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MAITOME, ALABAMA - DAYERRLE We are looking dow on the amail Southern tow: of Macomb, Alubume, [It {3 Just before dawn and in the batt light, we Gun see cotton farms, sine woods, the Kilis surrcumding Kaycome, snd the Courthouse Square of Meyeomb itaslt. The CAMERA ST4aTS 10 SLOWLY MOT dow to tha Square. As wa begin to see the stores and the offtces which comprise the town, 2 young woman's voica 18 hoard OPF CAMERA: TRAY LOUISE (VOISE OVER) In 1932 thie wes the world I imew. Tt waan't « tary big world, But naither vas I. (a beat) Iwas aix yaars old. THE CAMERA STARTS TC SLOWLY HOVE DOWN the main residential, atpeet leading sway from the Square, . JEAN LOUISE (VOICE OVER) Thay tell as Maycomb wis 3 tired old tom then, that people maved slowly. There wus no hurry for thers wag no= where to go, noth’ng to buy and na monay to buy if with, Turing this TYE CsMERA HAS CCWE TO REST ON the Finen house and yard. The Pinch house ta a smell frama house, duzit bign off the ground aad with a perch in the mecner of Soutien cottages of its day, The yard is s large ome, filled wich saks, and 2t all bas en ei of mystery about ty in the early moming Light. TEAR LOUISE {voice ov) What I remember was that I ues to begin sengo1 in to weeks, for the first time, what 7 didn't inow wes that my viole world was soon ta enangs. WALTER CUNNENGEAM, a thin, rewetoned farmer in big lute fifties, comaa inta view. Be is cerrying a crocker sack ef alevory muta, He passes under the cal tree at the aide of the house as o young girl, siz, dressed in blue jaans, droga from ons of ite branches to the gramd. Ste arasnes Berselr off und goss toward Hr, Cunninghan, SORT NVED Lay #2529 CONTINUED scour why, good acrning, Mr. Cunninghan, wy daddy 1s getting dressed. Would Fou lixe me to cat) heat CUNNINGHAM Mo, ma‘m, J wouldn't cara te bother -- scour (eagerly) Why, at's no bother, Mr. Cummingban. fle'i1 pe nappy to see you. {she alls inte bedroom) Avtioug, abtious, MED. SHOT - WALTER CUNNINGHAM Ha seems {11 at ase and embarrassed. ATTICUS, Scout comes CUT of the Iitchen ¢oor. CUNNTNCEAN Good momming, Mt. Plnch, I didn't want to potier you none. I brought these here aa part of my entaiiment. ATTICUS Well, 2 thane you. The eollands we had dast week were deiteioua, Avtious pisks up the dack, Taese are Rickery mts. ATTTODS And these hickory mite leok mighty nase. Me, Cunningham mtters something and starts on. CLOSE SHOT - ATTICUS, SCOUT ATTICUS Scout, I thirk next time ar, Cunningham cemea, you'd better nes cal! ne. scour Well, I cheugh= gou'd wan ce thank pia. CONTINCED s'a father, ag S15 3 CONTINEED The ANGLE WIDENS as Atticus starta for the frenzy yard te get the gorming paper, Sccut after him, ATIECDS Well, Edo, Sut T think {+t embarraasea btm te be thanked, Scour ‘hy does he bring you all this starr? APTLCUS . (explalaing parientiy) He's paying me for some legal work I did for btm, SCCUT (surteus} Why does he pay you iike that? ATTIGUS Because that's the only way ke can. He has no money. - scoprT Ts he poor? - thicus picks up the paper and cpers it. ATTICUS yas. scour Acs we poor? aTTicos We are, indeed. scout Are we as poor ag “he Cunminshams? ATTICUS Mot exactly. The Cunninghams are country folks, farmera, and the arash hit them the hardest. CAMERA PULLS Back tc INCLUDE Caipurnta, in her late fifties, av the ¢ereen door, calling: CALPURNIA Breakfast, Secut. Call your brether, ¢ Calpurnia SCES back INSIDE, coNRINTEE oN rm do #1919 CONTINUED ~ 2 SCOUT (matter of factly) Attheus, Jam is up in that tres yonder, (points toward the oak) Ha saya ne won't come deus until yeu agree to play football for the Hecnodcats. Atticus walks toward the tree. In a tree-nouse, high in the tres, sits JEM. Evesently, ke ia acowltag. ATTICUS {vary calmly) Son, way don't you come on dow and uve your breakfast now. Celzurite bas e goad cne, Zot biscuits, aad... 7H Wa, $ Not until you agrae ta play football for the Methodists, ADICTS (aryzly) Son, Tcan't do thar. Te to yeu I'm tec ald to gas out thors. car all, I'm the only fatner you have and you wouldn't want me <0 go out thers aad got ay Read imockad eft, would you? ce] (interrupting wits great indtgns sion} Gen you imaging ms telling them vies they dak me wiers ay Poza ‘3 that be! too old to be bere playing foattell? I'm net going fe tema dow, ATIEOUS Suit yourselr. He is lo, witu @ serious, marly 1itvle face. Acticus starts for the kitchen deer, Scour had bean watching them, She foliows ber father inco tre kitenen, OWE, KITCHEN Is ts a large, otdefashioned counzry kitehen, porn breaks, fala démacn, end she with absolai This ts fe autber: There fa e large kischen ranfa, 3 Sink, « table end chaiz: » and more iniermil family meals. Sinse Secut’s en: CONTTNTED oP a an #1919: CONTEFUED Jen's mother ta dead, walle Acticus ‘5 at work, Gelpucnie as charge of the children, afd the kitchen bas becom @ retraas and headguectera for thea, Attieus and Scout come inta tha kitchen. scour Poor thing. Maybe I'd better taka bim a littlo something up thers. CALPURETA 7. Catem1y) You tend to your om marbles. - Scout glumly begins to eat her breakfast. Atticus picks up the paper to raed. EXI. TREE HOUSE - MED. SHOT Jon 14 cating 4 biacdit, Scout causa climbing up chs trae. She holds in one bend a napkin with some becan, She rencs up to hin, and starts dow again, He leans over the adge of the tres house, calling down Sa her. 7H Scout, bring ms a dougamut. scour ALL right. Shea continues am dew, EE And some football BS Tan as Scout All right. She continuss on, om And gone olanksts. CAMERA FULLS BACE TO PULL SHOT as Scouy reaches the ground and tes MISS MACDIZ ATKINSON acseen She street in nar yard, working on per Clevers, Ste 9 @ Stromg, werasbearted women, ceaniy icterested iz Arci¢zs and whe children. scomt (yelling svar) Good ncrning, Miss Maudie -- CONTINDED a o #1929 $ conTIavaa Manors What's going on over there? scour (pausing long enough to explain} I'm having @ terrible tine, miss Maudie. [I'm about to waar nyself + out. Sem is staying up in that tree ‘until wtticus says he'll play toot Mell with the Methodists. = (YELLING) He's too ald for anything. Every time I wart him to do something, nels too oid, HAUTE (TELLING) Za can do plenty of things. Attioua comes out of the kitshen door, dradued for work. He seers vesoncermed at all the commbtor, aDricus Fou be good, children, and mind Cal. He starts om, ATTICUS food morning, Maudie. > MADDIE Seod morxing, Atticus, He coutinues on out of the yard. vet (YELLING over to Maudte 42 his father leaves che yard) We won't let me have a gua, Belli only play touch factbell with me... never tackle, MAUD TE (TELLING back) He can mae somevedy's wil) so aiz- tight, you can't breek it. You count your Siessings and stcp complaining, _ Both of you. Just thank your stars he has the Sense tc act hia age. She walks avay., Eg #1925 Tr MED, SHOT . SCOUT, Jam sccoT (sailing up to Jem) Jem, ne is pretsy old. cE, (still fim) I can't help that. Ze swings down ta the imer iimb in dtsguat acd locks down inte M¥SS STSPHANLE CHAWPORD'S collard patch naxt docr. A boy is gatting among the cellards. Sitting down he is fat much higher than the collards. it ig DILL. Be baz a aolem, cwiish tace, a knowledge and imagination tod.old ror sig years, He lacks Bp at Jem. DILL (tentatively) Bey — JEM (pleasantly) Hey, yournsif. ANGIE - DILL DILL Tu Chariae Bakar Harris. I can read. SCOUT So wnat? BILL T thought you'd ltus to Kiow I can read, You got anything needs reading? I dam do it, aa Haw old are you? Pour and a half? DILL Going on seven. =m Shoot, ne wooder then. Scout yon- der's aeen reading Siice she was born and she don't start seseol t111 gext moath. You look =1ght puny for goin’ on seten. I'm little, but I'm ole, cONTINTED wo wigs 3 gONTINUED TALL slabs through the fence. DIL Folks cail me Dill. Tem climbs den the tree to get a closer look. CLOSER SHOT - BIEL * _ DILL I'm grow Meridian, Mineissippd. I'm Spending two weeks next door with ny Aunt Stephanie. My mana worked for @ photographer in Meridian. She entered ay picture in a Besutiful Child Contest and won five dollars. She give the wacey ta me and T went fo she picture anew tventy tikes oa GROUP SHOT - SCOUT, DILL, JEM Scour ~ Out mama's dead. We got a daddy. Where's your daddy? brn I haven't got one. scour Is be dead? - “pm No. scour well, if he's one, haven’ yo 6 dead, you've got DALI bluahe: vEM {he nae decided to take Diil under nis wing) Hush, Scout, CAMERA POLLS SACK TC Stic SacT ae Calpupnia comes cut the kischer docr. Ske waiks ever te th CONTINUED at ag aL CORTINTED scour Dill, this is Calpurcia. CaLPURNTA * Pleased to know you, Dili. DILL. I'm pleased ts lmew you, my daddy owns the L and NW Ratiroad. a's . going to let we run the engine al - tha way to New Orleans. CAEPURETA (impressed) Is thet $07 DBrItt : He saya I cin invite <= ME. RADLEY, in bis seventies, a pegal, austere man, walls by. Scout and den see bim and become very subdued, as if they were afraid. Their attertion leaves Dill and he senses this and Zooks at them to see whet is happening. TEM There goes the meanest aan that - ever took a breath of life. Calpurnia goes back inte the eitehen. 32 CLOSE SHOT - DIZL, JEN DILL (nis curiosity aroused) * Woy is he the magnest man? JE Well, for one thing, be has a boy Mamed Boo that he “eeps shatned to a bed in that house over yender,- 3 MOVING SHOT - SIDEWALK - JEM, DILL, scout 4s they start te move out of the yard, Scout follows tering chem, They go down the sidewalk past Wise Stephanie's nouge, Herth toward the Radley house. CONTINUED ah 15 a JEN Hoo only coman cut 2 night when we are asleep acd it's piteh derk. When you wake up at might you can hear bin. He walks like this. {be alided his feet along the sidewalk) Onee I heard hin seratchiag on our acreen door, but he was gone tiae Atticus got there. aEVERSE ANGLE - EXT, RADLEY HOUSE They are standing by 2 light pole now, staring at the Radley house and yard. The house is lew, and was once white, with a deep front porch and green sbuvters. But it was darkened long ago to the color of the alate grey yard around i+, Asin. spotted shingles dcop over the eavse of She veranda. Oak frees keep the sun awzy. The remains of a picket fence drunken~ iy guards the frect yard, & "swept" yard that 3 where Johnson grass and Rabbit Tobacco grass grow Dali's eyes nave widened. He 4s besoming truly intrigced. DILL Is that why ay Aunt loeks up so tight at night? ‘ 3EM Sure. DILL Wonder what he dees in there? Leoks like he'd fust ectck hia head out the door. What woulé you do i? ke stuck Ais head out the door now? sort real terror} tg Wkar I'd do. (with I'd dte,..the CLOSE Two SECT ~ DILL, JEM abo Wonder shat ke looks like? v= Well, Judging from bis traces, about six and a hair faec ta. eats vaw squizvets and all th he ten cates, There's a ‘org, soar running seress his face, it #1919 » Changes 2/6/62 comtINTED THX (Genta? teeth are yelleu and rotzm. Ets eyes poozed. ind na drcola most of the tine. prot aw, T don't believe you. ANGLE WIDENS TC DCLUDS Miss atephawte Craufard, Dill's aunt, She is in ber late fifsing, dhe de spinster and the naigster- hoad gossip. She comes up behind them without than beeri=s her, Tha bas & babit of half shouting whan she talics. STSFaN TR Children... They jump and Diti looks as af he + tee hn pale My ford, Aunt Staphants, yoo alaost gave me a heart attack, STRPELNTR Dial, I dem't want you playing around thes neuse over thare, There'a a maniac lives there and oa's dangerous, abeat te rains. 7 (to BELL} Fou soe, (ta Stephanie) Iwes just trying te vern Bim sbour Boo, and he woulda!: believe STEPan Tz eli, you'd bectsr believe him, tt. Dini Barris. ~ im Tell him abet the time deo triad to KELL his pana. STEFEANIE Woll, 1 was standing in my yet one dey when hia waa come ranning out end yelling, "He's killing os ali." Turned out Boe was sitting in the iting room cutting up the paper for hia peraptoak and Whea bis dadéy come by, be reached over with Bis actasovs and atebbed him tn =12 lec, ou: Phat out, and went on back cotzing Peper, ab #LGLG - Changes 2/6/62 aa 16 i? . Li-4 | ANGLE - DILL Ha syes popping with axcitexent. STRPaANIE Thay wanted to send Boo te the _ asylom, bat his daddy said no Radley waa going to any asylum, se they ipeead biz op ip the basa— ment of the Ceorthouse +111 he almest @ied of the damp and then his daddy Brought him back home. ind there ‘ne is to this day, atttén’ in there with hia acissora, lotd imowa what me's doin! or thinkin’, Mendis ealls to her. . ‘MAUDIR Eello, Stephani: STSFEANIE - Bello, Mand (starts toward Misa Maudie) Yow children, run over and play im your oi yard. DLII starts across the street follawed by Jem and Scant. They stare at tho Radley homse a3 they G0. Suddenty dex stops in the middls of ths street, calling to the others. Et Leak. Be points toward the dadley houss, Di11 end Scout stop. DILL What is is? omy Didn't yau see him? Hs was just there et the window, He points bis fuga toward tue Hadley house, D411 and Scouz took ond as they do, Jem raises bis hand. 7m And Wateh odt - bela liabls to come running eut vith Bis seissera and ted ca ali. as contIsgZp eo Lia a #1919 - Changes 2/6/42 comEIvED He pretemda be is stabbing them. Scout and Dill SCHRAM and ran OFF. DISSOOTE TO EET. FINCH YIND - MOVING amoT = SCOUT, ISM, DITL It's almost five gislock fs the afternoon. Thay are sleying Fellow-the-Leador. Jom-is lesding, He, 0% this mmant, is cu>- ing bendesprings and Scout fs following, DSi1 ts halteastampring $a faltow Bot ig dot able to etacuse thom. Jom than =uns for She trea house, climos op, stands Yor 8 Baat and atarva down ad Scout starts to taekle the trae dem rona for She Srant stde— walk, Scout bebt=d hin, Dit behind ber, saving wrolged el’mh— img the tree. In the diztames, va ERAE the toa cloak strike Fie, Tz Teta five e'eloe. He stares to rim out of the yard. DIL Wiere you going? scour Time ta meat Attiens. She mans ext: we Tem; DLL fellows after tier. DILE Way do you call your daddy Atticus? SCQUE ‘Cansa Tem does. Di Woy does het scour T don't know, He just started te when he first began talicing. en 20 21 aes 2/8/50 EXD, SIDEWALK - MeVING SRCT ‘They run up the streat, south, towards towh, Jem slows dewn. om . Mra. Dubose is on ber porch. {te Dill} Listen, ne matter what she sears to you, don't answer ner back because _ the bas a ConZederate plato! in her dap under her shawl and she‘l1 itll you quick aa lock at yor. - Thay walk cautiously on and start to pass the Tubose house, I+ idam old and ron-down house, It has steep front avepe and’ a dog-trot hall. WAS, HENRY LAPA7ETTS DUEQSZ sits on the frons perth in her wheel chair. Seaide her 13 2 Negro girl whe takes eare of her, sESSIE. SCOUT Hey, Mrs. Dubcae, CLOSE TWO SHUT ~ MRS. DUBCSR, JESSTE MRS. DUBOSE ix} (anarling at the children, ~ Den't you say "hey" to me, you ugly gizi. “You say "good afternoon, Mrs. + Dubose." Seout 43 walking slowly on past Mra. Dubose, MRS. DUSOSE ‘You come over hera when ['m taliing ta you. [t's too bad your mama sever Laved to raise you property. Lord imows what your daddy teaenas you, Why don't they put a dresa on you, Can't your daddy afford to tuy you a dress? CAMERA FULLS BACK TO MED. SECT Secut, Jem and Dili kmep on gotng, They are made very uncom forvable ty her. MRS. DOS0sE (SCREAMING } Listen to me when I'm talleng to you. Don't your daddy teach you r8 veapect old people? and you, young lacy..., 23 #1919 - Change 2/8/62 i ANGLZ ON SCGUT . . ag she freezes as if she mows what's coming and dreads ‘3. MRS, DUBOSy yp--tean Louise Pinch. The children sé¢ ASticua coming down the sidewalk and run. to him. 7EM - Atticus, this 1s Dill, Ya's Miss Stephanie's nephew. : ATTICUS Bello, Bill. Mes. Dubese sees Atticus now, yoo and begins SCREAMING. MRS. DUBOSE Avtieus Finsh! ANGLE OM ATTICUS as he bows gracefalty to her. agETcus Good afternoen, Mrs. Dnbo: The childten are trying to hide behind Atticus as he passes, her house. They begin to GIGGLE nervously et each other. acTrevs Fou lock Like a picture this efter— noon. Scour (wmaspecing) fe don't saya picture of wnat. ATTICUS My gootness gracious, lock a> your flowers. (pointing to the eameilia busnes) Did you ever see anytning moze Seauti- ful!” Mes, Duboae, the gardens at Bellingvath have aething te compare with your flowers. MRS. DUS0SE Qh, I don't think they're as nice ag they were last Fear, CONTINUED mig 41919 - Changes 2/8/62 iba 2300 conrmwt aerices Eean't agree wish you, I think your yard 13 going ta be the show Blase of the town. cEx ‘ (whiapering to S411 bebind Atticus) He gets her interested in samething nice so she forgets vq be mean. : CONTINTED 23 zh F1O1S + Changes 8/0/52 CONTINUED 7 7 artrcus (Titting his hat again} Grand seaing you, Mrs, Dnbose_ They move on down the street. CLOSE SHOT - WRS. DUBOSE, JESSiz wrs_ Dabosa had a look of senile contentment bn her face, EXT. STOEWALE AND YARD OUTSIDE MISS MAUDIE'S Misa Mandie ia stili working in her yard. The children run IW followed by Atticus. Te crosses aver to Miss Maudte. The Children ran inte their yard, Tw SEOT - MISS MADDIE, aTTIcvs ATITCUS Here's your baking sods, Mandie. fz) MADDIE . ‘Thank you, I hated to“bother you (x) tut Ihave to make a calm tonight and T ecampletely forgot if vhan ZX ordered my groceries todey. Be starts away. ADTICUS Very hot today wasn't it? iz) MAUDIE Yas, indeed it was, Attieus... (2 Attleus starts toward her, ¥AUDIE Stephanie called m= awnile ego. She was telling me something about ‘Tom Robinson and the Ewell gzrl. ave you heard anything about is? ATFIOUS Yea, About four this aftarncon Bab Ewell cams running into tow: looking for Shariff Tate, Je claimed Tom had yuped and beatan bis oldest 2d Mayellz. Zeck went out to Robinson's and he denied doing 24, bub Heck Prought him into Jatt. Cone TINGED fan + Changes 2/2/62 18 16 COWTINUED AUD Five never heard of Tom in trouble before, have you? AYEICUS Ho. Galpurnia calla frum the Fines yard. CabruRwia Suppe: MAUDTE Well, I'm sorry ta hear about 45, ATTICUS So was Z. A pansze. They lock at each other. . (xy MAUDIZ Thank you again for the grocerias, Atticus, {x} ACTICUS Geod night, Maudie. SA0DIE Good night. = or MISS MAUDIE'S FOTRT OF VIEW She watches Atticus and the ehildren start’ for their house. PALL watches them gu and then starts to Wiss Maudie, 26 BACK TO MIZS MAUDIE D121 COMES op to her. DIL You live all aleke don‘t you? MAULIE Yes. PLL dunt dtaphante told ae ail apeut your hushend gambling and rancing Bp all theas debts and deserting you and treaking your heart and then dying. I wat so sorcy to hear it. MAUDIE Well, Z think Stephane bas axagger- ated Just a litels bit, aon, My heart's mot oraken at ali, and as te being peer, it doesn't seem to me like Tim any poorer than anyhedy @15# arcund hese. 2y ink yeu tor your sympathy anyway. uP SONTINDES FL919 ~ Changes 2/8/62 lana CONT IHFED STSPEANTE (4.5.) (eatliag) ppl. — BIL I'm eomiag. Ee starts for bis house. maDbTZ - {ealiing after him} : Good atgns. DILL Good night, Ee ruig.ocvoss the strees us Miss Mawtle starts Tor her house, BISSOLYE TO IN?, SCOUI'S ROOM » MER. SHOT - aTTICUS, SCOCT fie La undressed and in bed. atticus is saved om vha bed. Scout ts reading to bim from ‘Robinson Crusca.* t come reading “What I missed moss was a companion, Zobec two cate which I oreughs asnora op my first ratt, and i oad a deg...” {closes the book) Attieds, dé Jou Think Hoo Badlay aver comes and losies in mr window? Jam says te does, He suid this af when we were ovar by their house == ox actcets (sharply) Scout, I told you and Jem to leate Those poor people alone, I wart you to stay away from there and stop tor- Bentiag them. Scout {mnckty} Tea, ady.- She cpena the hock to raad. Atticus takes aig waves owt ang locks at 15, coNzIT=D 9 29 30 ATITCUS I think we'd better not read any mora tonight, hedey. It's late. scout ‘nat time is it? APTICTS Etghtethircy. scour €an I see your watch? He gives i to bez. ANGLE - sccuz : az she reads the inscription, SCOUT “fo Atticus, my beloved husband.” Jem says this witch 1s golog to be hig some day, ATEICDS 4 That's right. Scour Why? ATTICUS Well, it's customary Por the bey to have hia father's watch. Scout What ere you gotng to give ac? ATTICUS Well, I'm afraid T haven't o:ch alae af vAlua that helenga to ne. Bet there's a pear] necklace ard a ring that belonged to your mother whish I‘ve pus away and they're tc be yours. Scout guiies. Attious kisses ner cheek. de taxes ais waten and goes toward Jan's >aon. ATIEGUS Good night, Secut. scour dood might, . aq #2g19 TNT. JEN?S 200" Jem, too, is in bed, et avTicus Qoed might, Jem. c= _ Good night. Avticus GOES OUT. 32 Dat, scout's Hoot - CLOSE SECT ~ SrouT She lies in bed thinking. scour (calting) ven TEM (0.8.) te scoot How old was 'when Mama diad? TEA (0.3.) Tra. ScoET How old were yoo? vam {0.3,) Six. scout. Old as I am now? TEM (0.3.) Yes, scout Was Mang pretty? om (0.8.} es, EXE. FRONT PORCH = CLOSE SHOT ~ aTPrsus w a Ze has come back ta the pereh. He rocks in Eig chair, Fee She porch he can hear the children's questions. CONTINTED 34 * te i 6 Me 8 scour (0,5, ) Was Mama cice? JEM (0.3, ) {ay 4¢ he'd answered these questions a million tines) Yea <= secur (6.5. ) Tid you love her? TEM (0.8.) Yeu. Scout {0.3,) Did I leve her? TEM (¢.3.) Yes. scout (9,5,} Do you miss her? 7am (0.3.) Yes, _ There {8 silence. Atticus rocks, Ee listens te the night SOUNDS. ANGLE WIDENS as JUDGE TAYLOR, seventy-five, CCHES TP on the porch. qUDcz Helio, azticua. ATTICUS Hello, Judge. Sind of warm tomtgnz, isn't 13? Ha takes his nandkerchie! and wipes his face. ATITCUS Yow’s Mra. Taylor? JUDGE She's fine, thank you. Judge Taylor sits im a cbalr next to Avtiena, INT. JEM'S EEZROGM ~ CLOSE SECT feu io dn bed, listening. SONTINUZD en #1gl9 + Changes 2/12/62 a8 CONTINUED JUDGE (0.8.] attious, you beard sbaut Tom Robinson? 5 ATTICUS (4.8.) ves, sir, TUDGE (0,5,) Grand jury will get around to shaxging Rim temorrow.. I thought I'd let you know i0's your case, 35 EXT. PORCH - JUDGE TATLCA AND aTtrcus ATTICUS Zea, siz. - (pamse} Well, thanks for the business, Judge. JUDGE Thank you. I'll send a boy over ror you vomerreu when his case comes up. ATITCES Yes, sir, ANGLE WIDENS an Judge Taylor geta up. vUDGE Ftlt see you tomorrow. ATTICUS Tes, sir, JUDGE and Sham you. ATTICTS Yes, air, Judge Taylor leaves. Again there 4g silence. attious Be Uistens to the night's SOUNDS. Jem ccme TO the pore: SONTINDED rocks. 3S aT #1919 - Charges 2/8/62 eam SOREIAED . cae Gan Tost wth you for a while? ATTICUS ALL sight, son. Jem COMES outside. He gota in his father's lap, Zis father holds him, rocking, WED. SHOT = ATTICUS, zm ATTICUS Seout asleep? (z) EH Yeanir. Did you work hard today? {x} APYTIUS Tworked pretty hard, That little (=) boy that's come to stay with Stephanie aeams Like & nice bor, EM Yessir, (3) APTICUS Sen, you know that map whe works in Mr. Link Deas' yerd, Tom Rooinson? ot Yaa, str. ATTICUS Weld, he's in trouble, serious trouble, Tudge Taylor asked ms to take the cage, and I Ee looks down and sees the toy ta osleen, He amiss down at hia son as we DISSCLTE to Dvr, ETTCHEN - EARLY NEXT MORNING - MED. SHOT Calpurnia ia at the sink. Scout and Jem are seating, 3111 COMES Tx. DEL CALPURNIA : Geod morning. You're up mighty bright and early, DILL I've teen up since four. Gead gornfng. CALZURI uzcusly} Four? R 22 #2919 av CONTINUED (sith great donchalance } Oh, yes, I always get up at four. Ttis in'my blood. ‘You see, my daddy waa a railroad man until he got rich, apd now He flies seroplates. one of these days he's just going te awoop down here at Maycoub and pick me up and take ma for a ride. CALPURNEA Have you had breakfast? DOL Oh, yen. Calpurmia GOES QUT of the xitehan, Dill movea closer to Jen. Dri (untspering) Everything was quiet when I leoked over £3 the Radley house this morning. (locking ab Jen) Dna you hear Boo out last nigne? om ie. Jem gets up and walks OUT of the kitchen, [ili amd seat BEATND bin. Ea EXT, FINCH YARD AND STDEWALE Jem COMBS INTO the yard. Dill and scout come up tc him, Tbet you @ “Grey Gacst" agasnat two “Tom Swifta", Jem, you won't go any farther tien Boo Radley’s gate. & pause. Dill looke at Jem slyly. DILL You're scared te, aia't you? cmH (stalling) I'm not seared. = go past Boo Radley's house neariz every day. of ay iif. cONTINGER 5q 8 #1919 CONTIND=ED scou? Almays rumping. cam (furisua at her} You mush up, Seoat. DILL Folks tn Meridian County aren! 25 seared as folks in Mayeomb County. seaut (aearmtully) E11 tell you, you're wasting your breath, Dill.” He's scared and f don't tlese him. ANGLE WIDEUS as Scout gets tire ard slaps it back te them. scouE Let's rolt in the ti>e. . Pred ALL agtit. Jem Sakes bold sf the tires and Saout gats inside of 15. tt gue 1a imgide, Jem suddenly pushes Lt with all his sight. — = That'21 teach you ta call me scared, He pushes the tire down the sidewalk wish alt the force of 2: body. it leaves the sidewals«, goes acroga the gravel road to the sidewalk in front of the Hadley place, through ‘he gate ap the Radley sidewalk, Hita the steps of the pozch and pel: over on its sida, Dill and Jem Watch thia with hei; When the tire has stopped, Scout, diccy amd nauseated, and unaware of where she is, ites on the ground. = {FELLING frants— caliy) Scout, Scout, Get away from there, Scout, come an, EXT. RABLEY YARD Scout ratses her head and sees where she WLEE tergor. aq 4g #1g23 a CONTINUED wm (¢.8.) Come on, Scout. Don't juat lie there. “Get up, can" you? Scout geta te her feat. She is trembling with fear, EXT. SIEWALX ACROSS THE STREET = DILL, JEN or (terrified) Go gat her, sem, MOVING SHOT Jem rushes in through the gata, gets bis a{ster by the Sex, t: lecks up at the house, drops fer hand, rune.up the stays to th Toomt door, teuehas 4t, comes running down, graba tae tire, taies his sinter by the hand'and asarts running out cf the yard. can fun for your i:te, Scout. And they run out of the yard, up the sidewalk te their cwn yard. [fil rune feet bebind chem, ‘hen they get to the safety of their yard, they are al exhausted and fal. on the ground. i Jew 13 eldted by kts feat of touching the Radlay house. GROUP SHOT - SCOUT, JEM, DTGL =m Now, wha's a coward? You cell shen about this back in Meridien county, Sr, D43] Harris, Dill locks at Jem with new respect, BELL (eagerty} E'11 teil you what cet's do. Let's go downtown tc wha courthouse and see that room they locked Boo up in. My avxt says it's bat ested, apc he almcst died from the mildew. Come on, I bet they got chains down there and tastrment3 cf torture. He starts OUD of the yard. Scout and Jem reluctantiy POLLO#. BISSCLTE TC sq : a3 10 #1 a TSE COURTHOUSE SQUARE - MED, SHOT A group of FOUR IDLERS sit lounging under some live oak treed. ‘They witch With eagle eye whatever happens on tha Square and in the courtnouse. Dill, followed by Scout ani Jem, come by them, One of tha mex, EIUAM TOWNSEND, recognizes Scout and Jem, Be As in bis seventies and 2s dragsed in work clothes, SIAM ii you're looking for your daddy, he's inside the courthouse. scour Thank yeu, byt ne're not lookin! fer - Jeu gives Kez a yank and a look and she shuts up ard they G0 CW. MOVING SHOT - SCOUT, DILL, JEM They go toward che courtnouze. DILL Woat's your daddy doin’ up there? =a He's 2 lawyer ant he has a case. ‘The grand jury is sharging his client today. T beard somethin’ ahout Lt last might when Judge Taylor came aver, DILL Let's go watch. Jz Oh, no, DL1L. Ee wowldn's like that. DLL GCES IM the courthouse, FeLLGWED by Scout and jem. Sccut and Gem seem worried about foflowing tut reluetansiy deetde fc, INT, COURTEOUSE LOWER FLOOR this i9 the fear where all the county offices are. The th children COME IN, ‘Tey look around. DILL Wheres your daday? T= He'll be in the ¢curtreom. Uy there. SCNTINDED m «ss #1925 = Changes 2/8/62 y ks commute Be yolats toverd tha stalzs. 4& MOVING SHOT DAL, Seonmt and Jam solemmily climb the stairs te the second flees. LT & ‘DWF. COURTHOUSE SXCOKD FLOOR ~ MED, SHOT Thara {a a small foyar bars and dears leading ‘ite the cours= room, Thay coms If and go to the caurtroam door. DILL : Tou all lift me up so I can aos vhat!s going an. Jem and Scowt make a pacu saddl. th Thair amg and Till cliata up and peers ic the glass at the sop cf tha door, DILL Bot mich 1¢ buppening. The Judes leoks like he's sleeping. 2 se your daddy and a colored man, solored man locks to me Liza hea evying. Wonder what hels dena co ery ebout. DAL gets $0 absorbed in watching be stops tating. Scout and Jen begin to feel the straio of molding Sim up, scour Weat's going ant DILL There are a let of sen gittiog together on one side scl one man weeps painting and yellfng ab the colored man, “They're: taking the colored man auay, Where DILL Tocan't gee your daddy gow, aithar. Z wonder ware ic the verld -— ANGLE W-DENS aa tenind thet out of a aide door Ot FOLLOWED by Heck Tate. Atticus gues toward then, SOZS on OUT of Ene foyer. a CONTINUED ATT TL Scouz, Jam. What in the word ars you dating here? Tey whirl arvund, dropping the atertled D421. vmx Ob, bello, Atticus, SCOUT We cams down to find out where Boo Radley waa locked up. We wanted to fea the bata. atetcus T vant you both back bome right away. oEM Yes, aie. ROERRT &. 22E WELL, a shert, bantam eack of a man, COMES ITO toraground. ‘SWELL Mr. Finch. Mr, Finch, ATIIOUS Tou rm on, children, I112 ssa you at dimer, T= Yes, air. Me. Ewell approaphag them, Tha children eck ab bin end shen deere to’ go boma. MED. SROT = SWELL, ADTICUS EWELL Howdy, Cap'n. att: Howey, Mr. Swell. Bwol2 seams aervous, ill«ey-ense, Atticus ta very ccld zo =n. SWELL Cap'n, I'm sorry they appeinted you to defend thet nigger that reped ay Mayalla. I don's enow wey I Qidntt CONT INTED ag #1929 - Changes 2/12 /€2 s EWELG (Coma) {ost itl) pin instead of gedat for the Sheriff. daved yoo am the Sheriff and the taxpayers a lot of trouble. actrons . Me, Bwoll, if you'll excuse as, I'm tery DUusT. SWELL Cap'n, someone told me just now thay thought you Dalieved Tom Robinson's story egim ours, I sata BO, you're wrong there. Mr. Finch ain't tala’ bis atory agia curs. Mr, FLACK. one (loeks at Atticus “he is syoizg him iopassiveiy) ‘they was wrong, suan't they, Mr. Finch? ATTICUS Itve been appointed to defend Tom Robinson snd now thas tots been Charged, that's what I intend doing. WELL, You're takin! his story agin ours? APTIOTS If you'll oxtuse me, Mr. Byell. Avtleus starts on. wall blocks bis wep, EWELL Woet kind of a man are you? You get chultun of your ow. (a pauset he looks at Astieua) (zy de stands asidg as Atticus continue on. BIssatv? To Bxl. SIDEWALE I¥ FRONT OF PINCH HCTS2 - woo Atticas comes from town, Miss Stephanie crosade from Wiss Meudio'a, They meat in front of r4¢ sous mde 59 Fig19 - changes 2/5/62 TWO SH0T - aTTIcUS, MISS STIFHANIE STEPHANE I near schn Taylor appointad you te defend that boy who raped Mayalla Ewell. ATTICUS Did be rape her? SUEFEANIZ Certainly, he did. 7. arricus How do you know that? STEPRANTE Her daddy aays 20. ATTICUS And Tom Rotingen says ne dicn't. STEFEANIZ Well, of course, Lz you're gonna take -- atTrers (interrupting; Re's anery and Lets her know it) Stephanie, I think the least we can do is try him at the courthouse and not on the Fidewalk, ANQ8 WIDENS as Atticus walks toward his house. He sees the erilgren playing in the side yard, Jem has ¢cisscrs and sre- tends he 1s stabbing Dil] in the leg, Scout SCREAMS, just as Atticus approaches then. DIEL (SCREAMING tn mock terrer} Wite, ita. Run fer nalp. Your Boo nes toss his mind. Seout runs away from them SCREAMING, Scout Hein! Help! Soc has lost nia mind. He's «illin' us ail. Aa @he runs up to the perch, she runs right in to ANGLE - ATTICUS, JEM ATTICUS What are you dcing? czH Playing. coNTENCzD 52 6 vg CONTINUES ATTICUS Iosee you're playing. Give me those scisgors. They're aothing te play with Jem nands thet to bim. He ssems very gutlty. ATTICUS Pees tais by eng chance neve anyzhiag to do with che 3edleya? x ASTECUS T hope tt domsn't, He goaa inte tha house. Jem peers into tue living room wintow, scour Temes TX (abd speriing) Sbat up, Hels in the 1*ring racm. Be ¢an Beer us from fa there, He motions them ta the atreat comer. . MCVING SHOT as DALL and Scout Selim ain. DILL Can we play "Sea Radley” any more? Tz don't mow. Atticus didn’t say us eoulda! scour ‘J think be enows vat ve were doing. Ex (furious at ber) There you go imagining things, Just Like a girl. That's why pecpis hace girls so. Tt you're going to act iize a girl, you go plar by yourselt, Come on, Di CONRENTED Fis9 co CONTINUED TA1L and Jen go off down the street. ANGLE WIDENS es Scout atarts fer Misd Maudie's Ferd, Miss Maudte ta alone, weedt=e ner lowers. Sequt gees over to ber and equate down bagide Der. scour . Miss Maudie, do Fou think Boo Badley*s BtLLL alivet . MAUDTE His name-{s Artonr and he's alive. Scour How de you know? MADDIE I unow bets elive, Jeen Loutse, because I haven't geod him cartied out yet. He just scars ta the house, Shat's ali. Wouldn't you stay in the uouse you dida's want So come out scart Tea'm, tat I'd want to coma out. Way doesn't bat MADDIE ‘You Knew the story aa wall as I do, scout T never heard way, though. Webady aver teld me wer, Tis a footo * washing Baptist. Hota the liad of & foot-washor balleves anything that's a pleasure is a sin. Misa Maudte points over ta the Radley hous, MAUDIa Child, that's a sad Rouse. ae lows what goes.on over there. scour Bo you reckon Boo's cuzj? moDe 22 kets not, se should Tha thisgs Stat hepren’:o people. %e never realzy sow “what hartenda fn houses bentnd clesed doors. What ggeretg -— 53 F199 2 SONTINUED - 2 Misa Mandia reachss into hor droas pocket. samp How'd you like to take som pommuta to thoaa two ugiy bors ost there and kmep some for yourselr? scour Thank you. Scout fakes the peanuts and GOES OUT of Miss Moudia's house, EX, FICE ABD BLL and Jem are thers, Scout comes up to them with the pesnucs. Scour Miss Maudie sent these. You wants peanut? en Ho. MOVING SHOT as they start to go out of the yard toward: the Radlay house, geout benind tusm, After tusy aave Isft the Finch yard, have paaaed Wiss Stephante’s house, md ero nearing ths oak by ske Radley placd, abe timtdly triag ta call to them. SCOUD im = Es repay end ivcks at ber. TE Vameose, Seout They have passed tha oak cren ond sbe gives up in disgust end starta gicking the ground ia fyunt of the tres. Ske sees a Blece af tinfeil sticking out of the knot hela end she reaches ia and takes out twa pisces of towrapped om, SCOUT (calling to Jen end D421) Eey -- look what I found. They vurn ami run to ber. oat ta it? 55 ao91g 33 coNmraTED scour Vrigley's Doublemint. 2 found it in thers, She poimta to the kmot hole and starts ta pop she sum into her mouth. oH (acreamng) Dantett . Scout pauaga, . cM Do foi vant to olsen yourself? Tow \maw anything found on che Aadley placa is chock full of potacn. You know anybody eats oved a pecan that falis off their tree is petscnad, Scout drops the gum. Scaur (touched by bia concert} Thank you fer Zeeping me frem being - poisoned, Jam. o=M That's all right. DISSOLTE 70 EXT. FICE FORCE AND STEPS - NIGHT Scout and Jem are sivting shems, fll comes running into the yard and over te them. DILL I een play outaide tonight Aunt Stephanie says because it's up last Aighk bare. Jem goes running toward him. Scout follows after Jem. The two bors run taward Miss Stechanie's yard. Scout follara. EAD, STONE WALL SBPARATTHG MISS STEPHANTE'S AND ATTICUS! YARD Scout, Dill and Jem leap over the wall. OMPTNTED - = #1919 cove ZETED DELL. {very casually} Let's go for a weik, Scout (suspiciously) Woare te, Dill? Tilt jerics bis head tn the direction of tha Radley house, - sm (utse overly casual) kay. score (eeuthousiz} I think we cught to stay right here tm Miss Stephanis's yard. mm You don't have to came along, Angel May. The boya start to go out oF Miss Steprante's yard, Sceut follows, ST ‘EXD. THE SIOFwaLZ + Movine saor Toay wale down sidewalk silently, Set folintns. They can SRAA the PORCH SWINGS creaking wich the walght of the meighberhood, and the aight MURMUHS of che grown people on the street, Occasionally, Misa Stepbanto's LAUGH is HEARD. 58 MED. SHOT - DIOL, SCOUT, JEM Thay pause, listecing. SCOUT Heer Miss Stepoanie laughing? BIL She laughs ali the tine. Hind of wild sounding, ain't it? She takes a drink of wilskey, too, firgt thing when she gata Up every morning. Shs Gees that because of being unnerved ecce by finding a ratvissnale ¢clise Wp in har closat. They meve on down the sigevalu, al SF 6a 41 #199 SXT. THE RADLET HOUSE, SIDEWALZ AND YARD They come to the sidewsik and Jem avops end locks vt tes Radlay bose. Dill and Scout stend bazide him, locking, toa. MED. SHOT - DILL, Scout, Jim prpsay Anotia ya ame needa a oip or two during che day, too. days quets needed ib ever aince ahe wake UP ‘that aight amd found Boo Radley lecking in tha window at ager. The children atand for 4 beat in sfleace, Lookiag at tas dark house, acour - Weet ere you going to do? c= We'sa going to peop ia the window of the Radley nausea ta gee Lz ve een get # look at Boo Radley. scour » Please, I'm seared, Te: Et Then go nome if you're scared. I swear, Scout, you act mors like a girl 411 the time. Coma on, Dit. Jem and Dill atert on. Seeut watches for a moment, taan runs Rfter them. MOVING SEOT SCOUT Wait for pe. I'm coming. oaM Shan. Tsey wait for ter. Jom is whtepering now. We are gotog around toe bac ane GraWl under the high Wize fence ac the rear af che Redaey ict. I @on't think we can Ge seen that wey. Tha children gy an quietly to tue back of ihe 2 6h 45 #1919 EXT, SACK FENCE OF THE RADLEY Lot The fence eqelogea a large gerden. com, Seout and Dill com Df. Jem bolas the bottom Wire up and mations to Dill so craw andar, He goes ac, Seaut follows. Thea Scout aoida up the ive for Jem, It ia a very tight squeeze for atm, but ce manoges to mole is. om (ubisteriag) Now don't make = sound, MOVING SHOT The children cautiously approach the house, Poor Seaut 4s a9 intimidated sy Jen's warning thas 4h¢ baraly moves » atop a mincts, and tien when she leoks up and g9eg Jem quite a dis- teuce abead, ane begins to move faster. EXT. RADLEY BACT Gate They yeach the gata woieb divides the cerden fram tha back yard. Jem touches /t. The gate squeaks. GROUP SHOT ~ DIL, SCOUT, JEN BILL (velspering) Spit on 45. They all bel? to gpdt until they have no spit lett. scout (whispering) Jem, you pave us ln a bez. We can't got out of hers so eeay. cE Sbh. Spit soma ore. They try to muster up mora spit, and chen Jom opens cae gove Slowly, 2irting it aside and resting iz on tha fence. ‘EAD. HADLEY BACK YARD AND BACK ?0RCH The back yard 13 oven Llosa foviting chan che fron shackle perca rung the width of the Gouse. There ars dogrs an€ two ¢eric ous between the doors. Instead foiwmn, & rouge vwo-by-four supporce cme end of the serch Abors it @ nat peck catches tne moca an¢ atines sertiy, CONT IITED a7 38 #1919 - Changes 1/24/62 37 Sos rNvED scour (protesting) Tam = om Sannn =-— DIEL (wht sparing) - Datts cry the beck window. scout (terrified) Bill, ne — Tha bays pay ae attention to ber. MOVING SHOT hey cross the yard and go to the back porch, Jem puts zis foat on the bottom step, the atep SQUEAES, Ee stands stil?, Shea tries mis weight ty degresa, Ths stap {3 SILENT. Jen’ akips two stops, puts bis foot on the pore, ceaves himsel! to it, and teaters a tong moment. Ee regains bis talanca ané ._ dzepe on bis knees. Be crawls te the wadow, relses fis head and looks ta, Seout suddenly locks up and sess @ shadow...if Is the shadow of a mac. The back porch is tated in meonlize apd the shadow, erisp a9 boast, aoves across the pores tow: Jar, Dill sees ix next, Se puts aia tends to nis face. 7 ahedow croasex Jen, Jem sees it, be puss big arma over ats head and goes rigid, The shadow stops abou: a foot begond Jem. Its ams come out from its side, drop and are still, Thac i urns and moves back across Jam, walks along tha pores end 3? the side of the house, returning as ft bad com. Jem leape eff the porch and gallops toward Seous and Bilt. lings open the gate anc pusbes Pill end Scout through, pussing Shex througn the collards. Secut tpipa, as sms trips ~. ke Rest . Gur back yard... durry, Scour. EXT. TSE HACE FENCE Jom Solda ths bottom wire, Secut and D1l> es 69 70 Tima $ - Changes 1/1T/S2 MOVING SHOT Diil aed Scout run en. dalfway to their back yard, tMey sense that Jem is not with them. XT, THE BACK Fince - chosE SHor - mmm He is there struggling in the fence, Kieiing bis pants off to get ieese. Scout and Dill run to him a2 be gats out of hia pasta, MOVING SHOT as the three children run back toward their back yard. EXT, FINCH BACK fAR0 Jem, Scout aod Dill come rupning througo the bushes teahind che gerage. They are frightened and breathing serd. They all fal2 to shed knees @nd budd'a against the garage wall. They lock at ome another but are unable to speak, Dit] cannot get bis bresth and starts to cough. Ke buriag bis head in his imees. Jeu finally gets up and peers around the corner of the garage. Scout watches his. Scour - {whispering} Waat are you going te de for pants, Tent om TI don't knew. STEPEANIZ (0.5.) {ealling) Bil! They all jum. STSPHANTE DLlL: Zou soma on in new. ‘opr {getting wp} I'd better go. STEPHANTE (0.5.) (ealisng) Alt! bre (saliiag) Coming, Aunt Stent CONTINUED 7s Tick #igi9 - chasges 1/17/52 cOWTENUED DILL (Cont'd) (woaspering) Se Teng. T/Ll see you vext sume: cA So Leng. PIL rung acroan the driveway and climbs tue fenes inte Miss Stephanie's yard, CLOSE SHOT - JEM AND SOCUT sim I'm gotng wack after my pants, Scout. sCOrE oh please, Jam. Come of in the house. T= Team's go in the heuse witheut ay Fanta. He starts to ga. scour. I'm going to call Atticus. om New strut up! Jem grabs her coilar and wrenches 1+ tight. vat Sqout, attlous ain't ever whipped me aines I can remember. I want to keep i6 that way. scout (choicing} Then Ta going with you. JEM Yo, you ain't. Yow wats bere. I721 de hack before you eae count te ven. Scout watches Jem vault over the low fence and dtsarpear the igh bushes, She starts counting. Scouy 3- iB FL-o 7l-3 ® - Changes 2/8/62 EX, FOICH FRONT PORCH Atticus stands af the fronts deor, calling: aATricug Jen..-Scout...Coms on in. Right DoW. ‘SRT. PIWCH SACK FARD Scour : (counting) - 268294104 -12-13- 0-5, SOUED OF SROTGUY BIA3T Seout stands there stunned. Suddenly sha shuts ber eyes acd presses her hands over her sers. che lccis as if she's about to gcremm, At that momans Jem bursts through the >ushes and Jumps the fence crashing into gequt. score Temi Jam claps bis band over her mouth, = Shhhhpt He begins ‘co frantically putl on bis penta, 0.5. WE GAN HEAR MT3S STEPRANTE YELLING. ‘Tesy loox tm tha directian of the atreat. EXE. STRESS - STEPHANIE'S HOUSE Sha camas remning off the front perch, pulling on a room ever ner nightgown, STEFEAUTE Whaat happened? What happened? The CAMERA PAYS JER {nto the street and we cat see Atticus acd Misa Maudie standing in frant of the Radley place tasking ve Mr, Eadlay who ia holding a shotgun. Then they Zotn starz up the streat toward Staphanie. STSPEANTE Aviieus, what ta it CONTINTED Fz tora #1919 - Changes 2/8/62 CONT TNDZD ATTICUS Me. Radley shot at a prowier in big (x) collard patch. STEFEANIE Rareyt . (4) NACDLE Well, "whoever it waa won't be back way tims soon, Mr, Radlay erobatiy ayared Shem out of their wits. GAMERA PAHS Atticun to Sis yard as Seout and Jam walk up the ariveway. aTTLCTS Good aight. Hawiie and stepnanie call their “dood nights” a. be walks toward the honge. aTritts Scout, Jem. Come on now. Tho azcitemant's over. Time for bed. CAMERA HOLDS on Seaut and Jen. other. Than be starts for the hous climb the eps om locks back over Rig shoulder toward the Radley gouge. CmITT=ED FADS OUT 1-5 #2919 + Changes 1/17/62 30 EXT. PINCH FROVT PoRGE Ateieur stands at the front door, calling: ATTICUS: Jem...Seout...foma on in. Aight Dow. EXT, FINCH HACK ZARD scorr - (counting) = 8+ g-'1de 17-12 = 13+ 0.5. SOUND GF SHOTGUN BLAST. Scant stands there stumped, Suddenly she shuts her eyes and presses her hands over har aars. She lacks 23 if she's shout to seream. At that moment jem buysts througy che bushes and jumps the fence crashing inta Scaut. SCOTE Jem. claps his band over her mouth. Tz Sbhbhh! Re begins to frantically putl om bis pants. 0.5. WE GAN HEAR ASS STEPHANIZ TELLING. They look in the direction cf the street. EXT. STREET - STEPHANTE'S HOUSE She comes running off the front goren, pulling on a rabe sver ber nightgown. STEPHANIE What happened? what nappened? ‘The CAMERA PANS HSR into the street and we can see Avtican end Mas Maudie standing in frent of the Radley place talking te Mr. Radley who 1s holding a shotgun. ‘Then they boca start che street toward Stephania, STEPSANTE ticua, what is 16? ATTICUS Nothing at ali. es TLE aga #1SL9 - Changes 1/17/62 Ho-a COMTINTED MAUDIE Mr, Radley shot at # prowler in Bie collard patch. STEPHANTE Lord, 1 almeat had a stroke. GAMERA FANS Atticus to bis yard ag Scout aad Jem walk up the dviveway ATTICUS It was probably just some hound neratching arsund back there. Good night. Taudie and Stephanie ceil their “Good mights" es he walks toward the house. aAgtieds * Scout. Jem. Ccms on now, The excitement's aver, Time for bed. CAMERA HOLDS on Scout and Jem. They Look at each other. Ther be stazta for the house. Scout follows. As they climb che steps Jem locku back over bis shoulder toward the RaGley house. OMETTED PADE-OUT & * TF 3c #1929 FADE IX Inet, THE RLTCHEN - Day Atticus and Jen are eating breskfass. Calpurnia 1s serving thes. Miss Maudie comes into the kitchen, MESS MADDIE Good morning. T came over to see Jean Louise ready for her first day at scheel. She goes to the table and sits as Cal goes to the hall deer and calls: CALPURNEA Scout! Sbe then goes to the stove, gete tha coffee not and goeS to the table. AUGLE - Taglz as.Calpursta pours coffee. ATTICUS Whee are you guing to do with your- gelf etl morning, Cal, with both the Sildten fn school? CAEPURNIA T don't know and that's the tout, Twas thinicin' of that jus‘ cew. She goes back to she hall decr and calis: CALPORNIA Seoutt Scout? HALL Scout is there. She has on 2 dress and fecis very awevard ic it. Gai comes cut inta the hallway, can Dad you hear me, Staut? New, hurry. Sal goes back inte the icitcnen, INT. £TTCHEN Gad comes back Df and Scout POLLGWS, sc1i3 stgerg: Jem sees ner, @ avers, oo * I Teck at Scout. He is about to make a comment and laugh, Sut Miss Maudia gives him = poke, ATTICUS Come on, Seout. Bat your breakfast. wguDTZ I think your dress is aighty becoming, uoney. Scont is not reassured; ahe hegins to tug at it. Miss Maudie neds Ker bead to ASiiets to let him know she approves of the or (sternty) Vow, don't go tugging at timt dress, Scout, You wany to mave Ls ail Weinkled before pon even get to school? Mias Maudie stratgitens Scout's sitrs. SCOUT I etili don't wee why I have to wear a darn old dress. MannTe You'll get used to it. Scout site at the table and scarte to breakfast, all he's guing to, and gets up, SEM Jem has eaten bis Im ready, APTIcos Soa, 1='s a half nour before sctoo? starts. Now wait fer-your sister, cE Snrry up, Scout. Scour i'm trying to. Soe takes a few half-hearted aites, then she gets op. SCOUT I'm ready. CONTENTED 82 82 a3 1919 ag CONTINT=D - 2 va Come on, Jem starts out, Scot follows him. Misa Maudie, attioug and Calpurnia ge an far es the screen door with them. Scout and Jam go out the ecrwen door, GROUP SHOT - ATTICUS, CAEPURNIA, MISS MADDIE They stend watching the children, SALPUREIA Well, thers she goes, My Lord, Mr. Finch, weren't a0 more'n yesterday Twas reciting Scout ‘good night. @eren't ao mera'a ‘yesterday their mama was wtandin' here with oe vatshin' Jem leave for school his first time, an’ che said to me then, "Cal,.,," She locks wp gt attiquy. She sees be is uptet, She rtops. Misa Maudie pretends she doesn’: notices Atticus’ emotion, They atand watebing in atlence. DISSOLVE To Tt, PHE SCHOOL ROCK OF THE FIRST GRADE ~ FULL SHOT - THE GLagskoom i Scout Finch ta there and a tew other sown children, byt pest of the childres are coumtry children. Bagged denin sfirted ame Flour sack suirted, These coutry ehiléren have all chopped cotton and fed hogs sines tiey wers born and they bave nearly all been 1a the first grade several tines. ‘the teacher, MISS. SABOLTIE, is at the bldckboerd ftnish*ng wetting out the a-shates. She is a pratty thiog, oo more than 22, with Sright auburn Sir, pink cheeks and wears erimson tail solis, She 3140 wears high- heeled pumps and = red and wnite striped dress. MISS CAROLE Does anybody krow what thera are? STUDENTS: (1m calson} the alphatet. MISS CAROLINE iy. ..aren't you all smart? How many oz Tou chti@ren save beer in the 2irat grade befere? CONTE ¢ 83 #1939 coNTnTED Eighty pervest of the glass reises its hand. MESS CAROLINE Mercy, And what's the reason for that? Mobody raises biz hand, MISS CAROLINE Now, I'ma new hate, Won't somebody fell me? @ti]] oo one answers, MED. SHOT - MESS CAROLINE, SCOUT She walks toward Scout. Stops. Looks dewn at her. MESS CAROLINE Do Zyd know the snawer to my question? SCOVE Tes'a, Eimer. (cakes a deep breath and looks up at her} Most of them bave beso in firsy grade before because they're from the country and have to quit school early to help thetr daddies chop thetr cotton, MOSS CAROLIIE fatter a pause) Have you ever beer inthe first grade pefore? scoot Jo'm, MISS CARGLINE Well, then, I'll start with you, Now read eg guch of this as you can. FULE SHOT - CLASSROOM Miss Carolime gues cack to the biackzoard. She potmts to a@iphabet and Scat rattles all the letvers off. “a tren 1 appears Latwaen Misa Caroline's eyebrows. Mies Carocine goes ta Scott's desk, taking a Sirst reader with Ber. MISS CAROLINE Let's see if you cen read this. She hands the beok ta Scout, a7 88 ui #1515 L MED. SHOT - SCOUT, MESS CARCLIVE Scout begins to read the first reader fluently, Miss Carclin walks avay. Scout continues reading, Misa Caroline getz a copy of the "Mobile fegister” ané hands ir to Scout. MISS CAROLINE Now try reading this. The paper is open at the stack pages and Scout vegins reedtng the stock garket quotations. MISS TAROLLIE {taking the paper) That's enough, young lady. and I want you te féll your father not ta Seach you any mors It will toter- fere with your reading. score (Cvewtildared} My daddy... MISS CAROETHE (Apterrupting sarcastically} If be didn't teaen you, who dja? Sauebody 44. You weran't barn Tead@ing the "Mobile Regiater.” Have a geat now. 7 Seeut Sita down. She is verg subdued and confused, $he Glares as che hears the other chiléren snickering. MOSS CAROLINE Mow will sverycne going some fox dutch raise your right hand. And everyone bringing lunch put it on top of bis desk. FULL SHOT - CLASSECOM Molamsea buckets are put ce tcp of the desea. Miss Tartline @oes wp and down the rows inspecting thea, She stops at the desk of 2 country boy, small fer hts age, NALTE® OUMIENGEAN ANGLZ FAYGRING WALTER CUNNINOEAM MESS CARCLINE Where's yours? Walter haa no shoes on, but he 1s wearing a clean shirt and some Neatly mended overalls. Be doesn't answer Wiss Care He logis straight ahead, 3 mustle Suupd tn aia st> JONTIRTED a 89 FigLe ve CONTINUED Miss CAROLINE Dig you forget i> this carnizge? Walter's Jaw twitches again. ‘WALTER Yes, She reaches 11 the pocket of her dress, geta @ cbarg= purse, and takes out a quatter, WISS CAROLINE Here's a quarter, Go and eat dowt~ sowa today. You can pay oe back tomorrow. : WALTER No, thank you, ta'm. There 1a weispering in the classzoon, Misa Caroline, hearing it, turma around. SUOTEEA ANGLE - FAVORING acoUT Sous of the children near Scout are poling ter and whisperize at her, trying to get her to interpret Walter to the teaener. Mise Careline wales over ts Scout, MOSS CAROLINE Yean Louise, what Wert Fou all whispering about? scour (relvetartiy) That vey's a Cunningham, teacher, th Conmingnoms mever took. anyching they can't pay eck, Mo church basketa amd ao acrip stampa. They mever tock ampiniog off of anyuody, Wiss Caroline descends om Scout, tnterrrpcing her. xasa canOLITE tean Ioudae, I've hed about esough ef you. I warc you ta wate: your step, Now == 0.8, SOUND: SCHOCL SELL MISS CAROLINE ALL right, children, you ave dismissed. The clidren go tearing out cf the classroom, Seeuz then, 52 #1915 EXT, SCEDOL ¥ARD Scout sees Walter Gunningham standing is the school yard. She ershs Bin, throws him down and begins to rub bis nose cn the dirt. Jem comes summing up and pulls hex off, om Cut that cut, Scout. What do you think you'ra detng? Yeu're biggern’ be is. SCOUT Fa's almost as aid ga you. Besides, he made ne start off oo the wrarg foot. I was tryin! to explain to fhat damm laty teacher why he didn't have ao autey for 31s lunch and ahe got sore at ae. Walter has picked Himself up aud srands wt cocked. Jem loaks htm over. hats fists hair- 7Ea Your daddy Mr. Walter Cunningham frou 01¢ Sarum? walter cods chs head "yes." cK Come on howe and heve dimer with us, Walter, We'd be gtad to neve you. Walter's face urightens, then darkens, ae Our daddy's a friend of your daddy's. Scomt here is ar » She wan't fight you amy mere. De pow like putter beans? Cur Calta a geod eck, Walter stands biting bia Lip, thinking, mvt not enswe: MOVING SHOT as Jem end Scout start on, Walter mums up to then. WALTER E'm coming. IND, FINCH LIVING ROCM ~ DINTYG OCH It is comfortably, but unpretentiously, furnt sofa end two over-atufted chairs anc 3 rocker re gs 92 covTZET=D prough an alcove cne cau ger she dining root, The table is set for dinner and Jem, Scout and Walter are there «ith Atticus. Cel is serving the food, sTEICUS I hope at's a dinner you Like. alter locks down at his plate. There are string tears, recast, cormbraad, turnips and rice, walter looks at Actisus. ‘WALTER Yes, gir, © don't know when Dive had reast. We've been heving Icts @f squirrels and raboita lately. My pa and I go munting in our apers tia, - ‘ oz - Tou got a gum cf your own? WALTER Ub bob. TEX . Sow Zong you had a gunt s3, certainly, son, (ealling Galpornia) Gal, will yon please bring the syrup diane GALPURNTA (a.3.) Yes, sir, =n Atticcs, bow old were you when you get your first gun? ATTICUS Thirteen or fourteen. 93 ANGEE - FAVORING aTTICus ADTIOTS wy, caddy gave ae the BOant at I remember wu! gun, be 4 CoNTINTED #1929 CONTE ATTICUS (Cont! 4) anything in the bewse," and that he'd rather I'c Just shoot tin cans in the back yard. But bs said, sooner of later, ha supposed, the femptation to go after birds would de too mich and to shoot all the blee gaya I wanted if T could sit them; but to remember, it was a sin te idil a accktagbird, 7 why? ATETCUS Well, I reckon because sockidgbitds dea't do anything but make mugic for us to anfoy. They don't eat people's gardens, they don't nest tn carn= gribs, they don't do ons thing but sing their hearts cut for us. Anywa7, Ghats why I think tt's a sin to itil @ mockingbird. (te Scout) Eow dia you izke sesoot, Scout? STOCT (moncomm tally) all. rtghe, Calpurnta COMES INTO the dining room with the syrcp dish. ATTICUS Walter would lize 2t, pl 98, Cae Calpurnia takes the syrup dish to bin and he begizs te pour tt Liberally 211 over bia reed, ANGLE ~ scour She is watching this procese, She mikes a face of disgust. scour What tm the Sam Hill are you dating, Walter? The stiver eauger clatters ag ce places sh be quickly puts bis hacds in bis lep Atticus shakes nia nead at Seout to ae: scout he hag gone and growed Frup, acd poured s+ CONTINTED GATPURETA (interrupting) Scout. : SCODt What? GaLPURSTA (abe 2a furious} ~ You march jm that kitcheo. I want to talk to you. Seout eyes her suspiciously, seea sae is in no mood to be tricied with, and goes out te the kitchen, Calpurnia stalks after ner. 98 Int. ILTCHEN Seout ENTERS, followed by Calpurnta. CaLPURALA There's somes folics who don't eat like us, but you ata't called om to tentvadict them at the table when ‘they don't. That boy's yo! comn'ny, and if be wants to eat up the table- ” eioth, you let kin, you bear? dn! if Fou can't act fit to sat at the teble, you can fust set here an! cat im the iettehen, Galpurnia seade her through the diaizg room doer with a snack, 96 eT. DINING ROOM Seout, much mumbled, COMES TW. She keeps har'eyes dow: and geta her plate and goes HACK CUT to the kitchen. Netzher Jen, Walser aq dtticus notice her. 3ST INT. ZTICHEN Galpurmia is still glowaring wien Scout COMES IN. Scout shoos2 hep a dirty lock, She putz her plate on she table and starts to eat, She is ¢urtous, scour (saling all per frestra- tion about school out on Calpurmia} Fou wast, Fou wean old Calgurnia, Ia gojng te fiz you, one of these daye when you aren't coolae', I'i1 @ off and drown myself in Saker's Eddy and thea you'll be sory. #1919 oT CONTINUED Jem and Welter come DVTO the kttchen and ga toward the sereen door. Pros Se long, Cal. Thanks for dimer, Be and Valter go on OUP. Scout jumps up and runs toward the diding racu. 380 INT, DIND-Hoor Atticus 4s looking at a paper emi finishing 2 glade of teed tea, Scout runs over to bin, 39 CLOSE SHOT - ATTICUS, scou? atticus, I just can't stand Calpurnia no longer. ADICTS Now, Seout ~. scour Tcan't, You just have to firs her, She Likes Jem tetter'g me and [1 She is shout to cry and to keep from ctying she roma OUT of the house, She goes rumming out the front. Atticus hears the FRONT TOOR SLAM, 0,5, SOOM: DOOR SLM He sighs, puts his paper down and goes OUT. 20000 «EXT. A CORNER OF THE HOUSE - CLOSE SHOT . SCOTT She is crying. =CUS (o.9.) Scout. Scout. She hears her father end comtrola her erying, ANGLE WIDENS 22 Atticus comes up te Scout, ATTICUS. Scout, what io the world as gotten im te you? Wa couldn't get along a single day without c; Secut turns te hi ther to cxplain, takes ce Zook at and bursts out erying again. =F CONTINTED

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