“BASILISK”
Written by
Jordan Streete & Natapong Collins
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SCENE 1EXT. GRAVEYARD .MORNING
ARTHUR is standing in a graveyard. He stands alone, in the cold
We is looking over his girlfriend’s grave, a ring in his hand. le
see him walk down a road, and look down to his phone, seeing a miss2o*
call from his therapist. le see ARTHUR'S face, he looks tired, and
very unwell.
INT. BAR. MORNING
lve see ARTHUR sitting, alone, the pub is barely open.
ARTHUR
Deer.
We see the barman go to the back as ARTHUR takes a seat. Flashes
of ARTHUR'S old military task force appears, surround ARTHUR. he
is clearly in a distressed state with his dead lookwith the
memories of his late friends become more potent and painful, We
see ARTHUR not even blink but seem to build himself with anger and
sadness. “pop". the barman places a drink down for ARTHURS, which
breake ARTHURS frozen, look, and the flashes of his old friends
abruptly disappear. We see ARTHURS cold relief and he bring the
beer to his mouth. He slams the empty beer bottle down on the bar
cur To:
SCENE 2
INT. ARTHUR’ S HOME. AFTERNOON
ARTHUR is passed out on his bed. There are beer and wine bottles
placed everywhere around the room. The house is dirty and worse
for wear. There's a knock on the door. arthur falls out of bed. He
is off kilter from the sudden fall and takes a moment for-ARTAUR
to re-adjust. He finds a half empty bottle of beer on the tables
it is warm, but he takes a swig and then downs it. He throws the
bottle onto the floor. A sudden knock at the door startles ARTHUR.
“Thas LS —~ (Wo one ever knocks, he has family, no one who knova that here) Who
a be is it? ARTHUR goes up towards the door. All that he can see is a
cowbusing. sithouette of a man,Aand the door knocks again. ARTHUR opens the
, pepueks door to reveal NOAH SHEPPARD, the only other survivor of the task
on yous force
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What are you doing here?
NoaH
Well that was a warm welcome.ARTHUR
Didn’t anewer my question.
Noa
I came to talk
ARTHUR
Talk?! (Scott's) You took your time
Nong
T had some things to take care of
ARTHUR
Take care of! You weren't even at the funeral, and you just. show
up here like nothings happened. where were you huh’ what was ao
fucking important?
Grabs NOAH’S shirt.
I needed my friend!
NOAH
I was gathering information
ARTHUR
on what
NOAH
Him
They lock eyes.
ARTHUR
What did you fina?
SCENE 3
INT. BAR, APTERNOON
ARTHUR and NOAH sit at the bar.
ARTHUR
So what have you got?
NOAH
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