THE CIDER HOUSE RULES


Written by
John Irving
Production Draft




               FADE IN. BEGIN TITLE SEQUENCE.



               EXT. ST CLOUD'S - TRAIN STATION - DAWN



An establishing shot of the rundown train station on an

overcast morning. There's snow on the station platform. A

train arrives and departs.
                                     LARCH (V.O.)

                         In other parts of the world, young

men of promise leave home to make

their fortunes, battle evil, or solve

the problems of the world.
Behind the station, at the top of the hill, lies the St.

Cloud's orphanage.
                                     LARCH (V.O.)

                         I was myself such a young man, when

I came to save the orphanage in St.

Cloud's... many years ago.
               EXT. ST. CLOUD'S - ORPHANAGE - EARLY MORNING


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