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A CROWDED ROOM byJames Cameron FADE IN:We dont know what were looking at. Its an abstractmass -- swirling lines in constant motion -- but were tooclose to see any form.As WE PULL BACK, we can now make out that they are whatseem like animated streaks of charcoal -- forming andreforming
GARY
Alright... Arthur -- I'd like to
meet him.
BILLY smiles -- then gets up and moves his chair to the
far side of the room -- putting as much distance between
himself and them as possible. He sites back down and then
retreats once more. Eyes look down -- lips move.
GARY
How much education has he had?
JUDY
Not much. Some high school. D
average. I.Q.'s a hundred. He
paints, though.
GARY
Paints?
JUDY
Portraits, landscapes. He's good.
Then, BILLY'S back. He seems bigger -- hulking --
crouched like a wary fighter. The tension in his facial
muscles change his appearance. His eyes squint narrowly,
giving them a piercing quality -- his brow beetles. And
he speaks in a thick, Slavic accent.
BILLY
Who called me a liar?
GARY
(a little unnerved)
I said the evidence indicated that
someone in there raped those three
woman.
BILLY
I admit three robberies near
university. But other things you
say I do is a lie. And if we go to
jail, I'll kill the children. Jail
is no place for little ones.
JUDY
What little ones? There are
children there with you?
GARY
If you killed the little ones...
wouldn't that also mean your own
death?
BILLY
(coolly)
We are all different people.
GARY
But when you get hurt...
BILLY
I feel nothing.
JUDY
Because Danny is the Keeper of Pain?
BILLY
Exactly. Danny is empath.
JUDY
And Billy knows nothing about you?
BILLY
He has amnesia. Arthur and I keep
him asleep to protect him.
Depending on circumstances, either I
rule or Arthur does. In prison, I
control spot because is dangerous
place. As protector, I have complete
command. In situations where is no
danger, and where intelligence and
logic are more important, then
Arthur controls spot.
GARY
Do you know Tommy?
BILLY
Of course.
GARY
He mentioned the spot, too. Can you
describe to us just what that means.
Billy?... Uh...
(he looks to Judy
for help)
JUDY
Ragen.
GARY
Ragen.
But suddenly, RAGEN is gone. JUDY and GARY look at each
other. There is none of the usual lips moving and quasi
R.E.M. state. He's just blank. Then, in a moment, he
"returns". He seems tentative, frightened, softer.
JUDY
Hello.
No reply.
JUDY
Have we met? My name is Judy
Stevenson. This is Gary
Schweickart. We're your attorneys.
Do you have a name?
GARY
Judy.
She looks at GARY.
GARY
His eyes.
She looks back to BILLY. His eyes seem to wander and dart
back and forth of their own volition, like an ocular
pendulum.
INT. CORRIDOR
As GARY and JUDY come out. GARY immediately lights a
cigarette.
GARY
Either he's a multiple, or else he's
the greatest liar anybody's ever
seen.
JUDY
Right.
GARY
The question is which is it?
JUDY
(convinced)
Gary...
As they talk, WE CUT TO:
BILLY alone in his empty cell, eyes half-closed, lips
moving silently.
