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Written by
James Yoshimura
Eric Overmyer
Tom Fontana
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
FINAL DRAFT
Barry Levinson
October 22, 1999
Ton Fontana
Jim Finnerty
Rev. 11/8 blue
Rev. 11/15 pink
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Eric Overmyer
DIRECTOR
Jean De Segonzac
LIST OF REVISED PAGES
| Revision | Date | Pages in revision |
| BLUE | 8 November 99 | Full Script |
| PINK | 15 November 99 | Full Script |
PLEASE NOTE:
The action for “HOMICIDE: Life Everlasting” takes place over the course
of one Day, ending that
Night.
All wardrobe, props, etc., should reflect the weather conditions of the Fall in Baltimore.
The following shots of “The Board” should be scheduled:
“HARDWICKE” in
RED
“HARDWICKE” in
BLACK
“RYLAND”
in RED
“RYLAND”
in BLUE
These names are to be written under Lewis’ name.
“GIARDELLO” in BLACK
This name is to be written under Hall’s name.
The following CHARACTER NAMES have been changed:
OFFICER FRANK KEANE
to OFFICER JEFF WESTBY
DOCTOR SUNIL MEHTA
to DOCTOR ROBERT
WILLIAMS
NEWS ANCHOR
to DINA NAPOLI
UNIFORM
to OFFICER JAY SALERNO
CAST
BEAU FELTON...............................................................................................................Daniel
Baldwin
STANLEY BOLANDER..................................................................................................Ned
Beatty
JOHN MUNCH...............................................................................................................Richard
Belzer
FRANK PEMBLETON....................................................................................................Andre
Braugher
MIKE KELLERMAN.......................................................................................................Reed
Diamond
MIKE GIARDELLO.........................................................................................................Giancarlo
Esposito
JULIANNA COX.............................................................................................................Michelle
Forbes
STUART GHARTY..........................................................................................................Peter
Gerety
MEGAN RUSSERT..........................................................................................................Isabella
Hofmann
ED DANVERS..................................................................................................................Zeljko
Ivanek
MELDRICK LEWIS.........................................................................................................Clark
Johnson
AL GIARDELLO..............................................................................................................Yaphet
Kotto
KAY HOWARD...............................................................................................................Melissa
Leo
TERRI STIVERS...............................................................................................................Toni
Lewis
RENE SHEPPARD...........................................................................................................Michael
Michele
J.H. BRODIE.....................................................................................................................Max
Perlich
STEVE CROSETTI...........................................................................................................Jon
Polito
TIM BAYLISS..................................................................................................................Kyle
Secor
PAUL FALSONE..............................................................................................................Jon
Seda
LAURA BALLARD..........................................................................................................Callie
Thorne
COLONEL GEORGE BARNFATHER............................................................................Clayton
LeBouef
CAPTAIN ROGER GAFFNEY........................................................................................Walt
MacPherson
DOCTOR GEORGE GRISCOM......................................................................................Austin
Pendleton
DETECTIVE ROBERT HALL..........................................................................................Jason
Priestly
QRT LIEUTENANT JASPER..........................................................................................Gary
D’Addario
DOCTOR LAUSANNE...................................................................................................Herb
Levinson
NAOMI............................................................................................................................Sharon
Ziman
OFFICER JAY SALERNO..............................................................................................Jay
Spadaro
DOCTOR SCHEINER.....................................................................................................Ralph
Tabakin
OFFICER JEFF WESTBY...............................................................................................Granville
Adams
ERIC THOMAS JAMES..................................................................................................Eamonn
Walker
HOMELESS MAN...........................................................................................................Lanny
Flaherty
DAWN DANIELS............................................................................................................Rhonda
Overby
SHIRLEY DESASSY.......................................................................................................Elizabeth
Berman
DOCTOR ELI DEVILBISS..............................................................................................Sean
Whitesell
DOCTOR VICTOR EHRLICH........................................................................................Ed
Begley Jr.
ROBERT GESSNER........................................................................................................
ROSINA GIARDELLO....................................................................................................Irma
St.Paule
RICHARD GILROY.........................................................................................................John
Badila
CARDINAL KEELER......................................................................................................As
Himself
JOHN KOMEN...............................................................................................................Craig
Wallace
HELEN LUCAITIS..........................................................................................................As
Herself
BILLIE LOU MCCOY.....................................................................................................Ellen
McElduff
KARL MILLER................................................................................................................Paul
West
DINA NAPOLI................................................................................................................As
Herself
ROBBIE ROBERTS.........................................................................................................Phillip
Reid
NATHANIEL STEIGLER................................................................................................Mark
Joy
BERNIE WEEKS............................................................................................................
Reg E. Cathey
DOCTOR ROBERT WILLIAMS.....................................................................................David
Copeland Goodman
NEWS MANAGER.........................................................................................................Gradley
Thoennes
NURSE............................................................................................................................Susan
Lynn Ross
OLD WOMAN................................................................................................................Leeana
Saunders
O.R. NURSE....................................................................................................................Adetoro
Makinde
SKINHEAD.....................................................................................................................Matt
Oney
WITNESS #1...................................................................................................................Richard
DeAngelis
WITNESS #2...................................................................................................................Jarvis
W. George
SETS
EXTERIORS
INTERIORS
African Revival
African Revival
Movement Building
Movement Building
Alley
Bolander Home
Baltimore
Kitchen
Canton Street
Church Home & Hospital
Charles Street
Chapel
Church Home & Hospital
Emergency Room
Emergency Room
ER Entrance
Gunpowder Falls
Hallway
Inner Harbor
ICU
Ampitheatre
Corridor
Jimmy’s Restaurant
Giardello’s Room
Backdoor
Nurses’ Station
Little Italy
Operating Room #4
Alley
Operating Room #5
Bocce Ball Court
Waiting Room
Playground
Desassy Apartment
Sidestreet
Perry Hall
James Home
Homicide Unit
Police Headquarters
Coffee Room
Balcony
Lieutenant’s Office
Roof
Interrogation Room #1
State Police Headquarters
Interrogation Room #2
Street
Observation Room
Thames Street
Squad Room
WYAT
James Home
Bedroom
Hallway
Kitchen
Loyola College
Lecture Hall
NYPD
Special Victim’s Unit
Pembleton’s Toyota
Police Headquarters
Garage
Lobby
Stairway
Radio Station
Studio
Visiting Room
Sand’s Lounge
State Police Headquarters
Screening Room
Swimming Pool
The Waterfront Restaurant
WYAT
News Manager’s Office
News Studio Set
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
1 EXT. BALTIMORE - DAY
Establishing. Eight a.m.
2 EXT. INNER HARBOR - DAY
TV REPORTERS
with film CREWS clusterfuck the area. BUSINESS
EXECUTIVES grabbing
coffee, MOTHERS with TODDLERS, SENIOR
CITIZENS gawk,
as a shiny Lincoln Town Car pulls up to curb.
AL GIARDELLO
exits the Car, followed by NATHANIEL STIEGLER,
campaign manager.
Other AIDES exit a Ford Van. The NEWS
CREWS beeline
for GIARDELLO as he heads for:
3 EXT. AMPITHEATRE/INNER HARBOR - DAY
As GIARDELLO,
STIEGLER, AIDES and NEWS CREWS approach, video
floodlights
flash on. CU on GIARDELLO caught in the glare.
A CROWD engulfs
him. Sings “Giardello for Mayor” flash into
CAMERA.
A moment when GIARDELLO is jostled. DAWN DANIELS,
WYAT Reporter,
followed by CAMERAMAN, shoves a mic at
GIARDELLO.
DANIELS
GIARDELLO
DANIELS
GIARDELLO
A HOMELESS MAN,
malevolent, red-rimmed eyes, pushes past
DANIELS and
grabs GIARDELLO’s lapel.
HOMELESS MAN
GIARDELLO and
HOMELESS MAN exchange a look. GIARDELLO smiles,
a flash of anxiety.
STEIGLER calls to AIDE.
STEIGLER
AIDE pulls HOMELESS
MAN aside, as STIEGLER guides GIARDELLO
toward a stage.
HOMELESS MAN mumbles a curse. A UNIFORM
shoves him further
back into the CROWD. A CHANT from the
CROWD:
“Giardello. Giardello. Giardello.” DANIELS persists:
DANIELS
GIARDELLO
DANIELS
GIARDELLO
STIEGLER
DANIELS
and CAMERAMAN step back as GIARDELLO ascends the
stage,
where Mayor KURT SCHMOKE and other famous BALTIMOREONS
wait.
A huge CHEER from the CROWD as GIARDELLO steps to the
microphone:
“We Want Al, We Want Al, He’s Our Pal. We Want
Al.”
GIARDELLO tries to quiet the CROWD, but the CHEERING
grows
LOUDER. Tons of FLASHBULBS from PRESS and AUDIENCE
are going
off. As GIARDELLO smiles, a rapid dull REPEAT is
alarmed.
A BUZZ of concern and confusion. STIEGLER and the
CELEBRITIES
reflexively back away. GIARDELLO watches UNIFORMS
and PLAINCLOTHES
push through the CROWD, which is charged
with fear,
curious, looking around. Then, GIARDELLO slumps
to his
knees. His white shirt fills red with his blood.
STIEGLER
and AIDES reach to support GIARDELLO, who looks out
at the
CROWD, confused, in pain. He slumps forward. On
STIEGLER,
cradling GIARDELLO’S head,
MELDRICK LEWIS
and PAUL FALSONE pull up, exit Cavalier, walk
down littered
sidewalk in devastated neighborhood.
FALSONE
LEWIS
FALSONE
LEWIS
FALSONE
THEY turn into:
5 EXT. ALLEY - DAY
They head toward a crack house.
LEWIS
A UNIFORM stands with his back to them.
FALSONE
The UNIFORM turns, revealing himself to be MIKE GIARDELLO.
MIKE
FALSONE
MIKE
LEWIS
MIKE
LEWIS
FALSONE
MIKE
FALSONE
MIKE
LEWIS
Officer JEFF WESTBY approaches.
WESTBY
MIKE
WESTBY
MIKE
WESTBY
MIKE stares at
him, not comprehending. FALSONE turns to
LEWIS
As SONG BEGINS,
SONG CONTINUES.
Bedlam. Terror. SIRENS and SCREAMING.
UNIFORMS clear
a path. EMS wheel an unconscious GIARDELLO
out on a gurney.
As EMS works GIARDELLO’s chest,
SONG CONTINUES.
CU on phone in hand. PULL BACK to REVEAL
STUART GHARTY.
Shocked, HE puts down phone, exits into:
A8 INT. SQUAD ROOM/HOMICIDE UNIT - DAY
SONG CONTINUES.
GHARTY tells LAURA BALLARD and TERRI STIVERS.
As THEY react,
SONG CONTINUES.
Short order COOK smokes cigarette outside
kitchen door.
KAY HOWARD walks up, shows a warrant, spins
COOK around,
cuffs him. UNIFORM runs up, YELLING the news.
As HOWARD reacts,
SONG CONTINUES.
GIARDELLO is loaded into EMS Wagon. As
UNIFORMS push
the NEWS CREWS away from Wagon doors,
SONG CONTINUES.
CU on copy of The New York Post being held.
Cellphone RINGS.
Newspaper comes down to REVEAL JOHN MUNCH,
as he reaches
for cellphone, answers it. As HE listens,
SONG CONTINUES.
MIKE KELLERMAN sits in Car, secretly
photographing
a MAN kissing his MISTRESS. As KELLERMAN HEARS
the NEWS on
the car radio, puts down his camera,
SONG CONTINUES.
EMS Wagon ROARS to a halt. As TRIAGE TEAM
races with GIARDELLO
into Emergency room,
SONG CONTINUES.
CU on eggs being fried up. As WE PULL BACK
to REVEAL STANLEY
BOLANDER, sipping a beer, watching the
news bulletin
on TV,
SONG CONTINUES.
CU on a fly plopping onto the water from a
long arching
cast. Cellphone RINGS. As WE PULL BACK to
REVEAL a pacific
TIM BAYLISS answering the phone,
SONG CONTINUES.
NURSES stabilize GIARDELLO, put him on IV’s.
PULL BACK to
REVEAL DOCTOR, who checks GIARDELLO’s vitals on
a cardiac monitor.
As HE eyes an attractive NURSE,
SONG CONTINUES.
A woodpaneled, two-hundred seat Lecture
Hall.
Six STUDENTS sit in the first row, looking terrified.
PULL BACK to
REVEAL FRANK PEMBLETON raving at his hostages.
On the blackboard
behind PEMBLETON is big chalk lettering
“The Principles
of Ethics.” Various quotes from Aquinas,
Nietzsche and
Camus. A PRIEST comes to the doorway, pauses,
meek.
PEMBLETON catches the PRIEST out of the corner of his
eye. The
PRIEST motions. PEMBLETON continues lecturing.
The PRIEST motions
again. PEMBLETON glares. The PRIEST
motions imploringly,
respectfully. PEMBLETON walks over.
The PRIEST whispers
into PEMBLETON’s good ear. On PEMBLETON,
staring at him
as if he were speaking Esperanto,
SONG ENDS.
A Philadelphia rat-fuck of POLICE, PRESS and
PARAMEDICS;
Emergency Vehicles, Cop Cars, City Cars, Press
Vans.
HELEN LUCAITIS, Court TV Reporter, does live report:
LUCAITIS
Squad Car pulls up, MIKE leaps out.
LUCAITIS (cont.)
LUCAITIS collars
MIKE as he goes by, shoves microphone in
his face, runs
alongside him as he motors for door.
LUCAITIS (cont.)
MIKE
He shoves her. As LUCAITIS falls down flat on her ass,
On her knees, LUCAITIS continues her report:
LUCAITIS
As LUCAITIS gets to her feet,
BARNFATHER and STIEGLER intercept MIKE.
STIEGLER
MIKE
STIEGLER
MIKE
BARNFATHER
MIKE
STIEGLER
MIKE
STIEGLER
MIKE
STIEGLER
MIKE
THEY go into:
21 INT. WAITING ROOM/CHURCH HOME & HOSPITAL - DAY
MIKE enters with BARNFATHER and STIEGLER.
MIKE (cont.)
STIEGLER
MIKE
BARNFATHER
MIKE
STIEGLER
MIKE
BARNFATHER
MIKE