Grosse Point Blank

GROSSE POINTE BLANK GROSSE POINTE BLANK First Draft: Tom Jankiewicz Revised Draft: D.V. deVincentis & S.K. Boatman & John Cusack NEW CRIME PRODUCTIONS Registered WGA --address deleted --for privacy -- phone deleted MAY 4, 1994 FADE IN: ROLL CREDITS OVER: EXT. GOLF COURSE - DAWN VARIOUS EXTRA CLOSE-UPS of this luxurious patchwork of brilliant greens: A POLISHED BRASS SPRINKLER HEAD pops up from the ground and begins to water the already dew- soaked lawn. FLEET OF DUCKLINGS No mother in sight, cruise through the thrushes. GRAVEYARD OF GOLF BALLS, UNDERWATER At the bottom of a water hazard. PALM FRONDS After a neat they sway, revealing the barren desert that surrounds the artificial oasis. The sun already bakes the air. We hear the opening guitar strains of the Kim Deal-Kurt Cobain suet of "WHAT I DID FOR LOVE," as we CRANE DOWN the palms to A BRAND-NEW TITLEIST 3 BALL. Just on the edge of the rough. A pair of yellow trousers moves in. An iron confidently addresses the ball, and chips it out. The trousers walk out after it. HANDS Digging dirt out of the grooves of the iron's face with a golf tee, while on the way to the green. Both hands are gloved, instead of one, and the gloves are black. YELLOW TROUSERS In a squat over the ball, sizing up the curvy, fifty-foot journey to the hole. The figure positions himself and the putter above the ball, then pops the ball lightly.