[Movie Script]Mechanic, The

                              THE MECHANIC


Written by
Karl Gajdusek & Lewis John Carlino
                                             DRAFT: 07/17/2009


"Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name

But what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game."

The Rolling Stones, 1968
          1.



          INT. BISHOP'S STUDY - NIGHT



CLOSE on the needle of a precision-weighted 33rpm turntable.

It comes down, touches vinyl. The Rolling Stones "Sympathy

for the Devil" purrs out...

ARTHUR BISHOP (40's) Sitting in a comfortable wooden chair,

stares right through us. Lean, hard, in perfect physical

shape. In this moment, carrying the stillness of someone

utterly in balance. For all we know, he's been sitting this

way for hours.
          BISHOP (V.O.)


More...