[Movie Script]Beloved

                               BELOVED


Written by
Richard LaGravenese
Based on the Novel by
Toni Morrison
October 11, 1996
     FADE IN...



     EXT. 124 BLUESTONE ROAD - DAWN.



It is winter in Ohio. A house sits isolated beside a barren

field. The field stretches beyond, until a line of distant

woods stops it. Around the back of the house stands a rundown

STORAGE SHED, a cold house, a privy and a water pump. A porch

with a single door serves as the only entrance.
Camera begins a slow move toward the house as we;
     SUPER - OHIO, 1865



WE HEAR SOUNDS from inside the house - BUMPS, A CHAIR FALLING

OVER...and FEET RUNNING on wooden floor boards.
                                                            CUT TO:



     INT. 124 BLUESTONE ROAD - DAWN.



     C.U. - THE HANDS OF TWO BROTHERS HOLDING EACH OTHER AS THEY

     RUN DOWN THE STAIRS..


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