Three Thousand (filmed as Pretty Woman)

Three Thousand by J. F. Lawton © 1987 by J. F. Lawton FIRST DRAFT FADE IN: EXT. HOLLYWOOD BLVD. - NIGHT It is shortly after midnight on an icy night. An old yellow Mustang pulls alongside the curb on a sleazy section of Hollywood Boulevard. The passenger door opens and VIVIAN steps out. She quickly shuts the door and walks away from the car as if it wasn't there. Cold white breath floats from her bright red lips. Dressed in a tight purple leather mini-skirt, sheer black stockings and a white imitation fur jacket, Vivian is twenty-one years old. She has been hooking for over five years. Heavy make-up gives her pretty face a dangerous and hard look. She lights up a cigarette and takes a drag. She moves gracefully on spiked heels across the grime-covered sidewalk. She owns this section of the boulevard. After five years on the street she has seen it all. She has done everything and will do anything. Humiliation is for the shy. Fear is for the innocent. Occasionally a car passes and Vivian's hawk eyes watch it for any indication of interest. She passes a vagrant huddled in a pile of ragged blankets and newspapers in a doorway. She barely sees him; he is simply part of the scenery. Across the street a BLACK PROSTITUTE strolls by, rubbing her shoulders against the cold. At a nearby all-night fast food stand, several DRUG DEALERS are talking and eating.