A Single Man_Screenplay

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1、“ASingleMan”ScreenplaybyTomFordandDavidScearceBasedonthenovelbyChristopherIsherwoodBLACKSCREEN:EXT.UNDERWATEROurblackscreenslowlyfadestoamurkyblue-greyasitbecomesapparentthatweareunderwater.Fromthetopofourscreendriftsthenudebodyofaman,armsoutstretched,sinkingslowly.Hemoveshislegsinaslightstrug

2、gleasheispulleddeeperanddeeperintothewater.Hishandlashesoutinafinalsuddenmovementashisbodybecomesstill.WearenowcloseinonthemanʼsfacetorevealGEORGE,52,ashebeginstotossandturnviolentlyinthewatersearchingforair.Atitleappearsoverourimageinsimpleboldtype:FRIDAY,NOVEMBER30,1962.CUTTO:EXT.SNOWCOVEREDR

3、OAD.DUSKGeorgeiswalkinginthesnow.Heisonaquietstretchofroadandthesnowisfallinggently.Allissilent.AheadofGeorgeandinourlineofsightisacrushedcarthathasflippedoveronitʼstop.Thereisbrokenglasseverywhereandtheskidmarksofthecararevisibleontheicyroad.Thetaillightsarestillonandthereissteamcomingfromtheh

4、ood.Abodyishangingoutofasmashedwindowonthedriverʼssideofthecar.CUTTO:EXT.UNDERWATER.Georgecontinuestotossandturnunderwaterevenmoreviolentlyashestrugglestofindair.CUTTO:EXT.SNOWYROAD.DUSKArrivingatthewreck,Georgelooksatthebloodyfaceofthedeaddriver-itisahandsomemaninhismidthirties,JIM.Thereisalif

5、elessandbloodyblackandwhitedogonthedashboardagainstthebrokenwindshield.2.GeorgeslowlyliesdowninthesnownexttoJim.HestaresatJimʼsbloodyfaceandthenleansoverandkissesJimonthemouth.Georgepullsback.Jimʼsopeneyesandbloodcoveredfacefillourscreenaswepushintighter.Hiseyeshaveacoldgelatinousfeelaboutthem.

6、Wecontinuetopushinuntilhiseyesfillourscreen.Thereisafaint,repetitivebangingsound,likeadrumbeat,inthebackgroundthatbecomesincreasinglylouder.CUTTO:INT.GEORGEʼSHOUSE-BEDROOM.MORNING1962Georgeboltsupinapanic.Hecanʼtbreathe.Heissweating.Thedrumbeatsoundisloudandconstant.Inthedistancewehearafemalevo

7、ice.MRS.STRUNK(O.S.)Jenniferstopit!Stopthatbangingnow!Thebangingsoundstops.Wehearthewhitenoisehumofwavescrashinginthedistanceandthefaintsoundofseagulls.Georgeʼsfacefillsourscreenasherecoversfromthedream.GEORGEV.O.Wakingupbeginswithsaying