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SC1. INT. NEW YORK, OFFICE IN DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
[SCENE OPENS IN BLACK WITGH NOISY RADIO CHATTER,
BECOMING LOUDER AND LOUDER UNTILL FALLING SILENT AND
INTO THE OFFICE WHERE ROBERT HUNT IS SAT AT HIS
COMPUTER.THE ROOM IS DARK APART FROM THE COMPUTER HE
IS SAT AT. HE HAS A BLANK, TIRED EXPRESSION ON HIS
FACE AS HE FRANTICALLY CONNECTS CALLS BETWEEN
GOVERNMENT AGENTS, HE IS WEARING A HEADSET, A
CREASED SHIRT AND TROUSERS, AND WORN BLACK SHOES.
RADIO CHATTER THEN GROWS LOUD AGAIN BEFORE CUTTING
TO NEXT SCENE]
SC2. INT. ROBERTS FLAT.
[ROBERT ARRIVES HOME AND COLLAPSES INTO A CHAIR, THE
SAME EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE AS HE HAD IN THE OFFICE.
HIS FLAT IS DULL AND FAIRLY EMPTY APART FROM AN OLD
CHAIR AND TV SET WITH AN OLD KITCHEN BEHIND HIM. HE
GLANCES AT A PICTURE OF HIS RECENTLY DECEASED WIFE
TO HIS RIGHT AND LETS OUT A LONG SIGH.]
SC3. FLASHBACK DREAM. EXT. BEACH.
[THE SUN IS GOING DOWN AT THE BEACH; ROBERT IS
WALKING WITH HIS WIFE, JEN ALONG IT ON HIS
HONEYMOON. THEY BOTH LOOK HAPPY AND ARE TALKING,
OCCASIONALY LAUGHING.]
JEN
Robert, will you tell me something?
ROBERT
Yeah sure, what’s on your mind?
JEN
Why is it that you’re still unhappy even here?
[ROBERT AVERTS HIS EYES FROM HIS WIFE TOWARDS THE
GROUND, HE THEN LOOKS UP AS IF TO SAY SOMETHING]
SC.4 INT. ROBERTS BEDROOM.
[ROBERT SITS UP IN HIS BED WITH A JOLT, OUT OF
BREATH AND SWEATY, HE RUBS HIS EYES AND GROANS.]
SC.5 EXT. ROYAL JACKET.
[ROBERT IS SITTING AT THE BAR IN THE ROYAL JACKET,
HIS LOCAL PUB. IT IS A RUN DOWN OLD PLACE, WITH VERY
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FEW CUSTOMERS AT THAT TIME OF DAY. THE PLACE STINKS
OF SMOKE AND THE FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THERE LOOK
LIKE HARDLY THE FRIENDLIEST PEOPLE, GIVING ROBERT A
DIRTY LOOK EVERY FEW MINUTES. ROBERT HAS A SMALL
COLLECTION OF EMPTY PINT GLASSES NEXT TO HIM AND A
FULL ONE IN HIS HAND. A MAN FROM BEHIND RECOGNISES
HIM AND GOES OVER TO SEE HIM.]
JOHN
Rob? Is that you?
[ROBERT SIGHS AND GLANCES BACK MOMENTARILY OVER HIS
SHOULDER, NOT TAKING ANY NOTICE OF THE MAN]
JOHN
Holy shit it is you!? Is been like, what, 20 odd years? What
are you up to now?
[ROBERT NOW RECOGNISING THE VOICE TURNS SLOWLY ON
THE BAR STOOL TO FACE THE MAN, LOOKING CONFUSED]
ROBERT
John... I’d never think I’d see the day when you’d be here
again? Though you had left this hellhole long ago to pursue
some “big dream”?
JOHN
Hardly a dream... lost everything to debt, so I decided on a
big score, spent most of our time apart on the inside of iron
bars.
[ROBERT GIVES A MORE ASSERTIVE, CONFUSED LOOK AT
JOHN, FOLLOWED BY A LOOK OF EXCITED HORROR]
ROBERT
You went to prison!? You’d be the last person id expect to end
up doing something like that!
[JOHN SIMPLY GIVES A SARCASTIC LAUGH AND GLANCES
DOWN AT HIS DRINK ON THE BAR]
JOHN
You’d be surprised what the real world can do to people after
a while, I had it all. Then lost it... so so easily...
[JOHNS HAPPY LOOK QUICKLY TURNS SOUR AS HE STARES
INTO HIS GLASS, REMENISSING ON HIS PAST. ROBERT
SENSING HE SHOULD NOT DWELL ON THIS SUBJECT PROCEDES
TO ALTER THE COURSE OF THE CONVERSATION]
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ROBERT
Well, I’m still working at that damn comms centre in New
York... not sure how much more I can take of it though before
I flip!
[JOHN AGAIN LAUGHS SARCASTICALLY, STILL STARING INTO HIS
DRINK, HE THE DOWNS THE REMAINDER AND GOES TO LEAVE]
JOHN
I can relate to what you’re saying there bud, just remember.
Never let life get on top of you.
[JOHN LEAVES. ROBERT STAYS SAT AT THE BAR, STILL
WITH A DRINK IN HIS HAND. HE NOW HAS A PUZZLED LOOK
ON HIS FACE, CONTEMPLATING WHAT HE SHOULD DO]
SC.6 INT. DREAM OF HONEYMOON.
[JOHN IS AGAIN WALKING ON THE BEACH WITH HIS WIFE,
LIKE HE WAS IN THE PREVIOUS DREAM]
JEN
Robert, will you tell me something?
ROBERT
Yeah sure, what’s on your mind?
JEN
Why is it that you’re still unhappy even here?
[ROBERT AVERTS HIS EYES FROM HIS WIFE TOWARDS THE
GROUND, HE THEN LOOKS UP AS IF TO SAY SOMETHING; HE
LOOKS BACK AT HIS WIFE. WHO IS NOW GIVING HIM A
TERRIFYING STARE]
JEN
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?
[ROBERT COVERS HIS EARS AND BACKS INTO A CROUCH, HE
SCREAMS OUT VIOLENTLY!]
SC.7 INT. ROBERTS BEDROOM
[ROBERT, AS BEFORE, SITS UP IN BED, HOT AND
BOTHERED, DRENCHED IN SWEAT, ONLY THIS TIME HE WAKES
UP SCREAMING!]
ROBERT
AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!
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[HE STOPS SCREAMING, STRUGGLING FOR BREATH. HE THEN
PROCEEDS TO GENTLY BREAK DOWN INTO TEARS]
SC.8 INT. NEW YORK, OFFICE IN DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
[ROBERT IS BACK AT WORK, AGAIN WITH THE SAME BORED
LOOK ON HIS FACE, ALSO TIRED FROM THE LACK OF SLEEP
DUE TO THE NIGHTMARE FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE ROOM
IS AGAIN DARK AND DEPRESSING WITH ITS GREY WALLS AND
THE GENTLE HUMM OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM HE IS WORKING
AT. HE IS WORKING WHEN HE HEARS A TRANSMISSION COME
ACROSS HIS CHANNEL.]
TRANSMISSION OFFICER 1
Transmission connected and secured permission to send
encrypted code?
TRANSMISSION OFFICER 2
Transmission received, you have a green light. Begin
transmission.
[ROBERT KNEW THAT THE TWO OFFICERS HAD MADE A
MISTAKE, THEY HAD DONE IT BEFORE. HE WENT TO SWITCH
CHANNELS AS HE ALWAYS DID IN THESE SITUATIONS BUT
HESITATED. HE GLANCES AT THE SCREEN THE TRANSMISSION
IS BEING SENT ON. HE RECOGNISES THE CODE AND BEGINS
WRITING IT DOWN. USING HIS COMPUTER, HE DECODES IT
VERY QUICKLY. HIS FACE IS LIT UP; HE HAS A LOOK OF
NERVOUSNESS ON HIS FACE AND HIS BREATHING RATE
INCREASSES RAPIDLY.] HE FINDS THAT THE CODE IS BANK
DETAILS. HE QUICKLY ACCESSES IT AND TRANSFERS THE
FUNDS TO MULTIPLE BANK ACCOUNTS HE CREATES, HE
ENCRYPTS THEM SO THEY ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO TRACE,
ERASES ALL HIS COMPUTER DATA AND GOES TO LEAVE. BUT
HE ACCIDENTALY CHANGES CHANNEL ON HIS SYSTEM]
AGENT BROMLEY
This is agent Bromley, come agent Jameson
AGENT JASON
This is agent Jason, go ahead Bromley
[ROBERT GOES TO TURN OFF THE SYSTEM, BUT OUTOF
CURIOSITY, AGAIN HESITATES, NOW TREMBLING WITH
NERVES, HE CONTINUES TO LISTEN]
AGENT BROMLEY
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Progress on project harvest has been slow in area 4, how’s
area 14 looking?
AGENT JASON
Area 14 been fairly successful, most subjects have been
“extracted” with minimal resistance and casualties. They’ve
already been set to work on refineries 41 and 48.
[ROBERT SHOCKED AT WHAT HE IS HEARING RAPIDLY TRACES
THE TRANSMISSION, THE LOCATIONS ARE IN BAGHDAD AND
THE BUILDING HE IS IN]
AGENT BROMLY
Hold on! Someone is tracing the call back to us, abort
transmissions!
[ROBERT IS SHOCKED FOR A MOMENT AS THE TRANSMISSION
BREAKS UP AND JUST STANDS THERE. HE THEN QUICKLY
COMES TO HIS SENSES AND LEAVES HASTILY]
SC.9 INT. ROBERTS APARTMENT AND JOHNS APARTMENT.
[ROBERT BURSTS INTO HIS FLAT AND FUMBLES AROUND HIS
APARTMENT FOR THE HOME PHONE, HE IS SHORT ON BREATH
AND HAS AN EXTREAMLY WORRIED LOOK ON HIS FACE, HE IS
STILL TREMBLING SLIGHTLY FROM THE SHOCK OF
EVERYTHING. HE FINDS HIS HOME PHONE AND FRANTICALLY
DIALS JOHNS NUMBER]
ROBERT
Come on damn it john… pick up the phone…
[ROBERT HEARS THE CLICK ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE
AS JOHN ANSWERS THE PHONE]
JOHN
Rob? What’s up bud, I was…
ROBERT
John! You have to help me! I've messed up real bad at work!
You’ve got to save me, I can’t call anyone else, I’ve got
nowhere else to go!
JOHN
Wait, what are you talking about, slow down! Just start from
the top and tell me everything.
ROBERT
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I can’t stay here john! They’ll find me! I'm sure of it! You
have to help!
JOHN
OK! OK! Just meet I in the subway, round the corner from mine,
meet me there in 30 minutes. This better be big.
ROBERT
Yes! Thank you! I’ll be there, trust me! It’s big!
[ROBERT GRABS SOME ESSENTIALS, FOOD WATER AND SOME
CLOTHES ALONG WITH SOME MONEY HE HAD BEEN STASHING
IN THE APARMENT. HE GOES TO LEAVE THE APARTMENT, BUT
HE HESITATES AS HE OPENS THE DOOR. HE TURNS BACK,
GLANCES AT THE PICTURE OF HIM AND HIS WIFE, AND LETS
OUT A SIGH. HE ALSO LETS OUT A TINY SMILE]
SC.10 INT. SUBWAY SYSTEM SATION.
[ROBERT ENTERS THE SUBWAY. IT’S FAIRLY DAYK WITH NO
ONE AROUND, ONLY JOHN SAT ON THE BENCH IN THERE.HE
HAS A BLANK EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE AND DOESN’T GIVE
ROBERT A SECOND GLANCE]
ROBERT
John! There you are! I have to tell you what's going…
JOHN
If this is as big as you say, then come with me and don’t say
a word more, just follow.
[ROBERT FOLLOWS JOHN OUT OF THE SUBWAY, THEY QUICKLY
GAIN IN PACE AS THEY LEAVE, ALMOST BREAKING INTO A
GENTLE JOG]
SC.11 INT. JOHNS GARAGE UNIT.
[JOHN QUICKLY OPENS HIS UNIT, IT HAS NOTHING IN IT
BUT A SINGLE LIGHT ON THE CEILING AND A TABLE IN THE
CENTRE, THE WALLS ARE BLANK AND HAVE NO WINDOWS.
JOHN THEN CLOSES THE UNIT ONCE THEY ARE BOTH INSIDE
AND LOCKS IT DOWN]
JOHN
So, what’s happened? Tell me!
ROBERT
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The government and army in Baghdad, they’re corrupt! They're
not helping anyone over there! They're destroying their lives
for their own personal gain!
[ROBERT GASPS FOR BREATH AND LEANS ON THE TABLE IN
THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM, JOHN FIXES HIM WITH AN UN-
NERVING LOOK AND BACKS AWAY SLIGHTLY, HE HAS A
PUZZLED LOOK ON HIS FACE]
JOHN
And how did you find this out exactly?
ROBERT
I was at work, I switched frequencies accidently, I heard two
agents talk about it; I had to trace the call john! I had to!
To find out where this was happening! But they realised I was
tracing them, they’ve probably traced it back to my work,
sooner or later they’ll make the link that it was me who did
it, john, you have to help!
[JOHN LOOKS LIKE HE IS THINKING FOR A MOMENT, HE
CROSSES HIS ARMS AND SIGHS, THEN AFTER A FEW
SECONDS, HE LOOKS UP AT ROBERT]
JOHN
I can’t help you Robert, I’m sorry but I’ve just got clean,
I’m out now and I want to enjoy what years I can.
ROBERT
No john! You can help me! I have money! You can’t enjoy life
without something to make it worth living for can you?
[JOHN LOOKS AT HIM CONFUSED, HE ALSO LOOKS MORE
INTERESTED]
JOHN
How did you get money? I thought that job ran you into living
off almost nothing?
ROBERT
I… I stole it…
[ROBERT PRODUCES THE PIECE OF PAPER WITH THE VARIOUS
BANK DETAILS ON IT FOR THE FAKE ACCOUNTS HE MADE AND
GIVES IT TO JOHN]
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ROBERT
Those are the account details for a total value of
$20,000,000… I’m willing to split half of it with you if you
just help me… that’s all I’m asking…
[JOHN LOOKS STUNNED. HE MOVES AWAY FROM ROBERT AND
FACES A WALL WITH HIS BACK TO HIM. HE STAYS THERE
FOR 10 SECONDS, THEN TURNS AGAIN TO FACE HIM]
JOHN
Alright.
ROBERT
W… What?
JOHN
Alright, I’ll help you, what’s life if you can’t help your
friends. Well get through this. Who are they to condemn us if
they are condemned themselves?
ROBERT
Thank you. Thank you so much john, you think we can do this?
JOHN
Yes, but we have to move now! And be quick and careful! Put
your stuff in here until I find somewhere more permanent for
us to set up. Well get your money out in the morning.
SC.12 INT. ROBERTS FLAT
[THE NYPD HAS BREACHED ROBERTS FLAT AND ARE
SEARCHING IT FOR ANY CLUES AS TO HIS WHEREABOUTS.
THE TEAM IS LED BY A TALL, LARGE MAN IN A LONG,
BLACK TRENCH JACKET, AGENT SYMES. ROBERTS FLAT IS
ALMOST UNDISTURBED DURING THE RAID AS THEY HOPE TO
LEAVE NO TRACE OF THEMSELVES. BUT IS ALSO FILLED
WITH DETECTIVES AND PHORENSICS PERSONELL LOOKING FOR
ANY EVIDENCE THAT MIGHT HELP THEM, AGENT SYMES
ENTERS THE APARTMENT AFTER ALL OF HIS MEN, A FAIR
WHILE AFTER THEY HAVE STARTED THEIR INVESTIGATION]
SYMES
Jefferson, you or your team found anything yet that might give
us a bit of a lead?
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JEFFERSON
Not much yet sir, some DNA and finger prints from the kitchen,
bathroom and bedroom. But nothing leading to his whereabouts
[SYMES GIVES A TRULY DISGUSTED LOOK. HE PUTS HIS
FACE RIGHT UP TO JEFFERSON AND SNARLS]
SYMES
God damn it Jefferson we cannot afford for this guy to get
away, do I make myself clear!
[JEFFERSON BACKS AWAY LOOKING TERRIFIED]
JEFFERSON
Y-yes sir! Understood, we’ll keep looking. What’s so important
about this guy though?
SYMES
That’s classified, not for you or these guys to hear OR worry
about got it!
JEFFERSON
Yes sir!
SYMES
Good, then get back to work, I want something on this guy,
anything. What have we got so far?
[JEFFERSON GOES TO A LAP TOP ON THE COUNTER AND
PULLS UP THE FILE THEY HAVE ON ROBERT]
JEFFERSON
Robert hunt. Age 41. Lived in New York all his life.
SYMES
Anything happen recently to him?
JEFFERSON
His wife died a while back. Suffered a fatal heart attack
during the night. Hes worked the same job at the New York
state office of information technology services. After his
wife’s death he suffered manic depression, was seeing a
psychiatrist until he was told he no longer needed therapy.
SYMES
Anything else we have on him?
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SC1. INT. NEW YORK, OFFICE IN DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
[SCENE OPENS IN BLACK WITGH NOISY RADIO CHATTER,
BECOMING LOUDER AND LOUDER UNTILL FALLING SILENT AND
INTO THE OFFICE WHERE ROBERT HUNT IS SAT AT HIS
COMPUTER.THE ROOM IS DARK APART FROM THE COMPUTER HE
IS SAT AT. HE HAS A BLANK, TIRED EXPRESSION ON HIS
FACE AS HE FRANTICALLY CONNECTS CALLS BETWEEN
GOVERNMENT AGENTS, HE IS WEARING A HEADSET, A
CREASED SHIRT AND TROUSERS, AND WORN BLACK SHOES.
RADIO CHATTER THEN GROWS LOUD AGAIN BEFORE CUTTING
TO NEXT SCENE]
SC2. INT. ROBERTS FLAT.
[ROBERT ARRIVES HOME AND COLLAPSES INTO A CHAIR, THE
SAME EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE AS HE HAD IN THE OFFICE.
HIS FLAT IS DULL AND FAIRLY EMPTY APART FROM AN OLD
CHAIR AND TV SET WITH AN OLD KITCHEN BEHIND HIM. HE
GLANCES AT A PICTURE OF HIS RECENTLY DECEASED WIFE
TO HIS RIGHT AND LETS OUT A LONG SIGH.]
SC3. FLASHBACK DREAM. EXT. BEACH.
[THE SUN IS GOING DOWN AT THE BEACH; ROBERT IS
WALKING WITH HIS WIFE, JEN ALONG IT ON HIS
HONEYMOON. THEY BOTH LOOK HAPPY AND ARE TALKING,
OCCASIONALY LAUGHING.]
JEN
Robert, will you tell me something?
ROBERT
Yeah sure, what’s on your mind?
JEN
Why is it that you’re still unhappy even here?
[ROBERT AVERTS HIS EYES FROM HIS WIFE TOWARDS THE
GROUND, HE THEN LOOKS UP AS IF TO SAY SOMETHING]
SC.4 INT. ROBERTS BEDROOM.
[ROBERT SITS UP IN HIS BED WITH A JOLT, OUT OF
BREATH AND SWEATY, HE RUBS HIS EYES AND GROANS.]
SC.5 EXT. ROYAL JACKET.
[ROBERT IS SITTING AT THE BAR IN THE ROYAL JACKET,
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