WE OWN THE NIGHT
Written by
James Gray
FADE IN:
A PAIR OF SMOKESTACKS AGAINST AN ORANGE AUTUMN SUN SKY...
THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT to REVEAL: A CEMETERY in the
foreground. TOMBSTONES blend into a NEVER-ENDING SEA OF
MIDDLE-CLASS ROW HOUSES in the distance, and nothing seems
to separate the two. A NEWLY DUG GRAVE is in the LOWER
LEFT-HAND CORNER of our FRAME.
MILITARY DRUMS. HUNDREDS of POLICEMEN, in their DRESS
BLUES, ENTER from FRAME RIGHT. A FEW COPS CARRY a COFFIN.
SUPERIMPOSE ON THE SCREEN'S LEFT SIDE: THE FOLLOWING WORDS
FADE IN--PARAGRAPH BY PARAGRAPH:
New York, New York. 1988.
A new breed of narcotics has swept the great city, bringing
with it a ferocious crime wave more terrifying than any in
recent memory.