"THE VERDICT"Screenplay by
David Mamet
Shooting Draft
INT. FIRST FUNERAL PARLOR - DAY
A working-class funeral in progress. THIRTY PEOPLE and an
inexpensive bier SEEN from the back of the hall.ANGLE
A MAN's back FILLS the SCREEN. He is dressed in a black suit;
his hands are clasped behind him. ANOTHER MAN stands next to
him. The Second Man reaches behind the First Man's back and
puts a discreetly folded ten-dollar bill into his hands.ANGLE
These Two Men from the front. Both somber, in their early
fifties. They begin to walk down the aisle of the funeral
parlor.ANGLE
The WIDOW. A woman in her late fifties sitting by the bier
receiving condolences. The Two Men approach her. The First
Man (the recipient of the money) speaks:FUNERAL DIRECTOR