BEING JOHN MALKOVICH



A Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman
	INT. CHEERLESS ROOM - DAY



The room is bare, dusty. A ceiling fan turns. The

wall clock ticks. Craig, 30 years old and small, sits at

a collapsible card table. The only item on the table is a

book. Craig picks it up, looks at the jacket. It's entitled

"Sit." Craig opens the book. It reads: "sit sit sit sit

sit..." over and over, page after page. Craig closes the

book. He begins to stand, but thinks better of it, sighs.

He looks at the book again. It is now entitled "Die."  He

opens it up.  "die die die die die..."  A rooster crows.
									CUT TO:


	INT. CRAIG AND LOTTE'S BEDROOM - MORNING



Craig jolts awake. A rooster stands on Craig's chest,

crowing. Lotte, also 30, in the middle of dressing for

work, hurries in and pulls the bird from Craig's chest.
				 LOTTE


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