[Movie Script]Matrix, The

					THE MATRIX


Written by
Larry and Andy Wachowski
April 8, 1996
	FADE IN ON:



	COMPUTER SCREEN



So close it has no boundaries.
A blinking cursor pulses in the electric darkness like a

heart coursing with phosphorous light, burning beneath

the derma of black-neon glass.
A PHONE begins to RING, we hear it as though we were

making the call.  The cursor continues to throb,

relentlessly patient, until --
					MAN (V.O.)

			Hello?
Data now slashes across the screen, information flashing

faster than we read.
					SCREEN

			Call trans opt:  received.

2-19-96  13:24:18  REC:Log>
					WOMAN (V.O.)

			I'm inside.  Anything to report?
We listen to the phone conversation as though we were on

a third line.  The man's name is CYPHER.  The woman,

	TRINITY.



					CYPHER (V.O.)

			Let's see.  Target left work at

			5:01 PM.



					SCREEN


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