[Movie Script]To Sleep with Anger

INT. ROOM - DAY  (EFX)



GIDEON, a strongly built elderly black man, is sitting at a

table. On the table is a large bowl of fruit. A crocheted

tablecloth hangs over the side of the table. Gideon is

dressed in a white suit and wearing a pair of well-polished

wing-tip shoes. His hat almost covers his eyes, which are two

points of greenish coals. The fruit in the bowl is engulfed

in flames.
The flames look as if they are DRIPPING from the tablecloth

to the floor. Gideon's shoes start to SMOULDER. His shoes

BURST INTO FLAMES which spread up his pants leg. His head

falls forward as if he had suddenly fallen to sleep. He

twiddles his thumbs very slowly in a circle. He crosses his

legs as if to get comfortable.
The camera moves to a CLOSE UP of his burning shoes. The

image of his feet begins to appear through his shoes; the

flames fade; the background changes as we
							DISSOLVE TO:



EXT. GIDEON'S BACKYARD - DAY


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