbs down.
He marches ahead, moves in a half circle around Richard, reverses and
walks backwards towards the door all the while pointing the gun at him.
The cell phone again rings as Mike Gordon disappears behind the door.
Richard runs up the stairs and looks inside the room. Sandra is lying
near the cupboard with blood splattered all over her chest. The pages
from his novel are scattered around her.
RICHARD PARKER
He's not the killer. He's telling the truth.
He doesn't fit into the masked man.
FLASH BACK
INT: TOY FACTORY - DAY
MIKE GORDON
I got order from Thailand to make sex toys for Thai people. Before I
started on the project, I want to get the feel of their sex organs,
size of the breasts and length of the penis etc. I recorded my feelings
after I fucked every man and woman. It'd help me while I make moulds
for the sex toys.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S HOME - NIGHT
Richard Parker starts to laugh.
He laughs and laughs uncontrollably.
JENNIFER PARKER
What's so funny?
RICHARD PARKER
I remembered Mike's research.
Jennifer too burst into a terrific roar.
Richard stops laughing.
RICHARD PARKER
My God.
JENNIFER PARKER
What? Richie.
RICHARD PARKER
I'm a fool. I missed a point.
He types the keys in his computer.
COMPUTER MONITOR SCREEN.
INT:BOOK SHOP - NIGHT
Sandra is alone in the bookshop reading a book. She closes the book,
stands up and goes to a toilet in the corner of the room. The whole
bookshop is empty.
A man enters the bookshop. He looks around. Then he strides towards the
staircase leading to the upper floor. He strolls up covering his face
with a paper mask and opens the room, moves inside and hides behind an
unopened book parcel.
Sandra comes out of the toilet and walks towards her seat. She
continues reading the book. Richard Parker enters the bookshop. He asks
about the manuscript he has given to her for a read.
Sandra saunters towards the staircase. The upstairs room is crammed
with card board boxes, used packing materials, old book racks,
discarded books, unopened book parcels and chairs and tables. She opens
a cupboard and takes out a manuscript folder.
A masked figure gets up behind an unopened parcel and shoots Sandra
twice in the heart.
The killer dashes out of the room, steps down and stops short on his
path on seeing Richard Parker in the ground floor.
At this moment, the cell phone of the killer buzzes
The cell phone of the killer buzzes.
The cell phone of the killer buzzes.
The cell phone of the killer buzzes.
But he ignores it and pointing the gun at Richard, he climbs down.
He marches ahead, moves in a half circle around Richard, reverses and
walks backwards towards the door all the while pointing the gun at him.
The cell phone again rings as the killer disappears behind the door.
The cell phone again rings as the killer disappears behind the door.
The cell phone again rings as the killer disappears behind the door.
The cell phone again rings as the killer disappears behind the door.
RICHARD PARKER
The cell phone. It shows the identity of the Candy man.
JENNIFER PARKER
The cell phone?
RICHARD PARKER
I called a person who owed me five thousand dollars. The killer
appeared in the staircase and his cell phone rang. I accidentally
touched the redial button and the again cell phone of the killer rang
as he disappeared behind the door. I called a person who was just
opposite me and unknowingly he was the killer, the candy man.
JENNIFER PARKER
The Candy Man owed you five thousand dollars?
RICHARD PARKER
He already paid five thousand dollars. He had to pay the balance
amount.
JENNIFER PARKER
For what?
RICHARD PARKER
Okay. Jen. Let's go to sleep.
JENNIFER PARKER
No. You're hiding something from me.
RICHARD PARKER
No. Jen. I'm sort of confused.
JENNIFER PARKER
Please. Richie. I think you've found the Candy man.
RICHARD PARKER
No. I'm tired. A good sleep will help me think clear.
JENNIFER PARKER
Please. Richie. Don't do anything stupid.
INT: Richard Parker's home DAY
Jennifer wakes up as she feels a soft flesh on her face.
She opens her eyes and shocked to see her baby lying by her side. She
gets up as Richard takes gun out from the drawer. Jennifer jumps from
the bed fast, runs to the door and blocks his way.
JENNIFER PARKER
I know what you're going to do.
Richard Parker pushes her off, walks out and slams the door shut.
Jennifer knocks on the door.
JENNIFER PARKER
Richie. Richie. Don't get involved in another murder.
Jennifer runs inside the room and dials a phone number. But the phone
is dead.
JENNIFER PARKER
Shit
She tries other doors. All are locked. Now the baby starts to cry. She
looks around. Baby food is neatly stacked in the table.
EXT: `C' CHANNEL STUDIO - DAY
Richard Parker stops the car and gets off fast. The guard stops him.
SECURITY GUARD
Do you have a pass?
RICHARD PARKER
It's urgent.
He pushes him aside and runs inside. He reaches the reception.
RICHARD PARKER
I'm late for the talk show. Where's it being recorded?
RECEPTIONIST
Third floor.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S BEDROOM - DAY
Jennifer Richard presses the burglar alarm switch in the bedroom.
Richard Parker forgets to turn it off. The alarm goes off.
INT: STUDIO FLOOR - DAY
Richard Parker pushes opens the door and enters inside.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Hey. You're late for the show.
RICHARD PARKER
Caught in a traffic jam.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
You look very tired. We need to slightly make up your face. Come on.
He takes him to a make up room.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S BEDROOM - DAY
Police officers enter through the broken doors. Jennifer Parker sits on
the bed with the baby in her lap. She looks tired.
POLICE OFFICER
What happened?
JENNIFER PARKER
Please stop my husband before he makes the killing.
POLICE OFFICER
Where's he now?
JENNIFER PARKER
He locked me up and went off to make the killing.
POLICE OFFICER
Any idea where he'll be now?
Jennifer Parker face suddenly brightens up.
JENNIFER PARKER
The computers. We can check it up. He'd have a done a graphics visual
of the murderer.
They walk to his room. Jennifer sits before a computer.
JENNIFER PARKER
Look. I am clicking on the most recent file he created.
She clicks it open.
COMPUTER MONITOR SCREEN
Sandra is alone in the bookshop reading a book. She closes the book,
stands up and strolls towards a toilet in the corner of the room. The
whole bookshop is empty.
Doug McDowell enters the bookshop. He looks around. Then he strides
towards the staircase leading to the upper floor. He strolls up
covering his face with a paper mask and opens the room, moves inside
and hides behind an unopened book parcel.
Doug Mcdowell gets up behind an unopened parcel and shoots Sandra twice
in the heart.
Doug Mcdowell dashes out of the room, steps down and stops short on his
path on seeing Richard Parker in the ground floor.
JENNIFER PARKER
Yes. He's the Candy Man. Richie is going to kill him.
POLICE OFFICER
You're saying that Doug McDowell is the Candy Man.
JENNIFER PARKER
Yes.
POLICE OFFICER
Be careful. Mrs.Jennifer. He is in the media. He'll get us sued.
JENNIFER PARKER
No. It's true.
POLICE OFFICER
Sorry. Mrs.Jennifer. You're confused.
JENNIFER PARKER
Okay. I'll call him and tell the truth. Give me your cell phone.
Police officer hands out his cell phone.
INT: STUDIO FLOOR - DAY
Doug McDowell is inspecting the set erected for the talk show as
Richard Parker comes out from the make up room.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Hi.Rich. How come you're here?
RICHARD PARKER
Though you didn't invite me, I decided to participate. I like the
topic.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Hey. You're already famous. It's for ordinary guys. But I can have you
as my guest.
RICHARD PAERKER
No. I'd like to present myself as one of the participant.
DOUG MCDOWELL
Okay. Then be a participant.
Secretary walks fast and hands Doug a cell phone.
SECRETARY
It's urgent. A woman is on the line.
She gives him the cordless phone.
DOUG MCDOWELL
What? Your husband is going to kill me. Are you joking? He wants to
participate in a talk show.
He's just standing opposite me.
He hands out the phone to Richard.
RICHARD PARKER
No. Jen. It's not time for fun.
He closes the call and gives it back to Doug McDowell.
INT:TALK SHOW SET - DAY
DOUG MCDOWELL
Today we're going to discuss about child sex offenders. I'd like to
introduce the host
Richard Parker gets from his chair and moves forward. He points the gun
at the stage and shoots.
INT: RICHARD PARKER'S ROOM - DAY
JENNIFER PARKER
Something is very wrong.
POLICE OFFICER
We've already told you. You got it all wrong.
JENNIFER PARKER
Wait a minute. My God. He'd have deleted the file.
She clicked on the Recycle bin.
JENNIFER PARKER
It's not there.
POLICE OFFICER
You're wasting our time.
JENNIFER PARKER
Oh. There is this undelete option.
She retrieves all the files deleted recently.
JENNIFER PARKER
He deleted a file at 4.00 a.m.
She clicked on it.
COMPUTER MONITOR SCREEN
Sandra is alone in the bookshop reading a book. She closes the book,
stands up and walks to a toilet in the corner of the room. The whole
bookshop is empty.
JAMES KENNETH PATTERSON enters the bookshop. He looks around.
INT: TALK SHOW SET - DAY
Richard Parker points the gun at Kenneth.
RICHARD PARKER
He's the candy man. He's a cheat. He didn't write the book. I wrote it
for him. I am the ghostwriter of his book. His daughter is not his
original daughter. He adopted her from a charity home. The person
called, Mike Gordon is her original father. He didn't mention it in his
book and it aroused the suspicion of the Mike and Sandra. He killed
Sandra when she made enquiries about this. He molested and killed her
adopted daughter and wrote a book about her to get him off from the
suspect list. He even arranged someone to shoot him in book signing
session.
The bullets hit the host KENNETH JAMES PATTERSON and he dies
instantaneously.
THE END
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