
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
EXT. WOODS
POLLY lies on the ground, naked from the waist down.
BILLY crumples up a piece of paper, then slides next to
her and holds her gently like one would a lover.
BILLY
Do you know what it's like to be
lonely? Not to be held by anyone?
Not to know the meaning of love?
He looks at her and takes off his sunglasses. His eyes
repeatedly drift slowly to one side, then dart back to
center.
INT. POLICE STATION
DONNA WEST and the two cops.
DONNA
It's called nystagmus. I'm an
optometry student. I recognized it
immediately. An involuntary
oscillation of the eyeballs.
INT. POLICE STATION
CARRIE DRYER and the two cops.
CARRIE
He never took off his glasses. I
don't know.
KLEBERG
Then what happened?
CARRIE breaks down.
CARRIE
He... raped... me...
EXT. WOODS
BILLY on top of CARRIE. We don't see much, but it's
obvious what is going on.
INT. POLICE STATION
DONNA WEST staring straight off into space.
EXT. WOODS
BILLY on top of DONNA. She stares off exactly as she had
in the police station.
INT. POLICE STATION
The FEMALE POLICE OFFICER holding POLLY, who is crying
uncontrollably.
EXT. WOODS
BILLY holding POLLY tightly after the rape. They are both
standing half-dressed.
BILLY
I'm sorry we had to meet under these
circumstances. I really love you.
His eyes drift and dart. He puts on his sunglasses.
INT. POLICE STATION
POLLY NEWTON and the OFFICERS.
POLLY
Then he drove me back into town and
made me cash him a check at my bank.
KLEBERG
(to Boxerbaum)
Same as the others.
POLLY
Then he took me to Wendy's.
BOXERBAUM
Wendy's?
POLLY
For a burger.
The COPS give each other a look.
INT. POLICE STATION
DONNA WEST and the OFFICERS.
DONNA
Then we finally went back to the
campus and he left. Oh yeah -- he
said his name was Phil.
THREE TRAYS OF MUG SHOTS
thud down onto the table
ANGLE
to include CARRIE DRYER and the OFFICERS.
CARRIE
There's this many criminals around
here?
BOXERBAUM
That's just the young, white male
sex offenders. And only the ones
who've been arrested.
CARRIE starts going through the photos.
POLLY
going through photos. She comes to one of BILLY, wearing
mutton chops. She stops. The OFFICERS react.
POLLY
It sure looks like him... but I
can't be sure.
DONNA, KLEBERG and BOXERBAUM.
DONNA
(jumps up, knocking
over her chair)
That's him. No doubt about it. I'm
positive.
KLEBERG picks it up and WE PRESS IN on a name:
WILLIAM STANLEY MILLIGAN.
EXT. OHIO STATE CAMPUS - NIGHT
A SERIES OF CUTS
It looks like an embassy under siege. Uniformed COPS
with dogs comb the area. Armed COPS keep watch from every
roof top. Flashlights dart everywhere -- occasionally
illuminating posters of the police sketch of BILLY on
campus walls and windows. In their dorm rooms, frightened
GIRLS watch from their windows, while below MALE CO-EDS
travel in packs with baseball bats. A newspaper vending
machine shows the Columbus Dispatch headline: CAMPUS
RAPIST MANHUNT CONTINUES - POLICE URGE CURFEW.