The Brave One

Rev. 08/02/06 (Yellow) Rev. 08/04/06 (Green) Rev. 08/07/06 (Goldenrod) Rev. 08/09/06 (Buff) Rev. 08/14/06 (Salmon) Rev. 08/29/06 (Cherry) THE BRAVE ONE Screenplay by Roderick Taylor & Bruce A. Taylor and Cynthia Mort Story by Roderick Taylor & Bruce A. Taylor This script is the confidential and proprietary property of Warner Bros. Pictures and no portion of it may be performed, distributed, reproduced, used, quoted or published without prior written permission. FULL PINK June 13, 2006 WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC. © 2006 4000 Warner Boulevard WARNER BROS. ENT. Burbank, California 91522 All Rights Reserved THE BRAVE ONE - Rev. 8/29/06 FADE IN: 1 OMITTED 1 & & 2 2 3 INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY 3 CAMERA TRACKS THROUGH glass windows. Reflections of the * city, of office workers, of a woman speaking into a * microphone. ERICA I'm Erica Bain, and as you know, I * walk the city. I bitch and moan * about it. I walk and watch and * listen. I witness all the beauty * and ugliness that is disappearing * from our beloved city. Last week * took me to the grey depths of the * East River where Dimitri Panchenko * swims his laps like he has since * the 1960s. And today I walked by * the acres of scaffolding outside what used to be the Plaza Hotel and I thought about Eloise. Remember Kay Thompson's Eloise?