ty SEVEN by Andrew Kevin Walker An Amold Kopelson Production Juno Pig, Inc. 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1500 116 N. Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048 Los Angeles, CA 90048 November 1, 1994 WhiteThe world is a fine place, and worth fighting for. -Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Sell Tolls 1940INT. OLD HOUSE -- DAY L Sunlight comes through the soot on the windows, more brown than bright. SOMERSET, 45, stands in one corner of this small, second-story room. He looks over the ceiling, looks down’ at the worn wooden floors, looks at the peeling wallpaper. He walks to the center of the room, continues his study, taking his time. He halts, turns to one wall where the current wallpaper is torn away to reveal flowery wallpaper underneath. Somerset goes to this wall and runs his finger across one of the pale, red roses which decorates the older paper. He pushes the grime away, brings the rose out more clearly. He reaches into his suit pocket and takes out a switchblade. He flips the thin, lethal blade free. Working deliberately, delicately, Somerset cuts a square around the rose, then’ peels the square of dry wallpaper away from the wall. He studies it. EXT. OLD HOUSE Somerset stands in front of the old home. He looks out at the surrounding farms and forests. He ponders something. MAN (0.S.) Is something wrong? DAY 2 Somerset does not respond, just stares off. The MAN, 34, wears a real-estate broker’s jacket, stands beside a FOR SALE sign. MAN Is there something the matter? Somerset turns to face the man, then looks back at the house. SOMERSET . it’s just that everything here so strangi MAN Strange? There’s nothing strange, about this place. The house’li need a little fixing up, that’s for sure... SOMERSET No. I like the house, and this plac MAN I was going to say. Cause this place is about as normal as places get. Somerset nods, taking a deep breath. He smiles. ; (CONTINUED)