ANGELS & DEMONS
Written by
Akiva Goldsman
April, 2008
INT PAPAL APARTMENT DAY
CLOSE ON an ornate ring. It's intricately carved with a seal, an
image of St. Peter casting a net. The ring is carried on a satin
pillow through a darkened, regal apartment. In the distance,
BELLS ARE TOLLING -- the slow, solemn tones that announce a death.
A dozen men in scarlet cassocks, ROMAN CATHOLIC CARDINALS, bend
down to inspect the ring, nodding in affirmation, part of an
ancient ritual.
[Movie Script]Angel Eyes
ANGEL EYES
byGerald DiPego
October 1999
Seventh Draft/PolishFOR EDUCATIONAL
PURPOSES ONLY
FADE IN:
EXT. CITY STREETS (LOS ANGELES) - NIGHT
CREDIT SEQUENCE.
As OPENING CREDITS play, we study the city's nighttime
pulse, ribbons of headlights moving and cross-connecting
like blood through the veins of a body --
impressionistic, even beautiful, but what we're hearing
is soulful trumpet-based MUSIC, mellow and haunting, the
modern classic -- JAZZ sound of a Wynton Marsalis,
putting a voice to our story. As CREDITS END, we...DISSOLVE TO:
POV - EXT. FREEWAY - NIGHT