EXT. MARATHON, FLORIDA, BEACH -
GRAHAM + CRAWFORD - DAY
The highlit aqua water burns out sections of the two men
imposed in front of it. The beach is white sand. JACK
CRAWFORD -- mid-forties, large -- came down from Washington.
His suitcoat over the driftwood log and his rolled-up white
sleeves says City, not Florida Keys. WILL GRAHAM -- late
thirties -- in a faded Hawaiian number and sun-bleached
violet shorts, belongs. Graham smokes. Crawford drinks from
a glass of iced tea. |
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So
begins page one of the second draft screenplay. We can clearly see
that Writer/Director
Michael Mann had planned
his opening down to the last detail. From paper to screen an
almost
perfect description of the image on the right....apart from the faded
Hawaiian number at least.
The following pages contain 4 extracts from the draft
script to illustrate just some of the many
differences between this and the final feature. For the fuller picture, download
the draft
screenplay in zipped WORD (.doc) format. |
DOWNLOAD the
second Draft script

Script Supplied by Andrew Holland. |