[Movie Script]Grand Theft Parsons

                          GRAND THEFT PARSONS

Written by

Jeremy Drysdale




June 2003



OPENING TITLE.

"ALTHOUGH THIS MOTION PICTURE IS INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY,
CERTAIN CHARACTERS AND EVENTS ARE FICTIONAL."

FADE IN:

SUPER: 'SEPTEMBER 1973'.

INT. PHIL KAUFMAN'S BEDROOM. NIGHT

A phone rings in the dark. A little light falls from the
open window, illuminating an old bakelite telephone. It
sits on a small table alongside a large amount of empty
bottles and a couple of overflowing ashtrays.
EXT. PHIL'S TRIKE. NIGHT

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[Movie Script]Grand Hotel

                                       GRAND HOTEL

Written by

Bela Balazs

Based on the play "Menschen im Hotel"

By Vicki Baum

American version

By William A. Drake

SHOOTING DRAFT



PROLOGUE

Berlin.

Season is March.

Action of the picture takes place in approximately 36 hours.

Picture commences at approximately 12:35 in the day.

Time: The Present.



EXTERIOR REVOLVING DOOR

Show general natural action of people going in and people
coming out but in it is the definite inference of people
arriving and people leaving the big hotel.

MOVE INSIDE THROUGH THE REVOLVING DOOR -- very quickly. CAMERA
PAUSES ON THE THRESHOLD like a human being, seeing and
hearing.

DISSOLVE OUT.

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