LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
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Yes. I do.<br />
As Exley begins...<br />
TELEVISION SCREEN<br />
EXLEY<br />
Where we're informed that tonight's episode of "Badge of<br />
Honor" is: "Dedicated to the memory of technical advisor<br />
Sergeant Jack Vincennes."<br />
EXT. VENTURA FREEWAY - CAHUENGA PASS - DAY<br />
A ribbon is cut. Eager motorists roll down the blacktop.<br />
EXT. GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATER - DAY<br />
Ronald Reagan applauds as Jane Wyman plunges her hands<br />
into fresh sidewalk cement.<br />
INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT<br />
The brass exchange concerned looks and raied eyebrows as<br />
they watch Exley THROUGH the glass, his VOICE heard OVER<br />
the SPEAKERS.<br />
INT. UNION STATION - DAY<br />
The Flatnose Frisco loan shark and Cauliflowered<br />
Cleveland enforcer seen earlier at the Victory Motel<br />
return to L.A., ready to fill the vacuum.<br />
EXT. NEWSSTAND - DAY<br />
Hush-Hush is delivered. The headline: "Actor Reynolds<br />
in his Final Role: Conductor of the Night Train to Slice<br />
City."<br />
INT. ROOM #1 - NIGHT<br />
Exley stares across at the Internal Affairs Detectives.<br />
EXLEY<br />
That's it. That's the whole<br />
story.<br />
As Exley looks to the gray-tinted wall mirror...