CONSTANTINE


by

Kevin Brodbin
based on the characters appearing in
magazines published by DC Comics, Inc.
previous revisions by

Mark Bomback
current revisions by

Frank Cappello
                             EARLY PRODUCTION DRAFT



November 14, 2002



FADE IN:


EXT. ISTANBUL - DUSK



Glimpses of an ancient city.   Almost motionless against

the tide of time.

Sea swelled along an endless wall. Billowing silk frozen

against the sky. Birds lighting on Byzantine columns.

FINAL IMAGE is of an imposing STRUCTURE beyond the trees.
INT. PRISON FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE



Corridor of ancient stone and steel extends into infinite

darkness. Stale air hangs in the dim half-light like

atomized ether.

There is WHISPERING.   And tangled VOICES.

DRIFT IN PAST prison cells the size of closets. Brief

flashes of carved faces, insanity -- COMING TO REST ON the --
FINAL CELL


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