Runaway Bride

R U N A W A YB R I D E Screenplay by Sarah Parriott & Josann McGibbon -------------------------------------------------------------- FADE IN EXT. AN IMPOSSIBLE EXPANSE OF MARYLAND FARMLAND - DAY The wind rustles the endless field of corn, blows over the freshly mown meadow of soybeans, and magically sways a copse of trees. It's a Fall after-noon. A SUDDEN POUNDING OF GALLOPING HOOVES breaks the peace and... A HORSE and RIDER burst between the rows of corn into the meadow.They are running for their lives. CLOSE ON: The rider is a bride -- a beautiful woman dressed in a disheveled wedding gown, it's train tattered and flying like a knight's banner out behind her. This is MAGGIE CARPENTER. The horse is frothing and wild-eyed, like the bride, who turns to look behind her in terror.The horse's labored breathing mingles with Maggie's panicked gasps. We see a WEDDING BOUQUET fly into a ditch as the horse thunders on.Maggie clings to the reins.She looks as though she is running from the devil himself. FADE TO BLACK EXT. IKE'S APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY Establishing. CUT TO: EXT. IKE'S APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY - ESTABLISHING SHOT EXT. NEW YORK STREET - DAY IKE (V.O.) Hey, Fisher, pick up.I have some column ideas I want to bounce off you. Not there?Okay.Listen I'm thinking of writing about those mind-numbing informercials that are always on. Ike walks out of his apartment building talking on cell phone. IKE (cont'd) What do you think?Good idea, right?