Monday, April 27, 2009

The Fugitive Generation (v)

INT. SUPER'S LIVING ROOM -- DAY

Kelly and Maloney stand next to TONY THE SUPER, 62.


TONY THE SUPER: Like I say. Greenberg lived in apartment 2D for a few years. But that ain't Greenberg in the picture. Greenberg was a long-haired hippie-type. A long-haired hippie-type.


EXT. TOLEDO RAILROAD STATION -- DAY


JIM, 23, a thin long-haired hippie-type with a beard, stands on sidewalk. He's dressed in shabby khaki Army jacket, worn-out blue jeans, second-hand army boots and a stocking cap. And he carries a duffel bag and a worn-out guitar case.


Jim walks across street to Toledo bus station.


INT. TOLEDO BUS STATION -- DAY


Jim buys ticket, puts duffle bag and guitar case below bus, and boards bus. "Ann Arbor" is indicated as bus' destination.


INT. BUS -- DAY


Jim takes a window seat. Just before bus pulls out of station a woman STUDENT, 19, wearing jeans and winter coat rushes onto the bus. She takes the aisle seat next to Jim.


JIM: You're lucky you made the bus.


STUDENT: My dad couldn't start his car before he dropped me off.


JIM: How far you goin'?


STUDENT: Ann Arbor.


JIM: That's where I'm goin'. But I've never been there before.


STUDENT: Are you going to school there now?


JIM: No. I was tired of living in New York City. So I looked on the map and decided--since I never was in Ann Arbor--that Ann Arbor was the place to move to.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

The Fugitive Generation (iv)

INT. LIVING ROOM -- DAY

Apartment is sparsely furnished. MRS. BERNSTEIN, 72 and petite, stands in living room. Maloney and Kelly search apartment quickly.


MALONEY: How do folks like you expect us to protect you from muggers and rapists, if you won't cooperate with us when we knock on your doors?


MRS. BERNSTEIN: Any mugger or rapist can knock on the door. And say they're from the FBI.


MR. BERNSTEIN: What do you want us to do?


KELLY: We want you to look at these photographs of Greenberg and some Weather fugitives.


MR. BERNSTEIN: What do you mean by "Weather fugitives"?


KELLY: They're people we're looking for who are armed. And very dangerous. Greenberg is helping them out.


Kelly shows them photograph.


C.U. OF H.S. YEARBOOK PICTURE OF CLEAN-SHAVEN MAN.


KELLY (V.O.): Have you ever seen him?


MR. BERNSTEIN (V.O.): No. Never saw him.


MRS. BERNSTEIN (V.O.): No. He's so young.


C.U. OF A DIFFERENT YOUNG MAN.


KELLY (V.O.): How about him? Have you ever seen him?


MR.BERNSTEIN (V.O.): Yeah. I think I saw this guy on TV.


MRS. BERNSTEIN (V.O.): That's right, Max. He was on TV.


MALONEY: But did you ever see him in this building?


MRS. BERNSTEIN: No. Never saw him here.


C.U. OF A YOUNG WOMAN


KELLY (V.O.): What about her?


MRS. BERNSTEIN (V.O.): She's so pretty.


KELLY (V.O.): Have you seen her in this building?


MR. BERNSTEIN (V.O.): No. Never saw her before.


MRS. BERNSTEIN (V.O.): No.


MALONEY: Which apartment does the Super live in?


MR. BERNSTEIN: On the first floor.


MALONEY (turns to Kelly): Let's speak to the Super.


Maloney and Kelly turn to leave the apartment.


MR. BERNSTEIN: Sorry we couldn't help you more.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

The Fugitive Generation (iii)

MALONEY (CONT'D): Wait! Sombebody's coming.

Kelly and Maloney back away from door. Kelly draws his gun again. MR. BERNSTEIN, 78, appears at the end of the hallway. Mr. Bernstein wears a workingman's cap,walks slowly and carries a small bag of groceries and newspaper. He stops suddenly when he notices the guns pointed at him. Kelly and Maloney put guns back in their holsters.


KELLY: We're from the FBI. We want to look inside your apartment.


Kelly flashes his FBI I.D. at Mr. Bernstein.


MR. BERNSTEIN (slight Yiddish accent): FBI? My apartment? Why my apartment?


MALONEY: We're looking for James Greenberg. He lives in this apartment. He knows where the Weather fugitives are.


MR. BERNSTEIN: My wife and me live here. We just moved here from Pelham Parkway. My name is Bernstein. Not Greenberg.


MALONEY: Then let us look inside. If Greenberg doesn't live here, why doesn't she open the door?


Mr. Bernstein unlocks the door, leads Kelly and Maloney into apartment.


MR. BERNSTEIN: She never opens the door to anyone. It might be a mugger. Or a rapist.

Friday, April 24, 2009

The Fugitive Generation (ii)

INT. HALL OUTSIDE APT. 2D -- DAY

Kelly knocks on door. Maloney covers him from behind. The peephole on door opens.


KELLY: We're from the FBI. We'd like to speak with you.


MRS. BERNSTEIN (O.S.)(elderly voice, slight Yiddish accent): What do you want?


KELLY: We want to speak to James Greenberg.


MRS. BERNSTEIN: (O.S.): He don't live here. Go away.


Maloney steps closer to door.


MALONEY: Open the door. We want to look inside.


Mrs. Bernstein makes no further response. Maloney and Kelly look at each other, with guns still drawn. Maloney nods. Kelly puts his gun in holster and starts to pick lock.

The Fugitive Generation (i)

FADE IN:

EXT. BRONX STREET -- DAY


January 1972. Two FBI agents, MALONEY, 45, and KELLY, 31, sit in car and watch the slum apartment building that's across the deserted side street.


INT. CAR--DAY


MALONEY: Let's look inside.


EXT. BRONX STREET -- DAY


Maloney and Kelly get out of car, cross street, cautiously approach apartment building.


INT. BUILDING HALL -- DAY


Maloney and Kelly draw guns, walk up stairs to second floor. Cautiously, they make their way down the long hall to door of Apt. 2D.