The Imaginarium of Dr....

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS by TERRY GILLIAM AND CHARLES MCKEOWN A OMITTED A LONDON 2007.....NOW 1 EXT NIGHT URBAN TERRACE 1 A row of rundown terrace houses. Some are boarded up. Not all the street lights work. Those that do cast shadows of parked vehicles glistening in the rain. A front door opens and a man appears with rubbish which he starts to empty into a bin. He hears something and looks up to see four big horses pulling a hulking great wagon down the middle of the street. The wagon is a gigantic windowless box. The horses are harnessed and there are reins but no sign of a driver. It’s a very weird sight. Unable to take his eyes off this amazing apparition as it passes, the man doesn’t notice the rubbish missing the bin and heaping up around his feet. 2 EXT/INT NIGHT PARKED CAR IN STREET 2 A YOUNG COUPLE are snogging in the back of a parked car. Music is playing on the radio. They are interrupted by heavy vibrations and the terrifying sight of the huge looming horse-drawn box as it trundles past. 3 EXT NIGHT THE TOWN HALL CLOCK 3 The clock shows and strikes 2am. 4 EXT NIGHT A DINGY BACK STREET 4 The wagon comes to a halt. A pause... and then the back begins to open, top, bottom and sides, like a dark menacing flower unfolding its petals. While this is happening THE CAMERA tracks around to reveal a garishly lit club across the street.