THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
Written by
Terry McKeown & Charles Gilliam
May 26th, 2007
LONDON 2007.. NOW
1 EXT NIGHT URBAN TERRACE 1
A row of rundown terrace houses. Some are boarded up. Not all
the street lights work. Those that do cast shadows of parked
vehicles glistening in the rain.A front door opens and DON appears with rubbish which he puts
in a bin. He hears something and looks up to see four big
horses pulling a hulking great wagon down the middle of the
street. The wagon is a gigantic windowless box. The horses
are harnessed and there are reins but no sign of a driver.
It's a very weird sight. DON, unable to take his eyes off
this amazing apparition shouts back into the house from where
light from a TV flickers.DON
Carol!... Carol!CAROL (V.O.)