DRIVE
Written by
Hossein Amini
Based on the novel by
James Sallis
09.24.10
1 INT. CAR ENGINE - NIGHT. 1
We're close on a maze of metal rods, tubes, and wires. It's only
as we pull out that we realize it's the engine of a car. Over
the image we hear a voice talking on a phone.DRIVER O/S
...hundred thousand streets in this city,
you don't need to know the route. You give
me a time and place, I give you a five
minute window. Those five minutes I'm
yours. Whatever goes down I'm yours. Minute
either side you're on your own...As the engine ignites and roars to life we DISSOLVE TO:
2 INT. LOW RENT APARTMENT/ KOREATOWN/ L.A. - NIGHT. 2
A map of downtown L.A. spread out on a bed, dozens of different
routes marked in pencil. The voice continues -DRIVER O/S