[Movie Script]Hannibal

HANNIBAL
Screenplay by

David Mamet
From the Novel by

Thomas Harris
September 8, 1999
     INT MIDWIVES OFFICE DAY.



     FAIRLY RUNDOWN OFFICE.  OLD AND DIRTY HEALTH NOTICES TACKED

     TO A BULLETIN BOARD.  "COMMON SENSE FOR NURSING MOTHERS,"

     ET CETERA.



     A LOWER-CLASS WOMAN, PREGNANT, WITH A SMALL CHILD IN TOW,

     OPENS THE DOOR, AND ENTERS.  SHE IS SWELTERING, AND MOPS

     HER BROW AS SHE WALKS TO THE REGISTRATION DESK.



                          MOTHER

                It's hotter inside than it is outside...

with the air conditioning.
                          REGISTRAR

                Would you sign in here, please..?  You know,

we're closing in half an...
                          MOTHER


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