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"UNFINISHED BUSINESS"
by
Jeffrey Walker
WORDS TO PAPER
18/08/2004/JS Fri May 20 2005.

FADE IN:
Superimpose on a black background with white lettering:
I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all.   Ecclesiastes 9:11



1 EXT. DOWNTOWN CITY STREET  -  TALL BUILDINGS  -  AM  
Two Homeless persons, a couple with their Mobile Browser standing not far from a Downtown Ashtray near a tall Building, on Cheque Day in the City. The Sun is coming up in lengthening shadows. In the clean sandy Ashtray are two take three puffs & dunked butt ends, standing tall & proud. She has been monitoring her bank balance for the past hour or two with it for her Cheque direct deposited.

HOMELESS WOMAN
It's here!
He about to pilfer the ashtray contents hears this & stops to consider it. Understands Her, thinks of buying LBP cigarettes. Goes for it, reaches his hand out, He draws them from the sand. He places them in his pocket, walks after Her.
2 EXT.    DOWNTOWN BUILDING  -  CLOSEUP ASHTRAY  - AM
Draw in on the Ashtray, superimpose on the screen write A Calendar And A Clock, followed three seconds with Get in let's go, if you didn't smoke you would think this is a car thing.
3 EXT.    PLANET EARTH  -  EASTERN U. S. SEABOARD  -  EMPIRE STATE
As a reign of terror sweeps across the fertile land shoot four to five American landmarks in the Empire State, maybe Yankee Stadium, the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center in all its glory.

BEGIN CREDITS
4 EXT.    EMPIRE STATE  -  SUMMERTIME  -  WEEKEND
In a long shot on a bright sunny day in a birds eye view slowly zoom down Broadway/42nd/5th, with the Twin Towers in the background.   Cars trucks & pedestrians in motion, on the soundtrack back to back a little bit of 'Born To Be Alive' by ? ? & something about young clerks & secretaries working maybe Love Gets Me Every Time by Shania Twain.


5 EXT.    NEW YORK CITY   -   FIFTH AVE   -   AFTERNOON
Looking around for its source we come across a young redhead Ms SAMANTHA BROWNE wearing a tight sweater & a belt, a below the knee level skirt, comfortable shoes walking on the sidewalk listening to her Sony headphones window shopping.
6 EXT/INT.    JULIE JONES DOING STUFF
Write a introduction scene with Julie Jones at home on a Saturday AM doing stuff.
7 EXT/INT.    STANLEY DOING STUFF
Write a introduction scene with Stanley at home on a Saturday AM doing stuff.
8 EXT/INT.    MRS CARTER DOING STUFF
Write a introduction scene with Mrs Carter at home on a Saturday AM doing stuff.
9 EXT/INT.    DEBBIE DOING STUFF
Write a introduction scene with Debbie at home on a Saturday AM doing stuff.
10 EXT/INT.    QUEENS NY   -    WILLOWBROOK CONDOMINIUM   -   WEEKEND
A welcome sign to the borough of QUEENS.  Looking through the apartment window of Samantha Browne's bedroom, draw into it.  Waking up alone in bed is a twenty three year old female in her under things she skips to the loo.
10a EXT/INT.    JULIE JONES DOING STUFF
Write second round scene with Julie at home on a Saturday AM doing more stuff.
10b EXT/INT.    STANLEY DOING STUFF
Write second round scene with Stanley at home on a Saturday AM doing more stuff.
11 EXT/INT.    MRS CARTER DOING STUFF
Write second round scene with Mrs Carter at home on a Saturday AM doing more stuff.
12 EXT/INT.    DEBBIE DOING STUFF
Write second round scene with Debbie at home on a Saturday AM doing more stuff.
13 INT.    WILLOWBROOK CONDOMINIUM  -  HALLWAY  - AM
Dressed she exits the washroom closing a pink bathrobe around her naked self flashing the revealing look of a natural red head & some cleavage pads past.   Along the carpeted hallway in her bare feet she goes to the kitchen the hem of her robe swaying at knee level.    She lights a cigarette & makes coffee.
14 EXT.    ANKARA TURKEY   -   STREET   -  DAY
In Asia Minor somewhere standing on the street are six bearded & grim Taliban extremists following where is he who done it exiting the premises coming out through the front door on a mission from God with a pre booked flight plan pass by like Russian spies but aren't to a CadiLLac TM parked at the curb with the motor running & the doors open. The trunk lid is up, the driver indicates to them its contents with a nod of his head. They look (@ ?) nodding their heads. In there they go, the car drives off down the street.
14a INT.    DEN  -  DESK  -  MORNING
Samantha walks over to the desk & sits down at her computer, on it is a framed poem, a picture of the banners hanging from the rafters in Rogers Centre, a couple of pocket books by Syd Fields with stuff & checks her emails for her pay check from Rogers Cable with the Subject Line Email Money Transfer from PayPal stamped with Epost, for the period ending august 31 2001.   Instead of leaving it where it was left for her she moves it to where she & God only know.   She clicks on her CIBC account, routinely signs in with her same-every-time-for-this-account e-signature autograph granting her access to & control of it to transfer the money into her savings account.   Now through the snow to the branch in the eye of a hurricane she hops over some of the funds into her chequing account onto a chip embedded Sally 'n Fred CashCard, a licensee of the Interac trademark, as much as she needs for now.
15 EXT.    SOMEWHERE IN ASIA MINOR  -  STREET  -  MORNING
Standing on the street are five happy to be along for the ride Taliban extremists following where is he who done it exiting the premises coming out through the front door on a mission from God with a pre booked flight plan pass by like Russian spies but aren't to a CadiLLac TM parked at the curb with the motor running & the doors open. The trunk lid is up, the driver indicates to them its contents with a nod of his head. They look (@ ?) nodding their heads. In there they go, the car drives off down the street.
16 EXT.    HIGHWAY  -   -  DAY
Write a scene here of what else?
17 EXT.    HIGHWAY  -   -  DAY
They are driven from there along the highway to the airport in ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT to line up.
18 EXT.    ALEXANDRIA EGYPT AIRPORT  -  DAY
In the Alexandrian airport later the same day prepared & assembled they meet up together & board two flights to BERLIN, GERMANY.  at the Alexandrian Airport front door a fare drives up & stops, three doors open & three Taliban extremists from (Tripoli) LIBYA step out.   Followed by a second fare doing the same thing.  These six men enter the airport on time for their flights to infamy landing in Berlin, Germany in 13 hours.   About an hour after then now more fares pull up in front of the Alexandrian Airport. Each of them full of Taliban extremists from (Addis Abba) ETHIOPIA.  The CadiLLac TM cab stops, doors open five men Taliban Extremists armed & dangerous step out.   A third CadiLLac TM cab pulls up with three Taliban Extremists, men from IRAN armed & dangerous Martyrs of ISLAM.  They spread out waiting for their pre booked flights to get them to Berlin, Germany so to meet up together at a pre determined location.


19 INT.    -  DAY
Write stuff here until Taliban at airport.
Following day. character development
20 EXT.    NEW YORK HORIZON  -  TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11  -  DAWN
Three seconds before entering white cumulus clouds equal in size as the dust storm from the collapsing America Place at ground zero & through them.   As the morning of nine eleven dawns over the wide expanse set before you in a northern direction at flying altitude on the horizon is seen in the not too far distance the skyline of NEW YORK CITY.  When the skyline of New York City comes into view descending through the clouds a Pink CadiLLac car tune on the soundtrack with soulful beat.
21 EXT.   NEW YORK SKYLINE -   AMERICA PLACE ROOF TOPS   -  DAY
A few miles away slowly drifting nearer like a pearl set at your feet the morning sun rises in the east on a bright & beautiful autumn day in the big apple.   The morning sun comes into view from the left side facing south lighting up ground zero.   Turning clockwise circumnavigating the five boroughs about new york city, circle the wagons around AMERICA PLACE.


22 EXT.    NEW YORK CITY STREET  -   MORNING
A CadiLLacTM Taxicab approaching in traffic.
23 EXT.    AMERICA PLACE TWO   -  MORNING
Mr Stanley Jones ARRIVES for work on the 84th floor.   Sitting in his office drinking coffee around 7:15am.   He goes about his morning routine.


24 EXT.    -  AM
Write 45 minutes of time passing in a rush hour scene.


25 EXT.    QUEENS  -  WILLOWBROOK AVE  -  AM
In harm's way Samantha Browne alone in bed OVERSLEPT.   She opens her green eyes, looks at her alarm clock & looks outside at the blue skies overhead.

SMALL STILL VOICE (V.O.)
Stay in bed Samantha, I'm warning you.
SAMANTHA BROWNE
No I'm running late already, I have to go.
NOT SO SMALL STILL VOICE (V.O.)
Go to work see, its a beautiful day.

(music up)

Live 8 - Beautiful Day by U2
until drinking coffee.
A young beautiful woman hip to the trick & quick to the step, single with a professional career.   Bright eyed & bushy tailed in her dark colored under things she throws the covers off.   Skips to the Loo & quickly dresses wearing a natural suede mini-skirt, tight sweater black pumps.  On her way out in the hallway she picks up her briefcase with the embossed WTC logo.
Screenplay by Jeffrey Walker
Directed by A. Mystery
CREDITS FINISH
END ACT ONE
26 EXT.    TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11  -  AMERICA PLACE ONE  -  DAY
(music up)

Shania Twain Honey I'm Home Lyrics
until drinking coffee.
27 INT.    AMERICA PLACE TWO  -  84TH FLOOR  -   MORNING
Mr Stanley Jones sitting at his desk at his computer, on the telephone, drinking coffee.
28 EXT.    QUEENS  -  WILLOWBROOK AVE  -  LENGTHENING SHADOWS
She flags down a CadiLLacTM Taxi, it pulls up, she gets in the passengers side.
29 EXT.    NEW YORK CITY STREET  -  CADILLAC CAB  -  MORNING
The CadiLLacTM Cab approaches on West St, stops in front of America Place One.
30 EXT.    WEST ST  -  CadiLLacTM CAB  -  MORNING
She pays the cab meter inserting into the self service portable point-of-sale terminal in the Cab with a LBP 'Sally 'n Fred CashCard' punches in the amount & presses TRANSFER waits a second, withdraws it & puts it back in a purse, she bags the receipt in her purse.

SAMANTHA BROWNE
(advertising spot)
'Sally 'n Fred CashCard, no PIN # needed for purchases. ATM withdrawls are PIN # protected for customer security. Spend your money with a 'Sally 'n Fred CashCard.    Leave the bank card at home in a safe place.
She exits the cab & walks into America Place One, panning in the background an ad spot on the side of a public bus & on a billboard.
31 EXT.   
Write a scene here with hijackers leaving a Hotel, taking cabs for Logan Airport.
32 EXT.    LOGAN AIRPORT  -  CURB  -  AM
A few CadiLLacTM Cab drivers empty their contents in front of Logan Airport in Boston.
33 EXT.    AMERICA PLACE ONE   -  ELEVATORS  -  MORNING
Samantha Browne ascends up to the 107th floor.
(music up)

About sixty seconds of She's So High - Tal Bachman
34 EXT/INT.    LOGAN ENTRANCE  -  SLIDING DOORS - LENGTHENING SHADOWS
Five martyrs of Islam extremists all HIJACKERS animals gone bad check in & clear customs.
35 <7:45am> INT.    PARKED BOEING 767  -  BOARDING AIRCRAFT  -  AM
These five men board Commonwealth Airlines Flight one two three armed with a box cutter bound for Los Angeles.
36 <7:59am> EXT.    AIRPORT  -  RUNWAY  -  HIGH NOON
The gun has been aimed & fired, Commonwealth Airlines flight one two three DEPARTS on schedule to take out her office space.
(music up)

' Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills plays until?
37   
Add a brief scene here of Mr Jones at 7:59am.
38 INT.    ELEVATORS  -  WINDOWS ON THE WORLD RESTAURANT  -  MORNING
She exits elevators, enters the restaurant.
39 INT.    107TH FLOOR  -  CAFETERIA LINE UP  -   MORNING
Joins the cafeteria line to grab a bite to go.
SAMANTHA BROWNE
A buttered bacon lettuce tomato sandwich toasted with Philadelphia TM cream cheese & a licensed brand alcohol free soda to go, please.
SERVER
Would you like ketchup on your fries with that?
She nods her head, standing at her left side shoulder height.    Pan from her to the restaurant wall in front of her with a WINDOWS ON THE WORLD Restaurant picture & menu mounted there.   Pan across them to her wrist at the cash register while she pays the CASHIER $13.66 for the purchases inserting into the self service point-of-sale terminal with a Sally 'n Fred CashCard presses the amount & presses TRANSFER waits, withdraws it & puts it back in a purse.
40 INT.    RESTAURANT SALLY 'N FRED CASHCARD RECEIPT  -  MORNING
The receipt is handed to her she accepts it & in a close up of it reads it.
41 INT.    RESTAURANT CASHIER  -  LINEUP  -   MORNING
SAMANTHA BROWNE
(advertising spot)
Sally 'n Fred CashCard, no PIN # needed for purchases. ATM withdrawls are PIN # protected for customer security. Spend your money with a Sally 'n Fred CashCard.    Leave the bank card at home in a safe place.
Samantha Browne bags the receipt collects her sandwich & drink.  A disgruntled employee shakes down the cashier with a dirty look.
CASHIER
You can't fire me, your not the boss.
42 INT.   

(Re)write scene, re: where or what are Ahmed, Mohamed & Abdul doing after/when S.B. has left restaurant?
43 INT.    ELEVATORS  -  107TH FLOOR  -  MORNING
Car comes, doors open crowd enters.
44 INT.    ELEVATOR INTERIOR
Doors close buttons are pushed.  She pushes 99 lighting it up, blowing a third opportunity to make good her escape.  Her toe is heavily stepped on.
LARGE PASSENGER
(wearing gold cross)
Bitch!
SAMANTHA BROWNE
(defensively)
Excuse Me Sir.
The elevator descends non-stop to the 99th floor, doors open.


45 INT.   ACME EMPLOYMENT ASSURANCE  - SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE  -  MORNING
Write a Supervisor scene on the phone or talking with a fellow employee in her office wearing N.J. Nets #15 jersey in a cameo that day.
46 INT.    ELEVATORS  -  99TH FLOOR HALLWAY  -  MORNING
Carrying a brown bag she moves along the north-south hallway limping somewhat.
47 INT.    HALLWAY OPPOSITE SIDE  -  OFFICE DOOR  -  MORNING
Approaching She turns into her office.
48 INT.    MS SAMANTHA BROWNE OFFICE  -  NORTHERN VIEW  -  MORNING
She walks through an open mahogany door with Ms Samantha B. Browne engraved on a bronze plaque, to her desk.
49 INT.    OFFICE DESK  -  MORNING
Sitting down on her chair she places her purse & soda in front of her, opens the brown bag, rampages.
SAMANTHA BROWNE
(in a rampage)
He's setting them up to rule over them, take them out god damn it.


50 INT.    AMERICA PLACE TWO  -  84TH FLOOR  -  MORNING
Mr Stanley Jones sitting at his desk at the computer, on the telephone, drinking coffee.
51 EXT.    PATH TRAIN  -  AMERICA PLACE ONE  -  MORNING
Mr Yinaka arrives for work, takes the elevator up to the 40th floor.
52 EXT/INT.    99TH FLOOR  -  OFFICE WINDOW  -  DESKTOP  -  DAY

Looking through a 99th floor window draw in.   Panning the desk over her shoulder.   On it is a computer with hotmail.com on the screen, telephone, Tuesday September 11 2001 on the calendar & 8:20am on the clock.
53 INT.    99TH FLOOR  -  OFFICE  -  LENGTHENING SHADOWS
Sitting at her desk she is suddenly seized by a PANIC ATTACK.   Perplexed, I asked myself what would I do?  She notices the Sally 'n Fred CashCard receipt & looks through her purse on the desk.
54 INT.    CLOSEUP PURSE CONTENTS  -  DARK
The contents include her LBP cigarette pack, a Gideons little red new testament book, lipstick, gum & mascara.  Without any choice she willingly decides to go outside on a smoke break.
(music up)

About sixty seconds of Golden Earring - Radar Love
55 EXT.    OFFICE  -  NORTHERN VIEW  -  DAY
She gets up from the desk leaving her office.
56 INT.   HALLWAY  -  REVERSE ANGLE
She leaves the office & enters the hallway heading for the elevators.
57 INT.    ELEVATORS  -  DAY
She walks to the elevators, pushes button & waits.   The car comes she enters aboard & descends.
58 INT.    AMERICA PLACE TWO  -  OFFICE  -  DAY
Mr Stanley Jones sitting at his desk at the computer, on the telephone, drinking coffee.
59 INT.    AMERICA PLACE ONE  -  OFFICE FLOOR  -  DAY
Mr Yinaka is sitting at his desk in front of the computer reading & writing emails among a dozen co-workers.
60 EXT.    ELEVATORS  -  PLAZA LEVEL  -  DAY
Stepping out of the elevators she leaves the building for the last time.
61 EXT.    PLAZA LEVEL PLAYING FIELD  -  GROUND ZERO  -  LENGTHENING SHADOWS

A line of CadiLLacTM Cabs at the curb, people milling about, she lights up & takes three puffs.  A homeless person walks up to the ashcan.
(music up)

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood To The Head at the 3:43 of the fourth track
(music up)

The opening nine seconds from Whatever You Do! Don't! by Shania Twain
JEFFREY
(pilfering the ashcan)
CadiLLac
SAMANTHA BROWNE
(offers a licensed brand product)
Jonesing for a cigarette, buddy?
He accepts it & shuffles off.
62 EXT.    SIDEWALK  -  BACKGROUND ACTION  -  DAY
The pedestrians walking past with the sound of a toonie rolling on the sidewalk heard, dropped from a pocket.
1ST PEDESTRIAN
Look money, somebody lost it.
2ND PEDESTRIAN
Who done it?   Where?
63 EXT.    BACKGROUND ACTION  -  BLUE SUIT  -  DAY
In the background action is a walking blue suit accosted by a crack smoking prostitute, panning for spare change.
THERESA
(jonesing)
Gimme ten bucks for crack, I need it.   Gimme it now, c'mon.

BLUE SUIT
Do you think I'm gonna carry you like a bitch on my back?   Well, for five bucks.
They fumble together, he hands over ten dollars.   She walks on that way, he keeps going.
THERESA
Bitch!
64 EXT.    PLAZA LEVEL  -  LENGTHENING SHADOWS
Bright eyed & bushy tailed she looks around, sees advertising on a passing bus, advertising on a billboard.   Playing hooky she feels like shopping.

(music up)

Elvis Presley - Amazing Grace (if no There Power in the Blood) plays until?


65 EXT.    PLAZA LEVEL  -  CABSTAND  -  LENGTHENING SHADOWS
She walks away to the line of taxi's, signals the Iraqi driver of the next cab in line & drops the cigarette to the ground.
66 INT.    COMMONWEALTH AIRLINES FLIGHT 123  -  CABIN  -  AM
Captain Ahmed & co pilot hijackers Mohamed & Abdul set themselves to wrest control of the Boeing 767 aircraft from the Commonwealth Airlines crew.
67 INT.    TAXICAB  -  OPEN DOOR  -  DAY
She seats herself in the taxicab, shuts the door, & it drives off into traffic.   Using her mobile browser Samantha loads up her debit card with shopping money?


68 <8:14am>INT.    767 AIRCRAFT  -  CABIN  -  AM
The hijackers with a box cutter bludgeon a stewardess to death to gain access to the cockpit.   The three armed hijackers hustle the pilots out of their seats of authority & take over the responsibility assuming their positions not so skilfully piloting the aircraft.


69 <8:19am> INT.    767 AIRCRAFT  -  GALLEY  -  LENGTHENING SHADOWS
Alarmed at being unable to connect with the cockpit the stewardess withdraws herself to the galley to the AT&T air phone to report an emergency to Commonwealth airlines east coast reservations office.
FLIGHT STEWARDESS
(distressed)
The cockpit is not answering somebody's stabbed in business class, I think there's mace we can't breathe, I don't know I think we're being hijacked.
70 INT.    COMMONWEALTH AIRLINES RESERVATIONS DESK  -  DAY
RESERVATION'S OFFICE STAFF
Oh my god I'm sorry flight one two three to hear that, I will pass it along.
She ALERTS the manager at Commonwealth Airlines operations center deep in the heart of Texas of the unfolding drama.
71 INT.    COMMONWEALTH AIRLINES RESERVATIONS CENTER  - OFFICE  -  DAY

RESERVATIONS OFFICE STAFF
They've got a situation developing with a flight out of Boston.   The on board stewardess thinks this might be a hijacking, please advise us.
72 INT.    COMMONWEALTH AIRLINES OPERATIONS DESK  -  DAY
OPERATIONS CENTER MANAGER
Acknowledge that reservations take cover, we're on it.


73 INT.    OPERATIONS CENTER  -  DAY
Now that the authorities have been notified, the Commonwealth Airlines operations center MANAGER gets on the phone to the flight dispatcher.
OPERATIONS CENTER MANAGER
Charlie this is operations center, patch me through to our flight one two three will ya, outta Logan.  We might have a problem there.
74 <8:23am> INT.   COMMONWEALTH AIRLINES OFFICE  -  DISPATCHER  -  DAY
The dispatcher CHARLIE tries several times to open a channel of communication with the cockpit of Commonwealth one two three, without response.
75 INT.    BOEING 767 COCKPIT  -  DASHBOARD  - LENGTHENING SHADOWS
In a medium closeup looking through the windows above the instrument panel dashboard the phone rings & rings.
DISPATCHER (V.O.)
Flight one two three come in. Come in flight one two three, John are you there?   Come in god damn it.
AHMED
Fuck off asshole, turn that damn thing down.
The co pilot hijacker riding shotgun reaches out with his free hand & switches off the altimeter gauge.
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