好莱坞影视剧本精选_赴汤蹈火.doc

HELL OR HIGH WATER Written by Taylor Sheridan OPEN ON: Dead grass. Burnt from four months of triple digit heat and no rain. We move past an endless sea of it. Past PUMP JACKS drawing black gold from the dirt ... Past a herd of cattle scratching breakfast from the blistered earth -- two old bulls huddle in the shadow of a mesquite tree, choosing shade over hunger. We pass a graveyard of farm equipment and rusted propane tanks, signaling the city limits of ARCHER CITY, TEXAS. We look over the town -- it doesn’t take long. Surrounding an old, stone courthouse are empty buildings with broken windows. A cafe. A title company ... And FIRST TEXAS BANK. We stop in front. We hear a car door open and shut. ELSIE WALBERGER, 60, and heavy, curlers in her hair, waddles past us to the entrance of the bank. She unlocks the door. As she hefts it open -- CAMERA RUSHES TOWARD HER. Elsie is pushed forward and falls to the floor of the bank with a thud. She moans, rolls to her side, and sees: INT. FIRST TEXAS BANK -- ARCHER CITY -- CONT. TWO SILHOUETTES. MEN. Hard to say who for two reasons: the morning sun through the glass door and the ski masks pulled over their faces. ELSIE What in the devil -- ROBBER (Offering her a hand) Stand up and take us to the cash drawers. 2. ELSIE I will not. The robber kneels below the glare and points a revolver at her face. ROBBER 2 We ain’t askin’. She scrambles to her feet and is escorted behind the counter. ELSIE There’s no money in the drawers yet. It’s in the safe and I ain’t got the key. ROBBER Prove it. She opens the drawers. Sure enough, they’re empty. ROBBER (CONT’D) Damn. ELSIE Y’all are new at this I’m guessing. ROBBER 2 Where’s the money? ELSIE I told you, in the safe. ROBBER 2 Who’s got the key? ELSIE Mister Clauson. He’ll be here soon, and I suggest you fellers don’t be. All you’re guilty of right now is being stupid. Just leave and that’s all it’ll be. One of the robbers spins her to face him. Grabs her by the throat. His cold eyes stare