Hero

FOURTH DRAFT AUGUST 30, 1991 9/10/91 BLUE 10/1/91 PINK 10/14/91 YELLOW 10/25/91 GREEN 10/31/91 GOLDENROD *11/7/91 BUFF H E R O a screenplay by David Webb Peoples from a story by Laura Ziskin & Alvin Sargent and David Peoples Please note the following changes: A.)INSPECTOR JENSEN (previously changed to INSPECTOR BENSON on revised BLUE page 94) has been changed to INSPECTOR DAYTON B.)THE PERIGORD restaurant has been changed to THE BARCELONA restaurant C.)TERRY WELLS has been changed to TOM WELLER D.)CHANNEL 11 has been changed to CHANNEL 13 E.)CHANNEL 7 has been changed to CHANNEL 8 INT.COURTROOM - DAY JUDGE GOINES turns to the Jury FOREMAN. JUDGE GOINES Mister Foreman, have you arrived at a verdict? FOREMAN We have, your honor.We find the defendant guilty of all the charges. TITLES BEGIN OVER THE SCENE ANGLE ON THE DEFENDANT,BERNIE LAPLANTE Forty, rumpled, cheap suit, cheap haircut.He reacts, turning to the jury, indignant. His attorney, DONNA O'DAY, rises.She's twenty-four, looks younger. DONNA Your honor, may I approach the bench? As BERNIE fumes, the JUDGE, DONNA and the youthful clean-cut PROSECUTOR engage in an earnest, inaudible discussion. Frustrated, Bernie is watching them when he notices something that distracts him from his anguish. Donna's wallet is lying in her open attache case.The open top of the case screens the wallet from the view of the JURY, THE JUDGE, COURT REPORTERS, etc. Bernie looks around, checking the spectators section. No spectators.